UMASS/AMHERST 312066 0333 3156 4 'H//^•■ ^.^ >#krtv ^ ■ '>■•; *■' '•:)€^ . v^' LIBRARY MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE No._2_4-tL_7_L._ DATE._2.r-_ig.o_4. SOUR cE ...C.o_l le.<>e- 4- iiYir);^ 2.0 OEPI'. This book may be kept out TWO WEEKS nly, and is subject to a fine of TWO CENTS a day thereafter. It will be due on ihe day indicated below. The -# m AMERICAN t^ F Iv O R I S T . A WEEKLY JOURNAL FOR THE TRADE. VOLUME XX. CHICAGO: AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. ieo3. /}vv^ 3f \/. ^- The American FTorist. 'VOivXJJMK x:2k:. January 31, 1903, to July 25, 1903. Illustrations are indicated Tjy an ' *A0taea Japonica ■■491 Adiantums cuneatum and graoil- limum *^ Ailanthusas street tree 436 Alabama success 920 Alb iny, N. Y 34, 146, 218, 25?, 346, 488 53S 6-26, 698, 746, 783, 816, 846, 904. American Association ot Nursery- men •. 580,760,84 Amerioan Peony Society 8 J, 804 American Rose Society.... 200, 370, 297 300, 378. American Carnation Society— An- nual meeting at Brooklyn Ill — Ad'ress, President Ward's 153 —Convention notes 190 —Department ot registration — 12, SI 122, 317, 464, 6 8. -Premium list, preliminary 864 Premiums, additional 924 —Bates, railway to February meet- ing American Nurserymen's Protective Association '^^^ Amerioan Seed Trade Association, convention 8, 38, 871 Ammonia, cheap 664 ♦Anemones, St. Bridgid 308 Aiiuati3S, seasonable notes — 309, 677 Ashes from oak stumps 231 Ashes on bench 645 ♦Asparagus myriooladus , Asparagus Palmetto Asparagus plumosus Asparagus Sprengeri ♦Aspidistra elatior variega'a ♦Aspleniums, Hill & Sons, Edmon ton, Eng "" Asters, beit types 637 ♦Atlanta establishment 716 ♦Azalea amcBna 751 —Julius Koehrs 672 Azaleas, treatment 122 B British Sweet Pea Society 4, 193 1 -Planting in field Buffalo. . . .70, 186, 218, S46, 354, 442, 46! | -Planting, preparing for 606, 683, 721, 766, 8-28, 863, 893. 923, ! ♦Building, horticultural and agri- cultural, St. Louis Worid's Fair..; Bulb crop, Bermuda lily ' Bulb crop, French Bulbs— Bermuda lily -Dutch report —For Easter bloom — French 88, 764 .457 Baltimore. .64, 102, 146. 174, 220, 264 344 410, 416, 480, 6C5, 723, 844, 936. Banquet, New Haven 76 ♦Baitcldes, F. W 2f 6 Begonia Qloite de Lorraine. 39, 132, f — Semperflorens * —Vernon, germination i Begonias, new *Blin 1 V8 flowering wood for lose cuttings ' Boiler— Capacity '*' ' ?^^ —Coal and — Compounds -Ground level, on —Scale, to remove —Size —Steamier hot water 645 Boilers, tubular Boston.. 8, 44, 81, 131, 160, 197, 231, 362, 385, 424, 460, 499, E31, 568, 605, 643 683, 730, 754, 793, 8:8. 862, 893, 922, 9-^2 "B Bton I em, true type 492 Boston spring exhibition .311 ♦Bradshaw A Hartman 714 ♦Cactus Dahlia Winsome 808 Canadian Horticultural Associa- tion acf Canner's outlook 870 ♦Carnation— Albatross , 167 —♦Mrs. Lawson, bench ot 113 — Banquet 1^4 — Beckwith, Mrs 56'i —♦Cuttings, making 79 Establishment at Peoria 75 —♦Flamingo —Growing in California E29 House 64' —♦House, J. G. ShoU, Burlington, N.J "5 — sHouses, A. A. Young's 918 —♦Indianapolis 114 — Lawson 114 —♦Magdalene 114 —♦Magdalene, Smith & Son's house of, Cleveland 1'3 — ♦Naumann, Louise 785 —♦Propagating house, Thompson, at Joliet, 111 '8 ♦Queen 264 Show at Chicago 77 — ♦Sunbird 264 —Show at Utica 77 —♦Tiger 114. 118 Oarnations- Aphis on field 679 — A retrospect 751 —Beds or benches 889 — Compost ftr 195 —Cultivation 637 —Cultural reminders . . .76, 196, 314, 423 491, 60O, 919. —Culture •■• Diseases, theory of cause and effect of •Example for introducers 2 -Fertilizer -Fild 641 —Field irrigation 785 —Fisher's seedlings in the west — 2 —For late bloom 635 —Irrigation ''16 —Largest grower of 314 —Lawson indoors all summer 195 -♦Lawson at Detroit February 4... 7e —Lawson, to grow with 67S -Manures ^^' — Marquisee's new 79 —Novelties, two 94' —Outdoor bloom 19 -Packing and shipping Held plants B47 —Plant building and topping 527 ' Prevention and cure ot diseases .158 — Punctured 1- avea 75 —Seedlings of John E. Haines 422 —Seedling of Red Bradt and Tidal Wave 11* —Soil tor indoors 263 —Solid beds vs raised benches 860 -Stem rot 1 —Summer blooming 39, 67S — Thrips and insecticides 1 —Transplanting outdoor stock, —Trouble with Mrs. Joost 383 —Young stock and soil 226 Catalo . ues mailed in bulk 52 Caterpillar pest, how to abate 601 ♦Caltleya Mrs. Pitt 566 Cellar lor cut flowers 636 ♦Centerpiece, Valentine's day 74 Chattanooga, Tenn 700 Chicago... 7, 41, 80 92, 120, 158, 198 230 265, 315, 384, 423, 461, 498 f 32, 568, 604 611, 683, 7l9, 753, 791, 828, 861, 891, 921 952. Chicago Florists' Club and express rates '^^ Chicago to Brooklyn 83 Chicago to Milwaukee 768 Chrysanthemum plants, Mr. Barr's 19J Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- ioa 114,608,686,717 Chrysanthemums— Canadian 531 — Dwart, single stemmed 566 —Foreign in America 261 —♦Hardy ^61 —Houses and benches 561 —Propagating and novelties 310 —Seasonable notes E97, 824 — Uni venly developed 6 CiDcinnati..45, 81, 120, 172, 2!8, 436,462 656, e86, 756, 816, 8.9, 865, 893, 926, 962 Cleveland, O... 45, 9!, 128, 148.183,333 248, 284, 316, 4C4, 434, 474, 518, 533, "" 606, 612, 720, 754, 829, 876. Cleveland, private place at, J. H. Wade's Clock, floral, St. Louis fair 493, 949 Colorado Springs, Colo. 45, 294, 535, 772 ♦Dahlias— At Wagner Park con- servatories 229 -Early planting for 119 ♦ Decoration— Silver wedding by A. Ehmann • 311 -♦Wedding, Chicago 788 ♦Dendrobium Phatenopsis Schroe- derianum 190 Denmark, the year in 383 Denver 10, 92, 170, 450, 499, 646, 742 767, 8t8. Des Moines, la 818 Deiroit 10, 43, 132, 198, 269. 425, 462 550, 578, 6C6, 685, 754, 832, 893, 923. ♦Deutzias with azaleas on pedes- tals, house of 380 Dollar wheat 870 Downing. Andrew Jackson 917 ♦ Dreer's azalea houses 312 Duty, evergreen seedlings.. 394, 5C8, 544 Columbus, O..10, 100, 214, 344, 482, 740 8u8, 910. ♦Conservatory— Hitchings & Co., Boston ^ — ♦ W. L. Rock's, Kansas City 5 ♦Conservatories, Heublein 43 Cookson formula 645 Corydalis thalictrifolia 308 Council Bluffs, la 364 ♦Country effects in town 76 «Coy,E.L 470 Crocuses and daffodils 536 Crop, European seed 692 Crops, Nebraska seed 693 Cycas stems, starting 663 ♦Cyclamens at Central Park, Dav- enport, la ♦Cyprlpedlum Evelyn Ames su- perbum ♦Cytlsus nic-jiuosua, Harris spe alty ♦Easter plants — Arranged by Stumpp 458 —♦With matting and chiffon 460 Easter trade 453,495 ♦Edgar, W, W 598 Effect of winter on shrubs about Boston 718 Erica— Carnea 464 — ♦Cavendishiana, Eaiter plant — 455 Porcelaineana 457 Evergreens, how to care for and plant 225 Exhibit— Ferrari Bros., San Fran- cisco show 680 — ♦Schwerin Bros., San Francisco show 680 *Sievtrs & Co., San PranoiBoo show 681 ♦Tevis, Darwin tulips....^ 681 F:id, miniature plant. 686 Ft 1113, preserving 864 Platbush, a peep at 824 Floral emblem, Massachusetts 679 ♦ Floral pillow (82 Floods, Kansas City 892 Florists' Hail Association 572 Flower show at Buffalo 500 Flowers on steamers 827 Flues auxilllary to boilers 536 Fly, white ^ Forcing, ether and chloroform tor .3C8 Fordhook, a day at 870 Fordhook, tmn impressions 932 ♦Porsythla suspensa 166 ♦Frames, summer, at Fordhook.. . .956 ♦Freesias over two feet high 302 Fumigating hedges 694 ♦ Funtral— -Vrrangement, simple.. . . 119 — ♦Designs 191 ♦Garden, national botanic 599 Gardenias ^22 •Geranium, 4-inch pot beddlng....63B Geraniums, damping off 645 •Ghent exhibition 633 Gladioli— About 382 —-Forced 183 Glass— Price of 12 J -Ribbed 60l< —Situation 4>. "J6, IBS QoldNsh and its culture 244 Gooseberries, diseased 7B8 *Graham, Hugh 282,270 Grand Rapids, Mich... 136. 36S, 398, S32 Grapes for forcing 229 QrasB 308 Grass, flghtinsr crab 637 Grate surface and stack 270 Greenfly, antidote 20O Greenhouses— Detivohed and wide g'uss 536 — »Henry Smith, Grand Rapids 664 — *Iowa state college 568 — Mt. Hope cemetery, Boston 6 —Southwest 161 *G owers, with the 40, 115 GruDdmann's plant at Seoaucaa, X.J 637 H »Hailat Sioux City, la 754 -Hale, N. W 8.4 Harrisii— For Christmas 46 — For Easter 270 llantord. Conn 757 *Hartshornc, .lames Heating— Apparatus 794 — Carnation house 6.6 — House and frames —With a nue -HrS3 & Swoboda 117 'Holland bulb growers 497 ♦Horticultural building. World's Fair 715,75 Hotbed, sprint; plants 4Z House. Asmus Rose 533 Hyacinths— Frtnch Roman — Roman 'Hydrangea- Azurea in basket ....456 —Blue -Treatment for 531 Hymnal, a summer 2! Imlex cards 7C6 Indianapolis... 42. 131, 170, 410, 462, 570 641, 778. 863, 953. Insect, troublesome 286 Kansas City 142 'Kendel, Secretary 870 'Kentia Sanderiana 603 -Kissed by President 600 Labels for special rate goods ...... Laelio-Cai tleya Esoniensia 567 — -Cattleja Exoniensis grown by Jas. Goodier f 27 *Lake Geneva gardens 679 850, 858 *La'.hyrus latifolius grandiSorus albus 307 Law — Alabam:i inspection —England Lilac forcing in Paris Lilacs, scale on 572 -Lilies- Field ofatC. A. V. Frith's, Bermuda — *Grown b/ Harry Faust, Merion, Manures for chrysanthemums Hi^ Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- ety ^ 827 Melons, Rocky Ford 768 '•Meyer, Andrew, Jr 88S Milwaukee. . . . 9J, 168. 243, 267, 478, 594 683. 755, 910. 'Milwaukee, beautiful convention city 951 Minneapolis. . .32, 104, 130 181, 214, 280 2»l, 334, 402, 446, 46S, 553, 590, 623, 666 7C8, 744, 767, 808. 8)8 894, 942. Montreal 370, 520, 628. 776, 910, 910 -'■•Moon, Samuel C. visit to nurseries 825 Mulberry, Teas' weeping 20 N Narcissi and freesias 802 Narcissus— Buds, blasting of 791 —Double poet's 686 Nellis vs Department of Agricult- ure 839 New England park superintend- ents' convention 810 New Orleans.. .42, 2'20, 318, 556, 722, 848 963. New York.. ..8, 43, 81, 119, 160, 193, 232 265, 314, 383, 425, 45S, 498 533, 668 604 612, fS3, 719, 75-J, 792, 829, 862, 891, 92^ 962. *New York Florists' Club outing.. .891 Notes and comments 6 Notes, English orchid 566 Notes, European 65i Notes, florists' plant.. 3, 38,79. 117, 168 194, 229, 230, 262, 304, 313 379, 4!0, 457 490 578, 599, 60O, 681, 716, 750, 791, 824 82?, 858, 888, 920, 918. Nurseryman and customers, rela- tions 785 Nurserymen's convention 730 Nurseryman's liability i Nurserymen's Mutual Protective Association "i *Odontoglo8sum orispum .=i26, 6SS *Oehmler, O. A. C 2 ♦Oklahoma Floral Co 890 Omaha 181. 476, f81 704, *8£2, 932 Onjidium and cymb diums 527 Orange blossoms, shipment of 386 Osteomeles anthyllidifolia 156 Ouwerkiik vs Laiigan 914 Pieonia, the 4 Pieonialutea 603 Palms and ferns: — Boston terns and selaginellas ...857 —Compost and its preparation 37 — Correction 791 —Ferns for cutting 719 -Fern spores and treatment 189 —Potting and cleaning 525 —Treatment of palm seeds 417 —Stratifying palm seeds 634 —Shading, etc 361 —Uncommon but useful palms 887 Palms, electric light effect on. ,200, 234 Pamphlets, recent U 6 •Pancratium speciosum 226 *Paris 4-20 Park and Outdoor Art Association 162 904. Park and street trees 8'2 Parks, extension, Chicago 718 Park superintendents. New Eng. land Parsnip s'.ed Pastimes, our— it Baltimore. .133, 812. —At Chicago. 510, 548, 682, .22, 56. 210, E41, 438, 474 (56, 696 732, 8:6, 843, 874 Pa. .461 — *Grown by Sam Pearce, Chicago. 461 — *Salt Lake 490 *LUium Harrisii, Field of. Ber- muda 419 — Naming of 536 — *Stephen Bros., Bermuda Lily of the valley, cold storage 317 'Lindsay, W. M "^London rhododendron exhibition. 889 ''Lorraine begonias 38, 39 Loa Angeles.. 269. 394, 473, 522, 570, 616 757, 923. Louisville, Ky 30, lOO, 434, 512, 706 808. 938. Oakland, Cal 814 Obituary— Allemeyer. Chas 386 ♦Anthony, J. T 7f8 ♦Barron, A. F 454. 464 Burt, Henry 954 — Byvoet .T. H 233 Cochrane, Joseph 464 Dobbertin, .1 536 Endicott, W. E 758 —Ferguson, J. B 233 — Foulis, D 270 — Foul tain, H 6^8 -Gardiner, J 902 -McGarrett, the late James 830 — Gattinger. Augustine 954 —Graham, H 270 —Greene, J. F 387 — Grey, B 233 —♦Hancock, George 7S8 -Harris, Harry C 68' — Hiehle, G. A 6t8 —Johnson, Ethelbert E36 -Jones. Q. N 768 , E. B . — 'Krick, Mrs. Kunigunda 4 — *Leut3chg, Melohoir 634. 647, 678 — Magee, M. A — McClunie, Thomas i; — Menck, C. W — Nabonnand, Gilbert 123 — Orvis, E — Salter, Dennis -Scallen, J. W — »Sheppard, E 233 —Smith, F 270 — Sader, Lawrence 386 —Sutherland. David 758 — Petligrew, Andrew 608 — Picard, F. A 233 — Underwood, J 233 —Williamson, J. S 6i8 — 'Withers, J. W 454,481 — Wi'llmers, A 233 -•Zeller, Charles 858 -it Cleveland.. . .132, 172, 210, 280, 328 474, 5 0, 546, 582. — At Detrnit 22 —At FlatbuBh 66 -At Milwaukee 280,966 — it New York 871 -At Philadelphia 210, 244,328,532 656, 732, 768, 806, 842. -At St. Louis 244,281,3-8,394 —it Washington.. 172, 210, 328, 394, 438 646, E82, 6'8, 6;6, 695 768 842. 874. -•'Bowling alleys, Milwaukee 966 —Bowling, Chicago and St. Louis, .510 —Bowling, Chieigo visits Joliet....546 -.Toilet bowlers visit Chicago 618 —New York bowlers a tentlon 73! —Washington bowlers 4U Pea and bean crops 870 Peach buds and temperature 694 Pennsylvania Horiieullural Soci- ety 6, 157. 378 *Peonies— At Chicago 788 -Biat 162 — *Qorgeous 74 -Seedling 191 Peony assoo'ation and its critics. . . 82 Peony queries 864 Perennials, best early 79 Perennial phloxes 82 Pests in palm bouse 23 ' ♦"etPrson. Wm. A 4 8 Philadelphia 8,44,81, 121, 159, 199 233, £67, 385, 426. 462. 498, 633, 6)5, 612 683, 72), 753, 792, 819. 893. 922, 933. 'I'hilade phia exhibition 379 Philadelphia Farmers Icstitute — 48 Photographs on fruit in Fr nee — 686 Pipe- Greenhouse heating 791 -Steel vs wrought iron 714 - Wrought iron 713 Piping Carnation house -Greenhouses 572 —Systems of 645 —Water and fertilizer 4.8 Pittsburg... 41, '.>', 144, 186, 218, 242. 269 318 4(8. 427, 430, 499, 634, 571, B14, 721 758, 793, 816, 865, 894, 926, 953. Plants Easter in Philadelphia. ...318 — s'Easter, MoMulkin & Co., Boston 301 ♦Plant, Jomes Taylor, Mt. Clemens, Mich 424 ♦Planting Around city home 3C9 — *ln rear of city home 9 Memorial day at Chicago 718 —Value of judicious 306 —English, new 923 — New 954 —♦Noteworthy new or little known. 491 Plaiitsman, :> Philadelphia 366 Plum fruit, withered 830 Poiusettias for cutting 23-1 Portland, Me 4:9 Posts, greenhouse, to set 6O0 Premiums, rose show 46 Primulas, yellow, now 920 Providence.. .306, 388. 4)6, 486, 568, 607 663, 770. Pruning, spring 3C8 Publications, recent 9j4 ♦Rack ham, Geo. A Ill Range, building a new 317 Rates, express 1'22, 103 Remedy, black spot f86 Return, size of 645 Revaluation, protest at 5L6 ♦Rhododendron storehouse, Bob- biuk A Atkins 692 Kose— Cuttings, blind vs lljwering wood 298 —House, height 646 -Show, New York 262 ♦Reset Breitmeyer'a new 282 —♦Bridesmaid 663 —Ideal, new 3 -Dutchman and sweetheart on 686 — ♦James Verner 564 —New 6, 377 —Notes 3J2 —■♦Queen of Edgely at Philadel- phia show 378 —♦Rambler Hiawatha 531 —Red, best keeping 4:8 —♦Robert Scott 563 —Seasonable notes 196, 663 —Spot attacks Beauty 1 97 — Thrips 888 -Young stoak 888 Rossiler's place, Sunbury, Pa 760 St. Louis. . , ,26, 58, 81, 199. 258, 263, 386 426, 533, 570, 641, 708, 792, 8-29, 863, 893 923, 956. St. Louis World's Fair 90,2(8 St. Paul ....II', 94, 289, 316 474, 666, 756 San Francisco. 60, 210, 290, 386. 43P, 462 534, 6 7, 642, 755, 793, 862, 922. ♦Salterthwaite, John 635 Salt Lake Ciiy 350 Sash adjustment, something new.. 814 Scum, green on pond 645 ^Spraying to kill pond 750 Seed corn, scarcity of 88 Seed crop— Cond itions 7 .8 — Nebraaka 653, 728 —Report, England 652 —European 392 Seed— Distribution, congressional.. 53 —Grass, figuring price of 17J —Report, Eur ipean '276 —Trade convention 8J2 —Peas, appraisers classify U8 -Government 642. 802 Shipment, cut (lower 46 Shrubs For shady places 567 —♦On home grounds 197 ♦Siebrecht iV: Son's store 459 ♦Sjracu.e funeral design 949 Soaps, laundry as insectii^ides 317 Society of Amefii-an Florists..,. 13. 191 333, 317. 386, 600, 722? 948, S. A. P. Pieonia Association 13, 101 'Soil— Aeration of for trees 228 —Light for Wittbold i terns 116 Soot in flues 270 Spikes, copper, do they kill trees. ..544 Spir.Ta Anthony Waterer 9 Spraying to kill pond scum 750 SpringUekl, O 866 Steamer trade 791 ♦Store— Dunlop's, Toronto, E3ater..495 -Qeny Bros 629 — ♦(jhormley's. New York I'M i^^q .' *Pollwcrih,'M'ilKTiul;ee ".'. . . . 562 ^•Randolph i McClemctts, Pitts- burg, Pa ,- , ....528 — *Westman & Getz, Cleveland, O. ,]58 *Strawberries for roroing 611 Sun dial, a floral E63 *Sub-tropioal bed, Washington, D.C '53 Sweet pea novelties 4 T Tacoma, Wash 592 Tank, rainwater 161 Tanks, water supply 2(0 *Templo show, ttie 821 «Tesson, R. F 268 Tobacco lumigating : . . 6C8 *ToniatoeB, early sprin g 228 Toronto. .9, 62, 98. 121, IVO, 2C8, 244, 268 336, 386, 438, 499, 534, .570, 6C6, 6o6, 683 731, 757, 792, 863, 894. *Traoy, William W 304 Trade in Denmark, with 240 Transpor ation to seedsmen's con- vention 7^8, 764 Traveling man, the 338 Trees— For street planting 654 — *Pn home grounds 197 -Street, 380 — Street, location of ....-.; ■i,,.$27 U Union, Gardeners' 565 V *Viburnum Opulus sterilis 313 Violets— History and cultivation. ..118 —Growing •■• 314 —In cold frame 78 —-■Philadelphia market 192 — Propagation ,^ 314 W Washington... 45, 102,160, 176,242,380 412, 414, 484, 571, 698, 793, 810. *Watson, Geo. C. 262 Watsonias, the 827 Way to the back door /9 Western Seedsmen's Association.. .728 Whtte Marsh. Md 607 Wid'hs for greenhouses 362 *Wil ard, President 870 Wilmington, Del 512 Wisconsin notes •■ 818 Worm , bag, infests trees 73 ) *W'eath— 3alax on easel 800 —♦Standing, Geo. Wlltbold Co 231 P.msr::^ is "ihB Frnu/ af ths Ilsssal; tbBre may bs mnre comfort Umidships, but v/e are ths Erst to touch JJnknnu/a Seas," Vol. XX. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, JANUARY 31, 1903. No. 765. ?^ ^m^smm IFty@iii!^ ElGHTEESTU YBAR. Copyrieht 1903, by American Florist ■ompany ' Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter. PrBLISHED EVERY SaTCBDAY BY AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 324 Dearborn St., Chicago. Eastern Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe. I2.U0. Subscriptions accepted only from ttie trade. Volumes half-yearly from August, 1901. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS. Ofpicebs — JOHX Burton, Philadelphia, Pa.^ president; J. W. C. Deake, Asheville, N. C, vice- president: Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Beatty, Oil City, Pa., treasurer. OmcEBS-ELECT— JOHK BtTRTON, president; C. c. PoLLwoBTH, vice-president; secretary and treasurer as before. Nineteenth annual meeting at Milwaukee, Wis., August, 1903. THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY, Annual convention at Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb- ruary 19-80, 1903. ALBERT M. Herr. Lancaster. Pa., secretary. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY, Annual meeting and exhibition, Philadelphia, March 24-26, 19 3. Leosard Barron, 136 Liberty St., Kew York, secretary. CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Annual convention subject to call of executive committee. Edwin Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary. THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER. CONTENTS. Carnations — Thrips and insecticides I —Stem rot. 1 — An example for introducers "i — Fisher's seedlings in the west 2 O. A . C. Oehmler (portrait) 2 Xew begonias 2 New rose. Ideal (illus.) 3 Florists" plant notes 3 The white fly..... 3 Sweet pea novelties. 4 The pseonia 4 \"iew in store of W. L, Rock (illus.) 5 New roses 6 Notes and comments 6 Greenhouses at Mt. Hope Cemetery (illus.) 6 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 6 Chicago 7 New York n Philadelphia H Boston 8 The way to the back door (illus.) 9 Spirsea Anthony Waterer (illus.) 9 Toron'o 9 Uetroit 10 Denver 10 SL Paul 10 The S: A. F. Pxonia Association 12 Obituarv — Mrs. Kunigunda Erick (ponrdit) 13 The seed trade '. IS The nursery trade 20 Our pastimes— .\ summer hymnal 22 St. Louis 26 Proridence 2« Louisville ; 30 Minneapolis 32 Ibanv N. Y 3» CARNATIONS. THRIPS AND LNSECTICIDES, Thrips are a very annoying pest and very hard to eradicate when they have gained a foothold. In appearance this insect is long and very thin, about one-sixteenth of an inch in length and so thin that you can only just see him with the naked eye. They have several pairs of legs and some have wings that fold up close to the body when not in use. The , color ranges from creamy white to the most intense black. When the plants are in bud and bloom thrips confine their operations almost entirely to the flowers, destroying the tissues of the delicate petals and giving the whole flower the appearance ot hav- ing been burnt. It not seldom happens with the ill informed that the result of their work is ascribed to too much tobacco smoke. The consequence of this is always that smoking is discontinued, and instead of lessening the evUit always aggravates it, Thrips do not seem to like the full light of day, so they hide in the folds of the flower during the day, and are not seen unless they are diligently searched for. They are very smart and energetic creatures, often more so than the florist who so much desires to destroy them, and this is why they often thwart the designs of the grower. They seem to like the juice of some varieties better than others. They are particularly fond of Dayfjreak and its darker sport, Victor. Soft, fleshy varieties receive more of their attention than do varieties of a tougher texture. To attempt to subdue this pest on car- nations by syringing, as we do on other plants, would not do, for we cannot reach the center of the flower with a stream of water. Tobacco smoke and cayenne pepper have so far proved the most effective remedies on plants in bloom, and when fumigating with tobacco stems is regularly attended to this pest is not often seen. Dusting ^th tobacco dust will also discourage them, and soap in a solution of water at the rate of a 5-cent bar to five gallons of water will kill every thrip with which it comes in contact. But eis the latter two insecticides are more or less objectionable on account of their lack of cleanliness, we do not recommend them, except on young plants. The laundry soap solution is best used early in the morning, and should be washed ofi" three hours afterwards with a shaiT) spray of clear water. .\ good w^ay to prepare the mixture is to shave the soap into thin shavings with a plane, put in a quart of water and blow a jet of steam into the vessel until the soap is thoroughly dissolved. Then add enough clear water to make five gallons and apply to the young plants in a fine spray, being careful to reach all parts of the plants. This solution is also sure death to red spiders and greenfly, and we believe in giving our young stock a thorough spraying with it once a month until planted in the field. On blooming plants, when any sign of their presence is seen, do not delay taking steps to destroy them. The only thing that we can recommend in such cases is tobacco smoke and cayenne pepper, fumigating in the regular way, by making piles of tobacco stems in the walks. A half bushel of stems on each pile will do for fifty lineal feet of a house twenty feet wide. Have a handful of shavings andcoverwitha small quantity of dry tobacco stems and light, then cover over with the rest of the stems, which have previously been thoroughly sprinkled, for they will smoulder slowly when quite wet, and in this condition will not blaze, making it perfectly safe to leave the house and not re-enter until the fire is out. Before leaving the fire scatter a heaped tablespoonful of cayenne pepper over the pile. Smoke in this way three nights in suc- cession. After that wait a week to see whether there is any abatement of the trouble. If the attack is very severe, and this does not clean them out, give them three more nights of this treatment, and it is not likely that there will be any more cause for worry if the regular weekly smoking with wet tobacco stems is given after that. Before smoking cut the flowers quite closely. In very bad cases cut all developed flowers and all buds that show color and burn them. J. STEM ROT, The most.dreaded and least understood of carnation, diseases is stem rot. Prop- erly speaking, there are two distinct dis- eases that are usually designated by the name of stem rot. The one is a dry rot, and works from near the top of the branch downward, and the other is a wet rot, and always rots off the plant next to the soil. Whether these two diseases have anything in common, or are brought on by the same causes, is open to question, 'They show, however, some qualities of distinction, sufficient to make it advisable to diacusstbem separately. The American Florist. Jan 31, stem rot, the one that decays the stem near, the surface of the soil, seems to be in some measnre under control. ' Too deep planting and overwatering, with the consequent souring of the soil, seem to be the most common causes. Fungus of the cutting bench is also in many cases directly to blame for the dying off of many plants. In any of these cases the scientific remedy lies not in the cure but in the prevention. Where a good supply of river or lake sand is obtainable anthracnose, as this form is called, should not be a serious problem to deal with. If all the woodwork that comes in con- tact with the sand is thoroughly white- washed with hot, newly-slaked lime, and the sand goes in perfectly clean, there will be little danger from this source We believe that it pays to change the sand for each batch of cuttings. A simple iormtda to kill all the fungus that is apt to exist in the sand is the fol- lowing: One pound sulphate of copper, two quarts ammonia (aqua), strength 10°; let stand until thoroughly dissolved and bottle up. A tablespoonful of this to a gallon of water will kill all the fungus in the sand and not harm the cut- tings. Water the sand with this just before inserting the cuttings and it will rarely be necessary to apply it while the cuttings are rooting. This solution is very weak and will do no harm to cut- ting or plant, and we often use it to spray yoiing stock. When cuttings are kept too wet in the sand they simply rot, and in cases where many go off in this way or from fungus it is not policy to pick out those that are still alive and plant thera. Con- demn the whole lot and start over again with fresh sand. Such cuttings do not always go off as soon as transferred, but what is much worse, they often keep on dying off, one after another all through the growing season, and sometimes the last of them will go off after housing in the fall. In this connection it may be well to say that the moisture in the sand should be under perfect control. The bottom of the bench should be well drained and there should be no dripping from above. At every transplanting care should be taken not to plant any deeper than they stood before. A soil that is naturally wet and poorly drained is the worst kind of place to plant carnations. The soil should be porous and well drained. Carnations like plenty of moisture, but anything approaching stagnation is death to them and usually manifests itself in a bad case of stem rot. This pointis well to remember always, from the time the cutting bench is prepared until they are cleaned out as old and exhausted plants. Of the other form of stem rot, which we usually call dry rot, the writer can say little that will be of practical use. All is mystery and conjecture here. Many a promising variety has succumbed to the ravages of this disease. It usually makes its appearance in the field after the plants have made some growth, and keeps up till hard firing commences, when we usually notice some abatement. It some- times happens that it destroys the whole batch of the variety attacked. That it shows a particular fondness for one variety while others are perfectly free is a mystery. And again, on one place a variety will be attacked that is entirely free on another. One thing we know for certain, and only one: When once a plant is attacked there is absolutely no cure for that plant. Be it ever so slight, just the twisting of a leai, for instance, you rnay cut the branch away far below the affected part and it will be only a short time till the disease will be seen on some other part of the plant. The germs seem to be in the sap, and if cuttings are taken from such plants they are sure to suffer the same fate. If any variety is badly infested no cuttings should be taken from the whole batch, but the stock of this variety should be gotten from another source if it is too good to discard. As the continual planting on one piece of ground aggravates all diseases, some system of crop rotation should be fol- lowed. Never plant on the same patch two seasons in succession. It is best not to use the ground oftener for the same crop than once in three years. Sterilizing the soil used in the houses has been recommended as a preventive, but we have never tried it and can say nothing as to its merits. J. AN EXAMPLE FOR INTRODUCERS. The Chicago Carnation Company, Joliet, 111., is sending cultural directions with every shipment of the cuttings of its novelties. It is an example which might well be followed by all distributors of seedlings and for that reason the O. A. C. Oehmler. printed slip enclosed with the Joliet ship- ments is reproduced herewith. It is as follows: CULTURE FOR OUR CARNATIONS. While we have not always followed these instructions, whenever we have done so, we have had best reseults. Harlowarden, bench August 1; will stand lots of feeding; temperature, night not over 50°; day 58°. Her Majesty, soil liberally rich; plant August 1; temperature, night 46° to 48°; day 56°; allow flowers to develop before picking, then the touch of pink will have faded away. Marshall Field, bench July 1 to 15; soil rich; temperature, night 48°; day 58° the form of the flower is disappointing until fully developed, therefore do not cut until it is fully opened. Mrs. Potter Palmer, bench July 1; soil liberally rich; dust surface of soil with wood and tobacco ashes and lime altern- ately every two or three weeks until the stems are strong enough. Mrs. Higinbotham, bench last week in July; rich soil; night temperature 48°; day 58°. A light shade should be given all when the extremely hot sun of spring arrives, and liquid manure applied from Novem- ber 1, about once per month through the season. fisher's seedlings in the west. Peter Fisher, the raiser of Mrs. Lawson and Enchantress, recently concluded arrangements whereby the J. D. Thomp- son Carnation Company, of Joliet, 111., which is now distributing Enchantress, will send out his two new ones for 1904, Mrs. M. A. Patten, variegated, and Nel- son Fisher, pink. It is understood that those who have seen them growing, at Thompson's, Fisher's and M. A. Patten's, Tewksbury, Mass., have placed orders which already aggregate 50,000cuttings. The Thompson Company has had a very big season. They promised the January delivery of 50,000 cuttings of Enchant- ress but by January 28 had already shipped 130,000. Of the standard vari- eties Guardian Angel is reported as one of the best sellers. They propose to this spring again enlarge the plant, some three to five houses, but next year will drop several varieties grown in quantitj' this season, giving a good deal of space to another of Mr. Fisher's sorts, Boston Market, w^hite, said to have come from the same seed pod as Gov. Wolcott. Mr. Thompson will be at the Brooklyn car- nation meeting and will take along exhibits representing practically his whole stock. 0. A. C. Oehmler. The first president of the newly organ- ized Montana Florists' Club is O. A. C. Oehmler, who is widely known in the east for his successful management of some of the most elaborate decorations in the history of the trade. Mr. Oehmler began business as a youth, in 1877, with the Davis Plant Company, at Allegheny, Pa. He worked intermittently at the business until 1894, when he took a position with E. C. Ludwig, of Allegheny, becoming in a few months his chief designer and decorator. Herehehandled some large work on his own initiative. After some years in Allegheny, Mr. Oehmler spent five years with J. M. Gas- ser, at Cleveland, going thence to Wash- ington, with Z. D. Blackistone. Later he was with the Rosary and other lead- ing New York stores and participated in some of the most famous work ever done for the Vanderbilts, Whitneys and others. Mr. Oehmler then opened a store at Washington on his owti account, but was burned out within four months, in April, 1901. This loss induced him to accept the offer of the Butte Floral Com- pany, to go to Montana, where he has been able to largely increase their busi- ness through the application of eastern ideas and methods in cut flower work. New Begonias. Veitch & Sons, the British plantsmen, have exhibited their winter flowering begonias in splendid condition on several recent occasions, and in addition to Mrs. Neal, Ensign and Winter Cheer, they have added several others, including some pretty, compact-growing varieties from the same parentage as Gloirede Lorraine. Agatha is one of the most promising of this set, and a semi-double pink, Julius, should prove a useful variety. Quite a number of growers have exhibited the igoj. The American Florist. Turnford Hall varietj- in fine condition. It is now quite evident that this will sus- tain its reputation. One of the most important points in regard to the culture of these begonias is to remember that it is of no use to be in a great hurry in taking the cuttings. Keep the plants in a healthy condition and allow them to finish their flowering period as nearly as possible. If allowed to go their own way they will break naturally from the base about April, and the short-jointed cut- tings taken when the shoots are not more than one and one-half inches long will make fine plants for the following autumn, in fact much better than any that may have been rooted in the autumn, or even old plants that may have been kept over. This season I had some young plants which were left over from the previous year but though they had the same treatment did not make such good plants as the spring struck cuttings. H. New Rose Ideal. The new pink rose, Ideal, which origin- ated with Jacob Becker, of Philadelphia, and which is to be sen t out by him the com- ing spring, is being watched with great interest by rose growers not onh- in his vicinity but throughout the country. It is a free and continuous bloomer, produc- ing large, clear pink flowers about the color of Bridesmaid but a more rounded flower, like La France. It is delightfully fragrant and said to be a good keeper. At the fall exhibition of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society it received the first prize as the best pink rose in its class and also a certificate of merit. K. Florists' Plant Notes. FERX BALLS. Start up the fern balls now, that have been resting all winter, by soaking them thoroughly in water. Give them a well shaded house of say 65°, and give them a soaking twice a week. Those imported should be unpacked as soon as received and started into growth. CYTISUS. Cytisus racemosus, better known as genista, if you want to hold them for Easter, should be kept cool, as they appear to be quite forward for this time of the year. Young growths strike readily in the sand now, and should be propagated without delay. VIXCAS. The two varieties of this useful vine, V. major and V. major variegata, may now be propagated for next year's stock and for small plants for the spring trade. Rob the old plants of a few long vines, and cut them up into cuttings, leaving an eye above and below the sand. Pot off when rooted and later plant out in the open ground. METROSIDEROS. If you have any imported plants of this shrub, commonh- called the bottle brush plant, in a cool house, they will want to have the temperature graduallyincreased to bring them into flower for Easter. Do not attempt to iorce them hard the last few weeks, as you would an azalea, but begin now and raise the temperature a few degrees each week until 60' is reached, which will bring them along fast enough. BEGONLV REX. It is a good time now to increase your stock of Rex begonias. Rob the old plants of a few good leaves and cut them up into wedge-shaped pieces, each piece NEW ROSE IDEAL, A LIGHT PINK SPORT OF LA FRANCE. to have a strong rib running through the center, and insert in the sand. Other varieties of begonias should also be propagated now, metallica, manicata aurea, Sanderson!, rubra and Vernon are the most useful varieties to the florist. Root them in a temperature of 6v5°, and after the first watering, be very sparing with your water until they are rooted, or they will surely rot. Overhead sprink- ling must be avoided, except when the sand is dry enough to stand water. SEED SOWING. A number of different varieties of seeds may be sown now. Lobelia, Centaurea gymnocarpa,pyrethrum (golden feather), Kenilworth ivy. Begonia Vernon, Salvia splendens. Asparagus plumosus and A. Sprengeri may all be sown about thefirst ot February. Ten-week stocks should also be sown at the same time. While it is true that stocks flower ten weeks after the seeds are sown, you will only have one flower to the plant, whereas, if you allow about fifteen weeks, the first bud may be pinched out, and a salable plant in a 4-inch pot with three or four large spikes will be the result. DRAC.EXA INDIVISA. Dracaena indivisa may also be sown now for next year's stock. When of sufficient size pot into small pots, and keep shifting them along through the summer. They may be plunged outdoors in a cold frame as soon as the weather is warm enough, into any kind of loose material to prevent the pots from drying out too fast; refuse hops or old hotbed manure is the proper thing. Many growers plant them out in the open ground in the summer and if a rapid growth is desired it is a good plan; but care must be taken in lifting the plants to give a mild bottom heat, and to prevent overwatering until they get started. G. The White Fly. This greenhouse pest has been long familiar to florists and gardeners, but little has been known regarding its life history and the agencies by which it may be kept in check. For these reasons Bulletin 140, on the white fly or plant house aleyrodes, by Prof. W. E. Britton, of the Connecticut Experiment Station, is very welcome. The following summary of the bulletin will be found useful: 1. The white fly has been the worst insect pest of tomatoes and cucumbers under glass at the station during the past eight years. Many florists' plants are also injured, and the insect has attacked strawberry and many other plants out of doors in summer. It has been received from several growers in Connecticut and is widely distributed The American Florist. Jan. jT, over the northeastern United States. Its original home is unknown. 2. The white fly is closely related to the scale insects, and to the plant lice. It resembles the former in its immature stages, but differs from them in that both sexes are winged when reaching the adult stage. 3. It injures plants by sucking the sap from the under sides of the leaves. The lower leaves are the first to shrivel and drop. Most of the injury is caused by the nymphs or immature insects. 4. The nymphs of the white fly have been found upon fifty-eight different kinds of plants in Connecticut. 5. About five weeks are required for the white fly to pass through its life stages, all of which are found on the under sides of the leaves. Eggs hatch in eleven days, and the young nymphs crawl for a short time, when they become sta- tionary and secrete wax in long fila- ments. When the adults emerge the pupa skins remain attached to the leaves. It is not yet known whether the species can survive the winter unprotected in this climate, but it is carried over on plants in greenhouses and dwellings. 6. It is thought to be identical with the European species A. vaporariorum of Westwood, but this has not yet been fully determined. 7. Fumigating with tobacco is not an effective remedy. Hydrocyanic acid gas (using two and one-half ounces of potasium cyanide for each one thousand cubic feet) killed the insects but injured tomato plants. Dr. Fisher used one ounce of cyanide and did not injure his plants, but killed all of the insects. 8. Spraying the under surfaces of the leaves with common laundry soap and water (one pound dissolved in eight gal- lons) proved to be a cheap and effective remedy. If applied frequently, however, the soap should be occasionally washed Irom the leaves by spraying them with clear water. Sweet Pea Novelties. Since the great sweet pea bicentenary at the Crystal Palace, London, in 1900, the novelty list has rapidly grown in England, and Mr. Eckford no longer monopolizes the production. I know of no more complete English list than that which Robt. Sydenham, of Birmingham, gets out annually. His latest list num- bers 189 named sorts. To this must be added Mr. Eckford' s and Mr. Burpee's novelty lists for 1903, with possibly other aspirants to hear from. Mr. Sydenham is a somewhat phenomenal floral enthusiast, a jewelry manufacturer, who for the love of flowers could not resist the temptation to grow them for exhibition, and then to dabble in seed till a very considerable trade grew on his hands, sweet pea seed in particular. Here are the more recent novelties that I find in his list: Agnes Johnson, pale salmon pink and buff; Baden Powell, practically Captain of the Blues; Bol- ton's Pink, a rosy pink sport, perhaps from Miss Willmott; Brittannia, heavily flaked modification of Mrs. Chamberlain; Coronation, salmon buff, inclining to be picoteed at edge; Cottage Maid, slight blush on white; Countess Spencer, lovely shade of pink, darker on edge; Countess of Warwick, appears Uke a selection from Blanche Ferry; Cream of Brock- hampton, another pale primrose; Elsie Hinton, after the order of Emily Eckford; F A. Hinton, another Mrs. Chamberlain; Fire King, another Firefly; Florence Molyneux, pale lavender and white; Golden Beauty, renamed from America; Gracie Greenwood, soft cream pink; H. Gillet, rich indigo standard; Hon. Mrs. C. R. Spencer, pale Dorothy Tennant; Jessie Cuthbertson, pale buff ground striped rosy magenta; King Edward VII. (by Bolton) , a buff Lottie Hutchins, and not at all like Eckford's King Edward, which is an improved Salopian; Lord Salisbury, possibly a Duke of Clar- ence; Marie Hinton, fiery crimson self; Midnight, some renamed sort; Mrs. Bolton, of the Jeanie Gordon order; Mrs. H. J. Wright, a lighter Emily Eckford; Mrs. Knights Smith, soft coral pink; Salvation Lassie, a pale Her Majesty; Snowdrift, very like Blanche Burpee; Wide Awake, another Salopian or Mars. Mr. Sydenham, speaking of the future development of the sweet pea, says: "The gentleman of whom I have the greatest hopes in the future is Percy Waterer, one The late Mrs. Kunigunda Krick. of the keenest enthusiasts for these flow- ers I know." He took the first gold medal ever offered by the R. H. S. He lives in Kent. For the blight Mr. Sydenham advises one ounce of sulphate of copper and one ounce of sulphate of lime, mixed in two quarts of water, this to be diluted with eight gallons more water, and applied by soaking about the roots. For American growers it is safer to confine the novelty list to such recom- mendations as come from the large American seed growers, who impartially test everything, especially those selec- tions that are oflered as "American nov- elties," for they have been carefully proven under our conditions. W. T. Hutchins. The British Sweet Pea Society. The National Sweet Pea Societv of Great Britain has arranged to hold its exhibition at Earls Court, London, July 15-16, 1903. This is owing to the Aquarium no longer being available lor the purpose. It is to be hoped that at the new place of meeting it will prove as great a success as the last July show was at the Aquarium. Many will be sorry to learn that Richard Dean has retired from the exhibition secretaryship, but H. J. Wright, who assumes the post, is an experienced and energetic man and will prove a worthy successor. H. The Paeonia. [An essay by .John H. Cox, read before the Newport Horticultural Society, .Jattu.ary 81, 1903] Pseonia is an old Greek name in honor of a celebrated physician named Paeon, in the days of Theophrastus who, it is said, employed the plant in his medicinal prac- tices. In the Materia Medica its medici- nal properties are described, as follows: Strong, peculiar, disagreeable odor and nauseous taste, at first sweet and then bitter, and was used by the ancients as a cure for epilepsy, and it is used by the faculty of the present day as an anti- spasmodic. The pEeonia belongs to the vast family or natural order of rauunculaccE, among which are found many plants of medici- nal value. The psonia is a hardy, per- e^ial plant, a native of Europe, north- ern and temperate parts of Asia, north western America, China and Japan, so you can see it is an accommodating plant to nearly all tolerably cold climates. The situation should be remembered at the time of planting, for the cooler the situation the better will be the quality of the flowers, and the longer the season of flowering. It is only within the last twenty or thirty years that this now becoming popular flower has been con- sidered of much intrinsic value, excepting as an early, summer-flowering plant for the herbaceous border. Now to say a few words on the varieties first brought into cultivation, and from which come the beautiful strains which are interest- ing us at the present. Pfeonia albiflora andPfeonia officinalis were both introduced about the year 1548, the first from Siberia, the latter from southern Europe. In the year 1789 we received Pteonia Moutan, from China and Japan, which is now very popular, commonly called the tree peeonia. Paeonia tenuifolia was introduced to cul- tivation in the year 1765 and is found from Transylvania to the Crimea. In these old though important varieties, we have the blood that has produced the elegant forms and exquisite colors in the flowers that are before us at the present date. For instance, P. albiflora, with its northern nativity, has given the stronger and hardier constitution, and it is from these varieties hybridized with the latest flowerino; varieties of Paeonia officinalis, together with the Chinese and Japanese varieties, that may give us a continuation of large, hand- some flowers the whole of the summer. The types of Pseonia officinalis, give us the early flowers which come usually in May or June and the types of P. albi- flora from June into July. There are many synonyms; I will give you a few instances: Paeonia edulis is synonymous with P. albiflora. Of this variety it is historically recorded that the Mongolian Tartars ate the roots and otherwise used it as a charm, believing it prevented epidemic diseases, epilepsy and so forth. Paonia Fischeri is synonymous with P. anomola, P. Californica with P. Brownii, P. cretica with P. arietina. This variety is by some know^n as the ram's-head pseonia, the seed pods being curved like a ram's horn. There are a great many more synonyms than I have mentioned, but time and space demand that I must leave them at present. In Paeonia tenuifolia we have a dis- tinct type of the herbaceous class. Its light, graceful, slender, laciniated foliage and deep crimson flowers make it a very charming variety, and it ought to be a good parent for hybridization with some of the late-flowering sorts, as its season rgoj. The a mer ica n Fl orist. for flowering is usually from the middle of June. P;eonia tenuifolia flore pleno is almost a facsimile in the foliage but with beautiful double crimson flowers. There are also two more varieties of this beau- tilul, thread-like foliaged type, P. hybrida and P. laciniata, but they have some- what broader leaf segments, with single and semi-double flowers. P^Eonia Moutan is a beautiful species of habit very distinct from the herbace- ous class, it being of a shrubby nature, giving it the cognomen of the tree pa-onia, and is a grand adornment to lawns and all flower gardens when judiciously planted. There is also another tj'pe which has come into prominence, the anemone-flowered class. This ^ is the result of the work of the ever-enterpris- ing hybridizer, whose labors have been rewarded with marvelous flowers of an extraordinary size, fragrance and deli- cacy of color. This class has been pro- cured from P. albiflora types and types of officinalis. The paionia is a highly decorative plant and no garden is complete without a collection, for it can be had in nearly all the colors of the rainbow, and in some the colors are so prismatic that they cast different shades as you move along and gaze upon them. The new types of single varieties are attracting marked attention and admiration, with their monstrous flowers from twelve to fifteen inches in diameter, with the exquisite coloring and massive center of golden yellow anthers. 1 will now give you a few remarks on the cultivation of this highly decorative plant, which is easily within the reach and management of all who may have a garden. First I will take Pa;onia Moutan, or the tree paeonia: This may be struck Irom cuttings, by layering, or by grafting, the latter in preference, as even the amateur will gain more success by grafting. August is the best month for propagation. Be careful to select well ripened wood or scions without any flower buds. Previous to cutting your scions for grafting, it would be policy to prepare the necessary stocks lor grafting upon. The stocks I recommend are the old varieties albiflora and officinalis, the former in preference. Dig around the old stools or clumps and select suitable tubers for the operation; after grafting the tubers should be potted into a good compost and plunged in a frame, cover- ing the graft lightly about one-third the length. Shading is necessary and care- ful watching in giving air to prevent damping. Some propagators like a little bottom heat to increase the union, but the writer has been more successful with- out it. After the union is completed it is preferable to keep the young stock in a cold frame throughout the winter, with a light protection of dry leaves shaken among them, and the whole covered with sash or shutters except on sunny days. In the spring young plants should be planted out in well-prepared beds of good, rich soil for a year or two, after ■which they will be ready for the decora- tive department for which they are desired. The pteonia is a gross feeder, consequently the ground may be dug deeply and a good portion of well-rotted manure dug in. The varieties of P. Moutan are very liable to damage in the flower buds by the early spring frosts, and a protection with some fir branches is recommended until the danger is over. In the fall it is advisable to give the plants a good mulching as a protection to the roots. LEADING TO THE CONSERVATORY AT W. L. ROCK'S KANSAS CITY STORE. The herbaceous pEeonias are increased by division of the roots, making it a rather slow process in gaining a massive show of flowers, for the flowering stools dis- like continual division and moving. In preparing the bed or border for herba- ceous pa.'onias, it is well to have the ground liberally manured with well decomposed manure and thoroughly trenched. There is no herbaceous plant I know that dislikes constant removal more than the pjeonia, hence it is advisa- ble to plant where it can remain undis- turbed. Some of the herbaceous pjeonias make excellent plants for spring forcing and flower very freely, but it has not become popular in this line, on account of the large stock needed to give a yearly suc- cession for forcing, as you can only use a plant once in three years successfully; con- sequently the clumps forced this year should be planted out and let remain undisturbed for three years and any flowers showing should be picked off. This popular flower is becoming more sought after every year as a florists' flower, and the supply does not equal the demand. It may be shipped very successfully for long distances if the flow- ers are cut right and carefully packed. This last spring I saw flowers that Lad been cut and shipped 500 miles turn out perfect and fetch $8 to $12 per hundred in the wholesale market, according to grade and color. I will now draw to a close by giving you the names of a few varieties which have been recommended within the last few years. Varieties of PiEonia Moutan flowering in May are Beauty of Canton, Blanche Noisette, Candida, carnea plena, max- ima plena, versicolor plena. Emperor of China, Osiris, Reine de Fleurs, Snowball, Mandarin and alba lilacina. Varieties of herbaceous pitonia, flow- ering from June to July, are Mme. Callott, white tinged with rose and rose scented; Mme. Schmidt, purple crimson, showy golden anthers, very fragrant; pulcher- rima, guard petals blush, center white, rose fragrance; purpurea superba, rich glowing purple, very fragrant; incom- parabilis, rose shaded purple, very fra- grant; papaverjt-flora, white, center primrose, .exquisite fragrance; festiva maxima, pure white, very fragrant; Ambroise Verschalfelt, rich purple, fra- grant; Buckii, intense crimson purple. The American Florist. Jan. 3 rose scented; carnea elegans, delicate pink, shading to white, fragrance ot the violet; Decaisne, deep rose, delightful fra- grance; The Queen, blush rose, large flow- ers rose scented. New Roses. In the spring of 1903 Peter Lambert, the well-known rosarian, of Trier, Ger- many, will distribute two new sorts which he describes as follows: Frau Lilla Kautenstrauch. (Hybrid tea, 1903, P. Lambert).— The plant is free blooming, strong, bushy, grows from eighteen to twenty-four inches high, branches are strong, broadly leaved with few strong thorns. The leaves are leathery and glossy. The bud is long, erect, on long stalk, borne singly, cop- pery orange yellow. The open flower is very double, large to very large, bright orange shading to flesh pink towards the outer edge, the edge cream white. The petals are broad, round, arching, and the outer ones slightly reflexed. The fragrance is extraordinarily strong and pleasing. It is a rose for cutting and exhibition purposes. It comesfrom Mme. Caroline Testout fertilized with Gold- quelle. It has been dedicated to a lady flower friend and philanthropist of Trier. Gustav Gruenerwald. (Hybrid tea, 1903, P. Lambert).— This has a freedom of bloom, the same habit both in size of flower and strong sweet odor of the mother sort. Testout gave it its color and its robust growth; Jeaune Bicolor gave it its yellow tone in the center of the flower. The long pointed bud is yel- lowish red, saftron like. The flower is of regular build, cup-shaped, with high cen- ter when opening, it is well doubled, not too solid, always opening readily and as a rule borne singly on long stems. Ground color brilliant, clear carmine rose, center yellowish, turning lighter toward the outer edge. Foliage glossy, leathery, dark green, healthy, _ habit upright, strong; wood smooth with but few thorns. It is a cut flower rose and suitable for exhibition purposes. It originates from Grossherzogin Victoria Melita fertilized with Jeaune Bicolor. It has been dedicated to the court gardener of Her Majesty the Empress Mother at Gatschina. Unevenly Developed Chrysanthemums. Ed. Am. Florist:— Last season I planted one house with chrysanthemums in solid beds to keep them back for Christmas. They grew very rank, although the soil was not particularly rich, and I expected some extra fine blooms, but was disappointed, as most ot them came unevenly developed, some only half a bloom. What could be the cause? I did not have this trouble with those on raised benches. F. B. Chrysanthemums planted in solid beds will make extra heavy stem and foliage growth, which, as a general thing, is too soft to produce fine blooms in propor- tion. The reason of this is that when this method of culture is followed one is unable to get the root action under con- trol and consequently the plants are not able to ripen the wood properly. I would suggest that if the correspondent wishes to use this bench for chrysfnthemums again, to takeout about six inches of the soil and lay some boards on the bottom, then fill it up again for planting. He will then be able to keep the roots con- fined and have proper control over them. Referring to unevenly developed blooms, this is sometimes caused by the bud being damaged while disbudding. Leaving the bud too long before taking it, and also when planted in solid beds, the plants seem to keep up active growth during the time the bud is setting instead of ripening up the stem and giving strength to the new formed bud. C. W. Johnson. The Law of England. At Rotherham county court recently, before Judge Mansel Jones, W. H. Mickle- thwaite, of Rothertiam, sued Thomas Squires, a gardener, for £14 dainages alleged to have been suffered through the defendant negligently or wrongfully •removing the terminal buds from 280 chrysanthemum plants. Squires had been in the plaintift^s employment as head gardener, but left in September last. It was alleged that before leaving he told an under gardener that he should "get even with the old man" and should destroy all his own "stuff"" on the prem- ises. When the new head gardener came he found that the terminal buds had been removed from the chrysanthemums. The defendant denied the charge, and suggested that the plaintiff" had done it himself by "putting his own finger in the pie." An order for the full amount claimed was made. — The Garden. Notes and Comments. Here is a pretty story nicely told by Miss Fannie E. Ward in a recent issue of the Philadelphia Record, dated from Bogota, Columbia, December 5, 1902: Beyond the marshes lie a rej^ion of quintas (small farms), which are chietly devoted to the raising of orchids lor the European trade. What an easy and pleasant employment, and how pro- fitable, remembering the "fancy" prices that are paid for the rarer varieties. We stopped at one of the orchid ranches, whose English proprietor, a "younger son," who came here practically pen- niless, is recouping the family fortunes in Eng- land and enabling the titled brother to keep up an estate which his ancestors loaded u'ith mortgages. His metliods seem very simple, but with true British uncommunicativeness he did not tell us much about them. He showed us his nursery, wliere were several thousand small wooden boxes, in each ot which is nailed a sticlc, the latter wrapped with sphagnum moss, among which an orchid plant was tied. The lovely parasites grow wild all over Columbia, an infinite variety of form !ind coloring. The growers send natives out into the woods and hills to collect them, paying from 1 cent to 30 cents for each plant, and selling the same in Europe at prices ranging between S50 and $500 per plant— sometimes even thousands of pounds sterling for a particularly scarce and long- sought species. Like opals, these curious freaks of the floral kingdom seem to have no set price, but are valued according to the passing craze of wealthy collectors. There are other quintas in the vicinity of Bogota, where fruits and vegeta- bles are raised for the markets of the capital: and small farms, green with wheat, corn, alfalfa and clover. Nothing tells more truly of the even tem- perature of the locality than the various stages of the corn fields, proving that seed time and har- vest are entirely in the hands ot the cultivator. One field is being plowed and planted; another by its side has a fine crop of full-grown corn on stalks higher than the head of a man on horse- back; while perhaps the ne.xt Held shows ihe green blades just shooting out ot ihe ground. It is the same way with wheat. Here are newly- sprouted fields, like emerald velvet; close by are others in full head. Some are being cut by women, with short sickels. In ninny places the primitive threshing fior is iu operation. There may, perhaps, be some exagger- ation in the prices for orchids, but taking the whole article it is quite likely in the main to be true, as similar stories have been heard before. Then why not utilize some of the nearby West Indian Islands, where the temperature would be likely to be suitable for orchid culture, for a simi- lar purpose for the American trade? Let Henry T. Clinkaberry raise his tens of thousands of cattleyas from seed until they are large enough to be placed out- doors in a congenial climate nearby where little or no fire heat is necessary, and therein would be something worth while commercially for somebody. Orchids of the more valuable species for cut flowers in North America have been found to give better results when grown from seed under artificial cultiva- tion than when torn from tree trunks more or less ruthlessly when growing in their native habitats. Under existing conditions perhaps it would not be ad vis-, able to ship orchid flowers to New York, Chicago, Boston or Philadelphia mar- kets, but how easy it would be to have the plants so prepared by outdoor cult- ure that they could be safely shipped to any part of the United States with every prospect of reaching their destination to flower in time for them to be of the most value to a flower-loving people. It takes courage as well as capital, however, for such an undertaking, because the social conditions and general environment might not be just suitable for the person who had the necessary knowledge and intelligence to take charge of such an undertaking to warrant satisfactory results. E. L. Greenhouses at Mt.Hope Cemetery, Boston. Our illustration shows a rangfe of new greenhouses recently completed at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Boston. The houses are constructed so as to form a hollow square. The arrangement is very effect- ive and affords an opportunity to exclude from public view the work-room build- ing and other features which are not ornamental. On two sides of the square are located the palm houses, having curved roofs, and on the other two sides are the plant and propagating houses The houses are near the main entrance to the cemetery and cover an area of 10,000 square feet. Visitors can pass through them without entering the work-rooms. There are three main entrances. The structure was designed and erected by Hitchings & Company, the frame being of Hitchings' improved steel construction and the heating done with Hitchings' hot-water sectional boilers. The benches in the palm houses are of iron and slate. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The usual monthly meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was held at Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, on January 20, Vice-president Henry F. Michell presiding. There was a large attendance of gardeners and florists. The paper of the evening was by George Morrison and treated of the Hawaiian Islands, their physical appearance, their people, their flora and things of interest in horticulture and agriculture. It was very interesting and Mr. Morrison received ahearty vote of thanks. Another interesting incident of the evening was the presentation to Secretary David Rust, of a purse from his friends. The exhibits of the evening were, for the Michell premiums, for mushrooms, first, John McCleary; for asparagus, first, John McCleary; for tomatoes, first, Joseph Hurley; for cucumbers, first, Joseph Hurley. For the Bodine prizes for the best pair of Primula Sinensis, first, Geo. Morrison, gardener to Curwen Stoddart, Rydal, Pa. A certificate of merit w^as awarded to Joseph Hurley, gardener to James W. Paul, Jr., Radnor, Pa., forthree specimen cyclamens, exceptionally well grown. A certificate of merit was also given to F. Canning, for three specimen Primula stellata in 8-inch pots. igo3. The American Florist. CONSERVATORY BUILT BY HITCHINGS & CO., AT MT, HOPE CEMETERY, BOSTON, MASS. It may be interesting to note the reap- pearance of Joseph Hurley in competi- tion. Mr. Hurley, when gardener for Mr. Rhodes, the past president of the society, won a reputation as a first-class plantsman. He is still with the president of the societ}', James W. Paul, Jr., and has an extensive and complete range of glass under his management. Francis Canning. Chicag:o. MARKET STILL BARE AND PRICES HIGH. — BULBOnS STOCK SELLS WELL BECAUSE OF SCARCITY OF ROSES AND CARNATIONS. — WEATHER BAD FOR PLANTS.— PLANS FOR THE EASTERN TRIP.— VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. Supplies continue inadequate to the demand and what are practically holiday prices still prevail, although there are some low lists out. The present short- age has continued to an unprecedented length. Not since the day before Christ- mas have there been enough flowers in this market to supply the demand. This statement applies particularly to roses, but on this item the high prices which have prevailed have resulted in a curtail- ment of orders, Brides and Bridesmaids being too expensive for the general run of work handled by the small buyers out of town. White carnations have been in very light supply for weeks, and it is now often impossible to meet require- mentson this item. The colored stock is more nearly adequate, but the supply and demand have been fluctuating con- siderably of late. Some days there would be too many colored sorts and the next day or two would see the market prac- tically bare. As a general run averages have been very close to what they were at Christmas time. There has come to be an abundance of violets and prices have declined, the very best goods in the market not averaging above $1.50. The best violets coming in, and there are a number of growers who are producing first-class stock, are those received from Hopp & Lemke, of Grand Rapids, whose new light pink rose, they say at Kenni- cott's, is making a hit with the best class of trade. Bulbous stock is coming in freely, but there is no surplus and the receipts are less than they were at this time a year ago. Klehm's Novelty tulip is coming in, but as yet contains only a shade of pink. It is selling at $4 per hundred, and stock of this character, freesias. Paper Whites, Romans and lily of the valley, is largely used for funeral purposes because of the scarcity of white roses and carnations. Callas are in brisk demand and not large supph'. Harrisii lilies are moving fairly well and are bringing good money for. the growers. The stock seems to be rather better than usual at this season of the year. Although the weather has continued very dark and gloomy, and is largely responsible for the small crop of the past month, it is not likely that a few days of sun would make more than a slight dif- ference in the receipts in the market. The dark weather has continued for so long that the plants have made little growth and before there will be any quantity of buds to cut there must be sun for days to make some wood, the buds on the plants being now pretty well cut off. Last Monday was a very severe day on the soft stock of those growers who have been trying to economize on coal and have been running their houses without ventilation. The sun was bright in the afternoon, and the temperature outdoors above freezing, which necessitated throw- ing the ventilators wide open. It is reported that with some growers the stock was so unused to fresh air that the result was a serious wilting of the car- nations and check to the roses. There was a good attendance at the meeting of the Florists' Club Wednesday evening, when five new members were elected, all of them from Park Ridge, and three of them members of the Ehrhardt family. The matter of express rates was canvassed and E. C. Amling, E. F. Benthey and E. F. Winterson appointed to exercise the influence of the club in the matter. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 10, one day earlier than the schedule, so that a larger room in Handel Hall may be used for the car- nation display, of which E. F. Benthey, Walter Kreitling and E. F. Winterson have charge, A premium of $10 is offered for the best vase of fifty blooms, $5 for the best twenty-five and $5 for the best general display. A big show and a large attendance are expected. Exhibits sent in care of any member of the committee will be properly staged. J. D. Thompson, acting on behalf of the Florists' Club, has made arrange- ments with the Lake Shore Railroad for a special car to the Brooklyn carnation meeting, leaving Chicago at 2 p. m. on February 17 and arriving at New York via the New York Central at 6 o'clock the following evening. The regular fare on this train is $21 but the florists' party will have a rate of $19.25. There will be a library and buffet car on the train and a dining car in which the party will dine table d'hote, with some extras on the bill of fare. All those intending to participate in the trip should make their sleeping car reservations with L. F. Vosburgh, of the Lake Shore. It is hoped that those from the w^est and northwest will join the Chicago party, for it will be a jolly expedition. The fire which inconvenienced the flo- rists in the Atlas block a couple of weeks ago did more or less damage to the finish on forty-seven sample refrigerators in the show room of the McCray Refrigerator Company. McKellar & Winterson bought the whole outfit, rubbed up the varnish and in three days turned a hand- some penny. C. M. Dickinson, who has been ill and at West Baden to recuperate, is again on duty. He says the season is a particu- larly good one at Hunt's in spite of the shortage of cut flowers. Supply business is good and they are just now doing a nice trade in florists' flower seeds, par- ticularly sweet peas. , The secretary of state has licensed the incorporation of the Worcester Conserv- atories of Chicago, with capital of $50,000, to grow horticultural products. The incorporators named are Chilton P. Wilson, Frederick Z. Marx and Joseph P. Mahonev. The Chicago party failed to make con- nections for the annual trip to Milwaukee last Saturday night. The difliculty was partly due to a misunderstanding as to dates. The American Florist. > Charles Brown, of Canton, O., has been in the city this week preparatory to add- ing tp his range of glass. Faiinie Richter Fuchs, wife of Albert Fuchs, is to give a piano recital at the White House next week. Frank Garland, whose place is known as Little Holland', is beginning to get into his cut of tulips. New York. CARNATION HAS THE BEST OF THE MAR- KET RUNNING. — VIOLETS DECIDEDLY IN NEED OF A BOOST.— GOOD TEA ROSES. — BEAUTIES AVERAGE OF LOW GRADE. — A TRICK TO MAKE STEMS.— CLUB TO RESUME MONTHLY EXHIBITIONS.— VARI- OUS NOTES. McKinley day has had a beneficial effect on the carnation market this week, which has been very acceptable, although it is true that, of all the flowers in season at present, the carnation staads less in need of a special boost. Especially is this true of the white carnation, for which the demand has steadily exceeded the supply for several weeks past. Some sort of a "day" for the violet would not come amiss at this time. No doubt the mild days soon to arrive, with their facilities lor the street men to hustle, will afford a means of absorbing the enormous violet product thrown daily on this market, but in the meantime the situation is decidedly discouraging to those who grow and those who distrib- ute, not so much because of low values as on account of the inability to dispose of much of the stock coming in, at all. Roses of the tea varieties are splendid now. In Bridesmaids particularly the color is universally good,:Although the factor of bright, sunny dfiys, supposed to be essential, cannot be given as the cause, the weather having been unsettled and stormy for a long period. American Beauty roses, on the contrary, are decid- edly poor. The market sees but few really worthy "specials" nowadays. Not infrequently there are found among the shipments' classified as "specials," buds produced on the short growths from the top joints of old canes, the old cane being cut with the bud to secure the requisite length of stem. Such roses are a disappointment for buyers who, after having paid a fancy price for them, find the flowers withering almost as soon as received, because the old stem is incapa- ble of drawing up the water to keep the bloom fresh. . A determined effort is to be made this spring for the resumption of the monthly exhibitions which formerly contributed so much to the interest of the meetings ot the New York Florists' Club but which, under the pressure of more weighty matters, have seemingly been forgotten and their importance ignored by the members. The committee in charge of this feature has prepared a schedule for the remainder of the season as follows: For the February meeting, orchids and novelties; March, carnations and novel- ties in plants and flowers; April, roses and novelties; May, spring flowers; hardy plants and novelties; June, paonias, irises, herbaceous and shrub flowers. The meetings take place on the second Monday evening in each month and all exhibits sent to the care ot the secretary, John Young, 51 West Twenty-eighth street, will be duly cared for and staged for the judges' inspection. At the American Institute exhibition January 28 and 29 Siebrecht& Son made a vlsry creditable showing of palms and flowering plants. G. M. Hay and Her- bert Spavins exhibited carnations, Wm. Slack roses and Lyon & Strickland, Wm. Slack, A. W. Williams and G. T. Shune- man violets. H. T. Clinkaberry brought a large collection of cypripediums, rare varieties and seedlings. The Madison rose growers are about to start a wagon express to carry their pro- duct to New York, on the same plan suc- cessfully operated by the Chatham growers. This is the kind of a protest which will count with the express com- panies. J. W. Withers is at the Windward Islands, having sailed for Jamaica last week on the same boat as Mr. and Mrs. W. Atlee Burpee. Wm. Fogarty, of George Stumpp's staff, and Miss Helen O'Brien were mar- ried Sunday, January 25, at St. Patrick's Cathedral. S. C. Nash has perfected a collapsible packing box to reduce express charges to a minimum for the return of empties. George H. Linsdale has removed to 130 Thirty-fourth street, almost directly opposite his former location. Joseph Leikens, of Siebrecht & Son's, and Miss Sallie Cuttle will be married to-morrow. G. A. Linicus has opened a new store at 321 Willis avenue. Visitor: Robert Craig, Philadelphia. Philadelphia. -STOCK CONTINUES SCARCE. — DEMAND EXCEEDS SUPPLY AND PRICES HOLD STIFF. — ORCHIDS INCREASE IN FAVOR. — SUCCESS WITH LIBERTY AND BEAUTIES. — GOOD DECORATIONS. — NOTES. Flowers of all kinds continue to be scarce; Beauties particularly are very hard to get in any quantity and what few there are, for the most part, are cripples. Good Bridesmaids and Brides are also scarce and it requires much effort to secure enough stock for orders. Car- nations are in fairly good supply. There is much fault found with Joost not keep- ing, and Crocker, just now, is in poor shape; many growers say it is their last season for this variety. Daffodils have been in great demand but the supply is poor. Next week will bring in a few and in a short time the market will be flooded. Freesia is coming in; they are later this season than usual. Lilac was scarce the past week. Very much more of this flower is now being used, it taking the place of the scarcer white roses. Orchids have sold well the past week. S. S. Pen- nock, who handles the bulk of the stock in this market, says that they are certainly growing in popularity, as the demand is steadily increasing. Violets are becoming more plentiful and the price has dropped 25 cents per hundred, being $1.25 for the best. The burning question at present is coal, of course, but there is another burning question and that is the high express rates. This big increase hits every one in the trade who does any shipping, whether he be grower or retailer. It is a direct whack at our profits, already too small, and will tend to a curtailment of business. The trade here fully recognizes these points and every effort will be made to get redress. The club has cleared the way for a discussion of the subject at its regular monthly meeting next Tuesday, February 3. President Westcott has appointed S. S. Pennock, A. B. Cartledge, Wm. P. Craig, Chas. E. Meehan and George C. Watson a committee to bring in a set of resolutions bearing on the subject. A full attendance is particularly desired on this occasion so as to give force and point to whatever action it is deemed best to take. Every florist in this locality, whether a member of the club or not, should attend and add his weight to the protest. Hugh Graham has been very busy with large decorations recently. He intro- duces electric lights largely in his work and is enabled to produce brilliant effects. At a recent ball 5,000 clusters of flowers in sprays of the large yellow bignonia were arranged in baskets suspended from the ceiling of Horticultural Hall, the effect being beautiful. This bignonia is grown by Edwards, of Bridgeton, N. J., who has an old plant or two from which they have been cutting for twenty years. These are trained up to the ridge- pole of one of the houses and produce a great quantity of orange-colored blos- soms. Adolph Fahrenwold has had great suc- cess with his Liberty roses the past season; his cut in November, from one house 21x150 was 10,000 flowers. He is now cutting some fine specials, which bring $9 per dozen, just as much as the best Beauties. His Beauties look well. The houses are very light and high, the ridge being fifteen feet above the ground. This enables most of the shoots to set buds without being turned down, insur- ing good foliage the full length of the stem. I would not be surprised to see a large addition to the plant the coming summer. Cards of invitation are just out for the wedding of Edna Mayne Craig, Robert Craig's eldest daughter, to David Henry Lauk, on Tuesday evening, February 17, at 4900 Market street. 'K. Boston. THE ACCELERATED DEMAND CONSUMES INCREASED RECEIPTS. — PRICES WELL MAINTAINED. — THE MARKET QUESTION. —EXPRESS COMPANIES CONCILIATORY. A reasonably steady market with very few material changes from conditions as reported last week is the situation as it stands at present in the flower industry. There is a slight increase in quantity of product, a gratifying advance in quality generally and a decided augmentation in the variety offered, the larger demand occasioned by the frequent festivities of the fashionable season, now approaching its height, sufficing to counterbalance the increase in supply and maintain values at a reasonably steady level. The principal improvement in quality is seen in carnations, which are now show- ing the fine finish characteristic of the season of the year. The gain in variety is confined mostly to the class of bulbous flowers, in which we get now a good assortment of narcissi and tulips, freesia, etc. English primroses, cowslips and wall flowers are among the minor things which appeal to the popular fancy and help to make up a varied selection for mixed boxes. The local committee on the question of express tariff on cut flowers has been met by the Boston representatives of the big express companies in a very courteous and conciliatory spirit. A petition is now being circulated for signatures and there is good reason to believe that this document, when transmitted to the gov- erning board of the transportation com- panies will be accompanied by a recom- mendation from the local agents, in the main favorable to the florists' commit- tee's views. The quest for a new location for the flower market, where there will be space for all applicants, does not seem to have igo3. The American Florist. Spirsa Anthony Water^r, USEFUL PERENNIAL AND The Way to the Kitchen Door TASTEFUL BIT OF PLANTNG AT THE REAR OF A CITY HOME. thus far developed any solution of the problem generally acceptable to the market dealers. Rumor has it now that the. basement of the People's Temple at the corner ot Columbus avenue and Berkeley Street, which was for a time rather favorably considered by the com- mittee, will, in the event of its final rejec- tion, be opened as an independent flower market by outside parties. Visitor: Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y. The Way to the Back Door. The accompanying illustration shows a commendable way in which the land- scape gardener arranges the path leading from the street to the back door. It is a situation verj- commonl3' met with. The premises are not large, the front of the house and expanse of lawn is to the right and this walk was made for the grocer, butcher, and so forth. Where it is given a short turn the shrubbery is thickened so that the back yard is effectually screened. The walk is made a little wider in front than back, causing an impression of greater depth than really exists. It is a success, so radically differ- ent from what is usually made shift with in our city residences. The trouble is, such a result requires five years' time to bring forth. While people neglect their places entirely for many j'ears, ■^\'henthey do order it properly arranged they want it complete immediately. Such plantings of shrubbery should be embellished with numerous clumps of perennials. Those to the right, fronting on the open lawn, can be almost any you may desire, according to the requirements of color, size, season of bloom and so forth, but those along the edges of the walk must be shade enduring, such as columbine, trilliums, violets, hemerocallis and so forth. C. B. W. Spiraea Anthony Waterer. This charming plant is just beginning to be appreciated. It has many admir- able qualities all its own. It is exceed- ingly hardy, coming into leaf sometimes before the snow is entirely out of sight. It starts from the ground each spring and consequently blooms on the growth of the same season. The new leaves are as pretty as flowers, being irregular, in white, pink and green. Later on they lose the brightness of leaf and the stiffer stems appear, growing from twelve to sixteen, sometimes eighteen, inches and bearing blooms as large as the stem will hold, of pink flowers lasting in bloom for a long while. The many situations for which such a plant is useful are easily understood, but one I think of just now is too important to omit special mention; that is, for covering graves in country cemeteries. C. B. W. Tacoma, Wash. — This is the season for preparing the beds for new rose gardens and H. W. Manike has a large stock of plants on hand in anticipation of a very good trade in this item. Alliance, O. — Leroy L. Lamborn is adding a house 24x100 for Lawson car- nations. He found the holiday demand far ahead of the supply of this item, busi- ness in general increasing about twenty- five per cent. Toronto. TRADE GOOD AND SUPPLIES OF STOCK INADEQUATE.— BULBOUS STOCK COMING ALO.\G TO THE RESCUE.— SHOWS ARE PLANNED. — UNION ASKS AN INCREASED WAGE. Trade the past week has been above the average for this season of the year and in many cases retailers have had to disappoint their customers for lack of stock. Roses are still in short supply, there being a special demand for Bride and Bridesmaid. Beauties are almost out of date and Liberty seems to be a thing of the past. A few Sunrise and Perle are seen, but not enough to be of consideration in the short supply. Car- nations seem to be continually improv- ing in quality and there will undoubtedly be some very excellent blooms when they are wanted at the carnation show. Violets are becoming more plentiful and we expect prices will go down in a few days. Harrisii and calla lilies are now to be obtained in larger quantities and in a lew days there will be bulbous stock galore. The Florists' and Gardeners' Club held a very active meeting on January 20. The holding' of a chrysanthemum show on a very elaborate scale, in conjunction with the Horticultural and Electoral District Society, was decided on for early in November and Thomas Manton, who made the motion, emphatically stated that it was the intention that the show shall be second to none. It was decided that the annual carnation show will be held in St, George's Hall on Tuesday, February 5. There is a cup to be com- peted lor, to be awarded the best vase of 10 The American Florist. Jan 31, carnations, and it is to be hoped that growers will see their way to send a shipment. Arrangements have been made with the customs officers to allow blooms to enter free of duty and the club will pay the express charges. Consignments should be addressed to George Mills, St. George's Hall, Toronto, Ont., and should arrive early. The following letter was received from the employes' union: At a regular meeting of Toronto Gardeners' and Florists' Union No. 10,394, held on January 14, your employes decided to submit tD you through the union the following scale of hours and wages and request you to consider the same to take "ffect February 1: H0UB8. Nine hours to constitute a day's work. T'itty-four hours a week's work, and Saturday half holidays from May 1 to October 1. WAGES. Foremen, 36 cents per hour. Men in charge of departments, 27'/a cents per hour. First gardener, 22V4 cents per hour. Minimum wage to be 20 cents per hour. Apprentices and improvers to receive an increase of 3 cents per hour. OVERTtMB. All over nine hours per day. fifty hours per week, to constitute overtime and payable at the rate of time and one-half. Hoping you will see your way clear to comply with the same and should you wish to consult your men in regard to this we have appointed a committee consisting of Messrs. Turp, Milne, Milligan and Atkinson to deal with this matter. James A. Atkins, President. Davis Cooper, Secretary. Some very good Mme. Van der Cruys- sen and Deutsche Perle azaleas are mak- ing their appearance and nice plants of white lilac are also becoming plentiful. The scarcity of small ferns still prevails. January 22, which is now violet day, proved a very busy one for retailers. The Daughters of the Empire advertised it very extensively and the florists, of course, helped to push it along. H. G. D. Detroit. CLUB HOLDS AN INTERESTING SESSION. — AN ADDRESS ON GLASS AND ITS MANUFAC- TURE. — CARNATION SHOW NEXT WEEK. — NOTES. One of the best attended meetings of the Florists' Club this season was that on January 21. The chief feature of the proceedings was an address by Charles Kaichen on "The History and Manu- facture of Glass." Mr. Kaichen is a member of the club and his address, which included many valuable hints, was very interesting and highly appreciated by his hearers. A resolution was passed, vigorously denouncing the express com- panies for the recent advance in rates on cut flowers, and the secretary was instructed to send a copy of the resolu- tion to the local agents and also to the legislative committee of the S. A. F. For the next meeting of the club, Feb- ruary 4, arrangements are being made for an exhibition of carnations, including novelties from growers throughout the country. Anyone having a variety he wishes to show is invited to send the blooms. The same may be addressed to the Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 26 Miami avenue. This carnation exhibi- tion is to be a preliminary to the mam- moth one expected here in 1904. The Brooklyn meeting will be attended by six members from here. The bowlers are silently but regularly practicing all winter and very soon a team will be selected, which it is expected will do some great work at Milwaukee next August. Geo. F. Crabb, of Grand Rapids, was a visitor last week. J. F. S. Denver. STOCK IN GOOD SUPPLY BUT MOVING WELL. — WEATHER FAVORABLE TO THE PRO- DUCERS. — RETAILERS TO MOVE TO SIDE STREETS.— RENTS TOO HIGH. — VARIOUS NOTES. Trade has been rather slow but is brac- ing up very encouragingly and things look bright for the next month. Stock has been plentiful, with quality very fine. While not much has been wasted, prices have been very reasonable and consider- ably more stock sold accordingly. The call for funeral work has been very steady, thereby keeping down the supply of white and light colored material. Violets sell well but are in over-supply and, though the growing of them is limited to prac- tically one firm this year, they find their supply more than equals the demand. The stock is very good and is now selling at $2 per hundred at retail. A good deal of bulbous material is now^ seen, some very good tulips Deing offered that meet with good sale. Lily of the valley is very good and goes well. A most enjoyable evening was spent at the house of E. W. Davis, president of the Denver Floral Club, on January 23. Songs and music, with lunch, made the evening pass quickly. Mr. Davis, being called upon to say something, spoke for the club and what could be done the coming year. The Thiess Floral Company, now of 628 Sixteenth street, will shortly move to California street, just a short distance from their present store, where rents are more reasonable. Miss Hortop will also leave the main street for a side street and in this case also the move is only a short distance from her present location. The florists' bowling team keeps up its good work and last week "took in" the leaders of the local league for two games out of three. This places the team third and the form they are bowling in should soon get them to the top. Flowering plants meet with fair sale. Some good azaleas are seen in the stores and stock in pans, such as hyacinths, tulips and lily of the valley, is common but goes well. Our weather is no doubt proving good for the trade. It is more like summer than winter and flowers may be worn just the same as in September. J. A. Valentine is still away from busi- ness but is able to get around a little every day. B. Cresco, la. PERRY ENTERTAINS FLORISTS FROM SUR- ROUNDING TOWNS. — PROTEST AGAINST EXPRESS RATES. The Perry florists met in Cresco Janu- ary 21 and 22, and hadamost profitable as well as enjoyable session. A fine exhibit came from the Chicago Carnation Company, also from C. C. PoUworth, of Milwaukee. The meeting was held with W. B. Perry, whose stock is in fine shape. It was voted that the next meeting be held in New Hampton, with E. J. Springer, in July, and that we go in a body to the Milwaukee convention. The following resolution was adopted: We, the undersigned, emphatically protest against the increased express rate on cut flowers. It is a direct discrimination against our business and one by which the express company is no gainer. Flow- ers in small lots w^hich formerly went by express will now be sent by mail and the increased rate will curtail the shipping of them to a considerable extent. None of the undersigned can see a reason for the action of the companies in increasing their rate and respectfully ask for a restoration of the old rate. A. N. Kinsman & Co., Austin, Minn. M. H. Wetherbee, Charles City, la. P. Clawson & Son, Albert Lea, Minn. W. T. Symonds, Decorah, la. W. B. Perry, Cresco, la. E. J. Springer, New Hampton, la. W. S. Hall, Osage, la. C. G. Krieger, Mason City, la. St. Paul. WEATHER BAD, STOCK SCARCE AND COAL HIGH. — VARIOUS NOTES OF DOINGS OF THE GROWERS.— QUALITIES IMPAIRED BY UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS. The month about closing has been one of the worst Januarys on record from a florists' standpoint. The weather has been cold and cloudy, retarding growth and demoralizing trade. The ever-present coal question has kept everybody guess- ing as to the supply, while the price has cut into all profits. The past week, however, the sun has occasionally shown itself and brightened up everything con- nected with the business. Flowers are a little more plentiful, quality is improved and demand is more active. Roses and violets are still scarce, Beauties exceed- ingly so. Carnations have improved in quality and are more plentiful. Tulips have appeared and, in common with all bulbous stock, sell well. E. F. Lemke's plants were damaged by frost at Christmas, owing to carelessness of an employe. His roses, which were the best in town, may not recover for several months. The carnations are almost entirely ruined, as were some of the ferns. For Easter I noted here some H. P. roses and some clematises which ought to sell well. Herman Bunde has taken possession of the place owned by him but lately occu- pied by N. C. Hansen. Mr. Hansen's new place, on Dale and Maryland streets, is no w in fine shape, though the plants were touched by frost before the roof was completed. Fred. Franke has a range of well kept houses devoted principally to roses and carnations. Violets are also grown but, although the plants look strong and thrifty, the buds wither and blast as soon as they appear. H. J. Puvogel has a well kept place of four houses. Primroses are largely grown. One house is planted to carna- tions and giving good results, but pot plants are the specialty. Mr. and Mrs. Lemke entertained their entire family over Sunday. This is the first complete family reunion in a number of years. Fred. Schultz has five houses devoted to roses, carnations and violets, but the season's results have not been satisfac- tory. Christ Bussjaeger is growing roses and carnations, and his stock is all in good shape. Visitors: H. E. Philpott, Winnipeg, Man.; Mr. Graver, of Shotwell & Graver, Fargo, N. D. Felix. Columbus, 0. HEAVY CALL FOR FUNERAL WORK MAKES TROUBLE IN SECURING STOCK. — NOTES. The past week was an exceptionally busy one as there were an unusual num- ber of deaths among our prominent citizens. All dealers report having had a busy time of it, w^ith stock very hard to get. There is a sigh of relief, however, as the Dutch stock is beginning to come in. While many of the tulips are still igo3. The American Florist. 11 short-stemmed, they are taken up as soon as they appear. There is some nice home-grown hl\' of the valley on the market. As our local growers do not use pips from cold storage, the ones now in bloom are among the first. Some very fine azaleas are now on exhibition in the various store windows on High street. Deutsche Perle and Verv^neana are the principal varieties. Bright weather for the past ten days is putting a good growth on roses but as yet the cut is below the average. Carl. Anoka, Minn. D. O. Pratt has his range of 55, 000 feet of glass in good shape, carnations being his specialty. He has 30,000 plants on the benches, the crop being good con- sidering the dark weather which has prevailed. He also grows roses, violets and bulbous stock for cut flowers and a general line of greenhouse plants. He does a large shipping business but also a large local trade in bedding stock, funeral designs and so forth. ^EWS i^OTES. Newport, R. I. — Carl Jurgens and Mrs. Jurgens are in Florida. Canajohasie, N. Y. — The Yates Floral Company is putting in a new boiler. B0TTE, Mont.— Arthur Ellis, of St. Louis, is now with the State Nursery Company. Billings, Mont. — W. G. Williams is preparing to build a small range of glass this spring. Peoria, III. — Walter Adams has returned from three years spent at Cleve- land and re-entered the employ of J. C. Murray. LooMis, Cal. — A. Mitting, of the Cali- fornia Carnation Company, says that they have in eight weeks shipped 327,000 cuttings. Harlan, Ia. — W. M. Bomberger says he is surprised at the large volume of business in floral lines coming his way these days. Bloomsbckg, Pa.— J. T. Davis, suc- cessor to Davis Brothers, reports a good trade. He enlarged his glass considera- bly last fall. Danville, III.— W. A. Duke has sold out to a new firm, the head of which is WUhelm Peterson, who is here from Chicago to take charge. MuRPHYSBORO, III. — Claude Wisley has made quite a success in growing bed- ding stock for spring sales and is plan- ning to take up cut flowers. Sedalia, Mo.— Gelven & Sons are pre- paring to put up two S5-foot rose houses this spring, bringing their total glass area up to 20,000 square feet. NoR\^ncH, Conn. — The gardeners who are employed on Pequot estates have organized under the name of the New London County Gardeners' and Florists' Club. Washington, Pa. — Lloyd Swarthout's spring addition of three houses 32x180 wiU give him a range of 42,000 square feet of glass and most of it will be planted to roses. Helena, Mont.— Airs. Mattie Miller has remodeled her place and increased her glass area to 6,000 feet. The State Nursery Company now has 87,000 feet of glass. Mansfield, 0.— The Berno Floral Com- pany now has 15,000 square feet of glass and is building an additional house 22x65 to accommodate increasing demand. Augusta, Ga.— N. L. Willet has recently published a book entitled "Nature in the Witness Box," which deals with the laws of nature and their relation to the unseen kingdoms. Plattsmouth, Neb.— One of J. W. Hesser's exhibits at the recent meeting of the State Horticultural Society at Lin- coln was a bunch of bananas grown in his greenhouses here. Ottawa, Ont. — Graham Brothers saj' the season has been a remarkably good one. At the holidays they had a big stock and sold it out clean at better prices than heretofore. Fair BURY, III.— J. A. Sheafi", who has grown a few bedding plants for sale, has found the business profitable and is plan- ning this season to put up a greenhouse to go into the business in earnest. New Haven, Conn.— On January 20 A. J. Thompson read a paper on carna- tions before the New Haven County Horticultural Society. The society wiU hold its annual dinner February 10. Parkersburg, W. Va.— G. A. Hiehle has announced his intention to retire from business. He has been in the trade from youth to venerable age, beginning when the business was in its infanC3-. KiRKSViLLE, Mo.— Mrs. B. F. Eades starts her sweet peas in 6-inch pots about the middle of January, grows them cool to about the middle of April and then moves them to the open ground. The method has given her very good results. Indianapolis, Ind.— The secretary of state here has issued incorporation papers to the B. K. & B. Companv, ot Richmond, Ind., capitalized at $10,000, by George R. BuUerdick, Charles Knopf and Wm. Backmeyer. They will build greenhouses for cut flowers. Fairmodnt, W. Va.— H. G. Fleming says that the holiday trade made a new record and that since then trade has been all that the supplies of stock could take care of. He says the florists' only "kick" is on the express rate and believes ship- pers should pack as lightly as possible. Burlington, N. J.— John G. Sholl has, besides Success, the pink seedling which he is now distributing, five other seed- ling carnations which promise equally well. One is white, the others pink. He has been growing Success for five years, it being at first known as Burlington Girl. Cadillac, Mich.— A. W. Tweedie says that business is better than ever, chiefly because of heavy call for funeral work, but expenses have so increased that profits are cut down. Wood is burned but the scarcity of coal has caused a rise in price. Express rates hurt and most small packages go by mail. Trade and Horticulture. Am. Florist Co. — I enclose my renewal of subscription. I could not think of getting along without your paper, valu- able both to the trade and to horticult- ure. Peter Nelson. Lincoln, Neb. Meetings of Florists' Clubs. The accompanying list gives the cities in which there are active florists' clubs, Baltimore, JId.— Gardeners' Club of Baltimore. Royal ArcuDuiu ruilding, 18 W. Saratoga street. Second and fourth Monday of each month, at & p. m. John J. Perry, Sec'y, Gay and Eager streets. Boston, Mass —Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, Horticultural Hall. Meets second Tuesday of each month. W. E. Fischer, Seo'y, 18 Union Terrace, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Brockton, Mass.— Brockton Gardeners' acd Florists' Club, store ot W. W. Hathaway, Times Building. First and third Tuesday of each moulh, at 8 p. m. W. W. Hathaway, Sec'y Brockton, Mass. UCFFALO, N. Y —Buffalo Florists' Club, 48f Washington street. Second Wednesday of each month, at 8 p. m. Wm. Legg, Sec'y, H40 Dela- ware avenue, Buffalo. CmcAGo. Ill -Chicago Florists' Club. Handel Hall, 40 Randolph street. Second and fourth Wednesday of each month, at 8 p. m. George Wienhoeber, Seo'y, 413 Elm street, Chicago. Cincinnati, O.— Cincinnati Florists' Society, Jabez Elliott Flower Market. Second Satnrday of each month, at 8 p m. George Murphy, Seo'Y, West Price HiP. ' " Cleveland, O.— Cleveland Florists' Club, Progress Hall, 244 Detroit street. Second and fourth Monday of each month, at 8 p. m. Isaac Kennedy, Seo'y, Woodclifle, Lake avenue, Cleveland. Denver, Colo.— Denver Floral Club, 323 Charles Block. Second and fourth Friday of each month, at 8 p. m. Adam Balmer, Sec'y. Detroit, Mich.— Detroit Florists' Club, Cowie Building, Farran and Gratiot avenue. First ani third Wednesday of each month , at 8 p. m. J. F. Sullivan, Sec'y, 214 Woodward avenue. Hamilton, Ont.— Hamilton Gardeners' and Florists' Club, 136J^ James street. North. First and third Tuesday of each month at 8 p. m. Chas. M. Webster, Sec'y. Hartford, Conn. — Hartford Florists' Club. Second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 8 p. m. J. F. Coombs, Seo'y, 688 Main street. iNDiANAPOiis, iND.- State Florists' Associaiion of Indiana, Commercial Club rooms, Indianapolis. Fiist Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m. H. Junpe. Sec'y, 466 E. Washington street, India- napolis. Montreal, Que.— Montreal Gardeners' and Flo- rists' Club. Alex.indria rooms, 2204 St. Catherine street. First and third Monday of each month. W H. Horobin, S^c'y. 23 Closse street. New London, Conn.— Gardeners' and Florists Club, first and third Tuesday ot each mouth. H. H. Appeldorn, Sec'y. ^EW 'lORK, N. y.— New York Florists' Club, Civic Hall. 128 East Twenty-eighth street Second Monday ot each month, at 7:30 p. m John Young, Seo'y, 51 West Twenty-eighth street. New York Omaba, Xeb.— Nebraska Florists' Society, City Hall. Second Thursday in each month at 8 p. m. Louis Henderoou, Seo'y, 1519 Farnam street, Omaha. Philadelphia, Pa.— Florists' Club ot Philadel- phia, Horticultural Hall, Broad street above Spruce. First Tuesday ot each month, at 8 p. m. Edwin Lonsdale, Sec'y, Wyndmoor, Philadelphia, Pa PiTTSBtjRO, Pa.— Pittsburg and Allegheny Flo- rists' and Gardeners' Club, at rooms ot Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., 504 Liberty street. Second Thursday ot each month, at 8 p. m. T. P. Lang- hans, Sec'y, 604 Liberty street, Pittsburg. Providence. R. I.— Horists' and Gardeners' Club ot Rhode Island, 96 Westminster street. Providence. Second Thursday ot each month at 8 p. m. Alexander Rennie, Sec'y, 41 Washington street. Providence. RicHsioNB. Ind.— Richmond Florists' Club, at the gre-nhouses ot members. Thid Monday of each month. H. C. Chessman, Seo'y. Salt Lake City, Dtah.— Salt Lake Florists' Society, office of Huddart Floral Company 214 E. Second South street. Second and fourth' P'riday ot each month. P. T. Huddart, Sec'y San Francisco, Cal.— PaciSc Coast Horticult- ural Society. First Saturday and third Monday ot each mouth. Thos. H. Munroe, Sec'y. Seattle, Wash.- S 'attle Commercial Horticul- tural Club, First aod Cherry streets. First Wed- nesday ot each month. Wm. Hopkins, Sec'y 623 First avenue. . St. Louis. Mo —St. Louis Florists' Club, Odd Fellows Hall No 2, Ninth and Olive streets Second Thursday of each month, at 3 p. m. Emil Schray.Sec'y, 4101 Pennsylvania avenue, St.Louis. Toronto, Ont.— Toronto Gardeners' and Flo- rists' Association. St. George's Hall, Elm street. 'I'hird Tuesdav of each month, at 8 p. m. W. C Jay, Seo'v, 438 Spadina avenue. tJTicA, N. Y.— Otica Florists' Club, 183 Genesee street. First Thursday of each month at 8 p. m. J. C. Spencer S-c'y. West Hoboben. N. J.— North Hudson Florists' Club, »tore of H. C. Steinhoff, Hudson boulevard West Hoboken. First Tuesday ot each month' at 8 p. m. Geo. F. Kogge Sec'y, 616 Washington street, Hoboken. 12 The American Florist. Jan. 31, Eighteenth Year. Subscription. $1.00 a year. To Europe, $3.00. Subscriptions accepted only from those in the trade. Advertisements on all except cover pages, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; $1.00 per inch. Cash with Older. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts are allowed, only on consecutive inser- tions, as follows — 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times. 10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent; 53 times, 30 per cent. Cover space sold only on yearly contract at $1.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to the back pages. The Advertising Department of the American Florist is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only. Orders for less than one-half inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to secure insertion in the issue for the following Saturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. Have you filed your protest at express rates? Naturally the Express Trust is opposed to the establishment of a parcels post. The confiscation scheme of the railroad companies has greatly increased the com- plications of the coal situation. The growers of rooted cuttings report the business ior January in excess of all previotis records for the month. There is not so great complaint this year as last of stem rot in G. H. Crane carnation; but there are fewer growers handle it. Unfavorable weather for cut flower production has prevailed for weeks over practically the whole of the United States east of the Rockies. Numerous destructive greenhouse fires have been reported recently, many due, no doubt, to the defective heating meth- ods improvised in the absence of coal. The yellow address label on your paper bears the date at which your subscrip- tion expires. When we receive your renewal the date on the yellow label will change within three weeks. The platyceriums seem likely to come to the front in England. If well done the ordinary stagshom fern, Platycerium aJcicome, should be as useful as the nephrolepis. When properly hardened off there is no fern that will last better or is more effective. Greenliouse Building:. Portland, Me. — Alex. Wallace, range of houses. Fairbury, 111.— J. E. Sheaff, plant house. Washington, Pa.— Llovd Swarthout, three houses 32x180. Fairbury, III.— Kring Bros., range of houses. Sheboygan, Wis.— J. E. Matthewson, two houses. Marlboro, Mass.— W. L. Lewis, house 80x150. SedaUa, Mo.— Gelven & Son, two rose houses. Billings, Mont.— W. G. Williams, range of glass. Alexandria, Va. — Grillbartzer Bros;, two carnation houses. Morton Grove, 111.— Poehlmann Broth- ers Company, range 230x350. Westfield, Mass.— S. E. Barton, house 20x100. New Bedford, Mass. — Wm. Pierce, range of houses. Most Valuable Trade Paper. Am. Florist Co. — I beg to hand you herewith express money order for $1 for another year's subscription to your most valuable trade paper. I must say that the American Florist occupies a high position and keeps us constantly posted on the times and doings of the trade, especially us w^estern florists. I w^ould not do without it, as I consider its notes and illustrations of great value to myself and my employes. Charles Q. Horn. Helena, Mont. Society of American Florists. department of plant registration. Peter Crowe, Utica, N. Y., registers Adiantum cuneatum Croweanum, found growing in a bed of A. cuneatum thirteen years ago, nothing except pure stock of cuneatum having been grown for eight years previous; fronds much larger, habit of growth much stronger than that of the parent variety; foliage very dark green, graceful, ripening in about one-half the time needed for A. cuneatum; height twenty-eight to thirty inches, has never been known to produce fertile seed; originally grown by Mr. Crowe under the name of Bardii, for which the name Croweanum is now sub- stituted. Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y. American Carnation Society. F. Dorner & Sons Company, Lafayette, Ind., register Sibyl, bright cerise pink of an exceptionally clear, even color; size three inches; petalage well arranged; stems always long and stiff; calyx always perfect; habit strong, vigorous growth, an early, free and continuous bloomer. Penelope, white, a good late summer and early fall variety, very early and iree. Lady Bountiful, (No. 123, 1900) color pure, glistening white; size full three to three and one-half inches; form perfect, ideal for a high-grade com- mercial variety; stem twenty -four inches and over, stiff and wiry; fragrance spicy clove; substance of the very best, a strong feature of this variety; habit ideal, strong, clean, healthy, upright growth; very early, free and continuous flowering, will produce more flowers to the square foot of bench space than any other white carnation. Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. The S. A. F. Paeonia Association. Some mild criticism of the S. A. F. Paeonia Association has recently been indulged in. Nothing vital has been evolved and it is hardly worth noticing except that some might think that, say- ing nothing, there was nothing to say. For the information of the public, there- fore, the following points are respectfully submitted: 1. The paeonia committee appointed by President Burton had power to add to its numbers. A committee having that right of associating with itself other members of the parent body became "an association." It is only another name for that kind of a committee but it pub- lishes better the breadth and depth of the committee's work than the title of "committee" as usually understood. 2. Any member of the S. A. F. may ask a friend to join the S. A. F. Because one is a member of the Paeonia Associa- tion does not deprive him of that right. If a candidate for membership in the S. A. F. happened to be a pseonia enthu- siast, the Paeonia Association would naturally want him in the ranks, and they would have a perfect right to ask him and it would not cost him anything additional. Why should it? If he pays $5, the $5 goes into the treasury of the S. A. F. The Pjeonia Association does as any other committee does as to finances. It draws on the parent body. 3. The advantage of having the paeonia interests under the wing of and in the control of the S. A. F. is briefly, that it avoids the policy of a practically self constituted dictatorship in that sec- tion of the society's field of work. The powers given to the committee to gather to itself those specially interested within the S. A. F. are ample and subject only to the proper control of the executive officers of the S. A. F. They can also gather those outside the S. A. F. by the simple process of having them become members of the S. A. F. While that helps the pteonia interests it also helps to build up and broaden the S. A. F. and it is a practical solution of that vexed problem "closer relations" which has been troubling the society for the past ten years. 4. The work of revising the nomen- clature of the pteonia will be a most diffi- cult one and will take years to accom- plish. That fact was early realized, as w^as the fact that to do it properly facili- ties for growing and comparing the different varieties (there are now in com- merce perhaps 1,000 named varieties of the herbaceous section alone) would have to be provided. An amateur paeonia enthu- siast offered to do this but his place was a little difficult of access to visitors. While the committee were holding the mat- ter under consideration a gratifying solu- tion was presented to them by the com- missioners of Fairmount Park through Oglesby Paul, the landscape gardener of the park. It is now arranged to have the collection in the park under the care of Mr. Paul. Each contributor's dona- tion will be carefully labeled and kept separate and all the benefits accruing from a permanent exhibition will thus be secured to the donors at a central point easy of access. This arrangement relieves the society of all expense in car- ing for the plants and removes all suspi- cion of self interest from the members of the association. Field notes can be secured readily and frequently by the officers and by anyone interested. Fur- ther particulars as to this and the mat- ter of an exhibition will be given out later as things develop. 5. In conclusion, those who are Work- ing for the S. A. F. and the paeonia at present are doing so at a sacrifice of their time and means for the benefit of all, and they will welcome assistance from whatever source. They feel neither prejudice nor malicetowards anyone and they also feel that they have some right to be treated with similar considera- tion. Let everyone with the welfare of the S. A. F. at heart turn in and do some- thing. There is plenty of work for all and no time for fault finding. Life is short and there's a great deal to be done. George C. Watson, Sec'y S. A. F. Paonia Association. Roman Hyacinths. Ed. Am. Florist: — I planted several hundred bulbs last fall and they seem to have rooted finely, filling the boxes and pots full, but the Roman hyacinths push up a very short bud stalk, not over three or four inches high. Will you kindly advise what you think may be the cause. I am a beginner at the business. A. E. H. As "A. E. H." does not state just how 1903. The American Florist. 13 he handled his bulbs after bringing them into heat it is difficult to say just what the cause of his trouble is. Forcing them too early in the season, before they are well rooted, growing them in too cool a house, allowing them to freeze too hard while outside and not thawing them out slowly before the forcing process is applied, all, or anyone of these, tend to cause the tlowerstocome short-stemmed. Roman hyacinths may be forced with good results after the first of November, if they are well rooted. For early forcing they should not be allowed to freeze at all, for while they are outside they should be making roots. Give them a tempera- ture of 60°, in a slightly shaded place, and give plenty of water; under an ordinary rose house bench for the first two weeks is all right, but after this time they should have the full light. G. OBITUARY. JOHN W. SCALLEN. John \V. Scallen, for many years alead- ing Broadway florist in New York city, died Wednesday morning, January 28. MRS. KUNIGUNDA KRICK. Mrs. Kunigunda Krick, of Brooklyn, N. Y., w^as one of the Bushwick section's oldest residents. About half a century ago Mrs. Krick established what is thought to have been the first plant growing establishment on the top of the Bushwich Hill, and so far as is known, they were the first raisers of flowers for ■market on Long Island. Bushwick was then considered far out of town and the dealers in flowers in Brooklyn and Williamsburgh used to make the journey to the Krick gardens twice a week to procure supplies. As the city grew and reached the Krick nursery, it was divided into city lots and the Church of St. Barnabas on Bushwick avenue, stands on a part of the old gardens. After her husband's death, the deceased, until very recently, continued the greenhouse on Central place. The florist's establishment at 1,287 Broadway is still in existence and is conducted by the son of the deceased. She was born in Germany, May 6, 1829, and died of heart disease January IS. Deceased had never been sick for so much as a single day and on the morning of her death she went about her household duties as usual. Her husband died about eight years ago. She is survived by two sons, William C. and George M. Krick, and two daughters, Mrs. Anna M. Grebe and Miss Josephine J. Krick. Catalogues Received. Homer D. Brown, Hamilton, 111., fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, etc.; Rozain— Boucharlat, Cuire-Les-Lyon (Rhone) France, plants; John Peed & Son, West Norwood, London, Eng., seeds; W. J. Godfrey, E.xmouth, Devon, Eng., chrysanthemums; Kroger & Schwenke, Berlin, Germany, seeds; Wil- liam Bull & Sons, London, Eng., seeds; Haskell Avenue Floral Co., Dallas, Tex., roses, etc.; Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, la., seeds and plants; The Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, Pa., roses, chrysanthemums, etc.; Moore & Simon, Philadelphia, Pa., seeds; Nanz & Neuner, Louisville, Ky., plants; W. C. Beckert, Allegheny, Pa., seeds, etc.; L. L. Olds, Clinton, Wis., seeds; The Storrs & Harri- son Co.. Painesville, 0., plants; T. C. Furnas & Co., Sheridan, Ind., plants and bulbs; Mark T. Thompson, Rio Vista, Va., strawberries; M. Crawford Com- pany, Cuyahoga Falls, O., strawberries and gladioli; Colorado Seed House, Den- ver, Col., seeds, etc.; D. Landreth&Sous, Philadelphia, Pa., seeds, plants and bulbs; Cole's Seed Store, Pella, la., seeds; W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., seeds; W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y., fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, etc.; Crete Nurseries, Crete, Neb., fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, etc.; J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, seeds; Central Michigan Nurserj', Kala- mazoo, Mich., calendar. SITUATIONS. WANTS, TOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be inserted at the rate of ten cents a line (six words) each insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant advs. NOT admitted under this head. Every paid subscriber to the American Florist for the year 1903 is entitled to a five-line want ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time during the year. Situation Wanted— By pood rose jjrower. to run section; good potter and propagator. Best refer- enci's. .] K, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By experienced, all-around grower in good establishment where things are done riglit and good wages paid. Address Apollo, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By flreman, day or night: handy with tools and understands growing all liinds or oui-iloor vegetables; married. Address Clinton, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By fireman, steam or hot water, steam dtting, building and glazing. Tem- perate. State wages. Address FiRBMAN, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— On private place by thor- ouglil\ competent man: long experience growing Ilowcrs, fruits and vegetables. Best references. Competent, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By single young man on private place as second man: 7 years' experience in orchids, greenhouse plants and general work. First-class references. Address F V, cure American Florist. Situation Wanted— As foreman or to take full charge; life experience as grower and propagator of general florist stock. Koses and carnations a specialty. Al references as to sobriety and ability; English, married. Please state wages, etc. O R, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By young American with 7 years' experience in stores; strictly temperate; experienced in table decorations and some de- signiug. I sed to first-ciass trade only. Best of recommendations. Address Y R. care American Florist. Situation Wanted— As head gardener or fore- man: German, speaks English; age 30: married, no children: .Vl references. Applv for references to Mr. J. Blair, cure Ogden Mills, Staatsburg, N. V. Address .1. Kramer, Millbrook, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Situation Wanted— By young man experienced in growing Beauties, teas, carnations and general stock. Competent to take charge of section or full charge of small placi. Best of references as 10 character and ability. Address Section, care .American Florist. Situation Wanted— As working foreman by first-class grower of fine cut flowers and plants, roses and carnations a specialty; first-class refer- ences; German, age 33, single; capable of manag- ing a. medium bized place to satisfaction. At liberty March 1st. Address G 50. care American Florist. Help Wanted- Marred or single man for prop- agating house, caniatioDS and grafting roses PiTTSBLRiJ Rose AND Carnation Co., Valencia P. O.. Pa. Help Wanted— Married njan for private place; $6'. house and fuel. Single man. private place, $2.5 and board. Only first class men need apply. Vaugii'ans Seed Storb, Chicago.' Help Wanted— At once, rose grower; must have experience and ability, and be thoroughly reliable. Appl\ slating wastes expected and giving refer- ences, RoBT. Scott *,t aON. Sharon IIill, Pa. Help Wanted -Young fionst with 3 or 3 years' experience iu general gieenhouse Work. Must be good, steady worker. Good p. ace to the right man. Address G F. care Aniericiin Florist Help Wanted— A good, all-around llorist. single; a good growerof cut flowers and plants and stead v. Wages $30.00 and board. Also assistant that has had some experience. Address Sidney Gibbs, Woodville, Pa. Help Wanted— Two experienced countermen for western seed house. Give full particulars as to experience, age. salary wanted and references. Steady places for the right parties. Address L P, care American Florist. Help Wanted— At once, a capable man for rose section. Must come well recommended and under- stand growing roses. Send recommendation and state wages expected. Addres.s " Floral Co.. Fostoria, O. Wanted— Wholesale catalogues of seeds and bulbs and supplies. H. Glet^n Fleming, 819 Locust Ave.. Fairmont, W. Va. Wanted— To buy or lease Ifi.OOO to 15.000 feet of glass in good condition, near Boston. Want possession Juno 15. Address Box 94, West Boylston, Mass. To Lease— t.OOO feet of glass, stocked, good trade, in college city of 7.000; possession at once; good reason for renting. Address K C. care American Florist. For Sale — Beautiful, comfortable little home and greenhouse 18x150 ft.; good business: quick and cheap; healthy climate. Address House, care American Florist. For Sale— Greenhouse, stocked, eight-room house, two lots, well located in Chicago: easy terms; for sale because of death of owner. Ad- dress G. A. Bangs, 551 N. Robey St., Chicago. For Sale— Established greenhouse business of about 10,000 feet of glass, with or without ground. Good opening with small capital. Must sell by April 1, 1903. Ohio, care American Florist. For Sale— Near a large city in Indiana, 15,000 square feet of glass, wholesale and retail, owing to inheriting estate; fine place; very reasonable, on time. For terms and particulars address C K, care Amerienn Florist. Competent Store Man. Send references and state wages. CENTRAL GREENHOUSES, Sandusky, O. Situation Wanted. Young man wants to represent a wholesale growing establishment on floor of The Chi- cago Flower Growers' Co. as seller. Good references and security. Address LAUTEN, Care AMERICAN FLORIST. WANTED! FLORIST, competent, married, working foreman; good wages; also to the right man, a share of the profits. Give refer- ences. Address EMPLOYER, Box 10, Station A, Cleveland, 0. For Sale ut 4181 K Rogers Park, III.; three uf the houses are ^iractically new; three are 24x135 and Ave are 30.\100, with two new boilers. The buyer can have possession from August 1, 1903, anil a lease for 10 years of a dwelling house, barn .Tnd a 5-acre lot. Inquire at 1674V2 Sherman Ave , Evanston, III. FOR SALE, GREENHOUSES. Well established, in good repair. 12000, ft. glass, fully stocked with fine Carnations, Callas.Smilax; full supply of everything necessary; fine dwelling house: hot water heating: five years ground lease furnished, nine miles from Chicago courthouse. Price $4,000; three-fourths cash. Good reason for selling. Address E, CARE AMERICAN FLORIST. GLASS FOR SALE ! We have 350 boxes direct from manufacturer, 16x18 D. S. A., more than we shall use this sea- son at $4.60 per box, F. O. B. Grand Rapids, Mich. Will sell all or any part. Address GHAoi uHADWIuK) CrancTRapTcIs, NTloh. 14 The American Florist. Jan 31, Caldwell's Kwality Kounts Brand wild Smilax now on hand. TULjPS IN QUANTITY. PerDoz. American Beauties, extra select $4.00 to $5.00 18to24in 2.50to 3.0D 12tol5in l.SOto 2.00 Per 100 Brides, Bridesmaids and Ivory }5.00 to $10.00 Meteor, Golden Gates S.OOto 10.00 Liberty S.OOto 13.00 Violets, Double. .$1.00to$1.50 Violets Single .75 to 1.00 White Violets $3.00 Carnations.. . . 2.03 to 3.00 Lily of the Valley, selected extra long 5.00 " " as good as can be had elsewhere 3.00 to 4.00 Narcissus, Paper White 3.00 Tulips, white, pink S.OOto 5.00 Adiantum 1-00 " Princeps 2.i0 Asparagus, Plumosus Strings Each 50c Sprays 2.00to 3.00 " Sprengeri 2.00 Smilax 12.60 to 17.50 Common Ferns $2.00perl000 .20 Galax Green 1.00 " " .15 Bronze Galax .. - 1.00 " " .15 Leucothoe Sprays 1.00 Orchids, Callleyas per doz. $6.00 Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. J. B. DEAMUD, 51 and 53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. The r. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, Meteors, CarHBlions, Cut Adiantum, Qalax, Commea Ferns and Florists' Supplies. Telephone Connections. OX^XC^VEM:tfi\.Vir>, OHIO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., —Wholesale Cut Flowers-- 457 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. MICHAEL WINANDY, Wholesale Grower of Cut Flowers and Rooted Cuttings. Salesroom: 60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Greenhouses: Cor Devon Ave. & Robey St. Telephone 3067 Central. Telephone 643 Rogers Park. H.G.BERNING Wholesale florist t322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS> MO, ICE BROTHERS WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Wild Cmllav Receivers and Shippers of nllQ SmildX, CHOICE CUT FLOWERS. Special attention given to shipping orders. Send for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Minn. C. A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, If 22 PINE STREET. m «T. LOUIS, HO. tWA. eompleto line ot Wire Dealgiis. ,Ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. .^ Pittsburg, Pa. McKELLAR & WINTERSON. Supply Everytbingf Used by Florists, Nnrserymen, Gardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Etc, HEADQUARTERS on CUT FLOWERS 45-47-49 Wabash Ave. .CHICAGO Telephone Main nap J. M. McGULLOUGH'S SONS, Successors to The Cincinnati Cut Flower Go. Si'N^cKi?li"TV^i: WHOLESALE FLORISTS Consignments Solicited. Special Attention given to Shipping Orders. It is good business policy ^ -* ^ to mention the •?• eS* t^* American Florist When you write to an advertiser. E. H. Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. Poehlmann Bros. Co. Wholesale Growers of 5"el.r.in Cut Flowers A.I1 telegraph and telephone orders given prompt attention. 35-3/ GiiBEHHonsEB: Randolph Street Morton Grove, 111. CniCAQO, ILL. Bassett&Washburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. """"'•rrrs'r, Cut Flowers OREENHOUSES: HINSDALE. ILL. Whoi^jale [lower/larl^ Milwaukee, Jan. 29. Boses, Beauty, long, perdoz. 4.00@ S.OO " med. " 2.00® 3.C0 " " short " l.oa@1.50 Liberty 15.00@18.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 8.00@I2.00 Meteor 8.00@10.0O " Golden Gate 8.00@10.00 " Perle 6.00@ 8.00 Carnation& 2.00® 3.00 Violets 75® 1.00 Bomans, Paper Whites 2.00® 3.00 Callas 10.00@12.0Q Adiantum 75® I.06 Smilax 18.00 Asparagus 85.00 PiTTSBnie, Jan. 29. Boses, Beauty, specials, per doz, 5.00® 7.00 " " extras " 3.00® 4.00 " " No. 1 " I.S0@2.5O " " No. 2 ' .75® 1.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00@15.00 " Meteor 4.00@10.00 Carnations I.OO® 4.00 Paper Whites, Bomans 2.00® 3.00 Tulips 2.00® S.OO Freetia 3. CO© 4.0O Lily o( the valley 3.00(0 4.00 Violets 50@ 1.50 Lilac per bunch, 2.0C @?.50 Smilax 12.00@15.0a Adiantum 1.00@ 1.25 Asparagus, stringa 50 00®75.00 " Sprengeri 2.00® 4. OO CDtoimiATi, Jan. 29. Boses, Beauty 6.00@6a,0O Bride 4.00® 8.00 " Bridesmaid 4.00® 8.00 " Meteor 4.00® 8.00 Carnations 3.00® 6.00 Tulips 4. CO Violtts 1.00@ 1.59 Lily ot the valley 3.00® 6.00 Harrisii lilies 15.0 Tulips, Romans, Paper Whites, Freesias; we have plenty. Also Sweet Peas m good supply. E. C. aWlLING, THH LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO, ILL. 32-34-36 Randolph Street, LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONES 1999 AND 1977. JBJ«U:V«S' LILY OF THE VALLEY A Iway gives satisfaction, strong pips, well roote splendid tor early forcing. d, and $12.00 Per 1,000. Case of 2,500 $29.00. Per 100 $1.35. Best Cold Storage Valley, S 1 5.00 per 1 000. Finest CUT VALLEY in Quantities. H. N. BRUNS, 1409 W. Madison St., CHICAGO, ILL. PETER REINBERG, Orower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 600,000 FEET OF CLASS. Headquariers for American Beauties. 51 WABASH AVE., ■ CHICAGO, ILL. FRANK GARLAND, « Cut Flowers Wholesale Grower GIVEN TO HARDY CUT B5-S7 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284. OEIIO.A.OOr HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michigan Gut Flower Exciiange. FANCY FERNS, »1.25 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. Give ua a trial for Ferns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, SI. 00 per 1000. 28 Miami Ave.. DETROIT, MICH. When writing to any of the adver- tisers on this page please mention the American Florist BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICACO F. F. BEHTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and Consignments Solicited. Commission FLORISTS J. R BDDLONG Roses and Carnations A Specialty. 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 6R0WER of CUT FLOWERS Wbol^ale power/\arl^fe CHICAGO, Jan. 30. Roses, Beauty, 36-inch stems 15 >. 12 " " 6 to 8 " " Liberty " Chatenay " Bride, Bridesmaid " Meteor, Golden Gate " Perle Cattleyas 17.50 per doz. Violets Carnations Romans. Paper Whites Tulips, Freesias Lily ol the valley Asparagus, per string, .60® .75 Adiantum Common ferns, per 1000, 2 00 Smilas. per dozen. 1.50 6.00 6.00 4.00 3.00 2. CO 1.50 1.00 8 00@18.00 8.00@15.00 6.00@15.00 6.00@I2 03 6.00@I2.00 FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Where Quality Is First Consideration.) Write, Wire or Phone the Introducers, Caldwell The Woodsman Co., Evergreen, Ala. or their agents: L. J. Kreshover, New Yorlc; J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; W. F. Kaating, Buffalo; J. M. McCuUough's Sons, Cincinnati, Ohio; Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis. JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower Pi li ClnUlfirO and Shipper of ^U I llUnulu Room 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Telephone Centbal 3598. All telegraph smi telephone orders given prompt attention. A. L. Randall, WHOLESALE flORIST, 4 Washington Street, CHICAGO. Send for weekly price list and social quotatioDS on 1000 lots. GEO. REINBERG, •Sr.. Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Always mention the American FlO' alST when writing to advertieere. 16 The American Florist. Jan. 31, CATTLEYA8. San!!!elS,Pennflck VALLEY. PHILADELPHIA. GECiSUTHERLAND 34 HAWLEY STREET, BOSTON. Best Boston Flowers An entire floor Devoted to Stock and Manufacturing:. Write nowfor quotations on Chrysanthemums and all seasonable stock. SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR= Flowers of White Carnation I 11 I I AM POND Also MRS. THOS. W. L4WS0N. ''^^y.^^hll^^^^.. LILLirmi^ I VTI ^ tr WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. H. C. BlEDEL. F. D. Spicer, RIEDEL & CO. WHOLESALE Commission Florists. 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Strictly Wholesale. Correspondence InvHed. NEW YORK CUT FLOWER GO. 55 and 57 West 26ih St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Daily Reports. Weekly Payments. '^2r» aSdf*,- S,. I. A. MILLANG, 2034 Madison Sq. Hasassb. GEORGE SALTFORD. Wholesale Commission Florist. 46 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Fair dealing and prompt returns guaranteed. Correspondence solicited. Author of "How to Make Money Growing VIolatt." N. F. MCCARTHY & CO. CUT FLOWERS ^"JilS.""'' 84 nawley St., BOSTON. N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26th St., New York. Open for Cut Flower Bales at 6 o'clock Every Morntnsr DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON, Secretary. Wbol^ale power/\arK^ Boston, Jan. 28. Roses, Beauty, extra.... 60.00@75.0 " medium 20.00@40.0 " " oulls 6.00@ 8.0 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00@ 8.C extra 12.0C@t6.0 Liberty 15.00®2B.O Carnations 2.00® S.O Special 4.00® 6.0 Lilv of the valley 2.00© 4.0 Violets 60® 1.0 Paper White narcissi, Hyacinths.. 2.00® 3.0 Trumpet narcissi 8.00® 4 Harrisii lilies 8.0C@12.0 AdiaLtum 75® 1.0 Asparagus 50. Smilax 12.50®18.(] Pwn.ADELFHiA, Jan. 28. Roses, Tea 8.0a®12.C " extra 15.00®18.(1 " Beauty, extra SO.OOCaOO.O " " firsts 25.00@4a.C " QueenofEdgely, extra.... SO.OO®60.C firsts. ...25.00®S0.« Carnations 2.00® 6.C Violets 1.00® l.E Lily of the valley 3.00® 6.C Asparagus 25.00@50.( Smilax 12.eO@I5.( Adiantum Farleyense 8.00®10.( Buppiio, Jan. 29. Roses, Beauty 2S.0O®T5.( " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 6.00@12.( Carnations 3.00® 5.( Violets 1.50® 2.( Paper Whites, Romans 2. CO® 4.( Lily of the valley. 6ive Us a Trial. We Can Please You. Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock. Ilfll C VACTIIII! Wholesale Com- nnii Fi una 1 1 nU I mission Flonst, <>8I Washington St , Buffalo. N. Y. Dealer in Florists' Supplies and Wire Designs. Open Day and Night. Fancy or Dagger Ferns ^.rlfoo Discount on Larger Orders. First QualHy 6alax,'Bron» or Grain, $1 per 1000 LAUREL FESTOONING made fresh on receipt of order 4c, 5c and 8c per yd. Special attention given to Large orders. Tele- phone or wire us and your or- 'der will havepromptdispatch Millington, Mass. TeL office. New Salem. Order Direct From Headquarters. ,A No. 1 DAGGER and FANCY FERN, $1.S0 per lOOO. Dis- count on large orders. A No, 1 BRONZE and GREEN GALAX, $1.00 per 1000 In SOOO lots. LAUREL FESTOONING, good and full, 5c and 6c per yd. SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX, selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS, $1.00 per bbl. LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, $1.00 per 100. ^Ve guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail, telephone or telegraph will receive our personal and prompt attention. V/e can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY M. ROBINSON &. CO. 32.34-36 Court Sq., Boston, Mass. L. D. Telephone 2618 Main. The Philadelphia Wholesale Flower Market, ""rn'd Slir^ 1224 CHERRY STREET. PHILADELPHIA. Is now open and ready for business. Consign- ments of good stock solicited, especially Valley. Violets and Carnations. Commission, 10 percent and $50 annual stall rent, pa> able monthly in advance. Flowers, choice of this market, care- fully packed and shipped at short notice It is good business policy to mention The,... AMERICAN FLORIST When you write to an advertiser. White Lilacs and Daffodils Leo. Niessen, IN QUANTITIES. On and after Sept. isth will be open from? a. m. till 8 p. m. until further notice. WHOLESALE FLORIST, N. W. Cor. 13th and Filbert Sts., Phila. 1903. The American Florist. 17 JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Exclaslvely. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT Til. 2065 Madison Sq. NEW YORK. 42 West 28ih St. Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWERS ever offered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, Bride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter F. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Talaphone 902 Umdlson Bq.aar«. 39 West 28th St.. NEW YOBK. Tslaphona Nos. 2239 and 2034 Madison Square, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 65 and 57 West 26th St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice ol sale note daily. Statement and check weekly. All consignments, large or small, receive the same attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. ! VIOLETS. WILLIAM GHORMLEY VIOLETS. I Wholesale ** ■fcfcimwi ipiiif ■■■!■■■■■ ■ 9 Commission • Daily Receiver and Shipper of Fresh Cut Flowers. Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Valley, Chrysanthemums. Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY. JOHN YOUNG Cpeolal American Beauties, Surpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orohldt, and all Seaionable Flowers. 61 WMt 28th St., NBW YORK. TeL 1805 Madison Sq. THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR Violets and Carnations SHOWERS and BUYERS make a note of thU. It »U1 be to your advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER, 80 West 29th St., ITew York. Telephone 651 Madison Square. Frank Millang Open from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. Cat Flower Exchange, Phone 299 Madison Squa 55-57 W. 26th St. NEW YORK. ■8TABLISHED 1872, JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consignments or Shipping Orders. Satisfaction ghfon in both. Ttl. SS6 Madlaon Sq. 116 Wiit 30th St., New York. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 65 and 57 W. 26th St. New York. Cut Flower Exchange, IICW 1 uri^. OPEN 6:0O A. M. hn Unequalled Outlet lor Consigned Floweri. Cliolce Carnations. Selected Roses. Traendly&Schenck NEV YORK CITY, 38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange. New Telephone Mo. 798 A, 799 Madison Sq. Wbol^ale power/larKgfe New yoRK, Jan. 28. Roses, Beauty, Edgely, best 50.00@75.0a " " medium 20.00@30.00 " " culls 3.00@10.00 Bride, Bridesmaid, best... 10. 00@15. 00 " " " medium 6.00® 8.00 culls.... 3.00® 5.0O " Meteor, Golden Gate 6.0C@12.00 " Liberty, best 3a.00@40.00 ordinary 10.00@20.CO Carnations, fa-^ cy 4.00® 8.00 " ordinary 1.50® S.OO Violets, special 75® 1. 00 " ordinary 30® .50 Lily of the valley 2.00® 3.00 Trumpet narcissi 4:00® 6.00 Romans, Paner Whites 1.50® 2.0O Cattleyas..." 25.00 @60.00 Smilai 8.00@10.00 Adiantum 50® 1.00 Asparagus 35.00@50.00 Sprengeri, doz. bun. 2.00@3 00 Charles Millang WHOLESALE FLORIST. Consetvatory connected from which c;iu ship ferns and decorative plants promptly 50 West 29th St. NEW YORK Tel. 2230 Madison Square. ALWAYS MENTION THE.. .AMERICAN riORIST WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS. FORD BROS. Receivers and Shippers of FRESH FLOWERS, HI West 30th St., NEW TOBK. Telephone 157 Madison Square. REPRESENTING EMINENT GROWERS. JuHusLang 53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK. COMMISSION DEALER in FLOWERS Telephone 280 Madison Squabe. ALEX. J. GUTTMAN, Wholesale Commission Florist, A full supply daily of the cholcesf New York and New Jersey FLOWERS. 62 W. 29th Street, NEW YORK CITY. Telephone 1738 Madison Square. fl. H, immm. Wholesale Commission Florist, BEST IXGWEBS SHIPPED AT L,OWEI^ NEW YORK PRICES. 18 Boarum Place, Brooklyo, N. Y. Telsphohb 939 MAnt. Hicks & Crawbuck, WHOLESALE FLORISTS NEW YOQK: 45 West 29th Street. Tel. 2798 Madison Sq. BROOKLYN, N.Y.: 108 Livingston Street. Tel. 3660-3661 Main. EDW. C. HORAN, 55 WEST 28TH STREET, .NEW YORK. Cyj F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE. Telepho Madison Squa 18 The American Florist. Jan. 31, The pEEt) TaaEiE. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Waltbe p. Stokes, Pres.; C. N. Page, First Vioe-Pres. ; S. P. Willard, Wethersfleld, Conn., Seo'y and Treas. Twenty-flrst annual convention. Philadelphia and Atlantic City, June 23-25, 1903, J. C. SuFFERN, of Voorhies, 111., has opened an establisliment at Decatur, 111. Visited New York: E. M. Parmalee, of the John H. Allan Seed Company, Picton, Out. W. Atlee Burpee and Mrs. Burpee last week sailed from New York for Jamaica, W. I. J. E. NoRTHRUP, of Minneapolis, spent two days this week in Chicago. Mr. Northrup is making an eastern trip. Sweet corn, especially all canners' sorts, is in great demand and buyers are not inclined to question prices closely. A. H. Goodwin, of the Goodwin, Harries Company, Chicago, has reached home again from a southern and eastern trip. G. W. Snelling is secretary-treasurer of the associated fruit growers of Kin- mundy. 111., who last year shipped 100 cars of Gem melons and tomatoes. Visited St. Paul: — Ralph Ward, ot Wm. Hagemann & Company, New York; Chas. Schwake, of Chas. F. Meyer, New York; C. W. Scott, of Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago; A. L. Yaughau, of E. H. Hunt, Chicago. Port Hope, Ont.— John Hume, the pea grower, has disposed of his seed stock and plant to the Hogg Lytle Com- pany, Ltd., of Mariposa, Ont., who will continue the business. Mr. Hume's son, it is expected, will take a position with the new firm. Wholesale seed prices made on esti- mates are being cut much below the accepted market values in many cases. It seems to be the rule at the beginning of every season for a few of the timid traders to throw away profits which might be easily maintained. The State of Trade. T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va.— Weather unfavorable throughout the south and January business behind that of last year in consequence. W. W. Rawson & Company, Boston. — We have nothing to complain of in the w^ay our trade has opened this season, it being very satisfactory to us thus far. Steele, Briggs Seed Company, Toronto, Ont. — Our spring trade so far has been very satisfactory, w^ith a good increase over previous years. We anticipate a good season's business. Sioux City Seed & Nursery Company, Sioux City, la. — Owing to the late fall our trade is somewhat retarded on account of not being able to get stocks ready for shipment. The indications are that trade will be fully up to the season of 1902. J. M. Thorburn & Company, New York. — Business with us so far this sea- son has been very good indeed. The demand for all lines is large, and espe- cially for the many articles that in conse- quence of the past unfavorable season are very scarce. Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia. — We find, upon comparing our records, that the season is opening later and w^e do not know whether this is caused by the weather conditions or whether the higher range of prices is making the pur- chasers' delay their orders for further comparison of catalogues. It is our opinion that both of these causes are perhaps the secret of the lesser volume of business. Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia. — Seed orders, with us, have been more plentiful this January than during the same period in 1902. Another promising feature is the large excess of catalogue applications, over any previous January. We look for a very busy season in all branches of our business. D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia. — This month's seed business compares very favorably with the corresponding month of last year. Our trade has increased very largely with the florists in spite of the unfavorable situation regard- ing coal supply. We might say that 1903 opens with a very bright outlook. Northrup, King & Company, Minne- apolis. — Owing to the lateness of the season, and heavy snow prevailing in this section, trade for the month has been somewhat backward. We are hav- ing a large number of inquiries and antici- pate a good business as soon as the weather breaks. Amzi Godden Company, Birmingham, Ala. — The season for handling garden seed trade is at hand in the south, but there seems to be a disposition on the part of buyers to delay placing their orders. This is probably due to the fact that we have recently had much disa- greeable weather. From appearances it would seem that the season is somewhat later this year than last. The volume of business we believe will be as large as last season, notwithstanding the depressed condition of agricultural sections throughout the south. Our business is much hampered by our inabilitj' to sup- ply some seed, notably corn, which we have had great trouble in getting in our warehouse. Another thing that is caus- ing us the loss of much trade is the fact that we cannot possibly get cars from railroad companies in which to move the goods that we have sold. "» * » Troy, N. Y. — Mrs. Lucy A. Burger has opened a retail store at No. 531/2 Con- gress street. Lincoln, Neb. — Peter Nelson is in charge of the grounds and greenhouses at the Insane Hospital. The Board ot Regents has recommended to the legis- lature that an appropriation be made for additional greenhouses. NEW TOMATO. Wonder of America The finest ever introduced to the trade, for forcing under glass or grow- ing in the open ground. Has won many valuable prizes. [ I have a small stock of seed of this remarkable variety to offer At $1.00 per Trade Packet. Transplanted Plants, 25c perdozen;'$t.00 per 100; $5.00 per 1000. For Seed Order Early. Plant orders taken until time of delivery. Also 15 other kinds of Tomato Plants at $2.00 per 1000. Five kinds of Cab- bage at $1.50 per 1000. Egg Plants, transplanted, $4.00 per 1000. TERMS CASH. F. D. CHAPMAN, FLORIST AND WHOLESALE GROWER OF VEGETABLE PLANTS. Hewletts, L. I., N. Y. OVER 2.000 ACRES IN CULTIVATION. Braslan Seed Growers Go. Growers for the Wholesale Trade Only. Correspondence solicited. SAN JOSE, CAL. Irrigating a crop of onion on one of our ranches In the month of June, 1 902. igo3. The American Florist. 19 HUNT'S SUPERB SWEET PEAS. Compare our Sweet Pei prices with other* and you n growing and harvesting, also special care in filling orders custcmers figure they ure mskiog money when they pay 51 America. ■:rimso!i and scarlet, irrejiuhxrly strii)ed and ruu- liinu' to solid color. Winss striped "a clear carniinc. Oz. I-' me grower and bloomer! $ .05 Aurora, Viirieiiated. crimson and white, striking bris:ht iiriiii'j'- stri|ies and flaking on white ground 05 Brilliant. i'r> intense, best scarlet 05 Blanche Burpee, pure white, large 05 Blanclie Ferrj, pink and white 05 Blanciie Ferry, Extra Early, the earliest flowering of all 05 Boreatton. standard maroon .05 Butlerfl). white, delicately tinted 05 Bride, inire wijite, of great merit 05 Blushing Beauty, delicate blush, pink with faint lilac 05 California, delicate pink, flowers llneiy formed 05 Captain oltlie Blues, true blue " 05 Cardinal, scarlet, early vigorous grower 05 Celestial, man v.- 05 Countess of Powis, standards rose orange, wings bright Countess of Radnor, excellent type, 1 Crown Jewel, standards delicate creamy rose, slightly eloudeil with a trace of violet ." ". .05 Cupid Owatl, white 10 Cupid Dwarf, pink 10 Delight, pinki-li white blush 05 Dorothy Tennant. reddish mauve, a favorite 05 Duchess of Edinburg between scarlet and crimson 05 Duke of Clarence, first-class claret 05 Emily Henderson, pure white 05 Emily Lynch, of exceptional merit, flaked primrose with deli'-;ite innkish venation 05 Eliza Eckford, standards, flaked and suffused with delicate rose, wings lightly blushed 05 Firefly, the leading brilliant scarlet profuse bloomer 05 Gaiety, striped bright rosy lilac 05 Golden Gate, blended lilac 05 Gray Friar, speckled, fine 05 Her Majesty, large clear rose pink shaded primrose, vigor- ous, profuse bloomer 05 Ignea, very deep crimson 05 Kalherine Tracy, large pink. excellent 15 Lady Nina Batlour. probably the best formed of all swe^t peas, a soft rich, heliotrope pink, perfect health of habit . Lottie Eckford, \\hlte. sulfused with heliotrope. 'ill find that we are higher, yet we sell vast quantities annually. Special care In and caring for stocks, make It necessary for us to charge a better price, but our per cent additloaal cost and receive 300 per cent additional quality. Lady Penzance, rare tint of delicate rose, silken and Oz. "si-lb. Lb. " " ',b, thread-like lacings 05 .15 .35 35 Mars, a gorgeous crimson llower of large size and perfect form, blends to deep purple 05 .15 .35 35 Maid of Honor, line similar to Butterfly 05 .16 .35 30 Meteor, bright orange salmon ti5 .15 .35 35 Miss Hunt, bright rose, suffused with orange 05 .10 .3(1 30 Mont Blanc, large pure white, the earliest of all Sweet 35 Pe;i,s imd especially desirable for forcing 20 .,50 \.^y\ 30 Mrs. Eckford. delicate primrose 05 .15 .35 35 Mrs. Sankey. pure white, of perfect orm 05 .10 .311 36 Mrs. Gladstone, delicate ro'e, blooms well in cool weather .05 .15 .35 30 Monarch, very similar to Waverly 05 .15 .35 35 Orange Prince, rich salmon ". 05 .10 .30 35 Prima Donna, perfect in form, beautiful pink 05 .15 .35 30 Painted Lady, beautiful pink and white, vigorous grower, .00 .10 .35 profuse bloomer ■ ; .05 .15 .35 Peach Blossom, very pleasing, standards creamy pink, .05 .15 .35 delicate carmine tbroat 05 .10 .30 .05 .15 .3 Primrose, deep primrose 05 .lo .30 Princess Beatrice pink, wings delicate rose 05 .10 .30 .05 .10 .31 Queen Victoria, delicate sulphur yellow, tinted purple 15 .15 .35 .10 .20 .50 Queen of the Isles, siarlet, white and purple 05 .15 .35 50 Red Riding Hood, an absolutely new departure, a pleasing 35 rosy pink, shading to bluish white, extremely early 31 profuse bloomer, excelling all other sorts, delightful 35 fragrance, long stems 05 .15 .;i5 35 Royal Robe, very like Blushing Beauty, lilac 05 .15 .35 35 Senator, chocolate stripeu_rg, Germany, 1 1 American florist Advertisements Pay Advertisers. CX m^ ^^mM-r^mmZ -^m. r^ '''^°™ Benary's. inerariasg— '4v-^e show llowers saved, giant flowered, finest colors and shades, dwarf or semi-dwarf, makes fine sell- inj; plants for Easter; 314 in- «3.50 per 100. Cash . Sheiiroad Greenhouses. Grange P. 0.. Balto.. Md. Giant Pansies ^-'refntuse S2.50 per Thousand. Cash. BYER BROS., Chambersburg, Pa. Mushroom Spawn. English FrMh Importation FERTILE. PRODUCTIVE. n bricks, per 100 lbs.. $«.60 f. York. $7.00 f. o. b. Chicago. Write for prices on quantity. Vaughan's Seed Store, CHICAGO. NEW YORK. 20 The American Florist. Jan. 31, The Nursery TRsi^'E. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. CHA8. A. Ilsentbitz, Pres. ; D. S. Lake, Vioe- Pres.; Geobge C. Seaqee, Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Uich., June, 1903. The Woodlawn Improvement Club has undertaken a plan for the planting of trees and shrubs on the streets and open spaces in that section of Chicago from which it draws its membership. Ray M. Ashcraft is secretary. The Improvement Association of Joliet, 111., has appointed Jas. H. Perriss, Chas. Shepherd and Wm. B. Walker a commit- tee to place a bulk order for nursery stock for such of its members as will do spring planting, and a great deal is expected to be done. Kalamazoo, Mich.— On January 20 the 100 officers and employes of the Cen- tral Michigan Nursery Company, with their families, were banqueted at the Auditorium and the next day's Gazette- News devoted almost a page to an account of the affair. The annual report of the city improve- ment committee of Northampton, Mass., asks for immediate action relative to transforming adjoining lands into a public park. Fine facilities for public enjoyment are presented in the tract and it is argued that the city would be promptly reimbursed for the outlay by the increase in value of taxable property in the neighborhood. Teas' Weeping Mulberry. Ed. Am. Florist:— Your correspondent "C. B. W." speaks highly of Teas' weep- ing mulberry, and I will admit it is a fine weeper when well grown, but my experience with the grafted stock sold by some nurserymen is that they do not grow. They show good leaves 'in the spring but before the summer is ended they are sorry specimens. A cemetery superintendent told me that dozens of them had come under his notice and that all went the same way. They are well adapted to cemetery planting, but it is annoying to all concerned to have trees die. A. F. F. Lansing, Mich. C. S. Fitzsimmons reports trade very good and everything coming his way. He has a new rose called Queen Madge which looks a good thing. Miss Ida L. Chittenden has had a good season with violets, shipping practically all her product to Chicago. J. A. Bissinger is always at the front and everywhere about his place are the signs of prosperity. L. R. Petty has been remodeling his houses and putting in new heating apparatus. Robert Mann, the oldest florist in the city, is still at his old stand and doing a nice trade. G. H. Ryley is new in the trade but is making quite a success in carnation growing. C. Vincennes, Ind. Business since the holidays has been dull, no funerals or social functions of any note occurring. Society people are not given much to the use of flowers, a dozen or two of carnations being the limit to most social affairs. Mrs. C. W. Schultz has admitted her son, Paul, to a partnership. Their stock is in fine shape and has the appearauce of being well taken care of. W. A. Reiman, who grows mostly roses and carnations, with which he has had good success, will give more attention to carnations in future. C. F. Raker, who grows only bedding plants, is working up alarge stock for the spring trade. R. DBEEB'S RELIABLE SWEET PEAS The following is a short list of the very best 5orfs for florists' use for cutting. For complete list see our Wholesale Catalogue. Per Lb. Apple Blossom, blush and pink % .25 Black Knight, dark maroon 25 Blanche Ferry, the standard pink and white 20 " " Extra Early, early pink and white .25 Capt. of the Blues, a good blue .25 Countess of Radnor, light lavender 25 Dorothy Tennant, dark lavender 25 Earliest of All, earliest pink and white 30 Emily Henderson, freest white 25 Gorgeous, bright orange salmon 30 Hon. F. Bouverie, a fine light pink 25 Lady G. Hamilton, pale lavender. 30 Lovely, a beautiful shell pink 30 Mont Blanc, new early white 60 Mrs. Eckford, primrose yellow 25 Mrs. Sankey, strong-growing white 25 Navy Blue, deep blue 30 Prima Donna, fine deep pink 25 Prince of Wales, finest rose-colored 25 Sadie Burpee, large white 30 Salopian, the best scarlet 25 DREER'S Peerless Mixture. 10 lbs, $2.50 .30 It is time to sow Ageratum, Aster, Centaurea, Lobelia, Petunia. Vinca, Verlj^na, etc., etc., all are fully described in our Wholesale Catalogue. Free to florists. UCUDY A RDCCD 714 Chestnut street, ncnni Ai UnLCn, Philadelphia, pa. Rhododendron Maximum i Kalmia Latifolia The two best native Evergreen Shrubs for out-of-door ornamentation. Furnished by car load lots or in smaller quantities. Send for prices, also Special Rhododendron circulars. Fine lot of general nursery stock. EASTERN NURSERIES, M.M.Pawson.Mgr . Jamaica Plain, Mass. Almost half a centnry of fair dealing has eriven onr prodncts that prominency which merit deserves. We Btill offer everything of the best for ORCHARD, VINEYARD, LAWN, PARK, STREET, GARDEN & GREENHOUSE. Correspondence solicited, irreenhouses, 1000 acres. Catalogue and Trade List free. 49 years, THE STORRS& HARRISON CO., Palnisville, Ohio. TREES FOR SPRING OF 1903. We offer a large and cbolce line ot General NuraeiT Stock. Special attention is called to the following: APPLE, CHERRY, Peach, Kieffer and Dwarl Pear, DOWNING GOOSEBERRY, Catalpa, Box Elder, Silver and Cut-leaved Maple, Mountain Ash, Carolina Poplar, Tulip Tree, Black Walnut Seedlings, Pecans, Clematis Paniculata, Wistaria, Norway Spruce, Hydrangea P. G., Barberry, Privet, Hybrid Perpetual and Climbing Moss Roses, Apple and Pear Seedlings and Root Grafts. For prices address F. S. PHOENIX, Bloomington, III. THE CULTURE OF Adlantum Farleyense by Julius Lindstrnm, formerly Farleyense grower at the Kent Place Nurseries, Summit, N. J., illus- trated, contains the author's notes of his personal experience. Sent postpaid for 50 cents. LOCK BOX 8, FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN, N. Y. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Send to THE MOON Cox3:ip^xi9r For J Trees, Shrubs, Vines Your I and Small Fruits. Desciiptive Illustrated Catalogue Freei THE WM. H. MOON OO. Morrisville, Pa. Tree Seeds. Our new descriptive CATALOGUE OF SEEDS of American Conifers, Trees, Shrubs, Palms, Cncti^ Herbaceous Plants, etc., has been mailed to th& trade. A postal will bring it to you. PINEHURST NURSERItS, Pinehurst, N. C. Otto Satzensteln. Mgrr* GLUGAS & BODDINGTON CO. ImDortera and Exporters of Soeds, Bulbs ^Plants 8 1 2-8 1 4 Craonwioh Straet, /VEW YORK OiTY. Bend for quotations on all Florists* Bulb Stock. Please mention the American Florist when writing. igoj. The American Florist. 21 New Crop Flower Seeds for Present Sowing. Trade BEGONIA Vernon Duchess of Edinburghi new pink BELLIS (Daisy) Mammoth white, 1-16 oz. , 50c Mammoth mixed, 1-16 oz., 40c. Longfellow, pink, H oz., 40c. .. BROWALLIA speciosa major Pkt. Oz .15 3.50 Trade 1 PANSY, Vaughan's Premium Mixture. . . Trimardeau, mixed, Giant- Flo ered. xed. VERBENA Trade Pkt. AGERATUM, Blue Perrection 10 Princess Victoria Louise, new, dwarf 10 ALYSSUM. Vauijhan's Little Gem, extra .10 Maritimum, sweet .05 AMPELOPSIS Veilchi lb. , 11.00 .10 ASPARAGUS Sprengeri, 1000 seeds, $1.00; 100 seeds, 15c. ASTER, Queen of the Market, white, pink, purple, light blue, scarlet, each ^oz.,20c. .10 The Carlson, white, pink, rose, lavender, each, M oz., 50c .20 Branching, pink, lavender, pur- ple, each 10 white 10 Tose 10 8=-'.' red . mixed . CANNA, Crozy vars., best mixed, lb., $1.(0 CANDYTUFT Giant, hyacinth-flowered while (better than Empress) CELOSIA (Coxcomb) Pres. Thiers CENTAUREA candidissima, ICOO seeds, 25c Gymnocarpa CLEMATIS paniculata (sow now, sure)... New Coccinea hybrids CINERARIA marilima COBAEA scandens, purple, 4 oz.. $1.00. .. . DAISY. Burbank's new Shasta, true DRACAENA indivisa GERANIUM, apple-soented, 250 seeds, 35c. GREVILLEA robusta HELIOTROPE, Lemoine's Giant, mixed.. HOLLYHOCK Allegheny, best mixed Allegheny, white, new KENILWORTH IVY (Liniiria Cymballaria) New white LEMON VERBENA M oz., 40c LOBELIA Crystal Palace Compacta lieddi ng Queen M oz. , 50c Emperor William % oz., 30c Speciosa ( trailing).. }i oz., 25o White Lady, dwarf white MAURANDYA, mixed « oz., 30o. MIGNONETTE Giant Machet, selected. Bismarck, an improved Machet MIMULUS moschatus, Musk., .^gz., 20c. OXALIS tropaeoloides PANSY, Vaughan's International Mix- ture ^oz., 81.50 Vaughan's Giant Mixture ' i oz., 60c .15 1.25 .25 .10 1.00 .50 10.00 .35 4.00 Chicago Parks Mixture Masterpiece }4oz., 11.00 PETUNIA, "Vaughan's Best" mixture of large-flowering single Petu- nias, the best in existence. . . Giants of California Double Large-Pl'r'g Fringed, extra choice mixed Blotched and Striped (Inimi- table) Dwarf Inimitable PRIMULA obconica, large-flowering while, rose or mixed, each.... PYRETHRUM aureum. Golden Feather... SALVIA splendens, "Drooping Spikes," Clara Bedman, very early, dwf. . New "Triumpii," early Silverspot Golden Leaved SMILAX perMlb.,'?5c STOCKS, large flowering ten weeks, white, rose, light blue, crim- son, dark blue, blood-red and extra choice mixed, each % oz.,40c Imported collection of 6 vari- eties, 30c. Imported collection of 12 vari- eties. 50c. Snowflake, for forcing, white. THUNBERGIA mixed VERBENA, Mammoth White, Scarlet, Kose, Purple, each Mammoth, mxd, extra choice Mayflower, best pink Defiance, fine scarlet, true — "Vaughan's Best" mixture, there is no better or more complete mixture in exist- ence li oz,, 50c VINCA rosea, rosea fl. albo, rosea albo pura and mixed , each 5.50 1. 00 l.OO 6.C0 1.00 1.50 1.00 TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT FOR CASH WITH ORDER AMOUNTING TO TWO DOLLARS OR OVER. 84-86 Randolph St. VAUQllAINS SEED STO IvE H Barclay Street. THE AD. D'HAENE CO., LTD, GHENT, Of JE^BXCt FOR SPRING DELIVERY: Fine young plants for growing on, such as Palms, Araucarias, Ficus. Etc. No better stock was ever offered. Reduced Prices. Ordor Eariy. FOR FALL DELIVERY: Grown plants of like description, also Azaleas and Rhododendrons. Perfect plants, low prices. Write for cata- logue with particulars. Your order will receive my very best attention. CHAS. F. MEYER, '' °.!::5i'^^%'^K. Sole Representative of the Ad. D'Haene Co., Ltd., Ghent. Awakening of Spring from excellent strains. Half trade packet, 50c. CA|1/IA Bedman or Bonfire, very dwarf and OALTin compact in habit. Trade Pkt., 35c. Pink. Trade BEGONIA VERNON packe,25c ALYSSUM Little Gem. Trade packet, 10c. florists. Trade packet, 25c. WM, ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW TOBK. FIRST SEASON OFFERED. New Cactus Kathentie DAHLIA 7;^ ^^^^ Duer,,. This new decorative Dahlia was the rage of Newport last summer for Table Decoration. The flowers are of immense size, fine form, and a beautiful glowing scarlet color. Now Ready. Dry Tubtrs, $60.00 per 100; $8.00 per Doztn. Spring struck stock from 2^ to 3-inch pots. Prices on application. Stock limited, so order early. Spring Catalogue for 1903 Sent on Appllcallon, TheGeo. A. Weaver Co., Newport, R.I. CHRYSANTHEMUMS The leaders in our set tor 1903 :ire Convention Hall, f. J. Taggart, Mrs J. J. Mitchell, H. W. Buckbee, and Miss Minnie Bailey. We also list all the Novelties from other raisers. Our foreign varieties are exceptionally fine, being marked improvements and indispensable to the exhibitor. Xone of the ^ood ones are omitted from our Standard Collection. Our completi- descriptive catalogue has just been maili'd. Write us, if not received. Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich. t&'OJJB. DIECTOBY FOB 1902 WII.L BE MAII.ED TO YOU*^ i^-FBOMFTLY UPON AFFUCATION. FBICE TWO DOLLABS.-^ 22 The American Florist. Jan. ji. Our pasTiMEs. At Chicago. Teams representing the Chicago Car- nation Company and Vaughan's Green- houses will roll a match game at the Star alleys, 213 State street, Chicago, Saturday evening, January 31. At Detroit. The following are the scores of the games rolled at regular practice Janu- ary 26: Player 1st 2d 3d Beard 147 157 103 Duiin 165 118 141 Kormaii. 141 131 154 Rackham 99 116 99 Flowerday 129 135 150 Pickworth 83 109 134 Watson Ill 1S7 111) Taepke I(i5 ns 99 Beard 142 126 130 IJfown 104 115 J. F. S. A Summer Hymnal. Next to the delight that one experi- ences in wandering o'er hill and dale, or through forest and field, by winding stream or in pleasant garden, is the charm of reading about them in the pages of some sympathetic and eloquent book while snugly ensconced by one's own fireside of a winter's evening. Then we can enjoy to the full the charms of such writers as Dean Hole and Charles Dudley Warner and E. P. Roe and George H. Ellwanger and Henry Ward Beecher— all full of that poetic insight that can interpret and picture for us on the printed page the beauties of country life. Recently I have had the pleasure of listening to a new singer, this time from the sunny south. His name is John Trotwood Moore and in his "A Summer Hymnal," a Tennessee romance, the song of bird, and bloom of rose, the thousand and one charms of animate and inani- mate nature, are sung by a true singer, and would be delightful even without the story, although the latter is good. The character sketches in the romance are delicately yet powerfully drawn; that of Thetis, the heroine, is one of the most captivating delineations, the Blind Man IS as fine a piece of work as ever came from any artist, and the contemplation of such cheerfulness, fortitude and manli- ness under misfortune, is a moral tonic of the most powerful kind. Tie sketch of the old darkey fiddler is simply inim- itable. Then there is the famous forty- mile ride of the lover to save his mistress, which to my mind equals the g^eat chariot race that was the making of "Ben Hur." The verses that preface each chapter are original and show the deep poetic feeling of the author. There is a sugges- tion of Tennyson in the piece entitled "The Jewel that Lives," the last verse of which runs: — You'll quit in tlie race when thev set the pace If your pedigree is not eold. For there's more in grit thiin in grooming. ■ And tliere's more in gait than in gold. And whatever you do you may hold this true: The jewel that lives is the soul, But he diverges from Tennyson in esti- mating the influence of occupation on character. He holds that no merchant can be a soldier; no money-lender a phy- sician; no lawyer a poet. Tennyson on the contrary, imagined it possible. In "Maud" he soliloquizes that if * * The battle-bo t sang from the three ecker out on the foam, Many a smooth-faced, snub-nosed rogue would leap from his counter or till And strike were it only with his chesting yard- wand home. It is a deep question and both poets may have some right on their side, but one thing seems sure: Occupation may influence but it can neither create nor kill "the jewel that lives in the soul." Butin the main our author sketches character >vith rare felicity. That of Mr. Truxton, the nurseryman is interesting and occa- sions a fine passage: I knew Truxton was a good man because l\e planted trees. * * A beautiful thought: years after we are dfad. by an act of ours in life, we may still give, through the trees we may have planted, sweet gifts to those who shall come after us: that year after year the trees we have tended and nursed sliall live on and drop into the Jap of each generation luscious golden-bowled memen- tos from a hand tliat is still. And again: A generous thouglit, a spade, a few moments of pleasant iHbor,— years afterward and a thousand cherries drop plump into rosy-cheet.ed mouths, a liundred apples year after year are hid away in urchin uocKets. "Wlien we ciome to die it is not how raucli we have done for God — who needs nothing at our hands— but bow much we have done for his children, our fellow men, and so I think it is better to found a nursery .than a new sect. 1 had rather plant cherries than discord — peaches than political parties 1 had rather write flowers than poems — preach apples than sermons. His knowledge of bird life is especially noteworthy and his descriptions in that connection give occasion for some fine passages on the mocking bird: — * :i= For ten minutes sitting on the topmost twig of a wild cherry tree suddenly brow e the pent up emotions of his soul with a few tiervous, rapid-fire, but softand sweet notes. These leaped quickly upward and. abroad, ablaze and aglow as a spark runs through a sedge field. In a moment he had filled the very air-waves with the touch of his genius— had burned the wind with melody. For half an hour he sang— then the great musi- cian flew away, singing as he went. That fine passage reminds one of Col- eridge's beautiful lines on the nightingale: That crowds and hurries and precipitates With thick fast warble his delicious notes As he were fearful that an April night Would be too short for him to hurry forth His love chant and disburthen his poor soul Of all its music. The wood-thrush our author calls "the poet of the woods, rare sweet singer, fountain of music, liis flute song floating across the air like clear music bubbles: Uoli— A-e-oli- Noli-nol- A-e-oli-lee! — ripened melody that came in the early spring with the penetrating force of clarion notes from a silver bugle at the lips of fame." Running through the romance is a rich fund of wit, humor, and quaint fancy — sustaining the interest and furnishing the necessary contrasts to the soaring flights of eloquence in describing the love- liness of trees and birds and flowers, and in toning the portrayal of action in the rush of events which make up the story. But I will refrain from quoting further, as my sole object in penning these lines is to whet the appetite for the bookitself. I have to thank my friend Edward Camp- bell, of Ardmore, for my own introduc- tion to Mr. Moore, and I wish to show my appreciation of a good thing by doing as one should with a good thing — and so I "push it along" to all who may honor me by perusing these notes. George C. Watson. Selected, Bright and Brilliant. Wholesale Trade Solicited J. L. BANNER & CO.. Montezuma. N. C. GALAX LEAVES - Leucothoe Sprays. J. G. LOVEN, MONTEZIIVIA, N. C. Rooted Carnation Cuttings T Get the best, cheap cuttiogs are dear at any price. Early orders will be furnished J from sand, later orders from cuttings transplanted into soil at same rate. Per 100 Per 1000 Adonis $12.00 $100.00 Enchantress 12.00 100.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Fragrance 12.00 100.00 White Bradt 14.00 President McKinley 13.00 100.00 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt 12.00 Marshall Field 12.00 100.00 Lillian Pond 10.00 75.00 Her Majesty 10.00 80.00 Murphy's White 6.00 1)0.00 Apollo 6.00 60.00 Cressbrook 5.00 40.00 Dorofchy 'Whitney 6.00 50.00 Enquirer. 6.00 50.00 Floriana 5.00 45.00 Golden Beauty 5.00 40.00 Gov. Wolcott 6.00 46.00 Harry Fenn 6.00 50.00 J. H. Manley 6.00 60.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 6.00 60.00 Mrs. H. N. Higinbotham 6.00 45.00 Per 100 Per 1001 Mrs. Potter Palmer $ 5.00 $45.00 America 1.76 16.00 Chicago or Red Bradt 3.00 26.00 Estelle 4.00 80.00 Ethel Crocker 1.75 15.00 Flora Hill 1.76 15.00 Genevieve Lord 1.75 15.00 G.H.Crane 1.75 15.00 Gov. Roosevelt 4.00 30.00 Guardian Angel 1.75 15.00 Lorna 4.00 80.00 MorningGlory 2.60 20.01) Marquis 1.76 15.00 Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 3.00 25.00 Mrs. F. Joost 1.76 15.00 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 3.00 26.03 Norway 1.75 16.00 Prosperity 2.60 20.00 Queen Louise 3.00 25.00 White Cloud 1.76 15.00 Wm. Scott 1.5D 12.00 CAN N AS. STRONG DORMANT, TWO-EYED ROOTS. Per 100 Per 1000 Allemania $4.00 Burbank 3.00 Chas. Henderson 3.00 $25.00 Duke of Marlborough 3.50 30.00 David Harum 15.00 Dwarf Florence Vaughan 4.0) 35.f0 Explorator Crampbell 3.00 25.00 Florence Vaughan 3.50 30.00 Francois Reif 3.50 30.00 Per 100 Per 1000 L. Patry $3.00 $25.00 Leonard Vaughan 6.00 50.00 Martha Washingtoil 6.00 50.00 Mile. Berat 3.00 25.00 Mixed 1.50 10.00 Paul Marquant 3.00 26.00 PreB. Carnot 3.00 25.00 Queen Charlotte 4.00 35.00 Sec. Chabanne 3.00 26.00 \ VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, t. 14 Barclay St., NEW YORK. Z 84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO. * GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. % »♦♦♦ igoj. The American Florist. 23 GLADIOLI... In order that the Florists of the United S'ates may become familiar with the exceptional high quality of Groff's Hybrid Seedlings (genuine), and as an incentive for them to purchase a trial lot of this stock, I have con- cluded to submit the following offer : For ^ 9 '^ 00 ^^^^ WITH ORDER, with mention of this paper, sent to me prior 1 Ul fS;>J O IV «S . Per 100 Per 1000 Wiiite A Variegated. T PROSPERITY $1.60 $12.00 X GAIETY 1.60 12.00 X Pink. T ENCHANTRESS 12.00 100.00 I LAWSON 2.00 15.00 X DOROTHY 2.00 16.00 X GUARDIAN ANGEL 1.25 10.00 X ETHEL CROCKER ,. 1.26 10.00 X MRS. JOOST 1.00 8.00 1 IJARQUIS 1.00 8.00 S Per 100 Per 1000 2 BRIDESMAID $1.60 $12 60 * BRIDE 1.60 12.60 ^ PERLE 1.50 12.50 • METEOR 1.60 12.80 Per 100 Per 1000 QUEEN LOUISE $2.00 $15.00 FLORA HILL 1.25 WHITE CLOUD 1.26 NORWAY 1.26 Red. ADONIS 14.00 PALMER 4.00 AMERICA 1.60 10.00 10.00 10.00 . 120.00 30.00 12.00 Per 100 Per 1000 GOLDEN GATE $1.26 $10.00 HELEN GOULD 4.00 35 00 IVORY 3.00 26.00 OLIVER AMES....; 4.00 35.00 Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID J3.00 $26.00 BRIDE 3.00 25.00 PERLE 3.00 25.00 GOLDEN GATE 2.60 20.00 Per 100 Per 1000 METEOR 3.00 25.00 HELEN GOULD 7.00 60.00 OLIVERAMES 7.00 60.00 IVORY 6.00 50.00 X All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. Unrooted cuttings at one-half of above prices. T j GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wahash Aw., CHICAGO J LILLIAN p6nD& Unlike most fancies it is free and continuous. Starts in to bloom early, sending out large flowers on lone ste ns. It is a strictly fancy flower at all times and commands top notch prices. Order at once and you w;ll nut regret it. PRICES— 12, $1.60; 26, $3.00; SO, $6.00; 100, $10.00; 260, $23.00; 600, fo'w''L'?^brSrry""deli^;?y"^'°°'"=' ^J- J- REUTER, WESTERLY, R. 1. Mease mention the American Florist when writing. 1 he Best White Xti a rii i a am Carnation to Date ■ I*^ ^UCt5Il Reaches highest standard in size, form, calyx, stem, productiveness and keeping quality. A sure winner where ever shown. Price per 100, $10.00; 260, $22.60; 500, $37.60; 1000, $76.00. Little South Floral Co.,So.NatiGk,Mass. S. J. Goddard, Framingham, Mass. Please mention the A met ican Florist when writing. igo3. The American Florist. 25 TWO GREAT CARNATIONS ^'■'^'T?;.'.'!Peter Fisher,^l\ :WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR HIM BY. J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO. JOLIET, ILLINOIS, IN THE SPRING OF 1904. Mrs> M* A, Patten> Color : Pure white with pink stripe. Best variegated in sight to-day; 3 to 3>^-inch bloom on 24 to 30-inch stem. Wait for it. Nelson Fishery Color : Cerise Pink. An improvement over the Lawson in every respect. We have made arrangements with MR. FISHER to introduce these in the spring of 1904. They can be seen growing at MR. PETER FISHER'S, - - Ellis, Mass. MR. M. A. PATTEN'S, - - Tewksbury, Mass. J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO., - Joliet, 111. WE ARE NOW BOOKING ORDERS FOR DELIVERY JANUARY 1904. WATCH THEM AT BROOKLYN, I^E^:BieXJA.Kt^^ lO and SO, lOOS. THAT^S ALL! J. D.THOMPSON CARNATION C!!: JOLIET, ILLINOIS. 26 The American Florist. Jan. jr. St. Louis. PRICES GO UP ON INADEQUATE SUPPLIES TO MEET HEAVY DEMANDS. — QUESTION OP POLICY RAISED BY RETAILERS.— VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. Prices during the past week advanced in jumps and still hold a high head. Whether this is advantageous all around is very doubtful; 100 per cent advance in twenty-four hours means a decided loss to the retailer who has taken orders ahead. More than one dealer sought needed stock elsewhere and found it at half the home quotations, as a result of which it is more than likely he will con- tinue to buy outside the home market. When reasonable rates again rule, the over- supply will heap up the rubbish pile and fill to overflowing the wholesalers' ice-boxes. In the retail line few com- plaints are heard, everybody seeming to get a goodly share of the business. Elli- son & Tesson, Geo. Waldbart and the Reissen Floral Company mention some especially swell affairs. The men who make the flowers and Old Sol smiled on each other a number of days. This time of the year the boss or the foreman takes a day off, ostensibly to visit the brethren socially, but really to "have a look." J. Horace McFarland, president of the American League for Civic Improvement, was the guest of honor at a banquet given by the Civic Improvement League of St. Louis, on Tuesday. He spoke on the subject of the educational advantages of a city beautified by the laying out of new parks and the planting of trees, etc., in all available places, citing Connecticut as a model state in that respect. Samuel Parsons, Jr., landscape artist, of New York, is here in the interest of the city, with reference to the estimated cost of restoring Forest Park to its original condition after the World's Fair. Visitors: Chas. Schwake, of Chas. F. Meyer, of New York; Geo. M. Kellogg, Pleasant Hill. Mo. J. H. Kalamazoo, Mich.— The Central Mich- igan Nursery reports business fine; coal scarce and high in price. TWO GRAND WHITE CARNATIONS GOV. WOLCOTT AND BOSTON MARKET Both originated by me from same seed pod. The former sent out sprins of 1903 has proved WITHOUT «N EQUAL AS k HIGH 6RADE COMMERCML VARIETY. THE LATTER, sent out in 1901 in limited quantity, is today THE STANDARD everyday com- mercial WHITE ON THE BOSTON MARKET. A marvel for early, free and continous blooming. BOTH are in perfect health. Boston Market. . Per 100, $5.00; per lOOO, $40.00 Wolcott Per 100, $S.OO; per 1000, $46.00 Both wHI be on Exhibition at Brooklyn Fob. 19 and 20. PETER FISHER, Eliis, Mass. CARNATIONS ROOTED CUTTINGS. DCAHV Morning Glory....$lB.fO per 1010 nuAUT Cressbrook 35 00 per 1000 — Ethel Crocker. . . . lu.OO per 1000 Late February & Qu'en Louise. • . • 15.00 per looo uaie reuiuaij m -^^^^ 35.00 per ICOO March Delivery.. Her Majesty 75.00 per lOOO Prosperity 20.C0 per 1000 Roosevelt 15.00 per lOOO Gaiety 2000 per 1000 Dorotny 15.00 per 1000 ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, PA. CARNATIONS Well Roofed Cuttings Now Ready. PINK. Per 100 Per 1000 Lawson $1.50 $12.50 Enchantress 12.00 100.00 Guardian Angel 1.25 10.00 Joost 1.25 10.00 Genevieve Lord 1.25 10.00 Nelson 4.00 35-00 Cressbrook 4.00 35.00 Triumph 1.25 10.00 Higinbotham 5.00 40.00 Morning Glory 2.00 15.OO VARIEGATED. Per 100 Per 1000 Bradt. $2.00 I15.OO ROSES. RED. Per 100 Per 1000 Estelle $4.60 . $35.00 Adonis 14.00 120.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Crane 1.50 12.50 America. 1.25 10.00 Palmer 4.00 30.00 Mrs. L. Ine 1.25 10.00 Chicago (Red Bradt) 2.00 15.00 WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $12.50 Queen Louise 2.50 20.00 Peru 1.25 10.00 Murphy's White 6.00 50.00 Bon Homme Richard 1.25 10.00 HoosierMaid 1.25 10.00 Well rooted cuttings, strong and healthy. BETDE $1.50 per hundred; $12,611 per thousand ' BRIDESMAID 1.50 per hundred; 12.50 per thousand PERLE 1.50 per hundred: 18.50 per thousand GOLDEN GATE 1.50 per hundred; 12.50 per thousand IVORY 3.00 per hundred ; 25.00 per thousand All stock sold under express condition tliat if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., .CHICAGO. ntion the American Florist when writing. roBmg«re ««MSfg5reres5rereCT «iQCT^wa ;^am^^HB^»HBMSgwag^«a«BW Carnation Cuttings. WELL ROOTED, CLEAN, HEALTHY STOCK. PenooPeriooo Flora Hill $1.50 White Cloud 1.50 Norway 1.50 Queen Louise 2.50 Prosperity 1.50 Per 100 Per 1000 $10.00 Mrs. Lawson $2.00 $12.50 10.00 America I.50 10.00 12.50 Marquis... 1.50 10.00 20.00 Elma ..^ 1.50 10.00 10.00 Mrs. Potter Palmer 1.50 12.50 Guardian Angel (The Sport), per 100, $1.50; per 1000, $10.00. 2>^-INCH ROSE STOCK. i,n"afi/reSnt?.'.^.' Per 100 Per 1000 Bride $3.00 $25.00 Bridesmaid 3.00 25.00 Meteor and Gate 2.50 20.00 Per 100 Per 1000 La France $4.00 $3500 Kaiserin 3.50 30.00 Ivory 4.00 35.00 Ivory, rooted cuttings, per 100 $2 SO; per 1000, $20.00. All cuttings and plants sold with the express condition that if not satisfactory when received ihey are to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. WIETOR BROS., w^., Chicago. Please meniwn the American Florist mhen 7 ♦ ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS •1 I President McKinleyl t ^^MM^^HlS OUR NEW ONEBHnai^^^ f t ROOTED CUTTINGS, $2.00 per Dozen; $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. « t ALL THE STANDARD AND NEWER VARIETIES. ♦ i IF IT'S QUALITY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, WE ARE CONFIDENT 'WE CAN PLEASE X I YOU. PRICES ON APPLICATION. i I E. T. GRAVE. Richmond, Ind. | 1903. The American Florist. 27 Dreer's Summer Flowering Bulbs TIBEROLS ROOTED BEGONIAS— Single flowered. White, Crimson, Scarlet, Pink, White and Yellow, 40c per doz.; $S per 100; $25 per 1000. Choicest singles in mixture, 36c per doz.; $2.60 per 100; $22.00 per 1000. TIBEROLS ROOTED BEGONIAS.— Double Flowering. Scarlet. Rose, White and Yellow, 6Sc per doz.; $5 per 100; $40 per 1000. Choicest doubles in mixture, 60c per doz.; $4 per 100; $35 per 1000. NEW FRILLED TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. A grand new variety fringed like a single Petunia, choicest mixture, 26c each; $2.60 per doz. ; $20 per 100. BEDDING TUBEROUS BEGONIA, DUKE ZEPPELIN. This is the intensely bright scarlet, small double flowered that attracted so much attention at the Pan-American Exhibition. Fine strong bulbs, 20c each; $2 per doz.; $16 per 100. GLOXINIA CRASSIFOLIA GRANDIFLORA. FANCY LEAVED CALADIUMS. ..26 per doz. ; $10 per 100. Cho Mixed Varic- A choice collection of 25 varieties, ties, $1 per doz.; $8 per 100. TIGRIDIAS. Conchiflora, Grandiflora Alba, Pavonia Grandiflora,' 30c per doz.; $2 per 100; $15 per 1000. MONTBRETIAS. Six choice varieties, 25c per doz.; $1.76 per 100; $12.60 per 1000. HENRY A. DREER, 7I4 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia, Pa. Booted Cuttings CARNATIONS. Norway $1.26 per lOO; $10.00 per 1000 Flora Hill 1.25 penOO; 10.00 per 1000 AVhite Daybreak. ... 1.26 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 G.H.Crane 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 Genevieve Lord 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 Guardian Angel 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 The Harvey Greenhouse J. T. ANTHONY, Manager. GENEVA, - ILLINOIS CARNATIONS ROOTED CUTTINGS. Per 100 Per 1000 FLORA HILL *l.50 $12.00 SDNBEAM 150 12.00 WM. SCOTT 1.50 12.00 GEX. GOMEZ 150 12.01 NORWAY 2.50 2M0 BON HOMME RICHARD 2.50 20.01 MORNING GLORY 2.60 20.00 MRS. LAWSON 300 25.00 GOV. ROOSEVELT 3.00 2.i.00 CRESSKROOK 400 35.00 MRS. POTTER PALMER 6 00 50.00 MRS. HIGINB0TH4M 6.00 EO.OO From soil add 25 per cent to quoted price Rncfnn Fornc ^'s-incu $6.ooperifo DUolUII rClllOi 3-inch 10.00 per 100 ^^^^^=== i-iuch 1.1.00 perlOO Aspidistra Lurida, 6, 7, 8-in. pots, |3 per 100 leaves. Ill II ni IDV Wholtsalt Florist, IffRIi bLnniVf COLOMDO SPRINGS. COL. Tiger, Orangi, striped Pink. A beau- tiful flower. We have grown it for five years; (6 blooms epaid), ready now; 13 rooted cuttings for II..T0; $10.00 per lOi): 175 00 per 1000. ENCHMTRESS, ready now. 12 fortS.OO; $12.00 per 100. UWSON, ready npw', 13.00 perlCO. Everv cutting guaranteed. KEIIBYEICtlHOLZ,Wa|n»storo,Pa, ROOTED CUrTINGS. All the Standard Varieties ol ROSES AND GflRNflTlONS Boston Ferns in all Sizes. 6E0. M. KELLOOa.Sifar.'"' Rooted Cuttings It^^^i^^l Our Cuttings are all selected for strength and health. There is no finer stock grown. The roses are all from grafted stock, except the Paries and Meteors. I«OS£;SS« '.'.'....'.. " 2.60 BRIDES " 1.60 Whila. WHITE CLOUD per 100 $ 1.50 '■ 1.50 " 6.00 NORWAY •' 2.00 LILLIAN POND " 10.00 Red. CRANE " 2.00 AMERICA ADONIS. " 1.60 •• 14.00 BRIDESMAIDS per 100 $1.60 METEORS " 1.50 GOLDEN GATES " 1.60 X^XUXMSS. Pink. LAWSON MARQUIS MORNING GLORY ... CRESSBROOK FLORIANA ENCHANTRESS Striped. GAIETY PROSPERITY Maroon. MACEO ROOSEVELT i 2.00 1.50 2.00 4.00 4.00 12.00 No order for les.s than .50 of one variety filled at these prices. AVe will havt stock of grafted Hrides and Bridesmaids, ready Adpril 1st, at $10.00 per 100. All plants shipped from Hinsdale, BASSETT & WASHBURN, Store: 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago Greenhouses: HINSDALE, ILL. i CARNATIONS, Heavy Rooted, Tlie same as the 327,525 already shipped, and not a single kick. Per 100 Per 1000 $10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10. OJ 10.00 10.00 10.00 8,000 3,000 4,0iO 11,000 9.000 20,000 12,000 8,000 GOV. ROOSEVELT $1.00 NORWAY 1.00 GENEVIEVE LORD 1.00 EGYPT 1.00 PORTIA 1.00 ELDORADO 1.00 JOOST 1.00 MERMAID 1.00 ARGYLE ^ 1.00 TIDAL WAVE 1.00 Express prepaid at above prices, net spot cash. £ CALIFORNIA CARNATION COMPANY, Box 103, Loomis, Cal. I FINE, COOL GROWN FERNS ONE CENT. Pteris Tremula, P. Hastata; Onychium, Gyranogramma, Ljgodium, Polypodium, Adiantum, P. Sulcata, Selaginellas, Nephrolepis, etc. Transplanted singly in cool frames, good stock and liberal count. Mail orders our specialty. $1.25 per 100, postpaid. Per lOuO, $10.00. GUARK A U£Y, THUNOERBOL.T FERNERIES, SAVANNAH, QA, 28 The American Florist. Jan. 31, Providence. TRADE SATISFACTORY BUT ROSES AND CAR- NATIONS SCARCE. — FUNERAL WORK IN DEMAND. — LOCAL NOTES. — COMPLAINT AT EXPRESS RATES. Roses were very much off crop last week and prices tightened perceptibly. This, in conjunction with a scarcity of white carnations, has forced the use of milkweed balls for funeral work, which come in handy for such an emergency. White tulips and white narcissi have been in steady demand at $2.50 per hundred. Callas are steady at $12 to $15, with a heavy cut of excellent flowers. Harrisii lilies bring $15 for medium-stemmed stock. Carnations are good at $2 to $3 per hundred. Business is satisfactory. Hoffman's house of Challenger carna- tions is in fine shape, with a large show of buds. The plants give evidence ot thrifty, clean growth. It's a pity the flower is so easily bruised, for the color is an excellent scarlet. The express companies excess charge on flowers is resented locally, and will probably come to a head at the next club meeting. Almy will have an enormous stock ot bulbous flowers and plants for Easter. C. Warburton, of Fall River, has a fine new seedling of the Lawson type. M. M. Alexandria, Va. C. A. Shaffer, for a number of years foreman for J. Louis Loose, is now in business for himself, the firm name being C. A. Shaffer & Co. Grillbartzer Bros., who have hitherto grown vegetables, will next spring erect two 150-foot houses, and grow carna- tions and violets. With the social season at the capital in full swing, and the coal situation improved, the florists are more cheerful. John Scraubnech, who is well-known among the growers here, has gone to Washington, Pa., to work. C. Ponnett is growing good violets this winter. Virginian. NEW CROP Flower Seeds single, largest flowering, fringed, DCTIIMIA mixed. Trade PM. 50c. iLI UniH Double, largest flowering, fringed, mixed. Trade pkt. $ 1 .00. itpnnrii • Mammoth White, Pink, Scarlet, VERBENA Blue and striped. Oz. 31.25. TLIIULlin Mammoth, mixed. Oz. 31.00. ACDADAnilQ SPRENCERI. NEW CROP, AorAnAuUO home crown. 100 seeds, ISo; 500 seeds, 70o; ILOJ seeds, $1.25. Write lor wholesale catalogue now ready. Fresh Tobacco Stems, $1.50 per bale, cash. W. C. BECKERT, Allegheny, Pa. CLIMBING SOUPEBT. STRONG, field plants, well branched, for 6 to 8-inch pots. $15 per 100; for 4 to 5-inoh pots, $10 per 100; 3^4-inch plants, $5 per 100. BOSTON FERN, 2H-in., $4 per 100; $35 per 1000. TheConard & Jones Co., West Brove. Pa. ^> M ■ M 'V BRONZE OR GREEN, $1.00 per ||j/% W^l\/K. 1000; 75c per 1000 in 5,000 lots. LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, BRONZE OR GREEN, $1 per 100. FANCY FERNS. $1.50 per 1000. GREEN SHEET MOSS, choice stock, $3.50 bbl. sack. SPHAGNUM MOSS. $1.50 per bale. SOUTHERN SMILAX, per 60 lb. case, $6.00; per 35 lb. case, $4.60; per 26 lb. case, $3.50. All kind* ol FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. I I I^DCCUnUCD 110-112 W.27lh St., N.Y. Li Ji KntOnUVLn)T«LCall,e97MidltonSq. YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti- vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. ^5.00 per doz,; f'iO per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT CRAIG & SON, Market and 49th Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. i Hardy Herbaceous Ms. I Japanese iris, German Iris and Paeonlas, SpeciaitieSr I Golden Glow, Eulalias, Day Lilies, Hardy Sunflowers, Dragon's Head, ConeFIowers, Boltonias, Sedums and a long list of other valuable kinds in large supply. Please write for lists of varieties and prices; they will probably surprise you. J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N.J. Pansy Plants. Per 100 Large-flowering $2.50 per 1000, $ .50 CHINESE PRIMROSES 150 ASP. SPRENGED I. 2M-inch pots 2.00 GERANIUMS. 10 varieties, 2-inch pott 2.50 CANNA BULBS, 10 varieties, dry 3.00 100 CINERARIAS, 3inch pots 6.00 CASH OR C. O. D. JOS. H.CUNNINGHAM, Delaware. 0. Please meniioji the A merican Florist when writing. Canna Roots. Austria, Florence Vaughan, Burbank and Pres. Cleveland. WBITE GEO. A. KUML, Pekin.lll. FUCHSIAS LITTLE BEAUTY, $5.00 per 1 00. Lord Byron and White Beauty. $4.00 per 100. Those are too well known to need any description Strong 3^-inch Pots Ready Now. Se ClfinCI CW too n. lotn s FRUITLAND NURSERIES, E»tab1ished 1858. AUGUSTA. QA. PAN5IES "^Sr Small plants, $4.00 per 1000, by express.. Large plants, ready to bloonn, $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000. Seed, $1 pkt. ; $S per oz. Cash with order. E. B. JENNINGS, Lock Box ZB4, Southport, Conn. Grower of the Finest Fausies. igo3. The American Florist. 29 BUCKLEY'S Plants M Rooted Cuttings 60 Everywhere and always give Satisfaction fiOPanilimC Thesis "KINGS" for bedding; UCIOIIIUIIIS Jean Vi.iud (the pink novelt\), J2.00 per liX). $18 00 per UOO; Alp. Riceard (scarlet) ; BeautePoitevine, E. G. Hill (salmon); S. A. Nutt (crimson); Mme. Buchner (white); $1.50 per 100. $15.00 per 1010. P*tlinlaC DOUBLE FRINGED. Ten novel- rvlUIIIOS ties selected from Henderson's and Dreer's latest sets, strong rooted cuttings, SI.<5 per KO, $10.00 per 1000 VPfhPllilC O"'' 20th Century Collection of 20 TvlUvliao new mammoth Varieties, labeled. Strong E. C, 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000. rooted cuttings— $1.00 per 100, 19.00 per 1000. Alt/CClim Double Giant, strong rooted cut- ni JSaUIII tings— $1.00 per 100, J8.00 per 1000. Calvia '^^^ *^^ best: St. Louis and Bonfire, OOITIO strong rooted cuttings— $1.00 per 100, »9.00 per 1000. Fovppf^ti/ Little Gem, strong rooted cuttings, I CTCI ICn $1.00 per 100, $9.00 per 1000. Fine plants from 3V4-in., 13.00 per 100, AnoPAtlim Two best: Princess Pauline, Stella nyCI OIUIII Gurney, 75c per 100. $7.00 per 1000. &«n ^nrPnnPrl strong plants from 2H-in, rta|l. opiCliyCII pots, $2.00 per ICO, 3-in $1.50 per 100, TERMS: Cash with order or C. O. D., \ in advance. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. TbeW.T.Bucldey Plant Co., Springfield, Hi. BURBANK^S Shasta Daisy. Mailing size plan»s,'$5,00 per 100: $40.00 per 1000. 25 at 100 rates, 250 at 1000 rates. Prepaid at above figures. Trade list now ready for J903. CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO. LOOMIS. CAL.. U. S. A. Mum Stock Plants Robinson, Merrv Xmas, Wanamaker, Monrovia, Bassett, Lincoln, "Whilldin, Murdook. Kalb, Bon- naffon, Childs, Hallidav, Appleton, Sunderbruch. Perrin, Pacific. $4.00 per 100. Eaton and Chadwick, $6.00 per 100. JOHN BROD, 349 W. Nortli Ave.. CHICASO. r^dnSlCS Raising. Strong plants, $4.00 per 1000; $2.50 per 500; $1.00 per 100, f. o, b. express here. Cash with order. CHR. SOLTAU, 199 GRANT AVENUE, JERSEY CITY, N. J. WRITE US ABOUT HELIER BROS. | (South Park Floral Co.) R New Castle, Indiana, i "Thoroughbred" Roses. £ Rooted Cuttings i AMERICAN BEAUTY $30.00 per 1 000. E IVORY {3.00 per 100; $25.00 par 1000. g We have grown IVORY this year g with most satisfactory results, and E find it to be one of the best roses for K either the small or large grower Jt iM S Easy to grow, a free bloomer, with E habils exactly like Go!den Gate »?*.*• K a* Gocd eleven months out of the year — E winter and summer. ^ Franz Deegen, the New Yellow, "LTT^Zn^^. | THE FARQUHAR ROSE. A Magnificent Forcing Rose For Easter. rded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York, (See page 957, No, 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from SV^-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery ill I received. R. & J. FARQltlAR k CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. p A UCIFC. Fine large, transplanted plants from I miJII-O.coId frame, Bugnot. Gassier and Odier, prize strains, 50o per 100; 33.00 per 1000. Verbenas R. C, eOc per If 0; $5.00 per 10 0. Double White Daisies, large plants, 60o per 100; $5.0J per 1000. Dwarf Blue. Red and White Lobelias, $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000; Asparagus, from Hats, readv for potting, Plumosus Nanus, $3.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000; Sprengeri, $1.00 per 100: $7.00 per lOOJ Cyclamens, from flats, $3.00 per 100; »15,00 per 10 0. 2V4-inch $3,i0 per 100; 200 for $.5.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100 These prices are for cash. HILL TOP GREENHOUSES, 15 and 17 Cray Avenue, UTICA, N. Y. Rooted Rose Cuttings. Per 100 Per 1000 American Beauties $3.00 $30.00 Maids, Brides, Meteors, Gates 1.60 12.60 Perles 2.0O 20.00 Ivory 3.0O 25,00 Fine, clean, two-eyed cuttings, all well-rooted and sure to make strong plants. W. H. CULLETT & SONS, LINCOLN, ILL. THE NEW FERN Anna Foster Unqualified success. Quick seller. Verv prolific. at $30.00 per II 0, from 3-inch. ' KENTIA PALMS, $50, $75 and $100 per 1(0. RUBBERS, 5-in. pots. 18 in. high, $4 to $6 per doz. ASP. SPRENGERI, 3-in.. strong- $6 per 100. L. H. ro»TER. 45 King Str»o t. Dorehesler, Mass. pAMM^ Special Price » \**. MMJ5 TOFEB. 19«. Must have the room. 'r\\el\t.' best varieties for jardinieres, 3f*'-iii. iH>ts, verv strong, stncliv plants, $200 per 100. DRACCNA INDIVISA,3>4-'in., 1 (t. high, $3.00 per 100. CASH OR C. O. D. WM.A.CLARK&SON^tfrJo'inW: HORflGULflURAL [INING AUAI PI nAP IS BETTER THAN NO BREAD. nnLr LUflf but a poor il ustration is worse than none a tall. The effective engrav- ing is the one that talks. That's the kind we raaice, whether in wood or halftone. ; pHiladeMHia PA. Please mention the American Florist when writing. BEGONIA 6L0IRE0E LORRAINE, Begonia Light Pink Lorraine, For July and Later Delivery, $15.00 per 100; 1140.00 per 1000. Wyndmoor, near Chestnut Hill. Pa. Edwin Lonsdale, Please tneniion the An I Flofist when writing. GARDENING This is the paper to recommend to your customers, the leading horticultural journal iu America for amateurs $2.00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free. Liberal terms to florists who take subscriptions. xo, .U.S.A. 80 The American Florist. Jan. 31, Louisville. grower's experience with carnations. — few good soses. — weather unfav- orable. — various notes of local DOINGS. Louis Kirch is bringing in fine carna- tions. He grows mostly Joost lor pink, but w^ill grow more largely of Nelson next season. The following are favorite sorts with him: Norway, Queen Louise, Crane and Estelle. The following vari- eties will be discarded, although he is successful jvith them: McGowan, because of its ragged appearance; Chicago, on account of its off color in the spring. Mrs. C. B. Thompson took the store formerly occupied by Mrs. Raynor and has some nice window decorations. One window was filled with aquariums of all sizes and shapes, with gold fish. C. H. Kunzman reports that he is much pleased with the large glass used in the greenhouses built last summer, size of glass 24x36. He has been quite ill but is able to be up again. Roses have been almost a failure in Louisville up to this time, the weather has been so cloudy. Violets have been scarce and not to be had in the city many days this winter. Azaleas for Christmas were a failure in Louisville this season, very few decent plants to be had; in fact, few good bloom- ing plants of any kind were in the market. F. C. Haupt put up the decoration for the Galbright ball at the Gait House, which was much complimented. Nanz & Neuner report good mailing business from the south. H. G. W. McKinley, Pa. C Haenni's Sons are having a prosper- ous season, doing both a wholesale and retail business, using the Philadelphia Wholesale Flower Market as their outlet for cut flowers. The members of the firm are B. M. and C. J. Haenni. They have at present about 12,000 feet of glass, most of it built last spring, but they expect to put up a considerable addition the coming summer. They have about twenty-five acres in the place, used for nursery stock and vegetables. Charleston, III. — Etta A. Nott says frade has been exceptionally good, with plenty of soft coal at a moderate price. Carthage, III.— S. T. Stone says cut flowers are scarce and in good demand at a fair price, but are cheaper than coal. IMPATIENS "SIen Fine 2-in. Pot Plants, $1.25 per doz;$8 per 100 ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI From 5-in. Pots, Strong, $1.50 per doz. $10 per 100. BEGONIA REX 12 vars.,2-in, 6oc per doz.; $4 per 100. ROOTED ClITINOS '•"•"".^Istock CENTRAL MICHIGAN NURSERY, Kalamazoo, Mich. Geraniums. Good assortment, than 20 vars. to select Irom, 3Vi-in. pots, $2.00 per 100; J15.00 per 1000. PELARGONIUMS— Fine mixed varieties, 3!4-in. pots. $3.00 per 100. CANNAS— Dry roots, 20-25 vars., all good com- mercial sorts, $1.50 per 100; $13.00 per 1000; $10.00 per 1000 in BOOO lots. Cash with order. C. C. NANZ, 1007 WalnHt St., Owansboro, Ky. VERBENAS While. Per 100 Queen Louise $2.00 Lbrna 2.50 Norway 2.00 Good Enough 2.00 Hoosier Maid 2.00 White Cloud 1.60 Flora Hill 1.60 Rod. Mrs. Potter Palmer 4.0O J. H. Manley 6.00 Oriole 4.00 G. H. Crane 2.00 Jubilee 1.60 Portia 1.26 "We are the largest growers of Verbenas in the country, and those who buy of us are sure to get plants and rooted cuttings perfectly healthy and free from rust. 60 'VBt.ri.^-tA^mm Rooted Cuttings, 60 cts. per 100; $5.00 per 1000; $45 per 10,000. Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. Pink. Per 100 Floriana $2.00 Mrs. Higinbotham 5.00 Cressbrook 4.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 4.00 Mrs. Thos. Lawson 3.00 Dorothy 2.00 Irene 2.00 Sunbeam 2.50 Morning Glory 1.60 Marquis 1.25 G. Lord 1.26 Mrs. Joost 1.25 Daybreak 1.25 Wm. Scott 1.25 Crocker 1.25 Our grafted roses are fine, bushy plants and grown in 3 and 3^4-inoh pots. Orders booked now lor delivery m May, June and .July. Bridesmaids. Brides, Golden Gate, Kaiserin, price $15.00 per 100. Ivory, Liberty, price $18.00 per 100. Send for Catalogue. J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. Crimson Per 100 Harry Fenn $6.00 Gov. Roosevelt 2.60 Gen. Maceo. . . ; 1.50 Yellow. Buttercup 3.00 Gold Nugget 2.00 Eldorado 1.26 Variegated. Dorothy Whitney .... 6.00 Prosperity 2.50 Mrs. G. M. Bradt 3.00 Artnazindy 1,26 BOSTON FERNS ASPARAGIS PLUMOSUS NANUS, 6-in. pots, $3.00 per doz. G-in. pots, 6.00 per doz. 6-in . strong 6.00 per doz. 7-Jn. pots, 7.20 per doz. , pots, fine plants, . pots, extra select. L.60 per doz. 2.00 per doz. C" C" ^3 IV I ^ A I I ^ furnished with leaves, ^CnlN E3ML.L.W $5.00perdoz. FERNS FOR DISHES TheGEO.WITTBOLDGO. 1657 Buckingham Place, Chicago. B. & A. SPECIALTIES AZALEAS We have 10,000 from which to select your stock. Place orders at once. RHODODENDRONS for forcing. Finest stock ever imported. Write lor prices. BOBBEHK & ATKINS, Bntherford, V. 3. GERANIUMS Rooted Cuttings For Dallvary Fib. ISth to March ISIh. HETERANTHE, BUCHNER AND S. A. NUTT LANDRY, RICCARD.... ) ACTEON,LA FAVORITE I BONNOT, LA PILOT, )■ 1.60, Not CASTRIS AND JAULIN.. \ enough for 1000 sales ALBERT M. HEAR, Rooted Cuttings. COLEUS, 48 var., 70o per 100; 1(6.00 per 1000 GERANIUMS, from avi-in. pots, $2.50 per 100; $22 per 1000. Good bedding sorts. PETUNIAS. 20 var., J1.25 per 100; 810 per 1000 ALYSSUM. large, var., single and dbl. $1 per 100 HELIOTROPE, 14 var.. $1.00 per 100; »8 per 1000 AGERATUMS. 5 var., 60j per 100; $5.00 per lOOO SALVIAS, 6 var., $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000 PELARGONIUMS, rooted cuttings, $1.35 per 100 VERBENAS, B. C , 60o per 100; $5.00 per 1000 ^^Express prepaid on B. C. Cash with order. Write S. p. BRANT, Cl^y Center, Kas. A FEW GOOD THIN8S YOU WANT. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants in a pot, 3, 4, 6, 6-inch, $15, $30, $50, $75, $100 to $125 per 100. KENTIA Belmoreana and Forsteriaoa, ezti« clean and well grown plants, 2Vi, 3, 4 and 5-ln., $8, $15, $30, $50, $75, $100 to $126 per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 3-inch, $1 and $6 per 100. ASPARAGUS PlumoBUS, 3-lnch, $!'. Sprengeri, 3- inch. $5, per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 4, S-in., $10, (25 per 100. ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inoh, $3 and $6 pei 100. VINCA VAR.. 2-in.. $'3.00; 3-in. , $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutt, La Favorite, Bonnot, Poitevine, Biccard, Francis Pert|ns, 2-inoh, $2.50 per lOO. COLEUS, Booted Cuttings, 75 cents per 100. ACERATUM, blue and white, 75 cents per 100. CARNATIONS, Rooted Cuttings, Wm. Scott, Portia, Prosperity, Mrs. Lawson, Queen Louise, Ethel Crocker, F. (ne, $1 per 100. GLADIOLUS bulbs, good uiisture, 50c per 100. GEO. M. EMMANS, NEWTON, N. J. SPECIALTIES In Best ROSESj hom S-inch pots. CARNATIONS, for aU deUver? CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Va»l«»#S«»o SMILAX, VIOLETS. YariCIICS Prices Low. Send /or List. WOOD BROTHERS, FisflkHI. 1 Y. igoj. The American Florist. 31 FLORISTS' Refrigerators Embodying all of the special patented features that have made our household models the Standard of Excellence in refrigerator construction. Exteriors of Solid Oak, Porcelain, Plate Glass. INTERIOR LININGS OF Cypress, or^OnB-half-incli Plate Glass, or White Glazed Tile. They combine beauty with utility and are guaranteed to be entirely worthy and satisfactory in every particular. l|l^=*Special inducements on present orders for Spring delivery. WRITE TO-DAY FOR CATALOGUE 10. THE WILKE MEG. CO., SNDERSON, IND. Boston Ferns. 2i4-inch strong $3.60 per 100 3-inch strong .... $1.00 per Doz. 8.00 per ICO FROM BENCH, 3-inch 3c; 5-inch 16c; 6-inch 26c. AsoaragusPlumosus Manus.SH-in. $3.50 per 100 Sprengeri, e.itra fine, 2^-inch $2.60 per 100 banscviena Ze>lanica»3-inch, ready for 6-inch, 76c per dozen. CYGAS REVOLUTA. Long Leaf variety, 3 and 4 fronds, 40c; 5 and 6 fronds, 60c; 7 and 8 fronds, 76c. Cash Please. A.J.BALDWIN, Newark, 0. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. SEEDLINGS— From flats, ready to pot. $1.00 per 100; %'.h per 1(00. FIELD-CROWN-Estra strong. These plants are making new top and root growths. If potted now, will be fine for Easter. Plants large enough for 4 and 5-inch pots or pans, 13.00 and %h.W per 100, respectively. ADIANTUM CAPILLUS VENERIS-^The best for fern dishes, bush v 3H-in. pot plants, tS per 100. CHINESE PRIMROSES— Select strain, Reading Scarlet, best of its color; Light Rose Pink, no trace of magenta. Large plants from 3 in. pots, in bud and bloom, $4.00 per 100. CINERARIA STELLATA-Good for pot display or cutting. Extra strong, from 3-inch pots, J4.00 perlOO. NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich. Geranium and Bedding Plants. StroDu, heallhy young plauts ia ail stan ard varieties, and 30 new and rare varieties from 3 and 3-iach pots and rooted cuttings. Call or write for estimates on what you want. Prices and quality right. LubwiG MOSBAEK. Wholesale Florist. 85th Street, Near South Chicago Ave. .Chicago. GERANIUMS JEAN VIAUD. I have a fine stock of this fine pink bedding variety. 23^ inch pots, S2.50 per UU: strong 3-inch pots 15.00 per 100; or will exchange for A. Riccard or M. Castellane. W. W. COLES, Kokomojnd. ESTABUSHED 1866 EMILSTEFFEMSv 5UCC.« tLSTEFFENS. "'BSTEITEJISBROS Geraniums. Double Grant Alphonse Riccard, Bruanti, Beaute Poitevine, G'oire de France, S. A. Nutt, La Favorite, Jean Viaud, etc , extra well grown stock from 2y2-mch pots, $2.50 per 100; $22.50 per JOOO. CANNAS. — Standard varieties, dormant roots, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000. Satisfaction Guaranteed. PAUL WADEB, East Stuudsburg, Pa. Orchids ! ^ We have the largest and finest stock oT Orchids on this continent: also supplies, such aa best live Sphagnum and Fibrous Peat and Orchid Baskets. Lager & Hurrell, summit, n. j. Orcbld Growers and Importers. ARAUGARIA tXCELSA. SPECIMENS ONLY LEFT, at the following prices: 6-inch pots. 35, 27, 29, 30 to 35 inches hish, 4, 5, ' 6 tiers, 11.00, |1 25, $1.50, $1.75 to $2.00 each. KENTIA FORSTERIANA. :» to 36 inches high, 6-in. p'>i-s, T.5i: to $1.1 ( a«:h. Cash with order please. Godfrey Asciimann, Impt^^of'^pTpYan?^, 1012 Ontario Street. PHILADELPHIA. PA. JOSEPH HEAGOGK, WYNCOTE, PA. GRowLR ARECA LUTESCENS, -»' • KENTIA BELMOREANA, ^m^ COCOS WEDDELLIANA. GERANIUMS. 2or2i4-inch S. A. Nutt, best red, and best seller. Good plants grown cool, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000; (We need the Space). Express not prepaid. DAMVICC MASTERPIECE, splendid new strain r Alio I Co curled and frilled, transplanted plants, 60 cents per 100; $6 per 1000. Roemjr's ^uperb Giant Prize Pansies. Seed bought from Roemer, Germany; best that money can buy; transplanted, 50 cents per 100; $4.00 per 1000. E.xpress prepaid on Pansies. CASH WITH ORDER PLEASE. DesMoines Plant Co., 513 38th Street, DesMoines, Iowa. bjlllOMICllO) E.ve, and Uavbreak. e.\tra fli..- color, llowers ver.v fragrant, no better strain growijig. $2.00 per 100; $17.50 per 1000 from flat^. Cinerarias, 4-iDch, lor ICasier, some in hud uou , %wm per 100. Primroses, 4-inch, just beginning to blfm, *S.|J{| |„T 100. Asp. Sprengeri, large plants froa bed, suitahh lor baskets. .5-inch pots, $8.00 per 100. Sprengeri Seed, new crop, 4lc per 100; $3.00 1000. C. WINTERICH, Defiance, Ohio. FIRSTLOTofR.C.GOLEUS Verschatleltii, Golden der. Yellow Queen and mixed. Don't forget our Boston Fern, ail sizes, pot grown : : : : GEO. A. KUHL PEKIN, ILL. THE KINNEY PUMP. For applying liquid manure It baa no equal. Seal prepaid (or t2.0a TUB HOSB CONNECTION CO., KJi2Ston.R.L 32 The American Florist. Jan. 31, Minneapolis. DARK WEATHER LIKELY TO STILL FUR- THER REDUCE CUTS.— LOCAL NOTES OF INTEREST. At the present writing the weather is dark and gloomy, which will have a tendency to make a reduction in the cut, with inferior quality. Prices on cut flowers remain unchanged on account of a drop in trade. Last week some ship- ments from out-of-town were not packed with ice and, the weather changing from severe cold to extreme warmth, caused them to arrive in a heated condition. Violets, which have been so scarce, are again with us in goodly numbers. Henry Barsch reports heavy funeral orders last week. C. F. R. The Gardeners' Association gave its annual midwinter picnic and ball on Sat urday, January 24, and, as usual, it was a grand success. The lestivities com- menced early in the afternoon, with an address by N. H. Reeves, president of the association, and an address of welcome l3y the newly elected mayor, J. C. Haynes. Alterward several musical selections were enjoyed, after which lunch was served. The evening was spent in danc- ing, prizes being awarded for the best lady and gentleman dancers. Premiums to the amount of $15 were given out for the best potatoes, onions, etc., and some very fine specimens were shown. The society gives its next picnic during the coming summer and theseevents are now looked forward to by the gardeners and their friends withagreat deal of pleasure. D. Rochester, N. Y. — Fire did some dam- age January 22 at the greenhouses of Charles E. Clark. Hinsdale, III.— E. E. Gray, the mush- room grower, is talking of putting up'a range of greenhouses. Owatonna, Minn.— L. P. Lord has increased his facilities by extending two houses to give 2,000 square feet of addi- tional glass. WHEN IN NEED OF Florists' Supplies SEND TO MDIAE 9 on Leading Florists' ■ nluC tt bill Supply House, IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTUREHS, f i BIDDAlie 11 9^ Filbert Street, RlBBDNSl! PHIUDELPHIA. _PA. WESTERN FLQPISTS..- ^^^ can save money in buying ^^^ Supplies FROM BARTELDES &CO., 1 S2 1 1 Sth Street, DENVER, COLO. Sigmund Gefller Importer and Manufacturer ol FLORISTS' SUPPLIES Looking for Fall Novelties? LOTS OF THEM ON EXHIBITION. 1 08 W. 28th Street, New York. A. HERRMANN, ^1 Cape Flowers, all colors, j\ Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs, j\ and All Florists' Supplies. Send tor Prices. 404.4 1 2 East 34lh SI. NEW YORK^ \ PROTECT Your Plants From Freezing in Cold I Weather by getting a LEHMAN WAGON HEATER I7R nnn'°"^®' Recommended by an Bonsts who I I Ol UUU have them in use. Cost of heating from Fuel IS less than ONE-HALF CENT AN HOUR. Write for circular and price list today. LEHMAN BROSo MANUFACTURERS, to Bond St., NEW YORK. JAS. W. ERRINGER. General Western Sales Agent, 297 Wabash Avo., CHICAGO. SiiuimitniiiiuiiuuuuauuuiiUitauu itiiiimimiii uuumtiiiinniiitHiiuuuuuuu o NOTICE. THE MODEL PLANT STAKE COMPANY, rormerly of Brooklyn. N. Y., has removed to 208 Jersey St., Harrison, New Jersey, and is now The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co. The Model Extension Carnation Support. Flushing, Long Island, Dec. Uth, 1901. Me. Thekon N. Pakkbr, Broolilyn, N. Y. Dear Sir — I have used your Wire Carnation Sup- port the last two years. In all about 12,000. They fill the bill in every particular. Nothing could be more satisfactory and would give me a great deal of pleasure if I can bespeak a good word for you to the I trade and you are at liber- ty to refer to me at any time. Very truly, A. L. Thobne. La Fayette, Ind., July Sth, 1902. Mb. Thebon N. Pabkbb, Harrison, N. J. Dear Sir: —After using your Model Carnation Sup- port in two of our houses the past winter, we have come to the conclusion that it is perfectly adapted to supporting carnations, and shall use them on all our plants the coming season. We were much pleased with the simplicity, strength and neat appear- ance of the support Yours truly F. DOEtrER & Sons Co. Write tor Circular and Price List. GALVANIZED STEEL ROSE STAKES. The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co. Inc. 208 Jersey St.. Harrison, N. J. TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounted, ManiifoctiiTed by Tlie Conley Foil Co. 6S1 to 641 West SSth St., Invalid Appliance Co., COLUMBIA PUNT TUBS BAYERSDORFER &CO.'S SURE SELLERS. FANCY Baskets, the cream of foreigfti and domestic art; fine Cycas goods, Sheaves, Cape Flowers, Immortelles, Water-proof Pot Covers, Let- ters and Mottoes, Jardinieres, Doves, Dyed Mots, etc. Tlie Best in tiie Marl(et Always and they sell all the year rotiod. Begin the New Year by sending for our latest cata- logue. Profusely Illustrated. Just Issued. H.Bayersdorfer&Co. 50-56 North Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Boston Florist Letter Go. JLiNtTFACTnEEES OF e g a SBeBa?»fcK FLORISTS' LETTERS. This wooden box nicely stained and var- nished, 18x30x12 made in two aections, one for each size letter, given away with first order of 500 letters. Block Letters, 1!4 or 2-inch size, per 100, $2.00. Script Letter.' if4. Fastener with each letter or word. Used by leadine florists everywhere and for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers. N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager, 84 Hawlev St.. BOSTON. MASS. ALWAYS mention the Amkrican F1.0- KIBT when writing to advertisers. rgoj. The American Florist. 33 i^^ammmmm^^^^ffl^ Have You Se en It? The New Duplex Gutter OF 1903. Examine it folly, and you will never build a house with a wooden or cast iron gutter. It is warranted per- fectly drip proof; a bench under it is the best place in the whole house, as it brings the plants closer to the light and has more light. The shade of the gutter, -which is very little, is from 3 to 4 feet on the north side of the gutter. The gutter is as straight as a string when set and never breaks at joints, no matter what kind of a strain it may have. Do not confound this gutter with any wood or cast iron gutter. It is self adjusting to any size of glass. Wiite for Catalogue. E|||nnBnn Manufacturer of the Standard Ventilating Machine and i nlrr Anil) the standard Steam Trap, YOUngStOWIIi OhlO ^^^1 TO KILL ALL Greenhouse Bugs USE iicoTicior Clean and harmless as rumigant or Spray. Ask your seedsman for it or write to The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1000 Magnolia Ave., Louisville, Ky. CUTFLOWERBOm WATERPROOF. Corner Look Style. The best, strongest and neatest folding cut flower box ever made. Cheap, durable, handy. To try them once is to use them always. DON'T USE OLD STORE BOXES. If you have any doubt, send for samples, which speak for themselves. Size No. 1. 3s4V4sl6..$1.75 per 100; $15.00 per 1000 •■ No. 2. 3x6il8.... 3.00 " 18.00 " No. 3. 4x8x18.... 2.40 " 22.09 " No. 4. 3x6x20.... 2.75 " 25.00 " No. 5. 4x8x22.... 3.00 " 28.00 •' No. 6. 4x8x28.... 3.?5 " 35.00 THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO. Box 103, COLUMBUS. O. LVANS' IMPROVED APPAMA7US \ Tt fOR ILLUSrRATtO . QUAKfJi cirr MACHmfwom. .«-.*'<'t.. Phila.. Pa Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Fumi^atin^ Kind Tobacco n I KILLS ALL APHIS IN ONE NIGHT r OWQCr in a house 100x25 ft., at a co«t ot 10c. A 5 lb. trial pksr. will cost nothine if you will pay the express charges on it. Our booklet tells of it. Write Depi. C. for it. The H. A. STOOTHOFF COMPAIfY 116, 117, 118 West St., N. Y,City I™ Regan Printing House g. CATALOGUES jftj»d» Plymouth CHICAGO j*^j» KROESCHELL BROS. CO. Greenhouse Boiler, 45 Erie St., CHXCAOO. (front, Bides and back). Write for Information. Please mention the American Florist when writing. A|||Ap||>tlf| Always do business, /illlCI Itail Week days and everyday llOriSXS ^^°'^VS and holidays, ^^ ifIC AU overthe country, "V " /lUO At home and abroad. 34 The American Florist. Jan. 31, Albany, N. Y. SOCIAL ACTIVITY SHOWS TO ADVANTAGE OF THE DECORATORS.— DINNERS THE POPULAR FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT.— LOCAL NOTES. Florists in this section have been busy thp past few weeks with numerous orders for decorations. There seem to be more formal dinners this winter than for some years past. Governor Odell has given a number at the executive mansion and the governor and his wife have been guests at several dinners given by society people. The orders for the decorations were divided among several of the local flo- rists. Whittle Brothers, 6n January 21, had the decorations for the annual banquet of the New York State Bar Association at the Ten Eyck. Pink tulips, cypripe- diums and adiantums were used. John Barclay, "of Barclay street," rep- resenting Vaughan's New York seed store, spent a few days in this section recently. He says business is good, espe- cially on longiflorums. John Dingwall has alot of 800 Japanese longiflorums of which scarcely a dozen are healthy. Arthur Corneli, representing August Rhotert. was a visitor early in the week. Fred. Goldring has an especially good stock of roses. R. D. Orange, N. J. In the installation of officers for the current year at the January meeting of the New Jersey Floricultural Society, George Smith became president, Wm. Burnett vice-president, Jos. A. Manda secretary and Malcolm Macrorie retained his old office of treasurer. All made short, felicitous addresses of acceptance, thus contributing to a very pleasant evening. The vote of thanks to the retiring president by the president-elect, was sincere and hearty. John Hayes retires from the presidency of this wide- awake and useful organization with the respect and good wishes of all. His term of office has been marked by a good- fellowship unprecedented among the members and under his guidance the society has prospered. During his administration his committees have car- ried out apolicyof progress;thetreasury, always a test of good-healthin a society, has been left with a good balance on the right side and the record shows that an abundance of entertainment and instruc- tion has been provided at the meetings during the year, there having been three socials and six lectures upon live topics. Sheboygan, Wis.— Last year J. E. Matthewson added three houses 14x100 and this season he will build a large palm house and probably one more structure 14x100. 100 Per Cent. SOLPHO-TOBHCGD SOHP (patented.) A Wonderful Insecticide. EeTives Plant Life. N on-injurious. Prices low. Sales net 1 00% profit Full particulars and sample cate free, if mention this paper. Lar&mSosp Q. Buffalo, N. Y. F» R O F" I X Standard Flower Pols TheWHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JERSEY CITY, N. J. LONG ISLAND CITY. N. Y. Travelling Representative, U. CUTLER RYERSON, 108 Third Ave.. Newark, N. J. rGREENHOUs£ ! I CYPRE,SS ) FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE GROWER. \ ) Construction, the Latest, / Material the Best, 0001^ ) Prices R^easonable. x'.c'^ \ "WEITE BOOKI-ET, \ \ THE GREENHOUSE MFG. CO., \ $ 32 E. Third St., Cincinnati, O, ? WRITE AF irnilD 1521-23 N. LBAVITT ST.. • fi KUnili OHIOAGO. ILL.. TOB PHIOEB 07 Standard Pots RED pOTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POUWORTH CO.. jtik'"''"'*^^ GEO. KELLER & SON, MANUFACTURERS OP FLOWER POTS. Before buying write for prices. 361-363 Herndon Street, near Wnghtwood Ave., CHIOAQO, ILL THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT MT'Y, HARRY BALSLEV. 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THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. Annual convention at Brooklyn, N. Y., Fel)- ruary 19-30, 19C3. Albert M. Herb, Lancaster, Pa., secretary. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. Annual meeting and exhibition, Philadelphia, March 34-26. 19 3. Leonard Barron, 136 Liberty St., New York, secretary. CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Annual convention subject to call of executive committee. Edwin Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary. THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER. CONTENTS. Palms-;ind ferns 37 Aspar;T^us Sprengeri 3H Florists' plant notes 38 Gloire de Lorraine begonias (illus.) .39 Carnations— For summer blooming 39 — Fertilizers for carnations 39 With the growers — J. M. Gasser Co., Cleve- land, (illus.) 40 The banquet at Orange 40 Chicago 41 Detroit 42 Indianapolis 42 The Heublein conservatories (illus.) 43 New York- 43 Pittsburg 44 Philadelphia 44 Boston 44 Canton. 45 Worcester, Mass 45 Washington 45 Colorado Springs. CXil. 45 Cleveland 45 American Carnation S ciely 46 Don't let it die 48 Rose show premiums 46 Shipment of cut (lowers 46 Flowering Hnrrisii for Chnstmns 46 Philadelphia fanners' institute 46 The seed trade ^2 ThS nursery trade 54 Our pastimes 56 St. Louis 58 San Francisco 60 T'oronto 62 Baltimore ; 64 Lowell, Mass ,. 68 Palms and Ferns. THE COMPOST AND ITS PREPARATION. While the cultural methods to be described in the series of articles onpalnis and ferns, of which this is the first, will be taken from a reasonably successful experience of three decades, it will not be claimed that they are absolutely infalli- ble under all conditions, for differences of soil and also climatic differences in a country like ours, where we are liable to have a full line of weather samples within a month, will undoubtedly make it neces- sarj' to vary our practice to some extent inaccordancc with these weathcrchanges. The best foundation for a potting soil for both palms and ferns, and indeed for the general use of a greenhouse estab- lishment, is found in good sod and top soil from an old pasture, this being stacked up in the fall with regular layers of well rotted stable manure, one load of manure to five or six of the soil, according to the fertilty of the latter. After having been stacked up this way for a couple of months the soil will be much improved by being cut down with a spade and re-stacked, this extra hand- ling making the soil much more friable and easier to mix on the potting bench. If it is possible to manage it there should be a good supply of soil brought into a warm shed before hard winter weather sets in, for cold soil is liable to give a check to the roots of tender plants, besides the waste of labor that ensues when one has to go out and dig into a frozen compost pile with a pick, after which several days are needed to thaw out the soil and dry it sufficiently to fit it for potting. In the vicinity of Philadelphia the greater portion of the soil is of a clayey nature, some of it being decidedly heavy and liable to become quite solid in the pots when used in its natural condition. In consequence we find it good practice to mix a small proportion ol New Jersey peat in our potting soil for both palms and ferns, the proportion used in our case being about one part of peat to six parts of soil. There is little manurial value in this peat, and it is not used with that in view, its office being to open the soil and thus improve the drainage, and by this means to permit a more free use of water on the plants. Bone meal is also used in moderate quantities as an additional fertilizer and with good results, the proportion of this manure varying to some extent accord- ing to the plants for which the compost is being prepared, but averaging about one 6-inch potful of bone to a good wheelbarrow load of soil,, this being added to the soil while in process of mix- ing (in the potting bench. The bone may be omitted entirely in the preparation of soil for fern potting, especially when a fair quantity of short and good stable manure has already been mixed in, but among the commoner species of palms it is my belief that Latania Borbonica can utilize as much bone as any, and the kentias are not far behind, while Areca lutescens does not give quite as good results in a strong bone compost. But the manure question is a knotty one and one on which it seems unwise to offer too positive instruction, for without experi- ment one grower is scarcely competent to prescribe for all soils. With our soil, however, there docs not seem to be much need for lime in any ordinary potting operation, the part performed b}' the lime, of hastening the decomposition of the humus in the soil and thus liberating some plant foods, not being an absolutely necessary opera- tion with the average soil that we are able to get, for it does not contain such an overplus of decaying vegetable mat- ter as to require the aid ot lime in its decomposition. While it is quite true that there are a number of ferns that are found growing wild among limestone rocks, yet it does not always follow that such a condition would indicate the necessity for mixing lime in the potting soil, for there are many plants that have been developed very greatly under cultivation, even though the method of culture provides very different conditions to those under which the plants were first found. Primula Sinensis gi'ows wild in great quantities in some of the rocky ravines of the province of Yunnan, in western China, that section being perhaps its only native place, and there the plants of this primula are found growing upon almost bare rocks and exposed to full sunshine nearly all day, and yet I feel confident that most growers would hesi- tate about attempting to grow specimen primulas on a rockwork in the full sun. The sterilizing of potting soil is a mat- ter that has received attention from some prominent growers, the operation being performed Ijy means of an arrangement of steam pipes or by baking the soil to some extent over a fire, the object being to destroy weed seeds and injurious insects, but there still seems to be some, doubt as to whether the soil does not lose some of its vitality in the sterilizing operation. The wiiter prefers soil in its 38 The American Florist. Feb. 7, natural condition for ordinary purposes, one exception to the rule being found in the case of soil that is to be used for sowing fern spores. The baking of the soil for this purpose does away with the weed nuisance, the tiny seedling ferns being liable to be displaced in the removal of a crop of weeds. The repotting of plants is not such a pressing subject during midwinter as is that of proper preparationforthe spring, there being few plants that really are greatly benefited by being shifted or having their roots disturbed at this sea- son. The most notable exception to this rule is the kentia, which grows away freely after being repotted in the winter months, thus giving the grower an opportunity to get ahead with his work to some extent by disposing of the kentia hpuses before the regular spring potting takes place, an operation that is very often deferred until after Easter in an establishment where flowering plants are also grown. W. H. Taplin. Asparagus Sprengerl. No plant introduced to the trade in recent years has proved itself of greater value than Asparagus Sprengeri. As a "green" to mix with the general run of loose cut flowers, it easily holds first place, and as a plant, either Ijy itself in hanging baskets or pots, or grouped with other plants, it takes second place to none. The cut sprays when well matured are very durable, no less so than those of A. plumosus. In any work where a wavy or pendant effect is desired the long sprays are admirably suited and will harmonize with any flower. There are no points of difficulty in the culture of this plant, and any grower with the ordinary facilities at his com- mand can grow it for any of the uses to which it is adapted. A light situation, a rich soil and a night temperature of 60° are the three most important elements in its culture. No insects bother it except green fly, red spider and thrips. The former is easily kept in check by frequent light smokings with tobacco stems, or by keeping a few fresh tobacco stems on the steam pipes, which should be occa- sionally sprinkled to cause them to give off their strength, which they will not do when dry. The latter two insects are kep t down by copious syringing with clear water. This plant will stand any amount of Syringing if so situated that the foliage dries off' quickly. A moderate amount of water at the roots is the point to watch in watering, and to follow this out suc- cessfully the pots, boxes or whatever else they may be growing in. must be thoroughly drained. This plant is a prodigious feeder. A soil composed of two parts ordinary turfy loam and one part well decayed horse or cow manure will grow it well under ordinary condi- tions. To this mixture may safely be added a quart of bone meal to a bushel of soil. They possess such a vigorous root system that, in order to keep them from exhausting the soil, frequent shifts must be given when grown in pots. To produce those long, graceful sprays that are so much prized by the skillful decorator, the plants must have the full- est freedom, both at the roots and over- head. A solid bed would be the ideal situation, but we seldom have a solid bed that is situated so that the sprays can hang over the sides. A narrow solid bed three feet from the walk is the best possible place to grow them. The plants may be planted in this, a, fqot apart each way, or what is still better, you can put the plants in bottomless pots, about 10-inch in size, and set a row or two on the bed and allow the sprays to hang over the sides. The roots will soon get down into the solid earth, and a lot of plants so situated will not exhaust the soil for many years. When these facilities are not at hand, the next best thing is to have them in boxes a foot wide and a foot deep, and any desired length. Handled this way two years is about as long as they can be expected to last. They should have plenty of liquid manure after the soil is well filled with roots, and at the end of the first year two inches of well-rotted cow manure should be put on as a mulch. Baskets filled entirely with Asparagus Sprengeri are in good demand in spring. Any time in the fall will do to fill them. Three 4-inch pot plants put in a 10-inch basket in October will make a good spec- imen by spring. The soil used for this purpose should be very rich. Half turfy loam and half well rotted cow manure, with a 5-inch pot full of bone meal to the bushel is not a bit too strong. There is very little room in the baskets and the A Lorraine Begonia in a 6-inch Pan. soil will soon be exhausted if it is not very rich. In planting the baskets shape the top surface so that there will be a basin in the center. Keeping these baskets properly watered is not an easy task without this basin. A palm house that is moderately shaded is just the place for these, as here they will not dry out nearly so fast as in the full sun. They are always propagated from seed, which should be sown early in January. If kept growing in a warm place these seedlings will make good 3-inch and 4-inch plants by the following fall. The old plants usually start to bloom in July, and where it is desired to save the seed the well-flowered sprays should be tied up into the air and sun until the fruit assumes a red color. The seed should then be gathered and washed out, dried and stored until time for sow- ing. G. Minneapolis, Minn.— McKinley's birth- day brought a brisk demand for pink car nations, one store selling as many as 1,000, a single bloom to a customer. AuBDRNDALE, MASS. — F. W. Fletcher & Company have discontinued business owing to losses of about $8,000 caused by fire, flood and freezing. The Newton store, at 287 Washington street, will be continued by Mrs. Morton. Florists' Plant Notes. PERENNIALS. The seed of various hardy perennials should be sown now to plant out in spring. Aquilegia, digitalis, gaillardia, gypsophila, coreopsis, larkspur and hollyhocks are a few of the varieties that may be started now. These will not flower this coming summer, but will make strong plants by fall. DEUTZIA GRACILIS. Any imported plants of Deutzia gracilis which were kept in a cold house, or better, in a protected cold frame, through the winter should now be brought in and started for Easter. Allow them about eight weeks in a temperature of 50°, with plenty of syringing, and you will strike it nicely. Too heavy forcing is not desirable. DAHLIAS. The clumps of dahlias resting under the carnation bench should now be started up if it is desired to propagate small plants from cuttings. Place them on a few inches of soil, in a temperature of 55°, and start them into growth by watering occasionally and frequent syringing to keep down red spider. In propagating leave an eye on the cuttings "below the sand and give them .a temper- ature of 60°. When rooted pot them in 2V2-inch pots and later shift to 4 inch. Single varieties, if it is desired to increase the stock, are best raised from seed. HARDY VINES. AmpelopsisVeitchi, the popular Boston ivy, should be sown at once to have strong plants for sale a year from now. These should be grown out of doors in pots during the summer and in the fall brought in and kept at a temperature of 40°. English ivy may also be propa- gated now. Cut the vines into lengths with three eyes and stick them into flats of soil and sand, mixed half and half, and place under a carnation bench. When rooted pot off', and later plant out of doors. In the fall they should be potted up and placed in a cool house if salable plants are wanted the following spring. BOUVARDIA. Though not so extensively grown as in former years, this useful flower still finds favor in many sections. As the season advances, the plants can stand more heat; an increase to 65° will help them along. Syringe daily to keep down mealy bug and red spider, and fumigation must not be neglected. For next winter's stock, it is time now to do your propa- gating. Lift a few strong, healthy plants, cut up their roots into lengths about a half inch long, discarding the fine roots at the extreme end of the root growth, and scatter them over the soil prepared in flats, just as you would seed. Cover just enough to keep them well pressed down. The soil should be of a loose, sandy texture, with plenty of leaf mould added. When of sufficient size pot the young plants into small pots and later plant out of doors. BEDDING PLANTS. A few varieties of bedding plants want attention now. It is too early yet to propagate coleus for this purpose, but Calena repens, that succulent little plant useful for carpet bedding, should be prop- agated now. A warm temperature and very little water will root them. Echeverias of the difi"erent species should be cleaned, the small growths separated from the parent stock and planted in flats by themselves and the old plants given more room. Give them sandy soil and Tgo3. The American Florist. 39 very little water; we never waste bench room on them, but grow them under the benches in the winter, and after the middle of March we place theni in a mild hotbed. Isolepis glauca may be propa- gated by dividing the old plants lifted in the fall and potting the divisions in small pots. Abutilon Savitzii, as well as the other varieties, should be propagated at once. Divide the old stock plants of Mme. Salleroi and give them small pots. Sandy soil with little water until thej- are rooted, is what they want. G. Gloire de Lorraine Begonia. In reading the report of the monthly meeting of the Germantown Horticult- ural Society, which appeared on page 902 of the issue of the American Florist for January 17, I was much interested in the replies of Edwin Lonsdale to questions put to him with regard to Begonia Gloire de Lorraine and its culture. I fully agree with Mr. Lonsdale's remarks throughout. By his answer to the ques- tion, "Is it better to make up pans ot the desired sizes with small plants of Lor- raine immediately before Christmas, or some weeks or months before that time," I judge that he prefers to grow his plants into good, single specimens without resorting to the tedious and risky method of filling pans with plants from small pots when the flowering season is advanced. I did not grow Lorraine until 1901 but from the start have had no difficulty, either in the propagation or growing on. Some of the young plants do not send forth young growths from the base very readily and these I group in 6-inch or 8-inch pans, three or four plants to each. These make very fine, salable subjects as they naturally grow stronger and pro- duce larger flowers; not having so many branches and flowers the plants are bet- ter able to supply the flowers with food from the roots. But the best plants are those which produce a goodly supply of branches from the base. These may be grown into specimens exceeding twenty-four inches in diameter and height. In 1901 I grew our best plants in 5-inch oots, but in 1902 I thought I would try 6-inch pans for about seventy-five plants; the result was more than satisfactory; these plants were much the better developed. One of these single plants in a 6-inch pan is shown in one of the accompanying illustrations, from a photograph taken January 6, after all the best plants were sold for Christmas. The larger illustra- tion shows a group of six plants, each in a 6-inch pot, photographed at the same time, arranged at the end of a bench of palms. If the Lorraine is well grown it will make a much finer plant as a single speci- men than can be obtained by placing three or four small plants in a pan. It will give more satisfaction to the pur- chaser and to the grower. I have noticed many Lorraines in the stores and in greenhouses that did not develop their flowers but appeared almost like berried plants. I am inclined to think they are grown with undue shade. John Dodghty. Cambridge City, Ind.— Thomas O. Peet has sold his greenhouses and business to O. E. Howard and Arthur Lively. MiDDLETON, N. Y.— John Gray, of New- port, R. I., is visiting his people here, the family of Wm. Gray. All are florists. LORRAINE BEGONIAS GROWN BY JOHN DOUGHTY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. CARNATIONS. CAKNATIONS FOR SUMMER BLOOMING. Ed. American Florist:— Which are the best carnations for summer flowering in the field? Would the old plants out of the benches be suited for this purpose and if so, how should they be treated? Assistant. Flora Hill, Mrs. Fisher and Queen Louise are the best whites for summer blooming, Ethel Crocker is the best pink, America the best red and Morning Glory the best light pink. The only treatment needed is to get as large plants as possi- ble by the time the weather is fit to plant out and then give them a moderately rich soil; overfeeding will induce too much grass and growth and fewer flow- ers. There should be some provision to water in extreme dry weather but only when they begin to suffer, as they are better kept on the dry side than on the wet. There should be some light, clean mulch put on the ground as soon as they begin blooming, so that rains will not ruin the flowers, and you will find that it pays to stake them up to keep the stems straight and get them a good length. It will also pay to disbud; in fact you will want to give them the same careful treatment that you do in the house in order to get high grade flowers, as these will always find a market while ' common stuff will be more likely to find the rubbish heap. Do not attempt to use your old plants; they are too much worn out by the winter's forcing. Albert M. Herr. fertilizer for carnations. Ed. Am. Florist: — Is chicken manure or pigeon manure good for carnations? If so, how should it be applied? If a liquid is preferred, please state how much to use to, say, fifty gallons of water. F. M. Chicken manure is averygood fertilizer for carnations, but must be carefully used, for it is very strong. As a top- dressing use a bushel to 500 square feet of bench surface. It should be thor- oughly pulverized in order to get the full strength. It is best to mix it with an equal part of soil, as it accumulates, for in this way much of the strength will be retained that would otherwise pass into the air. This will also temper its violent strength and make it safer to handle. This mixture should be put on twice as heavy as the pure article. How often to use will depend upon how much of other fertilizers is used. Every six to eight weeks will be right if you use a few other fertilizers, like wood ashes, bone meal, sheep manure and so forth. In the issue ot the American Florist for January 3 the writer discussed the question of feed- ing to some extent. If we may judge from results, chicken manure has some of the elements contained in sheep manure, as well as those of bone meal, so it will be seen that it is almost a perfectly bal- anced fertilizer. But do not use it to the exclusion of all other fertilizers, for vari- ety in diet is appreciated by plants no less than hy animals. From the hints given above it must be plain to "F. M." that if he uses it, it should be so arranged in his routine of feeding that a little less of those fertilizers containing the same elements is used. Used in liquid form it comes in handy to change off with cow manure, about every third time; that is, twice with cow manure and once with chicken manure. A peck in fifty gallons of water, allowed to stand two days, will be strong enough. This will not take out all the strength and the barrel can be filled up the second time. Used in either liquid form or as a top-dressing the results will be the same. The above applies also to pigeon manure. We use both in exactly the same way. J. It is to Laug:li. NOW THE POINSETTIA. The Paris correspondent of one of the daily papers writes: The most pictur- esque feature of the new year is a new flower of the family of euphorbiaceae called "La Princetia." It is a large pur- ple flower like an enormous orchid! The "Princetia" is highly decorative and has suddenly become the fashionable flower of the season for gifts and table orna- mentation, and has attained a price of $2 apiece. 40 The American Florist. Feb. 7, WITH THE GROWERS. J. M. GASSER COMPANY, CLEVELAND, O. The accompanying illustrations are from photographs showing a part of the glass of the J. M.Gasser Company at Cleve- land, Ohio. This main plant is located at Rocky River, while some fourteen other houses are on Lake avenue at the city limits. These latter houses are planted exclusively to carnations and Beauties and will eventually be moved out to the Rocky River plant. There is something over 200,000 feet of glass in the two places, all devoted to the grow- ing of cut flowers to supply their retail store on Euclid avenue, one of the nota- l)le streets of America, and for their rap- idly increasing wholesale department. During the past summer there was added a new block of houses for roses. These new houses contain some 60,000 feet of glass and were put tip on astrictly cpmmonsense plan, with many new but scttias and chrysanthemums are grown in season. Lily ot the valley is forced every month in the year. Both places are heated by steam, there being two eighty horse-power boilers and four sixty horse-power. The entire cut of both houses is sent into the city store every morning, it being an eighteen mile drive for the round trip. J. M. Gasser, who is widely known in the trade, is president of the company and general manager of the greenhouses, while the store and wholesale department is under the management of L. F. Dar- nell, who is also ti'easurerof the corpora- tion. Lafayette, Ind. — H. Roth will erect a fine residence for himself this spring. HoNESDALE, Pa. — E. C. Boss, formerly foreman for Ira G. Marvin, Wilkesbarre, Pa., has bought the greenhouse estab- lishment here of Wra. J. Scheissler. HOUSE OF WM. SCOTT CARNATION GROWN BY J. M. GASSER CO., CLEVELAND. (I'lanlcJ September 1.5 ;iiul photographed November 10, 1902 ) The Banquet at Orange. Thirty-five gentlemen sat down to the eighth annual dinner of the New Jersey Floricultural Society, at Orange, N. J., Wednesdaj- evening, February 4, and enjoyed one of the best times of their lives. The table was gorgeous with flowers, among which were many vases of carnations from notable growers. A short business session preceded the ban- quet. President Smith referred feelingly to the death last Saturday of Dr. H. A. Mandeville, patron of horticulture, kind and sympathetic friend of gardeners and their society, and appointed a committee to draft resolutions. He announced a plan as being perfected by the executive board for regular exhibitions at each meeting of the society in the coming year, with several handsome cups for the exhibitors having the greatest number of credits at the end of the year. He appointed A. Herrington, W. J. Stewart and C. H.Totty to judge present exhibits. The committee later reported a list, of points awarded as follows: George Smith, roses, sixty-eight; Wm. Bennett, Olympia, Lawson, Prosperity and other carnations, eighty-three; Peter Duff, Lawsons, sixty-nine; John Hayes, Pros- perity, Lawson, etc., eighty-two; Mal- colm MacRorie, Lorraine -begonias, eighty-five; George Smith, nasturtiums, thirty-five. Certificates were awarded to the following superb displays: To Thompson Carnation Company, for Enchantress, Nelson Fisher and Mrs. M. A. Patten; to S. J. Reuter, for Lillian Pond; to J. N. May, for white seedling, and honorable mention to Mr. Thomp- son for Boston Market and to Henry Eichholz for Tiger. Mr. Von Gaasbeck, one of the promoters of the competition, made encouraging remarks. The first speaker after dinner was Dr. Kitchen, who paid an eloquent tribute to the vocation of gardener and florist. W. A. Manda spoke approvingly of the exhi- bition plans and asserted the table deco- rations far surpassed those at the New York club dinner. Mr. Stewart compli- mented the society on the fraternal rela- tions existing between the commercial and private growers and evoked much hilarity with personal allusions to mem- bers. Mr. Herrington told of plans out- lined by the chrysanthemum society for thoroughly tested ideas. They are prov- ing to be the most satisfactory houses ever erected by the company. Nearly all the new houses are 30x300 feet and are planted to Brides, Bridesmaids, Meteors and Pedes. One large block of houses at the Rocky River plant is devoted to carnations, the varieties chiefly grown being G. H. Crane, Melba, Mrs. Lawson, Genevieve Lord, Mrs. Joost, Ethel Crocker, Mrs. Bradt, Chicago, Morning Glory, Flora Hill, White Cloud, White Daybreak, Gen. Gomez, Wm. Scott and Daybreak. The remaining houses are filled with a mis- cellaneous stock for cut flowers and deco- rating material. Among other things worthy of men- tion is one house of smilax, one house of asparagus, one house of callas and one house of Princess violets. There are two houses of roses for summer blooming, dormant at present, and one house of orchids. Two houses are used for palms and one house for ferns. Then there are benches of pansies, myosotis, mignonette, azaleas, hydrangeas, marguerites, cycla- mens, pelargoniums (these two latter grown for cut flowers only) sweet peas, primroses, freesia and so forth. Thou- sands ot bulbs are forced and lilies, poin- HOUSE OF THE BRIDE, GROWN BY THE J. M. GASSER CO., CLEVELAND, O. (Planted August I, photographed November 10,1902.) ■ igoj. The American Florist. 41 BIRDSEYE VIEW OF THE MAIN PRODUCING ESTABLISHMENT OF THE J. M. GASSER CO., CLEVELAND, O. the grandest exhibition the world has ever seen, to be held at New York next November, and solicited the co-operation of the society. Mr. Shaw contributed a legend in verse. Mr. Karlstrom, of Keney Park, Hartford; President Totty and Secretary Atkins, of the Morris County society, also Messrs. Duft', Hayes, Manda and Bennett followed and David Kose warbled Bonnie Doon. Chicag:o. TRADE STARTS IN WELL BUT BAD WEATHER HAS DISASTROUS INFLUENCE.— PRICES HELD STIFF IN FACE OF AN ERRATIC DEMAND. — VIOLETS THE WEAKEST ITE.M. — NO SATISFACTION TO BE OBTAINED ON EXPRESS RATES.-A NEW PLAN OF ACTION. — CARNATION SHOW NEXT WEEK. — ALL THE NOVELTIES.-VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES The week started in with brisk demand, but Tuesday's storm put a quietus on transient trade and the business nar- rowed down to taking care of shipping orders. The rose market has eased up a little, but white carnations still continue practically out of the question. There are considerable quantities of colored stock, but most of those that hang fire are of low grade. The dark weather has resulted in a great man3- split calyxes, Mrs. Lawson showing up in particularly bad form in this respect. Some of the growers are resorting to the practice of wiring the split cah'xes and, on the other hand, some of the cheap buyers are using the splits and doing their own wiring. There are increased receipts of short Beauties but the qualities are still of low grade. Violets are the item which show most weakness, prices having steadily declined during the past three weeks. Present quotations range up to $1.2.') per hundred, but only a small part of the receipts will command this figure, for (|iialities are generally deteriorating. Bulbous stock is coming in more heavily and the lew days of storing' weather resulted in sonietliingof an accumulation in this line. There are now tulips in quantity, but the quality is not yet all that might be asked. Most of the stock is light colored. Calla lilies are one of the short items, but there are more than enough Harrisii for present demands. Paper Whites and Romans are selling well, l")ut lily of the valley has eased oft" in price. Wedding work is making a good demand for orchids and smilax but there are adequate supplies of both for all requirements in this market. But for an occasional new hand in the game the agitation against express rates would be likel3^ to lapse into innocuous desuetude. The Florists' Club's com- mittee appointed to handle the matter has as yet taken no action, for the com- mittee of the Wholesalers' Association is unable to report progress, the officers of the express companies giving them no satisfaction whatever. It is now E. E. Pieser's plan to circulate a petition for signatures from all over the United States, asking the companies to restore the old rate plus a charge of 5 cents on each box to cover the extra cost which the companies claim they are put to in handling this business. It will be pointed out that the number of shipments is decreasing under the new rate and that, while it is a serious detriment to the flower trade, it is failing to bring a profit to the transportation people; that the new rate is so obnoxious that it has destroyed the friendly relations hitherto existing between the companies and the receivers of cut flowers, and that a charge of 5 cents on each package will be ample to cover all claims without being oppres- sive to the shippers. Mr. Pieser thinks he should have tlie assistance and signa- ture of practically everyone in the trade and has assurances from local rraflic officers that such a petition submitted here will be sent east with favorable endorsement. L. Coatsworth, chairman of the wholesalers' committee, will attend the Brooklyn carnation meeting and will at that time personally take the matter up witli the traffic officers in New York, noping to gain the satisfaction which is denied his comiiiittee here. Everything indicates a first-class car- nation show in Handel Hall next Tues- day, February 10. Most of the growers of novelties will be represented by their 1903 varieties and the local growers will show their best stock, which means goods of very fine finish just now, in spite of the unfavorable weather condi- tions. All exhibits should reach Handel Hall before noon. Those who are not able to accompany their blooms may send them in care of F. F. Benthey, 35 Randolph street, or in care of E. F. Win- terson, 45 Wabash avenue, and they will be properly staged. The club certificate will be issued to all meritorious exhibits and a gratuity of $30 will be awarded as follows: F'or best vase of fiftj- carnation blooms of any variety, $10; for the best vase of twenty-five blooms, $5; for the best general display, $5. A club meeting will be held in the evening, at the close of the exhibition, and a large attendance is expected. There is a movement on foot to organ- ize a dull for those in the trade, with a membership and dues which shall war- rant the maintenance of a club house open at all hours for the entertainrnent of those entitled to its privileges. L. Coatsworth is chairman of the commit- tee which has the matter in charge. Another meeting of those interested will be held at Benthey & Company's next Tuesday at 11;30 a. m. Since tlie express companies doubled the charge for the return of empties, Poehlmann Brothers have been hauling their empties to Morton Grove by wagon, thereby depriving the express companies of revenue to the extent of aljout $« to $10 per trip". It is some thirteen miles from the greenhouses to the store, rather too long a haul for cut flowers. The Floricultural Society of Vaughan's Greenhouses announces a mas(|uerade l)all to be given in the Town Hall at La Grange on Thursday evening, February I'J. Tiiere will be prizes for the best dressed ladies and gentlemen, also for' those in the most comical costumes. J. D. Thompson announces that a rate 42 The American Florist. Feb. 7, of a fare and one-third has now been granted to the carnation meeting at Brooklyn Feburary 19-20. This is on the certificate plan. Reserve your berth with L. F. Vosburgh, of the Lalie Shore. Train leaves at 2 p. m. February 17. The Chicago Florists' and Gardeners' Union is making good gains in member- ship and a larger hall is in demand for the meetings. Unions are also in process of organization in Buffalo, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Fruit- dale, Ala. February 12 is Lincoln's birthday and the postoffice will follow the leadership of the banks and close up. There will be but one delivery of mail, leaving the post- office at 8:45 a. m. Fleischraan had the decoration for the Kaufman-Mandel wedding at the Stand- ard Club Tuesday evening. Ben. Rubel was master of ceremonies. A. Lange is one of several local florists who hope to make their fortunes out of investments in a Colorado silver mine. John Zeck says that the Budlong rose houses are coming into crop again and that trade is good in consequence. Adolph H. Poehlmann welcomed a nine-pound baby boy into his home at Morton Grove January 30. H. M. Hooker has added $100 to the relief f^nd for the Swedish famine sufferers. The ground hog saw his shadow and the next two days the blizzard raged. They have a fine show of orchids on at the Lincoln Park conservatories. Visitors: C. R. Hill, of the Grand Rapids Violet Company, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Prof. J. C. Blair, Urbana, 111.; Prof. A. T. Er win, Ames, la.; J. A. Evans, Richmond, Ind. Detroit. CLUB HOLDS A VERY SUCCESSFUL CARNA- NATION SHOW. — NOVELTIES AND BEST PRODUCTS OF LOCAL GROWERS ON DIS- PLAY. — NOTES OF THE EXHIBITS. — LOCAL AND TRADE NOTES. Harmonic Hall, where the S. A. F. meeting was held three years ago, was the scene of the local carnation show February 4, a forerunner of the greater one which we hope will be held in the same place a year hence. It was the club's regular meeting night, but no formal session was held. The wives, daughters and lady friends of the mem- bers were present in great numbers and the whole evening was given to dancing, card playing and the inspection of the splendid array of flowers, chiefly carna- tions, by local growers. There were exhibits also from outside points, the chief of them being that of the Chicago Carnation Company, accompanied by the well-known and genial manager of that concern. He showed a vase of their new Harlowarden with stems forty inches long, stiff and erect, bearing large bright crimson blooms. They also showed vases of Mrs. Higinbotham, Mrs. Potter Palmer, Her Majesty and Mar- shall Field, all splendid flowers on good, lone stems. The blooms of the latter variety were especially large. C. W. Ward, of Queens, N. Y., sent vases of Mrs. Roosevelt, President Roosevelt and Alpine Glow and some seedlings not yet disseminated, but all suffered much in transit and did not show to the best advantage. J. E. Smith, of Wyandotte, Mich., showed Marquis and a red seed- ling. No. 1900, the shade of Crane, large, full and fringed but with split calyxes. Wm. Murphy, of Cincinnati, showed Murphy's White, a well-known variety and popular. E. T. Grave sent a vase of President McKinley, a deep pink of pleas- ing shade. Chas. Frueh & Son, of Sagi- naw, showed a seedling. No. 115, a red, the shade of America, fringed and full, with good stems. Henry Eichholz, of Waynesboro, Pa., sent Tiger, a varie- gated variety, and J. B. Goetz, of Sagi- naw, showed a white seedling. Grohman Brothers, of Saginaw, showed G. Lord, Ethel Crocker and Crane. Boehringer Brothers, Bay City, showed seedling No. 82, the shade of President Roosevelt; seedling No. 36, a white with pink mark- ings, and a large vase of Daybreak Per- fection. This variety was shown here several times previously. The color is an improvement on Daybreak, it is very large and said to be prolific. Many regrets were expressed at the non-appear- ance of Enchantress. The E. G. Hill Com- pany, Richmond, Ind., sent a vase of their new white. Innocence, but it did not arrive until Thursday morning. Hopp & Lempke, of Grand Rapids, sent a seed- ling red carnatio a and a vase of their new pink rose. J. Pierce, of Pontiac, Mich., showed Meteor, Bride and Brides- maid. John Breitmeyer's Sons showed vases of splendid Morgan, Cusin, Bon Silene, Isabella Sprunt and Perle, as well as several vases of carnations. Other local exhibitors were Beard Brothers, Asman & Dunn, T. Damerow, B. Schroeter, Geo. Kennedy, Robt. Klegge, J. E. Carey, Gutschow & Son, H. G. Flammer, Miesel & Son, Robt. Watson, Frank Holznagle and James Taylor. Mr. Taylor's vase of fifty Lawsons was cer- tainly grand and easily shared highest honors with Harlowarden. On Thurs- day morning all the flowers which were yet in good condition were sold by con- sent of the exhibitors for the benefit of the club, a neat sum being realized. Louis Rush, who conducted the floral department in the Majestic building for some years, has abandoned the place and established a floral department in the grocery store of Peter Smith & Sons, corner of Gratiot and Farmer streets. F. Gutschow & Son, of Mt. Clemens, have soldtheirgreenhouse establishment, including stock, to A. L. Stephens, of the same place, who will conduct the busi- ness hereafter. Harry Tschudi, who for several years was with J. F. Sullivan and is at present manager of J. M. Gasser's branch store in Cleveland, is visiting his parents here for a few days. James Taylor, of Mt. Clemens, has been quite sick for a week, with no improve- ment in his condition. Visitors: R. G. Boehringer, Bay City; John Frueh, Saginaw; A. B. Lewis, Pon- tiac; C. R. Tuscon, Windsor, Ont.; W. H. Watson, Lapeer; Ed. Dungey, Orion; James Hartshorne, Joliet, 111.; T. J. Wade, New York. J. F. S. New Orleans. TRADE DEAD AT THIS SEASON OF THE YEAR. — PROSPEROUS PERIOD IN SIGHT. — NOTES. At this time of the year, and also for the two past months. New Orleans is cer- tainly a dull place for florists. It sur- prises some people to see a city of the population of New Orleans with only two or three leading retail cut flower stores, and still they are enough for the amount of business. The reason is that New Orleans is a very good market for plant trade. Flower sales are very lim- ited. People have so many of their own during the longest part of the year that they cannot be induced to pay high prices for imported stock, except on rare occa- sions. Our Mardi Gras season is approaching and decorations for balls will require some fine flowers and in a few days it will be all over again. Our spring sales will then commence and it is for us the best time of the year. Our winter has been very mild thus far. Judging from the number of new houses built in all parts of the town it will require large quantities of plants to fill up the gardens and I am confident that the market is going to be very good. From what I hear, the supply of stock is good and well advanced for this time of the season. Our two last club meetings were not well attended. No doubt the weather kept many members around their green- houses. . M. M. L. Indianapolis. FLORAL FESTIVAL DIRECTORS PLAN BIG AUTUMNAL FLO WER SHOW.— STATE ASSO- CIATION SHOULD HAVE A HAND.— NOTES. The directors of the Indiana Floral Festival and chrysanthemum show held a meeting for organization January 31. The directors are all prominent mer- chants, John Bertermann being the only one connected with the florists' trade. The following are the officers of the organization: President, F. L. Moyer; first vice-president, H. P. Wasson; second vice-president, George Gay; secretary, Irvin Bertermann; treasurer, W. F. Mil- holland; manager, John Bertermann. In accordance with his instructions, the sec- retary invited E. G. Hill, J. A. E. Haugh, Fred. Dorner, Jr., A. Baur, John Hartje and H. Junge to prepare a premium list for the next show, which will be held in this city next November. The list will be printed at once, so as to enable the flo- rists to make preparations for the show. It is stated that the list will offer more and higher premiums than any list ever issued in this state. A guarantee that premiums will be paid in full goes with it. At the meeting of the Florists' Associa- tion held February 3, Irvin Bertermann announced to the members the facts stated above, asking the florists to co-operate to make the proposed show a grand success. After a lengthy discus- sion a committee w^as ap{)ointed as fol- lows: Fred. Dorner, Jr., J. S. Stuart, Fred. Lemon, H. W. Rieman, John Hartje. It being the prevailing opinion among members of the association that the latter body should be more closely connected with the management of the show, undoubtedly very determined efforts in that direction will be made in luture years. Installation of new officers took place. E, A. Nelson had a narrow escape from a $3,000 assessment for street improve- ment. Axel is not in a hurry to see that particular street improved; it is in the rear of his place. Stuart & Haugh, of Anderson, who generally sell part of their carnations wholesale, have to buy this year to meet the demand of their ever-increasing retail trade. John Heidenreich has the healthiest looking tea roses in this city. Indianapolis carnation growers are still short of stock. John Bertermann intends trying his hand on orchids. H. W. Rieman is going to plant violets next year. Visitors: E. G. Hill, Herbert Heller; J. A. E. Haugh, Fred. Dorner, Jr. H. J. 1903' The American Florist. 43 THE HEUBLEIN CONSERVATORIES AT HARTFORD, A MODEL ESTABLISHMENT FOR A RETAIL BUSINESS. The Heublein Conservatories, Hartford. Herewith are presented views of the Heublein Conservatories recenth- opened at Hartford, Conn. This is recognized as the prettiest structure of its size, for com- mercial purposes in the United States. It was designed and erected by Hitchings & Compan3-. The plant house over the salesroom is built with a cement floor on iron beams and brick arches. The heat- ing apparatus, sectional hot-water boil- ers, is in the basement under the sales- room. The iron stairway leading from the palm house to the second-story plant house is seen in one of the views. This place has attracted much attention from the fact ot its being an example of the most modern development of the ideal city florists' establishment and no doubt many structures similar in equipment will be erected in the future. The pro- prietor, Alois Frey, is a young man of much ability and enthusiasm. Previous to coming to this country, Mr. Frey had occasion and opportunity to gather knowledge and experience through trav- els among some of the best establish- ments in Europe. Before starting in business for himself in Hartford he spent three and a half years in charge of the floral department of the public parks of Hartford, during which time he gave ample evidence ot his skill and good taste and he now starts out with the hearty good wishes of his fellow craftsmen. Xew Haven, Co.NN. — Max E. Kraushas Jiled a petition in bankruptcy. New York. ANNUAL DINNER A MOST ENJOYABLE FAM- ILY REUNION.— PARTICIPANTS FOUND THE OCCASION FULLY SATISFACTORY. — PLENTY OF ENTERTAINMENT.— STATE OF TRADE AND A VARIETY OF LOCAL NEWS DOINGS. The annual dinner of the New York Florists' Club was a gratifying success in every particular. It was characterized by a dignity rarely equalled in these affairs and the atmosphei^e was distinctly fraternal, giving it the character of a ((uiet, home like reunion ot the members. There were fiftj- in attendance and their views on the success of the occasion, as expressed since, are unvaryingly appre- ciative. Naturally, in the absence of strangers and special guests, speech-mak- ing was not a conspicuous feature. Pres- ident Troy's words of welcome were as brief as they were sincere. First position in line was accorded to J. H. Taylor, who responded for "OurNight," reminiscences being his strongest hold. J. G. Esler had some good things to say of "The S. A. F. and Sister Societies," their good work and their purpose, and Alex. Wallace responded for the trade press. J. A. Shaw contributed the customary verses. The event of the evening then transpired, this being the presentation to the retiring president, W. F. Sheridan, of a pretty scarf-pin, a ruby surrounded with dia- monds. C. B. Weathered made the pre- sentation speech, which was one of the happiest efforts of his life. His victim was taken absolutelv unawares and could find but few words to express his pleas- ure, these being well chosen and greeted with a mightj' volume of long-continued applause. There was an abundance ot musical entertainment. "Tommy" Baker sang the latest gems in popular ballads, ably assisted by the chorus, and Mr. •Kelly contributed stories that reached the right spot every time. For the home talent, Messrs. Butterfield and Wallace sang acceptably as always and A. Schul- theis opened up a new appreciation of his musical abilities with a superb rendi- tion of "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep" and a German song. The tables were adorned with flowers in profusion. J. N. May sent a seedling white carnation of rare beauty. Carnation Mrs. Roose- velt from C. W. Ward was one of the best things shown. Robt. Craig & Son were represented by a big vase of Adonis, W. H. Siebrecht by a display of bulbous flowers. Lager & Hurrell by Leelia autumnalis and A. C. Zvolanek by a vase of sweet peas of extraordinary grade, on stems fully three feet tall. There was a noticeable number of private gardeners in attendance, especially Irom the neigh- borhood of \Vestbury and Westchester county. James Weir, son of the eminent John Weir, of Fulton street, Brooklyn, has again distinguished himself, this time by grappling with three young rowdies who were annoying an old man. He got his man to the station house and the police took care of the balance of the party. Haifa column of commendation in the Brooklyn Eagh serves as a good equiva- 44 The American Florist. Ftb lent for the badly discolored eye he has carried ever since. Mr. Phillips, of the Phillips Manufac- turing Company, has just returned from a visit to his old home in England. He is very enthusiastic over the Phillips patent digger, an English invention now being introduced into this country. The inventors claim for it superior advan- tages as a digging spade, cultivator, sub- soiler and aerator. The Brooklyn Horticultural Society met on Monday evening, February 3. There were about fifty members present and the business transacted was confined to routine work connected with the final preparations for the carnation meeting, for which the various committees have their arrangements well perfected. Hon. Timothy Woodruff will serve as toastmaster at the Brooklyn carnation banquet. Preparations are being made for the special entertainment of the visit- ing ladies, under the direction of A. H. Langjahr. Hugo H. Jahn and Miss Susie E. Walton were married February 3. Visitor: W. H. Elliott, Brighton, Mass.; Edward McMulkin, Boston.' Pittsburg:. CLUB HAS A ROSE MEETING. — MANY GOOD EXHIBITS. — TRADE ON THE IMPROVE. — STOCK OF HIGH QUALITY BUT MANY ITEMS SCARCE. — ^A VARIETY OF LOCAL NEWS NOTES. The Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners' Club celebrated "rose night" at the meeting on February 3 and the general exhibit was very fine. In addition to the local display, roses were received from New Jersey', Indiana and New York. Franz Deegen, from New Castle, was viewed with much interest The officers of the club"for 1903, nomi- nated at tlie last meeting, Tvere unani- mously elected, as follovirs:' President, William Falconer; vice-president, E. C. Reineman; secretary, E. C."" Ludwig; treasurer, Fred. Burki; executive com- mittee, Fred. Burki, John Bader and P. S. Randolph. At the club's March meeting carnations will be shown and discussed. Business is slow and has been since the holidays, but there is a brighter prospect. The flower supply is about equal to the demand, but the absence of Beauties and good red roses is noticeable. Both home and eastern stock is of a very high grade, particularly Brides and Bridesmaids. Carnations are also scarce but some fine ones are coming in. Tulips are plentiful as are Roman hyacinths and Paper Whites. Trumpet Major and Von Sions are scarce. Pittsburg will be well represented at the coming carnation convention. Among those mentioned as going are Phil. Langhans; E. C. Reineman, F. Burki, P, S. Randolph, J. L. Wyland, E. C. Lud- wig, Julius Ludwig and J. B. Murdock. Herman Peterson, agrower at Burki's, Bellevue, is at St. John's Hospital with his mind unbalanced. He is 4-1. years of age and said to have a family at 1017 Lawrence street, Philadelphia. J. B. Murdock & Company are highly pleased with the excellent condition of their roses and carnations at their Van Eman plant. Another cold wave has visited Pitts- burg, but the supply ot both coal and gas seems to be plentiful. The Pittsburg Rose and Carnation Company is meeting with all the success anticipated. . J. B. Ferguson had an easy time dis- posing ot his bouse of Sprengeri, Charles Koenig is sending in his share of bulbous stock. His daffodils are in demand. Randolph & McClements have been doing some big wedding decorations of late. L. I. Neff is displaying some first prize primroses. E. L. M. Philadelphia. CLUB DEBATES THE EXPRESS RATE QUES- TION. — THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. — MORAL SUASION URGED AS A CORRECTIVE. — THOUGHT TO CATCH MORE FLIES WITH SUGAR THAN VINEGAR. — MARKET STILL SHORT OF GOOD STOCK.— PRICES HOLD STIFF. The February meeting of the Florists' Club was full of interest from beginning to end. The main topic was how;tb get the express companies to lower their rates. After a long debate, in which the matter was well considered, the follow- ing resolutions were adopted: Whereas, The transportation of cut flowers to the Philadelphia market has been carried on for years almost exclusively by the Adams, I nited States and West Jersey Ex ress Companies, who have always carried cut flowers as first-class matter and have charged the highest rates on Iheir schedule, but who have since December 10, l'.)02, arbitrarily and unreasonably increased the price of hauling sucli goods fifty per cent, with- out increasing the efficiency of their services, but hav on the contrary allowed such efficiency to deteriorate, and Whereas, ICxperience and modern means of conveyance and the establishment by these com- panies of local offices and branches in all sec- tions of the country has very much lessened for the express companies the cost of transpoitat on and the risk of handling said goods, whi h are regularly forwarded every day in the year and consequently they shou'd be transp-irted at rea- sonable rates instead of the incrtasod r.tenow levied, !ind Whereas. We feel that the present rates are a discrimination against our business aud there- fore utilawiul, and Whereas, i he increase of tariff by the express companies is in line and following the leade ship of the great trusts of this country in increasing their prices, not because better prices are deseived but to multiply Iheir earnings and because they feel they are powerful enough to force the public to agrte tfi their terms: be it Rfso V (t. That we, ihe flower growers, shippers and merchants in and ar und Philadelphia and vicinity, assembled uuder the auspices of the Florists' Club of Philadelphia, vigoro'^sly pro- test igainst the unwarranted, un recedented a d oppressive advance by said companies for the expressing of cut flowers, and Re^olvfd That we demand a speedy return to the old ra es for the transportation of cut flowers which amply and sufhcieutly repay said express companies for any and all risks of handling and with the labor and expense of transportation, and Resotvrd. That we insist on our rights and demand from said companies as common carriers, that tLey shall not discriminate against our business "by discouraging its production with exorbitant rates for distribution, and. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions he forwarded to the said express companit-s and to the c ommittee on legislation of the Society ot American Florists, for such concerted aciion with other sections of the country as may be deemed wise and proper. Samuel S. Pennock, ^ .\. H. Cartledgk. I Charles F- IVIeehan, J Committee. WiLLtA.M V. Craig, | George i '. A\'atson, j These resolutions were, however, con- sidered too rabid to suit ma.nj present, who thought it best to have the commit- tee see the officials of the different com- panies and argue the matter in a peace- able manner and not antagonize them, but try and show that their position was a false one. ft was also demon- strated early in the debate that there should be two classes of cut flower deliv- eries, the needs of the wholesale and retail merchants being quite different. The growers and wholesale shippers are daily customers of the express compa- nies, largely between the same points. For this class of trade the freight is nearly always delivered to the companies' depots at the shipping point and at its destination is generally handled in large quantities, a wagon-load or more at a lime. Considering the size of the pack- ages, the weight is as heavy as many other classes of goods carried, packed in substantial manner by professional men, while many other goods handled by express companies are received in such condition that great care has to be exer- cised to have them delivered intact. The other class of shippers, the retail florists, did not care so much about the increase in price, as what they want is a more prompt and efficient service. Twice ordinary rates would be willingly paid if they were sure of getting a special service. Reminiscent accounts of experiences with the companies were interspersed with the remarks. Ed. Reid told how he made them pay up and could do it every time if he had a good claim. Mr. Elliott, of Boston, was present and gave a very interesting account of the experience of the florists of his city and how, after a pleasant talk with the highest ofiicials of the companies there, they had been able to bring them around to their way of thinking. He was quite confident that if the florists in the various cities would write and in the same manner approach the proper officials, that the matter would be laid before the highest authori- ties and the former rates restored. Leo Niessen said that if, when flowers are shipped, they were marked "owner's risk" that a single rate was sufficient. The committee was finally instructed to meet the representatives of the compa- nies without delay and use their best efforts to have the old rates restored. There was a large attendance and all present appeared to take great interest in the proceedings. There is but little improvement in the supply of flowers, violets being, perhaps, the exception, the bestdoubles beingnow quoted at $1 per hundred. Beauties are very scarce. At no time does there appear to be any for sale save for regular orders and not enough for these. Prices range from $3 to $7.50 per dozen. Teas arc almost as scarce as Beauties and but few are offered for sale, at from $8 to $18 per hundred. Carnations are also all sold a few hours after arrival; $2.50 to $6 is the price. Dafibdils and tulips are becoming more plentiful at $3 to $5. First-class freesias are coming in rather plentifully at from $3 to $6. Messrs. Towill, of Hillside, will soon erect three houses. The Lord & Burn- ham Company will furnish the material. Mr. Passmore, of Westchester, will also build two large carnation houses with material from the same firm. K, Boston. CROPS ox THE INCREASE AND QUALITIES I.MPR0VE.— SEASON A MOST UNUSUAL ONE. CARNATION INDUSTRY THRIVES. — JOT- TINGS. We have been enjoying a succession of good growing days, with clear sunlight and moderate temperature, which is a very welcome relief from the period of gloomy, foggy weather experienced for some time previous. The effect is readily seen in the improved quality and increased cut of roses coming in from local growers who have, it would seem, been thrown badly out of their usual course this year by the warm fall, the fuel famine, the ba'ky weather and other untoward influences and are, in consequence, on the small end of the crop now. in the height of the season, when conditions favor a paying market. The carnation industry is in a thriving andgenerally satisfactory condition, excellent qualities prevailing rgoj. The a mer ican Fl c r i s t. and the demand sufficing to take up the stock as received at prices that compare well with those of past seasons, with the white varieties holding an especially strong position. George Melvin, gardener for Col. Chas. Pfafif, was awarded a silver medal for superior culture of Oncidium unguicula- tum at Horticultural Hall on January 31. The plant bore two spikes with 114 blooms thereon. A bill has been introduced in the Massa- chusetts legislature giving the trolh^ roads permission to engage in the express business. W. W; Edgar has a young Japanese on his staff" who has come over to study American floriculture. His name is K. Takagi. Canton, 0. LARGEST DECORATION I.\ HISTORY OF CITY. — FU.NCTIO.M I.S MEMORY OF DEPARTED CHIEF EXECUTIVE. For the McKinley birthday banquet, given by the Republican League of Can- ton, January 27, at which President Roosevelt and part of his cabinet were present, the decorations were very elab- orate. At the President's table there were twentj* two plates, a pink carna- tion at each and two large vases of cut glass about thirty inches high placed one at each end of the taljle with fifty 30-inch American Beauty roses in each, with maidenhair ferns and Roman hj'acinths at the base of each vase. A flat silver vase was placed in the middle of this table, opposite the President's plate, filled with fiity Roosevelt carnations. There were twelve other tables from twenty- five to sixty feet long, seating 500 people. Apinkcarnation was placed at each plate, with Asparagus Sprengeri and sniilax winding along on the inner side of the plates. On these twelve tables were seventy-five 12-inch glass vases filled with 1,500 Bridesmaid roses. There were 600 spectators in the bal- conies and each received a pink carna- tion. There were used in all 1,500 car- nations. It took 100 plants of various kinds. These were placed on the orches- tra stand erected at the rear of the Presi- dent's table, also at the front entrance and at the end of the front tables. The decorations were by Charles Brown, the oldest florist in the city and a close friend of the late President McKinley. C. O. M. Worcester, Mass. GOOD BUSINESS KEEPS SUPPLY OF STOCK UNDER PERFECT CONTROL. — ALL THE RECEIPTS OF GOOD GRADE. — VARIOUS NOTES. While nothing unusual has occurred in trade circles lately, we have had a steady call lor plants and flowers, with consid- erable funeral work to take care of the surplus white stock. Flowers in all lines are cleaned up very closely each day and any unusual call for any special flower soon exhausts the supply. Quali- ties were never better than at the pres- ent time. Fisher's Lawson and Gov. Wolcott are the top-notch carnations. Violets, both double and single, are very high grade and in about the right supplj-. Narcissi and tulips are more common and we are now receiving good double Von Sions and Golden Spur. The supply of lilies and callas bareh' equals the demand. The Easter crop looks very promising. The coal situation is not causing as much anxiety as heretofore, although the price is still high. The supply is equal to the demand. Charles W. Menck, for many 3'ears, in charge of the bulb department at Langc's, is very seriously ill. His condition is critical. Charles D. Thayer, who opened a store on Main street some inonths ago, has discontinued same. Lange is cutting some very fine antirr- hinum and mignonette. A. H. L. Washingfton. CLUB RESOLVES THAT RAISE IN EXPRESS RATE WAS ARBITRARY AND DAMAGING. — NOTES. At the last meeting ot the Washington Florists' Club, which was well attended, among other business it was resolved that the action of the express companies in raising the rate on shipments of cut flowers was uncalled for, unjust and unnecessar3': that it is greatly to the detriment of our business and that we protest against the action. The resolu- tions were signed by the committee, J. R. Freeman, president; W. S. Clark, recording secretary; W. F. Gude, corre- sponding secretary. A. Gude & Brother have a number of fine azaleas, also a quantity of lily of the valley and tulips. Their roses and car- nations are fair. W. W. Kimrael is now with A. Gude & Brother. Trade in general is not very brisk; some have i^lenty to do, while others have very little. Stock is plentiful and in fine con- dition. J. R. Freeman is showing a fine strain of cyclamens and a nice lot of lily of the valley in pans. P. G. Colorado Springs, Col. COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS. — PLANS BATTLE AGAINST SCALE. — GOOD BUSINESS. — NOSCARITY OF COAL. The El Paso County Horticultural Society held its annual meeting for the election of officers on January 20, with the following result: President, H. C. Harris; vice-presidents, W. \V. William- son and Wni. Clark; secretar}-, A. T. Reed; treasurer, J. B. Braidwood. The society voted a unanimous resolution of thanks to E. King, the outgoing treas- urer, for his able services in the past. There was an interesting discussion on the Cottonwood scale, which, on account of neglect, has become a serious problem in this neighborhood. Measures were proposed to fight the pest, and a com- mittee was appointed to thoroughly investigate and report at the next meet- ing. Business has kept up well since the holidays. Several large funerals have helped materially to keep things moving. Stock of all kinds, except roses, is ingood supply and qualitj' is good, with prices firm. The coal famine that seems to have wiped out the florists' profits in the east is nit felt in this locality. The price of coal is but slighth' higher than it was last year. J. Cincinnati. Next Saturday, February 1+, the Cin- cinnati Florists' Society will hold its annual rose show at the club rooms in the Jabez Elliott Flower Market. As premiums $84 isoffcrcdfor roses and $13 for violets. The S. A. F. medals for novelties will be competed for at this exhibition. Cleveland, 0. STATE HOSl'ITU. HAS FINE NEW RANGE OF" GLASS. — GOOD GARDENING PRACTICED. — PERSONAL AND TRADE NOTES. The conservatories at the Cleveland State Hospital, at Newburg, have been completely remodeled, the old front hav- ing been removed and a large, roomy structure put up in its place, filled with fine specimen plantsofmanj' kinds, which give it a very imposing appearance. The flower beds have been arranged toward the entrance and along the sides, show- ing the place off" to good advantage. The range of other houses is used exclusively for growing young stock. The grounds at the hospital adapt them.selves to very artistic landscaping, which delights the eyes of visitors and patients alike, for Mr. Leudy, the florist, is not slow in availing himself of the natural advan- tages of the place. There will be a meeting at the Fruit Auction House, Broadway and Cass street to-day to organize a Market Gardeners' and Producers' Association. The committee in charge is T. W. James, M. L. Rutenik, C. B. Hinckley, H. J. Pease and G. A. Tilton. Monday evening being so fine for this season of j'ear, many florists were seen at the club, Harry A. Bunyard being one ot the visitors. The absorbing topic, of course, was coal. All kinds of stock, bulbous and other- wise, is selling freely, there being very little left that cannot be used. J. G. Schumann has severed his connec- tion with the Essex Greenhouses and will shortly leave for Chicago. O. G. Syracuse, N. Y. STAPLE ITEMS SCARCE AND BULHOUSSTOCK SELLING WELL. — A UNIQUE DESIGN. — NOTES. Bulbous stock is coming in rapidly and the sale is greater than in previous years. There has been a big demand for winter- blooming plants, such as primroses, cyclamens, azaleas and begonias. Roses and carnations are scarce now, but it is expected that an ample stock will soon be in the market. Society has been active and the demand for all sorts of cut flowers large. Violets are good but scarce and bring $3 a hundred. Manager Wheadon, for P. R. Quinlan & Company, on Monday made an unusual floral piece for the funeral of a well-known chair manufacturer. It con- sisted of a full-sized chair with broken rounds in the back. The legs and frame were oflilies of the valley, the seat was of pink roses and the back ot white roses. Around the outside of the back were lilies of the valley. The wire frame was made by George Schemel. Henry Morris has been ill for several weeks with asthma. k. J.'B. Mt. Carmel, III.— Local parties have organized a corporation to be known as the Mt. Carmel Floral Company. A. F. Hofstadt is manager and R. J. Baird, secretary. Canton, 0.— On January 29, the anni- versary of President McKinley's birth- day, several delegations paid tribute to his memory', and Mrs. McKinlev gave each visitor a pink carnation. Kirksville, Mo. — Mrs. B. F. Eades says this has been a hard winter because ol cloudy weather and the coal shortage. Soft coal gas nearly ruined her callas and heliotropes. She is now usinj; wood. 46 The American Florist. Feb. 7, ITlhiie ^mmmm LFiL@@i!§f Eighteenth Year. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2.00. Subscriptions accepted only from those in the trade. Advertisements on all except cover pages, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; $1.00 per inoli. Casli with C/der. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts are allowed, only on consecutive inser- tions, as follows — 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent; 52 times, 30 per cent. Cover space sold only on yearly contract at $1,00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to the back pages. The Advertising Department of the American Florist is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only. Orders for less than one-half incli space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by "Wednesdny tn secure insertion in the issue for the following Saturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. It seems that Carnation Apollo is making iriends wherever it is grown this year. The National Chrysanthemum Society of Great Britain reports 645 members and 130 affiliated societies. The stress of storm and cold has impeded railway transportation and tied up freights at the moment when coal is most needed. The yellow address label on your paper bears the date at which your subscrip- tion expires. • When we receive your renewal the date on the yellow label will change within three weeks. The growers who are cutting indoor sweet peas are reaping excellent returns this winter and those who last season gave their rows in the garden adequate culture realized very profitable prices. The two day's snow storm of the early part of the week was of rarely equaled extent, spreading eastward from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic, embrac- ing practically the whole country. It cut a big hole in transient trade. Frederic W. Taylor says that "arrangements are being made by which I think there is no doubt that the largest and best exhibits of plants and flowers ever shown in this country will be pre- sented to the public at the St. Louis World's Fair." American Carnation Society. The Central Passenger Association, the Trunk Line and the New England all will allow the rate and one-third fare on the certificate plan for the meeting of the Carnation Society in Brooklyn, N. Y., February 19 and 20. This includes the southernhalf of Mich- igan, all but a small portion of the north- ern part of Illinois, the whole of the states of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, also the northern half of West Virginia and Virginia and that portion of Canada south of Toronto. This plan lessens the expense of attend- ance considerably and it is earnestly requested that all members buy their tickets on this plan. Parties who intend becoming members at the meeting can buy these tickets, but if they do not join at the meeting they will not be able to get the return rate. Membership in the society costs $2. Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. Reaa It Through. Am. Florist Co.:— We enclose $1 for subscription for the current year. We like the Florist and read it through every week. W. H. Culp & Co. Wichita, Kans. A Caution. Subscribers should satisfy themselves of the trustworthiness of persons to whom they pay money for subscrip tions to the American Florist. We have frequent complaints about money paid to persons who never forward it to us. Our representatives are well-known members of the trade in their several communities. Pay no money to strangers. Don't Let it Die. The traffic officials of the express com- panies are sitting quiet, waiting for the agitation with regard to the raise in cut flower rates to die out from waning interest because of the absence of imme- diate results. Don't let the agitation die. The case is only hopeless when we cease to protest. The companies are making no money out of the increase, every subordinate official and employe is unfriendly to the new rate because ol the annoyance it has caused him, and every "kick" has its influence. Don't be apa- thetic. If you have not protested to your local agent and his superintendent, do so in writing. If you have so pro- tested, write him asking for a reply. Protest every time you see a chance. Some receivers of cut flowers have had rubber stamps made with which to sign the book, reading, "Increased charges paid under protest." Get a copy of the shipping guide and graduated scale of charges; weigh your packages; see that you are not overcharged. File your claims. It is only by convincing the officials of our determined opposition to their rate that we can hope for a return to the old order of things. Rose Show Premiums. A premium list has been issued for the joint spring exhibition of the Pennsyl- vania Horticultural Society and the American Rose Society, at Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, March 24-26. The Pennsylvania society offers its usual awards for meritorious exhibits of flower- ing and decorative plants, vegetables and so forth, and there is a fine list of premiums offered by the local seed houses, Dreer, Michell, Waterer, Landreth and Watson. There are also classes for car- nations and table decorations open only to private gardeners. The S. A. F. medals are oti'eredfor new plants. The rose society oflers its usual list of premiums for hybrid teas in classes open to all, open to growers with not more than 20,000 feet of glass and open only to private gardeners. There are classes for hybrid perpetuals open to all and others open only to private gardeners. There are several classes and special premiums for roses in pots. Among the special prizes is one of $150 for two premiums for fifty American Beauties, also $150 for two premiums for the best and largest display. For fifty Liberty $50 is offered. The society's medals will be given to novelties. For copies of the complete schedule address David Rust, secretary Pennsyl- vania Horticultural Society, Philadel- phia, or Leonard Barron, secretary American Rose Society, 136 Liberty street, New York. Greenhouse Building'. Redwood City, Cal. — F. Murray range of houses. Roslyn, Pa. — Edw. Towill, three houses. Westchester, Pa. — Benj. Passmore, two carnation houses. Woodbridge, Conn. — Newton J. Peck, one house. Winchester, Mass.^. Newman & Sons, one house. Shipment of Cut Flowers. Ed. Am. Florist: — How far are cut flowers now shipped to market, that is, as a regular thing, in the usual run of business, not as occasional long ship- ments? Ream Bros. Flowers for the market seldom, if ever, come from a distance over seven to eight hours' run on the raih-oad. But if this inquiry is made on the theory that flowers shipped long distances are not fit to re- ship, it is a mistake, for I know of plenty of growers who pack their flowers each night after supper for shipment next day, and, therefore, they are just as long packed as those that come on an over- night run. If it were not a fact that growers are forced to let flowers stand on the plants till they get ■ enough together to pay them to ship, such an inquiry would not come up, for we notice that there is more often a "kick" on stock brought in to us by hand than on that shipped from the greatest distance. This is caused as above stated; small growers must save stock until they can afford to come or send to market. Ed. E. Pieser. Flowering Harrisii for Cliristmas. Ed. Am. Florist:— How can I bring Harrisii lilies into bloom for Christmas? B.J. Pot the bulbs as soon as received at the end of July into 4-inch or 5-inch pots, according to the size of the bulbs, using a good loam with one-fifth well rotted cow manure and some leai mould added. Place them in a cold frame, water well and cover with a couple of inches of sand or excelsior to keep the pots from drying out too fast. In a lew weeks the stronger bulbs will have commenced to make roots. These should be moved at once into a slightly shaded house, but the shading should be removed when the days begin to shorten and firing commences. Give them a night temperature of 65° and fumigate regu- larly to keep down greenfly. After the buds are set, liquid manure may be regu- larly applied. It is useless to try to force them before they are well rooted, for you will simply ruin the bulbs. Too hard forcing will also result in the bulbs growing blind. By following the above suggestions one will have Harrisii lilies in bloom for Christmas, or even before; however, if they are not wanted before Christmas the more forward ones are easily retarded by removing them to a temperature a few degrees lower, after the buds are half developed. G. Philadelphia Farmers' Institute. A farmers' institute in a metropolitan center like Philadelphia is necessarily different from that of a small country town. There are a great many more interests to cater to. Not merely larmers, but truckers, florists, nurserymen, dairy- men, poultrymen and suburbanites have their claims to attention, so that the programme has to be of a diversity. igoj. The American Florist. 47 This fact has apparently guided the building of the programme for the Phila- delphia Institute, which has just been completed. Among prominent features in the afternoon session maj' be men- tioned, "The Summer Flower Garden," by Francis Canning, Villa Xova; "How Plants Feed and Grow," hy Professor R. L. Watts; "The Vegetable Garden; What Varieties Shall We Plant," by E. D. Darlington, Doylesto wn; "The Modern Dairy Farm," by W. A. Hutchison, Jean- nette; "The Value of Judicious Planting for the Suburban Home," by Samuel C. Moon, Morrisville: "Poultrj' Raising as a Business," by T. E. Orr, Beaver. At the evening session Hon. h.. L. Martin, deputy secretary of agriculture and director of institutes, will address the meeting on "Progress in Agriculture," and Ex-Senator Harlan will give his popular lecture on "Alaska, the Land of the Midnight Sun." Other prominent speakers will be Professor Stewardson Brown, of the Academ3' of Natural Sciences, on "The Plant World: How New Varieties Originate"; Prof. R. L. Watts on "Market Gardening", and W. A. Hutchison on "Soil Fertility: How Best to Get and Maintain." The meetings will be held in Horticul- tural Hall under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the Florists' Club of Philadelphia on Wednesday, Feburaryl 1,1903. the after- noon session commencing at 2 p. m.; the evening session at 7:30 p. m. Professor Stewardson Brown will make the address of welcome. The executive committee consists of Edwin Lonsdale, chairman of committee for Philadelphia county; D. Rust, representing the P. H. S, ard George C. Watson, representing the Florists' Club of Philadelphia. The reception committee is Wm. K. Harris, Kobert Craig, W. Atlee Burpee, Mrs. E. S. Starr, Jno. Westcott, J. Cheston Morris, M. D.; Edward Campbell and Stewardson Brown. The meetings are free to the public, and a cordial invita- tion extended to everybody to attend. A question box has been provided and anyone may utilize this means of gaining desired information from the various experts. G. C. Watson. Catalogues Received. J. M. McCullough's Sons, Cincinnati, 0., seeds; Northrup, King & Co., Minne- apolis, Alinn., seeds; J. A. McDowell, City of Mexico, Mex., cacti; Elbridge W. Wheeler, Bridgeport, Conn., seeds; Vil- moriu-Andrieux & Co.. Paris, France, seeds, plants, etc.; T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va., seeds; Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., chrysanthemums, etc.; J. Lambert & Sons, Trier, Germany, miscellaneous plants; Chicago Carnation Co.,Joliet, 111., carnations; F. G. Pratt, Concord Nurseries, Concord, Mass., trees, shrubs and plants; Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa., seeds, plants, etc.; J. W. Jones & Son, Allen, Md., strawberry plants; Friedr. C. Pomrencke, Altona- Hamburg, Germany, seeds; Wm. Baylor Hartland, Cork, Ireland, seeds; James C. Murray, Peoria, 111., seeds; The Evans Seed Co., Ltd., West Branch, Mich., seeds; F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind., carnations; The KosaryFlowerCo., New York, plants; The Geo. H. Mellen Co., Springfield, O., plants and seeds; Henry F. Michell, Philadelphia, seeds, bulbs and plants; Frank Banning, Kins- man, O., gladioli; John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y., seeds, bulbs, plants, etc.; W. Atlee Burpee&Co., Philadelphia, market gardeners' seeds; John N. May, Summit, X. J., roses, carnations and chrysanthemums; Fick & Faber, San Mateo, Cal., carnations, etc.; Nonne & Hoepker, Ahrensburg, near Hamburg, Germany, seeds; Peter Henderson & Co., New York, seeds, plants, etc.; Weeber & Don, New York, seeds, plants and bulbs; Schlegel & Fottler Co., Boston, Mass., seeds, bulbs and plants. East Hartford, Conn.— F. W. Rich- ardson is making numerous repairs and improvements in his range of glass. Ionia, Mich. — On January 31 fire did $3,000 damage at the greenhouses of Vincent Brothers. There was no insur- ance. Colorado Springs, CoL. — W. H. Evans has bought the controlling interest in the Colorado Springs Floral Company. He will increase the capital stock and add to the plant. Work has already com- menced on a show house 30x90. Kansas City, Mo. — Bids for a new greenhouse in Liberty Park have been received from Hitchings & Company, New York; Lord & Burnham Company, New York; Foley Manufacturing Com- pany, Chicago; J. T. Armstrong and the Salt Lake Building and Manufacturing Company, Salt Lake City, Utah. The bids ranged upward from $-t,976, but the limit prescribed is $5,000. All the bids were referred to a special committee of the board of public works. SITUATIONS, WANTS, FOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be inserted at the rate of ten cents a line (six words) each insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant advs. NOT admitted under this head. Every paid subscriber to the American Florist for the year 1903 is entitled to a flve-line want ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time during the year. Situation Wanted— As ^-ardener and llorist, thoroughly competent )n all branches. Eight years' experience. Best of references. Address A R, CHre American Florist. Situation Wanted— Hy German, middle aged, married man as vegetable gardener and lloriston private place; honest and competent; good refer- ences. Northern states jireferred. Address Eleeut Sknz. Silver Spring, Md. Situation Wanted— As working foreman by first-class landscape gardener and llorist: rock- eries and rustic work a specialty. Can make and lay out any plans; flrst-cJass references: German, age 39. Please state wages, etc. Address R I, Uox 190, Girard, Ohio. Situation Wanted— As head gardener or fore- man; German, speaks English; age 30: married, no ciiildren: Al references. Applv for references to Mr. J. Blair, care Ogden Mills. Stiiatsburg, N. Y. Address J. KrAxMER. Millbrook, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Situation Wanted— As working foreman by first-class grower of fine cut flowers and plants, roses and carnations a specialty; first-class refer- ences; German, a^e 33, single; capable of manag- ing a medium sized place to satisfaction. At liberty March 1st. Address G 50. care American Florist. Help Wanted— One experienced, single man for general gri-euliouse worK. Must be honest and ste:idy. Herman MAEN^ER, Maspeth, L. I., N. Y. Help Wanted— A few experienced men to bud cherry and plum, next July and August. Good pay for good men. Would contract at once. Lock Box 267, Council Bluffs, Ta. Help Wanted— Married man for private place; $6iJ, house and fuel. Single man, private place, $25 and board. Only tirst class men need apply. \'aughan's Seed Storb, Chicago. Help Wanted— A man assistant for small place of 6.000 I'-et glass, sober, industrious with 2 or 3 years' experience, lor roses, carnations and bed- ders. S J. care American Florist. Help Wanted— Y'oung florist with 2 or 3 years' experience in general greenhouse work. Must be good, steady worker. Good place to the right man. Address G F, care American Florist. Help Wanted— Two experienced countermen for western seed house. Give full particulars as to experience, age, salary wanted and references. Steady places for the right parties. Address L P, care American Florist. Help Wanted— A good, all-around llorist. single: ;i '^ I !/n)\viT<.fcutllowersand plants :iudst<';i(iv. Wii-rs Jilii.Dd jind board. Also assistant Ihat has had some'-xperience. Address Sidney Gibbs, Woodvillc, Pa. Help Wanted— Upright young man to assist in commercuil vegetable garden and greenhouses. Good place for the right'man. State wages wanted with board. Address Augustus Caspbrs, Rochelle. Ill- Help Wanted— Pni'iical farmer, market gar- dener, c;ip:il_ilf of .Min ing on a small place, some glass. Om- in'ift'-tly i'-mjierate, industrious with good rcfi'ivnces. T.nns. $40 'and a cottage house- i_M!_'lirrooms. Warren Lotuhop, Hingham. Mass- Help Wanted— A working foreman to take full charge of 2j,000 feet of glass. A good grower of carnations, bedding and Easter plants. Must be sober and reliable: good wages to the right party. Place in Pennsylvania. I H, care American Florist. Wanted— Catalogues and price lists on building. heating, ventilating and general florists' supplies. LoDisKiRCH. 1109 Milton Ave., Louisvill.-, Ky. Wanted— To buy or lease Ifi.OOO to 15.000 feet of glass in good condition, near Boston. Want possession .lune 15. Address Box 94, West Boylston, Mass. For Sale— Beautiful, comfortable little home and greenhouse 18x150 ft.; good business; quick and cheap; healthy climate. Address IIoueE, care American Florist. For Sale— Established greenhouse business of about 10,000 feet of glass, with or without ground. Good opening with small capital. Must sell by April 1, 1903. Ohio, care American Florist. Competent Store Man. Send references and state wages. CENTRAL GREENHOUSES, Sandusky, O. %.l^ PFR Mfl^TH will be paid for a com- \JBrv^iX^A.'B9.Xy^ O^IO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., --Wholesale Cut Flowers- 4S7 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. MICHAEL WINANDY, Wholesale Grower of Cut Flowers and Rooted Cuttings. Salesroom: 60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Greenhouses: Cor Devon Ave. & Robey SI. Telbphone 3067 Central. Telephone 642 Rogers Park. iJ.M.McGULLOUGH'SSONSf \ WHOLESALE [ \ FLORISTS j 4 ALSO SUCCESSORS TO L i THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. ? 1 CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. f I Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders. r i 316 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO. I HOLLER'S DEUTSCHE GARTNER ZEITUNG. The most widely circulated German gardening Journal, treating of all departments of horticulture and floriculture. Kumerous eminent corres^ion- dents in all parts of the world. An advertising medium of the highest class. .... MoUer's Deutsche Gartner Zeitung is published weekly and richly illustrated. Subscription 83.00 per annum, including postage. Sample copies free. LVDWIGIVIOLLERTe^^JAy H.G.BERNING Wholesale florist 1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO. C. A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, lias PINE STRBBT. — — LOUIS, HO. ■VA oompleta line of Wire DeslKiu. .Ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. -Pittsburg, Pa. It is good business policy ^ ^ a* to mention the •3" «?* s^ American Florist When you write to an advertiser. E. H. Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. Poehlmann Bros. Go. Wholesale Growers of Klersln Cut FlOWefS All telegraph and telephone orders __ ^— given prompt attention. o0*O/ Qbsenhouses: Randolph StrAfllr Morton Grove, IlL CHlCAOOt ILL. Bassett&Washburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. "■•""""Grrrs'o.Out Flowers CREENHOUSES; HINSDALE. ILL. Wboi^ale power/arK^ Melwaukkb, Feb. 5. Roses, Beauty, long, per doz. 4 00© 5.00 " " med. " 2.00® 3.C0 short " 1,00@1 50 " Liberty 15.0l'@18.00 Bride, Bridesmaid 8.00@I8.00 " Meteor 8.00@10.00 Golden Gate 8.00@10.00 " Perle O.OfO 8.0O Carnations 2.00® 3.00 Violets Til® 1.00 Romans, Paper Whites 2.00® 3.00 Callas 10.00@12.00 Adiantum 75® 1-00 Smilax If-OO Asparagus 65.00 PlTTSBtTES, Feb 5. Eoaes, Beauty, specials, per doz. 5.00® 7.00 extras " 3.00® 4.00 " " No. 1 " 1.50® 2.50 " " No. 2 ' .76® 1.00 Bride, Bridesmaid 6.a0@15.00 " Meteor 4.00@10.00 Carnations 1.00@ 4.00 Paper Whites, Romans 3.00 Tulips 3.00® 4.00 Fteebia 3. CO® 4.0O IiUy of the valley 4.00 Violets 50® 1.50 Lilac per bunch, 2.0C@J.5O Smilax 12.00® 15.00 Adiantum 1.00® 1.25 Asparagas, stringB 50 00@75.00 " Sprengeri 2.00© 4.00 CutcnnrATi, Feb. 5. Roses, Beauty 6.00@50.00 " Bride..... 4.00@10.00 " Bridesmaid 4.00@lO.0O " Meteor 4.00@10.00 Carnations 2.00® 5.00 Tulips 4.00 Violets 1.00® 1.50 Lily of the valley 3.00® 5.00 Harrisil lilies 15.0i@$20.00 Romans, Paper Whites 2.00® 4.00 Asparagus 50.00 Smilax? 12.60®15.00 Adiantum 1-25 St. Loots, Feb. 5. Roses, Beauty, long stem 20.00®60.00 Beauty, medium stem 8.0fl@15.00 Beauty, short stem ,3.00® 8.00 Bride, Btidesmaid 4.00@10.00 " Golden Gate, Meteor 4.00(ail0.00 " Perle 4.00® 8.00 Carnations 1.50® 5.00 Violets .60 Paper Whites, Romans S.OO© 4.00 Sweet Peas 1.00 Lily of the valley 4.00 Smilax. Asparagus Sprengeri. " Plumosus.. 12.50 2.60 75.00 zgoj- The American Florist. 49 Our Specialties lyE ARE HEADQUARTERS for stock for fine work: "* Orchids, Sweet Peas, Smilax, Asparagus; an inex- haustible supply of "green goods" at all seasons. Also all the staples: Best Roses, good to fancy Carnations, all bulb stock. "Right goods at Right prices." £• C. AMLING, THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St., ^m^ CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones T999 and 1977. PRICE LIST. AMERICAN BEAUTY TirDo?.. 36 inch stem J6.00 30-inoh stem 5.00 24-inoh stem.... 4.00 20-mch stem.... 3.00 15-inch stem 3.00 12-inch stem 1.50 8-inch stem.... 1.00 I'er 100 Brides and Maids I 8.00fii'$12.00 Meteors and Gates 6.00(!i' 13.1 Carnations, all col 2.00(" 3.00 " large fancies 4.00("' .5.00 Mignonette, per doz, .50(<'' .60 Callas, per doz, J1.5O(a'»2.0O Violets 75(" 1.25 Sweet peas 1.50("^ 2.00 Valley 4.00 Romans 3.00 Paper Whites 3.00 Tulips S.rojii 5.00 Freesias S.OOfrn 4.00 Asparagus, per string, .50c Aspar Sprengeri. 3.00(ot 4.00 Ferns, per 1000. }2.C0 .25 Galax, per 1000. 1.00 .15 Leucotnoe .75 Adiantum 1.00@ 1..50 Smilax, per doz., $1.50. Subject to change without notice. LILY OF THE VALLEY BRUNS' CELF.BRATF.I) BRAND tor forcing, $12.60 per 1000; 130.00 per case of 2.500; SI. 50 per 100. FINEST CUT VALLEY IN QUANTITY. HM QDIIMC 1409 W. Madison Street, I 111 DnUnO; CHICAGO, ILL. PETER REINBERG, Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 600,000 FEET OF GLASS. Headquarters for American Beauties. 5t WABASH AVE., • CHICAGO, ILL. FRANK GIRLAND, "•Sr^ Cut Flowers 55'S7 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284. CEIIOA.GkO> JOHN MUNO, WMesare Grower P||i r|A|||nrA and Shipper of dm rlUlluJu Koo- ^21. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Telefbonz Cektbai. 3598. All telegiapk ftBl telephone orders given prompt attention. GEO. REINBERG, ".KS?.. Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. F. F BENTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and K? | i^OI€fcX€fc Consignments Solicited. Commission M IL'VrMVl't^ M <«9 J. a BODLONG Boses and Carnations A Specialty. 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. WHOLESALE 6R0WER of CUT FLOWERS Wbol^ale power/\arK^ CHlCAao, Feb. 6. Boses, Beauty, 36-incsh stems 6.00 30 " " 5.00 " 24 " " 4.00 20 " " 3.00 15 " " 2.00 12 " " 1.50 " 6to8 " " 1.00 Liberty 8 00@25.00 " Chatenay 8.00@15.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00@12.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 6.00@12 00 Perle 6.00@10.00 Cattleyas f6 00 per doz. Violets 50® 1.25 Carnations 2.00® 5.00 Romans, Paper Whites 3.00 Tulips, 3.00© 5.00 Freesias 3.00@ 4.00 Sweet peas 1.60® 2. CO Callas per doz. 1.50® 2.00 Harnsii " 2.0J Lily of the valley 4.00 Asparagus, per string, .50 Adiantum 1 .00® 1 .50 Common ferns, per 1000, 2 00 .25 Smilax. per dozen. 1.50 A. L Randall, WHOLESALE fLORIST. 4 WashlngtOD Straotp CHICAGO. Send for weekly price list and social quotatioDB on 1000 lots. ICE BROTHERS R WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. U/llil Cmilav Receivers and Shippers of nilQ SllllldX. CHOICE CUT FLOWERS. Special attention given to shipping orders. Seijd for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Mino. Please mention the A i good business policy ^ ^ ^ to mention the •?" «^ •^ American Florist When you write to an advertiser. 50 The American Florist. Feb. CATTLEYAS. Samuel S-Pennock VALLEY. PHILADELPHIA. GEO. A. SUTHERLAND, 34 Hawley St., BOSTON. Telephone 1270 Main. BEST BOSTON FLOWERS. All Sapplies. An entire floor Devoted to Stock and Manti- facttuing;. Distributing Agent for United States for tfie wonderful LETTER, unequalled for design work. Script, any color, 3^ » letter. Block letters, IV^ each. The most elaborate design work to order in a few minutes. Oekebai, A-Sents: H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., Philadalphli. REED & KELLER. New York Cit>. SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR= Flowers of White Carnation Ml I UIM POND Also MRS. THOS. W. L4WS0N. ''^^y,^¥l±^^^l l-il-Lirmi^ I VTI^LT i WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. F. D. Spicbe. RIEDEL & CO. WHOLESALE Commission Florists. 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Strictly Wholssale. Correspondence Invited. NEW YORK GUT FLOWER GO. 55 and 57 West 26th St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Dally Reports. Weekly Payments. '■^"SSdison sq. I. A. RULLANG, 2034 Madiaoo Sq.. UABXSBit. GEORGE SALTFORD, Wholesale Commission Florist, 46 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Fair dealing and prompt returns guaranteed. Correspondence solicited. Author of "How to Mako Money Growing VIollU." N. F. MCCARTHY & GO. CUT FLOWERS ll'^rr^ 84 Nawley St., BOSTON. N. Y. GUT FLOWER EXGHANGE Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26th St., New York. Open fnr Cnt Flower Sales at 6 o'clock £very Mornings DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JQI^N DONALDSON. Secretary. Wbolfjale power/arK^ Boston, Feb. 4. Roses, Beauty, extra fl " " medium 2 " " oulls " Bride. Bridesmaid, Meteor " extra I " Liberty 1 CaTnatioQB " Special Lily of the valley Violets Paper White narcissi, Hyacinths.. Trumpet narcissi Harrisii lilies AdiaL tum .ro@ 8. CO .0('@I6.00 .00@25.00 .0(j@ 3.00 .00@ 6.00 .00@ 4.00 .60ia i.oo .00® 3. CO :.0C@ 4 00 ;.0t@12.l)0 .75® 1.00 Smilax 12, Philadblphia, Feb. 4 Boses, Tea 8 " " extra 15, " Beauty, extra 60 " " firsts 25 " QueenofEdgely, extra.... 50. firsts. ...25 Carnations 2 Violets 1, Lily of the valley 3. Asparagus 25 Smilax 12 Adiantum Farleyense 8 , BtrPFALO, Feb. 5. Roses, Beauty 25 bride. Bridesmaid, Meteor 6 Carnations 3 Violets 1 Paper Whites. Romans 2 Lily of the valley 00® 12 00 00®I8.00 ooweu.oo 00@40.00 00®60.00 00®30.00 00® 6.00 00® 1.60 00® 6.00 .0C@50.C0 .50®15.00 00@10.00 .00@75.00 .00®12.00 Of® 5 00 .00® 1.50 IC@ 4. no 00® 4.00 .00@20.00 00@ l.iO Fancy or Dagger Ferns pVrifoo Discount on Larger Orders. First QuslHy fialax, Bronze or Green. $1 per 1000 LAUREL FESTOOIVING made fresh on receipt of order 4c, 5c and 6c per yd. Special attention given to Large orders. Tele- phone or wire us and your or- der will have prompt dispatch Millington, Mass. " — Tel. office. New Salem eiveUsaTrial. We Can Please You. Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock. WU C ITACTIIIIS Wholesale Com- nnii ri IVnallllllf mission fteritt, osi Washington St., Buffalo. N. Y. Dealer in Florists' Supplies and Wire Designs, Open Day and Night. GOODSMILflX. Fine thick strings, 6 ft., grown cool, light and airy. 15c per string. Try it. - J. BEBBINGTON & SON, FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michigan Gut Flower Exchange. FANCY FERNS. 81.25 per lOOOr Dk count on large orders. Give us a trial for Ferns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, $1.00 per 1000. ae Wlaml Ave.. DETROIT, MICH. The Philadelphia Wholesale Flower Market. "Tn^Blir^ 1224 CHERRY STREET. PHILADELPHIA. Is now open and ready for business. Con^igif- ments of good stock solicited, esppcially ValTey, Violets and Carnations. Commissioa, 10 percent and $5D annual stall rent, payable monthly in advance. Flowers, choice of this market, care- fully packed and shipped at short notice It is good business policy to mention The.... AMERICAN FLORIST ■When you write to an advertiser. White Lilacs and Daffodils Xeo. Niessen, IN QUANTITIES. On and after Sept. 15th will be open from 7 a. m. till 8 p. m. until further notice. WHOLESALE FLORIST, ^ N. W. Cor. 13th and Filbert Sts., Phila. igoj. The American Florist. 51 JOHN I. RAYIMOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Exclaslvely. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT Ttl. 2065 Madlton Sq. NEW YORK. 42 West 28th St. Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWERS ever offered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, bride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter F. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Telaphona 908 Madlaon Bquara. 39 West 28th St.. NEW YOBK. Telophona Nos. 2239 and 2034 Madison Square, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 56 and 57 West 26th St. NEW YORK CITY. >ale note daily. Statement and check isignments, large or small, receive the CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. VIOLETS. WILLIAM GHORMLEY VIOLETS. i Wholesale ^ ■fcfciiiwi iaiiv ■■miBh ■ ■^Commission • Daily Receiver and Shipper of Fresh Cut Flowers. Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Valley, Chrysanthemums. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY. Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. JOHN YOUNG •leolal American Beauties, Surpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orchids, and all Seasonable Flowen. SI Wert 28tli St., NBW YORK. Tel. 1905 Madison Sq. THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR Violets and Carnations •ROWERS and BUYERS make a note of tbia. It will be to your advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER. 80 West 29tli St., New Tork. Telephone 551 Madison Square. Frank Millang from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. 55-57 W. 26th St. NEW YORK. Cut Flower Exchange, Phone 299 Madison Square. ■8TABLI8HE0 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consignments or Shipping Orders. Satisfaction ghf en In both. Td. SSe Midlun Sq. 115 WhI SOth St., New York. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 66 and 67 W. 26th St. Maw York. Cut Flower Exchange, l^CW 1 Orn. OPEN 6:00 A. M. An Unequalled Outlet for Consigned Flowers. Choice Carnations. Selected Roses. Traendly&Schenck NEV YORK aTY, 38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange. New Telephone No. 798 eirect in form, beautiful pink 05 .15 .35 Painted Lady, Ixautiful pink and white, vigorous grower, profuse bloomer 05 .15 .35 Peach Blossom, very pleasing, standards creamy pink, delicate carmine throat 05 .10 .30 Primrose, deep primrose 05 .10 .30 Princess Beatrice pink, win^s delicate rose 05 .10 .30 Queen Victoria delicate sulpnur yellow, tinted purple *i5 .15 .35 Queen of the Isles, scarlet, white and purple 05 .15 .35 Red Riding Hood, an absolutely new departure, a pleasing rosy pink, shading to bluish white, extremely early profuse bloomer, excelling all other sorts, delightful fragrance, long stems 05 .15 .35 Royal Robe, very like Ulushing Beauty, lilac 05 .15 .35 Senator, chocolate striped, white ground, immense bloom .05 .10 .30 Shahzada, a true grandiflora type, three flowered, long stems, grand deep maroon 05 .15 .35 Splendor, similar to Her Majesty 05 .10 .30 Triumph, bright pink, suffused with scarlet and orange... .05 .10 .30 Venus, blended, pink, salmon and rose, finely formed 05 .15 .35 Waverly. claret, blue blendings 05 .10 .30 Hunt's Unrivaled Mixture. Many mixtures are made from lasn season's stock, with a little new added. Not so with our Unrivaled. It is purely lirst-class and com- posed of over 100 varieties, evei'y one of which has been selected with the greatest care. We pride our- selves on this assortment, and know that it will give entire satisfaction 05 .30 .50 Eckford's Mixtures O9 .10 .30 Fine Mixed, all colors, 5 lbs., 80c .O.'^ .20 SEND FOR CATALOGUE OF FlORISTS' FlOWER SEEDS. E. H. HUNT, 76-78 Wabash Svenue, CHICAGO. lUcKELLAR & WINTERSON. Snpply Everything Used by Florists, ITnrseryiiien, Gardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Etc. HEADQUARTERS on CUT FLOWERS 45-47-49 Wabash Ave. •CHICAGO Telephone Main 1129 Order Direct From Headquarters. .A No. 1 DAGGER and FANCY FERN, $1.60 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. A No. I BRONZE and GREEN GALAX. $1.00 per 1000 in 6000 lots. UUREL FESTOONING, good and full, 6c and 6c per yd. SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX, selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS. $1.00 per bbl. LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS. $1.00 per 100. We guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail, telephone or telegraph will receive our personal and prompt attention. We can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY M. ROBINSON <&, CO. 32-34.36 Court Sq., Boston, Mass. L. D. Telephone 2618 Main. fromBenary's. eir: and Cinerarias ,„,,. show flowers saved, giant flowered, finest colors and shades, dwarf or semi-dwarf, makes fine sell- ing plants for Easter: 2|4 in. ^.50 per 100. Cash. Sheliroad Greenhouses. Grange P. 0., Balto , Md. GUSHMAN'S HYBRID GLADIOLUS BULBS At Practical Living Prices for Florists. WRITE FOR LIST. GUHSMAN GLADIOLUS CO., SYLVANIA, OHIO. Please mention iheAmeruuin Florist when iirytlive H. ZIJP & CO. Bulb Growers ajid Nurserymen, LISSE, HOLLSND, beg to announce the arrival of their American representative, JOHN H. BOCKMANN, in New Yortc City. Please address all correspondence up to May 15th, care Messrs. Knatith, Nachod & Kuhne. New York City. CLUGAS & BODDINGTON GO. ImDorters and Exporters of ) ■Lj' fcm Steds, Bulbs ^ Plants ""^^^^^p—— 8 1 2-8 1 4 Craenwich Strael, ( ^1 ^\ I I I r\ NEW YORK OITY. Send for quotations on all Florists' Bulb Stock. Please mention the American Florist when writing. NATURAL , COLORED VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO and NEW YORK. 64 The American Florist. Feb. 7, The (iluRSERY Ti^asE. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. CHA8. A. Ilsentkitz, Pres. ; D. S. Lake, Vice- Pres.; George C. Seasee, Eoohester, N. Y., Sec'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mich., June, 1903. Wm. a. Peterson and Mrs. Peterson, of Chicago, are at Hot Springs, Ark. W. C. FouRT, ot Holt's Summit, will establish a nursery near Fulton, Mo. J. J. Gavatte, nurseryman, died sud- denly of heart disease, at Burlington, la., February' 2. Thos. Maloney & Sons, of Dansville, N. Y., have bought the Wra. J. Roberts farm at Sparta for the purpose of enlarg- ing their acreage. The Stark Brothers Nursery and Orchard Company, of Louisiana, Mo., has purchased the Silas Wilson nursery interests at Atlantic, la. A. Van Leeuen, proprietor of the Con- tinental Nurseries, Worcester, Mass., has Tjought an adjoining 30-acre farm for the extension of his business. Howard A. Chase, of the R. G. Chase Company, Philadelphia, has been re-elected president of the Pennsylvania State Horticultural Association. The fruit growers of northwestern Missouri have been called to meet at St. Joseph, February 28 to organize the Platte Purchase Horticultural Society. R. M. Teague, of San Dinas, Cal., is said to have the largest citrus nursery in the world. He has, for one item, 100,000 navels now ready for delivery on orders. The entire nursery property and busi- ness of the late Thomas W. Bowman and his son, Rochester, N. Y., was sold January 31 to the Chase Bros. Co., Rochester. The Alabama State Horticultural Society was organized at Birmingham, January 29, W. S. K. Heikes, ot Mont- gomery, being chosen president and R. S. Mcintosh, of Auburn, secretary. The city council of Santa Anna, Cal., is endeavoring to secure uniformity in the street trees of the place by an ordi- nance naming some dozen varieties as the •only ones which may legally be planted. A PROPOSITION, supported by the mayor, is before the city council of Salem, Mass., to purchase the Hemingwa3' estate in South Salem as an addition to the park ■system. The location is sightly, being iiigh ground, overlooking the harbor. Warren Man.nixg, of Boston, who laid •out Mitchell Park, at Milwaukee, was sX the Cream City this vi'eek to advise as ■to the work to be done at Kosciusko and West Parks. The board has as yet taken -no action as to the selection of a superin- tendent for the Milwaukee parks. In answer to strong representations, the Minister of Agriculture of the Cana- dian government has extended to April 15 the time during which nursery stock may be exported to British Columbia from the United States and other coun- tries against which the San Jose scale law operates. Western New York Horticulturists. The forty eighth annual meeting of the Western New I'ork Horticultural Society was held at Rochester, January 29, there being a large attendance of fruit growers and nurserymen. Among the speakers were Prof L. H. Bailey and Prof. M. V. Slingerland, of CorneU; Prof F. C. Stew- art and Harry J. Eustace, of the experi- ment station at Geneva; Alex. McNeill, of the fruit division of the Canadian Department of Agriculture, and others. The largest exhibit was that of the New York State Experiment Station at Geneva, which consisted of 175 plates of apples, but Ellwanger & Barry showed apples, pears and grapes in great variety. Many nurserymen are prominent in the affairs of the society, W. C. Barry being re-elected as president. S. D. Willard is a vice-president. C. M. Hooker, Rochester, is chairman of the executive committee, and other members oi important com- mittees are Albert Perkins, Rochester; C. H. Stuart, Newark; George Ellwanger, Rochester; Irving Rouse, Rochester; John Charlton, Rochester; T. S. Hubbard, Geneva; Geo. S. Josselyn, Fredonia; A. L. Wood, Rochester; C. H. Perkins, Newark; Nelson Bogue, Batavia; Theo. J. Smith, Geneva; C. J. Maloy, Rochester, and others. SPECIAL OFFER of SEEDS to FLORISTS. ASTERS. HOz. Oz. White Branching i .30 $ .50 Pinlc Branching 30 .60 Lavender Branching 30 .50 Eose and White Branching 40 .75 Mixed Branching 30 .50 Queen ot the Marl btriped 05 .50 Tall. Choice miAed 05 .2.j Extra fine mixed 05 .35 Page's Large Flower ng 0^ .50 Yellow »5 .40 Scarlet 05 .40 White 05 .40 SWEET PEAS. 5 lbs. or Mixed Varieties. Lb. more. Common mixed $ .11 $ .10 Good mixed 14 .la Trial Ground mixed 30 .18 California choice mixed 22 .20 Special Large Flowering .25 .v2 Special 1903 Mixture 3l .37 Red, White and Blue 25 .22 White, Pink and Yellow 25 .22 Named Sorts. Apple Blossom, pink and white 18 .16 Romona, white and pink 18 .16 Butterfly, white and lavender 18 .16 Emily Henderson, whl e. 2 t .18 Katherine Tracy, pink 20 .18 Lemon Queen, yellow 20 .18 Shahzada. maroonand purple 20 .18 Captain of the Blues, bluish purple .20 .18 Blanche Burpee, white ' 20 .18 Hon. F. Bouverie, flesh pink 20 .18 Extra Earlv Blanche Ferry, pink and white 20 .18 America, striped 20 .18 Orange Prince, pink and orange. .. .20 .18 Gray Friar, heliotrope shaded 2» .18 Mrs. Dugdale, deep rose 25 .22 Othello, "glossy maroon 25 .22 Admiration, lavender — 25 .23 Mars, bright scarlet 25 .22 Varieties listed st 18c and lOc per lb. 4c per Oz. ; those listed 25c or more per lb. 5c per Oz. CAs>OR OtL BEAN (Ricinus) Zanzibarensis, Oz.,5c; lb., 40c; 5 lbs. or mi,re, 35c. Quantities quoted by the ounce or less sent by mail prepaid, larger quantities by freight or express, if wanted by mail add at the rate of IOj per pound for postage. Orders for less than $3.00 cash with order, larger orders 5 per cent discount for cash, or ao days net to those with approved credit. TKe P»OE SEED COMPMY, Seedsmen, aREEHE. H. Y. Rhododendron Maximum i Kalmia Latifolia The two best native Evergreen Shrubs for out-of-door ornamentation. Furnished by car load lots or in smaller quantities. Send for prices, also Special Rhododendron circulars. Fine lot of general nursery stock. EASTERN NURSERIES, w.M.Dawson.Mgr. Jamaica Plain, Mass. TREES FOR SPRING OF 1903. We offer a large nnd cbolce line of General Nursery Stuck. Special attention is called to the following: APPLE, CHERRY, Peach, Kieffer and Dwarf Pear, DOWNING GOOSEBERRY, Catalpa, Bos Elder. Silver and Cut-leaved Maple, Mountain Ash. Carolina Poplar, Tulip Tree, Black Walnut Seedlings, Pecans, Clematis Paniculata, Wistaria, Norway Spruce, Hydrangea P. G., Barberry, Privet,* Hybrid Perpetual and Climbing Moss Roses, Apple and Pear Seedlings and Root Grafts. For prices address F. S. PHOENIX, Bloomington, III. 1.000,000 STRAWBERRY AND OTHER PLANTS. Including Bubaoh, Gandy, Nick Ohmer, New York, Sample, Success, Tennessee. Sharpless, Wm. Belt, and 30 other best sorts. See our cata- logue and get the best. See our discounts and gift plants. CALEB BOGGS & SON, Cheswold, Del. Send to THE MOON For j Trees, Shrubs, Vines Your 1 and Small Fruits. Desciiptive Illustrated Catalogue Free. THE WM. H. MOON GO. Morrisville, Pa. Association "Flora" Nursery Go. BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Roses. Clematis^Peeonias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Lilacs for forcing. Box Irees, Fancy Evergreens and other shrubs on hand at the packing place in the season. Catalogue on application. Address p. CUWERhERK. 1 1 23 Summii Ave., JERSEY CITY, N. J. Tree Seeds. Our new descriptive CATALOGUE OF SEEDS of American Conifers, Trees, Shrubs, Palms, C(*cti, Herbaceous Plants, etc., has been mailed to the trade. A postal will brine it to you. PINEHURST NURSERIES, Pinehurst, N. C. otto Eatzengteln, Mgr. igoj. The American Florist. 55. New Crop Flower Seeds for Present Sowing. Trade Pkt. ASTER, The Carlson, white, pink, rose, lavender, each, a oz., 50o .20 Branching, pink, lavender, pur- ple, each white rose red . IMPROVED VICTORIA ASTER. Trade Pkt. ( ALYSSUM. Vaughan's Little Gem, extra .10 Maritimum, sweet 05 ANTIRRHINUM. Large nowering white, scarlet, pink, golden yellow, each.. .10 ASPARAGUS Sprengeri .1000 seeds. $1.00; ion seeds, 15c Decurabens 100 seeds. 7.5c Scandens Dede'ius .100 seeds, »2 00 ASTER. Queen or the Market, white, pink, purple, light blue, scarlet, each M oz., 30c. .10 lixed TruHaut Perfection Paeonia-flow- ered. white, pink, light blue, purple, scarlet, blood-red, each .20 Victoria, white, pink, light blue, purple, crimson, each 25 Hohenzollern Extra Early, white or pink, (as earl.v as Queen of the Market and better; each .35 BALSAM. Alba Perfecta....Jioz. 3(o .15 Double Rose-Flowered, white 10 BEGONIA Vernon 15 Duchess of Edinburgh, new pink ., .25 Rex hybrids 5i) BROWALLIA soeciosa major 23 CANDYTUFT Giant, hyacinth-flowered whit.' (l.riUTthan Empress) 10 CELOSIA (Coxcomb) Pros. Thiers 25 CENTAUREA canaidlssima,llOJ sds. 25c Gymnocarpa .10 COBAEA scandens, purple, 4 oz., $1.03 .10 DAISY. Burbank's new Shasta, true. . . .25 DRACAENA indivisa 10 GERANIUM upp1e-scented,2&0sds,35c. GREVILLEA robusta 10 KENILWORTH IVY (Linaria Cym- ballaria) 15 New white 30 LEMON VERBENA.... Moz.,40c .25 LOBELIA Crystal Palace Compacta . .15 UeddingQueen Moz..5'^c .25 Emperor William. ...K oz., 3'Ic.. .10 Speciosa (trailing)..^ oz., 25c.. .10 LOBELIA, White Lady, dwarf white 15 MAURANDYA, mixed M oz., 30c. .10 MIGNONETTE Giant Machet, selected, .10 liismrirck, an improved Machet 20 MIMULUS moschatus, Musk...;^ oz., 20c. .10 PANSY, Vaughan's International Mix- ture Hoz., 81.50 .50: Vaughan's Giant Mixture , 60c .25 .10 Trade Pkt. Oz PETUNIA, "Vaughan's Best" mixture of large-flowering single Petunias the best in existence 50 Giants of California 35 Double Large-Fl'r'g Fringed, extra choice mixed 1. 00 Dwnrf Inimitable 25 PRIMULA obconica, large-flowering white, rose or mixed, each.. — .25 PYRETHRUM aureum. Golden Feather... .10 .40 SALVIA splendens, "Drooping Spikes," .15 2.00 Clara Bedman, very early, dwf S5 2.50 New "Triumph," early 25 Silverspot , 25 Golden Leaved 25 SMILAX perMlb.,'!5o .10 .30 STOCKS, large flowering ten weeks, white, rose, light blue, crim- son, dark blue, blood-red and extra choice mixed, each Jioz.,40c .25 "Cut and Come Again" 25 2.00 White Column 85 Red Column 25 Snowllake, for forcing, white 50 THUNBtRGIA mixed 10 .30 VERBENA, Mammoth White, Scarlet, Rose, Purple, each ; 25 Mammoth, raxd, extra choice 15 1.00 Mayflower, best pink 15 1.50 Defiance, fine scarlet, true 10 1.00 "Vaughan's Best" mixture, there is no better or more complete mixture in existence ■^oz.,50c .25 2,00 VINCA rosea, rosea fl. albi>, rosea albo pura and mixed, each 15 ,50 SWEET PEAS. y-lb. lb. Mont Blanc, earliest white... 5 lbs., $2.50 .30 .60 Emily Henderson 5 lbs., 1.0 J .10 .25 JosephineWhite, an Al white 30 1.00 Blanche Ferry 51bs.,$1.00 .10 .25 Extra Early Blanche Ferry .. .5 lbs., 1.00 .10 .35 Lady Grisel Hamilton, lavender. 10 .30 Chicago Parks Mixture. Masterpiece Yg oz., $1.00 4.00 l.CO 6.10 CHICAGO 84-86 Randolph St. VAUGHAN'S SEED TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT FOR CASH WITH ORDER AiV10UNTI^a TO TWO DOLLARS OR OVER. ^^p^|-J^^ NEW YORK. ^ 1 \J M\JCt M Barclay Street. FIRST SEASON OFFERED, New Cactus KatheHiie DAHLIA Duer... This new decorative Dal|lia was the rage of Newport last summer for Table Dfcoration. The flowers are of immense size, fine form, and a beautiful glowing scarlet color. Now Ready. Dry Tubars, $50.00 p«r 100; $8,00 per Dozen. Spring s'ruck stock from 3!^ to 3-inch pots. Prices on application. Stock limited, .^o order early. Spring Catalogas for 1903 Sent on Application. TheGeo.A. Weaver Co., Newport, R.I. Ptease menfion ^ke American Florist when writing. Rooted Cuttings. COLEUS, 48 var., 70c per 100; 46.00 per 1000 GERANIUMS, from 2!<-in. pots, $3.60 per 100; J22 per 1000. Good bedding sorts. PETUNIAS. 30 var., $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1000 ALYSSUM. large, var., single and dbl. $1 per 100 HELIOTROPE, 14 var.. $1.00 p« 100; $8 per lOOJ AGERATUMS. 5 var., 60j per 100; $5.00 per 1000 SALVIAS. 6 var.. $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000 PELARGONIUMS, rooted cuttings, $2.25 per 100 VERBENAS, R. C , 60o per 100;" $5.00 per 1000 ^^Express prepaid on R. C. Cash with order. Write S. D. BRANT, Clay Center, Kas. TWO OF THE GREATEST WONDERS ■ n the Plant Kingdom. The RESURRECTION PLANT and the LIVING ROCK. Full partic- ular> :ind wholesale prices sent upon application. Samples of both plants sent postiige prepaid on receipt of 50c. NEWELL & AMES, Comstock, Tex. Please mention the American Florist when writing. Gladioli... MY OFFER^ as advertised in issues of this paper for January 24th and 3lst> will hold good until February 20th. ARTHUR COWEE, Meadowvale Farm, BERLIN, N. Y. Giant Pansies Greenhouse. S2.50 per Thousand. Cash. BYER BROS., Chambersburg, Pa. 56 The American Florist. Feb. 7. Our pasTiMEs. Announcements of coming contests or other eveots of interest to our bowling, shooting and I'^orting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.; Robt. Kift, 1735 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 334 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. At Flatbush. On February 5 the Flatbush bowlers rolled up the following scores: Player 1st 3d Eiley 167 166 Mellis 173 Lang 170 163 Langjahr 112 107 E. Dailledouze 119 126 P. Dailledouze 147 1.53 H. Dailledouze 120 135 Wocker 125 105 Thielmann 147 163 Irwin 196 137 Butterfleld 106 117 Zeller 141 124 Traendly 99 Loechner 88 Stewart 79 At Chicago. On the evening of January 31, teams representing Vaughan's Greenhouses, at Western Springs, and the Chicago Car- nation Company, of Joliet, bowled a match of three games at the Star alleys in Chicago, the latter winning by 186 pins. Following is the complete score: Vaughan's 1st 8d 3d T'l H. BoUnow ....108 120 164 382 A. Ericksen 88 153 107 347 L. Predricksen 74 151 108 333 A. Bollnow 143 113 173 438 J.S.Wilson 150 170 li8 438 Total 563 706 650 1918 C. C. C. 1st 2d 3d T'l L. Savage 126 144 159 429 L. Ludwig 178 198 190 666 P. Olsem 166 143 166 475 J. Hartshorne 133 101 131 365 C. Siegk 89 78 103 269 Total 692 664 748 2104 Stuart, Ia. — A recent fire in JohnGaa's greenhouse did little damage to the structure but some stock wras frozen. ENGLISH and FRENCH Manettj Stocks Right size for indoor grafting, $13.00 per 1,000. \Vrite quick I I IfRFCUnVFR 110-1<2W.27UlSI.,N.Y. Li Ji MlL0nUVLri)T6l.C«ll 597M«lllionSq. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Whara Quality Is FIral Conmlderation.) Write, Wire or Phone the Introducers, Caldwell The Woodsman Co., Evergreen, Ala. or their agents; L. J. Kreshover, New York; J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; W. F. Kasting, Buffalo; J. M. McCullough's Sons, Cincinnati, Ohio; Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis. GalaxfLeucothoes. Selected, Bright and Brilliant. 3, Wholesale Trade Solicited J. L. BANNER & CO., Montezuma, N. G. GALAX LEAVES- Leucothoe Sprays. J. 0. LOVEN, IVIONTEZIJIVIA, N. C. try this plan, DREER'S RELIABLE SWEET PEAS The following is a short list of the very best sorts for floristV use for cutting. For complete list see our Wholesale Catalogue. Per Lb. Apple Blossom, blush and pink % .25 Black Knight, dark maroon ;. .25 Blanche Ferry, the standard pink and white. 20 " " Extra Early, early pinkand white .25 Capt. of the Blues, a good blue 25 Countess of Radnor, light lavender 25 Dorothy Tennant, dark lavender 25 Earliest of All, earliest pink and white 30 Emily Henderson, freest white 25 Gorgeous, bright orange salmon...-. 30 Hon. F. Bouverie, a fine light pink 25 Lady G. Hamilton, pale lavender.. 30 Lovely, a beautiful shell pink .30 Mont Blanc, new early white 60 Mrs. Eckford, primrose yellow 25 Mrs. Sankey, strong-growing white 25 Navy Blue, deep blue 30 Prima Donna, fine deep pink 25 Prince of Wales, finest rose-colored 25 Sadie Burpee, large white „ 30 Salopian, the best scarlet 25 DREER'S Peerless Mixture 10 lbs, $2.50 .30 It is time to sow Ageratum, Aster, Centaurea, Lobelia, Petunia. Vinca, Verbena, etc., etc., all are fully described in our Wholesale Catalogue. Free to florists. UCMDV A nOCCD 714 Chestnut street, nCnnI Ai UiitLn, Philadelphia, pa. Rooted Cuttings ROSES AND CARNATIONS. ■ Cuttings are all selected for strength and health. There is no finer stock grown. The roses are all from grafted stock, except the Perles and Meteors. KAISERINS per 100 $2.60 PERLES " 2.60 BRIDES " 1.60 BRIDESMAIDS per 100'$1.60 METEORS " 1.50 GOLDEN GATES " 1.50 White. Oivi«isri%.'riopf s . Pink. WHITE CLOUD per 100$ 1.50 FLORA HILL. GOV. WOLCOTT. . NORWAY LILLIAN POND . WHITE BRADT.. 1.50 6.00 2.00 10.00 12.00 LAWSON per 100$ 2.00 Red. CRANE " 2.00 AMERICA " 1.50 ADONIS " 14.00 No order for less than 50 oC one variety filled at these prices. We will have a very fine stock of grafted Brides and Bridesmaids, ready Adpril 1st, at $10.00 per 100. All cuttings and. plants shipped from Hinsdale. MARQUIS. MORNING GLORY. CRESSBROOK FLORIANA. ENCHANTRESS.... Striped. GAIETY PROSPERITY Maroon. MACEO ROOSEVELT 1.50 2.00 4.00 4.00 12.00 BASSETT & WASHBURN, Store: 76 Wabash Ave., Ctilcago Greenhouses: HINSDALE, ILL. NEW CARNATIONS ^ GOV. LOWNDES (Fine Large Commercial White!, ENCHANTRESS, MARSHALL FIELD, MRS. THEO. ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENT McKINLEY, HARLOWARDEN, WHITE BRADT, SIBYL, FRAGRANCE, $2.50 per Dozen. $12.00 per 100. $100.00 per 1000. ADONIS 83.00 per dozen. $14.00 per ICO. $120.00 per IQi 0. HER MAJESTY 2.00 per dozen. 10.00 per 1 0. SOOJ per 1000. LILLIAN PON D 2.00 per dozen. 10.00 per lOO. 75.00 per 1000. INNOCENCE e.tOperlOO. 5 J. 00 per 10.0. Other Leading Newr and Standard Varieties. CHRYSANTHEMUMS— We have a large stock of the leading new varieties. Prompt delivery March 1st or earlier. Send for complete list of new and standard varieties now ready. H. WEBER & SONS, Oakland. Maryland NEXT SEASON'S BUSINESS can be started now by advertisinf^ in this journal. Don't delay in commencing next spring's business. The best orders are placed early with advertisers in THE AMERICAN FLORIST igo3. The American Florist, 57 A Florist has no Excuse for inability to furnish customers with flowers for all ordinary or special occasions, in any quantity, variety and quality. J- ^ jf> ^ -J- ^F\iri XO 11^ ^°'' ^^yt^'i'^g t^2 New York market offers. We are in close OLI lLF I \J UvJ touch with the best growers and can supply you at short ^^^^^^^^^ notice at PREVAIIINO MARKET PBICtS. Beauty, Bride, Bridesmaid, Golden Gate, Liberty, Morgan and other Roses. Finest Carnations, Valley, Violets, Orchids, Lilies, Narcissi, Tulips, Lilacs, etc. Asparagus, — =^ — ^^Ferns and Smilax. - = All our business strictly Wholesale and orders accepted from Florists only. K. O. ^tTlBiTyEil-,. V: I>. Sr^ICK^. RIEDEL & CO. WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS, 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK CITY. Debutante AND Sweetheart SILVER MEDALS AWARDED THE RAISER, MR. M. H. WALSH, BY THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FOR BOTH THESE SPLENDID ROSES DEBUTANTE. Flowers of beautiful soft pink color and very fragrant; borne in clusters like Crimson Rambler, of large uniform size and full double. SWEETHEART. The color of the bloom when ^— ^^^^^-^^— in bud is bright pink and shades to blush white when fully expanded. The blooms are very double, averaging 2 J-i inches in diameter and ate deliciously fragrant. Both these roses have glossy, dark-green foliage. PRICES. Strong Plants from 2 1-4-inch pots of either variety $25.00 per 100. A limited number of Debutante from 3 1-2-inch pots at $35.00 per 100. F. 0. B.. Woods Holl. Mass. April delivery. Orders will be N filled In rotation as received. R.&J.FARQUHAR&GO., :^i 6 and 7 South Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. 58 The American Florist. Feb. 7, St, Louis. MARKET IN FAIRLY GOOD FORM.— SPRING CROPS SAID TO BE ON.— JOTTINGS HERE AND THERE ABOUT THE CITY. A few balmy days and then a cold snap during the past week made stock irreg- ular and a brisk out-of-town wholesale trade has helped brace the market, though prices fell away slightly. Roses, except Beauties, have improved in qual- ity. Violets were abundant, and very fine, the growers claiming that the spring crop was being picked and predicting a scarcity later. Sweet peas are increasing in volume, good flowers and long stems bringing a price which should induce a more general planting next season. Harrisii is seen in small lots and poor quality. C. A. Kuebn has received a few shipments of tulips, which were taken on sight. Some extra fine carnations were noticed at Berning's Irom the E. G. Hill Company, of Richmond, Ind. The Michel Plant and Bulb Company is showing a few of the new rhododendron, Mme. Wagner, for which they claim free flowering qualities and ten days earlier than Camiile de Rohan. The Ellison Floral Company was incor- porated January 28 with $2,000 capital stock. The incorporators are Claude P. Berry, Harry Y. and Alice Y. Ellison. On Grand avenue and vicinity several elegant window displays have been seen, notably those of Mrs. M. M. Ayres and Miss M. S. Newman. The congressional seed house is getting to work early this season, including the retail florists in its free distribution. The World's Fair chief of horticulture, F. W. Taylor, is in Chicago in the interest of his department. Visitors: Louis Unverzagt, of Spring- field, 111.; Rudolph Mohr, Selma, Mo. J.H. Charlevoix, Mich. — B. B. Blair last summer increased his glass to 9,000 square feet and installed a No. 10 Fur- man boiler. Summer business is always good here, as it is a resort town, and this winter trade has been excellent. Rooted Rose Cuttings. Per 100 Per 1000 American Beauties '. $3.00 $30.00 Maids, Brides, Meteors, Gates 1.50 12.60 Perles 2.00 80.00 Ivory 3.00 25.00 Fine, clean, two-eyed cuttings, all well-rooted and sure to make strong plants. W. H. CULLETT & SONS, LINCOLN, ILL. ROOTED CUTTINGS and 2-IN. ROSES. METEORS LIBERTY BRIDES GOLDEN GATE BRIDESMAIDS LA FRANCE KAISERIN BELLE SIEBEECHT PERLES IVORY ' BEAUTIES Send 50c or 81.00 for samples of kinds you want. Don't forget to try Ivory, it is a money maker. Write CEO. A. KUHL. Pekin, III. ALWAYS A WINNER. fiov.Wolcott Carnation Per 100 Per 1000 3O0O stock plants in perfect condition $S.OO $45.00 BOSTON MARKET, white 5.00 40.00 LAWSON 4.00 30.00 Henry A. Stevens Co., East St., Dedham, Mass. The Leading Novelties of 1903. The Best Varieties of 1902. All the Standard Varieties. Ord your Rooted Cuttings NOW. GEO. HANCOCK & SON. GRAND HAVEN. MICH. ^ fRANZ DEEPEN ' The New Golden Yellow ROSE. AWARDED $50.00 and Gold Medal, Kansas City. AWARDED Silver Medal, Mass. Hort. Society. AWARDED Silver Medal, Penna. Hort. Society. AWARDED Silver Medal, Chicago Hort. Society. AWARDED Silver Medal, American Institute, N. Y. AWARDED Silver Medal, S. F. A., Indianapolis. FOR SALE BY E. G. ASMUS, West Hobokeu, N. J. THE E. G. HILL CO., Bichmoud, Ind. 1 SOUTH FABK FLORAL CO., New Castle, Ind. FOR PRICES AND DESCRIPTIONS APPLY TO ABOVE. a?ffnnn » Hn nmM i m f;! » !>nwwwTfwnnwwwfi ww » mm ft » nnnnTwnTmTiW!Tnmnm« ♦ ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS ♦ I President McKinleyl t Bi^^^^^HilS OUR NEW ONE^^BM^^ X X ROOTED CUTTINGS, $2.00 per Dozen; $12.00 per 100; $100.00 par 1000. ^ t ALL THE STANDARD AND NEWER VARIETIES. | S IF IT'S QUALITY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, WE ARE CONFIDENT WE CAN PLEASE S 2 YOU. PRICES ON APPLICATION. ^ I E. T. G R AVE. Richmond, Ind. j AM. BEAITIES Rooted Cuttings. $3.50 per 100; 830 per 1000. J. A. BUDLONG, 37 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. A Large and Fancy White. Unlike most fancies it is free and continuous. Starts in to bloom early, sending out large flowers on lone stems. It is a strictly fancy flower at all times and commands top notch prices. Order at once and yon will not regret it. PRICES— 12, $1.60; 26, $3.00; 60, $5.00; 100, $10.00; 250, $83.00; 600, foI;,'?ir'§^br*rrv~de.i?^r '"'°'^'='' S. J. REUTER, WESTERLY, R. 1. LILLIAN POND igo3. The American Florist. 59 Incorporated Oct. 1. 1901. Capital $90,000.00. THE J. M.Gasser Company EUCLID AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OHIO. WHOLESALE GROWERS OF Cut Flowers ROSES, CARNATIONS, TULIPS, HARRIS!!, VIOLETS, VALLEY, ETC., ETC. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. PlPiise mention the AmcTican Flonst. eo The American Florist. Feb. 7, San Francisco. THE GLUT IS PAST ANB STOCK NOW REA3> IZES FAIR PRICES.— LARGE SPRING SHOW ASSURED.— VARIOUS NOTES. The usual glut in the beginning of Jan- uary, if such it may be called, is over and business doing well. Even violets and hyacinths, which, by the way, were never over-plentiful, have braced themselves and command better prices than two weeks ago. Roses at this writing are in good demand and good prices are paid accordingly, especially by those who do some shipping and have to buy stock occasionally when short themselves. Carnations are a little more plentiful than two weeks ago but are stiU not enough to go around. Lilies are com- mencing to come in and bring from $2 to $5 per dozen stalks. Narcissi, tulips, dafifodils and other bulbous stock are seen more freely. Beauties bring from $2 to $5 per dozen. F. Murray, of Menlo Park, who is at present head gardener to M. Lynch, has invested in some five acres in Redwood City and will shortly start erecting a range of houses for carnations and roses. The committee on flower show has made up a prize list amounting to over $300. A sub-committee has been appointed to look for a large hall, as the enthusiasm is running very high. George Hansen, one of our oldest land- scape gardeners, has taken a large con- tract with the Oakland realty syndicate to lay out some of their large holdings. The first hard rain and windstorm of the season visited us last week, flooding everything that was low and blowing away everything that was high. Golden Gate. Miss Louise Faber The Longest Stemmed and Most Fragrant Carnation In Existence stems measure from 3 feet 6 Inches to 4 feet. Flowers ate of a beautiful pink shade, similar to a well colored Bridesmaid rose and average 3 to Z^ INCHES. Continuous bloomer when once started and calyx never bursts. Will be distributed the coming spring. Prices— $2 per 12; (10 per 100; 175 per 1000: »500 per 10,000. Orders booked tor FEBRUARY delivery from now on. PICK & FABER, SAN MATEO, CAL. SEED MIXED. Hybrid Carnation Seed from Lawson, Gov. Roosevelt, Wolcott, Violania, Apollo and Golden Beauty, 100 seeds 81.00. Standards, 100 seeds, 25o CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO., LOOMIS, CALIFORNIA. TRANSPLANTED CARNATIONS. I .AM^-.^— ROOTED CUTTINGS. MERMAID Per 100 $1.00. Per 1000 $10.00 ELDORADO Per 100 LOO. Per 1000 10.00 Giant Flowering Pansy plants, mixed, $3.00 per 1000. Marie Louise Violets, $3.00 per 100; $28.00 per 1000. Terms Cash.— We prepay ex- press charges. If plants are not satisfactory, re- turn at once and we will refund your money. LOOMIS FLORAL CO. LOOMIS, CAL. Carnation Cuttings We are now booking orders for rooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens. Queens, L. I. Pliase mention the A merican Florist when writing. X^* I Rooted Carnation Cuttings Get the best, cheap cuttings are dear at any price. Early orders will be fttmislied from sand, later orders from ctittings transplanted into soil at same rate. Per 100 Per 1000 Adonis $12.00 $100.00 Enchantress 12.00 100,00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Fragrance 12.00 100.00 White Bradt 14.00 President McKinley 12.00 100.00 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt 12.00 Marshall Field 12.00 100.00 Lillian Pond 10.00 76.00 Her Majesty 10.00 80.00 Murphy's \Vhite 6.00 60.00 Apollo 6.00 60.00 Cressbrook 6.00 40.00 Dorothy 'Whitney 6.00 60.00 Enquirer 6.00 60.00 Floriana 5.00 45.00 Golden Beauty 5.00 40.00 Gov. Wolcott 5.00 45.00 Harry Fenn 6.00 60.00 J. H. Manley 6.00 Sn.OO Mrs. E. A. Nelson 6.00 60.00 Mrs. H. N. Higinbotham 6.00 46.00 Per 100 Per 1000 Mrs. Potter Palmer $ 5.00 America 1.75 Chicago or Red Bradt 3.00 Estelle 4.00 Ethel Crocker 1.76 FloraHill 1.75 Genevieve Lord 1.75 G. H. Crane 1.75 Gov. Roosevelt 4.00 Guardian Angel 1.76 Lorna 4.00 Morning Glory 2.50 Marquis 1.75 Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 3.00 Mrs. F. Joost 1.76 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 3.00 Norway 1.75 Prosperity 2.60 Queen Louise 3.00 ^Vhite Cloud 1.75 Wm. Scott 1.50 CAN N AS. Per 100 Per 1000 Allemania $4.00 Burbank 3.00 Chas. Henderson 3.00 Duke of Marlborough 3.50 David Harum 16.00 Dwarf Florence Vaughan 4.01 Explorator Crampbell 3.00 Florence Vaughan 3.50 Francois Reif 3.50 26.00 30.00 30.00 STRONG DORMANT, TWaEYED ROOTS. Per 100 L. Patry $3.00 Leonard Vaughan 6.00 Martha Washington 6.00 Mile. Berat 3.00 Mixed 1.50 Paul Marquant 3.00 Pres. Carnot 3.00 Queen Charlotte 4.00 Sec. Chabanne 3.00 $45.00 16.00 26.00 30.00 15.00 15.00 16.00 16.00 30.00 16.00 30.00 20.09 15.00 26.00 15.00 25.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 15.00 12.00 Per 1000 $26.00 50.00 60.00 25.00 10.00 -25.00 >.00 VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, 14 Barclay St., NEW YORK. Z 84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO. ♦ GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. 1 CHICAGO CARNATION CO., JOLIET, ILL. PRICE LIST OF NEW VARIETIES. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Perioo Penooo HARLOWARDEN, Crimson $12.00 flOCOO MARSHALL FIELD, Variegated 12.00 100.00 HER MAJESTY, White 10.00 80.00 ADONIS, Scarlet (Hill) 14.00 120.00 PRESIDENT Mckinley, Cerise (Grave) 12.00 100.00 MURPHY'S WHITE (Murphy) 6.00 50.00 LILLIAN POND, White (Reuter) 10.00 75.00 PENELOPE, White (Dorner) 500 40.00 SIBYL, Cerise (Dorner) 12.00 100.00 STANDARD VARIETIES. Per lOO Per lOOO MRS. HIGINBOTHAM, the best and most profitable pink : $5.00 $45.00 MRS E. A. NELSON, beautiful, large clear pink, strong stem, gaining more ad- mirers every day 6.00 50.00 CRESSBROOK, pink, a shade darker than Nelson ,. 5.00 40.00 GOV. WOLCOTT, white, strong stem, fine form, good keeper 5.00 40.00 QUEEN LOUISE, white, very free 3.00 25.00 LORNA, white, largest and one of the best 3.00 25.00 NORWAY, white, large, best stem and best keeper 3:00 15.00 MRS. POTTER PALMER, scarlet, the best we ever grew 5,00 45.00 ESTELLE, scarlet, ideal color, free and grown more than any other 4.00 80.00 PROSPERITY, the largest and most fancy variety of all 2.50 20.00 GAIETY, variegated 5.00 40.00 To Give Satisfaction Is Our Aim. Write for the Best llluslraled CARNATION Catalogue Ever Publislied. Please mentton the A merican Florist when wriHnz. Carnations Rooted Cuttings Per 100 Per 1000 CRESSBROOK $5-00 $40.00 CHALLENGER 5.00 40.00 FAIR MAID 6.00 50.00 500 at 1000 rates. Other vars., prices on application C. WARBURTON, Fall River, Mass. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. IT WILL PAY YOU To grow FUCHSIAS and there are none better than the following: Little Beauty, $5.00; Lord Byron, $4.00; White Beauty, $4.00; Tener, $4.00. Also BEGONIA Double Vernon, $4.00; Pink Sport of Vernon, $10.00. HELIOTEOPB Mme. Bruant, $4.00 Stock ready now, strong 2J4-inoh pots. Si Si SKIDELSKYi PHIUDILPHIA, PA*. Please mention the American Florist when writing. igoj. The American Florist. 61 MttiHitHMHttMiHmittHiiMimiimHiiHitimiMMim'tiiUHit^^ Carnation Cuttings ^^ We can ship at oncc well-rooted cuttings of the following varieties, free from disease and first-class, in every respect. None Better and seldom equaled. . . . Write for Quotations and Catalogue. Mrs. Thos. \V. Lawson Adonis Lorna Prosperity Gov. Wolcott Lillian Pond . H. Manley Guardian Angel E. A. Nelson President McKinley oost Mrs. Higinbotham Estelle Golden Beauty inquirer Dorothy White Cloud Apollo Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt Marquis Mrs. Potter Palmer Morning Glory Gov. Roosevelt Cressbrook Gaiety Queen Louise Harry Fenn Crane Viola Allen Stella Dorothy Whitney Tiger J. D. Thompson Carnafion Co< JOLIET, ILLINOIS. KENNICOTT BROS. CO. Wholesale Florists, 40-42-44 Randoipii St. ...XHICAGO. ROOTED OARNATION OUTTINGS. Per JOO Per 1000 I Per 100 Per JOOO FLORA HILL $1.50 $10.00 GUARDIAN ANGEL (The Sport) $J.50 $10.00 NORWAY J.50 12.50 | MARQUIS 1.50 JO.OO MURPHY'S WHITE Carnation Is provin" itself a payiug commercial white. AVas in full crop for the holidays, has been in continuous crop since Auo;ust. We do not claim a Fancy, but the best paying white on our market to-day, as a keeper, as" a producer, seller and shipper. It is all we claim for it. We are book- ing orders now for February 1 to 15 delivery. First-class cuttings and satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Place your orders \v1th S. S. Skidelsky. traveling salesman, or J. Gammage & Sons, Canadian agent, or send diiect. $6.00 per 100: $6 00 per 1000: S45.00 per 1000 in 5,0C0 lots; $4U.OO per 1000 in 10.000 lots. Ufy IIIIDDUV Wholesale ffwHi niUnrlllf Carnation Grower. 130 E. Third Street, CINCINNATI. ENCHANTRESS Last Call for February Delivery. Only 2000 left, ilS.OO per 100; JlOO per 1000. MfSi Li Ai NGISOIIi class. $6.00 per 100: J50.00 per 1000. S. S. SKIDELSKY, 708 N. 16th St., Pliila., Pa. MRS. FISHER CARNATIONS FOR SUMMER BLOOMING. Some Fine Plants in 2-inch Pots. ■OSTOM FOMS, 2'/., 3. 4. 5, 6. 7, 8 and 10-inch. nmotot and Spimserl. Giranhimt, all colors in 2i/.-inch pots. Write GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III. II your Business Methods are right you can make a profit •n an adTcrtisement here. BswMawswawwMrerey g gswga6Wi>M«» w aaiaaaHHBHiMM»BMMMKM Carnation Cuttings. WELL ROOTED, CLEAN, HEALTHY STOCK. Per 100 Per lOOO Flora Hill $1.50 $10.00 White Cloud 1.50 lO.oo Norway 1.50 12.50 Queen Louise 2.50 20.00 Prosperity 1.50 10.00 Per 100 Per lOOO Mrs. Lawson $2.00 America 1.50 Marquis 1.50 Elma 1.50 Mrs. Potter Palmer 3.00 Guardian Angel (The Sport), per 100, $1.50; per 1000, $10.00. 2>^-INCH ROSE STOCK. ^^°:&,^'^:^l^iT.: Per 100 Per 1000 Bride $3.00 $25.00 Bridesmaid 3.00 Meteor and Gate 2.50 Per 100 Per 1000 La France $4.00 $3500 Kaiserin 3.50 30.00 Ivory 4.00 35.00 12.50 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 20.00 All Ivory, rooted cuttings, per lOO $2 50; per 1 000, $20.00. juttings and plants sold with the express condition that if not satisfactory 1 received Ihey are to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. WIETOR BROS., w,baf^,.. Chicago. an Florist 7vhen I^ American Carnation HOW TO GROW IT By C. W. WARD, President of the American Carnation Society. Covering the whole range of practical culti- vation. Handsomely printed and fully illustrated. The standard work. PRICE, S3.S0. AMERICAN FLORIST CO. 324 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. Success The New Pink Carnation Succeeds in backing up the claim of the originator that it is the most prolific carnation to date — the best money maker grown — and that is wbat we are all looking for. Bore much larger blooms and 35 per cent more of them than Mrs. Joost last season. Jf you want strong, first-class rooted cuttings, place vour order now with HENRY F. MICHELL, Philadelphia. Pa . or J. GAMMAGE & SONS, London. Ont., or fend direct. Rooted Cuttings, $1.50 per doz.; $2.50 per 25; $8 per HX); 870 per 10()0. Orders filled in strict rotation. JOHN C. SHOLL, Oept. C, Burlington. N. J. 62 The American Florist. Feb. Toronto. LACK OF SON SHOWS ITS EFFECT ON ROSE CROPS.— ALL QUALITIES SUFFER.— GOOD BUSINESS. — MILD WEATHER A HELP. — LOCAL NOTES. Only seventy-one hours of sunshine in January did not prove advantageous to the rose crop. Plants have made little growth and good, blooms remain few and far between. Bridesmaids and Brides and a few second grade Beauties constitute the stock of the growers at present. Carnations continue in fair supply but sunshine will add to their quality also. The demand recently has been very heavy, using up all classes of blooms. Violets are becoming very plenti- ful and quite a number remain unsold, yet the growers continue to hold the prices up. The death of Judge MacDougall, a highly esteemed citizen, called for many large designs and gave retailers two very busy days. We have so far been favored with a very mild winter, which made it consid- erably easier for some of the small grow- ers, many of whom have been kept busy on the "ways and means committee," trying to find some way to get coal. A new delivery w^agon has lately made its appearance at W. J. Lawrence's Yonge street store. Mr. Lawrence is well satisfied with his store here and promises some very superior stock from his greenhouses. Jay & Son had charge of the floral arrangements lor the obsequies of the late Senator Mills, of Hamilton, Wm. Jay, Jr., attending to the details in the Ambitious city. J. H. Dunlop had the decoration of the Osier wedding, in which over 4,000 single daffodils were used, besides large quantities of lilac, Harrisii and white azaleas. Manton Brothers, of Eglington, have been cutting some very good violets and a few Cattleya Trianas. Tidy & Son have had a very nice win- dow ol lilac plants. H. G. D. TWO GRAND WHITE CARNATIONS GOV. WOLCOTT AND BOSTON MARKET Both originated by me from same seed pod. The former sent out spring of ]903 has proved WITHOUT AN EQUAL AS A HI6H GRADE COMMERCIAL VARIETY. THE UTTER, sent out in 1901 in limited quantity, is today THE STANDARD everyday com- metcial WHITE ON THE BOSTON MARKET. A marvel for early, free and continous blooming, BOTH are in perfect health. Boston Marliet. . . Per 100, S5.00; per 1000, $40,00 Wolcott Per 100, $5,00; per 1000, $46,00 Both Will he onExhlbKlon at Brooklyn Fab. 19 and 20. PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass. CARNATIONS ROOTED CUTTINGS. Ethel Crocker. . 35.00 per 1000 10,00 per 1000 15.00 per 1000 35.00 per 1000 Late February & Queen Louise ' Alba f— March Delivery.. Her Majesty 75.00 per looo Prosperity 20.(0perl000 Roosevelt 15,00 per 1000 Gaiety SO.OO per lOOO Dorotny 15.00 per 1000 ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, PA. Please mention the American Florist when writing. I CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Now Ready. PINK. Per 100 Per 1000 Lawson $1.50 $12.50 Enchantress 12.00 100.00 Guardian Angel 1.25 10.00 Joost 1.25 10.00 Genevieve Lord 1.25 10.00 Nelson 5-00 40.00 Cressbrook 4.00 35.00 Triumph 1.25 10.00 Higinbotham 5.00 40.00 Morning Glory 2.00 15.OO RED. Per 100 Per 1000 Estelle $4.00 $35.00 Adonis. 14.00 120.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Crane 1.50 12.50 America 1.25 10.00 Palmer 4.00 30.00 Mrs. L. Ine 1.25 lO.OO Chicago (Red Bradt)... 2.00 15.00 WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $12.50 Queen Louise 2.50 20.00 Peru 1.25 10.00 Murphy's White 6.00 50.00 Bon Homme Richard 1.25 10.00 HoosierMaid 1.25 10.00 ROSES. VARIEGATED. Per 100 Per 1000 Bradt $2.00 $15.00 LAWSON Rooted Cuttings from Black Soil, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1,000. Well rooied cutlings, strong and healthy. BRIDE $1.50 per hundred; $12,50 per thousand BRIDESMAID 1.50 per hundred; 12.50 per thousand PERLE 1.50 per hundred ; 12,50 per thousand GOLDEN GATE 1,50 per hundred; 12.50 per thousand IVORY 3.00 per hundred; 25,00 per thousand ROSE PLANTS From 2 1-2-inch Pots. Per 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000 SOUV,DE PIERRE NOTTING,, $8,00 $75,10 BRIDE $3 00. $35,00 LIBERTY 8.00 75.00 GOLDEN GATE 3.01 25.00 KAISEBIN 4,00 35,00 PERLE 3.00 35,00 BRIDESMAID 3,00 25,00 All Stock sold under express condition that if not satisfactory It is to be returned immediately when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., .CHICAGO. j Rooted Cuttings. O A.ie:N^ A.TI O NT® . Per 100 Per lOOO ...$1.50 $12.00 100.00 16.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 8,00 8,00 White. Per 100 Per 1000 QUEEN LOUISE $2,50 $80.00 NORWAY 1,50 12.60 FLORA HILL 1.25 10.00 WHITE CLOUD 1.25 Variegated. PROSPERITY Pink. ENCHANTRESS 12,00 LAWSON 2,00 DOROTHY 2,00 GUARDIAN ANGEL 1.26 ETHEL CROCKER 1,25 MRS, JOOST 1,00 MARQUIS 1.00 Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID $1,50 $12 60 BRIDE 1.60 12.50 PERLE 1.50 12.50 METEOR 1.50 12.60 Red. ADONIS 14,00 PALMER 4,00 CRANE 2,00 AMERICA 1,50 10,00 120.00 30,00 15,00 12.00 Per 100 Per 1000 GOLDEN GATE $1,25 $10.00 HELEN GOULD 4.00 35 00 IVORY 3.00 25.00 OLIVER AMES 4,00 35.00 Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID J3.00 $25.00 BRIDE 3,00 25,00 PERLE 3,00 25,00 GOLDEN GATE 2,60 20,00 Per 100 Per 1000 METEOR 3.00 26,00 HELEN GOULD 7.00 60.00 OLIVERAMES 7,00 60,00 IVORY 6,00 60.00 X All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. Unrooted cuttings at one-half of above prices. T jjEyiEINBEM^^ The Best White Xk a riii aah Carnation to Date ■ "'5 ^Ut;t;il Reaches highest standard in size, form, calyx, stem, productiveness and keeping quality. A sure winner where ever shown. Price per 100, $10.00; 250, $22,50; 500, $37,60; 1000, $76,00. Little South Floral Co., So.Natiok, Mass. S. J. Goddard, Framingham, Mass. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. rgos- The American Florist. 63 DREER'S DOUBLE PETUNIAS. Are not surpassed by any strain in the world. 3-inch pots, 75c per doz.; $6.00 per 100; set of 1 5 named varieties for $1.00. SEED of the same, our own saving, 7Sc per 500 seeds; $1.50 per 1000 seeds. I II A f ^ for f ni*r i n 4-in. pots $3.00 per ICO. CANNAS— Dry roots, 20-25 vars , all good com- mercial sorts, $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000; $10.00 per 1000 in 6000 lots. Cash with order. C. C. NANZ, 1007 Walnut St., Owensboro, Ky. Please mention the American Florist when writing. VERBENAS ■We are the largest growers of Verbenas in the country, and those who buy of us are sure to get plants and rooted cuttings perfectly healthy and free from rust. OO "V^rl^tl^^. Rooted Cuttings, 60 cts. per 100; $5.00 per 1000; $45 per 10,000. Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. While. Per 100 Queen Louise $8.00 Lorna 2.60 Norway 8.00 Good Enough :.... 2.00 Hoosier Maid 2.00 ■White Cloud 1.60 Flora Hill 1.60 Red. Mrs. Potter Palmer 4.00 J. H. Manley 6.00 Oriole 4.00 G.H.Crane 2.00 Jubilee 1.50 Portia 1.26 Pink. Per 100 Floriana $2.00 Mrs. Higinbotham 6.00 Cressbrook 4.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 4.00 Mrs. Thos. Lawson 3.00 Dorothy 2.00 Irene 2.00 Sunbeam 2.60 Morning Glory ; 1.60 Marquis 1.86 G. Lord 1.26 Mrs. Joost 1.85 Daybreak 1.85 . Wm. Scott 1.86 Crocker 1.26 Crimson Per 100 Harry Fenn $5.10 Gov. Roosevelt 2.60 Gen . Maceo 1 .50 Yellow. But ercup 3.00 Gold Nugget 2.00 Eldorado 1.85 Variegated. Dorothy Whitney 6.00 Prosperity 8.50 Mrs. G. M. Bradt 3.00 Armazindy 1.26 Our grafted roses are fine, bushy plants and grown in 3 and 3H-inch pots. Orders booked now for delivery in May, June and July. Bridesmaids, Brides, Golden Gate, Kaiserin, price $15,00 per 100. Ivory, Liberty, price $18.00 per 100. Send fob Cataloode. J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. S-ln. pots, $3.00 per doz. 6-in. pots, 6.00 per doz. 6-in. strong 6.00 per doz. 7-in. pots, 7.20 per doz. BOSTON FERNS ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS, 4-in. pots, fine plants, $1.50 per doz. 4-in, pots, extra select, $2.00 per doz. FERNS FOR DISHES ThBGEO.WITTBOLDGO. 1657 Buckingham Place, Chicago. B. & A. SPECIALTIES AZALEAS RHODODENDRONS for forcing. We have 10,000 from which to select your stock. Place orders at oace. Finest stock ever imported. Write for prices. BOBBHTK & ATKINS, Bntherford, N. J. GERANIUMS Rooted Cuttings For Dallvtiy Fab. 15th to March 15lh. HETERANTHE, BUCHNER AND S. A. NUTT CASTELLANE, VIAUD. PERKINS, POITEVINE LANDRY, RICCARD ^^■ BON NOT, LA PILOT, V 1.60, Not CASTRIS AND JAULIN.. S enough for 1000 sales ALBERT M. HERR, iVi^^s^OiVjS'x'EMe, JPA.. quette des Blanches, Coquette des Alps, Gen. Jacqueminot, La France, Crimson Rambler, etc., fine 1 and 2 year field-grown plants that have never been forced, suitable for 5-in. pots, at 6c; larger, for 6-in pots, at 10c. Large-flowered Clematjs, finest purple, lavender, white and pink sorts, 2 year field-grown or from 5-in. pots, at 18c; 1 year field- grown or from 3-in. pots, at 9c, Clematis Panicu- lata, fine 2 year field-grown, 6c Packing free for c ash. W. H. SALTER, Rochester, N. Y. Please mention the American Florist evei7 time you write to an advertiser. 'cold frame,. Bu^not, Gassier and Odier, prize strains, 50c per 100; S3 00 per 1000. Verbenas R. C.eOo per KG; $5.00 per 10 0. Double White Daisies, large plants, 60c per 100; $5.0J per 1000. Dwarf Blue, Red and White Lobelias, $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 10 0; Asparasus, from flats, ready for potting, Plumosus Nanus, $2.00 per 100: JIS.O'O per 1000; Sprengeri, $1.00 per 100; $7.00 per lOOJ Cyclamens, from flats, $3.00 per 100; M5.00 per 10 0. 2%-inch $3.c0 per 100; 200 for $5.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100 These prices are for cash. HILL TOP GREENHOUSES, 15 and 17 Gray Avenue, UTICA, N. Y. Mum Stock Plants Robinson, Merry Xmas, Wanamaker, Monrovia, Bassett, Lincoln, Whilldin, Murdock, Kalb, Bon- naffon, Childs, Halliday, Appleton, Sunderbruoh, Perrin, Pacific, $4,00 per 100, Eaton and Chadwick, $6,00 per 100, JOHN BROD. 349 W. North Ave.. CHICA80. SPECIALTIES ROSESj fiom S-inoh pots. CARNATIONS, tor aU deUvery, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, VavSn4i»a SMiLAX. VIOLETS. varieiics Prices Low. Send for List. WOOD BROTHERS, FisbkKI; ». Y. In Best igo3. The American Florist. 67 FLORISTS^ Refrigerators Embodying all of the special patented features that have made our household models the Standard of Excellence in refrigerator construction. Exteriors of Solid Oak, Porcelain, Plate Glass. INTERIOR LININGS OF Cypress, or One-half-inch Plate Glass, or White Glazed Tile. They combine beauty with utility and are guaranteed to be entirely worthy and satisfactory in every particular. ^i^=*Special inducements on present orders for Spring delivery. WRITE TO-DAY FOR CATALOGUE 10. THE WILKE NFG. CO., ANDERSON, IND. Boston Ferns. 8V4-inch strong $3.50 per 100 8-inch strong $1.00 per Doz. 8.00 per ICO FROM BENCH, 3-inch 3c; 5-inch 15c; 6-inch 2Sc. AsDaragus Plumotus Nanus. 2H-in. $3.50 per 100 Sprengerr, e.xtra fine, 2!4-inch $2.60 per 100 Santtvieria Zeylanica, 3-inch, ready for 6-inch, 76c per dozen. CYGAS REVOLUTA. Long Leaf variety, 3 and 4 fronds, 40c; 6 and 6 fronds, 60c; 7 and 8 fronds, 75c. Cash Please. A.J. BALDWIN, Newark, 0. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. SEEDLINGS— From flats, ready to pot, $1.00 per 100; $7.5 ■ per ItOO. FIELD-CROWN— E!:tra strong. These plants are making new top and root growths. If potted now. will be fine for Easter. Plants large enough for 4 and 5-inch pots or pans, $3.00 and Vt-W per 100, respectively. ADIANTUM CAPILLUS VENERIS— The best for fern dishes, bushv CVi-in. pot plants. $3 per 100. CHINESE PRIMROSES-Select strain, Reading Scarlet, best of its color; Light Rose Pink, no trace of magenta. Large plants from 3- in. pots, in bud and bloom, $4.00 per 100. CINERARIA STELLATA— Good for pot display or cutting. Extra strong, from 3-inch pots, $4.00 per 100. NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich. Punlamonc Red, Pmk. White, White with UyUidniCllo, Eye, and Davbreak. extra fin.' color, flowers verv fragrant, no better strain growing. $2.00 per 100; $17.50 per 1000 from flat?. Cinerarias, 4-incb, for Easter, some in bud now, *10.0O per 100. Primroses, 4-inoh. just beginning to blc. m, $«.00 per 100. Asp. Sprengeri, large plants froa bed. suitabU tor baskets, 5-inch pots, $8.00 per 100. Sprengeri Seed, new crop, 40c per 100: $3.00 KXX). C. WINTERICH, Defiance, Ohio. GERANIUIV1S JEAN VIAUD. T have a fine stock of this fine pink bedding variety. Ihi inch pots, $2..50 per 100: strong 3-incfi pots $5.00 per 100; or will exchange for A. Riccard or M. Castellane. W. W. COLES, Kokomo,lnd. Heteranthe, Mrs. E G. Hill, Alphonse Ric- card, S. A. Nutt, Mme. Bruant, Beauty Poitevine, Frances Perkins, SV^-inch $2.60 per 100. S. A. Nutt, $22.00 per 1000; 3-inch S. A. Nutt, $3.60 per 100; 3-inch Frances Perkins and Jean Viaud, $4.00 per 100. We can remove part of the soil on above plants to make your express as light as possi- ble. Well rooted cuttings of Mme. Salleroi Geraniums, $1.10 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. ' strain, ■1000. planted plants, 60 cents per 100; $5 Roemer's ^^uperb Giant Prize Pansies. The seed bought from Roemer, Germany; the best money can buy; transplanted plants gro^A'n in cool greenhouses, 60 cents per 100; $4.00 per 1000. Express prepaid on Pansies. Cash with order. DES MOINES PLANT CO.. 513 38th Strtet, DesMoines. Iowa. ARAIGARIA EXCELSA. SPECIMENS ONLY LEFT, at the following prices: 6-inch pots, 25, 27, 29, 30 to 35 inches high, 4, 5, 6 tiers, $1.00, $1 25, $1.50, $1.75 to $2.00 each. KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 35 to 36 inches high, 6-in. pots, 75c to $1.(0 each. Cash with order please. Godfrey Aschmann, l^t^\?^v^rx^i 1012 Ontario Street, PHILADELPHIA. PA. JOSEPH HEAGOGK, WYNCOTE, PA. oRowiR ARECA LITESCENS, • «f • KENTIA BELMOREANA, .— COCOS WEDDELLIANA. 30.000 DflHLlflS. Fifty varieties, whole field-grown roots, $1.00 per 100: $36,00 per l.OOJ. Send for des'-riptiv*- list. We can save vou ni;^c per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 620 Atlantic Ave., Boston. Please mentiottthe American Florist when writing. 70 The Americaw Florist. Feb. 7, Buffalo. WEATHER UNFAVORABLE TO TRADE. — CARNATIONS IN DEMAND. — LOCAL AND TRADE NOTES OF VARYING INTEREST. From ideal cold weather to balmy- spring is not a change for the best inter- ests of the flower business and that is what Buffalo has had for the last week. Trade has been oiily fair. The sale of carnations for McKinley day was good. The prices were from 10 cents to 20 cents each. While some got 25 cents for a few, the majority of people who buy will not pay more than 10 cents or 15 cents. This is really the first year of a carnation for McKinley's birthday and what promises to be a permanent good thing should not be spoiled by exorbitant prices. Roses are not over-plentiful and quality only fair. Beauties are decidedly off crop around here. Carnations, vio- lets and bulbous stock are about equal to the demand. The historic old Tifft House, so well known by the florists' visiting Buffalo, will be torn down next week to make room for a big department store. Kasting and Cowell are sure of going to the carnation meeting and no doubt a few more will be around when the time comes. The charity ball Monday night called for a large quantity of violets and valley, all stores being sold out of both. How would it sound to hear one addressed as Alderman Kasting? Anderson is getting some very good pans of tulips and good azaleas. Bison. Providence, R. 1. CARNATION DAY MAKES EXTRA DEMAND AND HAS A FUTURE.— VARIOUS NOTES. Carnation day was duly advertised by way of window display and newspaper editorials and created some extra call. Macnair had a fine window with twelve medallions of McKinley appropriately displayed, together with some nice cards calling attention to the spirit of the day. There is every reason to anticipate a great future for Carnation day, and here is an opportunity for American florists to create a day for flowers which in time might rival Easter. Business was good the past week and serves to make a scarcity of all kinds of stock, excepting violets. M. M. 100 Per Cent. SDLPPD-TOBHCGO 8DHP (patented.) A Wonderful Insecticide. Kevives Plant Life. Non-injurious. Prices low. Sales net 1 00% profit Full particulars and sample cake free, if mention tliis paper. Lai^iltSosp (b. Buffalo, N. Y. F> R O F- FLOWER POTS STANDARD POTSsP.^.Lr, List and SAMPLES FREK. SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO., P.O. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. ^JENNINGS IRON CUTTER Use our Patent IRON BENCH FITTINGS and Roof Supports. IMPROVED VAPORIZING PANS VENTIUTINB For Tobacco Extrscta, Etc. Send for Glrcnlsn. ' DILLER, GASKEY & CO., oHN^mTrB^Ros., APPARATUS, 8. W. Ct-r. Sixth and Bark 8»a.. OHILADELPHI*. " Standard Flower Pots TheWHlLLDlN POTTERY COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA. PA. JERSEY CITY, N. J. LONG ISLAND CITY. N. V. Travelling Repretentative, U. CUTLER RYERSON, 108 Third Ave., Newark, N. J. IlilWiiiiiiimiiuimiuili UiiiliililiiHiUlf F4xaL« WRITE AF If nUR 1821-23 N. LBAVITT ST.. ■ ft KUnili OHIOAGO. ILL.. rOB FBICIB 0> standard Pots and poroiity combined on the market P OTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POILWORTH CO., SJI"*"'^^^ GEO. KELLER & SON, HANUFACTUBEBa OP FLOWERPOTS. Before buying write for prices. 361-363 Herndon Street, near Wrightwood Ave., CHICAGO, ILL- THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y, Standard OriX^ Flower... ■ V^ * vJ If your greenhouses are within 500 miles of the Capitol, write us, we can save you money ^ W. H. ERNEST. 28th and M Streeto, WASHINGTON, D. C. STANDARD FLOWER POTS! Packed in small crates, easy to handle. Price per crate 1500 2-in., in crate, $4.88 1500 2M " 5.25 1500 2»4 " 6.00 1000 3 " 5.00 800 3H " 5.80 500 4 " 4.50 320 5 " 4.51 . 144 6 " 3.16 Seed pans, same price o.a i^wt-o. ^j^t^^ .«. ^...^^ list ot Cylinders for Cut Flowers, Hanging Basnets, Lawn Vases, etc. Ten per cent off for cash with order. Address , „ HILFINGER BROS. POTTERY, Fort Edward. N. Y. Or August Rolker & Soks, New York Agents, 31 Barclay Street, New York City^ Price per crate 120 7-in., in crate, $4.20 60 8 " 3.0U BAND MADE. 48 9-in.,in crate, $3.60 48 10 " 4.80 24 11 " 3.60 24 12 " 4.80 12 14 6 16 4.50 as pots. Send for price I GREENHOUSE. CYPRESS FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE GROWER. Construction the Latest, Material tlie Best, aaaa Prices R.easonable. .C.i'^ "WTRITE FOK BOOKLET, THE GREENHOUSE MFG. CO., 32 E. Third St., Cincinnati, O. KELLER BROS. «^__2I3-1B-17-19-2l-23 Pearl St., NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufaotarers of Standard Flower Pots, red In oolor, equal to the best on the majrket; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, best of tailtoikd oonneo- tions. We give speoial attention to mall otden and make special sizes to order in quantitlei A postal will brine prioei and dltooiiMl, igoj. The American Florjst. 71 Steam Traps SAVE COAL This is the Return Steam Trap used by the Up-to-date Greenhouse men to return the con- densed water from the heating coils in their greenhouses. Have been in use for this purpose over thirty years. Insures an Even Temperature. Send for Red Catalogue. Albany Steam Trap Co. ALBANY, N. Y., U. S. A. FUjse mention Ihf A ' Florist when v/ritinsc. CYPRESS '^^c^M" W^^^^^ wm^^ m&i&mMmm John €. •JKJnn ^. niTOliSBLACKHAWHST. MONINGER Co. ""■^2!?i1^^'" New Twin Section Boiler, SEND 4c FOR CATALOGUE. GULF CYPRESS Greenhouse Material. Greenhouse GLASS AT WHOLESALE. S. JACOBS & SONS,Mi=^. 136510 1373 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. GET OUR PRICES BEFORE ORDERING. Bloomsburg, Penna. DILLON'S GREENHOUSE MFG. GO. UAjrUFACTURERS OF HOT BED SASH, AlB DRIED GUtF CYPRESS SASH BARS AMD OTHER GREENHOUSE MATERIAL. BUILDERS of DURABLE and PRACTICAL Greenhouses at a LOW COST. ^^Our deBcriptive circular containa valuable information for every florist. Send for it. Please mention the American Florist when writing. ! Holds Class i Firmly { PQERtESS ■..OCCpcirU 76oti. yo«lp»ld. HEXKY A-DRFER, I 7 14 r hntBDt S».. Phu*.. P^ H. M. HOOKER GO. Window Glass, Paints and Putty, Greenhouse Glass a Specialty. 69 West Randolph St., CHICAQO. Horticultural Builders & Heating Engineers Phillips Mfg. Co. Establlshad 1900. JERSEY CITY, N. J. In 26 months we have built for private estates 87,347 square feet of Glass Houses and have orders for still more. We are just completing a Range for Oakwood Cemetery. Syracuse, N. Y. We v^^ant your patronage. Tel. 1861 Bergen. Please mention the A merican Florist -when writing. Sprague Smith Go. PUTE AND WINDOW GLASS eroenhouse Glass a Specialty tO$ ■•■tfoii* ItrMt CHICAGO. Bargains FOR Florists. We are headquarters for a general assortment of the necessary material and supplies that jou are looking for. If you are about to improve or con- struct, consult us. In connection with the dismantling of the Pan-American Exposition, we have for sale: 20,000,000 FEET of fine seasoned lumber, practically new, consisting of all sizes of joists, timbers, dressed and matched boards and flooring; also sash and doors. 50,000 FEET of roofing glass. PIPE. We are headquarters for pipe. We offer you 100,000 FEET of 2 to 4-inch wrought iron lap welded casing. We can furnish this material in three ways: Either with sleeve or jacket couplings, screwed ends and threaded couplings or with expanded cast iron flanges with bolts and nuts. 1,000 000 FEET of standard black wrought iron pipe, size y% to 12-inch. It is second-hand but has new threads and couplings and is in first-class condition. 1,000 TONS of galvanized wire 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 guage. 50,000 FEET of 2, 3 and 4-inch cast-iron soil pipe and fittings. 100,000 FEET of garden hose, % and l-in. 75,000 FEET of cotton rubber-lined fire- hose, (rubber-lined in and outside), rang- ing in sizes 1 to 2^-inch. VALVES and fittings of every kind. BOX COILS for heating purposes. RADIATORS, new and second-hand. We also offer the following bargains in Heating Boilers 50 CAST-IRON sectional heaters, capacity from 450 to 5,000 feet. I NO. 2 Standard Kroeschell hot water heat- ing boiler. FOUR 36x10 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 36x12 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x10 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x12 Horizontal Tubular. SIX 48x14 Horizontal Tubular. TWO 54x16 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 60x16 Horizontal Tubular complete with all fittings. PUMPS of all Descriptions. A carload pf shovels and spades that we are selling at $5.00 per dozen. We carry a complete stock of hardware and farm implements, besides plumbing material of every kind. Write for Catalogue No. 47. Giiicago House Wrecking Co., W. 3Stb and IRON STS., CHICAGO. ILL. 72 The American Florist. Feb. 7. Index to Advertisers. A:dvertlsiiig rates — -36 A^lbaDy bteam Trap Co 71 AtnlingEC 49 Aachmann Godfrey. 67 A,Snius E G 58 Baldwin A J fi7 Bilnner JL & Co.... 56 Harteldes & Co e8 Bassett A Washburn 48 56 a'aur S Alfred Co . . . I Bayersdorfer H our Lothouse: THEY GUARANTEE THE CROP. First of all they save 20 per cent on the coal bill and so keep expense at a minimum. Next, they produce an even heat and so do not imperil the life of the plant. Next, they are simple to operate and so require least attention. Lastly, they wear longer than others and thus perceptibly reduce the capital invested. Don't buy or exchange until you've inves- tigated them. GURNEY HEATER MEG. CO. 74 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON. 1 1 1 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK CITY. Western Selling Agents. JAMES B. CLOW & SONS, Franklin anil hainson Street, Chicago, III. "PIERSON" BOILERS WAT ER AND jjE iH. The Most Complete and PerfecHliie of Horticultural Boilers OVER 100 SIZES AND STYLES. Iron Frame Conservatories, Palm Houses and Green- houses, Red Gulf Cypress Greenhouse Material, Ventilating Apparatus, Plans, Specifications and Estimates. Prompt Shipments. THE PIERSON-SEETON CO. West Side Ave., South, Jersey City, N. J. Mmsricd is "ths Pram of ths UesseI; ihers may be more comfort JJmidships, but we are thn first to touch Unknown Boas,' CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 14. 1903. Vol. XX. No. 767. f fHiiE IkmEmmm fmmm ElGHTEENTU YbAR. Copvrisht 1903, by American Florist Company l=:ntered as Second-Class Mail Matter. Pl'Blisbed evkrt Satusday bt AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 324 Uetrborn St., Chicago. Eastern Office: 79 Milk St., Bostoo. Subscription. Jl.OO a year. To Europe. »2.00. Subscriptions accepted only from the trade. Volumes half-yearly from Ausust, 1901. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS. Officers — John Burton, Philadelphia, Pa., president; C C.-Pollworth. MilwauKee, Wis., vice-president; Wm. J. Stewart. 79 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Beattt, Oil City, Pa., treasurer. Nineteenth annual meeting at Milwaukee, Wis., August, 1903. THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. Annual convention at Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb- ruary 19-80, 19C3. Albert M. Hebr, Lancaster, Pa., secretary. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. Annual meeting and exhibition, Philadelphia, March 24-26. 19 3. Leonard Bakron, 136 Liberty St., New York, secrttary. CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Annual convention subject to call of executive committee. Edwin Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary. THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER. CONTENTS. .Vdiautums cuneatum and gracillimum 73 St. Valentine's day centerpiece (illus. ) 74 The gorge.ius peonies 74 Carnation establishment at Peoria. 111., (illus. ) 7.i l.'arnations — Punctured leaves 75 —Cultural reminders 75 — Table of Mrs. Lawson (illus.) 70 Country effects in town (illus.) 76 The banquet at New Haven 76 The Chicago carnation show 77 Carnation show at Utica, N. Y 77 Propagating at the Thompson Carnation Co.'s (illus.) 78 Chicago Florists' CUub and express rates 78 Violets in a cold frame 78 Florists' plant notes 79 Best earlv perennials 79 Chicago 80 Boston 80 New York 80 Philadelphia 81 Cincinnati 81 St. Louis 81 The dinkey bird in the amfeloola tree 82 Perennial "phloxes 82 The peonv association and its critics 82 The seed trade ; 88 The nursery trade 9) Our pastimes 92 Milwaukee 92 Cleveland 92 Denver 92 Pittsburg 9:2 St. Paul 94 Toronto '. 98 Baltiraorr' 1U2 Adiantums Cuneatum and Gracillimum, These useful ferns require extra atten- tion to bring out the best that is in them, yet their delicacj' and the few points of peculiarity in their culture should not prevent the retail grower from having a supply of them always on hand. When well understood their culture is simple in the extreme and when properly grown I doubt whether there is any plant that will produce more dollars with the same expense. They are prolific growers and will respond quickly to good treatment. A high temperature and proper attention to watering are the most important features in their culture. No fronds should be used that are not fully developed, as immature fronds quickly droop and shrivel, and they should always be placed in water before using. When it is possible to do so, in centerpieces and anywhere where they are to be closely banked, is is well to use the plants entire, root and all, sinking the ball of roots into the wet moss. In this way the fronds will stand up much longer, and it also gives the advantage of using fronds in all stages of develop- ment. Those half ripe fronds that often show such pretty shades of pink, bronze and green greatly enhance the beauty of the design. Fern dishes are greatly improved in appearance by the use of a few small plants of maidenhair among the other ferns. Filled entirely with adiantums they are much prized by aristocratic trade, but ferneries that are expected to last any length of time should be filled with more hardy sorts. Probably the greatest problem with those who fail to grow maidenhair ferns to some degree of perfection is the various insect enemies that trouble them. Green fly is easy to get rid of by placing some fresh tobacco stems on the steam pipes beneath the benches and renewing them once a month. These tobacco stems should be sprinkled now and then, lor when kept absolutely dry they give off very little strength. We find it does not take nearly so much tobacco to keep down aphis on ferns as it does with roses for a house of the same size. The ferns will not stand even the slightest tobacco smoke; even the little smoke that is apt to filter through the partition that closes the house off Irom the one next to it will often do much damage to the fronds. Sow bugs, slugs and thousand-legged worms, when not kept in check, are a constant source of mischief. They love to eat off the tender fronds as they start up from the roots. As it takes a great many of these to keep two or three of these pests supplied with the necessities of life, when they are allowed to remain and multiply, very few fronds will escape and grow to maturity. The best way to get rid of them is to look for them when cutting the fronds. In daytime the favorite haunt of these nocturnal workers is at the base of the plant in the soil, and on the outside of the pot right under the collar. So when the plant is taken up to cut the fronds it is easy to hold the plant upside down over a box and allow the loose soil on the top to drop into it. Those pests that c ing to the particles of loose soil will usually tall out with it. The operation is made more complete by giving the pot a sharp rap with the hand. When pests still remain we take small potatoes, cut into slices a quarter of an inch thick and lay a slice on the surface of the soil of each pot. These are examined each morning for three or four days and whatever is caught under them is removed, slicing a very thin piece from the under side to give it a fresh cut. Where this method is used it will not be necessary to use air-slaked lime as some growers do. Lime does not discourage insects very much and it soils the fronds, rendering them unfit for use. Lime water should never be used to kill worms in the soil. Even when made very weak it will kill the young feeding roots and do much harm. The best way to keep rid of worms is to renew the sand on the benches once a year and thoroughly whitewash the boards before the fresh sand is put on. These ferns like a moderately moist • atmosphere, but if the air is kept over- charged with moisture the fronds are apt to come soft. Manygrowers are apt to give too much water at the roots rather than too little. They may stand it ifthesoilis porous and well drained, but to bring them to a perfect growth practice moderation, just as you would for any other kind of plant. Before watering find out whether thev really need it or not. If the soil is in that con- dition in which it would readily pass through a c'oarse sieve without clogging, they should receive a good watering] otherwise not. No water is ever used overhead, and moisture in any form on the foliage is always harmful.' The deli- cate fronds soon decay when water settles on them. If the atmosphere is too dry sprinkle water on the walks and under- neath the benches. ' ' ■ Adiantums like a sandy, light, 'Open soil and plenty of drainage. A few pot- sherds properly arranged in the bottom 74 The American Florist. Peb: 14, of the pot, covered with a sheet of live wood moss, or sphagnum moss if wood moss is not to be had, will serve well for drainage. A soil composed of four parts ordinary turfy loam, two parts sand, one part leaf mould and one part thoroughly decayed horse manure will suit them. If the first mentioned soil is very sandy use a little more of that than recommended and a little less sand. In potting make the soil quite firm, as you would for any other plant. For plants grown for cut fronds we have the best success in a temperature of 68° to 70° at night and from 5° to 15° higher during the day, according to the brightness of the weather. Those grown for ferneries will be better off in 10° less. We never reduce the temperature to harden off a crop. Ourferns come rather in one continuous crop. There are nearly always some fronds in every stage of development. If water is usecl judiciously at the roots and the atmosphere is not kept moist, the plants having plenty of room, the matured fronds will be firm enough to stand the use to which they are to be put. In cutting do not run over them when a few fronds are wanted and cut one here and there. In this way you will not find nearly all that are good and many will spoil before they are cut. Begin at one end of the bench and take each pot as it comes and cut all matured fronds. In cutting, the fronds are sorted into two sizes and tied in bunches of twenty-five. The larger ones are placed in the center of the bunch, facing outward, and the smaller ones are placed on the outside and a little below and face inward. This makes a bunch of symmetrical shape and the fronds will fit into each other better without crushing. Always have a small jar of water withyou and put each bunch into it as soon as it is tied. For tying we use smaU rubber bands. Considering the time they save they are cheaper than string, and they do not cut. Before set- ting into the cooling room or ice box wrap each bunch into a damp paper. Do not sprinkle the fronds themselves, as it will turn them black in a short time. Dew on the fronds is often the source of much aggravation. It rots the fronds and turns them brown. It is most often found on plants that are very near the glass. Too much moisture in the air or a sudden drop in the temperature will also cause dew. Even where the air is very dry we had found it impossible to keep dew from plants grown in low houses until we hit upon the idea of tack- ing cheesecloth on the rafters above the ferns. It casts just about the required amount of shade, except perhaps during the hottest months of summer, so that problem is also solved. The mistake is often made of shading too heavily. Care and judgment must be used in ventilation, as the fronds will wilt it draughts blow over them. The ventila tors should be so arranged that they supply all parts of the house with air when open, and this result can only be obtained by having the sash close together. The fact that these ferns do not like draughts blowing over them is often the cause of coddling. They need as much fresh air to keep up a healthy growth as any other plant, but the idea should be to let it in very gradually, so that it will have time to warm up and take up the proper amount of moisture as it comes in. The best time to shift ferns and divide is in the latter part of June. From then on we have settled warm weather and they have three good months before them in which to recuperate. During these three months we do little cutting of fronds, as we consider it the best time to allow the plants to make up for the continuous drain to which they are subjected by the constant cutting during the other and Secretary Young was appointed to report at the next meeting on the death of the mother of Lawrence Hafner. Mrs. J. H. Troy was awarded a cultural cer- tificate for home-grown ardisia and Frank Weinburg a vote of thanks for display of cypripcdiums. At a very elaborate dinner at tlie resi- dence of George Gould on last Thursday evening, spring flowers were exclusively used by McConnell, a fact which is sig- nificant as indicating that this class of flowers which has, up to the present date, experienced a very slow demand, will now find greater favor. The conserva- tory was banked with forsythias, grow- ing and cut, and there were seven tables, each having a centerpiece about two feet in diameter, composed respectively of jonquils. Poets' narcissus, freesia, red and yellow tulips, lilac and pansies, lily of the valley and double-flowered peach and lily of the valley and sweet peas. rgoj. The American Florist. 81 Each of the forty-five ladies present car- ried a bunch of 150 violets with three gardenias and the gentlemen's bouton- nieres were of gardenias. Considerable uncertainty prevails in the wholesale cut flower markets at the present time regarding values from day to day. The tendency' is unquestionably towards a weakening all along the line. All are looking for sharp declines in the immediate future. The mild weatherand spring-like indications generally are a potent factor in the situation and the retailers, scenting their advantage, have got out their hammers on all sides, buy- ing as scantily as they possibly can and at the same time keep up appearances. Apparently nothing except a substantial spell of arctic weather can stave off the break, which must come some time and which, this year, has fortunately absented itself longer than usual. The next and probably final meeting of the Brooklyn Horticultural Society will take place on Mondayevening, February 10. Donations of plants and flowers for the decoration of the banquet to the American Carnation Society on the fol- lowing Friday evening will be received by John V. Phillips, 272 Fulton street, Brooklyn. The Horticultural Society of New York, held its regular monthly meeting at the American Institute on February 11. C. L. Allen read a paper on "Plant Breed- ing at Present and in the Future." The store of Chas. Klingelbeck at Mid- dle Village was burned out on the morn- ing of February 1. Cause, overheated furnace. Loss $500. Visitors: Herman Lips, Bedford, Mass.; H. W. Clark, Manchester, Mass. Philadelphia. ROSES SCARCE AND BEAUTIES PRACTICALLY UNOBTAINABLE.— BIG ORDER AT FINE FIGURE HAS TO BE TURNED DOWN. — ALL ABOUT THE PRICES. — A GOOD WHITE CARNATION.— ORCHIDS LARGELY USED.— VARIOUS NOTES. Roses of all kinds are particularly scarce and anything at all good is picked up at once. There are no Beauties except for regular orders and half the time these are not filled. One of the large growers of Beauties received a telegram the past week offering $400 for 200 long Beauties. As his regular trade was not being sup- plied it was, of course, out of the question to do anything for anyone else even at such tempting figures, so the order was turned down. Prices of Beauties range from $6.50 to $7 for the specials and down to $1.50 per dozen for the 12-inch stock. The quality averages very poor, not twenty-five per cent of the flowers being perfect. One of the growers said that these defects were probably due to thrip, lack of sunshine and the houses getting too cold. Agood, strong, healthy growth is pretty sure to produce good buds, while the flowers carried on weak or impoverished stems cannot develop perfect blooms. Although there are twenty per cent more Beauties grown for this market the present season than ever before, orders appear harder to fill. Teas range from $12 to $15, Liberty from $25 to $50 for choice stock and are preferred by some to Beauties, as the flowers are so perfect. A house of Laing or Brunner just in would be a great lift to a grower, but we suppose they are things of the past. Carnations are about as last week, $3 to $4 per hundred. A ie-w Pros- perity bring $8 to $10 and some of the other fancies $5 to $6. Dillon's Queen Louise is showing up in great shape and always commands more than Hill or most other whites. It is a grand flower of the purest white and is carried on a fine, straight stem, without a thought of weakening. Bulbous stock is more plentiful; tulips and daflTodils are now to be had in variety at from $3 to $5 per hundred. Freesias are in good supply, long-stemmed stock bringing $4 to $6. Violets are now about at their best; $1 is the price for the best doubles, with 50 cents for singles. All kinds of greens are selling fast, with asparagus short of the demand. Sweet peas sell well at from$l to $2 per hundred. Harrisii lilies are a trifle cheaper, $2.50 per dozen being the price. ,\lthough the Easter stock is to be seen in different stages of ojrowth, each grower appears satisfied and thinks he is going to get there in good shape. Orchids are much more in evidence in this market the present season and many large sales have been made. Graham had a dinner a short time ago at which some 300 flowers were used. At the midwinter ball the decorations, also by Graham, were very elaborate. Among other choice things large plants of Acacia pubescens were used. There is perhaps nothing so graceful or beautiful as this charming plant when in full flower. The February meeting of the Horticult- ural Society promises to be interesting. John Thatcher will read a paper on "Ornamental Foliage Plants" and Jos. Hurley one on the "Proper Planting and Care of Evergreen Trees." There will be exhibits of primulas, cyclamens and vio- lets, as well as tomatoes and mush- rooms. Prizes are oft'ered by Robert Craig & Son and H. F. Michell. K. Cincinnati. NOTES OF A TOUR AMONG INDIANA GROW- ERS.— GOOD STOCK EVERYWHERE IN EVIDENCE. — MARKET FAR SHORT OF MATERIAL. — POOR VIOLETS THE ONLY SURPLUS.— NOTES. Wm. Murphy, "Dick" Witterstaetter, Albert Sunderbruch and "Tom" Wind- ram took a trip to Richmond and New Castle last week and were well repaid for their visit, from what thej' saw and the way they were treated by the Hoosier boys. All the places visited were verj- interesting and stock in general looked well. President McKinley carnation at Grave's looks to be a comer if everybody is as successful in growing it as is the introducer. A house of Brides and another of Bridesmaids at South Park Floral Company's was a sight, also the Beauties, Brides and Bridesmaids at Benthey's. One thing noticeable was the small amount of Liberty being grown at these places, but another year this vari- ety willbegrownveryextensively. Franz Deegen looks to be a good thing. Mr. Hill also has a good word for the Mrs. E. A. Nelson carnation. The plants of .\donis were all cut back for cuttings. Such a scarcity of carnations and roses as we have experienced since the holidays was never known in this market. Every- thing in this line has been sold out clean; in fact the majority of stock was sold before it reached the market, the buyers placing their orders in advance. Nearly every shipping order had to be cut and a great many were turned down entirely. Bulbous stock has sold pretty well, too, except lily of the valley, which has accu- mulated a little of late and prices were not as firm as they might be. Tulips, Paper Whites, daffodils and Dutch hya- cinths can now be had in quantity and they are good. Violets for the past two weeks have been a little weak, but the best stock sells at good prices. Good callas and Harrisii lilies are in demand and bring top prices. Smilax is very fine and Chas. Pommert, of Amelia, O., is sending some fine strings. From present indications our city will not be well represented at the annual meeting of the A. C. S., for Richard Wit- terstaetter is the only person from this city who is sure to attend. "Tom" Windram, back on the High- lands of Kentucky, is cutting a nice lot of carnations. He is getting ready to rebuild four or five houses the coming summer. Gus. Meier, of Hyde Park, Wm. Hull, of Oxford, and Jos. R. Goldman, of Mid- dletown, are sending in some exception- ally fine Brides and Bridesmaids. Saturday we will have a rose display at the club rooms, but owing to the scarcity of stock it looks as though there will not be a big showing. Corbett & Wilson are again strictly in it this year with Princess of Wales vio- lets. They certainly know how to grow this flower. Geo. Meyer, of the Avondale Floral Bazaar, who has been down with typhoid fever, is convalescing. D. St. Louis. BUSINESS SITUATION VERY ENCOURAGING. —INCREASED SUPPLY AND DEMAND PRE- SERVE AN EQUILIBRIU.M. — GURNEY RETIRES FROM SHAW GARDEN. — NOTES. An increased supply, a stronger demand, steady prices and better stock for the past week have satisfied even the chronic kicker. More bulbous stock is showing up, rather small yet but finding ready buyers. Several consignments of extra good Prosperity and Lawson carnations were handled by Ellis, who is receiving fine violets and sweet peas. The few sunny days brought an extra rush of buyers into the retail stores and also resulted in adding to the number of street fakirs, with which the downtown dealers are justly disgusted. It is reported a movement is on foot to license the floral street peddlers, which would probably limit his kind. The number of out of town growers in search of stock points to an unusual activity this spring, and it may safely be predicted that oot plants will advance at least twenty-five per cent, giving the grower, even at that, not any too much margin of profit after he has settled the coal bill. James Gurney, for thirty-seven years superintendent of floriculture at Shaw's Garden, has resigned and will devote his entire time to superintending the proposed improvements in Tower Grove Park. H. C. Irish has been named as his successor. A fire at Feuerstake's,onGravois road, did some damage, but was discovered in time to prevent serious loss. Visitors: Geo. M. Kellogg, Pleasant Hill; Edw. Gullett, Lincoln, 111.; Miss BelleMiller, Springfield, 111.; ]. Schnabel and Chas. Koeppen, Sedalia, Mo. J. H. Marlboro, Mass.— Lord & Bumham Company is to erect this spring for W. L. Lewis, thre^ carnation houses each 25x151, with no partitions between. They will be of iron construction through- out, the sash bars being the only wood used and the glass laid the 24-inch way. This is of identical construction with those erected last year at Philadelphia for Robt. Craig and more recently for John Burton at Chestnut Hill. 82 The American Florist. Feb. 14, Eighteenth Yeak. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2.00. Subscriptions accepted only from those in the trade. Advertisements on all except cover pages, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; $1.00 per inch. Cash with G/der. No Special Position Guaranteed. JJisoounts are allowed, only on consecutive inser- tions, as follows— 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent; B2 times, 3D per cent. Cover space sold only on yearly contract at $1.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to the back pages. The Advertising Department of the American Florist is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only. Orders for less than one- lialf inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to secure insertion in the issue for the following Saturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. Lent begins Ash Wednesday, February 25. . Blood and cotton seed meal are said to be excellent fertilizers and safe. Prof. L. H. Bailey has been appointed director of the Cornell University Experi- ment Station at Ithaca, N. Y. ClBOTiUM SCHIEDEI has been highly recommended by leading retailers for permanent use in stores and dwellings. Pandanus Sanderi was awarded a silver medal, the highest award of the Rhode Island Horticultural Society, at Newport, February 4. There is a movement among the wholesale plant houses to charge for packing on all shipments, due, we under- stand, to the increased cost of labor and material. The coal shortage is losing something of its stringency, but in many sections the small growers still carry their money in the basket and bring the fuel home in their pocket. Complaint is made that local ship- ments of cut flowers to the smaller coun- try towns have been much reduced in some sections by the advanced high express rates on cut flowers. The yellow address label on your paper bears the date at which your subscrip- tion expires. When we receive your renewal the date on the yellow label will change within three weeks. There will be big business in bedding stock this spring, but the wise grower will not forget that his profit will lie in the quality rather than in the quantity of his stock. Don't crowd the plants. The members of the Chicago Florists' Club are averse, evidently, to giving the express companies any quarter in the matter of increased rates and believe in going after them with the strong hand of the law, as demonstrated at their last meeting. American Carnation Society. The J. D. Thompson Carnation Com- pany, Joliet, 111., registers Peerless, color a most pleasing light pink, one shade lighter than Marquis; blooms measure never less than three and one-half inches and when fully developed four and one- half inches; borne on long, stiff stems from thirty to thirty-two inches, holding the bloom perfectly erect; of ideal form and substance; an exceptionally strong and healthy grower and a splendid keeper. " Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. American Peony Society. A meeting of the American Peony Soci- ety will be held in the Art Rooms, 174 Montague street, Brooklyn, N. Y., on Wednesday afternoon, February 18, at 2 o'clock, to complete organization and take up for consideration other impor- tant matters. All those interested in the peony are cordially invited to attend this meeting. Alex. Wallace, Secretary, pro tem. Chicago to Brooklyn. The Chicago delegation to the Brooklyn convention ot the American Carnation Society will start from the former city Tuesday, February 17, in a special car of the Lake Shore '& Michigan Southern railroad. The train will leave the Grand Central depot. Fifth avenue and Harrison street, at 2 p. m. and arrive at New York, via the New York Central the following evening at 6 o'clock. This train leaves Toledo at 7:55 p. m., Cleveland 10:35 p. m. and Buffalo at 4a. m.the following morning, February 18. There is promise of a good party and a jolly time on the way, as goes without saying when Philip J. Foley and W. N. Rudd join the throng. All in the trade are cordially invited to join. Full information with regard to tickets and berths may be had on application to the city passenger agent, B. A. Keeler, 180 Clark street, Chicago. The rate for the round trip is a fare and one-third. The Dinkey Bird in the Amfeloola Tree. [/Jk old sons; tevised; inspitedby some recent nonsens'cal nonsense. H^ith apologies to Eugene Field.\ When the breeze from the bluebottle's bluster- ing blim Twirls the toad in a tooramaloo. And the whiskery whine of the wheedlesome whim Drowns the roll ot the rattamattoo, Then I dream in the shade of Ihe bally-go-shee. And the voice of the shally-molay Brings the smell ot the pale poddy-cod's blum- mered blee From the willy-wad over the way. And the shuddering shoe and the blinketty blanks When the punglung falls from the bough in the blast of a hurricane's hicketty-hanks O'er the hills ot the rocketty how : Give the rigmarole to the ciangery whang If thev care for such flddle-de-dee; But the thingumbob kiss of the wbangery bang Keeps the higgledy-piggle for me. It is piUy-po-doddle and aligoluing v» hen the lollvpop covers the ground, Yet the poldiddle perishes plunkety pung When the heart jimmy-cos^gles around. If the soul cannot snoop at the gigglesome cart Seeking surcease in gluggety-glug, It is useless to say to the pulsating heart, "'Yankee-doodle ker-chugge y-chus!" The Dinkey Bird. [If the Keelej'-Motor man, or even Eugene Field had been alive the editor could have perhaps appended the occult meaning of the above, but he has still his esteemed contemporaries to fall back upon and takes pleasure in presenting them with a new theme for their idle moments. It will pay them better than hammering the S. A. F. in its efforts to elevate the peony interests. — Ed.] Perennial Phloxes. Ed. American Florist:— What is the best time to sow perennial phloxes for the best results? How should the seed be sown? How long is the seed in the ground before germinating? C. J. Perennial phloxes are raised from seed as easily as any of our most vigorous annuals and are as easily managed. The seed can be sown at any time from February to the first of May, or even later, and with only ordinary care and treatment they will bloom before winter sets in. Sow in pans or flats, not too thickly, and place these in a moderately cool house in a light position. Don't letthem get too dry and the seed will germinate inside of three weeks, according to its freshness and the atmospheric conditions. Or they may be sown during March or April in an ordinary hotbed. As soon as the plants are large enough to handle, prick them off about two inches apart in flats or a hotbed and when they are two to three inches high, pot them off into 3-inch pots. In two weeks' time the plants will be ready to be planted out in the field or garden. In good rich soil they will grow fast and vigorously and produce strong branching panicles almost as early as the cuttings you take from old plants. They should be left undis- turbed for another year, because a second season may develop special characteris- tics or value in any of the plants. Not until you have seen a second blooming can you determine whether the plants are worth keeping or not. J. B. K. The Peony Association and its Critics. Ed. American Florist: — Regarding the point raised as to the exact word- ing of Mr. O'Mara's motion which was made to give force to President Bur- ton's recommendation that "the .com- mittee should have power to add to its numbers where desirable and to raise funds for the furtherance of the work under the sanction of the executive offi- cers of the society," Mr. O'Mara writes from St. Augustine, Fla., where he has been for the past few weeks: "I have forgotten the exact wording of my motion, but my intent was to have it so phrased that the committee then appointed would have powers to take all the necessary steps to fully and ade- quately carry out the intent and purpose of President Burton's recommendation. Personally I am for whatever best con- serves the general welfare of the S. A. F. and I cannot see any reason why the policy and plan of the Peony Associa- tion will not do that. If the association does nothing worse than develop the peony and incidentally get members for the S. A. F., it should have little to fear from the executive board of the society or from the society in convention assem- bled." The printed proceedings of the society did not appear until some time about Thanksgiving, and the committee had organized a month before that on the president's plan. Whether the intent of Mr. O'Mara's motion got confused in passing through the medium of the sten- ographer and printer is a question; but in any event it can easily be rectified at the executive meeting or at the conven- tion. The committee and its associated members have every reason to feel grati- fied at the cordial support and encour- agement extended to them from all parts of the country and they are sure they will be able to give a good account of themselves in Milwaukee. Meantime a cordial invitation is again extended to every S. A. F. member and every peony enthusiast to do what they can to forward the interests of the peony and the society. Secretary Stewart or the undersigned will cheerfully enroll any member of the society in the peony ranks free of charge and also any outsiders pro- vided, of course, that they first join the S. A. F. Geo. C. Watson, Sec'y S. A. F. Peony Association. IQOJ. The a mer i ca x Fl o r i s t. 83 Greenhouse Building. Colorado Springs, Col. — Colorado Springs Floral Company, show house 30x90. Billerica, Mass. — C. A. Becker, house 30x225. Kidgefield, Conn. — D. S. Gage, conserv- atory. Eastern Point, Conn. — Morton F. Plant, range ol eight conservatories. Braintree, Mass. — Geo. H. Arnold, veg- etable house 30x200. Marlboro, Mass. — W. L. Lewis, three houses 25x151. Labels for "Special Rate" Goods. Ed. Am. Florist: — We have received in the past a number of packages contain- ing plants and other stock which comes under the head of the twenty per cent "general special" express rate but, owing to the fact of these packages having no mark whatever as to their contents, the express companies tried to collect on the basis of the regular merchandise rate. Since some of the packages in question came from prominent seed firms we suggest that the American Florist pul)- lish the fact that in order for consignees to obtain the twenty per cent discount on plants, trees and so forth, the package must bear a label or mark indicating the contents and marked "General Special." Northrup, Kixg & Co. SITUATIONS, WANTS, FOR SALE. ents under this head will bi? inserteJ J I Lit inu^lll potent and successful propagator, especially of clematis, roses and soft wood shrubbery. Also same wages to a man who has had long experienci> Ingrtiding nursery stock, filling orders and packing. Must he a number one budder jitid grafter, with some experience in mak- ing soft wood shrub cuttings. Ri^as<")nabloadvanco over these wages after ability is demonstrated. First-class cointner.-ial place. Address ENTERPRISE, care American Florist. A Grower of Roses, includitig American Beau- ties, who has nmiuestioned reputation and endorsements to take charge or a now range of glass (100,000 square fi'et) near Boston. A flrst- class opening for the right man. All applications will hi' treated in strict conlldenci'. .Vddress BOSTON, care American Florist. FOR SALE OR RENT. A first-class retail business, well established trade; store and greenhouses. Situated at one of the leading seaside resorts. For par- ticulars inquire from S. S. PENNOCK, 1612 Ludlow SL. Philadelphia. p^^M D^VS'tf' A Great Opening for a Hut- k Vr IvV?!!! tling Expert Truck Gardener. A ten-acre truck farm with 4.000 feet of glass, hot water and steam heat, 3,000 ft. fratnesash, strawberry beds, asparagus beds, thousands of small fruits and all implements necessary. A cit.\- of 10,000 population. A great c-hance for the right man. P'or particulars address SITUATION WANTED. German seed grower, with 1 6 years' expe- rience, married; speaks four languages, also all-around in the seed, plant and bulb trade for importation and exportation; has been in the first wholesale houses in Germany, France. Holland and United States, traveling all over Europe. Want a working head position. SEED GROWER, care American Florist. Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Gliicago, III. Regular meetings held 2d and 4lh Wednes- day of each month at 49 La Salle Street, Chicago. Send all communications to H. J. SPRINGER, Secretary, 6142 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. Greenhouse plant within 3 miles of Chicat-'o city limits less th:in one-half mile froraR. R. »l<*l>ot, 38,003 feet glass, 4 acres laud, fully equipped, steam heat, well stocked; srowiutr f.'incy carnations and roses. Half ■ acre planted with peonies. Good wholesale trade- established direct with A 1 retail llorists within 30J miles of Chicago. Owner engaged in another business which forces hiiii to move from city. Easy terms tO' responsible parties. Forfurther particular* apply to BOX 1134, MILWAUKEE, WIS If you want to get the want # you want to get, you want Jj to get your want ad into the ^ American ! florist! Try it now. Every advertisement represents a genuine want, i^ It pays to answer them. ^ ^ jf 84 The American Florist. Feb 4' S2.50 Caldwell's Kwallty Kounts Brand Wild Smilax now on hand. TULIPS IN QUANTITY. Per Doz. American Beauties, extra select $4.00 to $5.00 18to24in 2.50to 3.00 12tol5in l.SOto 2.00 Per 100 Brides, Bridesmaids and Ivory $5.00 to $10.00 Meteor, Golden Gates 5.00 to 10.00 Liberty 5.00 to 12.00 Violets, Double . .$1.00 to $1.50 Violets Single .75 to 1.00 Wliite Violets $3.00 Carnations.. . . 2.00 to 3.00 Lily ot the Valley, selected extra long 5.00 *' " as good as can be had elsewhere 3.00 to 4.00 Narcissus, Paper White 3.00 Tulips, white, pink 3.00 to 5.00 Adiantum 1.00 •' Princeps 2.i0 ^ _ Asparagus, Plumosus Strings Each 50c id^ " " Sprays 2.00to 3.00 Sprengeri ?.00 Smilax 12.50 to 17.50 Common Ferns $2.00perl000 .20 GalaxGreen 1.00 " " .15 Bronze Galax 1.00 " " .15 Leucothoe Sprays 1.00 Orchids, Catlleyas per doz. $6.00 Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. J. B. DEAMUD, 51 and 53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. The r. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, Mateors, Carnations, Cut Adiantum, Qalax, Common Farns and Florists' Supplies. Telephone Connections. Or^B'VBI^A-?gI>, OHIO. HOLTON & "Wholesale HUNKEL CO., Cut flowers-- 457 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. IJ.M.McCULLOUGH'SSQNSl WHOLESALE FLORISTS A1,S0 SUCCESSORS TO THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. CONSICNIWENTS SOLICITED. ! Special Attention Given to Sliipping Orders. I 316 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO. RICE BROTHERS WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. U/Ilil Cinilav Receivers and Shippers of fVIIO MlllldX. CHOICE CUT FLOWERS. Special attention given to shipping orders. Send for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Minn. Please mention the A Florist when writing. HOLLER'S DEUTSCHE GARTNER ZEITUNG. The most widely circulated German gardening Journal, treating of all departments ot horticulture and floriculture. Numerous eminent correspon- dents in all parts of the world. An advertising medium of the highest class. Moller's Deutsche Gartner Zeitung is published weekly and richly illustrated. Subscription $3 00 per annum, including postage. Sample copies free. LIDWIG MOLLCR^^eS, GEO. REINBERG, "^G-Jlrro, Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Please mention the American Florist whenwriting. H.G.BERNING Wholesale florist J322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO. C. A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, tiaS PINE STREET. — LOUIS, HO. ■VA eompleta line of 'Wire DeslKna.' .Ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. ■ Pittsburg, Pa. It is g ood business policy a* .*, .*, to mention the •J" «5* •?* American Florist When you write to an advertiser. E. H^Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. Poehlmann Bros. Co. Wholesale Growers of 5".2i.r.io Cut Flowers All telegr&ph and telephone orders oe o^ given prompt attention. oO-o/ QBEENHonsEB: Randolph Straad Morton Grove, IIL CHICAQO, ILL. Bassett&Washburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Wbolesale Dealers and A..A EIaus.kha Growers of ||U I T lOWOl S CWEEHHOUSES; HINSDALE. ILL. Wbol^ale f[ower/\arK^ MiLWATTKEE, Feb. 12. Roses, Beauty, long, perdoz. 4.00@ 5.00 med. " 2.00® 3.00 " short " 1.00@1 50 Liberty 15.0(i@18.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 8.00@I2.00 Meteor 8.C0@10.0« GoldenGate 8.0C@10.0O Perle 6.00® 8. OO Carnations 2.00® 3.00 Violets 75@ 1.00 Romans 8.00® 3.09 Callas 10.00@13.00 Adiantum 75® 1.0» Smilax 18.0H Asparagus 65.00 PiTTBBUBO, Feb. 12. Roses, Beauty, specials, perdoz. 5.0O® 7.00 " " extras " 3.00® 4.00 " " No. 1 " 1.50® 2.50 " " No. 2 ' .75® 1.00 Bride, Bridesmaid 2. 00® 15 06 " Meteor 4.00@10.0« Carnations 1.00® 4.89 Paper Whites, Romans 1 . 5C@ 3 .00 Tulips 3.00® 4.00 Freesia 3. CO® 4.00 Lily ot the valley 4.00 Violets , 50® 1.50 Lilac per bunch, 1.00@1.60 Smilax 10.00®15.0I) Adiantum l.C0@ 1.25 Asparagus, strings 30.00@BO.0O " Sprengeri 3.00® 4.00 CracnniATi, Feb. 12. Roses, Beauty 6.00@5a.00 Bride 4.00@IO.00 •' Bridesmaid : 4.00@10.00 " Meteor 4.00@10.00 Carnations 2.Q0® 5.00 Tulips 4.0O Violets 75® 1.0) Lily of the valley 3.00® 5.00 Harrisii lilies 15.0 @J20.00 Romans, Paper Whites 2.00® 4.00 Asparagus 50.00 Smilaxf 12.50@15.00 Adiantum 1.25 St. Loots, Feb. 12. Roses, Beauty, long stem 20.00®S0.0O *' Beauty, medium stem 8.00®15.00 " Beauty, short stem 3.00® 8.00 Bride, Bridesmaid 4 00@10.00 Golden Gate, Meteor 4.00(310.00 " Perle 4.O0@ 8.00 Carnations 2.00® 4.00 Violets 2b@ M Paper Whites, Romans 3.00 i: Sweet Peas .75 LUy of the valley 3.08 Smilax 12.50 Asparagus Sprengeri 3.60 " Plumosus 75.00 igoj;. The American Florist. 85 Cuts Increasing.... Plenty tea roses; qualities never better; prices reasonable. Good carnations; choice stock for all, whites still a little scarce. Orchids, Sweet Peas, all Bulb Stock. "Greens" for everyone. "Right goods at Right Prices." E. C. AMLING, THE LARGEST. BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St., ^^^^ CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1977. AMERICAN BEAUTY I'.r Uoz. 3ii inch stem IKi.OO 30-iuoh stem S.OO 24-inoh stem 1.00 20-inch stem a.OO 15-iuoh stem 3.00 12-inch stem I.fjO 8-iuch stem l.tio Per 100 lirides and Maids $-1.00("!$l0 00 Meteors and Gates 4.00i"i lO.io Carnations, all coiors... I.50("'' 2.00 " larjje and fancies, a.OOwi 4.00 Misnonotte, per doz, ..%^it .00 ('alias, piTdoz., SLSOS"* $2.(i0 llarrisii, per doz.Jl.SO© $2.00 Von .Sions 3 OO'd) 4.00 Violets 75@ 1.25 Sweet peas 1.50(>i' 2.00 Valley 3.00@ 4,00 Romans, Paper Whites.. H.OO Tulips 3.00(a 5.00 Asparagus, per string, 50o Asparagus Spreneeri 3.00@ 5.00 Ferns per 1000, $3.00 .'St Galax per 1000, 1.00 .1.5 Leucothoe .75 Adiantum 1.00® I. .50 Smilax per doz., $1.50 Subject to change without notice. MICHAEL WINANDY & CO. WHOLESALE GROWERS AND SHIPPERS OF CUT FLOWERS AND ROOTED CUTTINGS. Roses and Carnations Salesroom, 60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Greenhouses, Cor. Devon Ave. & Robey St. A Specialty. Telephone 3067 Central. Telephone 642 Rogers Park. LILY OF THE VALLEY BRDNS' CELEBRATED BRAND for forcing, $12.50 per 1000: $30.00 per ciise of 2.500: $1..50 per 100. FINEST CUT VALLEY IN QUANTITY. HM DDIIUC 1 409 W. Madison Street, I Hi DnUKo, CHICAGO, ill. PETER REINBERG, •Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 600,000 FEET OF GLASS. .Headquarters for American Beauties. '51 WABASH AVE., - CHICAGO, ILL. FRANK GARLAND, « Cut Flowers •nialesalo Qrower GIVEN TO HARDY OUT 55-57 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284. C«ICA.QO» JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of >^ ■ >>^ Consignments Solicited. J. A. BUDLONG 37-39 Randolph Street, J^HICAGO. Boses and wholesale Carnations conu/CD ni A Specialty bHUWtlt 01 cut rtOWERS Wbol^ale power/arK^ CHicAao, Feb. 13. Roses, Beauty, 36-inch stems 15 12 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.0O 1.60 1.00 " "6 to 8 Liberty. Chatenay 8 00@15.00 Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00@12.00 Meteor, Golden Gate 6.0O@12.O0 Violets 50® 1.25 Carnations 1.60® 4.00 Romans. Paper Whites 3.00 Tulips, Valley 3.00(& 5.00 Sweet peas 1.60® 2. CO Callas, Harrisii per doz. 1.50® 2.0O Asparagus, per string, .50 Adiantum 1.00® 1.50 Common ferns, per 1000, 2.00 .25 Smilax. per dozen. 1.50 A. L. Randall, WHOLESALE fLORIST. 4 WashingtoB Straet, CHICAGO. Send for weekly price list and 8]»ecial quotations on 1000 lots. ^Uase mention the A merican Floriit -when ■myitinv TtieHorticultura! Trade Journal THE LARGEST, BRiOHTEST AND BEST Horticultural Trade paper in the British Isles. It contains MORE ADVERTISEMENTS, MORE ILLUSTRATIONS and MORE NEWS than any of Its contemporaries. Read by the whole of the British trade and all the beat European houses every week. Annual subscription, 75 cents. Specimen copy post free. Published weekly. Hartleiiltural Trad* Joumtl Co.. Padlhrni. Lanot.. Ena. Please mcntictj tlie American Florist when writing. 86 The American Florist. Feb. 14.J Spring Flowers Samuel S. Pennock PHILADELPHIA. Choice Novelties .A. 34 HAWLEY STREET, BOSTON. Best Boston Flowers An entire floor Devoted to Stock and Manufacturing:. \^iite now for quotations on Chrysanthemuins and all seasonable stock. SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR= Flowers of White Carnation I 11 I I A \ POND 1 Also MRS. THOS. W. L4WS0N. ^^^^^¥L.t^^^l LiLLirmi^ ■ VTI ^ LT i WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. B. C. BlEDEL. F. D. Spiceb. RIEDEL & CO. WHOLESALE Commission Elorists. 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Strictly Wholesals. Correspondanee Invited. NEW YORK GUT FLOWER GO. 55 and 57 West 26th St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Dally Reports. Weekly Payments. 2239 Madison Sq. >' ^^ JVllL,L,AINO, 2034 Madison Sq. Mahaobb. GEORGE SALTFORD, Wholesale Commission Florist, 46 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Fair dealing and prompt returns guaranteed. Correspondence solicited' Author of "How.to Mako Money Growing VloroU." N. F. McCarthy & go. CUT FLOW^ERS ^^iilfi""'' 84 Hawley St., BOSTON. N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXGHAN6E Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26tli St., New York. Open for CQt Flower Sales at 6 o'c!ocic Every Morning DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON, Secretary. \ Wbol?5ale power/arH^ Boston, Feb. 11. Roses, Beauty, extra 50 " " medium 20 " " ouUs 6 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4 " extra 12 " Liberty 15 Carnations 1 " Special 3, Lily of the valley 2, Violets Paper White narcissi, Hyacinths.. 1 Trumpet narcissi 3 Harrisii lilies 8, Adiantum Asparagus Smilax 8, Peiladslfhia, Feb. 11. Roses, Tea 8 " " extra 15 " Beauty, extra 60 " " firsts 25 " Queen of Edgely, extra. . . .60, firsts. ...25 Carnations 2 Violets 1 Lily of the valley 3, Asparagus 25 Smilax 12 Adiantum Farleyense 8 BuTTALO, Feb. 12 Roses, Beauty " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 6 Carnations 3 Violets 1 Paper Whites. Romans 2 Lily of the valley .oo@eo.oo .00@40.00 .G0@12.00 .C0@ 8.0O ,OC@16.00 .00@25.00 .50® 2.50 .U0@ 5.00 .00® 4.00 .40® .75 .50® 2.00 .00® 4.00 .0C@13.00 .75® 1.00 50.00 .00@18.00 .00@12.00 .00®18.00 .00@6U.00 .00®40.00 .O0@60.00 .00®30.00 .00® 6.00 .00® 1.60 .00® 6.00 .00®60.00 .eo®i5.oo 00@10.00 .00® 75 .00 .00@12.00 0C@ 5.00 00® 1.50 CO® 4.00 00® 4.00 00@20.0G 00® 1.60 Fancy or Dagger Ferns f.ri!oo Discount on Larger Orders. First Quality Galax, Bronze or Green. $1 per 1000 LAUREL FESTOONING made fresh on receipt of order 4c, 5c and 6c per yd. Special attention given to Large orders. Tele- phone or wire us and your or- will have prompt dispatch 6ive Us a Trial. We Can Please You. Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock. Wll E VACTIIIfi Wholesale Com- Itnii ri IVnOlinUi mission Florlst, tsi Washington St., Buffalo, M. Y. Dealer in Florists' Supplies and Wire Designs. Open Day and Night. SIMON RODH, MAHUPACTrBBK OF Florist Ribbons Salesroom: 40 West 28 ."Si Brilliant, very intense, best scarlet OS .10 .30 Blanche Burpee, pure white, large 05 .!.=> .35 Blanche Ferry, pink and white 05 .10 .30 Blanche Ferry, Extra Early, the earliest flowering ot all 05 .15 .35 Boreatton. standard maroon 05 .10 ..SO Butterfly, white, delicately tinted 05 .15 .35 Bride, pure white, of great merit 05 .15 .35 Blushing Beauty, delicate blush, pink with faint lilac 05 .10 .30 Calilornia, delicate pink, llowers llnely formed 05 .15 .35 Captain ol the Blues, true blue 05 .15 .35 Cardinal, scarlet, early vigorous grower 05 .10 .30 Celestial, mauve 05 .15 .35 Countess of Powis, standards rose orange, wings bright cliarrose (g .]5 .35 Countess ol Radnor, excellent type, mauve a. 05 .15 .3 Crown Jewel, standards delicate creamy rose, slightly clouded with a trace of violet ." 05 .10 .31 Cupid Dwarf, white 10 ,ao .SO Supid Dwarf, pink 10 .20 .50 Delight, pinkish white bhish 05 .15 .35 Dorothy Tennant. reddish mauve, a favorite 05 .10 .30 Duchess ol Edinburg between scarlet and crimson 05 .15 .35 Duke ol Clarence, first-class claret ffi> .15 .35 Emily Henderson, pure white 05 .15 .35 Emily Lynch, of exceptional merit, flaked primrose with delicate pinkish venation 05 .20 .45 Eliza Eckford, standards, llakedand suffused with delicate rose, wings lightly blushed 05 .15 .35 Firefly, the leading brilliant scarlet profuse bloomer 05 .10 .?0 Gaiety, striped bright rosy lilac OS .15 .35 Golden Gate, blended lilac 05 15 .;i5 Gray Friar, speckled, fine 05 .10 .3i> Her Majesty, large clear rose piuk shaded primrose, vigor- ous, profuse bloomer 05 .10 .30 Ignea, very deep crimson 05 .15 .35 Katherine Tracy, large pink. excellent 15 .10 .30 Lady Nina Balfour, probably the best formed of all sweet peas, a soft rich, heliotrope pink, perfect health of habit 05 ,15 ,35 Lottie Eckford, white, suffused with heliotrope 05 ,10 ,30 delicate nd Oz, I ver of largo size and perfect Lady Penzance, rare tii thread-like lacings . Mars, a gorgeous criraso form, blends to deep purple Maid ol Honor, fine similar to liutterfly 05 Meteor, bright orange salmon 05 Miss Hunt, bright rose, suffused with orange 05 Mont Blanc, large pure white, the earliest of all Sweet Peas and especially desirable for forcing 20 Mrs. Eckford. ilelicate primrose 05 Mrs. Sankey, pure white, or pi'rfeot form 05 Mrs. Gladstone, ilelicate rose, blooms well in cool weather .05 Monarch, vetj similar to Waverly 06 Orange Prince, rich salmon 05 Prima Donna, perfect in form, beautiful pink 05 Painted Lady, beautiful pink and white, vigorous grower, profuse bloomer 05 Peach Blossom, very pleasing, standards creamy pink, delicate rarinino throat 05 Primrose, deep primrose 05 Princess Beatrice, pink, wings delicate rose 05 ate sulpnur yellow, tinted purple (5 arlet. white and puri)le 05 absolutely new departure, a pleasing iiling to bluish wlilte, extremely early profuse bloomer, excelling all other sorts, delightful fragrance, long stems 05 Royal Robe, very like Blushing Heauty, lilac 05 Senator, chocolate striped, white ground, immense bloom .05 Shahzada, a true grandiflora type, three flowered, long stems, grand deep maroon 05 Splendor, similar to Her Majesty 05 Triumph, bright pink, suffused with scarlet and orange. . . .05 Venus, blended, pink, salmon and rose, Unely formed 05 . Waverly. claret, blue blendings 05 Hunt's IJnrivaled Mixture, Many mixtures are mad<^ from last season's stock, with a little new ;id|1|C>/%C|CF Please mfntion ihf Americn Finns/ ■mlifn -wyitinf;. CLUCAS & BODDINGTON CO. Imoortera and Exporters of Steds, Bulbs ^Plants 812-814 Greenwich Street, NEW YORK CITY. Bend for qootationB on all Florists' Bulb Stock, Please mention thejimerican Florist when -.Jirtttnf Order Direct From Headquarters. ,A No. I DAGGER and FANCY FERN, $1,60 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. A No. 1 BRONZE and GREEN GALAX, $1.00 per 1000 in 5000 lots. LAUREL FESTOONING, good and full, 5c and 6c per yd. SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX, selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case, GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS, $1,00 per bbl, LEUCOTHOE bPRAYS. $1.00 per 100. We guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail, telephone or telegraph will receive our personal and prompt attention. We can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO. 32-34-36 Court Sq., Boston, Mass. L. D. Telephone 2618 Main. Ptso-i^ mention the ATnrrtran Ftfyfist tiihen iifviling. Mushroom Spawn FERTILE. PRODUCTIVE. in bricks, per 100 lbs., $(i.BO f. o. b. New York. 47.00 f. o. b. Chicago. rite for pries on quantity. Vaughan*s Seed Store, CHICAGO. NEW YORK. English 90 The American Florist. Feb. 14, The (J;luR5ERY T^^i^e. AM. ASSOCIATION OF, NURSERYMEN. CHA8. A. ILSBNTBITZ, Pres. ; D. S. Lake, Vioe- Pres.; George C. Sbageb, Rochester, N. Y., Seo'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mich., June, 1903. There is no hope of securing a federal inspection bill at the present session of congress. E. J. HOLMAN, of Leavenworth, Kan., has been re-elected president of the Leav- enworth County Horticultural Society. O. C. SiMONDS, the Chicago landscape artist, has a big contract on his hands now in the work on the university cam- pus at Ames, la. The Chase Nursery Company, of River- side, Cal., has bought 1,250 acres of land at Coruna for $60,000. As soon as water can be placed on the tract over 700 acres will be planted to oranges. The committee on publicity of the American Association of Nurserymen is making arrangements to inform the gen- eral public, through the newspapers, of the aims and scope of the association, which meets next at Detroit in June. The p. J. Berckmans Company, of Augusta, Ga., says that in the past few months they have declined orders for more than five million peach trees. They say the Elberta craze is spreading and they fear that the planting of commercial orchards in the south will be overdone. Pine Knoll, at Sheffield, Mass., an eminence of about five acres in extent, clothed with a venerable pine forest, has been purchased by three ladies of the town for a public park and an associa- tion to be known as the Pine Knoll Asso- ciation will act as trustees for its control. Swain Nelson & Sons, Chicago, have been retained by the trustees of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, together with Architects Patton & Miller, of Chicago, to prepare plans for the arrangement of the buildings and grounds of the college. An arboretum is also in prospect for the future. The new German tariff provides that all packed apples entering that country, that is, contained in barrels or boxes or otherwise than in bags or loose in bulk, shall pay a duty of $2.38 per 100 kilo- grarns "(220.4 pounds). This is aimed directly at the American apple and per- mits fruit from neighboring countries to come in at a nominal rate. St. Louis World's Fair. Under the classification of pomology, its appliances, methods and products, there will be installed in the Horticulture Palace of the Universal Exposition of Saint Louis, 1904, displays as follows: POMOLOGY. Pomaceous and stone fruits: Apples, pears, quinces, cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, nec- tarines, etc. Citrus fruits; Oranges, lemons, limes, shad- docks, pomelos, etc. Tropical and sub-tropical fruits: Pineapples, bananas. gua.ves, mangoes, tamarinds, figs, olives, sapodillas, etc. ■Small fruits: Strawberries, raspberries, black- berries, dewberries, gooseberries, currants, etc. Nuts: Almonds, chestnuts, filberts, hickory- nuts, walnuts, etc. Oasts and models of fruits in wax, plaster, etc. AliBORICnLTURE. Fruit trees and methods of propagating, plant- ing, growing, training, pruning, etc. APPLIANCES AND METHODS OF POMOLOGY. Tools for nurserymen; Spades picks, hoes. Tools for pruning, grafting, gathering, packing and transporting products; pruning and grafting knives, laiders. Watering apparatus. SPACE AND POWER FREE. There will be no charge for space occupied by exhibits, and a limited amount of power for the operation of mechanical devices to illustrate pro- cesses of special interest will be furnished to exhibitors without cost. Ann Arbor, Mich. The Board of Regents of the University of Michigan have voted to accept from the city of Ann Arbor the title, or lease for ninety-nine years, of about seven acres of land including Felch Park, the "Cathole," and adjacent lots. In accept- ing the trust the regents agree to lay out the land as a botanical garden and arbore- tum, and to care for and beautify the grounds. It is specified that no build- ings are to be erected on Felch Park, otherwise the regents have complete con- trol and use of the property, on condi- tion, however, that the garden and grounds shall be open to the public under reasonable rules for the preservation of flowers, trees and other property. The land thus acquired compares favor- ably both in extent and character with that devoted to the botanical gardens at prominent European and American uni- versities. What is now the most disrep- utable portion, the "Cathole" and dump- ing-ground, offers some special advan- tages from the great variety of exposure, water level and soil. The tract as a whole will be utilized for the growth of both aquatic and land plants, arranged so as to exhibit these and other biolog- ical groups in their natural surround- ings. Space will be available for a nur- sery for seedlings and a collection of economic trees and shrubs. It will also be possible to cultivate material for investigation for which it has heretofore been necessary to hire land at some dis- tance fromthecampus. Not leastamong the purposes which the ground will serve is the introduction of desirable species and at the same time the demonstration of the utility and beauty of our native trees and shrubs. In brief, the land is suitable for the various purposes of a biological farm as well as a botanical garden, and its close proximity to the university campus is doubly advanta- geous in that investigations can be car- ried on with a minimum loss of time. Pittsburg. BUSINESS PURSUES AN EVEN PACE. — GOOD STOCK BUT NO SURPLUSES. — RED KOSBS PRACTICALLY OUT OF THE MARKET. — LOCAL AND TRADE NOTES. The week's business was featureless. The transient trade seems to maintain about the same activity that has pre- vailed since the holidays. Stock condi- tions are all that could be desired, except that a greater supply of medium and cheaper grade roses would be welcome. And yet this is not necessary, as tulips, freesias and daffodils are substitutes for moderate purchasers. Beauties and red roses have been practically out of the market for the past four weeks. Brides of all qualities are somewhat scarce but the Bridesmaids are more plentiful. Violets are improved in color and quality and meet with a regular sale. Gardenias are not an important factor at the present time. Lilies of the valley are scarce but Harrisii are fine and plentiful. All carnations seem to be of the fancy class. The demand for cattleyas -was revived to a considerable extent this week. B. L. Elliott and M. M. Bunting, of Cheswick, will be present at the Brooklyn carnation convention. Pittsburg will certainly be well represented. M. C. Dunlevy, of Carnegie, is sending in a great number of especially fine Trumpet Major, Von Sions and Romans. Mrs. E. A. Williams is displaying some fine azaleas and reports a heavy business in funeral work during the month. The Lakeview Rose Gardens, James- town, N. Y., are shipping some fine Brides and Bridesmaids to Pittsburg. Frank Breitenbaugh, of Breitenbaugh Brothers, Millvale, is seriously ill with pneumonia. E. L. M. Rhododendron Maximum i Kalmia Latifolia The two best native Evergreen Shrubs for out-of-door ornamentation. Furnished by car load lots or in smaller quantities. Send for prices, also Special Rhododendron circulars. Fine lot of general nursery stock. EASTERN NURSERIES, M.M.Dawson.Mgr . Jamaica Plain, Mass. TREES FOR SPRING OF 1903. We offer a largre flnd choice line ot General Nursery Stack. Soecial attention is called to the following: APPLE, CHERRY, Peacb. Kieffer and Dwarf Pear, DOWNING GOOSEBERRY, Catalpa, Box Elder, Silver and Cut-leaved Maple, Mountain Ash. Carolina Poplar, Tulip Tree, Black Walnut Seedlings, Pecans, Clematis Paniculata, Wistaria, Norway Spruce, Hydrangea P. G., Barberry, Privet,' Hybrid Perpetual and Climbing Moss Roses, Apple and Pear Seedlings and Root Grafts. B'or Dtices address F. S. PHOENIX, Bloomington, III. 1,000,000 STRAWBERRY AND OTHER PLANTS. Including Bubach, Gandy, Nick Ohmer, New York, Sample, Success, Tennessee, Sharpleas, Wm. Belt, and 30 other best sorts. See our cata- logue and get the best. See our discounts and gift plants. CALEB BOGGS & SON, Cheswold, Del. Send to THE MOON OO 133. p^LXl^?- For j Trees, Shrubs, Vines Your I and Small Fruits. DeBoriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free. THE WM. H. MOON GO. ■as* MorrisvMIe, Pa. Association "Flora" Nursery Go. BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Roses. Clematis^^Paeonias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Lilacs for forcing, Box Trees, Taney Evergreens and other shrubs on hand at the packing place in the season. Catalogue on application. Address p. OUWERKERK. 1 1 23 Summit Ave., JERSEY CITY, N. J. Tree Seeds. Our new descriptive CATALOGUE OF SEEDS of American Conifers, Trees, Shrubs, Palms, Cncti, Herbaceous Plants, etc., has been mailed to the trade. A postal will bring it to you. PI^EHURST NURSERIES, Pineburst, N. C. otto Eatzenstein, Mgr- jgoj. The American Florist. 91 New Crop Flower Seeds for Present Sowing. rMPROVED VICTORIA ASTER. Trade Pkt. i 6 oz., 81.00 .25 PETUNIA. "Vaughan's Best" mixture of large-flowering single Petunias the best in existence 50 .50 Giants of California 35 Double Large-FPr'g Fringed, extra 1.35 choice mixed l.On Dwarf Inimitable 35 .P5 PRIMULA obconica, large-flowering .150 wliiic, rose or mixed, each 25 .rs PYRETHRUM aureum. Golden Feather... .10 1.00 SALVIA splendens, "Drooping Spikes," .15 .50 Clara Bednian, very early, dwf 25 SMILAX per« lb.,T5o .10 STOCKS, large flowering ten weeks, 1.00 white, rose, light blue, crimson, dark blue, blood-red and extra 1.75 choice mixed each H oz., 40o .25 1.00 "Cut and Come Again" 25 S.50 White Column 25 Red Column 25 Snowflake, for forcing, white 50 THUNBERGIA mixed 10 30 VERBENA, Mammoth White, Scarlet, Rose, Purple, each 25 1.50 Mammoth, mxd, extra choice 15 .40 Mayflower, best pink 15 .30 Defiance, line scarlet, true 10 "Vaugban's Best" mixture, there .30 is no better or more complete .40 mixture in existence \-ior,.,bOr, .35 VINCA rosea, rosea fl. albo, rosea albo 1.35 pura and mixed, each 15 •?? SWEET PEAS. M-lb. Mont Blanc, earliest white... 5 lbs., S3.50 .30 50 Emily Henderson 5 lbs., l.OJ .10 1.50 Josephine White, an A 1 white 30 Blanche Ferry 51bs.,$1.00 .10 Extra Early Blanche Ferry 5 lbs., 1.00 .10 10.00 Lady Grisel Hamilton, lavender 10 TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT FOR CASH WITH ORDER AMOUNTING TO TWO DOLLARS OR OVER. CHICAGO S4-86 Randolph 5t. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE . NEW YORK. Barclay Street. ist 'when writing. TIRST SEASON OFFERED. New Cactus Kathcnne DAHLIA Duer,.. This new decorative Dahlia ^'fts the rage of Newport last summer for Table Decoration. The flowers are of immense size, fine form, and a beautiful glou'iny; scarlet color. Now Ready. 4lry Tubtrs, $50.00 per 100; $8.00 par Dozen. Spring struck stock from 3i4 to 3-inch pots. Prices on application. Stock limited, so order early. Spring Catalogue for 1903 Sent on Application. TheGeo. A. Weaver Go., Newport, R.I. Fiease mention the A mericatt Florist when writing. ENGLISH and FRENCH Manetti Stocks Right size for indoor grafting, $12.00 per 1,000. Write quick \ I I^DCCUnUED 110-112 W, 27111 St., M.Y. 4.1 J. MlLOnUVun, Tel.Call 697Madl>onSq. Rooted Rose Cuttings. Per 100 Per 1000 American Beauties $3.00 $30.00 Maids. Brides, Meteors, Gates 1.50 12.50 Perles 2.00 20.00 Ivory 3.00 25.00 .:Fine, clean, two-eyed cuttings, all well-rooted and sure to make strong plants. W. H. CULLETT A SONS, LINCOLN, ILL. •Cinerarias SS -show flowers saved, giant flowered, finest colors and shades, dwarf or semi-dwarf, makes fine sell- ing plants for Easter; 2^4 in. $2.50 per 100. Cash. Shellroad Greenhouses. Grange P. 0., Baltc. Md. HORTICUmjRAys [ngraving&briniinI IT |C the "particular" kind ■ cannot do. r work we everybody "FHILADELPIHA PA. NEW CROP Flower Seeds single, largesl flowering, fringed, PFTIINIA '"""«''• Trade Pkt. SOc. iLI UniH Double, largest flowering, fringed, mixed. Trade pkt. S 1 .00. urn rtr II I IMammotli White, Pink, Scarlet, VERBENA Blue and Striped. Oz.S 1.25 TI.IIUI.iin Mammoth, mixed. Oz. SI.OO. ISc; 500 seeds, 70i;; ILOJ seeds, $1.25. Write for wholesale catalogue now ready. Fresh Tobacco Stems, $1.50 per bale, cash. W. C. BCCKERT, Allegheny, Pa. Please mention the A merican Florist when -mritin^. Giant Pansies ^"eenhouse S2,50 per Thousand. Cash. BYER BROS., Chambersburg, Pa. ir YOU WANT TO BIY Double Pearl Tuberose Bulbs. Write us for prices. We have a large quantity strictly first- class stock and can sell them at very low prices. Write us stating about the quantity you want. T.W.WOOD & SONS, Seed Growers, RICHMOND, VA. Rooted Cuttings. COLEUS, 48 var., 70c p'^r 100; Jti.OO per 1000 GERANIUMS, from •i'4-\a. pots, $3..50 per 100; $33 per 1000. Good bedding sorts. PETUNIAS, 20 var., $1.3.5 per 100; $10 per 1000 ALYSSUM. large, var., single and dbl. $1 per 100 HELIOTROPE, 14 var.. $1.00 per 100; $8 per 1009 AGERATUMS, f> var., 60j per 100; $5.00 per lOOO SALVIAS, G var., $1.00 iwr 100; $8.00 per 1000 PELARGONIUMS, rooted cuttings. $3.25 per 100 VERBENAS, K. C , 60c per 100; $.5.00 per 1000 ^"Express prepaid on R. C. Cash with i.rder. Write S. D. BRANT, Clay Center, Kas. ; ' EXTRA 'choice Vlower 'se'e'dV. \ JAst free on application. 2 FRED. ROEMER. Seed CroweN f .. yuedllnburg:, Germaiiy. f 92 The American Florist. Feb. 14., Our pasTiMES. AnnouncemeDts of coming: contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and averting readers are solicited and v/iW be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.: Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. At Chicago. Joseph Foerster made a handsome rec- ord in his games with the Illinois team last week, rolling to an average of 226% for three games. This puts his average for the season at a fraction less than 202 for a little more than fifty games. The five-man team of which he is a member has a season's average of 966% for more than fifty games. On Thursday evening, February 12, the Florists team in the Illinois league was beaten three straight by the Guenthers, who made a new world's record in the second game, the five men rolling a total score ot 1,141; every man on the team made more than 200 in the game. The best previous record in a regular tourna- ment game is said to have been by the Empire team in New York in 1899. Recently in a special match at Newark, N. J., 1,132 was made aad a "record" claimed, but it is generally considered as not authentic, but even this is wiped out. The Florists are struggling along in next to the last place in the Illinois league, but as a matter of fact those who are doing the bowling are mostly substitutes and outside the trade, most of the trade members having ceased to participate. Milwaukee. LARGE DEMAND FOR FUNERAL WORK KEEPS MARKET BARE OF STOCK.— ANEW STORE. — LOCAL JOTTINGS OF VARYING INTEREST. The past week has been a fairly busy one for Milwaukee florists, with stock a little scarce right along. Short and medium Beauties are to be had, but long- stemmed are very much short of demand. All stock is cleaned up every day, white carnations being very scarce. The largest event of the week was the funeral of the four firemen. Chief Foley, Captain White and Pipemen Droney and Hogan, who met death in the path of duty. The Ellis Floral Company had the decoration of the rotunda of the City Hall, where the bodies lay in state, also the decoration at the church from which the funeral took place the next day. There was the 1 argest display of floral pieces of all kinds ever seen at an occasion of this kind in Mil- waukee, the largest piece being a cross standing seven feet high, made of roses and lilies. This was made by James Chacona. On March 1 the Kapsalis Floral Com- pany will open the new store at 115 Wisconsin street. This store is in the heart of the retail district. Air. Kapsalis has conducted the stand in the Herman building for the past five years. It is under- stood the new company consists of Mr. Kapsalis and Jno. Ambrose, the Chicago florist. The store is to be fitted up in the very best style and with up-to-date appointments. The most notable society event of the season is the annual ball of the Bache- lors at the Deutscher Club, which took place February 10. The Ellis Floral Company had the decoration. The Milwaukee Florists' Club held a meeting at the St. Charles HoteJ Febru- ary 10, but nothing but routine business was transacted. McKenny & Company had the elab- orate decorations for the Cudahy-Beck wedding, which took place February 11. Wisconsin. Cleveland. THE MARKET GARDENERS ORGANIZE FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT. — LARGE MEMBERSHIP ASSURED. — TRADE CONDITIONS GOOD. — VARIOUS NOTES. The Cleveland Market Gardeiiers' and Producers' Association was organized at a largely attended meeting February 7. Officers were elected as follows: President, S. B. Chester, South Brooklyn; first vice- president, L. Zeager, Rocky River; second vice-president, T. W. James, Parma; sec- retary, W. A. Potter, Rockport; treas- urer, T. Peterson, Rocky River. A con- stitution and by-laws drafted by G. A. Tilton was adopted. Meetings will be held monthly. It will be the object of the association to improve the conditions surrounding the trade and ultimately to establish a large market. More than 200 members are already enrolled. The weather for the past w^eek has been very beneficial to the trade, being bright and clear, allowing thorough ven- tilation, sweetening up the houses, strengthening the stock and saving on the coal bill. At the Florists' Club Monday night, the subject of organizing a general cut flower market was broached, and during the discussion the arguments became quite heated, but no definite action was taken. John Merkel was in town last Friday and said that his roses, while not in heavy crop, are the best he has grown for some time, bringing the highest price. Will Stade made a tremendously high bowling score at the club alleys Monday evening and is consequently in fine fettle over his success. In the way of floral valentines, violets take the lead, mostly bunched, but some dainty boxes artistically arranged sell well. Mr. Connor, of Lord & Burnham, is the guest of A. L. Brown, florist for R. R. Rhodes. O. G. Denver. BUSINESS BRISK AND STOCK OF GOOD QUAL- ITIES. — BEAUTIES SCARCE. — BULBOUS MATERIAL SELLING WELL. — BOWLERS LOSE THEIR STRIDE. Flowers are in good supply, vyith the exception of roses. Teas are scarce while Beauties, especially in the shorter grades, are much short of the demand. The weather turned very cold during the last week and continued so for several days, but to all appearances had little effect on the trade, which remains very good. Social affairs are quite numerous, which keeps the market in a very satis- factory condition. Green stock is rather scarce, sniilax being the only green that is in fair supply, asparagus showing up in limited quantities. Hardy ferns also have taken a slight increase in price. The market is well supplied with bulbous stock but it is going very well so far. Some very fine lily of the vaUey is being offered. Mrs. R. Mauffis making quite an addi- tion to her range at Harmon in the shape of a new house 65x100 feet for Beauties. This house will be open right through instead of making separate houses. Mrs. Maufif s place is under the charge of her son, who for the past few years has been very successful with Beau- ties. We are well supplied with flowering plants, azaleas, lilacs and pans of bulb- ous stock being freely offered. Lilacs are exceptionally good and the Park Floral Company has at the present time a fine show of them. Pans of tuHps, daffodils and hyacinths seem to meet with very- good sale and take the lead. The Florists' bowling team has slightly "slumped" in its good w-ork, for after defeating the "top notchers" of the league they have lost a game each to the two tail-enders. They still have a good hold on third place and a little bracing up will put them on their way to the top again. B. Dixon, ni. Business was quiet after the holidays, but O. L. Baird says that since J#,nuat7 20 it has been extra good. He had to stop shipping and buy stock to meet his needs. His carnations have been doing finely. Mr. Baird says that, on the whole, January of 1903 is the best Janu- arj^ since he started in business eight years ago. But he says the increased express rate is a burden and puts the country florist at an especial disadvan- tage. Heretofore he has advised cus- tomers to send by express, but now he i» on the lookout for light, strong boxes for mailing. Springfield, Mass. — The new greeii- house at Forest Park, the gift of Hon. D, O. Gilmore, is fully completed and occu- pied, and J. A. Davis, formerly in the agriculture college greenhouses at Amherst has been engaged to take charge. NOW COMPLETE IN FOUR VOLUMES. Cyclopedia of American norticuiture Comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches By L. H. BAILEY, Assisted by WILHELM MILLER, Ph. D.. Associate Editor, and many expert Cultivators and Botanists. IN FOUR VOLUMES, Cloth, $20. Half Morocco, $32. AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 324 Dearborn St., Chicago. igo3. The a mer i ca n Fl orist. 93 FISHER'S CARNATIONS STILL LEAP. Mrs. M. a. Patten Variegated; will produce more blooms than any carnation in commerce. Nelson Fisher Cerise Pink; an improvement on the Lawson in every respect; 3 1-2 inch blooms en long, stiff stems. THE TWO BEST CAR^ATIO^S TO BE INTRODICED IN 1904. WATCH THEM AT THE Carnation Show and place your order early BROOKLYN J. D. Thompson Carnation Co. JOLIET. ILLINOIS. Miss Louise H I The Longest Stemmed t€|h Ar and Most Fragrant r CI U V I Carnation in Existence stems measure from 3 feet 6 inches to 4 feet. Flowers are of a beautilul pink shade, similar to a well colored Bridesmaid rose and average 3 to 3H INCHES. Continuous bloomer when once started and calyx never bursts. Will be distributed the coming spring. Prices — $2 per 12; 110 per 100; 175 per lOOO; $500 per 10,000. Orders booked for FEBRUARY delivery from now on. PICK & FABER, SAN MATEO, CAL. Geraniums. Double Grant Alphonse Riccard, Bruanti, Beaute PoiUvine, Gloire de France, S. A. Nott, La Favorite, Jean Viaud, etc , extra well grown stock from 2V2-incIi pots, $2.50 per JOO; $22.50 per JOOO. CANNAS. — Standard varieties, dormant roots, $2.00 per JOO; $18.00 per JOOO. Satisfaction Guaranteed. PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa. The I-eading Novelties of 1903. The Best Varieties of 1902. All the Standard Varieties. Ord your Rooted Cuttings NOW. GEO. HANCOCK &, SON, GRAND HAVEN, MICH. ..CARNATIONS THE FARQUHAR ROSE. X Magnificent Forcing Rose For Easter. al So arded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultu the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 957, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from 3V2-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as rece 25 or 60 plants at 100 rate. Certificated by R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. DAFFODILS l?V,'!?r''l'^?.-*''"''""^^ ■==^=== WILD SMILAX, case contain- ing 50 pounds, $3.00. F. & S. LEE, Marion, Ala. , President McKinley! t ^HH^^^^IS OUR NEW ONEa^^^M^H 1 X ROOTED CUTTINGS, $2.00 per Dozen; $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. ♦ I ALL THE STANDARD AND NEWER VARIETIES. ♦ X IF ITS DUALITY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, WE ARE CONFIDENT WE CAN PLEASE * T YOU. PRICES ON APPLICATION. ♦ \ E. T. GRAVE. Richmond, Ind. I Hybrid Carnation SEED MIXED. Seed from Lawson, Gov. EooseTClt, Wolcott, Violania, Apollo and Golden Beauty, 100 seeds Jf.OO. Standards, 100 seeds, 2.5o CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO., LOOMIS, CALIFORNIA. Always a winner. fiov. Wolcott Carnation Per lOO P(-r 1000 ■ 3000 stock plants in perfect condition $5.00 $45.00 BOSTON MARKET, white 5.00 40.00' LAWSON 4.00 30.00 Henry A. Stevens Co., East SL, Dedham, Mass. ■94. The American Florist. Feb. 14, St. PaiU. ■STOCK lilPROVES IN QUALITY AND SUPPLY. — BUSINESS CONSUMES ALL RECEIPTS.— A NEW ASPARAGUS. — NOTES OF DOINGS OF THE GROWERS AND OTHERS. There has been some improvement in /the weather and stock is a little more plentiful. We are now accorded a little -sunshine nearly every day and all stock has improved under its influence. Trade ihas shown a decided improvement and .everything is quickly sold out. Roses are improving in quality but are still quite scarce. A. N. Kinsman, of Austin, is sending in some good stock. Beauties are on the short list and quite impossible to get at times. Carnations have improved in quality and are more plenti- fal. Violets are scarce but Wm. Strehlow is picking some very choice ones. A ship- ment of large single blossoms from the open ground sent from Louisiana came lin a few days since in most excellent con- dition. Bulbous stock is coming in quite freely and sells very quickly. Carl Peter- ■sen is rightly termed the "Hyacinth King," as he is now cutting some elegant spikes. The roses at the May establishment are nearly all carried over from the previous year, but this season a new batch of grafted stock will be used. A large importation of French Manetti has just been potted up. The roses in their new range of houses on the Dietsch plan, are making fine growth and will soon be in full crop. Carnations are looking well but Prosperity will not be grown another season, as it blooms too sparingly. For bedding plants 50,000 geraniums of the leading varieties are all potted oft' and doing nicely. Dr. Schiffmann's orchids, under the watchful care of Mr. Whatton, are blooming very profusely. The phala;- nopsis are particularly fine at this time, while the cattleyas are just beginning to bloom. He has a novelty in asparagus recently received from England, named A. myriocladus. It is apparently of itrailing habit and forms dense bushy iheads of the finest green. Felix. MiDDLETOWN, CoNN.— F. B. Fountain has purchased the business conducted by his father on Main street for thirty-five years. Springfield, MASS.-The Murphy Com- pany, which failed recently, has been reorganized and has re-opened at 282 Main street. CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Now Ready. 100 1000 100 1000 'Lawson J3.00 $15 00 Crane 3.00 IS.OO ■G. Angel 1.35 10.00 America 125 10.00 Joost 1.35 10.00 Flora Hill,.. 1.35 10.00 Marquis 1.25 10.01) Queen Louise 3.00 15.00 'Bradt S.OO I?. 00 W. Cloud.... 1.25 10.00 :Prosperity... 2.00 15.C0 Norway 1.35 lO.OJ MATH EVERT, Wholeaale Grower and Shipper of CUT FLOWERS, Phone Central 3067. 58 and 60 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO. TRANSPLANTED CARNATIONS. ' mi CUTTINGS. MERMAID Per 100 $1.00. Per 1000 $10.00 'ELDORADO Per 100 1.00. Per 1000 10.00 Giant Flowering Pansy plants, mixed, $3.00 ,per 1000. Marie Louise Violets, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Terms Cash.— We prepay ex- press charges. If plants are not satisfactory, re- turn at once, and we will refund your money.' vLOOMIS FLORAL CO. LOOMIS, CAL. Rooted Carnation Cuttings Get the best, cheap cuttings are dear at any price. Early orders will be furnished from sand, later orders from cuttings transplanted into soil at same rate. **! Per 100 Per 1000 Adonis $12.00 $100.00 Enctiantress 12.00 100.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Fragrance 12.00 100.00 White Bradt 14.00 President McKinley 12.00 100.00 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt 12.00 Marshall Field 12.00 100.00 Lillian Pond 10.00 75.00 Her Majesty 10.00 80.00 Murphy's White 6.00 bO.OO Apollo 6.00 60.00 Cressbrook 6.00 40.00 Dorothy Whitney 6.00 50.00 Enquirer 6.00 60.00 Floriana 5.00 45.00 Golden Beauty 5.00 40.00 Gov. Wolcott 5.00 45.00 Harry Fenn 6.00 50.00 J. H. Manley 6.00 Sn.OO Mrs. E. A. Nelson 6.00 50.00 Mrs. H. N. Higinbotham 8.00 45.00 Mrs. Potter Palmer America 1.75 15.00 Chicago or Red Bradt S.OO 25.00 Estelle 4.00 30.00 Ethel Crocker 1.76 15.00 Flora Hill 1.75 15.00 Genevieve Lord 1.75 15.00 G.H.Crane 1.75 15.00 Gov. Roosevelt 4.00 30.00 Guardian Angel 1.76 15.00 Lorna 4.00 30.01) Morning Glory 2.50 20.0D Marquis 1.75 15.00 Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 3.00 25.00 Mrs. F. Joost 1.76 16.00 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 3.00 25.01 Norway 1.75 15.00 Prosperity 2.50 20.00 Queen Louise 3.00 25.00 White Cloud 1.75 15.00 Wm. Scott 1.6J 12.00 CAN N AS. STRONG DORMANT, TWO-EYED ROOTS, Per 100 Per 1000 AUemania $4.00 Burbank 3.00 Chas. Henderson 3.00 Duke of Marlborough 3.60 David Harum 16.00 Dwarf Florence Vaughan 4.01 Explorator Crampbell 3.00 Florence Vaughan 3.50 Francois Reif 3.60 Per 100 Per 1000 .$3.00 25.00 30.00 30.00 L. Patry Leonard Vaughan. . . Martha Washington 6.00 Mile. Herat 3.00 Mixed 1.50 Paul Marquant 3.00 Pres. Carnot 3.f Queen Charlotte 4.00 Sec. Chabanne S.OO $25.00 60.00 50.00 26.00 10.00 26.00 26.00 36.00 26.00 \ VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, L. GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. 14 Barclay St., NEW YORK. X 84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO. * CHICAGO CARNATION CO., JOLIET. ILLINOIS. PRICE LIST OF NEW VARIETIES. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Perioo Penooo HARLOWARDEN, Crimson $12.00 $100.00 MARSHALL FIELD, Variegated 12.00 100.00 HER MAJESTY, White 10.00 80.00 GOV. LOWNDES, White 12.00 100.00 PRESIDENT Mckinley, Cerise 12.00 100.00 MURPHY'S WHITE 6.00 50.00 LILLIAN POND, White 10.00 75.00 PENELOPE, White 5 00 40.00 SIBYL, Cerise 12.00 100.00 STANDARD VARIETIES. Per 100 Per 1000 MRS. HIGINBOTHAM, tlie best and most profitable pink $5.00 $45.00 MRS E. A. NELSON, beautiful, large clear pink, strong stem, gaining more ad- mirers every day ' 6.00 50.00 CRESSBROOK, pink, a siiade darker than Nelson 5.00 4".00 GOV. WOLCOTT, white, fine form, strong stem, it's a winner 5.00 40.00 QUEEN LOUISE, white, very free 3.00 25.00 LORNA, white, large and one of the best 3.00 25.00 NORWAY, white, larger, best stem and beat keeper 2.00 15.00 MRS. POTTER PALMER, largest scarlet, now taking front rank 5.00 45.00 ESTELLE, scarlet, ideal color, free and grown more than any other 4.00 30.00 PROSPERITY, the largest and most fancy variety 2.50 20.00 GAIETY, variegated 5.00 40.00 LAWSON, pink 3.00 23.00 BON HOMME, white, most free and best stem 2.00 15.00 DOROTHY, pink, very free 3.00 25.00 To Give Satisfaction Is Our Aim. Write for llie Best Illustrated CARNATION Catalogue Ever Pubiisiied. Carnation Cuttings.'""'''"""^' 100 lOOO grown in n Higinbotham $5.00 $40 00 Cressbrook 3.50 Enquirer 2.50 Lawson 3.00 Joost l.-'iO Genevieve Lord l.t50 Marquis 1.50 Melba 1..50 Ethel Crocker 1.50 20.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.10 10.00 'Terms: Cash with order. Sold under express conditi returned immediately, when money will be refunded. 100 Mrs. Potter Palmer 5.00 America 1.50 Mrs. L. Ine 1.50 Evanston 1.50 Crane 2.00 Portia 1.50 Egypt 1.50 Wolcott 5.00 Lorna ;... 2.00 n excellent condition, raised in sandy soil and housos. Cuttings well rooted. 1000 100 1000 40.00 Queen Louise 1.50 12 00 10.00 Mrs. Fisher 1.50 12.00 10.00 White Cloud 1.50 10.00 10.00 Norway 1.60 10.00 15.00 Hoosier Maid 1.50 10.00 10.00 Peru 1.50 10.00 10.00 Flora Hill 1.50 10.00 45.00 Roosevelt 2.00 15.00 15.00 Prosperity..! 2.00 15.00 n that if not satisfactory they are to b© JOHN BROD, Nlles Center, IIL 1903. The American Florist. 95. LILLIAN POND P^TJTHE GRAND NEW WHITE CARNATION. Far ahead of any white yet intro- I 1 J duced. Large, heavily built flowers, very fragrant and an exception- I^^Sl ally good keeper. It has given us thus far this winter more flowers to ^ ' the plant than White Cloud or Queen Louise and is bringing in the Boston wholesale market $5.00 and $6.00 per hundred. An early and contin- uous bloomer, strong grower, and lifts well from the field. We shall show at the Brooklyn meeting only average-sized flowers, the same as we are picking and shipping every day and such as any grower will be able to produce with ordinary care. We have put this variety under no special treatment for this occasion. Our large stock of 24,000 plants enables us to send out nothing but strong, healthy cuttings. All orders filled at short notice. 12, $1.50; 25, $3.00; 50, $5.00; 100, $10.00; 250, $23.00; 500, $37.50; 1000, $75.00. S. J. REITER, Westerly, R. I. '"iiiiiiiWiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii^^ The American Florist for February 21 will contain a full account of the Brooklyn convention and exhibition of the American Carnation Society. It will be an issue of especial value to advertisers. Copy for that issue should reach us by noon of Thursday, Feb- ruary 19, to be in time. AMERICAN riORIST CO. '^hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm0 ■96 The American Florist. Feb. 14, Lowell, Mass. ■WEATHER NOW FAVORABLE TO STOCK PRODTJCTION AND SUPPLIES LIKELY TO INCREASE. — ROSES ARE THE PRINCIPAL SHORTAGE. During the past week we have had all kinds ot weather, but at present are ■ enjoying plenty of sunshine, which will probably make itself felt in a few days by producing stock in larger quantities than we have been having for the past few weeks. Business has been very good .ever since the first of the month and bids fair to continue that way. Carnations are still on their lofty perch, all grades bringing good prices. The violet supply is now where it ought to be, quality good and prices ranging from 50 cents to $1 per hundred. Callas and Harrisii are plentiful. Harrisii are fine, the best com- ing from Pierce & Sons, of Waltham. The great trouble has been in getting iroses of good quality, especially red ones. A. AI. Alexandria, Va. The demand for cutflowers and flower- ing plants has been good. The quality • of roses and carnations is, on an aver- age, probably better than a year ago. In carnations, Lawsou, Joost and Morn- ■ing Glory sustain their reputations. Pros- perity is a magnificent bloom when you get it. Azaleas are good and several of the Washington florists are showing extra fine plants just now. Violets are plentiful and being sold on the street. At the capital there are many events for ithis month that will call ii the skilled .decorator. A notable wedding will be ■that of Miss Marion Cockrell, daughter of SenatorCockrell, of Missouri, to Edson F. Gallandet, at the Church of the Cove- nant on St. Valentine's day. J. Louis iLoose has the decoration. Virginian. FUMIGATION METHODS By PROF. W, G. JOHNSON Formerly State Entomologist of Maryland the other veniiiTi lu various plares. .oiilcoine of practical tests- made by the author, to- geiliei" with the experiences of others, portaut books published tins season and is niurh needed at this time. It will be of particular interest to FKUIT GROWERS AND NURSERYMEN owini; to the widespread prevalence of the notorious San ^Jose scale. Hydrocyanic acid ^'as is the only practical remedy forvhe destruction of this pest and is beinff iisedi more extensively thaii ever before by nurservnien and fruit irrowers. The perfection of Ihe apparatus fur fumigating youni? orchard trees is outlined in this work. The methods can be easily applied iti orchards and nurseries for many danger- ous pestsatvery small cost. The writer is conj^id- rred 1 he best authority on this subject in this country and has left nothing undone to make this the most coni])lete work of the kind ever published. GARDENERS AND FI.ORISTS have found that vejretables and flowers cannot be u'tKwu under glass without frequent fumigation for the destruction of insect pests. Hydrocyanic acid u'as has solved this problem. The methods of pro- rednre are fully described and every detail is given for geueratiug and applying the gas. MII.I.ERS AND GRAIN DEAr.ERS have been iookinir forward to the publication of this work, as hydrocyanic acid gas has been found one of the most important materials for clearing mills an4l warehouses of Insects. The subject of carbon bi- sulphide for fumigating mills and elevators con- taining grain in storL\ge is also thoroughly consid- ered. To this trade tne work is indispensable and transportation companies have found it of great vahie for the fumigation of cars, ships and other iuclosures infested with vermin. ^ FARMERS OF THE COUNTRT have here fullydescribed a simple, easy remedy for trophers, prairie dogs, squirrels and other animals in The ground, and rats and mice in any inclosure. COlJl^EGE AND STATION TFORKERS will find it an up-to-date reference work on this sub- iecr. It is complete in every respei't and is the onl.\ wnrk of the kind ever published. It is written in a pojiular non-technical style, profusely illustrated, handsomely bound, covering 250 pages» price, post- paid, gl.OO. THE AMERICAN FLORIST, 324 DBarborn'Street, CHICAQO. Rooted Cuttings ll^A^^l Our Cuttings are all selected for strength and health. There is no finer stock grown. The roses are all from grafted stock, except the Perles and Meteors. leosE^s. KAISERINS per 100 $2.50 PERLES " 2.i)0 BRIDES " 1.50 BRIDESMAIDS per 100 $1.50 METEORS " 1.50 GOLDEN GATES " l.SO White. O A.I«ISr A^TIOPff «s . WHITE CLOUD per 100 $ 1.50 FLORA HILL. GOV. WOLCOTT. . NORWAY LILLIAN POND.. ■WHITE BRADT.. Red. CRANE ... AMERICA. ADONIS... 1.50 5.00 2.00 10.00 12.00 2.00 1.50 14.00 l.SO 2.00 4.00 4.00 12.00 LAWSON per 100$ 2.00 MARQUIS MORNING GLORY CRESSBROOK FLORIANA ENCHANTRESS.: Striped. GAIETY PROSPERITY Maroon. MACEO ROOSEVELT No order for less than 50 of one variety filled at the: stock of grafted Brides and Bridesmaids, ready Adpril 1st, at plants shipped from Hinsdale. prices. We will have a very fine "n.OO per 100. All cuttings and BkSSETT & WASHBURN, Store: 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago Greenhouses: HINSDALE, lU.. NEW CARNATIONS ^ GOV. LOWNDES fFine Large Commercial White), ENCHANTRESS, MARSHALL FIELD, MRS. THEO. ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENT McKINLEY, HARLOWARDEN, WHITE BRADT, SIBYL, FRAGRANCE, S2.S0 per Dozen. $12.00 per 100. $100.00 per 1000. ADO>'IS J3.00 per dozen. $14.00 per 100. $120.00 per loro. HEE MA.JESTY 2.00 per dozen. lO.OOperliO. 80.01) per 1000. LILLIAN PON D 3.00 per dozen. 10.00 per 100. 75.00 per 1000. INNOCENCE e.COperlOO. 5U.00 per lOGO. Other Leading New and Standard Varieties. CHRYSANTHEIHUIVIS — We have a large stock of the leading new varieties. Prompt delivery March 1st or earlier. Send for complete list of new and standard varieties now ready. H. WEBER & SONS, Oakland, Maryland AM. BEAITIES Rooted Cuttings. $3.50 per 100; S30 per 1000. J. A. BUDLONG, 37 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. TWO GRAND WHITE CARNATIONS GOV. WOLCOTT AND BOSTON MARKET Both originated by me from same seed pod. The former sent out sprintr of 1903 has proved WITHOUT «N EQUAL AS A HIGH GRADE COMMERCIAL VARIETY. THE LATTER, sent out in 1901 in limited quantity, is today THE STANDARD everyday com- mercial WHITE DN THE BOSTON MARKET. A marvel for early, free and continous blooming. BOTH are in perfect health. Boston Market... Per 100, $5.00; per 1000, $40.00 Wolcott Per 100, $5.00; per 1000, $45.00 Both will ba on Exhibition at Brooklyn Feb. 19 and 20. PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass, Carnation Cuttings - We are now booking orders tor rooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on appUoation. The Cottage Gardens, Queens, L. I. IMPATIENS "SUIen Fine 2-in. Pot Plants, JS1.2S perdoz;$8 per 100 ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI From 5-in. Pots, Strong, $1.50 per doz. liOper 100. BEGONIA REX 12 vars.,2-in., 60c per doz.; $4 per 100. CENTRAL MICHIGAN NURSERY, Kalamazoo, Mich. IT WILL PAY YOU To grow FUCHSIAS and there are none better than the following: Little Beauty, $5.00; Lord Byron, S4.00; White Beauty, $4.00; Tener, 84.00. Also BEGONIA Double Vernon, $4.00; Pink Sport of Vernon, $10.00. HELIOTROPE Mme. Bcuant, $4.00 Stock ready now, strong 2^-inch pots. So Si SKIDELSKY, PHIUDELPHIA, PA. Successful Growers are Wanted To know that they can dispose of all their sttrplos stock by adverr ..„ tising in the American Florist. TRY IT NOV. jgoj. The American Florist. 97 \ Carnation Cuttings I \Ve can ship at oncc well-rooted cuttings of the following varieties, free from I disease and first-class, in every respect. None Better and seldom equaled. . . . Write for Quotations and Catalogue. Mrs. Thos. 'W. Lawson Adonis Gov. Wolcott Lillian Pond E. A. Nelson President McK Estelle Golden Beauty White Cloud Apollo Mrs. Potter Palmer Morning Glory Gaiety Queen Louise Viola Allen Stella J. H. Manley Joost Enquirer Mrs. Theo. Rooseve Gov. Roosevelt Harry Fenn Dorothy Whitney Proaperity Guardian Angel Mrs. Higinbothan Dorothy Marquis Cressbrook Crane Tiger J. D. Thompson Carnation Co. JOLIET, ILLIIMOIS. 2, 2V2 and 3-inch; also Rooted Cuttings clean healthy stock from 2 and 3-eyed cuttings. American Beauties, Perles, Brides, Bridesmaids, Woottons, La Trance, Kaiserlns. 5,000 Extra fine Hermosa and Soupert 2^. -In. *'" J. G.MURRAY, Florist, PEORIA. ILLINOIS. Carnations I Roses FOR 1903. Rooted Cuttings From Sand NOW READY. Per 100 NORWAY S2.00 LORNA 2.50 WM. SCOTT 1.60 MARQUIS 1.60 MORNING GLORY 1.60 If from soil add 25 per cent to quotations. BRIDE ROSES from 2!4-inch pots 3.00 BRIDESMAID from 2V5-inch pots 3.00 A. L THORNE. flusliing. N. Y. New Pink Carnation Success AS A MONEY-MAKER, The King Among Carnations. A five years* test with :i steady improvement •everv succeeding season is a record that stamp.s SUCCESS as one of the very hest and most promis- ing commercial pinks to date. Not a fancy loafer, but a worker, a hustler, pro- ducing ttie year round, Iremenduous crops of fine large flowers of a shade similartothatof LaFrance rose. Send for a descriptive circular. Rooted Cuttings, $1.50 per doz.; $3.50 per 3.5: $8 pcrlOO; 170 per 1000. Onlv 6,000 more for F'-bruary deliverv. For sale bv HENRY F. MICHELL. Philadel- phia, Pa., or J. GAMMAGE &SONS, London. Ont. Can. JOHN C. SHOLL, Dept. C. Burlington. N. J. Carnations cSs Per 100 Per 1000 CRESSBROOK $5-00 $40.00 CHALLENGER 5.00 40.00 FAIR MAID 6.00 50.00 .TOOatlOOO rates. Othervars.. prices on application C. WARBIRTON, Fall River, Mass. gy»gswifSi»««agssagamiisgiBaai^ Carnation Cuttings. WELL ROOTED, CLEAN, HEALTHY STOCK. Per 100 Per lOOO Flora Hill $1.50 $10.00 White Cloud 1.50 10.00 Norway 1.50 12.50 Queen Louise 2.50 20.00 Prosperity 1.50 10.00 Per 100 Per 1000 Mrs. Lawson $2.00 $12.50 America 1.50 10.00 Marquis 1.50 10.00 Elma 1.50 10.00 Mrs. Potter Palmer 3.00 25.OO Guardian Angel (The Sport), per lOO, $1.50; per 1000, $10.00. 2><-INCH ROSE STOCK. foreafiy'bSinl^".'." Per 100 Per 1000 Bride $3.00 $25.00 Bridesmaid 3.00 Meteor and Gate 2.50 25.00 20.00 Per 100 Per 1000 La France $4.00 $35.00 Kaiserin 3-50 30.00 Ivory 4.00 35.00 Ivory, rooted cuttings, per ioo $2.50; per 1000, $20.00, All cuttings and plants sold with the express condition that if not satisfactorv when received thev are to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. WIETOR BROS., w*!*'*,., Chicago. Please mention the American Florist when writing. ^" "^^ ~ ^ ■ ■ — ^K -.^...A. ._ ^ _ jy^^ same CARNATIONS, Heavy Rooted. the 327,525 already shipped, and not a single kick. Per 100 Per lOOO 9,00T GOV. ROOSEVELT $1.00 $10.00 10,000 NORWAY. l.flo 10 00 8,000 GENEVIEVE LORD 1 00 3,000 EGYPT ' 100 4,0(0PORTIA 100 11,000 ELDORADO ' "' l 00 9,000 JOOST 1 00 20,000 MERMAID 100 12,000 ARGYLE " 100 1,000 TIDAL WAVE 100 Express prepaid at above prices, net spot cash. 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 lO.OO 10.00 10.00 10.00 CALIFORNIA CARNATION COMPANY, Box 103, LoomJs, Cal. CARNATION CUTTINGS. Well rooted. Tree from disease, first-class stock. Lawson, Gov. Roosevelt, Norway and Mrs. Bradt, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Marquis. Queen Louise, Craneand White Cloud, |3..iO per IOO; J20.00 per lOOO. Flora Ililland Gen. Gomez, JSperlOO; JlSperlOOO I'each Blow and Uncle Wal'er, tl.So per 100; $13.00 per 1000 W. T. & F. P. BUTZ. New Castle, Pa. Please mention the A merica n Florist when writing. D «s BWK 1% I ^^ Bafi 3-vear, four to si\' feet KafllDICrS* white, pink and yel- low, $12 per hundred; crimson, $15.00 p.T hundred. The ALABAMA ROSE GARDENS, Newbern, Ala. y^ American Carnation HOW TO GROW IT i:y c. w. WARD, President of the .Vmerican Carnation Society. Covering the whole range of practical culti- vation. Handsomely printed and fully illustrated. The standard work. PRICE, $3.50. AMERICAN FLORIST CO. 324 Daarborn St., CHICAGO. 98 The American Florist. Feb. 14:, Toronto. TRADE STILL ACTIVE AND PRICES FIRM. — ROSE SUPPLY INCREASES BUT BEAUTIES ARE SCARCE. — GOOD STOCK IN GENERAL. — PERSONAL AND TRADE NOTES. Business still holds the rapid gait set some weeks ago, funeral work being responsible for the larger portion. We had several good days of sunshine and the rose crop is coming on. Brides and Bridesmaids are more plentiful, Meteor and Perle are better and, except for Beauties, most orders are being filled. Some very good Ivory are offered, with the stems very strong, which, with its delicate odor, make it very desirable. The heavy run on carnations has relieved the market of all grades of stock, white being very scarce. The grade of the fancies holds up well and from present indications there will be some very good stock for our carnation meeting. The season for bulbous stock is now in full swing and flowering plants make the stores look very attractive. The next regular meeting of the Flo- rists' Club will be held February 17 in St. George's Hall. This is the last meet- ing before the carnation show^ and will be a very important one. Very select Brides and Bridesmaids from W. J. Lawrence are as good as the usual exhibition blooms. From the quan- tities of Harrisii he is cutting, they are also above the average. Grainger Brothers have done consider- able remodeling in the Arcade. The interior of the store has been done in white, which brightens it considerably. George HoUis is bringing in some good bulbous stock. He has disposed of sev- eral of his chrysanthemum seedlings, which gave good blooms last season. Antirrhinums and Princess of Wales violets from Louis I. Vair, of Barrie, are the best in this market. "Ed.'' Sinclair has gone to his home in Brampton with la grippe. J. H. Dunlop has some well-flowered rhododendrons. H. G. D. Santa Barbara, Cal. — A Florists' Club was recently organized here as an auxiliary to the Santa Barbara County Horticultural Society. Robert Arm- strong is chairman and W. Morse secre- tary. A considerable number of mem- bers have been enrolled, including W. F. Dreer, of Philadelphia, who is a resident here during the winter months. CARNATIONS ROOTED CUTTINGS. mnUU DCAHV MorningGlory....$15.COi)erlono WUn nCAUI Cressbrook 35.00 per 1000 Ethel Crocker.... 10.00 per 1000 Late February & Queen Louise. . . - 15.00 per lOflO " ' Alba 35.00 per ICOO March Delivery.. Her Majesty 75.00 per lOOO Prosperity 20.C0 per 1000 Roosevelt 15.00 per 1000 Gaiety 20.00 per 1000 Dorothy 15.00 per 1000 ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, PA. Orchids! ^ We have the largest and finest stock of Orchids on this continent; also supplies, such as best Uve Sphagnum and Fibrous Peat and Orchid Baskets. Lager & Hurrell, summit, n. j. Orchid Growers and Importers. CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Now Ready. PINK. Per 100 Per 10OO RED. Per tOO Per 1000 Estelle $4.00 $35.00 Adonis 14.00 120.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Crane 1.50 12.50 Palmer 4.00 30.00 Mrs. L. Ine 1.25 10.00 Chicago (Red Bradt) 2.00 15.00 WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $12.50 Queen Louise 2.50 20.00 Peru 1.25 10.00 Murphy's White 6.00 50.00 Bon Homme Richard 1.25 10.00 HoosierMaid 1.25 10.00 Lawson $1.50 $12.50 Enchantress.. 12.00 100.00 Guardian Angel 1.25 10.00 Joost 1.25 10.00 Genevieve Lord 1.25 10.00 Nelson 5.00 40.00 Cressbrook 4.00 35.00 Triumph 1.25 10.00 Higinbotham 5.00 40.00 Morning Glory 2.00 15.OO VARIEGATED. Per 100 Per 1000 Bradt $2.00 $15.00 LAWSON Rooted Cuttings from Black Soil, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1,000. ROSES. BRIDE $1.50 per hundred; $13.50 per thousand BRIDESMAID 1.50 per hundred; 12.50 per thousand PERLE 1.50 per hundred ; 12.50 per thousand GOLDEN GATE 1.50 per hundred; 12.50 per thousand IVORY 3.00 per hundred ; 25.00 per thousand SUNRISE 6.00 per hundred; 50.00 per thousand ROSE PLANTS From 2 1-2-inch Pots. Per 100 Per 1000 ' SOUV. DE PIERRE NOTTING. .$8.00 $75.f LIBERTY 8.00 75.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 55.00 KAISERIN 4.00 35.00 BRIDESMAID 3.00 25.00 All stock sold under express condition that if not satisfactory it Is to be returned immediately when money will be refunded. Per 100 Per 1000 SUNRISE $7.00 $65.00 IVORY 4.00 35.00 BRIDE 3.00 25.00 GOLDEN GATE 3.00 25.00 PEELE 3.00 25.00 Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., .CHICAGO. Rooted Cuttin§:s. o.^ie:iv.^ario?ra per 100; $4.00 per 1000. J. C. STEINHAUSER. Pittsbure, Kan. CANNAS. rres. McKinley, Cleveland, Chas. Hender- son, Alphonse Bouvier, Ex. Crampbel, Chicago, Duke of Marlborough, Queen Charlotte, Mrae. Crozy, Yeilow Crozy, Golden Bedder, Florence Vaughan, same dwarf; Kronos. Allemania, Bnrbank, Orange t^ueen, Eldorado, Admiral Dewey. GoV. Roosevelt, Alba Rosea or Peach Blow. Mile. Berat, Robert Christy. Cuba. Sara. Trelease. Defender, Childsii, Flamingo, Cabos, M. Geo. Killaire, Robusta. 2 and 3 eves, sound tubers, $1.25 per lOf, $12f0 per 1000; 5000, $10.0J per lOOC. Cash with order. GERANIUMS. Good assortment, more than 20 vars. to select from, IV'-'vn. pots, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. C. C. NANZ, Owensboro, Ky. GLOIRE DE LORRAINE BEGONIA. J. A. PETERSON, Westwood— McHenry Ave. CINCINNATI. NEXT SEASON'5 BUSINESS can be started now by advertisinK in this joamal. Don't delay in commencing next spring's business. The best orders are placed early with advertisers in JHE AMERICAN FLORIST TRY THIS PLAN. _ 100 The American Florist. 'Feb. J 4, Louisville, Ky. LARGEST DECORATION OF THE SEASON.— VIOLETS AND TULIPS USED FOR TABLE. The most elaborate luncheon in point of beautiful decorations ever given in Louisville was that-given February 6 by Mrs. Marion E. Taylor at the Pendennis Club, in honor of her guest, Mrs. Chas. H. Taylor, of Boston. In the center of the table was a huge mound of yellow tulips, lighted with small electric bulbs which were covered with violet chiffon to correspond with the violet clusters that were placed at each plate as souve- nirs for the guests. In the center of the tulips was a lighted candelabrum headed with yellow shades. The chandelier above the table was draped with Aspara- gus plumosus, tulips and violets. There were eighteen clusters of double violets, each being tied with violet cords and tassels. There were required 7,000 double violets and 5,000 yellow tulips and 100 strings of asparagus, without doubt it being the largest amount of violets and tulips ever used at any one decoration of its kind. Fred. Haupt had the order. Columbus, 0. A VARIETY OF PERSONAL AND TRADE JOT- TINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST. John Van Leewen paid us a short visit last week. He is not out to take bulb orders but is rather going through the country getting pointers and leaving the business part for his father, who will follow in about ten days. Ernest Hiehle has taken space at the department store of the Columbus Dry Goods Company, where he is handling cut flowers. Mr. Hiehle says he is doing very well for a beginner. The many friends of John Underwood are pleased to learn that his health is improving rapidly and it is hoped he will soon be himself again. Prospect for Easter lilies is ' very good in this section, the stock being in far better condition at this time than in the past few years. Carl. DAHLIAS Selected List for Florists' Trade. 20th Century (the latest novelty), single, pure white overlaid with Each. Doz. deep pink. A vigorous grower . . $ .35 $3.50 Eureka (Show Dahlia), deep rose color .85 2.50 Storm King per 100, $10.00 .10 1.26 Guiding Star (Pompon) " 8.00 .10 1.00 Clifford W. Brulon, large yellow " 8.00 .10 1.00 Oue^n of Yallow, pure (aiary yellow " 8.00 .10 1.0 A. D. Livoni, early soft pink " 8.00 .10 1.00 Little Beauty (Pompon) shrimp pink " 8.00 .10 l.OO Miss IBay Lomas, rosy ^ lavender " 8.00 .10 1.00 Red Hussar, cardinal red " 12.00 .16 1.60 Pink Dandy, Pure pink sport of "Fancy Dahlia Dandy." In color it is a purer pink than A. D. Livoni; the floNvers are larger and the stems are twice as long. The flowers are of beautiful form, with full high center, and last season sold for twice the price of Livoni. Strong roots .36 3.50 Clarlbel. Very large, brilliant pur- ple, richly shaded, beautiful form, on long stems 8.00 .10 1.00 Client. Large and fine, deep crim- son scarlet, fine long stems. .. 8.00 .10 1.00 D. LANDRETH & SONS, Florist Department, 1217 Mtrket Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Please mention the American Florist when writing. There i$ Money in 'Mumsj ! H you have the Right Varietiese | T '\J'0\5 don't want too many of the very early ones. You want the large, fine blooms of the T ^ second earlies. I have watched the market carefully for several years and found that { ♦ it is there where you make your money in 'Mums~to have the right varieties— those that come ♦ T in at the right time. In yellow there Is nothing better than x I Monrovia and Robt. Halliday. | ♦ The first is a few days or a week earlier but the latter is the best bloom. They are both money ♦ J makers when grown.right. I also have a white sport of GLORY OF PACIFIC. It is a larger X X and better flower than its parent and I have grown it for my own use for three years, and it is 2 J the best second early white I know of. The only trouble is that I have not made enough fuss ♦ X about it or given it a fancy name. I have a large stock of the three above varieties— fine, X X sturdy, cool-grown stock from 2 and 3^-inch pots, ready to ship. You can get many cuttings ^ ♦ from each plant if you buy now and keep propagating. Also a few Appleton, Eaton, Bonnaf- ♦ X fon, etc. All at $4.00 per 100. No better stock in the market. x X Rooted Cuttings of above varieties and Mrs. Murdock, Golden Wedding, White Bonnaifon, X J Intensity, etc., at $1.50 per 100. Cash with order. ♦ X Write for prices on large quantities. Express prepaid on orders of $5.00 and over. X \ mm TEILMANN, Marion, Ind. r^P^r^FW^PW^ V www w^F^F^^ YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti- vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. $5.00 per doz.; $30 per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT CRAiG& SON, Market and 49th Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. CHRYSANTHEMUMS The leaders in our set lor 1903 are Convention Hall, F. J. Taggart, IVIrs J.J. Mitchell, H.W.Buckbee, and Miss Minnie Bailey. We also list all the Novelties from other raisers. Our foreign varieties are exceptionally fine, being marked improvements and indispensable to the exhibitor. Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich. BEST QUALITY STOCK. .')0,0r0 2i2'/i-inch Roses all Teas. 20,1 OJ 2!4 to lO-inoh Boston Ferns. .^,0 2 -inch Mrs. Fisher Carnation. 5.000 2 to 4-inch Plumosus and Sprengeri. 10,000214 and 3-inoh Geraniums. 5,1.00 Canna Bulbs. Rooted cuttings of Roses, Carnations, Coleus, etc. GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III. ROOTED CUTTINGS GERANIUMS. The "SIX KINGS" for bedding, .le.in Viaud (pinlc), AlphonseRiceard (scarlet), Keoute Poilevire, E. G. Hill (salmons), S. A. Kuit (crimson), Mme. Buohner (white), $1.60 per 100; S15.00 per 1000. VERBENAS. Our 20th Century Collection, 20 new mammoth varieties, labeled, 60c per 100; S5.00per 10 0. Per ICO PETUNIAS, Double fringed $1.25 ALYSSUMS, Double Giant 1.00 MARGUERITES, White and yellow 1.00 AGERATUMS, Stella Gurney, Pauline. .; 75 SALVIAS, St. Louis. Bonfire 1.00 FEVERFEW, Little Gem 1.00 ASPARAGUS Sprengeri, 2i/.-in. 12; 2-in. 1.50 CASH WITH ORDER. The W. T. Buckley Plant Co., Springfield. III. CLIMBING SOUPERT. STRONG, field plants, well branched, for 6 to 8-inch pots. $15 per 100; for 4 to 5-inoh pots, $10 per (00; 2^-inch plants, $5 per 100. BOSTON FERN) 2H-in., $4 per 100; $35 per 1000. The Conaril & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa. f0O3. The American Florist. 101 •*" km .«*'^ % ;^ jK^MMr0^^^<^|i^ ^M f i^ t^ .4 ^ 1*" DREER'S DOUBLE PETUNIAS. Are not surpassed by any strain in the world. 3-inch pots, 75c per doz.; $6.00 per 100; set of IS named varieties for $1.00. SEED of the same, our own saving, 7Sc per 500 seeds; $1.50 per 1000 seeds. AZALEA MOLLIS for forcing r°;,;«^^°:S: tiful hardy Azaleas are gaining favor very rapidly. We offer a nice lot of well budded, bushv plants, 12 to 15 inches high, $4.50 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. GIANT YELLOW PRIHROSE ''^p^'^r This is a line hardy plant that can be forced into flower with very little trouble; as a pot plant they "sell on sight" and are useful for cutting. Strong pUnts 75c per doz.; $6.00 per 100. DEUTZIAS for forcing. 5«*,^^}-Ji«°.^/r^^^^^ suitable for 6-inch pots, $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. -grown plants. LEMOINEI, strong 2-year-old tield-grown plants, suitable for 6-inch pots, $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. JAPANESE FERN BALLS ^J-f—^f'-: ready for immediate delivery. 7 to 9-inch balls, $3.25 per doz.; $25.00 per 100; 5-inch balls, $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. EVERYTHING FOR THE FLORIST. Whenever in need of stock consult our Wholesale Price List, issued quarterly— free to all florists. 714 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. HENRY A. DREER, Please mention the Ametican Florist when writing. Boston Ferns. 2i4-inch strong S3.60 per 100 3-inch strong $1.00 per Doz. 8.00 per ICO FROM BENCH, 3-in. 3c; 5-in. 15c; 6-in. 25c. Asoaragus Plumosus Nanus. SH-in. $3.50 per 100 Sprengeri, extra fine, 2H-inch... $2.50 per 100 Sansevieria Zeylanica, 3-inch, ready for 5-inch, 75c per dozen. CYGAS REVOLUTA. Long Leaf variety, 3 and 4 fronds, 40c; 5 and 6 fronds, 60c; 7 and 8 fronds, 75c. Per 100 ALTERNANTHERA. red, pink, yeUow $2.00 VINCA MAJOR VAK . 2-inch 2.50 CANNAS, Peachblow, Shenandoah 2.00 Morning Star, L. E. Bally 2.00 J. C. Vaughan, A. Bouvicr, Bur- bank, Chas. Henderson 3.00 Egandale, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, F. Vaughan 3.50 Started, ready for potting. Our selection 2.50 Cash please. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, 0. Please mention the A merica n Florist when writing. DraciBna Indivisa. strong healthy pot-grown plants, 6-inch pots, $30.00 per hundred P. W. QIIINL\N & CO.. Syracuse. N. Y. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI ^s^^S^. 3-inol]. %Z llO 4-ini;li, .56 OU per 100. ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS, 2H-incb. $3.C0, 3-incti. ?4.Cu per lOiJ. IVY CUTTINGS, eik; per 100. 3 inch and 3-incli, ,$3.00 ;ind S.5.00 per KO. BOSTON FERNS, -l-in. 15c; 5-in. 3Uc: 6-in. 35c. IMPATlENS SULTAN'. 4-in.h. »1.5ii per dozen. J. H. BORNHOEFT, Tipton, Ind. THE NEW FERN Anna Foster Unqualified success. Quick seller. Very prolific. at Isn.OO per 11 0. from 3-inch. " KENTIA PALMS, J50. $T5 and HOC per IfO- RUBBERS,5-in. pots. 18 in. high. W to 16 per doz ASP. SPRENGERI, S-in . strong J6 per 100. L. H. FOSTER, 46 King Sln*«. Derehutw. Mau. Please mention the A merican Florist when writin£. k FEW GOOD THINGS YOU WANT. Special low pri<'es on palms to close out. Fine clean stock, cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, 4, 6 ami 6-inch. SSd, J40 and $100 per 100, KENTIA Uelmoreana and Forsteriana, 3, 4 5 an i;i-m-h'J12. 125, $40. $100 per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 3-inch, $4 and $6 per 100 ASPARAGUS Plumosus, 3-inch, $r. Sprengeri, 3-ineh, »b. per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 4, 5-in. , $10, $25 per 100 ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-ineh. $3 and $6 per ino VINCA VAR . 2-in., $?.00; 3-in,, $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S, .\. Nutt. La Favorite, Bonnot, Poitevine. Rirranl, Francis Perk.ns, 2-inch, $2.50 per 100. COLEUS, Rooted Cuttings. 75 cents per 100. ACERATUM, blue and white, 75 cents perlOO, CARNATIONS, Rooted Cuttings. \Vm. Scott. Portia. Prosiiuritv, Queen Louise, Ethel Crocker, F. Inc. il per 100," GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, ,50c per KO, CEO. IVI. EMIVIANS, NEWTON, W. J. GERANIUMS. 1.500 RICCARO \ Surplus stock 1.000 POITEVINE I must be sold 1.500 NUTT ( $lS per 1,000 250 JEAN VIAUD ) from 2i-ir.ch 500 MRS. E. G. HILL I pots.Noorder 500 DOUBLE GRANT \ accepted for 500 JACQUERIE. ) less than 500. 1.500 MIVIE. SALLER0l.2i-inch, $15perlOOO Can ship by American, U. S. and Adams. W, K. PARTRIDGE, Lacklanil, 0, Pansy Plants. Per 100 Large-flowering $2.50 per lOOO, $ .50 ASP, SPRENGERI, fine plants 2.00 GERANIUMS.10varieties.2V.-in. pots, $2.saand3 00 COLEUS. 20 var., 2-inch pott 1000 $18.00 2.00 CANNA BULBS. 8 varieties, dry bulbs , . , 3.00 ASP. SPRENGERI SEED tOOO, $2.00 .50 CASH PLEASE. JOS. H.CUNNINGHAM. Delaware, 0. Fine Grafted Bearing Sizes. Per 100 12-inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots $30 00 15-18 inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots 30,00 Kin KanS '"-'^ in., bushy, from 4-in pots 20,00 I omnno '^-''^ '°-' bushy, from 4-in. pots.. 20.00 LCIMUIIO 18-24 in., bushv. from 4-in. pots 30,00 Oranges, Lemons. Limes, ^:'rm'',?r plants, well-branched, 3-4 ft $^' to $.') each , RnCQC Climbing Clothilde Soupert, strong nUoCO field-grown 10,00 Clematis Apiifolia thlT rr&rs: Paoiculata, but blooms earlier and lasts longer; stronji plants from 3-inch pots 8.00 Ficus Elastica lo^'iSi^ch""^^^ 20.00 Kentia Belmoreana lf;™;°3.in,*';jtT,'.''i8.oo Phoenix Reclinata and Farinifera 12-15 in., 4 in , pots 15 00 (Not 1 -ss than 40 of a class at 100 rate.) OnnnOC (l*ormant Roots). 2-3eyes toeach UalllKlO division, best sorts, $1.5.1 OperlOCO . Pitriio Trifniioto (Best defensive hedge plant UIIIUo I IllUllald introduced). .Strong, field- grown plants. 15-20 inch per 1000, |8,U (Not less than 400 of a class at luOorate,) Latanlas, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE P. J. BERGKMANS C0.<-> FRUITLAND NURSERIES, Established 1866. AUGUSTA. QA. 30,000 DflHLIflS. Fiftv varieties, whole field-grown roots. $4.W per 100; $36.00 per 1,000. Send for deseriptiVf list. We can save vou monev. A,B.DAVIS&SQII, Purcellville.Va, QARDENING This is the paper to recommend to your customers, the leading horticultural journal in America for amateurs S2.00 Per Year. Sampio Copies Free. Liberal terms to florists who take subscriptions. [J>ING, II., U.S.A. 102 The American Florist. Feb. H^ Baltimore. CLUB PLANS INTERESTING PROGRAMME.— FORCING LILACS.— MAN Y BEDDING PLANTS. — TRADE GOOD. The Gardeners' Club held its monthly meeting on February 9. A free carnation show will be held in March. The annual banquet will be held on March 9, at Gor- don's Hotel. About a dozen members will attend the carnation convention at Brooklyn. R. Vincent, Wm. Fraser and I. H. Moss have been appointed a com- mittee to confer with the express com- panies. A number of questions were asked, among which was one as to the forcing of lilacs. John Cook answered that he has best results with three weeks at a temperature of 50° and then brings them up to 80°, when they will bloom in ten days. An average of 875,000 bedding plants will be used for the public parks and squares of this city next spring. A num- ber of conventions will be held next June, and several special floral bedding designs will be laid out in the Patterson Park district of this city. Trade has been good, but the quality of stock continues poor. We are having a little sun and a long spell of rainy weather. White flowers for funeral designs are becoming scarce. Washington. SOCIAL SEASON AT ITS HEIGHT AND TRADE GOOD.— CLUB MEETS.— VARIOUS NOTES. Trade is very good for society is acti ve. Stock in general is of fine quality and plentiful, especially carnations and violets. Sweet peas are coming in good shape. J. H. Small & Sons have had a number of fine dinner decorations lately. Among the best was that for Mrs. Sena- tor Hanna at the Arlington. February 3 the Washington Florists' Club had its regular monthly meeting and it was voted that the meeting will be held on the first Wednesday of each month, instead of Tuesday, hereafter. Measures were taken to organize a bowl- ing team. George C. Shafier and John Robertson say that business is very good with them. Clark Brothers have a fine lot of azaleas in bloom. C. W. Wolf is now with G. C. Shaffer. P. G. Glasgow, Mo. — Hail struck Henry Schnell and broke about 3,000 panes of glass in greenhouses, hotbeds and cold frames. Cold weather followed with the thermometer down to 16°. They had a time plugging the holes and keeping the houses warm. Lenox, Mass.— The ninth annual con- cert and ball of the L)enox Horticultural Society on January 27 surpassed in bril- liancy any aff'air in the society's history. Messrs. Russell, Norman and Thompson served as committee of arrangements; the floor managers were Messrs. Wookey, Clifford, Morrow and Ranger; reception committee, Messrs. Loveless, Butler, Schmidt and Bos worth, and door com- mittee Messrs. McConnachie, Henry, Woods and Lundberg. ARAICARIA FXCELSA. SPECIMENS ONLY LEFT, at the following prices: 6-inch pots, 2.i, 27, 29, 30 to 36 inches high, 4, 5, 6 tiers, $1.00, II 25, $1.50, $1.75 to $2.00 each. KENTIA FORSTEBIANA. 25 to 36 inches high, 6-in. pots, 75c to $1.' e ach. Cash with order please . Acnhmann wholesale Grower and ASCnnidnn) importer of PotPlants, 1012 Ontario Street, PHILADELPHIA. PA. Godfrey VERBENAS We are the largest growers of Verbenas in the country, and those who buy of us are sure to get plants and rooted cuttings perfectly healthy and free from rust. eO Vr^x-l^-tl^s. Rooted Cuttings, 60 cts. per 100; $5.00 per 1000; $45 per 10,000. Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. White. Per 100 Queen Louise $2.00 Lorna 2.60 Norway 2.00 Good Enough 2.00 Hoosier Maid ' 8.00 White Cloud 1.60 Flora Hill 1.60 Red. Mrs. Potter Palmer 4.00 J. H. Manley 6.00 Oriole 4.00 G. H. Crane 2.00 Jubilee 1.50 Portia 1.26 Pink. Per 100 Floriana $2.00 Mrs. Higinbotham 5.00 Cressbrook 4.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 4.00 Mrs. Thos. Lawson 3.00 Dorothy 2.00 Irene 2.00 Sunbeam 2.60 Morning Glory 1.50 Marquis 1,25 G. Lord 1.25 Mrs. Joost 1.25 Daybreak 1.25 Wm. Scott 1.25 Crocker 1.25 Crimson Harry Fenn .... Gov. Roosevelt, Gen. Maceo Yellow. Butrercup Gold Nugget. Eldorado Variegated. Dorothy Whitney. , Prosperity Mrs. G. M. Bradt.. Armazindy 3.00 2.00 1,25 2.50 3.00 1.26 Our grafted roses are fine, bushy plants and grown in 3 and 3^-inoh pots. Orders booked now for delivery in May, June and July. ■ Bridesmaids,, Brides, Golden Gate, Kaiserin, price $15.00 per 100, Ivory, Liberty,' price $18.00 per 100. Send for Catalosde. J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. 6-in. pots, $3.00 per doz. 6-in. pots, 6.00 per doz. 6-in. strong 6.00 per doz. 7-in. pots, 7.20 per doz. BOSTON FERNS ASPARAGLS PLUMOSUS NANUS, 4-in. pots, fine plants, $1.50 per doz. 4-in. pots, extra select, $2.00 per doz. ^"^"^3 IV I C3 A I I ^^ furnished with leaves, rEnf^ D/\L.L0 $6.00perdoz. FERNS FOR DISHES 2-in. pots, good varieties, assorted, $3.00 per 100. WRITE FOR LIST. TlieGEO.WITTBOLDGO. 1657 Buckingham Place, Chicago. B. & A. SPECIALTIES AZALEAS RHODODENDRONS for forcing. We have 10,000 from which to select your stock. Place orders at once. Finest stock ever imported. Write for prices. BOBBIHK & ATEIHS, Bntherford, H. J. GERANIUMS Rooted Cuttings For Dellvary Feb. 15th to Maroh ISth. 100 1000 HETERANTHE, BUCHNER AND S. A. NUTT CASTELLANE, VIAUD, PERKINS, POITEVINE, LANDRY, RICCARD... ACTEON,LA FAVORITE 1 BON NOT, LA PILOT, V 1.50, Not CASTRIS AND JAULIN.. S enough for 1000 sales ALBERT M. HERR, ■\- .$1.26 $10.00 1.60 16.00 I»A.. quette des Blanches, Coquette des Alps, Gen. Jacqueminot. La France, Crimson Rambler, etc., fine 1 and 2 year field-grown plants that have never been forced, suitable for 5-in. pots, at 6c; larger, for 6-iu pots, at 10c. Large-flowered Clematis, finest purple, lavender, white and pink sorts, 2 year field-grown or from 5-in. pots, at 18c; 1 year field- grown or from 3-in. pots, at 9c. Clematis Panicu- lata, fine 2 year field-grown, 6o Packing free for cash. W. H. SALTER. Rochester. N. Y. Please mention the Aherican Florist eTery time you write to an advertiser. p4{^C|FC' Fine large, transplanted plants from I /111 OILC. cold frame, Bugnot, Gassier and Odier, prize strains, 50c per 100; $3.00 per 1000. Verbenas R. C, 60o per iro; $5.00 per 10 0, Double White Daisies, large plants, 60c per 100: $5,0J per 1000. Dwarf Blue, Red and White Lobelias, $1.00 per 100; $8,00 per 10i;0; Asparagus, from flats, ready for potting, Plumosus Nanus, $2.00 per 100; 118.00 per 1000; Sprengeri, $1,00 per 100; $7.00 per lOOJ Cyclamens, from flats, $2.00 per 100: »15.nn per 10 0, 2H-inch $3.i per 100; 200 for $5.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100 These prices are for cash. HILL TOP GREENHOUSES, IS and 17 Cray Avenue, UTICA, N. Y. Mum Stock Plants Robinson, Merry Xmas. Wanamaker, Monrovia, Bassett, Lincoln, Whilldin, Murdock, Kalb. Bon- naffon, Childs, Halliday, Appleton, Sunderbruch, Perrln, Pacific, $4.00 per 100. Eaton and Chadwick, $6.00 per 100. JOHN BROD. 349 W. North A»e..CH'CAeO. - SPECIALTIES ROSESj from 3-iiioh pots. CARNATIONS, tor all deliver; CHRYSANTHEMUMS, SMILAX, VIOLETS. Prices Low. Send for List, WOOD BROTHERS, Fisbki!!, 1 Y, In Best Varieties rgoj. The American Florist. 103 FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS OF PECULIAR EXCELLENCE AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES. Exteriors of OAK OR TILE. Interior Linings of HALF INCH PLATE GLASS OR CYPRESS. CATALOGUE 10 FREE. THE WILKE MFG. CO., ANDERSON, IND. Heteranthe, Mrs. E G. Hill, Alphonse Ric- card, S. A. Nutt, Mme. Bruant, Beauty Poitevine, Frances Perkins, 2K-inch $2.50 per 100. S. A. Nutt, $22.00 per 1000; 3-inch S. A. Nutt. $3.60 per 100; 3-incli Frances Perkins and Jean Viaud, $4.00 per 100. We can remove part of the soil on above plants to make your express as light as possi- ble. V/ell rooted cuttings of Mme. Salleroi Geraniums, $1.10 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. PAMCIFQ MASTERPIECE, splendid new strain, rHHJILO curled and frilled, strong trans- planted plants, 60 cents per 100; $5 per 1000. Roemer'( iuperb Giant Prize Pansies. The seed bought from Roemer, Germany; the best money can buy; transplanted plants grown in cool greenhouses, 50 cents per 100; $4.00 per 1000. Express prepaid on Pansies. Cash with order. DES MOINES PLANT CO.. 513 38th Strael, DesMoines. Iowa. Punlamonc Ri^'J- P">k. White, white with UlblulllCMO) Eye. und Daybreak, extra dn- enlor, flowers verv fragrant, no better strain srowins. $2.00 per 100; $17.50 per lOOD from flat-, Cinerarias, 4-inch, for Easier, some in bud now, JIO.OO per 100. Primroses, 4-inch, just beginning to blc^m, $8.00 per 100. Asp. Sprengeri, large plants froti bed. suitable lor baskets. D-inch pots, $8.00 per 100. Sprengeri Seed, new crop, 4 c per 100; $3.00 1000. C. WINTERICH, Defiance, Ohio. GER7ILNIUMS JEAN VIAUD. T have a fine stock of this fine pink beddinj^ variety. 2^ inch pots, $2.50 per lUO; strong 3-inch lK>ts 15.00 per 100; or will exchange for A. Riccard or M. Castellane. W. W. COLES, Kokomo. I nd. ii WE NOW OFFBB Chemicals f> for making LIQUID COMPOST. Dry powders all soluble in water. Lomposts cost less than He per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 620 Atlantic Ave., Boston. Please mentioti the A merican Florist when writing. Vo'ne'iae WORTH raising. No moi X^dlUSlCS plants until they can be du in the field. ct»r. Solta-u. 199 Grant Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. . Cut Flower Boxes. WATER PROOF. Corner Look Style. The best, strongest and neatest folding cut llower box ever made. tJheap, durable. To try them once is to use then] always. Size Per IOC 10 Size Per iro lOOU No. 0. 3.\-4s20..$2.00$18.0ii No. .5. 4s8x22..$3.0ii$-;:7,0J No. r. 3x4!4xl61.75 15.00 No, 6. 4x8^3S . li.r,"; ;!.i.O ' No. 2. 3.\6\18.. a.OO 18.00 No. 7. 6xlf.xJ0 'h'.'n Tii.' No. a. 4.\8.\18.. 3.4 I 22.00 No. 8. 3\7\a].. ;i.00 211, IJJ No. 4. 3x5x34.. 2.7.5 2.5 00 No. U. SxlOilS li.cO S.h.iu Sample free on application. No charge fur printing on orders above 35j boxes. Terms cash. THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., BOX 102. COLUMBUS, OHIO. Patent No. 1. — Brass, nickel, 4 feet long, 6 clasps to each rod. Price complete (with green or white tum- blers) $3 35. Price complete (with green or white cornur-opia vases) $2.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod, brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-ioch pots, each $1.75. KIFT'S PATENT Rubber Capped FLOWER TUBES, IVi-.nch diameier, per luO, $3.50. lOSEPH KIFr & SON, 1725 Chestnut bt.. Phila., Pa. NOVELTIES IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES~ Franz Birnstiel, COBURC, CERIVIANY. Baskets, Puerto Rico Mats, Cycas, Waterproof Paper, Class, China. FOR THE WHOLESALE TRADE ONLY Wired Toothpicks 10,000, 11.50; 50,000, 16.25. Manufactured by W. J. COWEE, BERLIN. N. Y. Sample Free. For sale by dealers. PANSIES Small plants, $4.00 per 1000, by express. Large plants, ready to bloom, $1.00 per 100; .$8.00 per 1000. Seed, $1 pkt.; $6 per oz. Cash with order. E. B. JENNINGS, Lock Box 264. Southport, Conn. Grower of the Finest Pansies. The Jennings Strain. TO KILL ALL Greenhouse Bugs USE NICOTICIOr Clean and harmless as Fumigant or Spray. Ask your seedsman for it or write to The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1000 Magnolia Ave., Louiiville, Ky There Are Buyers For uU kinds of good stock advertised in.. THE AMERICAN FLORIST rumi^atin^ Kind Tobacco lOc. A 5 lb. trial pke. w.rll cost nothini; if you will pay the express char>je9 on it. Our booklet tells of it. Write Depi. C. for it. Tlie H. A. STOOTHOFF COTSVXSY 1 1 6, 1 1 7 , 1 1 8 W«Bt St., N. Y.. C'ltr THE KINNEY PUMP. For applying liquid manure it has no equal. Seal prepaid for $2.00. THE HOSB CONNECTION CO., K:neston.R.l> 104 The American Florist. Feb 14^ Minneapolis. LARGE CALL FOR FUNERAL FLOWERS.— STOCK SHORT OF THE DEMAND BUT SUP- PLIES ON THE INCREASE. — VARIOUS LOCAL DOINGS OF TRADE INTEREST. Trade conditions average about the same this week as the previous one. The weather outlook is brighter and a larger amount of stock will be produced and the market witness a drop on inferior stock, which heretofore has been sold to good advantage, especially if of light shade, as funeral work has been heav3'. Tea roses have been in very limited sup- ply for the past month, with prices rang- ing from $6 to $10 per hundred, and hardly any red to meet calls, which had a tendency to draw them up to $12. Beauties are hardly obtainable here. Violets and carnations are appearing in larger quantities and every day shows an increase. Ralph Lathom, of the Wm. Donald- son Company, reports a busy week, mostly funeral work. This department of the Donaldson Company has certainl3' made a showing for itself, and the green- houses are visited by many persons of the flower-loving habit, where James Souden sees every plan for improvement and producing carefully carried out. John Monson had large funeral orders last week. Some floral pieces were made which reached $50 each. He says the Minneapolis Floral Company is doing its share of business. Hans Rosacher is marketing violets which are prize winners. Princess of Wales shows its colors here in great shape. C. F. Rice has been at Anoka for a day or two, shooting cottontails with D. O. Pratt. A. S. Swanson has a beautilul display of spring stock in the store. H. Sauer & Son report their supply short of the demand. C. F. R. BiLLERiCA, Mass. — C. A. Backer, a Boston business man, is preparing to go into the carnation business here and will start with a house 30x225, for which Lord & Burnham have the contract. TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounted. Manafitctnred by Tlie Conley Foil Co. 681 to 641 West ii6t]i St., pgB-yy "g-Qieic. WHEN IN NEED OF Florists' Supplies SEND TO MDinC 9 on Leading Florists' I IfiUC V UUi Supply House, IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS, "DIDDnilCH 9 8 Filbert Street, IflDDUIIa PHIUDELPHIA, PA. WESTFWN FLQQISTS.. Scan save money in buying ^^^ upplieS PROM BARTELDES'«&,:CO , 1 62 1 1 5«h SIrael, DENVER, COLO. NOTICE. THE MODEL PLANT STAKE COMPANY, formerly of Brooklyn. N, Y., has removed to 208 Jersey St., Harrison, New Jersey, and is now The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co. The Model Extension Carnation Support. f^X^ i * Flushing, Long Island, Dec. 11th, 1901. Mr. Thbboh N. Pabkeb, Brooklyn, N. Y. Dear Sir — I have used your Wire Carnation Sup - port the last two years, in all about 12,000. They fill the bill in every particular. Nothing could be more satisfactory and would give me a great deal of pleasure if I can bespeak a good word for you to the trade and you are at liber- ty to refer to me at any ' time. Very truly, A. L. Thobne. La Fayette, Ind., July 8th, 1902. Mr, Thebon N. Pabkbb, Harrison, N. J. Dear Sir: —After using your Model Carnation Sup- port in two of our houses the past winter, we have come to the conclusion that it is perfectly adapted to supporting carnations, and shall use them on all our plants the coming season. We were much pleased with the simplicity, strength and neat appear- ance of the support Yours truly F. DORNBR & SOKB CO. Write for Circular and Price List. GALVANIZED STEEL ROSE STAKES. The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co. Inc. 208 Jersey St., Harrison, N. J. Iron reservoir VASES ANo Lawn Settees Mannfactored by McDonald Bros. COLUMBUS, 0. The Largest Manufacturers of these Goods in America. Send for Catalogue $HIPPIN6UBELSSL> -Cnt Flowers Printed In tiro colon on gummed Kper; your oaid, etc., in black and i adopted by the S. A. F. in red. Terr attnotlTe. Price per 500,t2.S5; per 1900, |CS*&6&6&&&g MINNEAPOLIS: 500610 S. Third St. BUFFALO: 372-378 Pearl St. PHILADELPHIA: Pitcairn Bldg., Arch and 1 CLEVELAND; 149-163 Seneca St. ROCHESTER, N. Y.: Chamber of Commerce Bi ATLANTA, GA.: 32-34 S. Pryor St. KANSAS CITY, MO.; Fifth and Wyandott Sts. Have You Se en It? The New Duplex Cattcr OF 1903. Examine it fully, and you will never build a house with a wooden or cast iron gutter. It is warranted per- fectly drip proof; a bench under it is the best place in the whole house, as it brings the plants closer to the light and has more light. The shade of the gutter, which is very little, is from 3 to 4 feet on the north side of the gutter. The gutter is as straight as a string when set and never breaks at joints, no matter what kind of a strain it may have. Do not confound this gutter with any wood or cast iron gutter. It is self adjusting to any size of glass. Write for Catalogue. Emnnann Manutaeturar of tha Standard Ventilating Macliine and a nir rllnll) tha standard Staam Trap, YoUnglStOWIIi OhlO 'mmm \^mmA^mMmTmm 'mmmm \^mm \^m m \^mm Please mention the American Florist when writing. I™ Regan Printing House g. CATALOGUES Plymo icHia » j» CHICAGO j»j»j» Fieaze mention the A metican Florist when writing. \ ESTABUSHED 1666 EMILSTEFFEItS> 5UCC.ro (tSTEFFENS. "oSTEfrEHSBROSi 106 The American Florist. Feb. 14, Recent Pamphlets. "Success With Seeds and Seeding."— By W. B. Cleves.— This little booklet is devoted ,« to grasses, grains and forage plants and, as the author says, ''is intended to answer the many questions which customers ask and which it is so difficult for the seedsmen to answer in the busy season, when every moment counts." It should prove useful. "The Culture of Adiantum Farleyense. ' ' —By Julius Lindstrom.— The average fern grower usually experiences some diffi- culty in the management of this attract- ive and well-known plant. Mr. Lind- strom has been very successful in its culture and the results of his practical experiences as detailed in this illustrated brochure will be found useful to beginners. "Little Points in Violet Culture."— By W. H. Thomas.— The author of this treatise only claims to give a few words about the small things to be done in vio- let growing. But, as he says, these small things may lead to success or failure and it pays to give them close attention. The ten large pages contain nothing start- lingly new, but there is much of practical value in that small compass. "How to Make Money Growing Vio- lets."— By George Saltford.— There are a great many persons now engaged in the growing of violets, but we are certain that only a small percentage make money at it. Mr. isaltford's instructions will no doubt prove valuable to those who are struggling in the dark, covering, as they do, soil, planting, watering, cultivation, varieties, temperature, heating, fertilizer, insects, spot disease, houses, cold frames, picking and marketing, bunching, ship- ping boxes, average bloom to the plant and profits. Tarrytown, N. Y. At the meeting of the Tarrytown Hor- ticultural Society held January 29 it was recommended by the executive committee that the society offer $30 for prizes for distinct varieties of chrysanthemum cut blooms to be exhibited at the next exhi- bition of the Chrysanthemum Society of America, to be held in New York next November. It was further recommended that the local societies be asked to con- tribute similar prizes and to compete for the same, the national society offering a sweepstakes prize lor the one making the best record. W. F. Connell, John B. Sackett and Geo. H. Martin were pro- posed for active membership. A box of cigars is offered for the best exhibit of bulbous stock at the February meeting. The autumn exhibition will be held November 5 and 6. H. J. R. Athe.xs, O. — Geo. C. Kinnon, from Columbus, is now iij charge of the grounds at the State Hospital here. 100 Per Cent. SDLPHO-TOBHGGO SOHP (PATENTED.) A Wonderful Insecticide. Eevives Plant Life. Non-injurious. Prices low. Sales net 100% profit Full p.articulars and sample cake free, if mention tliis paper. LatklttSoap C3. Buffalo, N. Y. F» R O F- ^ JENNINGS IRON GUTTER Use our Patent IRON BENCH FITTINGS and Roof Supports. IMPROVED VAPORIZING PANS VENTILATING For Tobacco Extractai Etc. Send for Clrcnlara. ^^^^—^^ OILLER, GASKEY & CO., uEN^TNTrB^^os.. APPA RATUS. 8. W. Cor. Sixth and Bark sta.. PHILADELPHIA. ■^^— ^-^^— ^"" Standard Flower Pots TheWHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA, PA. JERSEY CITY, N. J. LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. Travelling Repretentative, U. CUTLER RYERSON, 108 Third Ave.. Newark, N. J. WRITE A. F. KOHR, '«fcgfo'iG'5:^I.Y.r' rOB FBIOXB 0> standard Pots whloh for itrength and poroiity combined sie the belt on toe market RED P OTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. G. C. POLLWORTH CO., K',^^*"''" GEO. KELLER & SON, MANUFACTUREBB OP FLOWER POTS. Before buying write for prices. 361-363 Herndon Street, near Wrightwood Ave., CHIOAGO, ILL THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" FTJLL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT MT^T, HARRY BALSLEY, DETROIT, MICH., Rep. 490 Howard St. Standard OnX^ Flower... V ^J \ FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE GROWER. < \ Construction the Latest, ) S Material the Best, a a a a } t Prices R.easonable. .£'.£' /^ \ ( ■VTRITE FOR BOOKILET, > i THE GREENHOUSE MFG. CO., I i 32 E. Third St., Cincinnati, O. I KELLER BROS. A SPECrALTV Manufacturers ot Standard Flower Pots, ted In color, equal to the best on the market; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec- tions. We give special attention to mail order, and make special sizes to order in quantitie. &. postal will bring prices and dlsooiints FLOWER POTS STANDARD POTS List and SAMPLES FREE. SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO., P 0. Box 78, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Gardeners' Chronicle. A Weekly Illustrated Journal. Established 1841. The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE has been von OTXB SCSTT YEABS THE LEADIBG JOTTBNAI. Of ItS class. It has achieved this position because, while specially devoting itself to supplying the daily requirements of gardeners of all classes, the infor- mation furnished is of such general and perma- nent value that the GARDENERS' CHRONICLE is looked up to as the standabd adthobity on the subjects of which it treats. Subscription to the United States, (4.20 per year. Remittances to be made payable to H. Q. COVE. Opfiob: — ' 41 Wellington St., Covsnt Garden, London, Enaland. igo^. The American Florist. 107 Steam Traps SAVE COAL This is the Return Steam Trap used by the Up-to-date Greenhouse men to return the con- densed water from the heating coils in their g;reenhouses. Have been in use for this purpose over thirty years. Insures an Even Temperature. Send for Red Catalogue. Albany Steam Trap Co. ALBANY, N. Y., U. S. A. ^Tijic ntentton tfif ^ •■ Fiortst wnen i cypfiESS --^'crMO aOHN C. lllTOmBLACKHAWKST. MONINOER Co. '''■r.Vc'!^S''o'/'''- New Twin Section Bailer, SEND 4c FOR CATALOGUE. GULF CYPRESS Greenhouse Material. Greenhouse GLASS AT WHOLESALE. iS. JACOBS & SONS,M!n^fiiS^ 1 365 to 1 373 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. GET OUR PRICES BEFORE ORDERING. Bloomsburg, Penna. DILLON'S GREENHOUSE MFG. CO. H&NUFACTDICERS OF HOT BED SASH, AIB DRIED ODUB' CTFBBSS SASH BARS AMD OTHER aREENHOUSE MATERIAL. BUILDERS of DURABLE and PRACTICAL Greenhouses at a LOW COST. ^^Our descriptive circular contains valuable information tot every florist. Send for It Please mention the Ainerican Florist when u'riling. \ Holds Class Firmly ••• the Point JV" PORUESS SUrixc P*UU u. tbe bet. Nc lighu .r l«fta. Box or 1,000 polsu T6 eti. poitp.ld, HENUT A. DREER, T14 CkMtMBt S«.,miK,, Pk ^^.^ H. M. HOOKER GO. Window Blass, Paints and Putty, Greenhouse Glass a Specialty. 68 Wast Raadolph St., CHICAaO. Horticultural Builders & Heating Engineers Phillips Mfg. Co. Established 1900. JERSEY CITY, N. J. In 26 months we have built for private estates 87.347 Square feet of Glass Housesand have orders for still more. ^Ve are just completing a Range for Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N. Y. W^e want your patronage. Tel. 1851 Bergen. PUase mention the A mertcan Florist when writing. Sprague Smith Co. PUTE AND WINDOW GUSS ersenhouse Glass a Specialty SOB ■■■4*M ttTMt. CHKACa Bargains FOR Florists. We are headquarters for a general assortment of the necessary material and supplies that you are looking for. If you are about to improve or con- struct, consult us. In connection with the dismantling of the Pan-American Exposition, we have for sale: 20,000,000 FEET of fine seasoned lumber, practically new, consisting of all sizes of joists, timbers, dressed and matched boards and flooring; also sash and doors. 50,000 FEET of roofing glass. PIPE. We are headquarters for pipe. We offer you 100,000 FEET of 2 to 4-inch wrought iron lap welded casing. We can furnish this material in three ways: Either with slefve or jacket couplings, screwed ends and threaded couplings or with expanded cast iron flanges with bolts and nuts. 1,000 000 FEET of standard black wrought iron pipe, size Yi to 12-inch. It is second-hand but has new threads and couplings and is in first-class condition. 1,000 TONS of galvanized wire 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and IS guage. 50,000 FEET of 2, 3 and 4-inch cast-iron soil pipe and fittings. 100,000 FEET of garden hose, % and l-in. 75,000 FEET of cotton rubber-lined fire- hose, (rubber-lined in and outside), rang- ing in sizes 1 to 2^-inch. VALVES and fittings of every kind. BOX COILS for heating purposes. RADIATORS, new and second-hand. We also offer the following bargains in Heating Boilers 50 CAST-IRON sectional heaters, capacity from 450 to 5,000 feet. I NO. 2 Standard Kroeschell hot water heat- ing boiler. FOUR 36x10 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 36x12 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x10 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x12 Horizontal Tubular, SIX 48x14 Horizontal Tubular. TWO 54x16 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 60x16 Horizontal Tubular complete with all fittings. PUMPS of all Descriptions. A carload of shovels and spades that we are selling at |5.00 per dozen. We carry a complete stock of hardware and farm implements, besides plumbing material 6f every kind. Write for Catalogue No. 47. Chicago House Wrecking Co., W. 35tii iiHl IRON SIS., CHICA60. ILL. 108 The American Florist. Feb. 14^ Index to Advertisers. Advertising rates — 82 AlabamaRoseGardens97 Albany Steam Trap Co .107 Amling E C 85 Asohmann Godfrey. 102 Baldwin A J 101 Banner J L A Co.... 89 Barteldes & Co 104 Bassett & Washburn 84 96 Baur S Alfred Co . . . I Bayersdorfer H & ColOl Beokert WC 91 Benthey & Co 85 BerckmansP J Co.. 101 Berning HG 84 Birnstiel Franz 103 Bobbink & Atkins.. 102 Boggs Caleb* Son.. 90 Bonnot Bros 87 Bornhoeft J H 101 Boston Letter Co. ... 104 BrantSD 91 Braslan Seed Grow- ers Co 88 Bred John 94 Bruns HN 85 Bryant Jas M 91 Buckley W T Plant 100 Co. Budlong J A 85 96 .Budlong L A Co 88 Burpee W A ACo... 89 Butz WT& F P.... 97 Byer Bros 91 Caldwell the Woods- man Co 89 Calif Carnation Co . . 93 97 IT Carmody J b.'i! 1 8 Central Mich Nursery Co. 96 ChicagoCarnationCo 94 Chicago House Wkg Co. Clark The E BCo... II Clark Wm 99 Clark Wm A & Son. . 99 ClucasABoddington 89 Coles WW 113 Conard & Jones Co. .100 Conley Foil Co 104 Cottage Gardens 96 Cowee Arthur 99 Cowee W J 103 Craig Robt & Son.. . . 100 Croom John F & Bro II CrowlFernCo 86 Cunningham Jos H. 101 Davis A B & Son.... 101 Deamud J B 81 Des Moines Plant ColC3 Detroit Flower Pot Mfy 106 Dietsoh A & Co Ill Diller Caskey & Co. .106 Dillon JL 102 Dillon's MfgCo 1(J7 Dorner P & Sons Co. 1 DreerH A....101 107 II Dunne * Co II East'n Chemical Co. 103 Eastern Nurseries. . . 90 Eichholz Henry 99 Emmans Geo M lul Ernest WH 106 Evert Math 94 Farquhar R & J & Co 93 Fiok& Faber 93 Fisher Peter 96 Foley Mfg Co 105 Ford Bros 87 For Sale A Rent 83 Foster Lucius H 101 Gardening 101 Gardeners Chroniclel06 Garland Prank 85 Garland Geo M IV Geller Sigmund 104 Ghormley Wm 87 Giblin & Co IV GoddardS J 98 Grave E T 93 Greenhouse Mfg Co.. 106 Grey Thos J &Co.... II GuUett W H ASons. 91 Gunther WmH 87 Gurney Heater Co. ..li 8 Guttman Alex J 87 Hail Ass'n 108 Hancock G&Son... 93 Harvey Greenhouses 99 Heacock Jos 103 Hennis W II Herendeen Mfg Co.. IV Herr Albert M....98 ins Herrmann A 104 Hews AH&Co 106 Hicks <& Crawbuok. . 87 HilflngerBros 106 Hill The E G Co I Hill Top Greenh's. . .102 Hippard E 105 Hitohings & Co IV Holton Sd Hunkel Co 8 1 Hooker H M Co 1U7 HoranEdwC 87 Hort Advertiser Ill Hort Trade Journal.. 85 Hose Connection Co. 103 HuntEH 81 89 Invalid Apl'nce Co. .104 Jacobs S&Sons 107 Jennings EB li 3 Kasting W F 86 Keller Bros 106 Keller Geo & Son. ...106 Kellogg Geo M i9 Kennicott Bros Co.. 99 Kitt Joseph*; Son... 103 K i ng ConstructionCoI V Kohr AP 116 Kreshover L J 91 Kroesohell Bros Co.. Ill KuehnCA 84 KuhlG A HO Lager & Hurrell 98 Landreth D & Sons.. 100 Lang Julius 87 Langjahr AH 87 Larkin Soap Co 106 Lee F&S 93 Limbach Casper Ill Little So. Floral Co. . 98 Livingston Seed Co. .103 Lockland LumCo.. . Ill Loomis Floral Co.... 94 Lord &BurnhamCo.IV Loven JG 89 Lucas J & Co Ill MaderPaul 93 May John N I McCarthy N P & Co. 86 McCullough's J M Sons 84 McDonald Bros 1L4 McKellar 'H»'<»'»>»»^"»'>^^>»^^<^f GREjENHOUISES. MjATERIALFURN'&l .~- - A N D MEW TO SUPERINTEND ERBCTION IF DESIRED. CTPRESS SA&H/BARS ANYLENsbl UP TO .^2 THEAT-S+eam5lyrn NFRONSET. B OSTON, N^S > ^ I DORIC" HEATER, CROP INSURANCE. Life insurance is valuable because it guarantees the outcome. Ourncy Heaters "BRIGHT IDEA," "DORIC" and "400 SERIES" do the same thing for your hothouse: THEY GUARANTEE THE CROP. First o( all they save 20 ppr cent on the coal bill and so keep expense at a minimum. Next, they produce an even heat and so do not imperil the life of the plant. Next, they are simple to operate and so requira least attention. Lastly, they wear longer than others and thus perceptibly reduce the capital invested. Don't buy or exchange until you've inves- tigated them. GURNEY HEATER MFG. CO. 74 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON. 1 1 1 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK CITY. Western Selling Agents, JAMES B. CLOW & SONS, Franklin and harnson Street, Chicago, III. "PIERSON" BOILERS WAT ER aNDjjE aM. The Most Complete and Perfect line of Horticultural Boilers OVER 100 SIZES AND STYLES. Iron Frame Conservatories, Palm Houses and Green- houses, Red Gulf Cypress Greenhotise Material, Ventilating; Apparatus, Plans, Specifications and Estimates. Prompt Shipments. THE PIERSON-SEETON CO. Designers, iWanulaoiurars and Builders ol HorllEullural Structures. West Side Ave., South, Jersey City, N. J. fpf>3- The AMEktcAN Florist. 109 OSCAR F. KOSCHE, Prop. '"iWiiiiiimiiimiiimmiiiiiiimiimi^^ Cable Address Crastone, A. B. C. Cable Code. 4th and SIh Editions Chas. D« Stone & Co« IMPORT AGENTS of B. & O. R. R. CUSTOMS BROKERS and FREIGHT FORWARDERS. 113 Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois. NEV YORK OFFICE, 32 BROADWAY. Agents in all the Principal Ports of the United SUtes and Europe. BALTIMORE OFUCE, B. & O. CENTRAL BUILDING. Largest Receivers of BULBS, PLANTS, PALMS, Etc, West of NEW YORK We are pioneers in the consolidation of invoices and shipments of Bulbs, Plants, Etc, for distri- bution to varioos destinations, this arrangement obviously resulting in the saving of considerable ex- pense in the way of fees and minimums to the various consignees, which would otherwise obtain. Having handled neatly all of the shipments of this class of goods to Chicago and the West for years, and being thoroughly conversant with the requirements of the law and other details, we are in a position to name the very lowest rates on freights and Custom House business, and to guarantee promptness, accuracy and dispatch. We shall be pleased to quote rates and furnish routing instructions on application. Duties, freight and charges advanced on importations. 15 percent Mme. Van derCruyssen and (or) Simon Mardner. others may promise, but I GUARANTEE you 15 per cent each of the above varieties of the total number of AZALEAS you order up to 16-incb plants. The market in Ghent is almost bare of these favorite varieties and this is an exceptional opportunity. Avail yourself of it while it holds good and order quickly. I also offer the finest brands o( Lily of the Valley Pips for early or late forcing. Roman Hyaclntfis, Paper Wtiltes, Dutch Bulbs, etc., aU for fall delivery. Prices cheerfully quoted. CH3S. F. MEYER, 19 Barclay Street, NEW YORK. Importer of Bulbs and Plants and sole represen- tative of the Ad. D'Haene Co., Ltd., Ghent. PUast mention the American Florist when writing. 1878. 1903. 25 YEARS IN BUSINESS, Japan Ftrn Balls, srown one year, root system eslahlished. will leaf out at Doz. 100 r.nri-, TxH-inch each 30c $3.00 124.00 Fern Detlgni, Great Eailir Sellirt. Log Cabins, Monkeys with china mask, MoQkev's beating drum, Monkevs in swing. IMe-llks, each $1 ; 10.00 Crosses, Fish, Turtles each '5c; 7.00 FemWreaths each 30c; 3.00 BULBS. Every Bulb We Send Out Is Sound and of Best Quality. Do/.. 100 AmaryllisFormosisslma, brilliantscrlet.t .30 t 2.00 Begonins, Tuberous rooted, IM to2-lncb white, rose, red, yellow and orange separate Double Begonias, \M, to 2-inch, separate colors Begonias, single and desUt, mixed, IH to 3-inch, very fine Calla. spotted, large bulbs Caladium, (Elephant's Ear) 6-8 810 2.50 5.00 3 50 2.50 . .30 2.00 . .40 3.25 . .85 6.00 Monster .. 1.73 12.00 Caladium, fancv-leaved. We handle only the choicest brilliant colored Brazlllso Sorts to name, in 25 rarest yatieties 1-25 10.00 Mixed stock does not pay to grow. Cannes. All Florists' forts (Send for list) $2.00 to U.OO per 100 Dahlias. All Florists' sorts (Send for list and price). Doz. 100 1000 Gladioli, clean smooth stock, American Hvbrids, 60 per cent light and white $.15 $1.00 9.00 May, Hlorists' favorite forcer... .30 2.00 18.00 Choicest white and light 25 1.75 l-.OO Rose 20 1.2i 10.00 Groff's Hybrids 40 3.00 25.00 A 11 other mixed and named sorts Gloxinias, Hybrida F.recta Crassi- folia, separate white, blue, red, violet and tigered 50 4.00 Mived 40 3.00 Lnium*uratuni,9-ll 1.00 7 00 Llllum Rubrum, 8-9 85 6.00 Lllium Album, 8-9 75 6.50 LlllumTlgrUium, single or double. • .60 4.00 Tuberoses, Double Excelsior Pearl, 4-6andovr-r 1.00 8.00 3-4 and over .60 4.00 3L.L,l.f»5. 100 1000 Asparaous Plumosus, (ripcius December) ..$.85 7.00 Plumosus Irue nanus, ripens February .85 7.00 Sorengeil, ■f'sli crop *20 1.25 lalania Borbonlca, about 185 seeds to lb. . .30 2.50 Pandtnus Uiills 100 8.00 Smllaxseid oz., 25o; lb., J2.50 Shasta Daisy. liest paying cut flower 25 2,00 Dlanthus OrfenttlU, Japan fringed 26 2.00 Serai-aouble and double Dlanthus Magniffcent range of colors and shape CryptoinerlaJagonloa,equal AraucariaEx. .15 1.00 H. 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Seeds August Rolker & Sons, NEW YORK, 31 Barclay St. BULBS and PLANTS '::^:: Tri™" quality, import orders booked now, send lor prices. Address P. O. BOX 752 FRftNGlS BRILL, Wholesale Seed Grower, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND, N. Y. Special stocks of Cabbage, Cauliflower, Tomato, etc., etc., for plant growers. Asparagus ^r^^rl Sprengeri ^J^^VJ NEW CEOP. 86.00 per 5000 seeds. SMILAX SEED— 35 cents per ounce. California Carnation Co, , Loomls, Cal, MUSHROOM SPAWN. Frequent importations from England. Always I fresh and lively. J.J.Styer,ConcordviHe,Pa. You will benefit the American Flo- rist by mentioning it every time you write an advertiser in these column* TIBEROSEBULBS (Excelsior Pearl.) Our stock of Escelsior Pearl has been Isrecl up by many years of careful selection from bulbs, producing 'the shortest stalks with full heads of double flowers. First size, 4-6 inch, 95 cts. per 100; 18.50 per 1000. Special size, 3V4-4 inch, blooming bulbs. 70 cts. per 100; J5.50 per 1000. 50 cts per 1000 cheaper when shipped from Kow York. GUDIOLIS. Florists* Forcing Varieties. AUGUSTA, pore white with blue anthers, J4.00 per 100. MAY, white, flaked rosy crimson, $1.75 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. MADAME MONNERET, rose color. «1.50 per 100; 813.00 per 1000. ISAAC BUCHANAN, vellow. 83.40 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. XXX FLORIST MIXTURE, light aud white, $1.75 per 100; 815.00 per 1000. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO. [ I 84 Randolph St. NEW YORK. 14 Barclay Si. ESTABLISHED 1802. for over a hundred years have been universally recognized'as the standard of e.xcellenoe. OUR CATALOGUE for 19 3 is now ready and will be mailed free on application. We handle only the very highest class seeds, making a specialty of choice flower seeds for florists, and selected" vegetable seeds for market gardeners. For nurserymen we have a very full line of native and foreign tree and shrub seeds and full lines of hybrid French Gladioli, Japan Lilies and Irises, etc., etc. Our general descriptive catalogue, the handsomest, most complete and most reliable published, will also be Mailed Free to parties interested. J.M.THORBURN &CO. 36 Cortlandt St., NEW YORK. Please mention the A merica n Florist wlien writing. Mushroom Spawn FIRST QUALITY. STRICTLY FRESH. jtj»j»LOWEST PRICES WRITE FOR SPECIAL ...QUOTATIONS... James Vick's Sons, ROCHESTER, N. Y. SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW- A Florists' Plate Book. 150 Plates and nearly 300 varieties lor $3 50 or three for $10.00. You can't do business without It. VREDENBURG & CO., Rochester, N. Y. FOR PROFIT IN Greenhouse and Garden Each. Do7,. .]( New Large Flowering Begonias... 805 8 .50 $3.00 Double Begonias 10 1-00 6.00 Gloxinias. New spotted and var. .10 1.00 6.00 Gladiolus, -MaV (Crawford)... .04 .35 3.00 Shakespeare' 10 1.00 6.00 Groff's Hybrids 05 .40 2.50 Lemoine's Hybrids .04 .35 3,00 White and light ....04 .35 2.00 Pinkandbliish -.04 .35 2.00 Red and crimson 03 .20 1.00 Lilium Auratum 10 .85 5.00 Speciosum rubruni 10 1.00 6,00 ' Speciosum album 10 1.00 6.00 Tuberoses, Excelsior Pearl 03 .3d 1.2d Dahlias,- M choice named -sorts. .15 1-.25 8.00 Caladium Esoulentum 10 .85 5 00 Cannas, 10 -choice named sorts .05 .40 2.50 ^~ Second planting of Mushroom Spawn la DOW in order. Good prices from this date to May 15. It takes about five weeks from spa'wning to get a crop. Send for our booklet on culture free for stamp. t^° Verbenas, Asters, Petunias, Phlox and Similar sub,iects may now be sown. Our trade list of these and other reliable Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Bulbs, Insecticides, Tools, etc., is very complete and may be had free for the asking. GEORGE G. WATSON, Seedsman, Juniper & Walnut Sts„ PHILADELPHIA. Burp ) Seeds vC o Grow Probably you bave heard of this famous motto for many years but have you proved for yourself that Burpee's Seeds are the BEST that Grow? If not, write to-day for Burpee's Farm Annual forl903— so well-known as "The Leading Amer- ican Seed Catalogue." It is an elegant book of 184 pages, with beautiful colored plates and willbesentFREE to planters everywhere; —to others upon receipt of 10 cents, which is less than cost per copy in quarter-million editions. W^rite TO-DAY, Do not delay! It is Buflflcient to address simply BURPEE, Philadelphia Blue List of wholesale prices mailed only to those who plant for profit. SWEET PEAS Sow In March. Blanche Burpee, white; Earliest of All, pink and white ; Countess of Radnor, lavender; Katherine Tracy, pinit. 34 lb., iQc; 1 lb., 30c. D. LANDRETH & SONS, Florist Department, 1217 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 'fir RmBTica is "the Prow af the Vessel; there may be more comfort Rmidships, but we are the first to touch Unknown Seas," Vol. XX. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 31, 1903. No. 768. ifLlilli /AimifPP^IlS! IFlL@@l!@f Eighteenth Year. Copyright 1903, by American Florist ?orapany Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published every Saturday by AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago. Eutern Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe. »2.00. Subscriptions accepted only from the trade. Volumes half-yearly from .Au'^ust, 1901. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS. Officers — John Burton, Philadelphia, Pa., president; C. C. Pollworth, Mihvauee, Wis., vice-president; Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bbatty, Oil City, Pa., treasurer. Nineteenth annual meeting at Milwaukee, Wis., August, 19u3. AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. Annual convention iit Detroit, llicli.. February. 19(M. Albert M. Herb, Lanc:astfr. Pa , secretary. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. Annual meeting and exhibition, Philadelphia, March 24-26, 19 3. Leonard Barron, 136 Liberty St., New York, seorttary. CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Annual convention and e.\hibition. New York. Noveml)er 10-12. 1903 Edwin Lonsdale, Chest- nut Hill. Pa., secretary. THIS ISSUE 48 PAGES WITH COVER. CONTENTS. American Carnation Society 1 1 1 — President-elect Geo. A. Rackham (portrait;. Ill — Vice-president Hartshorne (portrait) 112 —Report of judges 112 —Those present I'o Chrysanthemum Society of America 114 Carnations— Carnation Indianapolis (illus.). 114 —Carnation Magdalene (illus.) '14 —Carnation Tiger (illus.) Il» —Bench ol Mrs. Lawson (illus.) 114 —Diseases: Theory of cause and etfect 114 With the growers— .John G. Shoil (illus.) 115 An Omaha establishment (illus.) 115 Palms and ferns 115 Florists' plant notes 117 History and cultivation of the violet 118 Early planting for dahlias Ii9 A simple funeral arrangement (illus.) 119 New York 119 Cincinnati 120 Boston 180 Chicago 120 Philadelphia 121 Toronto 121 Treatment for azaleas 122 The seed trade 128 The nursery trade 130 Minneapolis 130 Our pastimes 132 Detroit ' 132 Indianapolis 1^ Grand Rapids, Mich 136 Providence, R. 1 140 Kansas City 142 Pittsburg 144 Cleveland H8 Twelfth Annual Meeting, Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 19 and 30, 1903. The twelfth annual convention of the American Carnation Society was nota- ble for many things and was without doubt the most successful, generally speaking, in the history of the organiza- tion. The weather, although severely cold, was an improvement on that ordi- narily experienced in "carnation society week." The attendance was large, but was confined almost entirely to the east, most of those present from a distance President-elect George A. Rackham. coming under the classification of the society's wheel-horses. The exhibition, which marked another distinct advance in the development of the carnation, was staged at the Art Gallery, on Montague street, a short distance from the home of the Germania Club, where the business sessions were held. It is not as a rule advisable to separate a convention and its exhibition, but in this case the show did not seriously detract from the attendance at the meetings, for the ses- sions were brief and mainly confined to interesting and important business closely relating to the society's future. The usual essays were omitted from the programme and, while much good litera- ture and some important facts were doubtless lost thereby, the members pres- ent did not feel the deprivation, for there were many allurements at hand. The judges appointed at the opening of the convention at noon on Thursday were as follows: On certificates: Wm. Scott, Buffalo; Richard Witterstaetter, Cincinnati; Wni. Nicholson, Framingham, Mass. On cash prizes: W. N. Rudd, Mt. Greenwood, 111.; C. H.Allen, Floral Park, N. Y.; M. A. Patten, Tewksbury, Mass. On seedlings: S. J. Reuter, Westerly, R. I.; Fred. H. Lemon, Richmond, Ind.; A. Herrington, Madison, N. J. The judging of exhibits was the prin- cipal business of Thursday afternoon. The reports of the judges appear on another page. The first business session of the society was called to order at the Germania Club on Thursday evening and was opened by an address of welcome by Park Commis- sioner Young, who spoke an eloquent and hearty approval of the good work performed by the society and referred to venerable and beloved Charles Zeller, of Flatbush, as the pioneer in the American carnationindustry. Wm. Scott responded for the society, saying that the present exhibition eclipses all those in the past and sets a new high mark for the carna- tion and for the society. He spoke appre- ciatively ot the value of parks as public educators and Commissioner Young, at the close, extended a cordial invitation to visit Prospect Park, which is one of Brooklyn's prides. President C. W. Ward, of Queens, then made his annual report and the reports of Secretary Albert M. Herr, of Lancas- ter, Pa., and Treasurer Fred. E. Dorner, fr., of Lafayette, Ind., were read. John "G. Esler, of Saddle River, N. J., Wm. Scott and W. N. Rudd were appointed as an auditing committee. E. G. Gillett, of Cincinnati, presented a report for the committee on national flower and recommended that the Ameri- can Carnation Society act in hearty cooperation with the McKinley Caino- 112 The AuEkiCAN Floret. U. 2l, tion League in its movement for the gen- eral recognition of the sentimental asso- ciations surrounding the flower. H. M. Altick, of Dayton, O., and Wm. Scott spoke in approval of the recommendation. The election of officers was then pro- ceeded with and was entirely unanimous: For president, George A. Rack ham, of Detroit; for vice-president, James Harts- home, of Joliet, 111. Secretary Herr and Treasurer Dorner were re-elected. 'The society has taken out articles of incorporation in the state of New York since its last meeting and the matter of the adoption of a new constitution and by-laws was here taken up. After a brief discussion the original draft as presented was adopted without amendment. A vote of thanks was tendered for the hospitality of the Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Brooklyn Hor- ticultural Society. The society convened late on Friday morning and the first order of business was the reading of the report of the judges, after which President-elect George A. Rackham was called upon lor a speech. He thanked the society lor the honor conferred on himself and on his city. He promised plenty of good hard work and abundant local enthusiasm to make next year's meeting at Detroit a most success- ful event. Wm. Scott and Peter Fisher were appointed a committee on final resolutions, with instructions to report at the banquet in the evening. W. N. Rudd brought up the question of the recognition of carnation sports, advocating the adoption of some method of registration without the duplication of the same thing under different names. After an animated discussion, a motion by J. C. E. Dickerman pre- vailed, appointing two members to serve as a nomenclature committee, with the secretary, in matters of registration. On motion of Mr. Scott it was also ordered that in the future sports shall be entitled to only provisional registration at the hands of the secretary, final action on all such to be taken at the annual exhibition, when those deemed worthy of a distinct name shall have official recognition. The exhibits occupied two rooms at the Art Gallery on Montague street, the group displays having one hall to them- selves and making a very fine show. The walls were lavishly hung with southern smilax and both halls were admirably adorned with evergreens and palms from C. W. Ward. The tables of carnations irom C. W. Ward, the J. D. Thompson Carnation Company and Dailledouze Brothers were especially handsome. The sensations of the show were John N. May's new white. Bride, and L. E. Marquisee's Flamingo, a superb scarlet, the result of a cross of Jubilee and Red Jacket. C. W. Ward's Mrs. Roosevelt was also notable. Many seedlings of merit were shown but no preliminary certificates were awarded. J. D. Thompson arrived from Joliet, 111., five hours late, with a large collec- tion of blooms which were of exceptional quality but do not appear in the awards as they were staged too late for the judging. . , ., . Among the non-competative exhibits were Lorraine begonias from Thomas Roland, cyclamens from John Barr, flowering bulbs from W. H. Siebrecht shown for Van Waveren & KruyjfF, mignonette from J. A. Snydam, Pandanus Sanderi from H. A. Dreer, Nephrolepis Piersoni from F. R. Pierson Company, Conquerer brand ribbons from Lion & Weftheimer, ventilators from A.^ Ras- musaen, iron gutters from E. Hippard and general supplies from Reed & Keller. Secretary's Report. Your secretary has his usual short report, having issued the proceedings of the Indianapolis meeting in due time and mailed them to all paid members of the society. A preliminary premium list was issued in the summer, the regular list February 1, and various circular letters during the year, all of which were mailed to the members. Anyone not having received these items will please report to the sec- -President-elect James Hartshorne. retary so that he may get the address corrected. ' Membership for 1902 consisted of 267 paid up members; lost during the year for non payment of dues, twenty-two; new members gained previous to this meeting, nineteen. This is a good show^ ing, as usually the gain before the meet- ing is very small. ' Duplicate bills for dues that had beeri paid were issued to three of the members during the year and your secretary pub- licly apologizes for his error. He als6 wants to thank the exhibitors for their careful attention to the details of their entries, as it considerably lessens his work at a very hard time of the year. The 25-cent tax for signing the railroad certificates is an innovation of the rail- roads and will be applicable to all tickets of this kind, so that our society is in no way discriminated against in this respect. That the society is doing good, active work is shown by the fact that the post- age bill from March 2, 1902, to February 12, 1903, is $52. Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. Treasurer's Report. PERMANENT FUND. Balance report Feb. 18, 1903 81,6S0.00 Feb. 20, cash from A. M. Herr. .".$ .53.00 Feb. 33, cash from A. M. Herr. . . 170.00 233.00 PEBMANENT FUND INVESTED. Note due Aprill, 1903 .% 800.00 Note due May 1, 190 J 60000 Caab in bank- 673.00 *0t4l KEOUttTS AMD CASH ON flASl), Pefmanent fuHd Feb. 18, 1902. . .Jl.SSO.OO Cash to permanent fund ^23.00 Cash to working fund 897.10 Interest to date, Feb. 19, 1903. . . . 54.90 82,826.00 TOTAL EXPENSES AND CASH ON HAND. Due permanent fund Feb. 19, 1903 47.39 Paid vouchers on treasurer 840.40 Notes due April and May, 1903, permanent fund 1 ,200.00 Cash in bank permanent fund. . . 673.00 Cash in bank working fund 64.21 nm> 00 F. E. DoBNEK, Jb., Treas. Report of Judg:es. The following are the awards: One hundred blooms, white, first, John N. May, Summit, N. J., with Bride; second, S.J. Goddard, Farmingham, Mass., with The Queen. One hundred light pink, first, Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., with Enchantress; second, A. H. Roper, Tewksbury, Mass., with Fair Maid. -One hundred dark .pink, first,. J.. H. Taylor; Bay side, L. I., with Mrs. Law- son; second, C. W. Ward, Queens, N. Y., also with Mrs. Lawson. One hundred scarlet, M. A. Patten, Tewksbury, Mass., with J. H. Manley. One hundred crimson, first, Chicago Carnation Company, Joliet, 111., with Harlowarden. One hundred yellow variegated, first, L. E. Marquisee, Syracuse, N. Y., vrith Sunbird. One hundred white variegated, first, Peter Fisher, with Mrs. M. A. Patten. Fifty blooms white, first, L. E. Mar- quisee, with Albatross; second, Peter Fisher, with Gov. Wolcott. Fifty light pink, first, Peter Fisher, with Enchantress; second, C. W. Ward,' with Alpine Glow. Fifty dark pink, first, M. A. Patten, with Mrs. Lawson; second,J. H. Taylor, also with Mrs. Lawson. Fifty blooms crimson, first, C. W. Ward, with President Roosevelt; second, Chicago Carnation Co., with Harlow- arden. Fifty yellow variegated, first, L. E. Marquisee, with Sunbird; second, M. A. Patten, with Dorothy Whitney. Fifty "any other color," first, C. W. Ward, with Sensation. Twenty-five blooms white, first, L. E. Marquisee, with Albatross; second, Wm. Duckham, Madison, N. J., with Loma. Twenty-five light pink, first, C. Besold, Mineola, N. Y., with Goethe; second, M. A. Patten, with Fair Maid. Twenty-five dark pink, first, J. H. Tay- lor, with Lawson; second, Wm. Duck- ham, also with Lawson. Twenty-five bloomscrimson, first. Win. Duckham, with Gov. Roosevelt; second, Chicago Carnation Co., with Harlow- arden. Twenty-five yellow variegated, first, C. Besold, with Admiral Cervera. Twenty-five white variegated, first, M. A. Patten, with Gaiety; second, C. War- burton, Fall River, Mass., with Pros- perity. Collection of not less than ten or more than fifteen varieties, first, C. W. Ward; second, Dailledouze Bros., Flatbush,L. I. Collection of not less than five Or more than eight varieties, first, C. Besold; sec- ond, Charles Webber. Vase of 200 blooms, silver cup to Peter Fisher for Enchantress. Collection of individual blooms, first, Dailledouze Bros.; second, C. W. Ward. Fifty blooms Cressbrook, first, j. C. E. Dickerman. Fifty blooms Gov. Wolcott, first, M. A. Patten. tgos- The American Florist. 113 BENCH OF MRS. LAWSON GROWN BY W, W. COLES, KOKOMO, IND. The Lawson gold medal was awarded to Peter Fisher for Enchantress; the silver medal to L. E. Marquisee for Flamingo, the bronze medal to C. W. Ward for President Roosevelt. The S. A. F. silver medal was awarded to L. E. Marquisee for Flamingo, the bronze medal to Peter Fisher for Mrs. M. A. Patten. Certificates were awarded: To S. J. Reuter, for Lillian Pond, which scored 90 points. To L. E. Marquisee, for Sunbird, which scored 87 points; for Albatross, which scored 90 points; for Flamingo, which scored 90 points. To H. Weber & Sons, for Gov. Loundes, which scored 91 points. Those Present. Among those present from outside points were: Wm. P. Craig, Leo Niessen, S. S. Skidelsky, M. Reukaut. W. R. Shelmire and A. B. Cartledge, Philadelphia; B. L Elliott, Fred. Burki and Phil. Langhans, Pittsburg; Wm. Swayne and J. B Swayne, Kennett Square; A. H. Lanser Wayne; A. M. Herr, Lancaster; E. N Kroninger, Allentown; J. L. Dillon Bloomsburg; W. C. Rockwell, Bradford J. L. Wyland, Dehaven; John Murchie and E. H. Murchie, Sharon; J. E. Haines, Bethlehem; W. F. Lauch, Carrick; E. L Blind and W. Hinkel, Westview; W. A Pierce, Westchester; J. M. Palmer, Ken nett Square; R. Rohrer, Lancaster; G. R Geiger, Nazareth: E. C. Ludwig, Alle gheny; W. A. Walters, Oxford; J. E. Fan court Wilkesbarre; W. Schmidt, Johns town; S. A. Baur, Erie; J. R. Shellem John Burton, A. H. Lanser, Robert Kift Horace Dumont, H. R. Crawford and Robert Craig, Philadelphia; G. H. Thomp son and Lawrence Thompson, Kennett Square, Pa. L. D. Bryant, North Cambridge; A. H. Lang, Worcester; F. A. Blake, Rochdale; E. N. Pierce and Allen Pierce, Waltham; M. A. Patten, Tewksbury; J. A. Petti- grew and W. J. Stewart, Boston; Peter Fisher, Ellis; Wm. Nicholson and S. J. Goddard, Framingham; Wm. Spillsbury, Wobum; Wm. Sim, Cliftondale; Thos. Roland, Nahant; A.E. Batley, Maynard; John Barr, South Natick; C. Warburton and J. H. Fernley, Fall River; F. L. Brown, B. D. Iliffe, Boston; C. Neale and H. F. Littlefield, Worcester; Jos. Fuller, Leominster; L. E. Small, Tewksbury; J. C. E. Dickerman, Dorchester; H. A. Cook, Shrewsbury; C. Holbrow, Brigh- ton; D. Carmichael and W. W. Tailby, Wellesley; A. Roper, Tewkesbury, Mass, Wm. L. Kasting and Wm. Scott, Buffalo; W. A. Rowlands, Utica; Thorwald Jensen, Mamaroneck; D. Burgevin and Paul Burgevin, Kingston; A. N. Pierson and J. R. Fotheringham, Tarrytown; Geo. Saltford, Poughkeepsie; L. E. Marquisee Syracuse; Chas. Guenther. Hamburg Walter Mott, Jamestown; C. T. Darhng Stonybrook; Benj. Hammond, Fishkill A. H. Funnel!, Huntington; W. J Palmer, Buffalo; J. B. Rudy, Elmira; J D. Cockcroft, Northport; Jos. Wood Spring Valley; H. N. Hoffraa'-, Elmira W. H. Waite, Yonkers; D. M. McFarlane Scarboro; N. C. Russell. Millbrae: Chas Lenker, Freeport, N. Y. John Walker and E. Hippard, Youngs town; Richard Witterstaetter, E. G Gillett, Cincinnati; H. M. Altick, Day- ton; Carl Hagenburger, West Mentor: C. M. Naumann, Cleveland; W. K. Part- ridge, Cincinnati; J. Merkel, West Mentor; Guy Bate, East Cleveland, O. A. Herrington, Wm. Duckham and C. 11. Tottv, Madison; J. G. Esler, Saddle Kiver; S. C. Nash, Clifton; W. A. Manda and Joseph Manda, South Orange; T. E. Edwards, Bridgeton, N.J. A. N. Pierson and W. R. Pierson, Crom- well; Geo. A. Osborn and J. F. Huss, Hartford; O. R. Morgan, Glastonbury; R. W. Wynnings, Stafford Springs; F. J. Taylor, Southport; Sam. Lynes, Nor- walk; G. H. Traendly, Rowayton, Conn. W. N. Rudd, Anton Then, J. S. Wilson, G. L. Grant, L. Coatsworth. John Felkc and P. J. Foley, Chicago; J. D. Thomp- son and fas. Hartshorne, foliet. 111. P. B. Welch, J. J. Perry, F. C. Bauer and Wm. Lehr, Baltimore; F. X. Mill- man, Cumberland, Md. E. J. Johnston and T. J. Johnston, Providence; S.J. Renter and L. J. Reuter, Westerly; N. D. Pierce, Norwood, R. L Philip Breitmeyer, G. A. Rackham, G. H. Taepke and Edw. Beard, N. A. Sullivan, Detroit. Fred. H. Lemon, Richmond: F. E. Dorner, Jr., Lafayette; A. F. J. Bauer. Indianapolis, Vernon Grave, Richmond; Myer Heller, New Castle, Ind. Edw. Dale. Brampton, Ont.; J. H. Dunlop and R. W. King, Toronto. F. R. Mitchell, Water ville, Me. W. H. Vance, Wilmington, Del. George Smith, Manchester, Vt. C. -P. Dudley, Parkersburg, W. Va. G. E. Buxton, Nashua, N. H. Local parties who took an active part were: Messrs. Raynor, Taylor, Young, the Dailledouze brothers, Demusy, Ward, Suydam, Allen, Besold, Asmus, Traendly, Gnldner, Kromback, Langjahr, Phillips, Mellis, Zeller, Craw, O'Mara, Wheeler, Macrorie, Boddington, Saltford, Sie- brecht, Wallace, Butterfield, Weclier, Sheridan, Plumb, Kretchmar and Ben- nett. Tbe Banquet. The banquet at the Germania Club Friday evening was a splendid success. A half hour was spent socially in the large lecture hall, previous to the ban- quet, where an orchestra and male quar- tette discoursed fine music. Upwards of 300 sat down to tables which were very J^>^^^^K^^^^^^fe^^^^^ 1 HOUSE OF CARNATION MAGDALENE GROWN BY SMITH & SON, CLEVELAND. 114 The American Florist. Feb. 21, handsomely decorated with plants and flowers. The walls and chandeliers were festooned with southern smilax and bows of pink ribbon. Hon. Timothy L. Woodruff officiated as toastmaster. The toasts were as follows: "Flowers and Their Relation to Art," Hon. Richard Young, commissioner of parks; "The Influence of the Carnation and Other Flowers Upon the Ethical Side of Life," Robert Craig; "Old Fashioned Flowers," Hon. Geo. H. Brower; "Humors of a Florist's Life," L. E. Marquisee; "The City Beautiful," A. Augustus Healy, president Brooklyn Institute; "Queen Flora's Treasure House," Wm. Scott; "Floriculture as a Profession," A. Her- rington; "The Advantages of a Horti- cultural Organization," i?rank B.Sloane, of Poughkeepsie; "The Carnation's Con- quest of the West," Fred. H. Lemon, Richmond, Ind. Chrysanthemum Society of America. The executive committee of the Chrys- anthemum Society of America met at Brooklyn, N. Y., on Friday, February 20, and adopted a planforcalling on various clubs and societies for special prizes for the big exhibition to be held in New Yot;k next fall. The date selected is November 10-12, at the American Insti- . tute. F. R. Pierson announced an offer of $50 and $25 for cups for sweepstake prizes for gardeners. Messrs. A. Herring- ton, Wm. Duckham and F. R. Pierson were appointed a committee to act with Dr. Hexamer, of the Institute. The American Institute contributes $1,000 in premiums. CARNATIONS. CARNATION INDIANAPOLIS. Baur & Smith, of Indianapolis, have a seedling of Mrs. Joost and Armazindy w^hich they have christened lor their city. It is hi its third year and has proven a first-class bloomer; in fact, they say it pays better than anything else on the place. It shows its parentage very little. The color is a bright, clear pink and does not fade as the bloom ages. The flower is more than three inches in diameter, carried on a long, strong stem. The calyx is not a "splitter." The plant is compact and upright in habit. CARNATION MAGDALENE. The illustration on page 113 is from a photograph of a house of the seedling pink carnation Magdalene, formerly known as No. 11-98, originated and grown by Smith & Son, of Cleveland. The house was planted September 24 and photographed February 12, 1903. The color of the seedling is a dark rose pink, the blooms measure three inches and Over, on stems two feet long, and it is said to be a very good keeper. Its intro- ducers say that as a producer it is equaled by none on the market to-day. Being an upright grower it may be planted closely and it is absolutely free ot disease. SEEDLING OF RED BRADT AND TIDAL WAVE. ' Ed. Am. Florist: — Your reference to ray exhibits at the Chicago carnation show is somewhat misleading, as I am not given entirely to sports. The vase of 100 exhibited as Alice C. Kennicott, and only named that same day, is the result of across between Red Bradt and Tidal Wave. The flowers are of the Red Bradt type but lighter in color. The plant is a robust grower, producing on strong stiff stems the year around. It is the best commercial red carnation I have ever seen,gr6wn out of doors in summer or in the greenhouse in winter. I also exhib- ited two sports from Evanston, one an orange scarlet, deeper in color than the parent and keeping its color at all times, even out of doors in strongest sun. The other is a bright bronze pink, a color I have never before seen in the carnation. J. T. Anthony. CARNATION TIGER. One of the novelties shown at Brook- lyn was a vase of Carnation Tiger, from Henry Eichholz, Waynesboro, Pa., who has been growing the variety for five years. The color is orange, striped pink, and, while it cannot be sold in quantity like pink or white, there is always a market for limited quantities, for retail- ers are glad to get it to add variety to their stock. Tiger is a good-sized flower, on a strong stem. (See page 118.) THE LAWSON CARNATION. The illustration on page 113 is from a photograph of a bench 5x100 feet, of Mrs. T. W. Lawson carnation. On the day this bench was photographed, Janu- Carnation Indlanapoli: ary 13, I picked 300 blooms, of which over ninety per cent were select quality. The Lawson is without question the most profitable variety that has come under my observation. It has averaged a cut of over 300 blooms per week since before Christmas, and is today a perfect mass of buds and flowers. For the past three or four weeks it has out-bloomed any other variety on my place and is a great favorite with all my best custom- ers. I find they sell better at top prices, Prosperity excepted, than any other variety. It is true we have a few split calyxes but only about ten per cent that is detrimental to its sale, and even those can be sold at a cheaper price. The soil best suited to this variety is a rather heavy loam with a liberal amount of manure mixed in. A night tempera- ture of about 52° shfts in my experience been very successful. I believe in benching the Lawson early, say some time in the month of July. If benched early and kept growing we will have no complaint about short stems from the first of October on. My rnode of benching differs greatly from tliat of the majority of carnation growers, inas- much as most growers shade their houses very heavily and partly close the venti- lators for about one week after planting, if done in July and August. I consider that this treatment so weakens, the vitality of the plants that they never luUy recover, for it surely makes- them soft and sometimes encourages black spot and stem rot. My carnation house is 23x221 feet and stands out by itself. Thirty-inch venti- lators are used on the south wall the whole length of the house, and 16x24 glass is fastened with caps on the north side wall. When we are ready to take the old soil out of the house we remove the ventilators from the south and the glass from the north, so as to empty and refill the benches through the windows. When the benches are ready, with good fresh new soil, we select one man to do the digging and two to pick up the plants carefully in flats and bring, them . to the house, while two others attend; to the planting. Instead of shading the house heavily with mud and keeping it nearly closed, as is done by most growers, we leave both sides of the house, also ventilators in the roof, wide open for three weeks, after which the side glass is replaced. To be successful with this treatment you must take up each plant with a nice ball of earth, water them well within thirty minutes after planting and spray the house at least three or four times a day for the first three days. In a week or ten days the plants will be well rooted in the new soil. They should then be syringed but once a day. I am a firm believer in planting all car- nations in the field from pots. I have tried them from flats and benches but find they never start off so quickly and never lift half so well from the field as those that were grown in pots. I know it is quite an undertaking to pot all the plants in very large establishments, but I think if it pays me to grow 20,000 it will compensate the man that grows 200,000. If some of my carnation friends who are troubled with stem rot would try the above system at planting time I think the trouble will be largely over- come. A few weeks ago, while at Rich- mond, I mentioned this treatment to Mr, Knopf, foreman to E. T. Grave, and he informed me he had planted in like man- ner for several years, with very satisfac- tory results. W. W. CoLES. diseases: theory of cause AND EFFECT. It will be the purpose of the writer in the present and a succeeding article to set forth the cause and effect of diseases in general and suggest preventives and remedies that have by results proven themselves to be founded upon sound common sense. It is still the custom with some to look upon nothing as scien- tific that does not possess a long name and savor of chemistry and the labora- tory. While these things have practical value when used as aids to nature, they are worse than useless if the root of the evil which we are trying to remedy is lost sight of in a vain desire to appear scientific in our work. In order to make my meaning clear it will be necessary to avoid long names and technical terms as much as possible. No particular disease will be discussed, as it is desired to call attention to the fundamental principles that underlie all disease. I do not wish to cast a reflec- tion upon the work of our professors in 1903. The American Florist. 115 SECOND-STORY CARNATION HOUSE OF J. G. SHOLL, BURLINGTON, N. J. experiment stations, and others who have spent much time in experiments with chemicals and otherwise, with the view of finding solutions to the problems that have loomed up before those who are engaged in the commercial cultivation of carnations. Their efforts have been well directed and have produced much good. The formulas that they have suggested for the prevention and cure of diseases were eagerh' sought by the growers of the country, who, in the urgent need of the times to subdue pests that seemed to threaten the destruction of a business which gave employment to thousands of worthy people, were inclined to take too little heed of the advice which emanated from the same source — to see that hygienic laws are strictly observed. That things have improved very considerably in this respect is gratifying to see. In order to combat any evil success- fully it is necessary to have some definite plan of action, and a plan of action can only be based upon observation and sound reasoning. We must learn to look into the invisible world as though it were as real to the sight as the objects that manifest themselves to us through the five senses. We must, in our mind's eye, see the germ of disease lighting upon the tissues of the plant, and its struggle with the forces exercised by the plant to keep it out. We must think of how through past ages the same struggle has been going on between the higher forms of vegetable life and the parasites, and why it is that the higher forms of vege- table life have not been wiped out of existence by the parasites; under what conditions it becomes possible for the parasite to enter the living tissues of the plant; how near it can come to destroy- ing the genus of plant upon which it depends for its subsistence without endan- gering its own existence. Does it not suggest itself to the thoughtful student that where one form of organic matter depends upon a higher form for existence the chances of the higher form being totally destroyed by the lower form are not very great; that there must be a dividing line in the health of the plant below which it cannot be forced by the disease without weakening the disease itself and thus giving the plant a chance to recover its health, if the surroundingconditions are favorable.' Does not this suggest that the plant, being a descendant from countless gen- erations and being heir to all the forces that were developed in their battle with the same enemies, contains within itself everything that is necessary for the pres- ervation of perfect health; that we have only to learn what are the conditions that should surround the plants and sec that they are steadily kept up, if we would keep the plants in good health? If we have thoroughly fixed in our minds the above theory, we cannot help thinking that there must be a place where all the forces in a plant reach a perfect balance in relation to outside conditions. This balance is what we call perfect health. The plant is supplied with the forces that ward oft' the attacks of dis- ease of all kindsin just sufficient strength to keep it in good working order. In this condition the plant is immune to disease, because no disease is quite strong enough to successfully attack the tissues of the plant. It must be apparent, then, that anything that has a tendency to weaken the tissues of the plant increases the chance ot their being entered by the germs of disease, which are ever ready to spring upon anything from which they can draw the means of their sub- sistence; for the inhabitants of the microscopic world have the same strug- gle for existence and are as tenacious to life as those of the visible world. It takes but a cell of the higher forms of life to become the home of manygerms which, in a space of time incredibly short, mature and become the parents of nmlti- tudes of their kind. These in turn make more breeding grounds for themselves by weakening the host plant in drawing their sustenance from its very life blood. When conditions have reached this pass we have a very sick plant, and it is usually too late to do much doctoring, for nothing is less in line with true econ- omy than to waste good space on sickly, run down stock. The most sensible treatment of any disease, therefore, lies in the way of prevention, long before any sign of the disease is visible. If we know what conditions bring on disease, it should be a simple matter to prevent it, especially since it is possible to have con- ditions almost absolutely under control for the greater part of the year. J. WITH THE GROWERS. JOHN G. SHOLL, BURLINGTO.\, N. J. I doubt if there is another florist in this country who gets more use out of a lim- ited number of square feet than Council- man John G. Sholl, of Burlington, N. J. His greenhouses are "double deckers." The ground floor is devoted to palms, ferns, rubbers and other decorative plants, while at one end of the largest house are several large tanks for goldfish. Over these and underneath the main tables are other tables of Asparagus plu- mosus nanus and A. Sprengeri, so arranged that the air has free circulation. Supported by heavy posts and girders are the carnation benches, the main house holding between 5,000 and 6,000 plants. The south bench is seven feet above the ground and the northern, or uppermost, is five feet higher, the intervening benches rising at corresponding intervals. Plank walks lead between the tables for the entire length of the house. About the center of the plant are located the office and workrooms, boiler, storage room and stable. On the second floor above is another large carnation house, with the benches arranged in an order somewhat similar to that described above. The houses are heated bv steam, UNDER THE BENCHES IN J. G. SHOLLS "DOUBLE-DECKER" HOUSES. 116 The American Florist. Feb. 21, a Mercer sectional boiler being used. The piping is so arranged, however, that hot water may be substituted if desired. Last summer two new houses, running north and south, were erected. They open into the main carnation house and were used for chrysanthemums in the fall. Just now they are filled with bed- ding stock, young chrysanthemums and young carnations. Mr. ShoU and his foreman, Mr. Wells, both take a great interest in the culture and improvement of carnations and each year there is a large bed of seedlings for trial, which is always very interesting. The colors this year range from white, through all the pinks, yellows, reds and variegations, and there is one, a purple, which lights up well under artificial illumination. Five years ago one, a pink, was selected which showed several good qualities, notably its freedom of bloom and pleas- ing shade, a little lighter than Joost. This was No. 28, later known to the local trade as Burlington Girl, until the present season, when Mr. ShoU decided to offer it to the trade and called it Success. While it is not classed with the fancy flowers, the blooms are of good size, borne on stout stems with good strong calyx and it is always in bloom. Among other seedlings that have been tried three years or more but have not yet been disseminated are two very good pinks, one. No. 45-90, a bright shade with flowers measuring three to three and one-half inches; the other, No. 51-1, a lighter hue, and an excellent white, No. 37, from which no doubt more will be heard at a later date. Mr. ShoU has the best facilities for cul- tivating field-grown plants. A good- sized house is given over to rooting cut- An Omaha Establishment. One of the progressive firms in Nebraska is that of Hess & Swoboda, at Omaha, whose rapidly increasing business has necessitated several recent additions to the glass area. The place is kept strictly up to date, it being the policy to afford the best of facilities and ask the growers to turn out stock which will compare favorably with the produ;t of any other range in their territory. The accom- panying illustrations show what the stock looked like just after the holidays. The carnation house is a double struct- ure, 36x200, built last year by the Mon- inger Company with the Garland iron gutter. Hess & Swoboda have a sash- lifting apparatus of their own which they use in six of their houses, but they have the Moninger apparatus in eight houses and the Challenge in seven others. They are this season forcing 12,000 rose plants, 15,000 carnations, 3,000 smilax, 150 Asparagus plumosus, 500 Aspar- agus Sprengeri, 3,500 Easter lilies, 500 caUas and a general line of French and Dutch bulbs and a miscellaneous lot of flowering plants for retail sales. They have a neat store at 1411 Farnam street, where practically all the cut is sold, but . they do some wholesale shipping busi- ness, a department which they propose to increase. Light Soil for Wlttboldil Eerns. Ed. Am. Florist:— My Wittboldii ferns are turning yeUow and the fronds are dying whUe the Boston ferns on the same bench and receiving the same treatment are green and thrifty. What can the matter be? L- C. L. Nephrolepis Wittboldii thrives best in p ■b^ ^ii^agSM ^ '"y^^ . ^ ^^yf^^ ''■■ ■ '(■ / y '^-'y'^ff^^ •< ^ 'j^smgpmm ^ -f H yaZ. (■ ' ^ ...K^A m .*-■.. ;.,^-, % gm i \^\ ^■^ HESS & SWOBODA'S HOUSE OF LONGIFLORUMS FOR EASTER. tings. The young plants are housed until April, when they are transplanted to the owner's farm, which lies about three miles irom the city Umits. Here the plants are worked weekly with culti- vator and hand- hoe and are kept pinched back sufficiently to make the plants stocky. The houses are filled about Sep- tember 1. Thousands of field-grown plants are supplied annually to Phila- delphia wholesale houses. Harold Otter. WoosTER, 0.— F. H. De Witt & Com- pany report trade good this winter. Their stock is in fine condition. a light soil and high temperature. According to the description of the fern, as given by "L. C. L." we think they are planted in too heavy soil and kept too cool and probably too moist. The Geo. Wittbold Co. Houghton, Mich.— The Lutey Floral Company, with greenhouses at Chassell, will shortly move its Houghton store to the Sheldon buUding. Dayton, O.— The Miami Floral Com- pany is now buUding a propagating house 9x200 feet and is preparing to put up three carnation houses 34x300. Palms and Ferns. POTTING AND OTHER NOTES. In my last article on this subject it was noted that but few palms take kindly to any disturbance of their roots during midwinter, the most notable exception to this rule being found in the kentias that seem to retain an inherited charac- teristic of growing with much freedom at the season when the remainder of our common trade species of palms are taking a rest. The growth made by the kentias at this season is frequently more sym- metrical and stocky than would be made by the same plants during the summer, for at the latter season the kentias will sometimes draw up too much, especiaUy w^hen crowded together and kept in too close an atmosphere. During the winter we prefer that the kentia houses are not kept at a higher temperature than 60° at night, and when the weather is very cold would rather that the temperature be allowed to drop from 2° to 4° lower than to keep it at the top notch throughout the night. In bright weather we ventilate when the temperature runs up to 75° or 80°, but are careful not to raise the ventilators too high in windy weather, for it should always be remembered that the true theory of ventilation is to remove vitiated air and to replace it with the fresh article without any unnecessary draught, and it requires care to carry this out correctly during the winter months. I do not advise anyone to spend much time on hospital treatment for diseased and damaged palms, as the time and space may usually be used to better advantage. It will be recalled by those familiar with the subject that even when handling healthy and good stock the profits of the year from a given space are not by any means sensa- tional. But sometimes one may make a a valuable specimen by grouping plants. Take a tall kentia that has lost its lower leaves, though still retaining three or four good leaves at the top. Shake out the soil, or better, wash it out, and then place three tall young plants . from 4-inch or 5-inch pots around this center plant and keep them all as close together as the roots will allow- This composite plant may be potted firmly in a reasonably small pot and by next September should prove a valuable addition to the stock. This operation may be carried out successfully at the present time and in many establishments it will be found more convenient to do this now than in the spring rush. Whenever palms are shaken out of the soil or have their roots washed out, care should be taken that the roots are not exposed to the air long enough to allow them to dry, for though many of our common palms have much vitality and will bear a good deal of iU usage, yet their roots are very sensitive when exposed to the air. WhUe a plant that has been thus exposed may not die out- right, it will often be found to have suf- fered severely and may lose several leaves by the operation. In making up these composite plants it is preferable to con- fine oneself to planting but one species in a pot. This usually results in a more satisfactory specimen than when the center plant and those surrounding it are of different species, but if the plants are simply being prepared to be used for decorative purposes only in a retail busi- ness, then the artistic proprieties may be violated to the extent of planting some taU latanias around the base of a Kentia igoj. The American Florist. 117 i^^^^^^^^^^^^ s^^Tv^^H ^1^ m W^^^^j^^r^^F^^f^yKT - ""> s f \ ^^V^ s V > \ ^s:^ ^ N [S 1 -■'-^ 9 ' i:.LjjSi^^^l ■^ 1 1 IRON-GUTTERED CARNATION HOUSE OF HESS & SWOBODA, OMAHA. Fosteriana, or even filling around a Kentia Belmoreana with Pandanus utilis, though the last mentioned com- bination does not appeal with any force to the writer. Firm potting has been frequently referred to and is really one of the essen- tials in successful palm growing. When potting small plants, by which is meant anything up to 4-inch pots, the thumbs of the operator are sufficiently powerful tools for the purpose, and are all that is necessary, but beyond that size a ram- mer is required in order to make a good job. The amount ot force with which the rammer is wielded should depend upon the consistency of the soil, a stiff clay soil naturally not needing to be rammed in the pots quite so firmly as an open, fibrous soil should be. Another point to be remembered is that it is the soil in the lower part of the pot that needs the most ramming, for the surface soil will be settled down to a great extent by successive waterings, while that in the bottom of the pot will remain loose unless packed down before the plant is placed thereon. A palm seldom roots as quickly or as freely in a loose soil as in one that is well packed down. Clean pots are always preferable for plant growing and new pots are natur- ally more free from the contamination of fungoid troubles, but when using new pots it is always well to take into con- sideration the fact that a considerable quantity of water will be needed to thor- oughly wet the pots, and that a second or third watering may be required before both the ball and the pot are moistened through, especially when the potting soil is rather dry. In the fern houses there is but little doing just now, though preparation for sowing spores is in order at this season, the time for this operation being consid- ered most favorable between January 1 and March 1. It is questionable whether it will pay a small grower to raise the ferns he may need from spores. The spores that are offered for sale are of uncertain quality, both as to germina- tion and species, it being a difficult mat- ter to prevent the mixing of species before the fronds are gathered, for these minute seeds are carried about on one's clothing beside being blown from plant to plant by currents ot air. It is a most interesting operation, the raising of seedling ferns, and a little prac- tice of that kind will do none of us any harm, even though some of the fern mil- lionaires, so to speak, may offer seedling ferns from flats for $5 per thousand. There is quite a difference in the length of the germinating period of different ferns, and also in the time required to make useful and salable plants from the seedlings, but this is too long a story to be tacked onto the present writing, so I will only recall once more that in the operation of raising sporelings, or seed- ling ferns, the sterilization of the soil is one of the recjuisites, and this is best per- formed by means of a steam box in which the prepared soil may be submitted to a thorough application of dry steam, and thus be cleansed for some time of various fungoid and insect troubles. Incase thequantity of soil to be treated does not warrant the preparation of a steam box, the next best plan is to bake it for a short time in an oven or over a fire, but this method is much more inju- rious to the soil than that mentioned above. \Y. H. Taplin. Florists' Plant Notes. CI.NERARIAS. Change the tobacco stems scattered lietwecn the pots cvcrj' few weeks to keep down aphis and keep smoke awaj' from them or you arc apt to burn the leaves. Give them liquid manure once a week to darken the foliage and increase the size of the flowers. ASTILBES. Astilbe Japonica ought to have a tem- perature of 60° to bring it into bloom on time. Water copiously and feed with liquid nianure once a week and keep the plants well syringed. Place a saucer under each pot and keep it full of water, and give the plants plenty of room to allow them to develop symmetrically. And above all, let no tobacco smoke get near them or the foliage will burn. Those for Memorial day should not be brought into heat until the first of April. AZALEAS. Your azaleas must be gone over every few days to keep the lateral growths pinched out. Mme. Van der Cruyssen, Niobe and other sorts which are coming along quite fast must be kept as near to 40° as possible to hold them for Easter. The later varieties, such as Emperor of Brazil, will need more heat to bring them into bloom on time. Give them 50° about six weeks before Easter, which is plenty warm enough. Do not crowd the plants or they will lose a great deal of their foliage, and never allow them to suffer for want of water. Plenty of syringing is also necessary on bright days, which must be discontinued after the flowers have commenced to open. HYDRANGEAS. Hydrangea Otaksa for Easter bloom- ing requires plenty of feeding with liquid manure from now on. Twice a week is not too often. The pots are filled with a mass of spongy roots which require copious waterings. Do not let the plants wilt evenintheleastforthe want of water or the flowers will come under-sized and "spotty," and if exposed to the full sun, which they should be, the young foliage is apt to burn. Give the plants plenty of A ROSE HOUSE OF HESS &. SWOBODA, OMAHA, NEB. 118 The American Florist. Feb. 21, room to keep the lower foliage from turning yellow. Those for Memorial day should be started into growth about the first of March by watering more freely. Give them the full light in a temperature of 50°. No forcing is necessary lor this late date, and the cooler you can grow them the stronger and sturdier your plants will be. Keep a sharp lookout lor green- fly, which must be kept down by regular fumigation. Smoking, however, discolors the blooms, and the Easter flowering plants must be kept away from the smoke after the buds have commenced to develop. In fact, it is a good plan, in handling those plants whose flowers are harmed by tobacco smoke, to fumigate often just before the buds have com- menced to develop, so that when the flowers are open no more fumigation is necessar3-. G. History and Cultivation of the Violet. (Read bv X. B. Stover before the Grand Rapids Florists' Club, February 9, 1903.] The genus violacea consists of more than 150 species, native of North America, Europe, Asia, China and Japan. Some of the species occupy a prominent posi- tion in the flowergarden and greenhouse, but this paper will bear only upon those varieties which are fragrant. Viola odorato, by common consent called the English violet, is unquestionably the violet of the ancients and is recommended for its medicinal virtues as well as its fragrance and beauty. There are only a lew varieties that are cultivated, Marie Louise, Imperial, Lady Hume Campbell and Swanley White among the doubles, and a few single varieties. Princess of Wales being about the only single that is cultivated to any great extent. The cultivation of the violet is a pleasure at times and a great disappoint- ment at others. Many violet growers have regretted banking upon a very promising crop with every indication of tke very best results. No one but a violet grower can comprehend the pleas- ure it is to look over the results of his hard work. You can see him go around with a smile, and I haven't the least doubt that he has built some air castles, or planned a pleasure trip of some kind, when all at once the experienced eye detects a slight indication of something that is not right. Still he cannot think there is anything wrong with such nice plants, but they do not keep you in doiibt very long. One ^vill die here and there, and before long out goes a whole house, and so on until all are dead. His prospects, his hopes, his aspirations, his air castles, his trips are gone. Every pleasure is abandoned. Before I leave the subject of the pleasures and disappointments of growing violets I would like to give just a little of ray experience in the summer and fall of 1901, and shall quote the words of the party who sells our crop. On a visit to our place in September, 1901, he said, "You have the largest violet plants in or around Grand Rapids and I see a nice round sum for you the coming wiiiter; send them right along; I will put you on your feet." Well, by Christ- mas about all the violet houses were empty, all the plants dead. While these experiences are costly I always try to look on the bright side. It is for the best and just what a person must have to help him guard against a repetition. These are the pleasures and disappointments in the growing of violets. The violet delights in a moderately heavy soil, one-third clay, one-third muck and one-third well-rotted cow manure mixed thoroughly. We plant our violets in the greenhouses in the middle of the summer in as near this kind of soil as possible. Our work begins immediately, to keep the weeds down and the stock watered just right, the runners and decayed leaves picked off. The houses should be slightly shaded with whitewash and the temperature should be kept just as low as possible by giving all the air you can. Water suffi- ciently to keep the stock just on the wet side until about the middle of October, when the soil should be kept a little on the drv side. Prom that date until December 15 is the most critical time in the growing of violets. If you can get your plants through that period you can almost depend upon a fair crop. I visited one of our violet growing establishments in this city some years ago, which was about the beginning of my career as a violet grower, and I cer- tainly have never seen any violets quite so fine as those, the Marie Louise. I remarked at that time that if he would tell me how to grow violets like those I would fill my whole place with them and buy my stock of him. He said the whole secret could be told in four words: "Take care of them." The full meaning of his reply came upon me at once and I surely felt that I was.farther away than ever, and I have tound out since that those four words mean a great deal. I have found out this, that with good healthy plants, the right kind of soil and good care, the violet is almost as sure a crop as most other varieties ol plants that are grown under glass, and with all these requisites and attention, failures in violet culture will be rare, but vpithout them success will be equally rare. The disease that gives the grower the most trouble is the spot. It is not very particular what part of the leaf it comes on or whether it is an old leaf or a new one. It will attack a healthy plant just as quickly as a sickly one, and wherever it appears the whole leal and stem should be quickly picked off and burned up. The violet, as everything else, has its insect pests. The green fly and red spider are troublesome, but worst of all is the black fly, something similar to the green fly, but much harder to kill on account of its getting right into the heart of the plant. Prequentfumigatingwith tobacco smoke is the best remedy for the flies and hard syringing on bright days for the red spider. In fighting the insects it is very necessary to keep right at them, and I find it is a great deal easier to go at them in the cutting bench. A light spraying with strong tobacco water with an auto- sprayer once a week will help materiallv to reduce their number, and after potting up place tobacco stems between the rows of pots. This especially refers to the black fly. If they are not eradicated while the plants are small it will be almost impossible to get entirely rid of them during the whole season, as the plants grow so compactly that it is almost impossible to get at them after the plants are large enough to bloom. Lady Hume Campbell is the variety fenerally grown by the Grand Rapids orists. While violets are grown to a certain extent in almost every state in the Union, there are some localities where violets are the principal crop. At Rhine- beck, N. Y.,just afewyears ago only two establishments were growing them and at the present time there are over fifty large establishments which grow nothing but violets and one whole express car is reserved for violets every day for the New York market. This is the largest violet district in the United States, while Grand Rapids ranks second. I think now a few brief notes for the benefit of amateurs would be in keeping with the objects of this society, and to all lovers of the violet. Of all delightful perfumes, that of the violet is the most delicate and pleasing. They should be planted very early in the spring, in rather a cool and not too shady place. Keep moderately wet during summer and about December 1 cover lightly with leaves and about the last week in March remove the covering and give them a in tie mulch of well-rotted cow manure. You will certainly be rewarded by an abundance of flowers. The best double varieties that can be recommended for that purpose are the hardy English violet and the Russian violet. In singles almost any variety will give the desired results. The best is Princess of Wales. There are several of our native species worthy of cultivation in our borders, particularly where there is considerable shade. The best of those is Viola pedata, or bird's foot violet, a species that abounds in many parts of the country, but nowhere more plentifully than in the plains of Long Island, where in early spring may be seen acres of mauve-colored flowers, or pure white, light blue and purple-striped flowers. This species improves with cultivation and can be removed without the slightest danger. I think that the Michigan people do not appreciate the violet as they should; vv-hat they want is show. igoj. The American Florist. 119 Early Planting: for Dahlias. I Read by Kraucis Cunning, of Villa Nova. Pa., before the Farmers' Inslitute at Philadelphia. February II, 190 J.] I still believe in early planting for dahlias, in spite of all we have heard recently about late planting. Perhaps if I had large quantities to plant, some would be planted late, so as to get the large flowers the plants produce when first coming into flower. But for gen- eral purposes I have always found that early planting is better. I think the trouble is sometimes in the varieties people grow. Very often old varieties inay have been with a family for a generation, annually planted and win- tered and looked upon as heirlooms, but producingpoor and insignificant flowers, not worth the name of dahlia. I have had two personal experiences with col- lections of this nature and each collec- tion, if they may be termed such, was (|uickly disposed of and replaced by good varieties. Some varieties are earlier and bloom much more freely than others, and a per- son possessing a quantity of late bloom- ers (and heirlooms) naturally wonders why they do not flower. The remedy lies in the selection of varieties. Take such sorts as Penelope and Arabella; they commence flowering and providing pasturage for aster beetles and other hungry bugs, long before other dahlias show a bud. These two are also very free bloomers and wUl flower whether neglected or cared for; you cannot stop them. After cutting heavily from one plant of these varieties last year, and not even feeding them, byway of noveltv they commenced producing semi-double and single blooms in addition to their usual form. Now, such varieties as these may be planted as late as August and give a fine crop of flowers, but nothing to compare with the earlier planted ones. Similarly, many other varieties flower l)eautifully when planted late but cannot possibly lie compared in freedom of bloom to those planted earlier. I may mention a few from memory that are absolutely reliable and extremely free flowering: Emily, white, tinged lavender; Lucy Fawall, yellow spotted with crimson and chocolate; Arabella, orange tinged salmon; Penelope, white tinged violet; A. D. Livoni, quilled, a bright pink; Grand Duke Alexis, large, white-quilled petals; Nympha;a, white, tinged pink, cactus; King of Cactus, scarlet; Wm. Agnew, bright scarlet; CliflTord W. Bru- ton, yellow, extra fine; Kaiser Wilhelm, orange; Uncertaint)-, white, spotted red, variable; Apple Blossom, white and pink; Zulu, very dark maroon, almost black, cactus. Any one who plants these four- teen will not be disappointed. A Simple Funeral Arrangpement. The accompanying illustration shows a simple arrangement of funeral flowers. The base is made of fern plants packed in moss, with a slender upright supporting a basket containing a few exceptionally fine carnations, roses, grasses, lily of the valley and asparagus. C. B. W. South Bethlehem, Pa.— The residence of Thomas Love, gardener to G. B. Lin- derman, was btimed at 5:30 a. m. Feb- ruary 9, the occupants barely escaping with their lives. The rose house within five feet of the dwelling was saved by the good work of the South Bethlehem firemen. A SIMPLE ARRANGEMENT OF FUNERAL FLOWERS. New York. PROSPERITY THE RECORD CARNATION FOR THIS MARKET.— LONG ISLAND GROWERS TO PLANT IT LARGELY NEXT SEASON. — VARIOUS FAVORITES AND THEIR PER- FORMANCES. — A NEW ARRIVAL. — WEST- ERN GROWER KNOWS SECRETS OF SOFT COAL FIRING. — VARIOUS NOTES. One flower in particular which has more than realized the promises made for it at its introduction, in this market, is Prosperity carnation. Many who fully recognized its good qualities hesitated to risk much on it because it must travel in the variegated class. But the experience with it this season on the Xew York market has been so extremely gratifying that more of it is sure to be grown in the future. Long Islanders have been especially successful with the variety. h.. L. Thome, at Flushing, and John H. Taylor, at Bay Side, went heavily into it and have been close competitors as regards qualit3'. Dailledouze Brothers planted it very lightly last year but have now dedded to restore it to its prominent position on their list for next year. Lawson has done grandly also at all three of the above named places. Norwaj' is the favorite white among established varieties with both Thome and Taylor, although Lorna and Hoosier Maid have done well. Lorna has given gratifying results at Dailledouzes' but away beyond all others is their White Mrs. Bradt, a sport from the striped variety. Mrs. Bradt is proving to be the record variety as to sporting and has now produced about every color in the scale except yellow. Dailledouze Brothers have given the name of Fragrance to their blush seedling, frequently spoken favorably of in these columns. It is true clove as to fragrance and is absolutely a non-burster. Rust seems to have claimed Gov. Roosevelt as its own and the Presi- dent Roosevelt appears destined to sup- plant it. Viola Allen and Harry 'Fenn give general satisfaction, but Manly is disappointing. Mr. Thome has a house of Genevieve Lord to which he doffs his hat every time he enters it, and the homage is not undeserved. Marquis, 120 The American Florist. Feb. 21 y which ias been behindhand in the race all winter, will now improve steadily. J. H. Taylor swears by Gov. Wolcott, which he looks upon as the ideal white for the immediate future. Mrs. Frank H. Traendly has presented her husband with a bouncing fourteen- pound baby boy. The eminent bowler admits "it's up to him" and may be seen in his leisure moments anxiously scan- ning his entries as book-maker for the past few months, and evidently wonder- ing how he is coming out. A glance over his shoulder at the aforesaid book reveals the fact that a good many frequenters of Twenty-eighth street will sport new hats this spring, and the wonder is what Frank expected to do with all the head- gear had he been a winner. J. D. Thompson, Joliet's hustling car- nation enthusiast, gave an impromptu exhibition of his versatility on his recent visit to New York that ought to be recorded. Arriving at John H. Taylor's Bayside establishment just as the whole force had turned to in an apparently hopeless struggle with low mercury and coal famine, he threw oflf his coat and spent the whole night giving the boys a practical demonstration in the science of soft-coal firing, a lesson which the3' have put to good use ever since. Jos. P. Donaghue, son of Fred. Dona- ghue, of the Austin Corbin estate, Baby- lon, L. I., was run over by a train at Woodhaven last Saturday. Both legs were cut off and he was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he died soon after. He held a position as claim agent on the railroad on which he met his death. He leaves a wife and one young child. Miss Lulu KatharynThorley, daughter of Chas. Thorley, was married to Wallace Foster Lyons on Monday evening, February 16. Joseph Gordon, for some years with J. V. Phillips, of Brooklyn, and previously with Weir, died on Monday, February 16. Cincinnati. ROSE SHOW SHORT OF EXHIBITS BECAUSE OF SCARCITY OF STOCK. — PRAISE FOR THOSE WHO MADE GOOD DISPLAYS. — TRADE BRISK. — NOTES. Had it not been for the firm of George & Allan, the exhibition at the club room last Saturday, given by the Cincinnati Florists' Society, would have been the biggest kind of failure. This firm made a grand display of roses, Harrisii lilies, lily of the valley and other bulbous stock and ought to be commended for the effort. Corbett & Wilson and J. W. Rodgers made neat displays of violets and W. K. Partridge showed some fine Golden Gate, Ivory, Meteor, Bride and Bridesmaid roses. George & Allan received the prize for the best general display. A vase of the new yellow rose, Franz Deegen, was on exhibition but there was no card attached. Wm. Mur- phy had some of his new carnation. Murphy's White, which were exception- ally well done. T. W. Hardesty and Edw. Bissel, of this city, and Wm. Tril- low, of Chicago, were the judges and awarded the premiums as follows: Best vase of American Beauty, all three prizes to George & Allan. Best vase Brides- maids, first W. K. Partridge; second and third, George & Allan. Best vase Brides, first W. K. Partridge; second and third George & Allan. Best vase Perles, all three prizes to George & Allan. Best vase Meteors, first W. K. Partridge, sec- ond and third to George & Allan. Best vase Golden Gates, first, W. K. Partridge. Best display of violets, first, Corbett & Wilson; second and third, J. W. Rodgers. The next display takes place March 14 and vi'ill be an exhibition of carnations, when we hope to see more competition. Business remains very good and stock of roses and carnations scarce. Violets and bulbous stock are more plentiful and help out considerably, as funeral work uses up the majority of stock. Callas and Harrisii lilies are in good demand, with not quite enough callas to fill orders. Smilax is good and sells well. Adiantum is also coming in better, while Asparagus plumosus is a little scarce. George & Allan had the table decora- tions for the Methodist Social Union at the Grand Hotel Thursday evening. This was quite a job for there were about twenty-five tables to decorate. St. Valentine's day was a good one for the florists. Julius Baer says it is get- ting to be as good a day as Christmas and that there was an extraordinary demand for lily of the valley and violets. Visitors: Wm. Trillow, of Chicago; B. Eschner and Paul Berkowitz, of Phila- delphia; Wm. Hull, of Oxford. O. D. Boston. COLD WEATHER COMES JUST IN TIME TO SAVE A DECLINING MARKET. — PRICES HOLD BUT COAL BILLS GO UP.— THE STATE OF TRADE. — CARNATION SHOW PLANS AND VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. We've just had a nice little blizzard. It furnished a new theme for thought and conversation and switches us off effect- ively on the popular topics of the past few days, such as big flocks of geese flying northward, early robins, pee- wees, and other seers of the groundhog class, curbstone flower sellers who "ply their vocation," cheap coal, first snow- drops, and such incontrovertible harbin- gers of an early spring. Simultaneously with the blizzard's advent in town comes a halt in the downward trend of cut flower values and the grower's hopes enlarge as his coal pile shrinks. Strange it is that some of us — we old heads — hadn't predicted it. If we had only taken thought we could have relieved the weather-man of all his trouble and shown him how experience had taught us that carnation society week without a blizzard of some kind would be against all precedent. One year it is the poor western chap with his cherished blooms who gets snowed under on the way to the convention and the next year it is the poor eastern chap who learns by practical experience how to sympathize with the unfortunate. Let us still hope, however, that the powers that order the weather have made a blunder and set the storm one day too early to block any- body, and that each and every enthus- iast reached his destination in Brooklyn on good time and without a suspicion of sleepiness, frost or other blighting influence on his precious blooms. Boston's own local carnation show, so a circular just received informs us, is set for Satur- day, March 14. Prizes and certificates will be awarded. All shipments should be sent to arrive, if possible, Friday, March 13, or early morning of March 14, in care of John Walsh, Co-operative Flower Growers' Association, Park street, Boston. Secretary George Cart- wright, at the same address, will cheer- fully supply any further information. The retail florists report business as rather behind the average lor the season immediately preceding Lent but at the w^holesale establishments satisfaction is I generally expressed as the out-of-town trade maintains itself remarkably well and is holding the stock down so that no further break in prices has taken place since last week. The country trade is very liable to continue good all through the season now as very many small places hitherto able to supply themselves for ordinary local callshavebeenforced to close up their houses this winter and they must depend upon the city whole- salers in consequence. Had express charges not been advanced it is certain this shipping trade would have been very much larger than it is and Boston prices would have benefited thereby. This is one of the indirect misfortunes resulting from the high transportation rates. Visitors: L. C. Bobbink, Rutherford, N. J.; Wm. Griffin, Thompson, Conn. CIilcag;o. BIG BUSINESS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY. — ORDERS EXCEED AVAILABLE SUPPLIES. — RECEIPTS AGAIN REDUCED BY STORM AND COLD. — VALUES STIFFEN. — PALM GROWERS INCREASING CAPITAL.— DOINGS HERE AND THERE. It has been frequently commented upon that in no previous season has the Chi- cago market been so erratic as it has been in the past few months, and since our last report conditions have changed radically again. Last week saw sup- plies increasing all along the line, but the Saint Valentine's day demand was largely in excess of the usual requirements and it was impossible to fill any large propor- tion of the orders in full. One house reports having received sixty-one ship- ping orders on February 13, of which fully one-third were turned down entirely and very few of the balance shipped in full. Some of the houses report roses as the principal shortage, while others found the demand running so largely to carna- tions that this item was their greatest scarcity. There was big business in vio- lets, but not sufficient to pUsh prices up in the same ratio that quotations on roses and carnations were advanced. The big snow storm of Sunday and the cold wave which followed it have oper- ated to reduce supplies and scarcity still prevails in the market. The supply of Beauties continues much under the demand and Meteor and Liberty are equally short. Brides and Bridesmaids, while under the demand, are of generally fair quality. Carnation cuts, on the whole, show excellent qualities, but the supply is not now up to the demand. However, a few days of bright weather will increase cuts in this line very mate- rially. Zero weather is not favorable to the selling end of the violet industry and there are ample supplies now in market; in fact, $1 per hundred has been the limit for the best stock. Bulbous material is coming in more heavily each day and all requirements in this line can be met with first-class material. There is a brisk demand for green goods and orchids are being sought for. Friedman used 150 cattieyas in a decoration on Wednesday. The iU-advised attempt to divert the carnation convention delegates from the route chosen by the regularly appointed committee of the Florists' Club resulted in little beyond the saving, perhaps, of the price of a ticket. Eight traveled over the road (the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern) chosen by the club committee, including Anton Then, L. Coatsworth, W. N. Rudd, John Felke, J. D. Thompson, P. J. Foley, James S. Wilson and Charles E. Neale. The Pennsylvania railroad carried James Hartshorne and G. L. Grant. tgoj. The American Florist. 121 The Geo. Wittbold Company is prepar- ing to increase its capital stock from $75,000 to $150,000, to meet the requirements of their steadily increasing business. The stock will still all be held in the family. They are now preparing to build two additional houses 28x300, at their new establishment atEdgebrook. The anniversary of Washington's birth- day falls on Sunday, February 22, and the banks and postoffice will observe Monday as a holiday, onlj' one mail delivery, leaving the postoffice at 8:45 a. m. Orders too late for that delivery must be telegraphed. P. M. Broadbeck, at Evanston, says that poor soft coal is costing him $5 per ton in car lots, and that in such weather as has prevailed this week one has to put money in at the furnace door faster than he can bring it out of the greenhouses. Mrs. Oscar Kreitling is running her husband's store, at 380 West Twelfth street, and has sold the establishment at 1566 West Twelfth street to V. C. Stock, son of Joseph Stock, whose place is at 619 South Center avenue. This is the season at which the whole- salers usually think of advancing the price on ferns, but there seems to be no such disposition this year, probaljly because each one thinks his neighbor is well stocked up. Mardi Gras at New Orleans always makes more or less business for this mar- ket, but it was rendered more or less unsatisfactory early in the week bj' the lack of efficient telegraphic communica- tion. F. F. Benthey is handling some partic- ularly fine Prosperity carnation grown by John Brod, at Niles Center, who gets a great deal more color in it than most growers. A. H. Budlong and his mother, Mrs. J. A. Budlong, are at New Orleans for the Mardi Gras. They anticipate visiting Havana prior to their return. Wietor Brothers report a good call for La France rose plants; everyone seems to want to try a lew of it again ne.xt year. C. S. Stewart has resigned his position as manager of Frank Garland's city salesroom. Visitors: Frank Budlong, of the J. A. Budlong & Sons Co., Providence, R. I.; G. Swenson, Elmhurst, 111.; Geo. Souster, Elgin, 111. Philadelphia. A WEDDING THE EVENT OF THE WEEK. — ELABORATE DECORATION FOR DAUGHTER OF ROBERT CRAIG. — COUPLE ELUDE THEIR FRIENDS AT START OF JOURNEY. — TRADE GOOD.— PRICES A LITTLE EASIER. — NOTES. The event of the week was the wedding of Miss Edna M. Craig to David H. Lauk, which took place at her father's house at Forty-ninth and Market streets, last Tuesday evening. The decorations were lavish. The couple received under a canopy of asparagus decorated with ^vhite roses and Easter lilies. The room was banked with palms, which were relieved with pots of white lilacs and fine specimen bougainvilleas. The mantel was banked with Farleyense ferns and cattleyas in blossom. The kneeling stool was also decorated with cattleyas. The porch all around the house was enclosed and heated with steam pipes and deco- rated with electric lights and smilax. A covered passage from this led to the large greenhouse shed which had been transformed into a veritable fairy bower. The entire length was banked with palms, ferns, azaleas and other bloom- ing plants until the walls were entirely concealed. The roof was then canopied with southern smilax, interspersed with which were hundreds of smjill electric lights. The floor was carpeted and the whole formed a corridor 100 feet long by twelve feet wide that was as handsome as anything ever seen in this city. The ceremony was performed by the bride's grand uncle. Rev. Robt. M. Patterson, who had the pleasure of marrying her father and mother. Miss Mary P. C. Craig, the bride's sister, was maid of honor and carried a huge bunch of Beau- ties. The bride's bouquet was of valley and white orchids with one camellia. There was a roomful of costly and beau- tiful presents. The reception was verj' largely attended by well known members of the trade. When the couple were making preparations to leave for their trip, a large crowd gathered about the hall and doorways adjoining and lined the stairs to give them the austomary sendoff. Horace Dumont had charge of this part of the programme and supplied song sheets with verses of "The3' are on their honeymoon," "The good old sum- mer time" and other songs in which all hands joined lustih'. The carriage drawn up at the front entrance was covered and decorated with white ribbons, bells and other like fixings. Rice and old slippers were on hand in abundance but all to no purpose, for while the expectant crowd was at fever heat the groom spirited his bride out of a window and down a lad- der in the rear, into a waiting carriage and they were oS without any molesta- tion whatever. Since Valentine's day, which kept everybody on the jump and used up everything in sight, business is moving along at a fair pace, but there is no hurry or rush. Flowers are increasing in quantity; in fact, quite a lot were to be seen on the streets the pleasant, spring- like days of last week. Daftbdils were offered at 35 cents per dozen, while the lowest wholesale price was $25 perthou- sand. Wonder if they stole them! Beau- ties are more plentiful and the quality is a trifle better. Prices range the same as last week, from $1.50to $7.50 perdozen. Teas range from $6 to $15 per hundred, with some specials a few notches higher. Liberty commands the highest price, selling as high as 50 cents each for the specials. Carnations are about equal to the demand and are a shade lower in price, very fair stock being seen at from $2 to $2.50 per hundred. Prosperity is much sought after at $10 per hundred; when well colored it is well nigh irresisti- ble. Violets range from 75 cents to $1 for the doubles and 40 cents to 50 cents for the singles. Smilax is scarce and has moved up to 20 cents per string. Sweet peas are in demand at from $1 to $1.50 per hundred. Daffodils are to be had in quantity at from $3 to $4 per hundred. Harris had 50,000 in at one time a week ago and sold out clean. His house of shamrock is coming on fine and will soon be ready to ship. It was the hit of the season last vear and will no doubt sell as well this year. His bougainvilleas and genistas are now in and are finely flowered. Leo Niessen will soon remove to more commodious quarters, having taken the first floor of 1217 Arch street. The rear entrance is almost across the street from the flower market, which will make it very convenient for him and his custom- ers, in connection with his large space there. K. Toronto. COLD WEATHER REDUCES PRODUCTION HUT IMPROVES (JUALITY. — TRADE GOOD AND EACH ONE SATISFIED WITH RETURNS. — CARNATION SHOW PLANNED.— LOCAL NOTES OF INTEREST. The weather has turned decidedlj- colder and the thermometer going 10° below zero has kept many of the growers busy shoveling coal. Though this tem- perature does not produce roses in quan- tity, the quality seems to be benefited, as they are certainly in excellent shape. Bridesmaids are well colored. Brides are strong and vigorous and other varieties are making excellent progress. The demand for carnations continues and is having its eftect on the quantity in sup- ply. Bulbous stock is becoming more plentiful. Good tulips in prevailing colors are more numerous. Of lilies, both Harrisii and calla, and nice plants of lilac, there is a plenty of stock to fill orders. The annual carnation meeting will be held in St. George's Hall on Thursday, March 5. Members from all parts of the Dominion have promised their attend- ance and the meeting will surpass all former efl'orts. To many, this will be the only opportunity of seeing the varieties which have lately been disseminated. Arrangements have been made with the customs officials to allow all consign- ments to enter free of duty. Growers with varieties of merit are asked to send them along. The association will pay express charges and a challenge cup will be in competition. A prize of $15 will also be awarded for the best exhibit. Parcels should be addressed to George Mills, St. George's Hall, Toronto, and should arrive early. The executive committee of the Cana- dian Horticultural Association will meet at J. H. Dunlop's at 9:30 a. m. on Friday, March 6. It is important that all mem- bers of the committee should be present, as business relating to the next conven- tion must be disposed of. The Gardeners' and Florists' Associa- tion held a well attended meeting in St. George's Hall on Tuesday night. Busi- ness was the order of the evening and arrangements for the carnation show were disposed of. The Misses Pape have opened a store in connection with the Wellwood Fruit Company. Fruit and flowers make a pleasant combination. J. H. Dunlop, Wm. Gammage, of Lon- don, and "Ned" Dale, of Brampton, attended the carnation meeting in Brooklyn. Business is flourishing on the east side. George Brown is well satisfied with the returns of late. J. Simmons is opening a branch store oa Queen street west. H. G. D. RocKFORD, III. — C. J. Burnap, 78 years of age, died February 7. He for- merly was engaged in the nursery trade here. Little Rock, Ark.— W. J. Vestal has been at Green Forest attending the meet ing of the Arkansas State Horticultural Society. Hillsdale, Mich.— Carl Hirsch is pre- paring to add five new greenhouses to his plant. He will get to work as early as possible in the spring. Newport, R. I.— Waldemar Barth, head gardener for Perry Belmont, has been arrested charged with embezzling $1,500 of his employer's money. 122 The American Florist. Feb. 21, Eighteenth Yeab. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2.00. Subscriptions accepted only from those in the trade. Advertisements on all except cover pages, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; $1.00 per iuch. Cash with C.'der. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts are allowed, only on consecutive inser- tions, as follows — 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent; 52 times, 30 per cent. Dover space sold only on yearly contract at 11.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to the back pages. • The Advertising Department of the American Plobist is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only. Orders for less than one-half inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to secure insertion in the issue for the following Saturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. The Valentine's day business through- but the country shows an annual increase, being this year considerably ahead of previous records. It is coming to be the violet's special day. . The anniversary of Washington's birthday falls on Sunday, but the post- offices of the big cities will observe Mon- day as a holiday with only one delivery of mail. Cut flower buyers should wire orders. The weather this w^eek has been severely cold throughout practically the whole ot the United States; 20° above zero at New Orleans, 40° below zero in the northwest and below zero from the Rockies, through the Mississippi valley and along the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. An advance premium list has been issued for the Indiana Floral Festival and Chrysanthemum Show at Indian- apolis, November 10-14. It includes very liberal awards for cut blooms of chrys- ianthemums, for pot plants and for roses and carnations. Irvin Bertermann is secretary of the association. • Benjamin Hammond, vice-president of the S. A. F. for eastern New York, is mailing the trade of his territory an attractive circular in the interests of the society, calling attention to its objects and printing the paper read by George Wienhoeber, of Chicago, at the last con- vention as an example of the good work of its members. Society of American Florists. The executive board will hold its annual meeting at the Plankinton Hotel, Milwaukee, Wis., on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17 and 18, 1903. Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y. Greenhouse Building:. Hempstead, N. Y. — George Weston, one house, 25x150. Harman, Col. — Mrs. R. Mauff, house 65x100. Hillsdale, Mich.— Carl Hirsch, five houses. Toledo, O. — Crane Bros., range of houses. Kansas City, Mo.— W. L. Rock Co., three houses 28x200. Edgebrook, 111.— George Wittbold Co., two houses 28x300. Dayton, O.— Miami Floral Co., three houses 34x300, one 9x200. Lorain, O.— W. H. Jones, carnation house. Evanston, 111.— Weiland& Risch, range ot houses. ■ , - . . Tlie Price of Glass. The combined committee of the "out- side" manufacturers, the Independent Window Glass Company, the American Window Glass Company and the Feder- ated Window Glass Company, reported to the full committee resolutions which were adopted atColumbus, O., February 19. The resolutions declare it is the sense of the committee that if ninety-five per cent of all "outside" manufacturers join the combined manufacturers, the Independent Window^ Glass Company and the Feder- ated Window Glass Company in a gen- eral shut-down on April 15, the American Window Glass Company will either close down one month earlier than the other manufacturers or else will continue in operation until April 15, and sell at a low price to the "outside" manufacturers who have no glass. If this arrangement is entered into, the price of window glass is to be materially advanced at once, the advance or advances to go into effect not later than March 3. Further advances are to be made thereafter as agreed by the com- bined committee. More About Express Rates. The growers in the vicinity of Chat- ham, N. J., have sent the following letter to the United States Express Company, through Frank L. Moore, their repre- sentative: Hon. Thos. C. Platt, President tTnited States Express Company: — 1 hold a petition to your Company, it relates exclusively to this neigh- borhood of about four miles. Some eighty-five growers of cut flo^'ers. having as many separate establishments, are the signers of it "We have been, all of us, constant dail.v shippers, aifording you daily revenue of from 850 to $100 at old rates. The past eisht months will not serve as a crite- rion, as we have just passed through a phenom- enal period of unproductiveness, reducing output to half. We saved you expense in calling for our goods. We used almost exclusively one morning train, involving en your part a delivery to only a small city district not five blocks across. To the large amount we paid you we had to add a cost of thousands of dollars for boxes broken by your people. Instead of getting this remedied', your company has greatly advanced your charges. More "and more of us are compelled to use wagon express, realizing prompter delivery, less hurried and far more considerate handling. No doubt your earnings from our shipinents cut a very small figure in your extensive affairs, still the flowers of this locality did afford you at old rates some 925,000 annually. The majority of these growers are poor men, whose net income this winter is a negative quantity. We invite your "route agent" to visit many of them here- abouts and report to you. And we ask the sev- eral companies to rescind an advance which, to say the least, you have made at a most inoppor- tune time. Respectfully yours, Fbank L. MOOEE. Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. Ed. Am. Florist:- What treatment should Begonia Gloire de Lorraine have after flowering? At what temperature should they be kept, moist or dry? What is the best time to propagate and how does one proceed with leaf cuttings? We prefer to keep our stock plants on the dry side; that is to say, water should be given sparingly but care must be exercised not to allow them to suffer from insufficient water. This plant seems to do with less w^ater, all other things being equal, than any flowering plant I know. As to temperature, 60° at night is about right. The leaves may be put in the propagating bed at any time, the sooner the better. Leaves seem to be slow in making plants, but when they have rooted and throw up young shoots from the base they grow rapidly and make very fine plants. The time to take the young shoots as cuttings is just as soon as they appear, or rather when large enough to handle readily. L. American Carnation Society. John Hartje, of Indianapolis, Ind., reg- isters Profusion, color pure white, of medium size, stiff stem, gives quantity of bloom, during winter months. Moon- light, color clear white, of large size, long, wiry stem, dark foliage, continuous bloomer. A. Herrington, Florham Farms, Madi- son, N. J., registers Una, color clear bright pink, form good, calyx perfect, flowers three to three and one-halt inches and very fragrant. The result of crossing Mrs. James Dean and Miss Audrey Camp- bell, the latter an English variety. Charles H. Allen, , Floral Park, N. Y., registers White Lawson, color white, a sport firom Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson, has not reverted to original in three years and is in every way superior to original as the White Lawson does not burst its calyx. Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. Treatment of Azaleas. Ed. Am. Florist:— How should azaleas be treated after they are through bloom- ing? How should they be kept as to temperature? When should they be put out of doors? Should they be left in the pots and plunged, or should they be planted out? What is the best soil to use? Are there any special fertilizers that are best suited for azaleas? When should they be applied? Should, the shoots which appear now on the plants be pinched or removed entirely? Is there any special pruning necessary and when should it be done? What is the best location for azaleas when placed out doors? Should they be put in the full sun and shaded, or should they be where they get partial shade during the day? J.R. After azaleas are through blooming they should be placed in a temperature of about 60° and cared for just the same as any other growing plant. See that the drainage is good and give them sufficient water each day to keep them on the moist side. Plenty of syringing will keep down insects and encourage the new growth. On account of frost, which we are very apt to get in our locality in the spring, it is not safe to put azaleas outdoors before May 25. Leave the plants in the pots and plunge them in a frame to the depth of the top of the pots; either sand or ashes make good material to plunge them in, as the water can drain away from such material very freely, which is essential. In mixing soil for potting azaleas we use one pare Jersey peat, one part sand and one part good rich compost. We believe this to be much better than all peat. After plunging the azaleas outdoors in the full sun, mulch them with well-rotted stable manure to the depth of about two inches above the top of the pots. Water freely and syringe the plants every day. This keeps the new growth tender and vigorous and causes the plants to make a rapid growth. If the water can drain away from the plants freely there is no danger of drown- ing them, as they require an abundance of water while they are making their new growth. The only pruning or clip- ping necessary is in pinching back the most vigorous shoots of the new growth to a length to correspond with those of a shorter orweaker growth, thus making a shapely plant, but do not do any pinch- ing or pruning of shoots after the last of June, as the balance of the time during the summer is required for the^ new growth to ripen up and set with buds. Wm. K. Harris. IQOJ. The American Florist. 123 OBITUARY. GILBERT NABONN'AND. European papers record the death of Gilbert Nabonnaud, the well-known French rosarian, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. FRANCIS X. BREITENBAUGH. . Francis X. Breitenbaugh died at his residence in Pittsburg on February 16, of pneumonia. His age was 51 j-ears. He was associated in business with his brother, John Breitenbaugh, and Breiten- baugh Brothers have operated a large plant at Millvale for many years. The deceased was a gardener previous to his entrance into the florist business. His exceptional qualifications and the suc- cessful manner in which he built up his business secured for him the due respect and high regard of all in this community. He is survived by a widow and three daughters. " E. L. M. SITUATIONS. WANTS, FOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be inserted at the rate of ten cents a line (six words) each insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant advs. NOT admitted under this head. Every paid subscriber to the American Florist for the year 1903 is entitled to a flve-line want ADT. (situations only) free, to be used at any time during the year. Situation Wanted— As assistant rose grower wear Chicago: state wages .T. \V. Wilson, General Delivery, Chicago. Situation Wanted— By a middle aged German, life experience m cut ilowers, bedding aud Easter stock; good propagator and able to take charge. C B, care American Florist' Situation Wanted— As gardener and florist, thoroughly competent in all branches. Eight Years' experience. Best of references. Address A R, cnre American Florisi.. Situation Wanted— By flrst-elass landscape gardener and dorist, all-around man on commer- cial or private place. Thoroughly competent in all branches; German, age .S9, married one child. R I, Box 190 Girard, Ohio. Situation Wanted— As working foreman b.\' first-class all-round grower, roses a specialtv- First-class references; 33 years of age; single. Only first-class place wanted. Address N O, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By decorator and gond storeman. Best references from Germany. France and Austria. First exposition prizes. St. Louis. Chicago or Cleveland preferred. Address The Consul ScHAMEEKO European-American Co.. P. O. Box 937, Pittsburg, Pa. Situation Wanted — Grower desires position as foreman or manager of flrst-class commercial place by April 1st or earlier. Thoroughly com- petent in all branches, especially American' Beau- ties, teas and carnations. First-class references as to ability and character. Address T, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By March I, or before; Ger- man, age 31, single, as foreman in small place or as grower; 17 years* experience in cut flowers, -chrysanthemums, roses, carnations, ferns, bed- ding planis. good experience in forcing tulips, lily of the valley, narcissus. Able to make up if required. " H S, care American Florist. Help Wanted— A good steady sniper tireman for nighi, work; $50 a month. Address S D, care .\merioan Florist. Help Wanted— Two good men for potting and general greenhouse wofk. Steady position. J. F. WiLcox, Council Bluffs. Jowa. Help Wanted— Several bright young men; give experience and reference from last place. Good <:hnnce for the right persons. Address TheE'. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind. Help Wanted— Single man in commercial place. Steady place for the right man; J25 a month and board'aud room. Address W. L. Palinskt, 66 Palmer Ave,, Chicago. Help Wanted— At .1. A. ItissiNuEK. Lansin?, Mich. Help Wanted— Sulier, practical landscape gar- dener. Must be a hustler, understand handliii^^ men. i-teady place for the right man. RBferenoo required as to ability; slate wages. Address W. a. EisELE, West End, N. .7. \\\. Help Wanted -Grower to take charge of place '■■■" r.r^i ^ .ir.' grown for Cliicugo market. idlc-iigi'd man preferred. Good wages Menu Philip, Ro i Park, 111. Help Wanted— A llrst-class Horist to grow cut Ilowers, who thoroughly understands his business and is sober and industrious. Must furnish recommendation. State salary. Address Miss Norm A Grillo, 409 !4 Main St., Natchez, Miss. Wanted- A partner in an established green- loiiso business in a aestrable locality, or will sell. VV. P. Steele. Morrisville, \'t. For Sale— Chea|), three greenhouses jiiid sex onm dwelling; the only greenhouses in Pike ( Mrs. Geo. Hansen, Piitsnelil, III. For Sale or Rent— Established greenhouse busi- ness or about H.ooii feet of glass, natural gas; inquire for particulars. Address E H 1\1, care American Florist. For Sale— New greenhouse at Fond du Lac, Vis., ;.'D,iiOO inhabitants, flrst-rate location for orist. only one other; easy terms. Address .1. A. BouLAY, 163 4th St., Fond du Lac, Wis. For Sale— Established greenhouse business of about lO.OOOfeet of gla-s. with or without ground. Good opening with small capital. Must sell by April 1, 1903. Ohio, care American Florist. For Sale— It's a quick bargain. Dwelling and greenhouse 3.000 feet, go d trade; no competition. If you have $1.0 and mean business, write quick enclosing stamp. Address Dwelling, care American Florist. For Sale- Retail fl' rist establishment, live greenhouse-, store and dwelling in city of 35,000; location opposite large cemelerv; account of poor Experienced rose grower, section man; only first-class man wanted; wa^^j $12,00 per week. Address with refer- ences Rose Grower, WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., Boston, Mass. JOO Second-hand Hotbed Sash in good condition; with or without gflass. State price and size. W. D. LINE, DeKalb. III. Help Wanted. steady, reliable single man who has had some experience in gieenhouse work, also with fruits, for Wisconsin fruit farm. Good board and r**a- sonable wages to start. If satisfactory a good position assured to man of responsibility. Address W F M, care American riorUt. Wanted.... Man, experienced in the growing of English melons and high-grade fruits, single man preferred. Address, stating age, experience, references and salary, FLORIDA, 6330 Howe Street, Pittsburg, Pa. For Sale.... five Shares of Stock in the American Gardening Publishing Co., value $250; 4% dividends. Must be sold to close transaction; price only iflSO, Good chance for investment. WALTER H. HARRISON, LA MOTT, PA. Competent Store Man. Send references and state wages, CENTRAL GREENHOUSES, Sandusky, O. FnD ^AIF On Easy Terms, Greenhouse 1,101) s,C00, ,. city water, rcsidi-n If you mean busiu ED, GREENWOOD, Linton, ind. ... booming 'oal belt; 3 railroads, reascms for selling. fOR SALE. \ I ACRI> or l«NO adiiiir- l'l> I"'-: I..r CRtlV HUUSI lMii'p..s.'s; 'il> liiiles three blocks m.m sl„ti..ii o„ Wis- II .>f C. A N. ',V. \l. l;. Good house IH-operly. Within short dislaiice of Terms to suit responsible M. RICHMOND, Palatine. III. Pam Dckri'tf' '^ '■""t Opening lor a Hui- ■ WI I^dll tlingEKpert Truck Gardener. A ten-acre truck farm with .1 diiii feet, oi glas.s hot water and steam heat, ;!,|«)0 It. Irainc'sashi strawberry beds, asparagus beds, thousands of small fruits and all implements necessary. A city of 10,000 population. A great chance for the right man. For particulars address F. A. SHAW, International Hotel, Sault Ste. IMarie, Ontario. Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Cliicago, III Regular meetings held 2d and 4lh Wednes- day of each month at 49 La Salle Street, Chicago. Send all communications t j H. J. SPRINGER. Secretary, 6142 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. Greenhouse plant within 3 miles of Chicago city limits less than one-half mile from R. R. depot, 38,001 feet glass. 4 acres land, fully equipped, steam heat, wellstooiied; growing fancy carnutions and roses. Half acre planted with peonies. Good wholesale trade established direct with A I retail florists within 30J miles of Chicago. Owner engaged in another business which forces him to move from city. Easy terms to responsible parties. For further particulars apply to BOX 1 1 34, MILWAUKEE, WIS MODEL GREENHOUSEforSALE AT A BARGAIN. Modern rose and violet house (by Hitchings). All iron construction and standard glazing-. Latest improved heating apparatus, including extra large boiler. Rose house, 20 ft. wide, and violet frame, 7 ft. wide by 60 ft. 6 inches long; work room, benches, etc., all in first- class condition. Plans and all particulars on application to BARBOIR FLAX SPINNING CO.. PATERSON, N. J. *^a933a.9i9a.3aa33aa9a.*93.«93^ ^ If you want to get the want ft you want to get, you want jg to get your want ad into the m AMERICAN! y^x FLORIST Try It now. Every advertisement represents a genuine want. ^ It pays to answer them. Jt Jt jt lg 124 The American Florist. Feb. 2iy Caldwell's Kwality Kounts Brand wild Smilax now on hand. TULIPS IN QUANTITY. p^r Doz. American Beauties, extra select $4.00 to $5.00 18toa4in 2.50to 3.0n 12tol5in ).50to 2.00 Per 100 Brides, Bridesmaids and Ivory J5.00 to $10.00 Meteor, Golden Gates 5.00 to 10.00 Liberty... .. 5 00 to 12.00 Violets, Double.. $1.00 to $1.50 Violets Single .75 to 1.00 White Violets $2.00 Carnations.. . . 2.0J to 3.00 Lily ot the Valley, selected extra long ... 5.00 " " as good as can be had elsewhere 3.00 to ASM Narcissus, Paper White 3.00 Tulips, white, pink 3.00 to 5.00 Adiantura. 1.00 " Princeps 2.0 Asparagus, Plumosus Strings Each 50c Sprays 2.00 to 3.00 " Sprengeri . *^.00 Smilax 12.50 to 17.50 Common Ferns $2.00 per 1000 .20 Galax Green 1.00 ■' • .15 BronzeGalax 1.00 " " .15 Leucothoe Sprays 1.00 Orchids, Callloyas per doz. $6.00 Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. J. B. DEAMUD, 51 and 53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. The F. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, Moteors, Carnations, Cut Adiantum, Oalax, Common Forns and Florists' Supplies. Telephone Connections. Gi^'R^V'EiT^A.VV.Ty^ OCTIO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., "Wholesale Cut Flowers-- 457 Miiwaul(ee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. IJ.M.MCCULLOUGH'SSONS WHOLESALE FLORISTS ALSO SUCCESSORS TO THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. : CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. ,| Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders. % 316 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO. R ICE BROTHERS WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. U/lill Cmilav Receivers and Shippers of nIEU SiniidX. CHOICE CUT FLOWERS. Special attention given to shipping orders. Send for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Minn. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michigan Gut Flower Exciiange. FANCY FERNS, »1.25 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. Give us a trial for Perns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, $1. 00 per 1000. 2e Miami Ave.. DETROIT, MICH. GEO. REINBERG, •iSSSi'^ Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. "We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabasli Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Please mention the American F^oriU when wHting. H.G.BERNING Wholesale florist 1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO C. A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, nZZ PINE STREET. 1 »T. LOUIS, MO. IVA complete line at Wire DeslKna. Pittsburg Gut Flower Go. Ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 1 PIMsburg, Pa. PLACE YOUB NAME.. 63 before the puroli THE AMEBIOAN FLORIST. E. H. Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. Poehlmann Bros. Go. Wholesale Growers of s:Ji.r.in Cut Flowers A.U telegraph and telephone orders _ given prompt attention. 35-37 Gbeenhoitbes: Randolph Streti, Morton Grove, IlL CHICAQO. ILL. Bassett&Washbun 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAfie. Cut Flowers Vholesale Dealers and Growers of CREENHOU8ES: HINSDALE. Il-U by advertlaing in 8ENO AOVT. Now. Wboifjaie power/\arK^ MtLWAHESB, Feb. 19 Roses, Beauty, long, per doz, 4 C0@ 5.00 " med. " 2.00® 3.f0 " short " 1.00@1 50 " Liberty 15.0r@18.0a " Bride, Bridesmaid 8.00®'2.0e " Meteor 8.C0@10.0» " GoldenGate 8.00@10.0» Perle 6.00® 8 M Carnationb. . 2.00® 3.00 Violets 76© 1.00 Komans 2.00® SM Callas 10.00@12.00 Adiantum 75® 1 .M Smilax 18.00 Asparagus 65.00 PlTTSBITBO. Feb. 19. Roses, Beauty, specials, per doz. 6.00® 7.09 " " extras " 3.00® 4.00 " " No. 1 " 1.60® 2.50 " " No. 2 ' .7f@ l.oe " Bride, Bridesmaid 2 or@15 0» " Meteor 4.00®10 0» Carnations 1.0i®4.00 Paper Whites, Romans 1.61® 3.00 Tulipi 3.0(1® 6 00 Freetia 2. CO® 4.60 Lily of the valley 4.00 Violets 50® l.B» Lilac per bunch, 1.0C@1.60 Smilax 10.00@15.0B Adiantum l.OC® 1.25 Asparagus, strings 30 00®60.00 " Sprengeri 3.0t® 4.00 CniorNNATi, Feb. 1 9. Roses, Beauty 6.00@50.0O Bride 4.00®10.00 Bridesmaid 4.0t@10.00 " Meteor 4.00@10.00 Carnations 2.00® 5.00 Tulips 4.0» Violets 715® 1.03 Lily of the valley 3.00® 5.00 Harrisii lilies 15.0ife$20 00 Romans. Paper Whites 2^01® 4.00 Asparagus 50.00 Smilax 12.60®15.00 Adiantum 1.25 St. Lotus, Feb. 19. Roses, Beauty, long stem 20.00®6O.0O Beauty, medium stem 8.0('®15.0e " Beauty, short stem 3.00® 8. OO " Bride, Biidesmaid 4 00@I0.00 •' Golden Gate, Meteor i.OUCalOM " Perle 4.00® 8 00 v Carnations 2.00® 4.00 > Violets 25© .40 Paper Whites, Romans S.OO : Sweet Peas .75 Lily o{ the valley 3.00 i Smilax 12.50 Asparagus Sprengeri 2.E0 " FlumoBna 75. OO jgoj. The a mer i ca n Fl o r ist. 125 VHCL^lwl^S DEMAND. There is big call for Asparagus and Smilax, but we have practically inexhaustible supplies. All we need is ti-ne to cut the stock for the very largest orders. Orchids, Sweet Peas ; plenty bulb stock ; all cut flowers in sea- son. "Right Goods at Right Prices." ^ j- j- j^ E. C. AMLING, THE LARGEST. BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1977. AMERICAN BEAUTY Per Doz. 16.00 .1.00 1.00 3.00 3.00 1.50 l.UO noo 10 00 1(1.00 .'!.(10 .i.OO 4.00 1.2B 2.(10 4.00 3.00 B.OU 5.1X1 .:» .15 .75 1.50 --l-liifli stem Pf Meteors and Gates •).W>i"' Curiiatious. all colcirs.,. "J.OOi"' " Inrgo and fimclos, -t.flUW Mignonette, per doz, .SO® .(SO ('atlas. perdo7.. Jl.SOf-i) »2.(0 llatrisii. per do2,$l.50(al fS.OO Von Sions 3 00 a Violets 76(nl Sweet peas 1.50(«t Vallev 3.00(a' RoinKns. Paper Whites.. Tulips 3.00(S) .VspsraKUS. per string, 50o .\sparagusSprcniieri S.OOd" Kerns per 1000. }2.(10 (i.alax. .. .per 1000, 1.00 .\diantum.. Smilax... per do/... 1.009 $1..50 Subject to change without notice. 1 ^S3 WAB^ ilHM ^ 1 "^^ ^-|l i 1^ ^m n ^ ™* m ^ WHOLESALE GROWERS AND SHIPPERS OF ^■HJj - =^^ ^^"^^ ^P = M^ j^ "cTT ^ i WHOLESALE GROWER AND SHIPPER OF CUT FLOWERS AND ROOTED CUTTINGS. Roses and Carnations Salesroom. 60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Greenhouses, Cor. Devon Ave. & Robey St. A Specialty. Telephone 3067 Central. Telephone 642 Rogers Park. LILY OF THE VALLEY BRDNS- CF.LEBRATKIl BR.VXD for forcing. $12..50 per 1000: ¥i0.00 iwrcase of 1500; $1..50 per 100. FINEST CUT VALLEY IN QUANTITY. PETER REINBERG, Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 600,000 FEET OF GLASS. Headquarters for American Beauties. 51 WABASH AVE., - CHICAGO, ILL. FRANK GARLAND, •"no- Cut Flowers BPEOIAL ATTEHT(ON "D^'IT' "I* TV Si QIVEN TO HAHDY CUT -"^ M3^M^.X.^^ >=» 69-57 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284 CMICA.QO. JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of Kooa» 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Cut Flowers TsLEPHOwit Cbstral 3598. AU telegrapk ami telephone ordt>rB gtveo prompt attentloa. Always mention tne American Florist vhcn you write to an advertiser. BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. F. F BEUTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and p | OOIClTrCk Consignments Solicited. COITimission 1^ L^X^Iv*'^^ 1 '^^ J.aBUDLONG Roses and Carnations A Specialty.. 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. GROWER of CUT FLOWERS Wbol^ale power/\arKjfe Chicaoo, Feb. 20. uty, 36-incb stems 15 12 6.00 5.00 4. CO 3.00 2.f0 l.EO 00 " 6to8 Liberty. Chaterar 8 00@15.00 Bride, Bridesmaid e.0('(a)10.00 Meteor, Golden Gate 6 rO@IO on Violets 50® 1.J5 CartatioDH 2.00® 6.00 Romans. Paper Whites SCO Tulips, Valley 3.C0@ 5.00 Sweet peas l.E0®2.C0 Callap, Earrisli per doz. 1.50® 2.00 Asparagus, per string, .50 Adiantum 1 .00® 1 .50 Common ferns, per lOTO, 2.00 .25 Smilax. per dozen. l.SO A. L Randall, WHOLESALE flORIST. 4 Washington SIroet, CHICAGO. Send for weekly price list and special qnotations on 1000 lots. Cut Flowers DAFFODILS (G.ilden (^iiidli-stii-k), Hil.iKI p.T liw JONQUILS ii'Mmp-m.-ll..) Tx \<-t 100 CASU MISSES WILSON, Mildred St., Montgomery, Ala. Please mention the American Flohist every time you write to an adTertiaer. 126 The American Florist. Feb. 2T, Spring Flowers Samuel Siennock PHILADELPHIA. Choice Novelties eEO. A. SUTHERLAND, 34 Hawley St., BOSTON. Telephone 1870 Main, BET BOSTON FLOWERS. AU Supplies. An entire floof Devoted to Stock and Manu- factaring. EKstributing Agent for United States iot 'dot wonderful LETTER, unequalled for design work. Script, any color, 3Hc a letter. Block letters, JHc each. The most elaborate design work to order in a few minutes. GxNSBAi. AeSNTs: H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.. Philadelphia REED & KELLER, New York City. SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR= Flowers of White Carnation I 11 I I AW POND j Also MRS. THOS. W. L4WS0N. S^'S.IMrD^V^i'^'^ l-il-l-irmi^ I VTI^LT WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. SUPERIORITY... We claim it for the flowers we distribute. It is guaranteed by the high sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It is proven by the large number of florists " throughout New England and elsewhere depending on us for their regular sup- plies - Largest dealers east of New York in BASKETS, SHEAVES, LETTERS, VASES, RIBBONS AND ALL FLORISTS' REQUISITES. N. F. MCCARTHY & GO. Telephone 734 and 64 Main. 84 Hawley Street BOSTON. GEOROE SALTFORD, Wholesale Comniission Florist, 46 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Fair dealing and prompt returns guaranteed. Correspondence solicited^ Jhrtbor of "How to Mako Money Growlno Vtolits." N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26th St, New York. Open f <>r Cnt Flower Sales at 6 o'clock £Tery Mornln^^ DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON. Secretary. GaiaxifLeuGothoes. Selected, Bright and Brilliant Wholesale Trade Solicited J. L. BANNER & CO.. Montezuma, N. C. Wbol^ale power/arK^ Boston, Feb. 18. Roses, Beauty, extra S " " medium S " " oulls " Bride. Bridesmaid, Meteor " extra 1 " Liberty 1 'Carnations Special Lily of the valley Violets .- Paper White narcissi, Hyacinths.. Trum pet narcissi Harrisii lilies Adiat turn Smilax Philadelphia, Feb. 18. Roses, Tea 8 " " extra 15 " Beauty.extra BO " " firsts 25 " Queen of Edgely, extra 50, " " ■' firsts. ...25 Carnations 2 Violets 1 Lily of the valley 3. Asparagus 25 Smilax 12 Adiantum Farleyense 8 BuiTAto, Feb. 19. Roses, Beauty 25 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 6 Carnations 3 Violets 1 Paper Whites. Romans 2 Lily of the valley oo@eo.oo .00@40.00 00@12.a0 C0@ 8. CO 0('@I6.00 00@25.00 5(J@ 2 SO .(I0@ 5.00 .00@ 4.00 ,40® .75 .50© 2.00 ,00® 4 00 ,0C@12.UO ,75® 1.00 50.00 .O0@18.OO 00@12 00 .00@18.00 .00(2160.00 .00@40.00 .00@60.00 .00330. 00 .00@ 6.00 .00@ 1.50 ,00@ 6.00 .O0@5O.0O .eo@i5.oo .00@10.00 .00@75.00 .00@12.00 0C@ 5.00 00@ 1.50 (0@ 4.00 00@ 4.00 00@20.00 00@ 1.50 The Philadelphia Wholesale Flower Market. "Tnt. 'eir ""^ 1224 CHERRY STREET. PHILADELPHIA. la now open and ready for business. Consign- ments of good stock solicited, especially Valley. Violets and Carnations. Commission, 10 per cent and $50 annual stall rent, pajable monthly in advance. Flowers, choice of this market, care- fully packed and shipped at short notice NEW YORK GUT FLOWER GO. 55 and 57 West 26th St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Daily Reporta. Weekly Payments. '' I'^'M^dfJo. s,. I. A. MILLANG, 2034 Madison Sq. Makagbb. Give Us a Trial. We Can Please You. Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock. llfU C VACTINIS Wholesale Com- Iffllli ri IVIIOIIIIUi mission Florist. 481 Washington St.. Buffalo, N. Y. Dealer in Florists' Supplies and Wire Designs. Open Dar and Nisht. Order Direct'From Headquarters. ,A No. 1 DAGGER and FANCY FERN, $1.60 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. A No. 1 BROMZE and GREEN GALAX. $1.00 per 1000 in 6000 lots. LAUREL FESTOONING, good and full, 6c and 6c per yd. SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX, selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS, $1.00 per bbl. LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, $1.00 per 100. We guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail, telephone or telegraph will receive our personal and prompt attention. We can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY M. ROBINSON &. CO. 32>34-36 Court Sq., Boston, Mass. L. D. Telephone 2618 Main. SIMON RODH, MANnFACTCBEB OP Florist Ribbons Salosroom: 40 West 2Slh St., |UFW YORK Factoby: Camden, N. J. ''*-" •W"'* RIBBONS ACCORni\G TO SEASON. It is good business policy to mention The.... AMERICAN FLORIST When you write to an advertiser* On and after March 2nd will be located at..... Arch Street 1217 Leo.Niessen, WHOLESALE FLORIST, N. W. Cor. 13th and Filbert Sts.. Phila. igoj. The American Florist. 127 JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Exclusively. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG& NUGENT Ttl. 2065 Madison Sq. NEW YORK. 42 West 28tli St. Are supplyine the most superb stock of FLOWERS ever offered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, tsride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter F. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Talapbone BOS Uadlson Bqoaro. 39 West 28th St., NEW YOBK. Talsphono Nos. 2239 and 2034 Madison Squaro, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 55 and 67 West 26th St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice oi sale note daily. Statement and ch< weekly. All consignments, large or small, receive 1 same attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. VIOLETS. WILLIAM GHORMLEY. VIOLETS. Wholesale ■■ ■fc^"'*"" i«iiwiiiwifci« ■ ^Commission Daily Receiver and Shipper of Fresh Cut Flowers. Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Valley, Chrysanthemums. Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY. JOHN YOUNG SpMlal Anerloan Beauties, Snrpasslng Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orchids, knd all Seaionable Flowen. 51 Wort 28tli St., NSW YORK. TeL 1906 Madison Sq. Violets and Carnations •ROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thU. It will be to your advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER. 80 West 29th St., New York. Telephone 551 Madison Square. Frank Millang Open from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. Cat newer Exchange, 55-57 W. 26th St Phone 299 Madison Square. NEW YORK. ■8TABLI8HE0 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, SoDcKs Consignments or Shipping Orders. Satisfaction given hi both. TH. Ste Midteon 8<. 115 WmI 30th St.. Htw T»rfc. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 66 and E7 W. 26th St New York. Cut Flower Exchange. l-e'al m'xtur^in -xistenc VAUGHts'ci FLORISTS' MIXTURE lliis selves fl"lM scparal lors, .■arclull . sorts anil colors, is bound 10 give s: 5 lbs.. Itl.25; 10 lbs., $2.2.5. ECKFOIme Crozy, Yeilow Crozy, Golden Bedder, Florence Vaughan, same dwarf; Kronos. ^llemania. Burbank, Orange Queen, Eldorado, Admiral Dewey. Gov. Roosevelt, Alba Rosea or Peach Blow, Mile. Berat, Robert C'hristv. Cuba. Sam. Trelease. Defender. Childsii. Flamingo, Cabos. M. Geo. Killaire, Robusta. 2 and 3 eves, sound tubers, $1.25 per ]0i,$12 fO per 1000: 6000, SIO.OJ per lOOC. Cash with order. GERANIUMS. Good assortment, more than 20 vars. to select from, 2ys-in. pots. §2.00 per 100; 115.00 per 1000. C, G. NANZ, Owensboro, Ky. CUSHMAN'S HYBRID GLADIOLUS BULBS At Practical Living Prices for Florists. WRITE FOR LIST. GUHSMAN GLADIOLUS CO., SYLVANIA, OHIO. GLADIOLI OUR MOTTO: QUALITY FIRST. We have, however, a sufficent quantity to supply all demands. Send for Catalogue. ARTHUR COWEE, ''Meadowvale Farm," Long Distance 'Phone 9x. Berlin, N. Y. United states Grower and Represen tative of CROFF'S HYBRIDS. CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS. MURPHY'S WHITE If yuu want a commercial white buy it. Rooted Catlings, immediate delivery. 16.10 par 1O0: tSO.OO per 1000. Saiislac- tion '.'uuranteecl or muu'-y refuud.-d, WM. MURPHY, 130 E. 3rd St.. Cincinnati. 0. All the Standard Varieties ol ROSES AND GftRNftTlONS Boston Ferns in all Sizes. GEO. M. KELLOGG. &'i^:[* l@-OUK DIECTOBT FOB 1902 WII.I. BE HAILED TO TOU-«| W^ PBOMPTLT UPON APPLICATION. PBICE TWO DOLLARS -«l 130 The American Florist. Feb. 21, The i^uRSERY T^a^E. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Chas. a. Ilsbntbitz, Pres. ; D. S. Lake, Vloe- Pres.; Geoegk C. Seageb, Rochester, N. Y., Seo'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Hioh., June, 1903. Visited Chicago: Jacs. Smits, of Jacs. Smits, Ltd., Boskoop, Holland. Prof. F. A. Waugh, of Amherst, Mass., has been ill and has been compelled to cancel lecture dates. The Renfrew Nurseries Company, of Renfrew, Ont., W. J. Kerr, proprietor, has been incorporated with $40,000 authorized capital. W. C. Barky has been again re-elected as president of the Eastern Nurserymen's Association. Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, is secretary. R. M. Teague, the San Dinas, Cal., citrus grower, has a lot of thrifty 3'oung orange trees in tubs for exhibition at the St. Louis World's Fair. The family of the late Levi P. Morton, founder of Arbor day, has turned over the beautiful grounds of Arbor Lodge, Nebraska City, Neb., ninety acres in extent, as a memorial park._ The assets of the W. F. Jones Com- pany, at Lincoln, 111., for the dissolution of which the partners recently invoked legal aid, are to be sold shortly, having been appraised lor Master in Chancery Perkins by Foreman Gibbs, of the Phoe- nix nursery at Bloomington. C. L. Whitney, of Walla Walla, Wash., has an order for 10,000 apple trees for planting on the Aberdeen ranch, near Vernon, British Columbia, the place wiiich recently achieved international notoriety by selling its entire crop of apples in Hongkong, China. When D. S. Lake started in the nur- sery business at Shenandoah, la., thirty yeats ago he made all his own grafts and Mrs. Lake bound them. Now he employs 200 people and has an annual pay roll of from $20,006 to $25,000 and the graft- ing capacity is 65,000 a day. , Knodle Bros., Irving, 111., report trade good in general nursery lines; can- vassers' orders for stock for orchard planting for home use better than for some years. Light sale for evergreens and ornamentals. Commercial planting beginning to drift into specia,l lines. Minneapolis. trade was good last week. — SUPPLY INCREASES BUT SO DOES DEMAND. — VARI- OUS LOCAL NOTES. There was a good, steady trade right through the week and the retailers all report heavy sales. A large number of decorations for banquets and social func- tions, together with the heavy demand foir funeral work, constituted the bulk of the business. White and scarlet flowers were in demand. Tea roses have been in the game scarcity as last week, although production is heavier. Liberty and Meteor are obtainable only in second grade. Beauties are appearing in greater numbers, but the continued dark weather has given them a severe setback. E. Nagel & Company had an attractive . display of palms, ferns and bulbous stock in jars in their show window. A good display draws customers. Northrup, King & Company have had a fine patronage since opening and the seed trade at present is requiring their attention. Many of the trade remark the high price maintained on flowers, but it stands to reason that cost of production is more and the w^eather has not been any too favorable. Daffodils and tulips of choice quality are being brought in by the Minneapolis Floral Company. Carl Johnson, of the Powers Mercan- tile Company, reports a busy week. Henry Buckendorf reports the coal sit- uation improving. C. F. R. The Market Gardeners' Association held its monthly meeting at 75 West Seventh street on Saturday eveningj February 14. They were addressed by Fi^ed. C. Mason, secretary of the State and National Retail Grocers' Association. He encour- aged the gardeners to do all possible to build up their organization on the princi- ple that "in union there is strength." Mr. Mason promised to bring before the Grocers' Association at its next meeting, a proposition that all grocers belonging to the association should favor those gardeners who belong to the Gardeners' Association when making purchases. W. H. Crossland, for the past few years with Northrup, King & Company, gave an interesting talk about gardening in Canada, where he formeirly resided, and the tendency throughout that country, as well as this, for gardeners to become more critical from year to year with regard to the quality of the seeds they buy, price being a secondary consideration, John Degnan, formerly of Chicago, gave a short talk on gardening in Chicago and told the gardeners to make an effort to produce better vegetables, first by securing the best seeds obtainable and second by keeping up the quality of the soil by careful fertilization and cultiva^ tion, believing the public will respond by paying higher prices. The association is in a healthy condition, having aboui 140 members and is continually on the increase. H. C. Barton is president and Robt. L. Gould, secretary. D. Azaleas for Easter! IN BE^T FORCING VARIETIES. Per 100 10 to 12-inch crowns, at..... $35-00 12 to l4-inch crowns, at..... 45.00 14 to 16-inch crowns, at....i. 60.00 FICUS ELASTICA (true Bfelgian var.) 5 and 6-in. pots, 18-20 in. high, at... 30.00 4-in. pots, 10-12 in. high, at 20.00 3-in. pots, at 15-00 KENTIA BELMOREANA. 2^inch pots, strong plants, $6.00 per 10(^ $50.00 per 1000. 3-inch pots, $12 per lOO; $10Q per lOOO. CAN N AS. All standard varieties, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. GERANIUMS. Best bedding varieties, $3.00 per 100; $27.50 per 1000. The Storrs & Harrison Co. 1 I PAlNESyiLLE. OHIO. _ _ | Rhododendron Maximum i Kalmia Latifolia The two best native Evergreen Shrubs for out-of-door ornamentation. Furnished by car load lots or in smaller quantities. Send for prices, also Special Rhododendron circulars. Fine lot of general nursery stock. EASTERN NIJRSERIES, H.M.Pawson.w gr Jamaica Plain, Mass. TREES FOR SPRINd OF 1903. We offer a large nnd choice line of General Nursery Stuck. , Special attention is called to the following: APPLE, CHERRY, Peach. Kieffier and Dwarf Pear. DOWNING GOOSEBERRY, Catalpa, Box Elder, Silver and Cut-leaved Maple, Mountain Ash. Carolina Poplar, Tulip Tree, Black Walnut Seedlings. Pecans, Clematis Paniculata, Wistaria, Norway Spruce, Hydrangea P. G.. Barberry, Privet, Hybrid Perpetual and Climbing Moss Roses, Apple and Pear Seedlings and Root Grafts. For mices address F. S. PHOENIX, Bloomington, III. 1,000,000 STRAWBERRY AND OTHER PLANTS. Including Bubach, Gandy, Nick Ohmer, New York, Sample, Success, Tennessee. Sbarpless, Wm. Belt, and 30 other best sorts. See our cata- logue and get the best. See our discounts and gift plants. CALEB BOGGS & SON, Cheswold, Del. Send to THE MOON For J Trees, Shrubs, Vines Yourt and Small Fruits. Desoiiptive Illustrated Catalogue Free, THS WM. H. MOON OO. Morriavllle. Pa. Association "Flora" Nursery Go. BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Roses, Clemntis.PKonias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Lilacs for forcing. Box Irees, Fancylvergreens and other shrubs on hand at the packing place in the season. Catalogue on application. Address P. OUWERKERK. 1 123 Summit Ava., JERSEY CITY, N. J. Tree Seeds^ Our new descriptive CATALOGUE OF SClM of American Conifers, Trees, Shrubs, Palms, Cwotit Herbaceous Plants, etc., has been mailed to the trade. A postal will bring it to you. PI^EHURST NURSERIES, Pinehurst, N. C. C . otto Eatzeii9telD, Msr. igos- The American Florist. 131 PETER FISHER HAS PRODUCED THE BEST Carnations in Commerce HERE ARE TWO MORE OF HIS; 4 g^{\ a BEST TO BE INTRODUCED IN..... IVU^ Mrs. M* A* Patten Variegated ; pure white with Lawson stripe; blooms average 3 to 3 1-2 inches, borne on long, stiff stems. Will produce more blooms than any carnation in commerce. Nelson Fisher Cerise Pink; 3 I -2-inch blooms, borne on long, stiff stems. Suffice it to say it is an improvement over the Lawson. WE WILL DISSEMINATE THESE Book your orders now with us or with PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass.; or M. A. FATTEN, Tewksbury, Mass. 3o,ooo Now Booked. PLACE YOUR ORDER AT ONCE AND SECURE EARLY DELIVERY. I*ieiOE>® f Per dozen, $3.00. Per 100, $12.00. 25 for $4.00. Per 1000, $100.00. 250 at the 1,000 rate. $90 per 1,000 for 5,000. $95 per 1,000 for 2,500. $80 per 1,000 for 10,000. Don't Delay getting the best in their colors. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co. JOLIET. ILLINOIS. 133 The American Florist. Feb 21, Our pasTiMES. Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and ^vorting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston. Mass.; Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 334 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. The bowlers seem to have lost inter- est; there is far less than usual activity on Florists' alleys. All clubs are invited to supply scores for publication. At Baltimore. We expect to have a record-breaker bowling team for Milwaukee next sum- mer. Richmond, Seybold and Halliday are top-notchers. The first two men- tioned have averages of 180 and more in forty-five games played in the Maryland State League. We understand that Milwaukee is a great bowling city and that some of the finest alleys in the country are to be found there. The fol- lowing is the record of individual match game scores made during the month: Richmond 234 213 333 211 191 187 Seybold.... 208 336 199 209 191 188 At Cleveland. The following is the record of the bowl- ing contest last Monday night: Player 1st 3d 3d 4th Kennedy 142 121 Merkle 131 B.Hart 96 164 138 188 H. Hart 139 111 Stade 139 160 133 Ponting 148 164 161 Brown 167' 155 139 Ceo. Bate 157 196 Guy Bate 159 Sohmitt 146 137 Graham 113 115 Bond 98 141 94 Wasson 118 116 169 ' Van Leeuen 130 Kelly 105 134 137 0. G. Detroit. SEVERE COLD AND THE CARNATION CON- VENTION SERVE TO CUT DOWN CLUB ATTENDANCE.^TRADE VERY GOOD. — STOCK SHORT OF THE DEMAND. — PER- SONAL AND TRADE NOTES. The extremely cold weather aiid the absence of five members attending the carnation meeting in Brooklyn were responsible for the poorest attendance, Wednesday evening, the club ever had. ■Only business of a miscellaneous charac- ter was transacted. An extensive review of the recent carnation exhibit was made by William Dilger. The entertainment committee also made a report of the amusement leatures of that pleasant event. One more applicant was elected to membership and five names were pro- posed to be voted upon at the next regu- lar meeting. At the same meeting an extensive report of the carnation exhibit and meeting at Brooklyn will be made by each of the five visitors from here, Ed. Beard, Geo. A. Rackham, Philip Breit- meyer, G. H. Taepke and Norman Sulli- van. Valentine's day trade was highly satis- factory and far exceeded that of the same day a year ago. The weather was clear and bright and not very cold, which was favorable to the shoppers. Large num- bers of violets were sold and seemed more popular than other flowers, although carnations, roses, blooming plants and bulbous flowers all sold w^ell. There was 110 surplus stock in any of the stores and more could have been sold. General scarcity of roses and carnations still exists, while violets are fairly plentiful and of good quality. Some relief is afibrded by the timely advent of the various bulbous flowers. Mrs. Elizabeth Hogg, one of the pio- neer florists of this city, but recently retired, died last week, aged 83 years. She came to this country with her hus- band from Scotland in 1847. C. W. Asmau, brother of G. J- Asman, of Asman & Dunn, suffered the loss of his store at Port Huron this week. Fred. Miesel, Jr., has been seriously ill with la grippe. At present he is some- what improved. L. Bemb has added a large safe to his office equipment, indicative of increasing prosperity. Visitors: Robt. Greenlaw, Boston; Harry Bunyard and Otto Buseck, New York. J. F. S. Irvington, N. Y. The Lord & Burnham Company reports a phenomenal activity in green- house building for both private and com- mercial purposes. Among the contracts on which they are now busy are the fol- lowing commercial establishments: John Burton, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, one house, iron construction throughout; Philadelphia Carnation Company, range of houses; A. Fahrenwold, Roslyn, Pa., range of seven short-roofed iron houses; Chas. Buenning, Easton, Pa., range of four houses, each 100 feet in length, with ofiice, etc.; John F. Horn, Allentown, Pa., one house 25x300; Julius Roehrs, Ruth- erford, N. J., one plant house; L. C. Pilat, Ossining, N. Y., one house; Milroy Broth- ers, Rhinebeck, N. Y., one violet house, iron construction throughout, 25x150. ir vol WANT TO BIY Double Pearl Tuberose Bulbs. Write us for prices. We have a large quantity strictly first- class stock and can sell them at very low prices. Write us stating about the quantity you want. T.W.WOOD & SONS, Seed Growers, RICHMOND, VA. GERANIUMS. 1,500 RICCARD 'j Surplus stock 1,000 POITEVINE / must be sold 1,500 NUTT I $18 per 1,000 250 JEAN VIAUD ) from 2*-ir.ch 500 MRS. E. G. HILL I pots.Noorder 500 DOUBLE GRANT \ accepted for 500 JACQUERIE ) less than 500. 1,500 IWIWE. SALLER0l,2i-inch, $lSperl000 Can ship by American, U. S. and Adams. W, K. PARTRIDGE, Lockland, 0. Boston Ferns. ZVS-inch strong SS.SOperlOO S-inch strong $1.00 per Doz. 8.00 per 100 FROM BENCH, 3-in. 3c; 5-in. 15c; G-in. 26c. Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 2H-in. $3.60 per 100 Sprengeri, extra fine, 2^-inch .... $2.60 per 100 Sansevieria Zeylanica, 3-inch, ready for 6-inch, 76c per dozen. CYGAS REVOLUTA. Long Leaf variety, 3 and 4 fronds, 40c; 6 and 6 fronds, 60c; 7 and 8 fronds, 76c. Per 100 ALTERNANTHERA, red, pink, yellow $2.00 VINCA MAJOR VAR., Z-inch 2.SD CANNAS, Peachblow, Shenandoah 2.00 Morning Star, L. E. Bally 2.00 J. C. Vaughan, A. Bouvier, Bur- bank, Chas. Henderson S.OO Egandale, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, F. Vaughan 3.60 Started, ready for potting. Our selection 2.50 Cash please. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, 0. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing, ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI ^T-m^cra, 3-incli. $3.00, 4-inch, $6 00 per 100. ASPARAGUS PLUIUIOSUS NANUS, 2K-incb, $3.00, 3-inoh, $4.00 per 100. IVY CUTTINGS. 60c per 100. 2 inch and 3-inoh, $3.00 and $5.00 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, 4-in. 15c; 5-in. 20c; 6-in. 35o. IMPATIENS SULTANI, 4-inoh, $1.50 per dozen. J. H. BORNHOEFT, Tipton, tnd. LONG ISLAND GROWN Cabbage Seed. Ask for prices for 1903 crop: also on surplus stock 1902 crop. B. E. GOODALC, Grower, CALVERTON, L. I., N. Y. Please mention the A merican Florist when writings NOW COMPLETE IN FOUR VOLUMES. Cyclopediaof American Horticulture Comprising suggestions for cultivation ot horticultural plants, descriptions of the specips of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, topether with geographical and biographical sketches By L. H. BAILEY, Processor of Horticulture in Cornell University^ and many expert Cultivators and Botmisti. IN FOUR VOLUMES, Cloth, $20. Half Morocco, $32. AMERICAN TLORIST COMPANY, 324 Dearborn St., Chicago. igoj. The American Florist. 133 A Florist has no Excuse for inability to furnish customers with flowers for all ordinary or special occasions, in any quantity, variety and quality. ^ jt ^ jf. j. SFND TO IIS ^^^ anything the New York market offers. We are in close ^'-^*'^ ' ^ ^*^ touch with the best growers and can supply you at sh^rt =^=^==^= notice at PRtVAILING MAKKtT PRICtS. Beauty, Bride, Bridesmaid, Golden Gate, Liberty, Morgan and other Roses. Finest Carnations, Valley, Violets, Orchids, Lilies, Narcissi, Tulips, Lilacs, etc. Asparagus, Ferns and Smilax. All our business strictly Wholesale and orders accepted from Florists only M. C RIEDEJL,. i^. i:>. SF>ic;B;Ee. RIEDEL & CO. WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS, 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK CITY. CARNATIONS ROOTED CUTTINGS. kinW DCARV Morning Glory. ..Slo.rO per lono nun nLHUI Cressbrook 35 00 per 1000 Elhelciocker... li.OOperlOOO Late February & Qwen Louise — 15.00 per lOOO _■ . „ ,. ' Alba 35.00 per 1(00 March Delivery.. Her Majesty 75.00 per lOOO Prosperiiy 20.10 per 1000 Roosevelt 15.00 per 1000 Gaiety 20 00 per 1000 Dorottiy 15.00 per aOO ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, PA. Hybrid Carnation mixed Seed from Lawson. Gov. Roosevelt. Wolcott, Violania, Apollo and Golden Beauty, 100 seeds $1.00. Standards. 100 seeds. 25c CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO , LOOMIS, CALIFORNIA. IT WILL PAY YOU To grow FUCHSIAS and there are none beltiT than the following: Little beautv, $.i.00; Lord Byron. $4.00: White Beautv. W.OO: Tener. 14.00. Also BEGONIA Double Vernon. fJ.OO: Pink Sport of Vernon. $10.00. HELIOTROPE Mme. Bruunt, ff.OO Stock ready now. strong 2V4-iDch pots. • 9i OHIUCLOnli PHiuDELPHu, p*. Poinsettias... Five hundred fine old dormant stocks tor sale. Price, ?20.00 per hundred. Apply to JOHN L. WYLAND, De Haven, Pa. AM. BEAITIES Rooted Cuttings. $3.50 per 100; S30 per 1000. J. A. BUDLONG, 37 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. ROOTED CUTTINGS GERANIUMS. The ".SIX KINGS" for Ijedding, Jean Viaud (pink), Alphonse Riccard (scarlet). Beaute Poitevii-e. E. G. Hill (salmons). S. A. Nutt (crimson). Mme. Buohner (white), $1.50 per 100: »I5 00 per 1000. VERBENAS. Our 20th Century Collection, 20 new mammoth varieties, labeled, 60c per 100; »5 0n per 10 0. Per 100 PETUNIAS, Uouble fringed $1.25 ALYSSUMS, DoubleGiant 1.00 MARGUERITES, White and yellow 1.00 ACERATUMS. Stella Gurnev, Pauline 75 SALVIAS, >-t Louis. Bonfire 1.00 FEVERFEW. Little Gem ..- .... 1.00 ASPARAGUS Sprangeri, 2H-in. $2: 2-in. 1.50 C.\SH WITH ORDER. The W. T. Buckley Plant Co., Springfield, III. 30.000 DflHUflS. Piftv varieties, whole field-grown roots. $4.0U per 100: $36.00 per l.OOj. Send for descriptive list. We can s-ave you money. A. B. DAVIS & SOW, Purcellville.Va, QARDENING This is the paper to recommend to your customers, the leading horticultural journal in America for amateurs — S2.00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free. Liberal terms to florists who take subscriptions. inrtruiun l\l\ IMnNox B0ILDISG. icago. III., U.S.A. Fine Grafted Sizes. Per 100 12-inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots $30 00 15-18 inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots 30.00 Kin KSnS '"-'^ in-, bushy, from 4-in pots 20.00 I amnnp 12-15 in., bushy, from 4-in. pots.. 20.00 LClllUIIO 18-21 in., bushv, from 4-in. pots 30.00 Oranges, Lemons, Limes, ■''?•' *^p''- pla ell-branchod.3-4ft $2 to $3 each. Cannas Clematis Apiifoiia i^it rit^rrs: Paniculatu. but blooms earlier and lasta lon<^er; strong plants from 3-inch pots.... 8-00 FicusEJasticalo^iSinch'".':^' 20.00 Kentia Belmoreana .'l;;'e"3-!;?poir.'.".8.oo Plioenix Reciinata and Farinifera l-'-15in..4in , pots 15 0O (.Not 1-ss than 40 of a class at 100 rate.) (Dormant Roots). 2-3 eyes to each ■ best sorts, $15.10 per lOCO 'e hedge plant StronK, fleld- ;;rown plants. 15-30 inch per 1000, $8.0 (NMlSWWBMWSW ;KWM« t«W«J«MKW BB«CT aS««aa«rem5HgPa BBBgiaBHg^lSg^ GRAFTED ROSES. A Limtfed Amount of BRIDES and MAIDS of Exceptionally Good Grafts for Sale .;* J*- g So«:«.1:H X>^x*ls: Flo. Co. The Best White Tk a l^ii aam Carnation to Date ■ *■*> V'^*'*'*' Reaches highest standard in size, form, calyx, stem, productiveness and keeping quality. A sure winner where ever shown. Price per 100, $10.00; 260, $22.60; 600, $37.60; 1000, $76.00. Little Soutii Floral Co., So.Natick, Mass, S. J. Goddard, Framingham, Mass. NEXT SEA50N'5 BUSINESS can be started now by advertising in this journal. Don't delay in commencing next spring's business. The best orders are placed early TRY THK^Xti!^^"^ " THE AMERICAN FLORIST igo3. The American Florist. 135 LILLIAN POND PyTlTHE GRAND NEW WHITE CARNATION. Far ahead of any wliite yet intro- I 1 I duced. Large, heavily built flowers, very fragrant and an exception- I^^PI ^^ ^°°^ keeper. It has given us thus far this winter more flowers to * '' the plant than White Cloud or Queen Louise and is bringing in tfie Boston wholesale market $5.00 and $6.00 per hundred. An early and contin- uous bloomer, strong grower, and lifts well from the field. We showed at the Brooklyn meeting only average-s-'zed flowers, the same as we are pickng and shipping every day and such as any grower will be able to produce with ordinary care. We put this variety under ro special treatment for this occasion. Our large stock of 24,000 plants enables us to send out nothing but strong, healthy cuttings. All orders filled at short notice. 12, $1.50; 25, $3.00; 50, $5.( 100, $10.00; 250, $23.00; 500, $37.50; 1000, $75.00. 8. J. REITER, Westerly, R. L TWO GRAND WHITE CARNATIONS GOV. WOLCOTT AND BOSTON MARKET Both originated by me from sanie seed pod . The former sent out sprine of 1903 has proved WITHOUT «N EQUAL AS A HIGH 6RADE COMMERCIAL VARinY. THE LATTER, sent out in 1901 in limited quantity, is today THE STAHOARO everyday com- mercial' WHITE ON THE BOSTON MARKET. A marvel 'or early, free and continous bloorainj;. BOTH ^re in perfect health. Boston Market . . Per 100, $5.00; per 1000, $40.00 ■Wolcott Per 100. $5.00 ; per 1000, $45.00 eatfe will b* on Exhibition at Brooklyn Fob. 19 and 20. PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass. CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Now Ready. 100 1000 100 1000 Lawsou J3.00$1500 Crane 3.00 15.00 G. Angel 1.35 10.00 America 13.5 10.00 Joost 1.35 10.00 Flora Hill... 1.35 10.00 Marquis 1.25 1000 Queen Louise 2.00 15.00 Bradt. 2.00 1?.00 W.Cloud.... 1.25 lO.W Prosperity... 2.00 15.00 Norway 135 lO.OJ MATH. EVERT, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of CUT FLOWERS. Phone Central 3067. 58 and 60 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO. TRANSPUNTED CARNATIONS. ' ^ """■"^" CUTTINGS. MERMAID Per 100 $1.00. Per 1000 $10.00 ELDORADO Per 100 1.00. Per 1000 10.00 Giant Flowering Pansy plants, mixed, $3.00 per 1000. Marie Louise Violets, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Tarms Cash.— We prepay e? press charges. If plants turn at once and i LOOMIS FLORAL CO. Rooted Carnation Cuttings Get the best, cheap cottjugs are dear at any price. Early orders wUl be famished from sand, later orders from cuttings transplanted into soil at same rate. Adonis Enchantress 12.00 100.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Fragrance 12.00 100.00 \Vhite Bradt 14.00 President McKinley 12.00 100.00 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt 12.00 Marshall Field 12.00 100.00 Lillian Pond. . 10.00 75.00 Her Majesty 10.00 80.00 Murphy's White 6.00 50.00 Apollo 6.00 50.00 Cressbrook 6.00 40.00 Dorothy \Vhitney 6.00 50.00 Enquirer 6.00 50.00 Floriana 6.00 45.00 Golden Beauty 5.00 40.00 Gov. Wolcott 5.00 45.00 Harry Fenn 6.00 50.00 J.H.Manley 6.00 Si'.OO Mrs. E. A. Nelson 6.00 50.00 Mrs. H. N. Higinbotham 5.00 45.00 Mrs. Potter Palmer. . America ' 1.75 15.00 Chicago or Red Bradt 8.00 25.00 Estelle 4.00 80.00 Ethel Crocker 1.76 15.00 Flora Hill 1.75 15.00 Genevieve Lord 1.76 15.00 G.H.Crane 1.76 16.00 Gov. Roosevelt 4.00 30.00 Guardian Angel I.75 15.00 Lorna 4.00 30.00 Morning Glory 2.60 20.00 Marquis 1.76 15.00 Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 3.00 26.00 Mrs. F. Joost 1.76 16.00 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 3.00 26.01) Norway 1.76 16.00 Prosperity 2.60 20.00 Queen Louise 8.00 25.00 White Cloud 1.76 16.00 Wm. Scott 1.5J 12.00 CAN N AS. STRONG DORMANT, TWO-EYED ROOTS. Per 100 Per 1000 Allemania $4.00 Burbank 3.00 Chas. Henderson 3.00 $25.00 Duke of Marlborough S.60 3j.00 David Harum 15.00 Dwarf Florence Vaughan 4.01 35.' Explorator Crampbell 3.00 25.00 Florence Vaughan 3.50 30.00 Francois Reif 3.50 30.00 Per 100 Per 1000 L. Patry $3.00 $25.00 Leonard Vaughan 6.00 50.00 Martha Washington 6.00 50.00 Mile. Berat 8.00 26.00 Mixed 1.60 10.00 Paul Marquant 8.00 86.00 Pres. Carnot 3.10 25.00 Queen Charlotte 4.00 36.00 Sec. Chabanne 3.00 26.00 ♦ YAUuHAN O oEcO oTORC) 84-86 Randolph st., Chicago. L. GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. LOOMIS, CAL. Please mention the American Florist to advertisers. 136 The American Florist. Eeb. 21, Grand Rapids, Mich. florists' club reorganized. — OFFICERS ELECTED. — MONTHLY MEETINGS TO BE HELD. — VARIOUS NOTES. "Farming Under Glass" was the sub- ject discussed at the meeting of the Grand River Valley Horticultural Society Feb- ruary 10. Some idea of the extent and growth of the industry in Grand Rapids and vicinity was furnished in the statistics presented by Thomas F. Graham. He said that the raising ot flowers and vege- tables under glass had more than doubled in the past five years, and at the present time is five times greater than it was ten years ago. He said the flower and vege- table houses in and about Grand Rapids represent an investment of $500,000. Perhaps, he said, more vegetables are now being raised under gl ass than flowers, but the cut flower houses are larger and cover a greater area. Over 1,000,000 square feet of glass are used in the green- houses, which cover an area of more than twenty-five acres. Grand Rapids, he said, probably has a greater number of glass houses than any other city of its size in the country. The surface covered by them has been rapidly increasing in the past few years, and a great deal of build- ■ ing is going on at the present time. Other speakers were Messrs. Thomas and Davis, who are large forcers of vege- tables, and Charles Chadwick, Henry Smith and N. B. Stover, who discussed various phases of cut flower growing. At a recent meeting held in the store of Henry Smith the Grand Rapids Florists' Club was reorganized with about thirty- five members, ten new names being added to the roll. Officers were elected as follows: President, Henry Smith; treas- urer, James Schols; secretary, N. B. Stover. The constitution and by-laws of the club were amended in a number of minor respects and re-adopted. President Smith named the following standing com- mittees: Reception, Wensel Cukerski, P. Kunst and Nicholas Freeling; subjects, Alfred Hanna, Henry Van Velden and G. F. Crabb. The club will meet every third Monday in each month, probably in the board of trade rooms. It is the intention of the club to have some floral subject for discussion at each meeting. Henry Smith is building a new section, boiler room and smokestack but thecold weather is holding him back. All the growers seem to be off crop at present and there is quite a scarcity of carnations. Grand Rapids hopes to entertain the American Carnation Society some dav. N. B. S. West Somerville, Mass.— Frank A. Coneeny has opened a flower store at 421 Highland avenue. McKELLAR & '^' WINTERSON. Supply Everything Used by Florists, Nnrserymeii, Gardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Etc. HEADQUARTERS on CUT FLOWERS 45-47-49 Wabash Ave. ...CHICAGO Please mention the Americin Florist when writing. Telephone ItUIn nap- CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Now Ready. PINK. Per 100 Per KOO Lawson $1.50 $12.50 Enchantress 12.00 ico.oo Guardian Angel 1.25 10.00 Joost 1.25 10.00 Genevieve Lord 1.25 10.00 Nelson. 5.00 40.00 Cressbrook 4.00 35-00 Triumph 1.25 10.00 Higinbotham 5.00 40.00 Morning, Glory 2.00 15.00 VARIEGATED. Per 100 Per 1000 ...$2.00 $15.00 RED. Por 100 Per 1000 Estelle $4.00 $35.00 Adonis 14.00 120.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Crane 2.00 Palmer 4.00 Mrs. L. Ine. 1.25 Chicago (Red Bradt) 2.00 WHITE. P«r 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $12.50 Queen Louise 2.50 Peru. 1.25 Murphy's White 6.00 Bon Homme Richard 1.25 Hoosier Maid 1.25 Norway I.50 White Cloud 1.25 15.00 30.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 10.00 50.00 10.00 10.00 12.50 10.00 LAWSON Rooted Cuttings from Black Soil, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1,000. 19tf^CK*fiS Well rooted cuttings, XbVOXm. strong and healthy. BRIDE $1.50 per hundred; $12.50 per thousand BRIDESMAID 1.50 per hundred; 12.50 per thousand PERLE 1..50 per hundred ; 12.50 per thousand GOLDEN GATE 1.50 per hundred; 12.50 per thousand IVORY 3.C0 per hundred; 25.00 per thousand SUNRISE 6.C0 per hundred; 50.00 per thousand ROSE PLANTS From 2 1-2-inch Pots. Per 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000 SOUV.DE PIERRE NOTTING.. $8.00 $75.(0 SUNRISE $7.00 $65 00 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 55.00 IVORY 4.00 35.00 BRIDESMAID 3.00 25.00 PERLE 3.00 25.00 All stock sold under express condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., .CHICAGO. New Carnations. S GOV. LOWNDES (Fine Large Commercial White), ENCHANTRESS, S MARSHALL FIELD, MRS. THEO. ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENT McKINLEY, • HARLOWARDEN, WHITE BRADT, SIBYL, FRAGRANCE, iS2.50 per Dozen. $12.00 per 100. $100.00 par 1000. ADONIS J3.00 per dozen. $14.00 per ICO. $120.00 per lOi 0. HER MA.JESTY 2.00 per dozen. 10.00 per I 0. SO. OD per 1000. LILLIAN POND 2.00 per dozen. 10.00 per 100. 75.00 per 1000. i INNOCENCE e.COperlOO. 5.00perl0.0, Other Leading New and Standard Varieties. CHRYSANTHEMUMS— We have a large stock ot the leading new varieties. Prompt delivery ^ March 1st or earlier. Send for complete list ol nevf and standard varieties now ready. H. WEBER & SONS, Oakland, Md. Orchids ! j^ We have the largest and finest stock ol Orchids on this continent; also supplies, such as b»st live Sphagnum and Fibrous Peat and Orchid Baskets. Lager & Hurrell, summit, n. j. Orclild Growers and Tmporters. Giant Pansies '^r^L.s.. $2.50 per Thousand. Cash. BYER BROS., Chambersbiirg, Pa. Rooted Cuttings. COLEUS. 48 var., 7no per 100; J6.00 per 1000 GERANIUMS, from 2H-in. pots, $2.50 per 100; $22 per 1000. Good bedding sorts. PETUNIAS. 20 var., $1.25 per 100: $10 per 1000 ALYSSUM. large, var., single and dbl. $1 per 100 HELIOTROPE, K var.. $1.00 per 100; $8 per 1000 AGERATUMS. 5 var., 60= per 100; $5.00 per 1000 SALVIAS. 6 var., $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000 PELARGOMUUS. rooted cuttings, $2.25 per 100 VERBENAS, R. C , 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000 ^^Express prepaid on R. C. Cash with order. Write S. D. BRANT, Clay Center, Kas. Mention the American Florist when wnting to advertisers on this page. igoj. The American Florist. 137 ►%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%^ VIOLANIA (WARD) This is the coming variegated carnation, stock scarce, sent out by Ward by the hundred only last season. Violania is similar to Bradt, but a nicer finish, a free bloomer, roots easy, six inches longer stem than Bradt, stiflFstem, blooms 334; inches to 4 inches, full. It is a coming commercial variety. Blooms retail for $1.00 each. Violania is as much ahead of Bradt as Lawson was ahead of Tidal Wave. Only 2,000 Rooted Cuttings to Spare at $25.00 per 100, SPOT CASH ONLY. Hybridized Carnation Seed Mixed. Seeds from Lawson, Governor Roosevelt, Wolcott, Violania, Apollo and Golden Beauty, 100 seeds, $1.00. From Standards, 100 seeds, 25c. CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO., Looinis,-c«.CaI. Booted Cuttings CARNATIONS. Norway $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000 Flora H ill 1.25 per lOO; 10.00 per 1000 White Daybreak 1.85 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 G.H.Crane 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 Genevieve Lord 1.26 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 Guardian Angel 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 The Harvey Greenhouse J. T. ANTHONY, Manager. GENEVA, ■ ILLINOIS uARNATIuNS cuttings. Per 100 Per 1000 FLORA HILL 11.50 $12.00 SUNBEAM 150 13.00 WM. SCOTT 1.50 1300 GEN. GUJIEZ 150 12.01 NORWAY 2.50 2.10 BON HOMME RICHARD 3.50 20.0) MORNING GLORY 3.60 20.00 MRS. LAWSON 300 25.00 GOV. ROOSEVELT 3.0O 2.=i.00 CRESSBROOK. 400 35.00 MRS. POTTER PALMER 6 00 50.00 MRS. HIGINBOTH\M 6.00 60.00 From soil add 35 per cent to quoted price Boston Ferns. l:ti'^f.':..:;.•:::.^^:S?I5lS ■=^:^==^^=. 4-inoh 1.5.00 per 100 Aspidistra Lurida, 6, 7, 8-in. pots, $3 per 100 leaves. UlU m IDV Wholitalt Florist, 1fn> uLAnRf COLOR ADO springs, col. ..CARNATIONS The Leading Novelties of 1903. The Best Varieties of 1908. All the Standard Varieties. Order your Rooted Cuttings NOW. GEO. HANCOCK & SON. GRAND HAVEN. MICH. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. A Magnificent Poi* F^c4ai« Forcing Rose " ^r ■.a&ICr» Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 957, No. 761 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from SMi-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received 25 or 50 plants at lOO rate. R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS '1 1 President McKinley X ^HH^i^^lS OUR NEW ONEh^^^^i^ *^ X ROOTED CUTTINGS, $2.00 per Dozen; $12.00 per 100; $100.00 par 1000. \ X ALL THE STANDARD AND NEWER VARIETIES. | X IF ITS QUALITY YOURE LOOKING FOR, WE ARE CONFIDENT WE CAN PLEASE Z ^ YOU. PRICES ON APPLICATION. Z I E. T. GRAVE. Richmond, Ind. J Carnation Cuttings We are now bookine orders for rooted cutiings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens, Queens, L. I. ALWAYS A WINNER. fiov. Wolcott Carnation Per 100 Per lOOO. 3000 stock- plants in perfect condition J.5.00 $45.00 BOSTON MARKET, white 500 40.00 LAWSON 4.U0 30.00 Henry A. Stevens Co., East St., Dedham, Mass. 138 The American Florist. Feb. 21, Lowell, Mass. -GOOD WEATHER AN AID TO CUT FLOWER PRODUCTION. — BUSINESS BRISK. — VIOLETS HAVE A DAY. — VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. The fine weather we have been having the past week has made quite a change in the complexion of the cut flower market here. The stock that has been coming in of late has hardly gone the rounds, but with the coming of the splendid weather now prevailing stock has increased largely in supply and at the same time a little has been taken off from prices. Carnations are now coming in better than they have been for a long time and blooms of excellent quality are to be had at reasonable prices, $4 to $5 buying the best. The rose supply is steadily on the improve. Brides and Bridesmaids are coming in more freely, with the Bridesmaids of better color. Bulbous stock is fairly good in supply. Violets are now having their innings and are coming in tremendous quantities. St. Valentine's day was a very busy one; everyone seemed to want violets and a good many were disposed of. C. L. Marshall, who is cutting down some pine trees for fuel at the fair grounds, in splitting up the trunks found quite a quantity of bullets that had been shot into the trees when the place was Camp Chase during the civil war. Some of the store windows are begin- ing to remind one of the approach of Easter, being filled with azaleas, lilies and other flowering plants. ,' A. T. Boddington, of the firm of Clucas & Boddington, was in town last Monday. " Edwin Sheppard is critically ill at the Some of his former grower, Wm. Hodge. Patten furnished the decoration at Roger Hall School on St. Valentine's night. A.M. Lenox, Mass. ' The February meeting of the Lenox Horticultural Society was exceptionally- well attended. A. Herrington, of Madi- son, N. J., gave a highly interesting and instructive lecture on "Hardy Flowers." George H. Thompson, superintendent at Wheatleigh, exhibited exceptionally fine Bride and Bridesmaid roses. A. H. Wingett showed specimens of cyclamen. Charles R. Russel, of Stockbridge, exhib- ited lilies of the valley. T. W. Russell, of Millbrook, N. Y., showed specimens of a new variety of carnation, and Mr. Hart- nett, of Lee, showed some fine Freesia refracta alba. A vote of thanks and cult- ural commendation was awarded each exhibitor. Essex Falls, N. J. — Fire destroyed the main greenhouse at Henry Rudolph's plant on the night of February 9. AH the large palms were destroyed. Wanted i Few specimen Orange ^ Trees, tub-grown, five to seven feet high. Address stating price, etc. , ALEX. McGONNELL, 646 Filth Ava., NEW YORK CITY, ROSES OF ALL THE... LEADING COMMERCIAL VARIETIES Now ready for shipment in A I Stocfc from 2-iocIi pots. Write for prices ON LARGE BLOCKS. ...Chrysanthemums All the NEW ONES of this year's introduction, and all the very best of the older varieties ; READY BY MARCH U NEW CARNATIONS. ADONIS, ENCHANTREnS, GOVERNOR LOWNDES , LILLIAN POND. HARLOW ARDEN, and MRS. THEO. ROOSEVELT. ^^^^^^^^^^^ TOHiv :iv. aj:.^^^, SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY. YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti- vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. $5.00 per doz.; $30 per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT CRAIG & SON, phiudelphia! »: Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. New CARNATION. THE MONEY-MAKER. - U NONE SUCCEEDS LIKE ^U The Most Prolific Carnation To Date. A pleasing and most popular shade ol pink— the shade of La France rose. Large, well-formed "flowers on stout stoms. Good keepers and shippers. Plants stronfi and vigorous and easily handled. Has shown a marked improvement in size, stem and productiveness every succeeding season for the past five years. The wonderful productive properties of ' Success" have not been exaggerated. It stands to-day without an equal in this respect. If you are raising carnations for profit, "Siiccess"' win pay you better than any other variety. Strong, heavily rooted cuttings, $1.50 per dozen; $2.50 per 25; $8.00 per 100; $70.00 per 1000. Immediate delivery. FOR SALE BY- HENRY F. M1CHELL, Philadelphia, Pa. J. GAMMAGE S SONS, London, Ont., Canada. JOHN G. SHOLL, Dept. C, Burlington, N. J. t*Vt 1*TI!I tinn f 1lttlTItl2, 825, 840, tlOOperlOO. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 3-inoh, 84 and 86 per 100. ASPARAGUS PlumoBus, 3-lnoh, $t. Sprengeri, 3-lnoh, 85. per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 4, 5-ln., 810, 835 per 100 ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inch, 83 and 86 per 100. VINCA VAR., 2-in., iZ.QO; 3-in., 84.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutl, La Favorite, Bonnot, Poitevine, Ricoard, Francis Perk,ns, 2-inch, $2.50 per 100. COLEUS, Rooted Cuttings, 75 cents per 100. ACERATUM, blue and white, 75 cents per 100. CARNATIONS, Rooted Cuttings, Wm. Scott, Portia, Prosperity, Queen Louise, Ethel Crocker, F. Ine, $1 per 100. GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50c per ICO. GEO. M. EMMANS, NEWTON, N. J. quette des Blanches, Coquette des Alps, Gen. .Jacqueminot, La France, Crimson Rambler, etc., fine 1 and 2 year field-grown plants that have never been forced, suitable lor 5-in. pots, at 6c; larger, for 6-in. pots, at lOo. Large-flowered Clematis, finest purple, lavender, white and pink sorts, Syear field-grown or from 5-in. pots, at I8c; 1 year fleld- grOwn or from 3-in. pots, at 9o. Clematis Paniou- lata, flue 3 year fleld-gxown, 6o Packing tree for cash. W. H. SALTER, Roohsttar, N. Y. PItase mention the A merican Florist wheiiwrMns, igo3. The American Florist. 141 KENNICOTT BROS. CO. Wholesale Florists, 40-42-44 Randolph St. •••.CHICAGO. ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS. Per JOO Per 1000 FLORA HILL $1.50 $10.00 NORWAY J.50 12.50 Per 100 Per JOOO GUARDIAN ANGEL (The Sport) $).50 $10.00 MARQUIS J.50 10.00 "Tiger fi Out of 3-iiich pots or sand.$t nOpen $10.00 per 100. A limited quiuit *„.! ...,**-x^r,^ «R r\(\ r.ni. inn ^ and.$t .SO per do/. $10.00 per 100. A limited qt ^''• unrooted cuttings, $6.00 per 100. Enchantres«> Out cf 3-iar'li lOTts, $13.0D pi-r livniiln-fl. "I awson" Soil or sand. $3.U0 plt hiimliTil. HENRY EICHHOLZ Waynesboro. Pa. TtieHorticultural Trade Journal THE LARGEST, BREGHTEST AND BEST Horticultural Trade paper in the British Isles. It contains MORE ADVERTISEMENTS, MORE ILLUSTRATIONS and MORE NEWS than any of its oon temporaries. Read by the whole ot the British trade and all the best European houses every week. Annual subscription, 75 cents. Specimen copy po»t free. Publisncd weekly. HortleoRnral Trad* Journal Co.. PadHiam. Unos.. Ens. Please mention the A met icajt Florist when writing. FUiVliQATION METHODS By PROF. W. Q. JOHNSON Formerly State Entomologist of Maryland A Practical Treatise and tiniely work on cheap and effective means iif aestroyins; insect pests and other vermin in various places. This woik is the outcome of practical tests made liy the author, to- gether with the experiences ot (.llrers, and is one of the most important boolcs puldislied this season and is much needed at this time. It will be of particular interest to FKUIT GKOTVERS AND NURSERYMEN owing to the widespread pie valence of the notorious San Jose scale. Hydrocyanic acid sas is the only practical remedy for the destruction of this pest and is being used more extensively than ever before by nurserymen ami fruit u'roners. The perfection ot the apparatus for fumigating youin; orchard trees is outlined in this work. The methods can be easily applied in orchards and nurseries for many danger- ous pestsatverv small cost. The writer is con>id- ered 1 he best authority on this subject in this country and has left nothing undone to make this the most couiplete work of the kind ever pulilished. GARDENERS AND FIORISTS have found that veiietables and Howers cannot be grown under glass without frequent fumigation for the destruction of insect pests. Hydrocyanic acid gas has solved this piobleni. The methods of pro- ledure aie fully described and every detail is given for generating and applying the gas. MrLI,ERS AND GRAIN DEALERS have been looking forward to the publication of this -work, as hydrocyanic acid gas has been found one of the most Imnortant materials for clearing mills and warehouses of Insects. The subject of carbon bi- sulphide for fumigating mills and elevators con- taining grain In stor.'ge is also thoroughly consid- ered. To this trade toe work is Indispeiisable and transportation companies have found it of great value for the fumigation of cars, shiiw and other iiiclosures Infested with vermin. » FARMERS OF THE COUNTRY have here fully described a simple, easy remedy f \ Price for cash only 15 cents periquars Inch. J THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 324 Dearborn St;, CHICAGO. ; ? ♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦» Pot-Grown Fruit Trees Covered with flower buds and will bear fruit this year. Also can be forced. COTS. PEACHES. PLUMS S3.50 English Pot-Grown Grape Vines $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 Each In The Following Varieties: Foster's Seedling:^ Black Hamburg', Golden Hamburg;, Gros Colman Lady Downe's Seedling;, Muscat of Alexandria, Muscat of Madresfield Court, Muscat Bowood, Mtjscat Conon Hall, Muscat Hamburg', Treb- biano. J- SELECTED CANES, $3.50. GARDENIA VEITGHII: 6-in. pots, $5 per Doz.; 7-in. pots, $12 per Doz. The only true perpotual winter flowering variety. Our Spring Catalogue Is Now Ready. Ask For Same. BOBBINK & ATKINS, Riitlierlord, N. J. FERNS. BOSTON FERNS, 2-inch, $3.00; 3-inch, $8.00. NEP. WlTTtfOLDIl, $4.00 per 100. NEP. CORDATA COMPACTA, 214-inch, $3.50 per 100. Fancy ferns for dishes, in 5 good varieties, at $3.00 per luO; $25.0J per 1000. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERi, 3-inch, J5.00 per 100. S*AINSONA, $3-inoh, $4.00 per 100. AGERATUM. White and blue, 2-inch, $2.00 per 100. PALMS, Utania Borbonica. 3-inch, $8.0n per 10 1. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Send for list of varieties and prices. COLEUS. Rooted cuttings in good varieties at $5.00 per 100. It by mail add lOo per 100. Cash or satisfactory references from unlinown parties. GEO. I. MILLER, Newark. Ohio. Fancy or Dagger Ferns p« 1!oo Discount on Larger Orders. First Quality Galax, Bronze or Gram. $1 per 1000 LAUREL FESTOONING made fresh on receipt of order 4c, 5c and 6c per yd. Special attention given to Large orders. Tele- phone or wire us and your or- der will have prompt dispatch Millington, Mass. ■ Tel. office, New Salem. Leucothoe Sprays! GREEN AND BRONZE W. A. DAVIS & CO., Marion, N.C. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Whera Quality Is First Consldaratlon.) Write, WIra or Phone the Introducers, Caldwall The Woedsman Co., Evergreen, Ala. or their agents : L. J. Kreshover, New York : J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; W. F. Easting, Buffalo; J. M. McCullough's Sons, Cincinnati, Ohio; Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis. THE NEW FERN Anna Foster Unqualified success. Quick seller. Very prolific, at $20.00 per 1( 0, from 3-inch. KENTIA PALMS, $50, $75 and $100 per 100. RUBBERS, 5-in. pots, 18 in. high, $4 to $6 per doz ASP. SPRENCERI, 3-in., strong, $6 per 100. L. H. FOSTER, 46 Kfcio MrMl, Doroknltr, Mau. [NGRif^HllG IT |C the "particular" kind of work we wm^tmm^ like, the kind that everybody cannot do. ;iiiij:iilffliiiiifcPA:Sff W. Z. PURNELL, — Dealer In Select, $1.00 Bbl. Select, 2x2x4 ft. case, $1.75 case. e»sno^!v Hill, - = = Add. ENGLISH and FRENCH Manetti Stocks Right size for indoor grafting, $1S.00 per 1,000. Write quick I I IfRF^UnVFR 110-112 W.27lh St., N.Y. Li Ji MlLOnUVI.n,TaLCall 697MiillnnSa. CLUCAS & BODDINGTON GO. Imoorters and Exporters of Siads, Bulbs ^Plants 8 1 2-8 1 4 Greenwich Street, NEW YORK OITY, Send (or quotations on all Florists' Bulb Stock. Rooted Rose Cuttings. Per 100 Per 1000 American Beauties $3.00 $30.00 Maids, Brides, Meteors, Gates 1.60 12.80 Perles 8.00 20.00 Ivory 3.00 25.00 Fine, clean, two-eyed cuttings, all well-rooted and sure to make strong plants. W. H. CULLETT & SONS, LINCOLN. ILL. THE AMERICAN FLORIST'S COLOR CHART PRICE 1 5 CENTS POSTPAID. tMEMCAN^LOIinT CO., 824 Dtarboin St.,ClileHa. - igoj. The Americax Florist. 143 AZALEAS for EASTER Place your orders NOW while the plants can be shipped without dang:er to the buds. Our stock is larger than ever and we can supply standard varieties, including 10 per cent of Mme. Van der Cruysser, as under: Kiue bush\' crowi 13 to 15 16 to 18 18 to 20 2U to 24 « 00 15 00 30 00 42 00 I'lT lUO %W 00 50 00 70 00 SEASONABLE Palms and Perns Sreca Lufescens. Inches high. I'er ilo/. . pots, 1 plant in pot 6 to 8 $ 75 a plants in pot 13 to 45 i 25 3 '■ 15 to 18 2 51 3 •■ 18 to 24 5 00 5to6 ■■ 22 to 34 9 00 3 ■ 28 to 30 13 OJ IVr KlU $ 6 00 10 CO 20 00 40 00 75 00 lOO CO Per 1000 IrlO 00 TO 00 175 CO 350 00 hi. Kenfia Belmoreana. In. pots. Leaves hij;h. 2M 4 8 to 10 3 5 13 to 15 4 5 to 6 15 to 18 5 6 18 to 20 6 6 26 to 38 6 6 to 7 28 to 30 7 6 to T 30 to 32 2 00 4 50 7 60 Per 100 Per 1000 .$10 00 $90 00 15 00 140 00 35 00 60 00 Each Per doz. $1 f5 $15 00 1 50 J8 00 2 00 24 00 Lafania Borbonica. 1 00 2 50 4 00 6 00 6 00 8 00 20 00 30 OO 50 00 Kenfia Forsteriana. Leaves, high. Per doz. 4 8 to 10 II 25 5 13 to 15 2 00 5 to 6 15 to 18 4 EO 6 to 7 52 to 54 6 ' o 7 54 to 58 6 to 7 60 6 to 7 72 tubs, 7 7 to 8 feet. Per 100 Per 1000 $10 00 S 00 00 15 00 140 00 35 10 Each. Per doz. $1 25 $15 00 15) 18 00 2 00 24 00 3 50 30 00 4 80 48 00 Each- $ 5 00 7 50 10 00 li 50 25 00 Phoenix Canariensis. ll-ini:h tubs. 3',., to 4 IVct hi<;l., lii;sliv shapely, J.5.00 each. Il-incli tubs. 4 to 4;» reel high, busliv shapely, $6.00 each. FERNS For Fern Dishes. Fi»oie nvfiviB:i>iA.TB; usb. Per 100 P;r lOliil 2-iuoh pots, assorted varieties .... US 00 $25 00 HENRY A. DREER, 714 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. PA. New Rambler Rose PHILADELPHIA. Flowers larger, more double, do not fade A^hite. more durable, brighter color, and not subject t is/ when zvnting. CANNAS ?sr Chas. Henderson. Chicago, Florence Vaughaii. Queen Charlotte. Alphonse Bouvier. President McKinlHv, Papa J2.00 per 100; 118.00 per lOOO; my selection. $15.00 per 1000. GtRAMUMS. (Standard Varieties.) Mv selec- tion, $2.50 per 100; $22.50 per 1000. All 3i/4-in. pots. PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa. GLADIOLI For Forcing. The following are extra fine for forcing under glass or early flowers outside. AUGUSTA, white, - - BRENCHLtYENSIS, scarlet CERES, rose and white, LAMARCK, cherry, - - WHITE and LIGHT, mixed, SCARLET and RED, mixed. Per 1000 $50.00 6.00 8.00 15.00 1200 7.00 250 at 1000 rate. &'/, discount for cash with order. Catalogue of over 200 named kinds on application. Jolin Lewis Childs, ""n.' y.^'""- CS __ .^^ _« «~ -^ S -^ — . Ifom lienary's inerariasi;rersii'v& giant tlowprt'd, fiu'-st colors and shades, dwarf or serai-dnarf. rii;ik^-inch $3.i0 per 100; 200 for $5.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100 These prices are for cash. HILL TOP GREENHOUSES, 15 and 17 Cra y Avenue, UTICA, N. Y. JOSEPH HEACOCK, WYNCOTE, PA. GHowLR ARECA LITESCENS, «' KENTiA BELMOREANA, ^ COCOS WEDDELLIANA. spress prepaid at Geraniums. Double Grant, S. A. Nutt, A. Eiccard, E. Q. Hill. B. Poitevine, Mme. Bruant. F. Perkins, and La Favorite, from 3-inch pots, $4.00 per 100; Jean Viaud, 3-inch, $5.00 per 100. Will remove part of soil to save you express. ROOTtD CLTTIINOS "^ *'"^ ^^"«™ $1.10 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. PAhlVlf'V Masterpiece, ^ew uiani strain, I mi^lLOi curled and frilled; strong, trans- planted plants, 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000. Roemer's Superb Qiant Prize Pansies; seeds bought from Roemer, Germany ; best that money can buv. large transplanttd plants, ex- press "prepaid:" 50c per 100; $4.00 per 1000. AVIFDK ^® malie a specialty of Aster n^lLH^. plants, and will keep a full assort- ment of European Novelties for Florists' out flowers, all colors separate. Hohenzollem, new; the largest of all Asters, 7 inches across, double to the center, long stems ; 70c per 100: $6.00 per 1000. Japan Aster, new; bright pink overlaid with a coppery shade; fine cut flower, 70o per 100; $6.00 per iOOO. Early Parisian. The earliest of all Asters; white and iHvender. flor ts incurved, large flowers, 4 inches across, long stems; white, red, Daybreak pink, lavender, purple. Queen ol the Market. White, pink, red, purple and lavender. Semple's Branching. White, rose flesh, (Mary Semple) pink, crimson, lavender and purple; plunts 50c per 100; $4.00 per 1000. Express pre- paid on Asters. TAIUiilAC M MMt9 Until Closed Out. Must have tlie room. Flight best varieties for jardinieres, 2J<-in. pots, very strong, stock v plants. $3.()0 per 100. DRACiENA INDIVISA, 2!^-in.. I ft. high. ^.00 per 100. I Watsrtown, N. V. AISINi until tliey can be dug in the field. ct»r. elomtau. 1 99 Grant Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J. NOTICE. THE MODEL PLANT STAKE COMPANY, formerly of Brooklyn. N. Y., has removed to 208 Jersey St., Harrison, New Jersey, and is now The Parker>Bruen Mfg. Co. The Model Extension Carnation Support. Flushing, Long Island, Dec. nth, 1901, Mr. Theron N. Pakker, Brooklyn, N. Y. Dear Sir — I have used your Wire Carnation Sup- port the last two years, in all about 12,000, They fill the bill in every particular, NothiDg could be more satisfactory and would give me a great deal of pleasure if I can bespeak a good word for you to the trade and you are at liber- tv to refer to me at any time. Very truly, A, L, Thorne, La Fayette, Ind., July 8th, 1902, Mb, Tbebon N, Parker, Harrison, N. J, Dear Sir: —After using your Model Carnation Sup- port in two of our houses the past winter, we have come to the conclusion that it is perfectly adapted to supporting carnations, and shall use them on all our plants the coming season. We were much pleased with the simplicity, strength and neat appear- ance of the support Yours truly F, DOENEE & SONB CO. Write for Circular and Price List. GALVANIZED STEEL ROSE STAKES. The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co. Inc. 208 Jersey St.. Harrison, N. J. PANSIES '''isr Small plants, $4,00 per 1000, by express. Large plants, ready to bloom, $1,00 per 100; $8,00 per 1000, Seed, $1 p.kt.; $6 per oz. Cash with order. E. B. JENNINGS, Lock Box 264, Southport, Conn. Grower of the Finest Pansies. Please mention the American Florist when writinjc. \ 146 The American Florist. leb. 21, Baltimore. TRADE COMPARES FAVORABLY WITH THAT OF LAST YEAR. — LILIES POOR AGAIN. The heavy rains seem to have subsided and we are getting a little more sunshine. Roses are now coming in fair shape, but even the old commercial varieties which have heretofore stood the test of time have failed this winter. There has been much call for funeral flowers and every- body has been kept busy. Some excel- lent funeral designs ' have been made by our local florists. A number of society events helped things along, and trade, as compared with this time last year, is exceptionally good. There will be a shortage of Easter lilies. There seems to be the same old trouble with longiflorums. They started all right but are now becoming stunted, twisted and weak, so much so that some of the boys had to throw them out. Albany, N. Y. BUSINESS MADE DP OF MANY SMALL ORDERS. — NO IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS.— NOTES. The local trade reports that society is duller this winter than usual and that there have been few large functions to make important orders. There are numerous weddings, private dinners and other functions of a similar character which keep the trade fairly busy. Peter Crowe, of Utica, was in the city for a short time recently. Mr. Crowe spoke enthusiastically of his new maiden- hair fern, the demand for which he can- not supply. T. J. Totten, of Saratoga, is enjoying a six weeks' sojourn in Florida and the Bermudas. R- D- Natchez, Miss.— Miss Norma Grillo, who has built up a prosperous retail cut flower business with stock bought in wholesale markets, is planning to erect greenhouses this spring. The increase in express rates has hastened her determina- tion LENOX FLOWER ATOMIZCR FLORISTS SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES A EVfRY fUuRISi SHOLLO SELL If. JUST SEND 35c AND GET ONE BY MAIL, YOU WILL WANT MORE. A cake o( Tobacco Soap and Booklet free with each. ^HE LENOX MFC. CO., 1 10 Chambers Street, NEW YORK. WHEN IN NEED OF Florists' Supplies SEND TO MDIAC 9 nn Leading Florists' I ifilfC & UUi Supply House, IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS, " DIDDAIIC )' ^'S Filbert Street, KlbttUlw PHIUDELPHU, PA. WESTERN FLORISTS.. • ^g^. can save money in buying ^^^ Supplies FROM BARTELDES&CO.. 1521 I 5th Street, DENVER, COLO. TO KILL ALL Greenhouse Bugs USE NICOTICIDE Clean and harmless as fumigant or: Spray. Ask your seedsman for it or write to The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1000 Magnolia Ave., Louiiville, Ky. Boston Florist Letter Go. HANUTACTUBEBS OF FLORISTS' LETTERS. Thin TTooden box nScely stained and var- nished, 18x30x13 naade in two sections, one for each size letter, g^iven away with, first order of 500 letters. Block Letters, V/^ or 2-inch size, per 100, 82.00. Script Letter? $4. Fastener with each letter or word. Used by leading florists everywhere and for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers. N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager, 84 Hawley St., B08TQN, MASS. Sigmund Geller Importer and Manufacturer ol FLORISTS' SUPPLIES Looking for Fall Novelties? LOTS OF THEM ON EXHIBITION. 1 08 W. 28th Street, New York. A. HERRMANN, > Cape flowers, all colors, s- Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs, <^ and All Florists' Supplies. Send for Prices. 404-412 East 34th St. NEW YORK. Wired Toothpicks 10,000, tl.SO; 60,000, t6.25. Manufactured by W. J. COWEE. BERLIN. N. Y. Sample Free. For sale by dealers., Patent No. 1. — Brass, nickel, 4feetlong,6clasps'to each rod. Price complete (witb green or white tum- blers) $2 23. Price complete (with green or white cornucopia vases) $2.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod, brassed and nickeled, ,with three clasps for 5 to 6-inch pots, each $1.75. KIFT'S PATENT Rubber Capped FLOWER TUBES,.lH-'-noh diameter, per-100,.$3.50.- lOSEPH KIFT & SON, 1725 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa. SiE SELLEBS. AT DULL SEASON PRICES. FANCY Baskets, the! cream of foreign and domestic! art; fine Cycas goods, Sheaves, Cape Flowers, Immortelles, Water-proof Pot Covers, Let- ters and Mottoes, Jardinieres, Doves, Dyed Moss, etc The Best in the Market Always and they sell all the year round. It is not too soon to begin to figure on what you shall need for Easter and the busy times to follow. Send for our latest catalogue. Profusely Illustrated. II.Bayer$ilorfer&Co. 50-56 North Fourtli St„ PHILADELPHIA, PA. Cut Flower Boxes. WATER PROOF. Corner Look Style. The best, strongest and neatest folding cut flower box ever made. Cheap, durable. To try them once is to use them always. Size Per 100 100 Size Per ICO 1000 No. 0. 3.ii4s20..$2.00$18.0l) No. 6. 4s8x32..$3.00$27.00 No. 1. 3x4i/2Xl61.75 16.00 No. 6. 4x8x28 . 3.75 35.00 No. 2. 3x6x18.. 2.00 18.00 No. 7. 6x16x20 5.75 55.00 No. .1. 4x8x18.. 2.4i) 22.00 No. 8. 3x7x21.. 3.00 29.00 No. 4. 3x5x24.. 2.75 25 00 No. 9. 5x10x35 6.C0 58.00 Sample free on application. No charge for- printing on orders above 250 boxes. Terms cash. THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., BOX 102. COLUMBUS, OHIO. TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounteil, MannfoctnTed by The Conley Foil Co. 6»1 to 641 West 86th St., REED & KELLER, 122 West 25th St., NEW YORK. Importers and IVIanufacturers of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Galax Leaves and all Decorative Greeos. igoj. The American Florist. 147 Standard Flower Pols The WHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA. PA. JERSEY CITY, N. J. LONC ISLAND CITY. N. Y. Travelling Repreientalive. U. CUTLER RYERSON, 108 Third Ave.. Newark, U J. WRITE AF IfnUR 1S21-23 N. LiAvirra I Ti KUnili OHIOAQO. ILL.. TOB PBicsB or Standard Pots which for itiength aod poroiity oomblned %n the belt on the market RED pOTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POLLWORTH CO.. !Ilk"*'"<^= GEO. KELLER & SON, MANUFACTURERS OP FLOWER POTS. Before buvinp write for prices. 361-363 Herndon Street, near Wnghtwood Ave., CHICAGO. ILL THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y, Invalid Appliance Co., COLUMBIA PLANT TUBS HOLLER'S DEUTSCHE GARTNER ZEITUNB. The raost widely circulated German ^ardeninir Journal, treating of all departments of horticuliure and floriculture. Numerous eminent correspoD- dents in all parts of the world. An advertisin-j medium of the highest class. Moller's Deutsche Gartner Zeitung is published weekly and richly illustrated. Subscription ^ OiJ per annum, including postage. Sample copies free LlDWIOMOLLERTel^^n, WHY NOT BUT RED POTS OF US? [Standard Sizei Quality— No Better. Carefully Packed in Small Crates. Easy to Handle, Price List Free. Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. Y. [best pot in THE UABKETJ STANDARD FLOWER POTS Packed in small crates, easy to handle. Price per crate 1500 2-in , in crate, $4.88 1500 2H 5.25 1500 2i4 6.00 1000 3 ■ 5.00 800 Z% 5.80 500 4 4.50 320 5 4.51 144 6 3.16 24 13 " 4.80 12 14 '• 4.80 6 16 " 4.50 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of Cylinders for (Jut Flowers, Hanging BasKets, Lawn Vases, etc. Ten per cent off for cash with cirder. Address HILFINGER BROS. POHERY, Fori Edward N. Y. Or AUGUST RoLKER A Sons, New York Agents, 31 Barclay Si reel. New York City. KELLER BROS. Manufacturers of Standard Flower PotB, red In color, equal to the best on the market; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, beat of railioKd coDoec- tions. We give special attentioo to mail orders and make Bpecial sizes to order in qu&ntities A postal will bring prices and discount? FLOWER POTS .A.XjXi :K.irB'Z3S. STANDARD POTSspe,^... List and SAMPLES FREE. 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New Bedford, Mass. — The newly organized New Bedford Horticultural Society met on the evening of February 12 and listened to the report of the spe- cial committee on constitution and by-laws, which was adopted as pre- sented. James Garthley, Thomas White and H. A. Jahn were appointed a com- mittee to nominate a list of officers to be voted on at the next meeting. SAVING MONEY F you want to save money in your glass buying, wiite us. Lucas glass is popular with the leading florists through out the country FOR GREENHOUSES, FOR HOT HOUSES, FOR CONSERVATORIES. Lucas glass cannot be equalled. You'll find our prices attractive. Price lists and illustrated pamphlets gladly furnished on applicati m. Lucas Putty does not evaporate. JOHN LUCAS & CO. 320 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. STEEL vs. CAST IRON The day of the sectional hot water heater is past. It has given way before the improved KROESGHELL GREENHOUSE BOILER. 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Iron Frame Conservatories, Palm Houses and Green- houses, Red Golf Cypress Greenhouse Material, Ventilatine Apparatus, Plans, Specifications and Estimates. Prompt Shipments. THE PIERSON-SEFTON CO. Daslgnars, Manufaoturars and Bulldars of Horticultural Structuraa. West Side Ave., South, Jersey City, N. J. fii i^mwmm tlriL@0BOiir Rmsricd is "the Prau/ of the JIessbI; there may be more comfort Rmidships, but are are the Srst ta touch Unknown Seas." Vol. XX. CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 28, 1903. No. 769. IFyilE i^LiS!lf@l!@i^ IFlL@ii3l!@1F ElQHTEESTH YEAR. Copyright 1903. by American Florist ?ompnny Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published evert Saturday by AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 324 Dearborn St., Chicago. Eastern Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Subscription. $1.00 a year. To Europe. »2.00 Subscriptions accepted only from the trade. Volumes halt-yearly from August, 1901. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS. Ofticers — John Burton. Philadelphia, Pa., president; C. C. Pollwobth. MilwauBee, Wis., vice-president; Wm. J. Stewart. 79 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Beattt, Oil City, Pa., treasurer. Nineteenth annual meetingat Milwaukee, Wis., August, 1903. THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. Annual convention at Detroit. Mich., March 2, 1904. Albert M. Herk, Lancaster, Pa., secretary. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. Annual meeting and exhibition, Philadelphia, March M-26, 19 3. Leonard Barron, 136 Liberty St., New York, secretary. CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Annual convention and exhibition. New York. November 10-12, 1903. Edwin Lonsdale, Chest- nut Hill. Pa., secretary. THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER. CONTENTS. American Carnation Society (illus.) 153 —President Ward's address 1S3 — The carnation banquet 1J>4 Cyclamens in an Iowa park (illus.) IK Forsythia suspensa (illus.) li>*j Carnations.— Prevention aod cure of diseases. .156 —Some of the novelties (illus ) 157 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 157 Florists' plant notes 158 A new store at Cleveland (illus.) lai^ Chicago J5^ Field of cannas (ill us.) 159 Philadelphia 169 New York 160 Boston l"^ Brampton. Ont l™ Tank for rain water 161 Heating with a flue 161 Greenhouses for the southwest 161 Best peonies 162 The shipment of orange blossoms 10^ More about express rates 162 The seed trade 168 The nursery trade IJO Toronto I™ Indianapolis 1^0 Denver J '0 Our pastimes 17[- Cincinnati 173 Baltimore i'f, Washington ■. , 1X6 Colorado Springs, Colo I'f Alexandria, Va j™ Cleveland 1°^ Omaha 'f*. Pittsburg "*" American Carnation Society. President Ward's Address. The twelfth annual convention of our prosperous, vigorous and useful associa- tion convenes in the good old city of Brooklyn under most auspicious circum- stances. Never during any period since our organization at Philadelphia, on October 15, 1S91, have the results accomplished been more apparent. Our growth has been a healthy and steady one, each year adding substantial achieve- ments and additional lustre to our name. At each of our previous annual meetings it has almost seemed as it the enthusias- tic interest in the carnation must sooner or later wane; nevertheless, at the pres- ent time the interest in the divine flower is noticeably greater than it was twelve months since, and there now seems to be no valid reason in sight why this interest should in any wise fail in the future. The improvement in the carnation as to size, strength of stem, richness of color and freedom of bloom, has kept even pace with the advancement of our soci- ety. The size of the flower has practic- ally reached that of the largest blooms that were produced by the English car- nation culturists as early in the nine- teenth century as 1830, at which time the English carnation seems to have reached the apex of its improvement and popularity. At that period carnation blooms nearly five inches in diameter, upon strong stems approaching four feet in length, were grown and exhibited. This was, however, done by developing the flower with artificial feeding, much in the same manner as the enormous chrys- anthemums of the present day arc grown. In addition to this it was necessary to bind up the calyxes of the flowers and to split down the points to prevent bursting, as well as to extract surplus petals and arrange those remaining in order to pro- duce a shapely bloom. Then, too, the English carnation was produced during the early summer months, a much easier cultural feat under English climatic con- ditions than is the production of our magnificent blooms in mid- winter. Little need be said regarding cultural methods, the exhibition of seedlings, or the granting of certificates, as that ground has been thoroughly thrashed over by my predecessors. Be it sufficient to state that from present appearances there has not been, nor will there be any luture diminution of the enthusiastic exjjerimental work and careful study being performed by the members of our society. It is with pleasure that I am able to announce the completion of the incor- poration of our society under the laws of the state of New York. The certificate of incorporation has been filed with the secretary of state at Albany, and has been approved by him as well as by a justice of the supreme court of the state of New York, and filed in the office of the county clerk of Queens county. The board of directors have carefully com- piled a constitution, which will be pre- sented for consideration this evening, and to which I would invite your careful attention. So far as my mental vision can now forecast the future, our skies seem to be clear, with but slight exception, and that exception is one which we may easily avoid. As our members are well aware, the general sentiment of our association has from the beginning been in favor of maintaining the carnation society upon a substantial and independent basis; not binding ourselves in any partnerships, but maintaining such friendly attitude toward other national floricultural and horticultural organizations as would secure for us a free and untrammeled field for the performance of our particu- lar work. A few years since the agitation of a scheme to combine all American horti- cultural societies was begun by some lead- ing members of the Society of American Florists, and while such combination seemed to be fraught with considerable danger to the interests of our carnation society, consideration of the subject was entered into in a broad and liberal spirit, with the view that if any feasible method could be devised whereby an association of these societies could be brought about upon a plan that would sufficiently safe- guard the interests of our society, I would favor such union and would join my influence to bring it about, although aware at the time that many of our influ- ential members were honestly and firmly opposed to such effort. No less gentle- man than our esteemed fellow-member and wise counsellor, Mr. W. N. Rudd, eaiiy pronounced the scheme a hopeless one and strenuously advised its abandon- ment, a position which he has since con- sistently held. While I am of the opinion that it would be possible to organize the various florists' associations into a representative bodj', upon lines similar to those upon which the government of the United States is planned, nevertheless, after 154 The American Florist. Feb. 28, having served for two consecutive years as chairman ot the committee upon closer relations in the Society of American Florists, and having during this period endeavored to co-operate to the best of my ability in bringing about such union as would be acceptable to all of the interests involved, and at the same time to protect the iuture welfare of our carnation society, I was dually forced to the firm conclusion that the task is hope- less. There are certain radical elements among the membership of the Society of American Florists who believe that that society should be given such a dominat- ing position in the association as will eventually cripple the independent posi- tion of the other associations, and until such radical element shall have changed or have been overcome by tbe more liberal members, to the end that their views may become so modified as to enable them to consider the project in a greater spirit of liberality, recognizing that the carnation, chrysanthemum, peony and other national horticultural associations may stand upon the same footing as that of the Society of Ameri- can Florists, and be represented in the combined body according to the numer- ical strength of their membership, there would seem to be no practical hope of bringing about such a combination, and it would lead only to misunderstandings and perhaps feelings of animosity. It is my belief, and I think the opinion of those most interested in the future welfare of the carnation society, that its present position, free and untrammeled by any co-partnership with any other association, should be maintained. Part- nerships between individuals are more or less dangerous, and partnerships between associations ofindividualsare equally so. Neither should be entered into unless it in the face of more or less opposition, it has demonstrated that it can carry on and maintain its work; and wherever it has held an annual convention it has been received with open arms and, better still, bidden to come again. The increase in the carnation industry of the country, which is undoubtedly a permanent one, will render it more or less easy as the years roll on to maintain our present status. The carnation is unques- tionably second to no flower as a staple florists' commodity. The sale of carna- tions must always be classed upon the same basis as that of roses, and it would not be surprising if in the end it would exceed the rose in commercial import- ance. Before concluding I would particularly call your attention to the generous treat- ment which has been accorded our society by the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. They have been more than liberal in ourentertainment; infact, have exhibited a generosity which I believe has not been excelled by any other association that has charged itself with the entertainment of our society, and I would especially request that a fitting resolution be passed acknowledging the courtesies which we have received at their hands. The work of the local florists, who organized the Brooklyn Horticultural Society for the purpose of contributing to our entertainment, has been none the less generous, and they too deserve commendation and praise at your hands. The scarcity of fuel caused by the great coal strike has borne particularly heavy upon those florists who had not pur- chased their fuel supply early in the season, and the situation has been fraught with the greatest of danger. It would seem as if some plan ought to be worked out whereby such long- CYCLAMENS AT CENTRAL PARK, DAVENPORT. lA. may be necessary for the protection of the contracting parties, or unless the benefits which appear to be certain to be secured are of sufficient magnitude to warrant the risks incurred. It would seem as if no such valid reason exists in this case, and consequently that the sub- ject should now be dismissed. The car- nation society has a necessary work to perforna. Up to the present time it has performed that work well, without the assistance of other associations; in fact. continued disputes between miners and operators may be rendered practically impossible. Having a somewhat intimate knowledge of the conditions prevailing in certain sections of the coal fields of the United States, I have given the subject some considerable thought, and must confess that I see no way in which the florists may be able to rectify the matter. It seems a proposition that must be worked out by the parties most inter- ested in the operations; that is, the ! miners and the operators, unless it is possible to evolve some plan of legisla- tion that will prove efficacious in settling the disputes between the miner and his employer. Up to the present time no such plan seems to have been thoroughly thought out. The increase in the express rates charged for the transportation of green- house products is not pleasant to con- template, and if it is possible to secure a reduction of said rates to the former basis it should be done. The Carnation Banquet. When President C. W. Ward, of the American Carnation Society, rapped to order at the banquet hall of the Germa- nia Club in Brooklyn, N. Y., on Friday evening, February 20, and introduced Hon. Timothy L. Woodrufi', former lieu- tenant-governor of the state, as toast- master, "a man without an enemy on the face of the globe," it was the signal for a perfect whirlwind of applause. "Fellow carnationists and fellow-hybridizers," began the toastmaster, and there was another wild outburst punctuated with "Who's all right?" When peace was at length restored the audience was treated to just such an address as might be expected from that rotund, jovial per- sonality. He referred in eloquent senti- ment to the beautiful character of the late President McKinley and his -fond- ness for the carnation. He expressed unbounded astonishment at the number and intelligence of the carnation people as represented in this gathering and spoke appreciatively of the beneficial influence of their visit to Brooklyn. Park Commissioner Richard Young, who responded to the first toast, also expressed his surprise at the magnitude of the exhibition and the work of the soci- ety. His text was the close affinity between flowers and art which he showed had existed from the most ancient period and asserted that true art cannot exist in any soul except there be also the love of flowers there. He favored the use of more flowers in the public parks and, mentioning especially this feature of Brooklyn's park work, asserted that the floral display this coming season will be greater than ever before. Robt. Craig was next introduced as a man whose face represents the ethical side of human life. Mr. Craig made one of his best speeches. He told of the much-prized signature of Wm. McKinley on the charter of the Society of American Florists and asked Toastmaster Wood- ruff' what he would do for the charter when he should get to be president. He hoped to see the time when the govern- ment would send out through its agri- cultural department valuable bulletins on roses and such products in the same manner as it now does for the potato and other farm crops, asserting that we as horticulturists, "consider that food for the soul is as good as food for the body." He gave some reminiscences of early carnation culture in Brooklyn, mentioning especially Zeller, Bennett and Messeberg, as old-time growers of great ability. Referring to the well-known tendency of carnation varieties to "run out" he drew a comparison between the \ik of a carnation, continually under- mined by the fast and strenuous life forced upon it by prevailing cultural methods, and the inevitable effects upon ourselves of late hours, attending ban- quets, etc. He held up the example of the ancient Greeks in their worship of beauty and manly vigor and in their 1903. The American Florist. 155 VIEW OF THE EXHIBITION OF THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY, BROOKLYN, K. FEBRUARY 19-20, 1903. rational care of their bodies and recom- mended more attention to conservingthe constitution and vitality of the carna- tion. A telegram from Hon. Geo. H. Brower was here presented, regretting his enforced absence on business at the Court of Appeals. Mr. Marquisee was then called upon and introduced as the "Marshall?. Wilder of horticulture," who proceeded to demonstrate the fitness of the title bj' contributing a string ot humorous anec- dotes, keeping his audience in a continual uproar of laughter, while not a shadow of a smile crossed his clerical features. In conclusion he waxed serious and wound up with an eloquent eulogium of the florists' life. The inability of President Healy, of the Brooklyn Institute, to be present was next announced and President John Bur- ton, of the Society' of American Florists, was then called upon. Mr. Burton spoke in approbation of the urban improvement so evident in Brooklyn. He pronounced the display of carnations which the carnation society had made here the finest he had ever seen. In clos- ing he made a pointed reference to cer- tain recentlv-published malevolent criti- cisms of the' official acts of the Society of American Florists which he believed would be resented b_y all true friends of the national organization. William Scott, who affirmed that he used to be bashful but by assiduous prac- tice upon florists within his reach had attained some proficiency as a talker, was the next speaker. He declared that the man who had selected such a subject as "Queen Flora's Treasure House" for him ought to get six months twice a year. He had no difficulty, however, in holding the close attention of his audi- ence as he descanted on the great growth of the appreciation of outdoor beauty in all sections of the country, interjecting a few witty stories in illustration. A. Herrington, president of the Chrys- anthemum Society of .\merica, being the next victim of thetoastmaster, protested against being called upon to follow the galaxy of orators who had scintillated before him. He urged the cultivation of a loving devotion to our profession and applauded such occasions as the present as insuring a glorious future. Frank B. Lown, of Poughkeepsie, who came next, gave a jovial talk, characteristically punctuated with pithy stories. He told of the work of the Dutchess Horticultural Society and its great value in developing a love for flowers which in turn is prac- tically beneficial to commercial flori- culture. The popularity of Fred. H. Lemon was evidenced by the enthusiastic applause with which he was received as the next speaker. He referred briefly to the great material and intellectual growth mani- fested in the western country, which is holding its own in carnation culture as in everj'thing else progressive and refined. President Ward, who had presided dur- ing the latter part of the speaking, the toastmaster having been called away, here took occasion to say some very com- plimentary and well-merited things of the enthusiasm and industry displayed by Mr. Langjahr in the preparatory work for this event, of Mr. Wallace for the faithful performance ot his duties as secretary of the local society, of Mr. Plumb for his efficient management of the exhibition and of Messrs. E. Daille- douze, Allen, Besold and others who had rendered good service on the various committees, all of which elicited cheers of approbation. Mr. Scott then presented the report ot the committee on final resolutions and added a word of especial praise for Mr. Ward for the part he had taken in mak- ing the occasion a great success. The resolutions were adopted with cheers. After a few words of greeting and com- mendation from Mr. Kapteyn, of Hol- land, Auld Lang Syne was sung and the last of the banqueters dispersed, it being now close to 2 o'clock, a. m. The visiting ladies, nineteen in number, were taken in charge by a committee consisting of Mrs. Langjahr, Mrs. Phil- lips and Mrs. Mellis during the evening of the banquet, attending the perform- ance at the Orpheura and afterwards having a nice little spread. Additional Awards. The silver cup for vase of 200 blooms was awarded to Peter Fisher for Mrs. M. A. Patten and Nelson Fisher, not for Enchantress, as stated in ourfirst report. C. W. Ward was awarded the special prize for a vase of Viola Allen. Dailledouze Brothers won the Brooklyn Institute prize for a vase of Eldorado. Cyclamens in an Iowa Parlt. The accompanying illustration is from a photograph ota bench of cyclamens in the park conservatory at Davenport, la. In speaking of the good results obtained, Adolph Arp, the superintendent said: "Seeds of our own growing were sown 156 The American Florist. Feb. 28, September 1, 1901. The plants were pricked out in due time, into flats, and were transplanted into flats. By Febru- ary 15, 1902, tbey were planted into 2-inch pots and shifted three times as required before they received their final shift into 6-inch pots, about August 15. During winter they were grown in a tem- perature ot 55°. When hot weather set in the plants were removed to a north bench with side ventilation. We grow them in a good, rich loam with one- third leaf mould, when small, but reduce the proportion of leaf mould to one-sixth when they go into 5-inch and 6-inch pot s . " Forsythia Suspensa. This is one of the most useful shrubs florists can have who cater to the demand for the permanent decoration of buildings. The illustration shows how easily it is trained over a wall, fence or tree trunk. The plant was two feet high when set out two years ago. The flow- ers are bell-shaped, of a clear yellow and you will notice there are no green leaves. The photograph reproduced was made early in April, as soon as the grass was green, and the green leaves develop after the flowers are faded. It is the earliest shrub to bloom. It will thrive under trees, at the north side of houses, or between houses where almost anything else will perish, or in open sunlight. The leaves are a beautiful, glossy green, the younger shoots of a lighter tint than the older ones. The stems are quite dark, almost black. Sometimes nurserymen send you a variety under this name that has a leaf quite pointed, with a light- colored stem. Such are not satisfactory. C. B. W. Osteomeles Anthyllidifolia. Very few gardeners have yet made the acquaintance of this beautifiil but little- but differs remarkably from all of the above in the matter of foliage. The plant is not regarded as quite hardy, says the Gardening World, but there is a fine specimen of it against a south wall in the Royal Gardens, Kew, England, where it has stood for some winters uninjured. The narrow, pinnate leaves are of a rich dark green and cover the wall in a manner quite different from most shrubs usually employed for that purpoge. The flowers are succeeded by berries resembling those of a hawthorn or cotoneaster, but having longer stalks, so that they are more or less pendent from the short leafy spurs. The species is a native of India, China and the Pacific Islands. The native hab- itats do not augurmuch for the hardiness of the plant, and that may account lor its being included in the "Handlist of Tender Dicotyledons," but, judging from its past behavior, I should think, says the writer, it is hardier than it gets credit for. The evergreen leaves are the strong- est argument against this idea of hardi- ness, but provided it is j)lanted against a wall in a sheltered position it may yet prove worthy of more extended cultiva- tion on walls in prominent places near the doors of dwelling houses on account of its beautiful foliage and red berries. At least one other species is in cultiva- tion, but eight of them are known to science. Curiously enough, only one of them is native to the Old World, namely, that under notice, the rest being natives of the Andes of South America. The plant described in this note is the only one hav- ing pinnate foliage, so that it may be taken for granted it is the best and most handsome for garden purposes. Some of them are trees, the rest being branching shrubs, of which O. anthyllidifolia is the most graceful. QuiNCY, III. — Gentemann Brothers have their stock in good shape and say business is fine this winter. known shrub, which has small white flowers, produced in corymbs much in the same manner as a hawthorn, and belong- ing as a matter of fact, to the same fam- ily ' It is more nearly realted to the snowy mespilus, Amelanchier Canadensis, Hamilton, Ont.— Edward Walker has moved into a new store at 72 King street west, where he has facilities for his increasing trade. Business has been good all season and cut flowers bringing fine prices. CARNATIONS. PREVENTION AND CURE OF DISEASES. The application of fungicides will.claim a very small part of our time if we take a positive rather than a negative view of disease. If we have found the cause of the disordered health of a plant and it lies within our power to remove it, it is only a matter of exercising our power in this direction in a sufficient degree and with the removal of the cause the disease must inevitably be cast off by the reawakening of the life forces of the plant. When plants grow under abnormal ' conditions, which they are bound to at some seasons, outside help in the way of fungicides is very proper; at other times fungicides will be of no benefit. They may be harmful in the sense that drugs taken into the human system to remedy evils that are better left to be attended to by the curative powers of healthy blood, do harm in the long run by dwarf- ing the forces whose place they take. Air-slaked lime and the various dry advertised fungicides are under most fcon- ditions to be preferred to using fungicides in liquid form, especially with plants in bloom. A cloud of dust will reach eyery nook and comer of the house, and the little that settles on the flowers will shake off in cutting them. In cloudy, damp weather fill the house with a thin cloud of the fungicide in the evening about twice a week, which will settle on the plants and soil and on the walks and under the benches and dry up many active disease germs. Cuttings in the sand are surrounded by very unnatural conditions. Spraying with the copper sulphate solution, the same that was recommended in a' pre- vious issue for watering the sand, is to be preferred to dipping, for in dipping very little of the fungicide adheres to the cuttings, while if applied in the form of a mist after the cuttings are in the sg,nd they will be properly covered with the fungicide after the water has evaporated. From then on a light spraying once in two weeks until the cuttings are growing well in soil should greatly lessen the chance of their falline; a prey to disease. There is little excuse for having bloom- ing plants or young stock of carnations in houses that are not watertight, or in which the glass is so small that the sun's rays are much obstructed. Plants grow- ing under such conditions cannot exercise the functions of their organs fully and need outside help. In the field, when the weather is excessively wet, the plants should receive a dusting now and then right after a rain. The conditions that promote a healthy growth in carnations are much the same as those that sustain the health of man. Most of us know the laws of hygiene and sanitation, the value of sunshine, fresh air, proper diet, a dry atmosphere, even temperature, etc. All these conditions properly regulated work to the benefit of the plants and to the discouragement of disease by allowing the free exercise of the functions of the organs. Plants must have plenty of room, and no weeds should ever be allowed to monopolize the space between them. The first thing to look to is to have a house built both with respect to exposure to the sun and as to size of glass and the proper disposition of other materials used. The ventilation and heating system should be under perfect controh The roof should be as nearly watertight as possible. Sash bars with drip grooves tgo3. The American Florist. 157 Carnation Albatross. TWO OF THE NOTABLE SEEDLINGS EXHIBITED AT BROOKLYN BY Carnation Flamingo. MARQUISEE, OF SYRACUSE, will carry the water that does get through down to the gutters, where it should either fall clear of side benches or it should be conducted to the end of the house by means of a little auxiliary gutter. Never hang heating pipes in such a position that drip from any part of the roof can fall upon them, as the steam resulting from this will surcharge the atmosphere with moisture, a condi- tion which cannot be tolerated in a car- nation house. Hydrants should be so arranged that wide benches can be con- veniently reached from both sides with the hose. The house should stand on ground that is naturally dry from the bottom. Large houses are to be pre- ferred to small ones, as the temperature is under much better control in large houses than in small ones. The punctures of insects, especially green fly, are a prolific source of infection. There is no excuse for ever allowing them to appear. Tobacco stems and other insecticides can be delivered anywhere at a cost ridiculously small compared with losses that always follow neglect to use them often enough. The result of over- feeding is always starvation. Plants never suffer from taking too much nour- ishment from the soil. The presence of too much plant food in the soil always manifests itself in the burning of the roots, thus depriving the plants of the means of absorbing the nourishment they need. The result of this is a weak, flabby growth that easily falls a prey to disease. The expense of renewing the soil in the houses every year has given rise to much discussion as to whether it would not pay to use the same soil for several years in succession, if the proper elements of plant food were added at the end of each season, either in the form of animal or chemical fertilizers. This has met with failure wherever it has been tried. Soil that has been used in the green- house for a year cannot be expected to be in the mechanical condition to keep on doing good work, and there is always the danger of disease germs from the previous season lurking in the soil, ready to take advantage of a favorable oppor- tunity to attack the plants. Such soil can only be refitted for use under glass by several seasons of nature's own treat- ment. It must be exposed to the action of frost and air, and have substances washed into it by rains that cannot be supplied by any means known to man. We have learned much in regard to imitating and improving upon nature, but the time is yet far off when we can declare our independence of conditions in the open air. The changing of stock with other growers, so that stock of a variety is not kept on the same place many seasons in succession, has much to do with keeping up vigor. This entails some expense and care that we do not obtain stock that is infested with disease. Sterilizingthesoil to kill disease germs does not seem to be the success that was predicted for it. There can be no doubt that it will kill whatever germs are in the soil, but if it destroys the life of the soil it must, by weakening the plants, open the way for the entrance of disease, and thusit'directly cause what it is intended to prevent. Selecting cuttings from healthy plants onlj', with the pos- sible exception of slight cases of rust, thus pursuing a policy of constantly weeding out unhealthy blood, is in direct line with the law of the survival of the fittest. J. SOME OF THE NOVELTIES. Albatross is the seedling which was scored 00 points at the Brooklyn car- nation exhibition last week and which won for L. E. Marquisee, of Syracuse, the first premiums for both fifty blooms and twenty-five blooms white, winning out over Gov. Wolcott in the first class and Lorna in the second. Flamingo is Mr. Marquisee's new scarlet which was given 90 points, the S. A. P. silver medal and the Lawson silver medal at the Brooklyn convention. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The February meeting of the Pennsyl- vania Horticultural Society was held on such a cold day as to necessitate the care- ful wrapping of plants brought for exhi- bition, of which a fair number were on the tables. The weather did not materi- ally diminish the attendance of gardeners, which speaks well for the enthusiasm which exists in the society. In addition to a list of prizes for sea- sonable plants and vegetables, a further inducement- was to hear the papers pre- sented at this meeting, one being by John Thatcher, on "Ornamental Foliage Plants" and one by Joseph Hurley, on "The Proper Planting and Care of Ever- green Trees." Mr. Thatcher in his paper drew attention to the decorative value of foliage plants for home use, the porch, dining table, and associated with other plants and flowers. A number of questions were asked, bringing out several points omitted in the paper. A point upon which Mr. Thatcher laid particular stress, was that narrow-leaved varieties of crotons are best for large specimens for exhibition. Mr. Hobson, who has exhibited the 158 The American Florist. Feb. 2&, broad-leaved varieties and won many prizes with them, differed from Mr. Thatcher's opinion. Mr. Thatcher referred to the Shrewsbury and London shows, wherein all notable plants were invariably of the narrow-leaved order, but Mr. Hobson, as an old exhibitor in Dublin, and visitor to many English shows, said with equal assurance that such was not evident on the occasion of his visits. This friendly rivalry will incite each to further effort to exhibit the winning plants at the fall flower show. Mr. Hurley's paper on "Evergreens" was practical and as he has planted some thousands of choice evergreens within the past few years with remarkable suc- cess, his methods were carefully followed by his hearers. After planting, thorough watering and mulching, Mr. Hurley recommends a daily syringing as an important factor to their early estab- lishment. In answer to a question as to the proper time to trim retinosporas and like subjects to obtain the best fall color- ing, a trimming as late as August was suggested. This, however, is contrary to the practice of some who have made this work a special feature. About the second week in June, when half the early growth has taken place, is recommended by such persons for trimming to obtain the best autumn coloring. The exhibits of the evening consisted of Primula obconica and cyclamens for Florists' Plant Notes. SEEDS. Cobea scandens may be sown at any time during March. Press the seeds edgeways into the soil about an inch apart, and no further covering is needed. They will soon sprout, and when they have formed two good leaves pot off into 3-inch pots. As soon as they com- mence to vine, a 2-foot stake should be given to each plant. Grevillea robusta, useful when small for mantel decorations and other purposes, should also be sown as soon as possible. Cineraria maritima and petunias for bedding purposes had better be sown a once. PROPAGATING. The first of March is the time to prop- agate a number of different varieties of bedding plants. Ageratum, heliotrope, coleus, achyranthes, salvia, petunia and lemon verbena should be propagated as soon as possible. Alternanthera cut- tings should also be put into the sand. They will soon root in a warm tempera- ture, and are then potted off and the pots plunged into a hot-bed. The old plants can be divided up and similarly handled. A. paronychioides major, however, is best propagated in August by rooting the cuttings in flats of half soil and half sand. These should be divided and potted and placed in the hot-bed with the other vari- eties. They require the full sun and not A CORNER OF THE STORE OF WESTMAN & GETZ, CLEVELAND, O. the Bodine and Robert Craig prizes, first prize in each case being awarded to Joseph Hurley, gardener to J. W. Paul, Jr., Radnor, Pa. The Michell prize for mushrooms went to John McCleary; for tomatoes, to Joseph Hurley; for violets, to Albert Fenton. A choice collection of hothouse vegetables was also exhibited by John McCleary. Francis Canning. Wholesome and Practical. Am. Florist Co.: — I send herewith $1 for another year's subscription. Your paper is wholesome and intelligently edited. It contains each week a deal of information and practical knowledge. No florist should do without it. Groversville, N. Y. R. E. Loeben. too much water to brighten their color. German ivy and anthericum are also propagated now. BULBS. Tuberous begonias may be started up at any time now. Start them in a tem- perature of 60°, in flats of sandy soil with plenty of leaf mould added, just barely covering the top of the tubers. Give them 4-inch pots when started, being careful to drain the pots well. It is time to start up the cannas now rest- ing under the benches. Cut up the clumps into pieces having one or two eyes, and start them in flats of sand, under a warm rose house bench for a few weeks, until they commence to grow. They should then be potted into 4-inch pots in good soil and given the full light or they will grow weak and spindly. Although cannas are semi-aquatic plants and will stand any amount of water, it is best not to water too copiously or they will grow too fast and be flabby. Caladium esculentum is also started during March and requires the same treatment as the cannas. The tubers of Maderia vines should also be started; 3-inch pots and sandy soil are what they want. G. A New Store at Cleveland. Hester A. Getz, who vfas in business f jr eight years at Columbus, O., a few months ago formed a partnership with Anna L. Westman, at Cleveland, and opened a very neat store at 502 Euclid avenue. The accompanying illustration, although it shows but a small portion of the store, will give an idea of its general character. The color scheme is white and green, with just enough gold to bring out the effect. The ice box is a most satisfactory one and built on some- what original plans. Only the front of the box shows in the center of the rear wall of the store, the larger part being behind the screen, accessible from the room where the making-up is done. Chicago. MARKET FEELS INFLUENCE OF INCREASED SUPPLIES AND DIMINISHED DEMAND. — GOOD STOCK FOR ALL ORDINARY REQUIRE- MENTS. — THE BEAUTY CROP COMING ON NICELY. — THE LILIES. — TWELVE- POUNDERS THE FASHION. — VARIOUS NOTES. It is to be hoped that Lent will show this year, as in recent seasons, less and less effect upon the cut flower trade, but by Monday of this week the near approach of Ash Wednesday was appar- ent and on Tuesday a number of regu- lar orders were cancelled. On Wednes- day the city demand was slack and the wholesale market would have been very quiet but for the regular shipping orders. But in recent years the greatest effect of Lent has been felt in the first few days; after that business has steadily increased to Easter. The prospects are that next week will see pretty fair trade again, for the demand for funeral flowers has not been curtailed. The pleasant weather has resulted in a marked increase in production coincident with the decreased demand, so that the market has seen sufficient supplies, except in some of the specialties and now and again when there was a run on white stock. The Beauty crops are coming along and all requirements in this line can now be met with very good stock. Bridesmaids are plentiful but Brides are well cleaned up by the call for white. The tendency is toward weaken- ing prices, but carnations held their own rather better than roses. There are plenty of buds on the carnation plants for a big and early crop, but if trade comes up to expectations there should be no surplus of roses, for many growers report their plants badly cut away and say that it will take some time to get up to a really heavy crop. There are plenty of violets and bulbous stock, sweet peas, green goods and miscellaneous supplies. Sam. Pearce's lilies are in very good shape and he expects to have 10,000 for Easter. They are all Japan longiflorum and no disease among them but it is noticeable that the late planted ones are well ahead of those received and potted up two months earlier. Mr. Pearce will also have 700 azaleas ready, mostly Mme. Van der Cruyssen, which he says igo3. The American Florist. 159 THE FIELD OF CANNAS AT THE WAGNER PARK CONSERVATORIES, SIDNEY, O. sells far better than any other. He has a few plants of Haerensiana, the very double pink variety which took so well in the east last season, but he says they are not nearly so well set with buds as the Van der Cruyssen. Bassett & Washburn have a house of 3,300 Bridesmaids which Mr. Washburn says has made a new record for the amount of money taken from a single house in a given season, and that in a most peculiar way. The plants suffered so severely with mildew in the fall that they were cut back, dried off and given a fresh start. They missed Christmas, but for the past six weeks Mr. Washburn says the quantity and quality of the cut has been a daily delight. Peter Reinberg has bought the tract of four and one-half acres of vacant land opposite his place on Robey street and has altered his original intention of not building any more greenhouses this year. Just how much he will build he has not yet decided, but it is safe to say that it won't be long before he has added four and a half acres to his range. A. Lange has taken a three year's lease on his present store at State and Monroe. The present plans are that the building is to be rebuilt at the end of that time and then he has an option on a street level store on the Monroe street side. Mrs. Lange and the baby returned Tuesday from a month's visit with rela- tives at Omaha. Kennicott Bros. Company report with satisfaction that their sales for the past two Saturdays have been in excess of the sales for the day before Christmas. E. C. Amling says that there is a big sale for smilax but the out-of-town buy- ers do not call for anything like a pro- portionate amount of asparagus. Weiland & Risch have bought the glass for their eight new houses, 28x165, and expect to have the structures completed for June planting to Beauties. John Dibborn, a well known trade employe, recently engaged at Washing- ton Park, died February 23 at the Alexian Brothers Hospital. Joseph Foerster, of George Reinberg's, went to Indianapolis Tuesday evening to bowl with the Racine team in the national tournament. Edgar Sanders' progress toward recov- ery has been retarded by a premature trip downstairs andjhe is again confined to his bed. A. C. Spencer is receiving congratula- tions over the arrival of a twelve-pound boy at his home on Forty-third street. John Thorpe's health has improved somewhat in the past few days, but he is still far from well. Frank Lockyear, formerly at J. B. Dea- mud's, is now doing the selling at Frank Garland's. John Zeck is rejoicing over the recent addition of a twelve-pound boy to his family. Wietor Brothers are cutting from a house of sweet peas and find them good sellers. Visitors: Wm. Edlefsen, Milwaukee; J. D. Carmody, Evansville, Ind. Philadelphia. ALL ABOUT THE MARKET AND THE WEAK- ENING VALUES. — STORY OF TRADE CONDI- TIONS.— CARNATION MAKING STEADY GAINS IN FAVOR.-VARIOUS LOCAL DOINGS. —CLUB TO MEET. The stock of flowers has increased con- siderably and this, together with a les- sening in the demand, has caused prices to weaken. This is particularly notice- able in the bulbous stock, much of which is sold at very low prices. Daffodils sell as low as $2 per hundred for both double and single. Tulips are also sold at from $2 to $3. Source d'Or is an exception and as it iscomparatively scarce it brings $4 to $5. Roses are also falling, the best Beauties selling rather slowly at $fi per dozen. Special teas range from $10 to $15, with but few at the higher figure. The quality is excellent. Golden Gate and Ivory sell for about the same price, with Liberty a shade higher for most sizes, except the thirty to forty-inch lengths, which bring from 25 cents to 35 cents each. Carnations are beginning to move more slowly; flowers that were held one week ago at $3 are now $2.50 and $2. Scotts, of which there are still a few about, and small Joosts sell for $1.50. Red carnations seem to have held their own better than any other color the past season and for the same grade have generally sold for $1 per hun- dred more than the pink. Robert Craig is cutting some fine Adonis, although he says the plants have no chance to show what they can do, as the demand for young stock of this variety is so great that they have been obliged to cut the plants down for cuttings. Violets are now in their full spring bloom and the streets are lined with gentlemen who can scarcely call the name plainly, offering bunches of about fifty for 10 cents a bunch. Quite a number of the craft visited the carnation meeting in Brooklyn and attended the dinner. All agreed that the show was the best yet and well worth the trip, while the dinner was a feast indeed. In a short time it is likely that more of these choice flowers will be seen in the stores, as the public is becoming educated. A few years ago 50 cents per dozen was the retail price for fair stock over the counter, but now 75 cents to $1 is the regular rate and a great many fancies sell for $1.50 to $2, a price that would only a little while ago have been thought prohibitive. If all the florists in the country would do as some of the Philadelphia brethren are doing^ they would bring the glass trust to its senses. The Floral Exchange and Dumont & Crawford are importing 16x24 double thick for extensive green- house improvements to be erected the coming summer. In addition to getting better glass, they save $1 per box. Our city was graced this week with a 160 The American Florist. Feb. iS, number of visitors from the -west who had been to the convention. Messrs. Coatsworth, Foley, Rudd and Wilson, of Chicago; Lemon and Dorner, of Indiana, and many others. The Chicago con- tingent took a turn on the alleys and made some very creditable scores. Mr. Foley was very effective, as he said that wooden things were just in his line. The windows give promise of what is coming in Easter stock. Harris and Craig are sending in fine azaleas. Daffo- dils, tulips and hyacinths in pots, flats and pans; cinerarias, daisies and genistas, all well done, give the stores a lively appearance. Pennock Brothers have had an elaborate window of daffodils, gen- istas and Acacia pubescens. K. At the club meeting to be held Tuesday, March 3, 1903, quite an array of talent has been requested to talk on the results of the meeting of the American Carnation Society held last week in Brooklyn, N. Y. Secretary A. M. Herr takes the lead, to be followed by A. B. Cartledge, Will Craig and O. "K." An exhibition is invited and it is to be hoped some of the stars of the carnation firmament will find their way to this good Quaker City of Brotherly Love and expose their good qualities to the eager gaze of the denizens of this great commercial city located in the southeast corner of Penn's woods. New York. ADDITIONAL VISITORS TO THE CARNATION MEETING. — TRADE LIGHT, RECEIPTS INCREASE AND VALUES FALL. — • NOTES HERE AND THERE. At the carnation meeting Messrs. Reuter, Lemon and Herrington were the judges in the classes for special prizes. Among the visitors of last w^eek, mention of whom was omitted in our list ot those attending the carnation meeting at Brooklyn, were H. F. A. Lange, Worces- ter; A. J. Loveless, Lenox; F. J. Norton and W. Donald, Boston, and E. V. T. Morey, Brighton, Mass.; A. O. Grasse, Syracuse; L. E. Wood, Fishkill; I. L. Powell, Millbrook, and jas. Dean, Free- port, N. Y.; Peter Duff, George Smith and Geo. Pardue, Orange; H. Hentz, Jr., Madison; F. L. Moore, Chatham, and Frank McMahon, Seabright, N. J.; Otto F. Ernst, Norwich, Conn.; R.Vincent, Jr., Baltimore, Md.; Wm. Gammage, London, Ont.; W. Breitenstein, Pittsburg; E. C. Marshall, Kennett Square, Pa.; P. Hagen- burger. Mentor, O.; Theo. A. Dorner, Lafayette, Ind.; H. Baartmann and R. D. Kapteyn, Sassenheim, Holland. Tuesday and Wednesday experienced a marked falling off in business, with ship- ments of roses, carnations and bulbous flowers increasing daily, fair w^eather contributing, and prices on all grades show a depreciation of about twenty-five per cent. Quality is generally excellent. Violets are steadily increasing in quantity and decreasing in value. All green material is holding its own. The American Institute will hold a rose show at Berkeley Lyceum Building on March 11 and 12. Liberal prizes in all varieties of tea and hybrid perpetual roses, gold and silver medals for groups and novelties, and carnations, orchids, violets and pot plants are also provided for. Schedules can be had on application to Dr. F. M. Hexamer. Robert E. Grimshaw, formerly with Alex. McConnell but in recent years employed as a hotel clerk, died at the Cosmopolitan Hotel on February 20, of pneumonia. His age was 42 years. He was a grandson of the late Wm. Chorlton, one of Staten Island's old-time scientific gardeners. W. Griesinger, representing Louis Van Houtte, Ghent, Belgium, arrived Febru- ary 15, per S. S. Philadelphia, on his annual trip. C. E. Koch has bought the store which J. V. Phillips has been conducting as a branch store at 301 Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn. Boston. CHANGED WEATHER CONDITIONS OPERATE TO HOLD THE MARKET STEADY.— WHITE STOCK IN GREAT DEMAND. — VISITORS AND OTHER NOTES. Last week's storm had the expected effect of retarding the crops and thus arresting any downward tendency in prices of flowers in this market, and so we find ourselves at this writing able to state that the market is still in good active condition with the demand fully up to the supply in most lines, particu- larly white flowers, for which the heavy death record of this, the most unhealthy period of the year, makes a lively call. To-day being Ash Wednesday and better weather fairly due, it is to be expected that the customary stagnation of the season will presently materialize and the prices so glioly quoted to-day may have to take a back seat before the end of the week. Lilies are becoming more abund- ant. Roses are of superb quality as a rule. Queen of Edgely, which we have seen but little of for some weeks, is now in evidence in splendid shape. The spring exhibition of the Massa- chusetts Horticultural Society takes place at Horticultural Hall, Boston, March 18—22, the peony show June 13, the rose and strawberry show June 23—24, the annual exhibition of plants and flowers Seiitember 10-13, and the chrysanthemum show November 5-8. Fire in the building on the corner of Milk and Arch streets on the morning of February 20 caused a damage of about $100 to the stock of the Milk Street Cut Flower Company, occupying the base- ment. Most of the plants were killed by the smoke. The Horticultural Club had ten guests on Thursday evening, including W. A. Manda, of New Jersey; Wm. Donald, who is soon to leave Boston; Capt. Sorenson, the famous life saver, and Prof. Louis C. Elson. J. A. Pettigrew has returned from the curling tournament at New York, where his galaxy of experts administered a defeat to a bunch ol braw^ny Scotchmen who had come over the line to meet them. P. Welch has been confined to his home with grippe for three weeks. Visitors: Jas. McHutchison.New York; J. D. Thompson, Joliet, 111.; S. S. Skidel- sky, Philadelphia; H. J. Koehler, Hart- ford, Conn.; Mrs. W. J. Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind., and a whole flock of bulb travellers. Lowell, Mass. BLIZZARD SERVES TO RETARD DECLINING VALUES.— GROWER AND HIS CHILD FALL FROM HIGH WINDOW. — SYMPATHY FOR THE BEREAVED. The worst snow storm of the year struck this place last w^eek and stiffened prices, w^hich were gradually on the decline. Business continues to keep up in a general way, something doing most of the time, and everyone seems to be getting his share. The demand for funeral flowers has been heavy the past week, causing a scarcity of white. One of the most tragic accidents in the annals of the Spindle City occurred February 20, when J. J. Downs, with his two-year-old daughter clasped closely to his heart, fell backward from a window on the fourth floor of the Burbank build- ing to the ground, fifty feet below. For the past three years Mr. Downs has been employed by McManamon, at Brookside, as outside foreman. Last week he was offered a better position at Bar Harbor, his old home, and was preparing to leave for that place. The child died at St. John's hospital. Thefatherisin a critical condition. Mrs. Downs has all our sympathy. We were sorry to hear that Albert Roper's and Lewis Small's carnations were frozen enroute to the convention. A. M. Brampton, Ont. EXTENSION TO BE MADE BY THE DALE ESTATE.— LONG DISTANCE SHIPMENTS OF CUT FLOWERS. The Dale Estate, whose plant we illus- trated in our last Autumn Number, is going to enlarge its 1902 plant by the addition of a block of twenty-one houses each 262y2 feet long by 17 feet wide and a small block ot seven houses each 150 feet long. The small block will be adja- cent to the new ofiice building which will also be erected this season. The nev? buildings will all be of iron frame con- struction with automatic ventilation on both sides of the ridges. Referring to the illustration of the 1902 addition, page 552, issue of November 15, 1902, the new block of twenty-one houses will be a continuation in the direction of the length of those shown. The small block and the oifice building will be to the left of the picture at the farther end. The contracts for the iron construction, ven- tilators, boilers, stokers, economizers and coal-conveying machinery have been secured by the King Construction Com- pany, of Lockoort, N. Y., and Toronto, Ont. Manager T. W. Duggan states that he has been experimenting this season TOth long-distance shipments of flowers, as far west as Vancouver and Victoria. While it was not supposed that rosss and carnations would carry for six days in an ordinary express car, Mr. Duggan claims that the diiEculties of six days of travel have been overcome by careful packing. For some time shipments have been made to Charlottetown, P. E. I., Halifax, N. S., and St. John, N. B., so that the cut flower business of the con- cern now covers points nearly 5,000 miles apart. Many prominent persons in the trade, interested in the new ideas in greenhouse construction and appliances, as demon- strated here, have visited the establish- ment this season, including John Burton, Philadelphia, Pa., John N. May, Summit, N. J., and W. N. Rudd, Chicago. Kansas City, Mo.— John Schneider has taken the benefit of the bankruptcy court to cure his unpaid debts. Denver, Col. — Bessie Hortop states that she has no intention of moving at the present time and that she is getting along very nicely at her present location. Gloversville, N. Y. — Richard E. Loe- ben will this spring add 10,000 square feet to his glass area, bringing his place up to a total of 18,000 feet. Business is good. ^903- The American Florist. 161 Boiler on Ground Level. Ed. Am. Florist:— Will a boiler work successfully if placed on top of the ground with an overhead main, running the flow pipes under the benches, letting them fall gradually their full length, bringing the returns back also on a gradual fSl? D. G. If the height of the coils is such that at the lower end thej- are on a level with or slightly above the bottom of the boiler, so that the water will have a direct return into the boiler, a fairly good cir- culation can be secured with hot water. With an expansion tank considerably elevated, or with a closed system, the results will generally be quite satisfac- tory. When possible, however, it is bet- ter to have the lower portions of the returns higher than the top of the boiler. L. R, Taft. Capacity of Boiler. Ed. Am. Florist:— I am desirous of ascertaining the number of square feet of glass our boilers are capable of han- dling in the most severe weather, occa- sionally 20° below zero. One boiler is eleven feet long, with fire box 5x4 feet, and has thirty-two 2-inch flues. The other boiler is eight feet long, fire box 3V'2x3 feet, with twenty-eight 2y2-inch flues. The two boilers are connected with a 3-inch flow, also to one 18-inch stack lorty-five feet high. B. & W. The two boilers will probably supply 3,000 square feet of radition, which will be sufficient for 12,000 and 18,000 square feet of glass, according to the temperature desired. Unless the houses are well built it will be safer not to go much above the smaller amount named. While it is desirable to have grates of ample size, it would seem that the area ot the grate in the larger boiler is consid- erably more than is desirable. The size of the stack will answer fairh' well for the boilers but should be considerably increased in order to get the full benefit of the grate area. L. R. Taft. Tank for Rain Water. Ed. Am. Florist: — I will be very much obliged if you will answer these ques- tions: Given a stable 16x100 feet, how large a tank should I put up to catch the water from the roof? Of what material and where purchased? M. D. N. The size that should be selected for a cistern will depend largely upon the amount and distribution of the rainfall, as well as upon the quantity of water that can be used. In some sections the rainfall during the spring is quite heavy, but during the summer two to three months often pass with little or no rain. Under these conditions it will be desirable to have storage capacity sufficient to provide water for the period of drought. Thus where the rainfull is light a cistern holding 180 barrels will provide two barrels per day for ninety days. A cis- tern ot this size will hold all the water that falls upon the roof 16x100 feet in a six-inch precipitation. There are few places where the rainfall in a month exceeds this to any extent, and the policy of putting up a larger cistern is questionable, except in sections where it is difficult to obtain water. If a smaller amount than two barrels per day will answer, orifprolonged droughts are so infrequent that they need not be considered, a proportionate reduction can be made in the size of the cistern. A fiftv-barrel cistern will often suffice for the use of a family. This will be about six feet in diameter and eight feet high, and in case it is desired to store as mncli as ISO barrels it will be better to use two cisterns holding 90 barrels each, eight feet in diameter and eight feet high, than to store it in one large cistern. Hemlock makes a cheap tank, but it will not be as durable as cypress, wliich is ordinarih' to be preferred. It is generally possible to find a manufacturer of tanks within easy shipping distance. L. R. Taft. Heating: with a Flue. Ed. Am. Florist: — I have a smoke flue built six inches wide and eight inches high, with a gradual rise from one end of the house to the other, only forty-four feet. The chimney is twent3' feet high. The only fuel is pitch pine and the draft does not seem to be good. I am getting ready to add twenty feet to the length of the house and build another as long, sixty-four feet. Can I build a flue to heat the houses, as in this locality we only have a few days in which the tem- perature gets as low as 16°? I have worked flues with satisfaction in the north, but here the atmosphere is damper or something is the matter. Georgia. If the flue does not work well at forty- four feet, it certainly will give less satis- faction at sixty-four feet. I have never used pitch pine in a flue but would think it likely to give trouble where hard wood would be all right. Under the conditions named my plan would be to have a furnace at one end of one house and at the opposite end of the other, and run the flues so that they would go out over the furnace in the other house. Have a direct draft into the chimney from the furnace and when the chimneys have become warm shut this off and force the smoke through the flues. L. R. Taft. Greenhouses for the Southwest. Ed. Am. Florist:— I want to build a greenhouse 27V';x50 to be used' for general stock, plants and cut flowers, in winter. I am rather favorably impressed with the short-span construc- tion for this climate (Texas). What do you think of this method? What size of glass would you recommend, also quality? \Vhat would you recommend, butted or lapped? For general purposes would you recommend it to run east and west, so as to have a north and south slope, or would you recommend it to run north and south with an east and west slope? Would you recommend ventilators on both sides of the ridge, continuous, or only on one? If the latter, on which side would you put the ventilators? What make of heating apparatus would you recommend for this size and style of house? I suppose it would be hot water of course. Now then, as to the conditions pre- valent here, to give you chance to intelli- gently form an opinion. First and fore- most, this is in the arid part of the southwest. Rainfall averages twenty- one inches. Extreme high temperature 114°, average summer temperature from 100° to 106°. Extreme low winter tem- perature 4° below zero, average low winter temperature from 12° to 14°, which is at night only; day temperature runs from 40° to 60° at that time. Light frosts in December. Winter as a rule sets in in January and lasts from four to six weeks, sometimes not over a week or two. Roses outdoors frequently do not lose their foliage all winter. Sunshine will average more than twenty-five days of every month in winter and there will be but the fewest days in winter when fire will be required during the time the sun shines. Now in regard to fuel. We have wood at $.5 per cord, sawed in stove lengths; soft coal at $7 per ton by the car and brown coal (lignite) at about $4 a ton by the car. Hard coal is out of the question. J. J. N. From the plan sent with the letter it is evident that there are two narrow houses rather than one wide house, as would be inferred from the text. Under the conditions named it would seem that good results could be obtained either from houses running east and west with a short-span-to-the-south, or from even- span houses running north and south. The choice between them would depend upon local conditions. The glass could be somewhat narrower than is used in more cloudy regions, say twelve to six- teen by eighteen to twenty-four inches. Lapped glass would give the best results, although, on a steep slope, butted glass, properly laid, would give good satisfac- tion. For a short-span-to-thesouth house it will be well to have a row of ventilators twenty-four inches wide on the north slope, and another row from twenty-four to thirty inches wide in the south wall. With an even-span house they may be on either side. The draw- ing shows a propagating house on one side of one of the houses which will make it impossible to secure side ventilation. Under this condition a second row of ventilating sash will be desirable at the ridge, if the house is to be used as a con- servatory during the summer. Hot water will give the best results in a small house. Almost any of the green- house heaters will be satisfactory. For 50° in zero weather six lines of 2-inch pipes will be required in each house. So much depends upon the quality of the coal, as well as on the kind of wood and the amount sold as a cord, that no estimate of the comparative heating value of the coal and wood can be given. While wood seems preferable to coal under the conditions mentioned, it would seem rather more expensive than a good grade of soft coal at the prices named, unless the wood is more than eighteen inches long, which would give seventy- two cubic feet to the cord. L. R. Taft. Catalogues Received. W. B. Longstreth, Zanesville, O., seeds; Western Seed & Irrigation Co., Waterloo, Neb., seeds; Arthur Co wee, Berlin, N. Y., gladioli; H. A. Terry, Cres- cent, la., peonies; F. C. Heinemann, Erfurt, Germany, seeds; Glenwood Nur- series, Morrisville, Pa., nursery stock; Heinrich Henkel, Darmstadt, Germany, aquatic plants; Highlands Plant Exchange, Highlands, N. C, trees and shrubs; Joseph Harris Co., Coldwater, N. Y., seeds, plants and bulbs; Robert Holmes, Norwich, England, chrysanthe- mums; Augustine & Co., Normal, 111., nursery stock; J. M. Philips' Sons, Pitts- burg, Pa., seeds; Webster Bros., Hamil- ton, Canada, miscellaneous plants; L. L. May & Co., St. Paul, Minn., seeds; Peter Henderson & Co., New York, seeds; W. W. Wilmore, Denver., Col., dahlias; D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa., seeds; J. Clieal & Sons, Crawley, Essex, England, dahlias; R. Wallace & Co., Col- chester, England, hardy plants and bulbs. The yellow address label on your paper bears the date at which your subscrip- tion expires. 162 The American Florist. Feb. 28, Eighteenth Year. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2.00. Subscriptions accepted only from those in the trade. Advertisements on all except cover pages, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; $1.00 per inch. Cash with G/der. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts are allowed, only on consecutive inser- tions, as follows-^6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent; 53 times, 30 per cent. Dover space sold only on yearly contract at $1.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to the back pages. The Advertising Department of the American Florist is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only. Ordera lor less than one-half inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to secure insertion in the issue for the following Saturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. The prices of iron pipe were advanced five per cent on February 24. The correspondent who signs himself "K," in sending samples of soil, must remember that communications which do not bear the real names and addresses of the senders (not necessarily for publi- cation) are consigned to the waste paper basket. It is stated that J. H. Bradley, general traffic manager for the American Express Company, 65 Broadway, New York, is the individual most directly responsible for the raise in the express tariff on cut flowers, and the person whose conversion is most essential to a return of the old rate. Better write him a personal letter about it. Forced Gladioli. Ed. Am. Florist: — "Will you kindly tell us whether gladioli that have been forced for the past season in the greenhouse are good for the coming season if they have made good large bulbs, say l^-inch. Subscriber. There is no reason why gladioli that have been forced the past season should not be good for the coming season. The mild forcing to which they are subjected in a carnation temperature does not impair the vitality of the corms. G. Best Peonies. Ed. Am. Florist: — Kindly give me the names of the twelve standard varieties of herbaceous peonies best for cut flowers. What winter protection, if any, is required for tree peonies inthevicinity of Chicago? S.J. Among the best and embracing a range of color are: Festiva maxima, Marie Lemoine, M.Dupont, Potsii alba, Modele de Perfection, Lady Leonora Bramwell, M. Barrel, Madame Geissler, Jules Calot, Ambroise Verschaffelt, M. du Ribert and Augustin d'Hour. Dry leaves are good for a covering for tree peonies. Wm. a. Peterson. Park and Outdoor Art Association. The preliminary programme of the seventh annual meeting of the American Park and Outdoor Art Association, to be held at Buffalo, N. Y., July 7-9, has just been issued. An interesting trip to Niag- ara Falls is planned, and among others, addresses are promised by Prot. L. H. Bailey on "The Forward Movement in Outdoor Art," and Volney Rogers, Youngstown, O., on "Outdoor Life in I Cities." Full particulars may be had on application to the secretary, Chas. Mul- ford Robinson, 65 S. Washington street, Rochester, N. Y. The American League for Civic Improvement has planned to hold its convention at Chatauqua — only a two-hours ride from Buffalo — the week following the American Park and Out- door Art Association meeting, so that delegates to the latter may, if they so desire, attend both conventions. The Shipment of Orange Blossoms. Ed. Am. Florist: — Please give us some helpful facts with regard to the shipment of orange blossoms, such as the length of time they should be cut before packing, and if they should be placed in water first. In what stage should they be gathered? Are large clusters desired or the ordinary blossoms with very short stems, as they usually grow? What size and style of box should be used and how should the blooms be packed for long distance shipments? What do orange blossoms ordinarily bring in the whole- sale markets at this season of the year? M. P. A. Orange blossoms are particularly diffi- cult to handle and we never knew of a shipment that went through in a satis- factory condition, although there are thousands of lots sent by both tourists and florists from Florida to the north every season. We refused to send any as soon as we found the shipment impossi- ble, and thatw^as years ago. The flowers last only a day or so at the best, then turn yellow and the petals fall off. We have tried a dozen methods of packing and were forced to the conclusion that they cannot be shipped at all, unless with ice. We have never used ice in shipping them. Reasoner Bros. More About Express Rates. Ed. Am. Florist: — The express compa- nies are the vvorst violators of the inter- state commerce law of any class of com- mon carriers. For example, a private party ships a one pound package and he has to pay 25 cents for same. Let a merchant ship the same package and the charge is only 16 cents. This fifty per cent raise was made at the same time on cut flowers and millinery. On the latter the merchandise rate was immediately restored and this in the face of its being five to ten times more bulky and equally as liable to damage from rough usage. As to their handling cut flowers carefully, it is absurd in the extreme, as they are pitched about just the same as any other goods. Everything has its "special," whiskies, cloth, samples, books, vegetables and others too numerous to mention, but none for the florist. If all the florists will adopt the plan of making them pay and pay promptly for all losses caused by delayed trains, wrecks and failures to transfer we would be better off. On five occasions since Christmas I have lost as many days' business by delayed flowers and as yet I have gotten no satisfaction out of the express company. I have placed the claims in a lawyer's hands for collection and am waiting the result. Two of the claims are for flowers delayed over two trains during the Christmas rush. Two claims are for flowers they failed to transfer and delayed twelve hours each. One claim is for stock delayed six hours by a landslide and too late to fill an order. I want to know "where I am at." Birmingham, Ala. G. R. Currey. OBITUARY. J. H. DUNKELBERGER, John H. Dunkelberger, of the firm of Beears & Dunkelberger, Reading, Pa., died February 23 of paralysis of the heart. He was 35 years of age. SITUATIONS, WANTS, FOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be inserted at the rate of ten cents a line (six words) each insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant advs. NOT admitted under this head. Every paid subscriber to the American Florist for the year 1903 is entitled to a five-line want ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time during the year. Situation Wanted— By experienced rose grower as section man on first-class establishment. L P, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— As gardener and florist on private or coujmercial place; married. Address H B, care American Florist. Situation Wanted — As fiorist and gardener on a first-class private place, middle west preferred; single, German descent, age 29; references. I W, care American Florist, Situation Wanted— As grower of roses, carna- tions, etc ; single; Dane, age 30, 2 years' in Eng- lish nurseries. State wages. Address C. Thompson, New Toronto, Ont.,Can. Situation Wanted— In Chicago by young lady; a good desiq:ner's assistant; 4 years' experience. Address with particulars. F. Christopherson, 361 E. 63d place, Chicago. Situation Wanted— By first-class landscape gardener and florist, all-around man on commer- cial or private place. Thoroughly competent in all branches; German, age 39, married, one child, R I, Box 190, Girard, Ohio. Situation Wanted— By a steady, sober and honest young married man without children as grower of roses, 'mums, carnations and general stock; good references; state wages. Address D O, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— Competent grower of chrys- anthemums, roses, carnations, ttc, is open to take charge of modern commercial place. Send full particulars to H W D, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By a first-class grower of roses, carnations, 'mums and general line of bed- ding plants; age 31 with 17 3'ears experience, also up in design work. State wages when writing. Beatjtt, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— As working foreman by competent grower of cut flowers, roses and carna- tions a specialty; married, age 32; highest refer- ences. Southern or eastern states preferred. Grower, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— As working foreman, cut flowers, pot plants and general stock thoroughly experienced and temperate; best of references; good wages expected, Address Permanent, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By good all-around florist and gardener, private or commercial, around Chicago or middle states preferred; 17 years' experience; references; married, no children, age 31. Address C C, care American Florist. Situation Wanted — As gardener to take charg- of a small place. Berkshire county, Mass. , pre- ferred. Understands all branches; 8 years' esfjerience in this country. Beat of references; Swiss, 31 years of age; married. Address J H F, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By a first-class florist of long experience; roses and carnations a specialty, general stock, to take charge of a good place; married, age 38; references. Western Pennsyl- vania or Ohio. F. W. North. 1003-1004 Liberty street, Pittsburg, Pa. Situation Wanted— By thoroughly experienced grower of stove and greenhouse plants, also roses, carnations and violets. Would take charge of place or section of large rose or carnation grower where go"d wages are paid: best of references. H. Hansen, Box 85, Mt. Auburn, Mass. Help Wanted.— Experienced young lady florist, north side, Chicago; references. Address NoRTHsiDE, care American Florist. igo3. The American Florist. 163 Help Wanted— Two good men for i^otting and general greenhouse work. Steadv position. J. F. ^yILCox. Council Bluffs, Iowa. Help Wanted— By April 1, lady for store (Chicago). Must be good saleswoman and good designer. State references and wa^es. Address E A L, care American Florist. Help Wanted— Voung man with some experi- ence in carnations: J9 per week to start; quick increase to right party; steady place. Address E W M, care "American Florist. Help Wanted— Two good men for general green- house work. Must understand forcing bulbs; state references. Address Rock-Heite Co., Kansas City, ;Mo. Help Wanted— Several bright young men; give experience and reference from last place. Good chance for the riiiht persons. Address The E. G. Hill Co., Richmond. Ind. Help Wanted— A gardener to take charge of 8 small grenhouses growing palms, ferns and bed- ding stock. A fine place for energetic man. Champion it Co.. New Haven, Conn. Help Wanted— Experienced help for rose and carnation sections. State wages expected, board and room furnished; references. Address The J. M. Gasser Co.. Euclid Ave.. Cleveland, O. Help Wanted— A young man of good appear- ance for flower store. Permanent i>osition and good chance for advancement. Answer with references and wages expected. Address X A, care American Florist. Help Wanted— Grower to take charge of place where tea roses are grown for Chicago market, single, middle-aged man preferred. Good wages to right man. Address Henbt Philip, Rogers Park, 111. Help Wanted — A first-class florist to grow cut flowers, who thoroughly understands his business and is sober and ^ industrious. Must furnish recommendation. State salary. Address Mi89 Norma Grillo, -109^^ Main St. , Natchez, Miss. HelpWantod— Sober, steady man to take charge of steam plant in winter; look after vegetable garden and lawn in summer. Must be single, German preferred; $25 per month and board; references. Address C. H. Ott, M. D.. Sayre, Pa. Help Wanted— First-class rose and carnation grower to take charge of 32,000 square feet of glass: also assistant. Please state wages wanted with board and washing, your age and reference; also how soon you could come. Good position for two good men.' Address John L. Wtland, DeHaven, Pa. Help Wanted— A rose grower on teas, who has unquestionable reputation and endorsement, to take charge of section: all new houses. First- class opening for right man. State wages expected; single or married. All applications will be treated in strict confidence. Address FosTORiA Floral Co., Fostoria, O. Help Wanted— At once, a good grower of roses to take charge and grow for retail trade, four houses, thirty-five hundred plants. Also assistant for vegetable houses, one who knows how to use hose and box off; give references and experience, both positions. Address I. Shelby Crall, Monongehela, Pa. Wanted— Partner with 83.000 to $5,000 to add to good paying greenhouse business. Address Bos 422, Raton, New Mexico. Wanted to Rent— By May 1. 1903, about 15,000 feet of glass with some ground. Must be in good conditiou. Good references. Address J E, care American Florist. Fop Sale Cheap — Fine retail floral establish- ment. Must sell on account of poor health. 249 E. Houston street. iNew York. For Sale- Cheap, three greenhouses and seven room dwelling: the onlv greenhouses in Pike Co. Mrs. Geo'. Hansen, Pittsfield, 111. For Sale or Rent — Established greenhouse busi- ness of about 8,000 feet of i^lass, natural gas; inquire for particulars. Address E H M, care American Florist. For Sale or Rent— Greenhouse; stocked, heated, eight room house; easy terms; cause, death of OT\'ner. Address G. A. BA^-GS, 554 N. Robey St., Chicago. For Sale— Retail florist establishment, five greenhouses, store and dwelling in city of 35.000; location opposite large cemetery; account of poor health, must sell quick. Easy terms. Address Eastern Iowa, care American Florist. For Sale— Established greenhouse business of about 10.000 feet of glass, with or without ground. Good opening with small capital. Must sell by April I, 1903. Ohio, care American Florist. FOD KAIF On Easy Terms, Greenhoustt 1,100 I vn OAtLL feet glass built 1902. in booming town of 8,Q00. right in the coal belt; 3 railroads, city water, residence. Good reasons for selling If you mean business write ED. GREENWOOD, Linton, Ind. Situation Wanted. "^^^v^sJ^^ his working gardener and foreman; German, married, two children; disengaged March 25. Competent in all branches under plass and open ground, also landscape work and private farming; good mushroom grower. Strictly sober and relia- ble. Wife first-class cook and butter maker, if needed. Wages $50 per month, cottage, milk, etc. For further particulars. Address HY. T. RAABE. 233 First street, New York City. WANTED. A man of experience who has good judgment and taste in the handling of flowers at retail. To a man of ability and who is conscientious a perma- nent, well paid position is offered. Address or apply to ERNST WIBNHOBBBR CO., 415 Elm Street ... CHICAQO. U/Qntori Assistan Gardeners WdlllDU for Private Places- Apply stating experience fully to R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., 6 and 7 South Market St., BOSTON. WANTED. Young man of some experience in retail florist business as assistant to decorator. Good personal habits are absolutely necessary. Address or ap- ply to BRNST WIENHOEBBR CO., 415 Elm Street, ... CHICAQO. Help Wanted. steady, reliable single man who has had some experience in greenhouse work, also with fruits, for Wisconsin fruit farm. Good board and rea- sonable wages to start. If satisfactory a good position assured to man of responsibility. Address W P M, care American Florist. A grower of roses, including American Beauties, who has unquestioned reputation and endorsement to take charge of 35,000 square feet of glass, near Cleveland, Ohio. Good salary and share of profits to right man. EMPLOYER, Box 10, Sta. A, Cleveland. Ohio. Experienced rose grower, section man; only first-class man wanted; wagcj $12.00 per week. Address with refer- ences Rose Grower, WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., Boston, Mass. WANTED. Two good all-around florists, also a good rose grower. Give particulars. IfllLLER & SONS BRACONDALE. TORONTO - CANADA. FOR SALE. 80 Good Hot Bed Sash APPLY TO W. E. BESUDRY, 504, 145 La Salle Street, Chicago. FOR SALE CHEAP. 6,600 Square feet ot glass, inoludin;:: stock as a running busiuoss. Houses iirc stocked with oar- nations, roses, smilax anil Hastcr lilies and bulbs. Reason for selliuii is tc settle iiji tlie estate on account of tlio death ..four of ilie linn, I'liis place of business last year piiid ;U) per ^m-ui on invest- ment. Address. FOREST VIEW GREENHOUSES, L. D. 'Phone 308 A, 904-912 Mulberry St., Reading, Pa. FAn C il I P 12 ACRES or LAND adniir- I vim vrrii-K.e hoOSE purposes; 36 miles from Chicago, three blocks from station on "Wis- consin Division of C. it N. W. R. K. Good house and barn on property. Within short distance of Klehms' Nurseries. Terms to suit responsible buyer. Address: M. RICHMOND, Palatine. III. •onsisting of 20,000 feet of glass, heated with steam und located in the center of a prosperous city of 10.000 inhabitants. Plenty of natural gas; no opposi- tion. Fine stock of bedding and cut flower plants. Dwelling of 10 rooms; lot 93x250 feet. First-class trade and good shipping point; a success for any- one. Good reasons for selling given inquirers. Write immediately for particulars. Address FAY, care American Florist For Sale.... Five Shares of Stock in the American Gardening Publishing Co., value $250; 4% dividends. Must be sold to close transaction; price only $150. Good chance for investment. WALTER H. HARRISON, LA MOTT, PA. Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Ctiicago, III. Regular meetings held 2d and 4th Wednes- day of each month at 49 La Salle Street, Chicago. Send all communications to H. J. SPRINGER, Secretary, 6142 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. MODEL GREENHOUSEforSALE AT A BARGAIN. Modern rose and violet house (by Hitchings). All iron construction and standard glazing. Latest improved heating apparatus, including extra large boiler. Rose house, 20 ft. wide, and violet frame, 7 ft. wide by 60 ft. 6 inches long; work room, benches, etc., all in first- class condition. Plans and all particulars on application to BARBOUR TLAX SPINNING CO., PATERSON, N. J. If you want to get the want you want to get, you want to get your want ad into tlie AMERICAN FLORIST Try it now. Every* advertisement represents a genuine want. <^ It pays to answer them. ^ ^ ^ Mention the American Florist when writing to advertisers on this page. 164 The American Florist. Feb. 28, PRICE LIST. Caldwell's Kwallty Kounts Brand Wild Smilax now on hand. Per Doz. American Beauties, extra select $3.00 to $4.00 18to24iii 2.00to 2.50 12tol5in l.OOto 1.50 Per 100 Brides, Bridesmaids and Ivory J5.00 to $ 8.00 Meteor, Golden Gates 5.00 to 8.00 Liberty... 5.00 to 12.00 Violets, Double... 7Sc to $1.00 Violets Single. .75 to 1.00 White Violets $1.50 Carnations.. . . 3.00 to 3.00 Lily of the Valley 3.C0 to 5.00 Narcissus, Paper White 3.00 Tulips, assorted 3.00to 5.00 Adiantum.. 1 00 to 1.50 Princeps 2.00 Asparagus, Plumosus Strings Each 60c ^ " " Sprays 2.00to 3.00 ■^^ " Sprengeri S.OOto 4.00 Smilax per doz., 82.00 Common Ferns $2.00perl000 .20 GalaxGreen: 1.00 " " .15 BronzeGalax 1.00 " " .15 Leucothoe Sprays 1.00 Orchids, Cattleyas per doz. $6.00 Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. J. B. DEAMUD, 51 and 53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. The F. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, Mataors, Caraations, Cut Adiantum, Oalax, Commea Ferns and Fierlsts' Supplies. Telephone Connections. ^UBi^VT^T^ASBfTi^ O^IO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., "Wholesale Cut Flowers-- 457 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE. WIS. MICHAEL WINANDY, Wholesale Grower of Cut Flowers and Rooted Cuttings. Salesroom: 60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Greenhouses: Cor Devon Ave. & Robey St. Telephone 3067 Central. ■ Telephone 643 Eobeks Pakk. jJ.M.McCULLOUGH'SSONS WHOLESALE I FLORISTS I ALSO SUCCESSORS TO I THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. i o CIZIC^ i I C^ CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. .^ \ Special Attention Given to Sliipping Orders, a 1 I 316 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO. I Pittsburg GutFlower Go. Ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. -Pittsburg, Pa. GEO. REINBERG, "V^^ Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. H.G.BERNING Wholesale florist 1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO, C. A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, naS PINE STREBT, 1 ST. LOUIS, HO. VA oompletc line ot Wire Deslgna. Please mention the American Florist when writing. ^iLCE TOUR NAME and your specialties before the purohasing florists of the entire country """•1 ™ by advertising in • SBNo AovT. NOV/, t" THE AMERICAN FLORIST. E. H. Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO, Poehlmann Bros. Co. Wholesale Growers of s"e2i.r.i„ Cut Flowers All telegraph and teleplione orders given prompt attention. 35-37 Qbssnhouseb: Randolph Stratt Morton Grove, 111. CHICAQO. ILL. Bassett&Washburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. "•—'"rrrs-M But Flowers GREENHOUSES: HINSDALE. ILL. Whol^ale [lower/\arH^ MiLWAUKSB, Feb. 26. RoBCB, Beauty, long, perdoz, 4.00@ 5.00 " med. " 2.00® 3.00 " " sliort " 1.00@1.50 " Liberty 15.00@18.00 '* Bride, Bridesmaid 8.00@l2.0a >' Meteor 8.00@1D.O« " GoldeuGate 8.00@10.0* Perle 6.00@ 8.00 Carnations 2.00@ 3.00 Violets M® .75 Bomans 2.00® 3.09 CaUas 10.00@12.00 Adiantum 75® 1.08 Smilax 18.00 Asparagus 65.00 PiTTSBUBO, Feb. 26. Roses, Beauty, specials, per doz. 6.00® 7.00 " " extras " 3.00® 4.00 " " No. 1 " 1.50® 2.50 ■' " No. 2 • .75® 1.00 '' Bride, Bridesmaid 2.00@12.0t " Meteor. 4.00®10.M Carnations 1.00® 4.00 Paper Whites, Bomans, Freesia. . . 1.50® 3.00 Tulips 2.00® 4.00 Mignonette 1.50® 4.00 Lily of the valley 4.00 Violets 50® l.St Lilac per bunch, 1.00®1.5a Smilax 10.00@15.0S Adiantum , t.00@ 1.26 Asparagus, strings 30.00@60 .00 " Sprengeri 3.00@ 4.00 CiHODraATi, Feb. 26. Boses, Beauty 6.00@50.0* Bride 4.00@10.00 >' Bridesmaid 4.00@ie.0e " Meteor 4.00@10.00 Carnations 2.00® 5.00 Tulips 3.00® 4.0» Violets 76® 1.00 Lily of the valley 3.00® 5.00 Harrisii lilies, per doz, 1.50® 2.00 Bomans, Paper Whites 2.00® 4.00 Asparagus 50.00 Smilax 12.50®15.00 Adiantum 1 .25 St. Lotns, Feb. 26. Roses, Beauty, long stem 20.00®60.00 Beauty, medium stem 8.00@15.00 " Beauty, short stem 3.00® 8.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00@10.00 " Golden Gate, Meteor 4.00@10.00 " Perle 4.00® 8.00 Carnations 2.00® 4.00 Violets 25® .40 Paper Whites, Romans 3.00 Sweet Peas .75 Lily of the valley 3.00 Smilax. . Asparagus Sprengeri. " Plumosus.. 12.50 2.50 75.00 igoj. The American Florist. 165 Choice Stock . . AND PLENTY OF IT . . We now have large supplies and with favorable weather shall get a steady increase in production. Prices are easier and values very good. Send us your business. Asparagus and Smilax for all requirements. E. €• ANLING, THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1 977 Central. AMERICAN BEAUTY Pur Do/.. Ill', ini-h strm J5.00 :1II-iii.'Il slrin 4.(10 ■.M-iii.li sl.'iii 3.00 ^0-ini'h stem 3.00 Ifi-iiioh steiu 1.50 r--inoh stem 1.00 8-iiu;h stem .?."> Per 100 Brides and Maids $4.00('»S; 8,00 Meteors and Gates 4.0(lw> S.IIO Carnations X.fi^iu 2.00 •• large and fancies, 3.00( 4.00 Mignonette, per doz, .50® .80 (.'alias, per doz., %\.2R(A $1.50 Harrisii, per doz, $1.50® $2.00 Von Sions 3.0(' Violets 75@ 1.25 Sweet peas 1.00@ 1.50 Valley 3.00® 4.00 Koma'ns, Paper Whites.. 3.00 Tulips 3.00® 5.00 Asparagus, per string, 50c Asparagus Sprengeri 2.00® .5.0(1 Kerns ,per 1000, $3.00 .25 Galax per 1000, 1.00 .15 Leucothoe .75 Adiantum 1.00® 1.50 Smilax per doz., $2,00 Subject to change without notice. LILY OF THE VALLEY BRUNS' CELEBRATED BRAND for forcing, $12.50 per 1000; $30.00 per case of 3500; $1.50 per 100. FINEST CUT VALLEY IN QUANTITY. HM DDIIMC 1409 W. Madison Straet, ■ 111 DnUnO) CHICAGO, ILL. PETER REINBERG, Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 800,000 FEET OF CLASS. Headquarters for American Beauties. 51 WABASH AVE., • CHICAGO, ILL FRANK GARLAND, "■;r:,,-Cut Flowers Gut Flowers S5-57 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284. CmC.A.OO. JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of HOP"' 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Telephone Centbai. 3598, All telegraph aal telephone ord6.*8 given prompt attention. ICE BROTHERS WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. tUMll Cmllav Receivers and Shippers of nilQ oIHIIaA. CHOICE cut flowers. Special attention given to shipping orders. Send for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Minn. Always mention the American Florist when you write to an advertiser. BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO F. F. BENTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and Consignments Solicited. Commission FLORISTS J. R BCDLONG Rosea and Camations A Specialty.. 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. GROWER of CUT FLOWERS Wbol^ale f[ower/\arK^ CHJCAeo, Feb. 27, Roses, Beauty, 36-inoh stems 5.00 30 " " 4,00 84 " " 3.00 20 " " 2,00 " 15 " " 1.60 " 12 " " 1.00 " "8 to 8 " " .75 " Liberty, Chatenay 8.00@15.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 4,00® 8.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 4,00® 8.00 Violets 50® 1.25 Carnations 1.50® 4.00 Romans, Paper Whites 3.C0 Tulips, Valley 3.00® 5.00 Sweet peas 1.00® l.BO Callfts, Harrisii per doz. 1.35@ 2.0O Asparagus, per string, ,50 Adiantum 1,00® 1.50 Common ferns, per 1000, 2.00 .25 Smilax, per dozen, 2.00 A. L. Randall, WHOLESALE flORIST. 4 Washington Straet, CHICAGO Send for weelily price list and special quotations on 1000 lots. Order Direct From Headquarters. .A No. t DAGGER and FANCY FERN, SI. 60 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. A No. I BRONZE and GREEN GALAX, $1.00 per 1000 in 6000 lots. LAUREL FESTOONING, good and full, 6c and 6c per yd, SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX, selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS, $100 per bbl. LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, $1.00 per 100. We guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail, telephone or telegraph will receive our personal and prompt attention. \Ve can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO. 32-34'36 Court Sq., Boston, Mass. L. D. Telephone 2618 Main. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michigan Gut Flower Excliange. FANCY FERNS, $1.50 per 1000. Dis- count on larne orders. Give us a trial for Ferns the veur around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, «1.00 per lUOO. 26 Miami Awe.. DETROIT, MICH. Please mention the American Florist BTcry time you write to an advertiser. 166 The American Florist. Feb. 28, Spring Flowers Samuel S.Pennock PHILADELPHIA. Choice Novelties .A. 34 HAWLEY STREET, BOSTON. Best Boston Flowers An entire floor Devoted to Stock and Manufacturingf. 'Write nowfor quotations on Chrysanthemums and all seasonable stock. SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR= Rowers of White Carnation I 11 I I A\| POIMn Also MRS. THOS. W. LAWSON. ^^VLi^r^Lt^''.^^ L^i-i-irtl^ ■ Vfl^Lr WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. GEORGE SALTFORD, Wholesale Commission Florist, 46 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Fair dealing and prompt returns guaranteed. Correspondence solicited. Author of "How to Miko Monay Growing VIoloU." SIMON RODH, MANUFACTUKEK OP Florist Ribbons Salesroom: 40 West 28th St., MFW YORK Factory: Camden. N. J. ''■-" •""■» ribbons according to season. tub; NEW YORK GUT FLOWER GO. 55 and 57 West 26th St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Dally Reports. Weekly Paymenta. ■^jM^MSdLn s,. J. A. MILLANG, 3034 Madison Sq. Hahasxb. N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXGHANGE Coogati BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26th St., New York. Open for Cut Flovrer Sales at 6 o'clock Every Morning: DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON, Secretary. Wbol^ale power/\arK^ Boston, Feb. 35. Rosea, Beauty, extra 30.00@40.00 " medium 15.00@20.(IO " ouUs 2.00® 8.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00@ 6.00 extra 8.00@10.00 " Liberty 5.00@30.00 Carnations 1.50@ 2.60 " Special S.00@ 5.00 Lily of the valley 2.00© 4.00 Violets 40® .75 Paper White narcissi. Hyacinths.. 1.60@ 2.00 Trumpet narcissi 3.00@ 4.00 Harrisii lilies 8.00@12.00 Adiantum 7S@ 1.00 Asparagus 50.00 Smilax 8.00@18.00 Philadelphia, Feb. 25. Roses, Tea 8, " " extra 15. " Beauty, extra " " firsts 25. " Queen of Edgely, extra. . . .50, " " " firsts. ...25 Carnations 2. Violets 1. Lily of the valley 8. Asparagus 25 Smilax 12 Adiantum Farleyense 8. Bim'Ai.o, Feb. 26. Roses, Beauty 25 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 6 Carnations 3 Violets 1 Paper Whites, Romans 2, Lily of the valley 00@12.00 00@18.00 50.00 00@40.00 00@60.00 00@30.00 00® 6.00 00@ 1.50 00© 6.00 ,O0@5O.0O .6O®15.00 00@10.00 .00® 75. 00 .00®12.00 ,00® 5.00 .00® 1.50 CO® 4.00 00® 4.00 .00®20.00 .00® 1.50 6lve Us a Trial. We Can Please You. Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers In stocli. Uril E VACTIIIR Wholesale Com- flffnii ri HHOIIIiIIi mission Florist, 481 Washinston St., Buffalo, N. Y. Dealer in Florists' Supplies and Wire Designs. Open Day and Night. Please mention the AmericaH Florist when writing. The Philadelphia Wholesale Flower Marlcet. "Tn^Bir"' 1224 CHERRY STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Is now open and ready for business. Consign- ments of good stock solicited, especially Valley. Violets and Carnations. Commission, 10 per cent and $50 annual stall rent, payable monthly in advance. Flowers, choice of this market, care- fully packed and shipped at short notice ALWAYS MENTION THE .....AMERICAN nORIST WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS. SUPERIORITY. w rE claim it for the flowers we distribute. It is guaranteed by the high sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It is proven by the large number of florists throughout New England and else- where depending on us for their regular supplies. Largest dealers east of New York in Baskets, Sheaves, Letters, Vases, Ribbons and ail Florists' Requisites. N. F. McCarthy & go., Tel. 734 akd 64 Main. 84 Hawley Street, BOSTON. H. C. RIEDEL. F. D. SPICER. HEADQIARTERS for the best line of Fancy Material in the New York Cot Flower Markets. All the tid-bits as well as all the standard everyday goods. Send to us for any or all. We are in close touch with the best growers and can supply you at short notice at prevailing market prices. Strictly Wholesale. We deal with Florists only. RIEDEL & CO., WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS, 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK CITY. On and after March 2nd will be located at Arch Street 1217 Leo. Niessen, WHOLESALE FL0RI5T, N. W. Cor. 13th and Filbert Sts., Phila. igoj. The American Florist. 1G7 JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Excloslvely. 49 W. 28tli Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT T«l. 2065 Madlton Sq. NEW YORK. 42 West 28ih St. Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWERS ever offered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Eleauty, Bride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter r. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Telspliono 902 Ukdlaon Sqnara. 39 West 28th St., NEW YORK. Tslaphons Nos. 2239 and 2034 Madison Square, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 56 and 57 Wast 26tli St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice ol sale note daily. Statement and check weekly. All consignments, large or small, receive tho same attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. ! VIOLETS. WILLIAM GHORMLEY VIOLETS. I Wholesale " i^fcimwi iMiiwiiiwitah ■ ^Qommission Daily Receiver and Shipper of Fresti Cut Flowers. Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Valiey, Clirysantliemums. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY. Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. JOHN YOUNG Spaolal American Beauties, Surpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orchids, and all Seasonable Flowers. SI Weat 28th St., NEW TOBK. Tel. 1905 MadlBon Sq. THE RECOCNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR Violets and Carnations •ROWERS and BUYERS make a note of this. It will be to yoai advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER. SO West 29th St., New York. Telephone 551 Madison Square. Frani( iVIiJIang Open from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. Cat Flower Exchange, 55-57 W. 26th St. Phone 399 Madison Square. NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1872, JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consignments or Shipping Orders. Satisfaction given in both. Td. 9EB Madlton Sq. 115 Wttt SOth St., New Yark. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 66 and 67 W. 26th St. New Ynrk. Cut Flower Exchange. HICW I Orn. OPEN 6:00 A. M. An Unequalled Outlet for Consigned Flowers. Choice Carnations. Selected Roses. Traendly&Schenck NEV YORK QTY, 38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange. New Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq. Wbol^ale flower/larK5fe New yoRK, Feb. 25. Roses, Beauty, Edgely, best 3a.00@40.00 medium 15.00@20.00 culls.... 2.00® 8.00 Bride, Bridesmaid, best. . .. 8.00@10.00 " " " medium 4.00® 6.00 culls.... 2.00® 3.0O Meteor, Golden Gate 4.0C@I0.00 " Liberty, best. 29.00@3a.00 " " ordinary 5.00@15.(IO Carnations, fancy 3.00® 6.00 " ordinary l.OO® 2.00 Violets, special 50© .75 " ordinary 30® ,50 Lily of the valley 1.00® 2.00 Trumpet narcissi 1.00® 3.00 Romans, Paner Whites 1.50® 2.00 Cattleyas 25.00@60.00 Smilax 10.00@16.00 Adiantum 50® 1.00 Asparagus 35.00@50.00 Sprengeri, doz. bun. 2.00®3.00 Charles Millang WHOLESALE FLORIST. Conservatory connected from which can ship ferns and decorative plants promptly 50 West 29th St. NEW YORK Tel. 2230 Madison Square. ALWAYS MENTION THE.. .AMERICAN nORIST WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS. FORD BROS. I^eceivers and Shippers of FRESH FLOWERS, HI West SOth St., NEW TOBZ. Telephone 157 Madison Square. REPRESENTING EMINENT GROWERS. JuHusLang 53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK. COMMISSION DEALER in FLOWERS Telephone 280 Madison Sqdabe. ALEX. J. GUTTMAN, Wholesale Commission Florist, A full supply daily of the cholceit New York and New Jersey FLOWERS. 82 W. 20th Street, NEW YORK CITY Telephone 1738 Madison Square. fl. H. LflNGJflHR. Wholesale Commission Florist, BEST BXOWEBS SHIPPED AT I.OWES'f NEW ¥OKK PRICES. 18 Boarum Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Telephone 939 Mini. Hicks & Grawbuck, WHOLESALE ELORISTS NEW YORK: 46 West 29th Street. Tel. 2798 Madison Sq. BROOKLYN, N. v.: 108 Livingston Street. Tel. 3660-3661 Main. EDW. C. HORAN, 55 WEST 28TH STREET, Telephone 421 Madison Square. .NEW YORK. CSJJ F LOWERS AI W HOLESALES 168 The American Florist. Feb. 28, ThE5 gEEE) TMt)E. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. WAiTER P. Stokes, Pres. ; C. N. Page, First Tioe-Pres.; S. F. Willakd, Wethersfleld, Conn., Sec'y and Treas. Twenty-first annual convention, Philadelphia and Atlantic City, June 23-35, 1903. John H. Cox is nowwith the George A. Weaver Company, Newport, R. I. The Department of Agriculture at Washington is to have a new building to cost a million and a half. London, Ont. — The estate of John S. Pearce & Company, in bankruptcy, has been settled by a dividend of SSV2 cents on the dollar. What deliveries to make on sweet corn items at catalogue prices on retail mail orders is puzzling the catalogue seeds- men nowadays. The Consolidated Ginseng Company of America is being promoted by F. B. Mills, Rose Hill, New York, with head office at Buffalo. James C. Murray, of Peoria, 111., has opened a branch seed store at 321 Adams street, says the Peoria Transcript, with John Michie in charge. Annual crops growing on the land are held, in Aldrich vs. Bank of Ohiowa (Neb.), 57 L. R. A. 920, not to pass to a purchaser at judicial sale. Henry Ndngesser & Company, New York, recsived two carloads of Turkestan alfalfa seed last week, direct from the Asiatic growing districts. Sweet com prices are disposed to ease a little, back districts having evidently been industriously dug. Pedigree eastern stock of canners' sorts still brings top prices. The onion set market is weak, evi- dently depressed by the large stock of Louisville yellows still offered at about 70 cents per bushel. The outlook for better prices is not encouraging. Visited Chicago: Jesse E. Northrup, February 20, returning from the east; A. J. Brown, Grand Rapids, Mich.; E. M. Parmalee, Picton, Ont. ; E. F. Ball, rep- resenting E. J. Bowen, San Francisco. The recent publication of a list of American varieties of vegitables for the years 1901 and 1902, compiled by W. W. Tracy, Jr., is the most sensible piece of work undertaken thus far by the Depart- ment of Agriculture in the interest of the trade. The State of Trade. John Lewis Childs, Floral Park.N. Y.— Trade shows up better than last year at this time. There is every indication of a good season. O. H. Will& Co., Bismarck, N. D.— Our receipts for January were seventeen per cent ahead of January, 1902, which we think very favorable considering bad weather. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago. — Mail order business is not, generally speaking, coming very strong yet. With present brighter weather March should open with heavy urgent orders. James Vicks' Sons, Rochester, N. Y. — The outlook for a prosperous season in the catalogue trade is very bright. The call for catalogues is at least fifty per cent more. The orders for January were ahead of last year and the average amounts larger. The great trouble now will be to get sufficient stock to supply the demand, as many varieties are very short. Milwaukee. The Retail Florists' Association was organized Thursday night, February 14, with James Currie, president; Wm. Edlef- sen, vice-president, and Mrs. C. Baum- garten, secretary and treasurer. One of the objects of the association, says the Sentinel, is said to be to force the whole- sale dealers to quit the retail business, vyhich it is claimed they have been doing. If necessary to bring about this result a new and exclusively wholesale house may be established. Wm. Edlefsen, who was visiting his daughter in Chicago for a few days, when asked about the report as given in the Milwaukee dailies, said the retailers are very much in earnest and propose to make it a fight to a finish. Lenox, Mass. The annual banquet of the Lenox Hor- ticultural Society was held in Colonial Hall on Saturday evening, February 21. A. H. Wingett, president of the society, acted as toastmaster and a most enjoya- ble programme was carried out. The four tables were beautifully decorated ■with centerpieces of choice flowers from the private conservatories in which many of the society's members preside. The first toast was in honor of E. J. Norman, the first president of the society, and that gentleman responded, congratulat- ing the organization on its growth and prosperity. He hoped soon to see the society the owner of an appropriate building that would be an ornament to Lenox. Frank Howard, of Pittsfield, responded for "Our Visitors." J. P. Quigley, of Lee; Representative Johnson, of Lenox; John Cooney and G. W. Fergu- son also spoke. Musical selections were interspersed by C. J. Russell, Chas. Ste- vens and the Lenox Male Quartette, com- posed of Messrs. Mole, Clifford, Jones and Cameron. Early Bird TOMATO. The earliest, smoothest and largest Early Tomato we ever introduced. Resists the rot and does not sunburn; wonderfully produc- tive, of fine flavor. Every florist should have some plants in the spring for his par- ticular and appreciative trade. i oz., SOc; i oz., 95c; Oz., $1.73; postpaid. FLORIST DEPARTMENT, D. Landreth & Sons, l2l7MarketSt., Philadelphia, Pa. Please mention the American Florist when writing, ONION write for samples and prices. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Chicago. Please mention ike A merican Florist when writing. cheap. 450 Seed Boxes; also the following Seeds and Bulbs, all new crop. SWEET WILLIAMS, Auri- cula flowered; DI6ITALIS in 13 varieties mixed; DELPHINIUM, Naw Large Flowering Hybridum, all of the choicest sorts. GLADIOLUS in best named varieties, S8.C0 per 1000. 277 Jetferson Ave. Rochester, N. Y. Please mention the American Florist when writing. It Doesn't Cost a Cent more to grow from pure strain, true stock Onion Sets than to grow from mongrel sets and The Profit is lots greater, and growers are Ending it out. That's why, during growing and harvesting seasons, we pay from 1,600 to 2,000 people, daily, in cash. Our beautiful booklet pictures our metheds and (in colors) the product of our Budlong Onion Sets Place your contracts early some varieties already exhausted. L. A. BUDLONG COMPANY^ CHICAGO. igo3. The American Florist. 169 Burpee's Seeds,Philadelphia A postal addressed as above will bring you Burpee's Farm Annual for 1905, — if you intend to buy Burpee's Seeds. — otherwise the price is ten cents, which is less than cost per copy in quarter-million editions. It is an elegant book of 184 pages, besides beautiful colored plates, and tells the plain truth about the Best Seeds that Grow. Better write TO-DAY ! Do not Delay I Blue List of wholesale prices mailed only to those who plant for profit. All Flowers In Season at Lowest Chicago Market Rates RENNICOTT BROS. COMPANY 40-44 RANDOLPH STREET CHICAGO. ILL. COMET EMPRESS FREDERICK. Dwarf and compact, fine for pots. Flowers pure white, diameter 4 to 5 inches. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. SEMPLE'S BRANCHING. Home grown. White, shell pink and lavender, i oz., 30c; oz., 75c. QUEEN OF MARKET. Best German. In colors, J oz.. 25c; oz.. 75c. LARGE VICTORIA. Best German. In colors, Packet, 25c; 1 oz., 65c; oz., $2.50. Write for wholesale catalogue now ready. Fresh Tobacco Stems, $1.50 per bale, cash. W. C. BECKERT, Allegheny, Pa. Strictly New England GROWN SEEDS. SPECIALTIES— Onion (Southport Globes), Turnip Seed and Sweet Corn, Beet, Parsnip, Carrot, Cabbage. We can answer all questions without flinching as to quality and where grown. The E. B. CLARK CO., Milford, Conn. CLUGAS & BODDINGTON CO. Imoorters and Exporters of Seeds, Bulbs ^Plants 8 1 2-8 1 4 Craenwich SIraat, NEW YORK OITY, Bend tor quotations on all Florists' Bulb Stock. BULBS! BULBS! Excelsior Pearl Tuberose and C'aladium Esculentum Uulbsand Canna Roots, lead- ing; varietit's. Write to JNO r. CROOM & BRO.. Magnolia. N.C. i^resii Importation Mushroom Spawn FERTILE. PRODUCTIVE. Cnwliph in bricks, per 100 lbs., $8.60 t. o. b. Lnglloll New Yorli, $7.00 f. o. b. Chicago. Write for prices on quantity. Vaughan's Seed Store, CHICAGO. NEW YORK. MUSHROOM SPAWN. STYER Frequent importations I from England. Always I fresh and lively. J.J. Styer, Concordville, Pa. OUR MOTTO: QUALITY FIRST. We have, however, a sufficent quantity to supply all demands. Send for Catalogue. ARTHUR COWEE, "Meadowvale Farm," Long Distance 'Phone 9x. Berlin, N. Y. United Slatas Grower and Representative of CROFF'S HYBRIDS. GLADIOLI BEGONIAS, Single, Double, Sinele, mixed Double TUBEROUS ROOTED. 1000 Do/.. parate colors t25.00 ( .40 t 2.7.'> 45.00 .00 65 .5.00 3.5 2..50 ,50 4.00 Caladium Esculentum, Medium, No. 2 .75 .5.00 Large, ,\o. 1 1.15 8.00 Eitra large 3.00 15.00 Caladium, Fancy-leaved 1.25 10.00 Gladiolus, Red shades. 9.00 .20 1.00 I'ink shades 12.50 .20 1.50 Yellow shades 24.00 .35 2.60 White and light shades 15.00 .25 1.75 Striped A variegated shades 18.00 .30 2.1 American Hybrids 10.00 .30 1.25 Finemi.'jed 9.00 .15 1.00 Gloxinias, Choice mixed .50 4.00 Tuberoses, Mammoth. Large. 3.50 .10 .60 D. LANDRETH & SONS, Florist Department, 1217 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ; Florist when -wntins If YOU WANT TO BIY Double Pearl Tuberose Bulbs. Write us for prices. We have a large quantity strictly first- class stock and can sell them at very low prices. Write us stating about the quantity you want. T.W.WOOD & SONS, Seed Growers, RICHMOND, VA. ESTABLISHED 1802. for over a hundred years have been universally recognized as the standard of excellence. JUST RECEIVED Fresh Seed of LATANU BORBONICA. Price, fJOc ))er pound; 10 pounds for $4.50; 25 pounds and over 4Uc per pound. Price list of flower seeds for florists mailed on application. J.M.THORBURN & CO. 36 Cortlandt St., NEW YORK. Mushroom FIRST QUALITY. STRICTLY FRESH. Spawn jtj».^tLOWEST PRICES WRITE FOR SPECIAL ...QUOTATIONS... James Vick's Sons, ROCHESTER, N. Y. SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW. A Florists' Plate Book. 150 Plates and nearly 300 varieties for 13 50 or three for tlO.OO. You can'l do business without It. VREDENBURe & CO., Rochester, N. Y. Please mtnlion Ihe A merican Florist when writing. 170 The American Florist. Feb. 28, The (^ur5ERy T^atJE. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Chab. a. Ilsbnfbitz, Pres.; D. S. LAKB.Vioe- Pies.; Gbobge C.Seagek, Rochester, N. \^Sec y. Twenty-eighth annual oonTention, Detroit, Mioh., June, 1903. J H. Hale says that tke planting of peach orchards in Georgia is being over- done. The Floral Emblem Society of Massa- chusetts has selected the mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia, as the state flower. The Lawrence Nursery Company, of Lawrence, Kan., has 300 agents cover- ing the south and west and reports a big season in sight. In the issue for February 21 Levi P. Morton was given credit as the founder of Arbor day when, of course, J. Sterling Morton was intended. F. L. Olmsted, Jr., 'Brookline, Mass., has been in consultation with the Balti- more authorities with regard to contem- plated park improvements. John Charlton, of Rochester, says the ginkgo transplants as readily as the Car- Slina poplaf and thinks its use should be encouraged, particularly as a memorial tree. . There is a bill before the Minnesota legislature conferring on the state ento- mologist the authority to destroy nur- sery stock or orchards found seriously infested with insect pests. H S Wiley, of Cayniga; C.M.Hooker, of kochester, and S. D. Willard, of Geneva, will prepare a fruit display to represent the New York Fruit Growers' Association at the St. Louis World's Fair. Toronto. TRADE VERY GOOD AND ALL STOCK WELL CLEANED UP.— SUPPLIES INCREASE BUT PRICES ARE MAINTAINED.— A VARIETY OF LOCAL NOTES. The cut flower supply keeps increasing each day and most orders are now being filled. Business remains very steady and is exceptionally good. Roses are in fine shape. Brides and Bridesmaids are being cut which are verv special and bring $5 per dozen retail. Meteors have also picked up and there are a few Beauties around. Carnations are a little short of the demand, most noticeable in white. Prosperity is in fine shape and well col- ored, although the stems are inclined to be weak. Lawson continues in fine form and many of the newer varieties will be noticed at the carnation show. Harrisii lilies have shortened and are hard to find, although callas are more than plentiful. Prices remain up on all stock except violets, which are plentiful. Roses are quoted up to $15, while a few fancies have brought $20. Carnations are $3 to $5 per hundred and lilies of the valley $3. Harrisii bring $15. Aspara- gus is decidedly short, adiautum unheard of andsmilax nearly over. This is the last call for the Canadian annual carnation exhibition. Don't for- "et the importance of this meeting and remember the benefits to be derived from attending, at St. George's Hall, Thurs- day, March 5. Address exhibits and entries to Geo. Mills, St. George's Hall. The bachelors' ball was the social event of the season. Dunlop had the order and McConkey's was lavishly dec- orated with spring flowers. Jas. Milne has been confined to his home with rheumatism and D. J. Sinclair, to be fashionable, is also doing duty at home. The executive committee meeting of the C. H. A. will be at the J. H. Dunlop con- servatories at 9:30 a. m., March 6. The annual banquet of the Florists' Club will be at Webb's Parlors on the night of Friday, March 6. Princess of Wales violets by the thou- sands, and very well grown, are coming from L. I. Vair, of Barrie. A new carnation seedling after the type of Lawson is doing well with Geo. HoUis. H. G. D. Indianapolis. A VISIT TO MICHIGAN PLANTSMEN. — LOCAL AND TRADE JOTTINGS OP INTEREST. H. Junge visited Adrian, Mich., the other day and found Nathan Smith & Son's place in excellent condition. There were cuttings of all kinds, and especially chrysanthemums and geraniums, by the hundreds of thousands in all stages of development. Mr. Smith has the plant business down to a fine art. The arrange- ments concerning potting-shed, packing room and office are ideal. Mr. Smithhas a large stock of orchids, especially cypri- pediums. They have a valuable system of filing for reference all matter in the trade papers which relates to their specialties. G. W. Rentz & Son own four acres of ground on West Second street, where they erected a few small houses a couple of years ago and have met with good suc- cess. Their carnations and bedding stock are in good shape, and a rose house 30x75 is the addition planned for this season. To the sorrow of every Indianapolis florist, Baur & Smith' s carnations reached Brooklyn frozen stifi' and consequently could not compete for prizes. Among them was Indianapolis, their promising pink seedling. Bertermann Brothers' largest delivery- wagon recently caught fire from a coal- oil stove. Prompt action of the fire department saved it from total destruc- tion; damages about $25. Martin Nelson has left E. A. Nelson's employ to start in business at the Geiger place in Mapleton. Philip Conway is breaking ground for another house 20x80. H. J. Denver. TRADE VERY ACTIVE AND ALL GOOD STOCK SELLS QUICKLY.— FLOWERING PLANTS IN DEMAND. Flowers were in great demand for St. Valentine's day and the volume of busi- ness done was much in excess of previous years, while the weather was not at all favorable. Violets were most in favor and sold fast, with carnations next in demand. Roses were scarce, especially Beauties. Flowering plants look well and in many cases a pretty plant was sent instead of a box of cut flowers. The weather remains unsettled but the quality of stock is good although the quantity is rather short. Good long Beauties are showing up in small lots. Bulbous stock is plentiful and good, tulips selling best. I regret to announce the death of the little daughter of Al. Maufi', aged nearly 4 years. She had been sick a little over a week with diphtheria. The funeral took place on Tuesday. There is an abundance of flowering plants on the market, which are being used for good shows in the stores. Azaleas are particularly good and. sales on them satisfactory. A new narcissus, or rather new to us, is the Emperor. It is very fine and should go well, although it is only seen in limited quantities as yet. C. W. Scott, of Vaughan's Seed Store, was a recent caller. B. Akron, O. — H. Heepe's Sons will ac d two new houses to their place, beginning work early in March. Watertown, Wis.— L. Lotz & Com- pany, 302 Main street, who run the only strictly retail store in the city, report a prosperous and steadily increasing trade. Rhododendron Maximum i Kalmia Latifolia The two best native Evergreen Shrubs for out-of-door ornamentation. Furnished by car load lots or in smaller quantities. Send for prices, also Special Rhododendron circulars. Fine lot of general nursery stock. EASTERN NURSERIES, M.M.oawson.Mgr . Jamaica Plain, Mass. TREES FOR SPRING OF 1903. "We offer a large find choice line ot General Nursery Stock. Special attention is called to the following: APPLE, CHERRY, Peach, Kietter and Dwarf Pear, DOWNING GOOSEBERRY, Catalpa, Box Elder, Silver and Cut-leaved Maple, Mountain Ash. Carolina Poplar, Tulip Tree, Black Walnut Seedlings, Pecans, Clematis Paniculata, Wistaria, Norway Spruce, Hydrangea P. G., Barberry, Privet, Hybrid Perpetual and Climbing Moss Roses, Apple and Pear Seedlings and Root Grafts. For prices address F. S. PHOENIX, Bloomington, III. 1,000,000 STRAWBERRY AND OTHER PLANTS. Including Bubach, Gandy, Nick Ohmer, New York, Sample, Success, Tennessee, Sharpless, Wm. Belt, and 30 other best sorts. See our cata- logue and get the best. See our discounts and gift plants. CALEB BOGGS & SON, Cheswold, Del. Send to THEIVIOON For J Trees, Shrubs, Vines Your I and Small Fruits. Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free. THE WM. H. MOON OO. i^_^ Morrisville, Pa. Association "Flora" Nursery Co. BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Roses, Clematis^Peeonias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Lilacs for forcing. Box Trees, Fancy Evergreens and other shrubs on hand at the packing place ia the season. Catalogue on application. Address p. CUWERKERK. 1 1 23 Summit Ave., JERSEY CITY, N. J. Tree Seeds. Our new descriptive CATALOGUE OF SEEDS of American Conifers, Trees. Shrubs, Palms, Cucti, Herbaceous Plants, etc., has been mailed to the trade, A postal will brine it to you. PINEHURST NURSERIES, Pineburst, N. C. otto Eatzengtein, Mgr. igo3. The American Florist. 171 WE ARE CUTTING THE FINEST American Beauty and Tea Roses In this part of the country and can fill all orders. Chicago Carnation Co., - - Joliet, III. WHEN WE FAIL TO FILL ORDERS ON CUT FLOWERS, EVERYBODY FAILS Kennicott Bros. Company 40-44 RANDOLPH STREET. CHICAGO, ILL. McKELLAR & WINTERSON. Supply Everything Used by Florists, Nurserymen, Gardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Etc. HEADQUARTERS on CUT FLOWERS 45-47-49 Wabash Ave. CHAS. f. MEYER, 19 Barclay Street, NEW YORK. Wholesale Importer of LILY OF THE VALLEY, ROMAN HYACINTHS and PAPER WHITES, DUTCH BULBS, BERMUDA and JAPAN LILIES, AZALEAS and PALMS, NURSERY STOCK. AZALEAS from the Celebrated Nu > of The Ad. D'Haeane Co , Ltd , Ghent. 15 per cent each of the varieties Simon Mardner and Mme Van der Cruyssen Guaranteed. MOFTO:— High Grade Quality. Prices Rock Bottom. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. CANNAS. Pres. MoKiuley, Cleveland. Chas. Hender- son. Alphonse Bouvier, E.^:. Crampbel, Chicago, Duke of JIarlborougli. Queen Charlotte, Mme. Crozy, Yellow Crozy, Golden Bedder, Florence Vaughau, same dwarf; Kronos. Allemania, Burbank, Orange Queen, Eldorado, Admiral Dewey, Gov- Roosevelt, Alba Rosea or Peach Blow, Mile. Berat, Robert Christy. Cuba. Sam. Trelease, Defender, Childsii, Flamingo, Cabos. M. Geo. Killaite, Robusta. 3 and 3 eyes, sound tubers, .tl.35 per 100,.S13.C0 per 1000; 5000, $10.00 per 1000. Cash with order. GERANIUMS. Good assortment, more than 20 vars. to select from, 2!4-in. pots, $2.00 per 100; 115.00 per 1000. C. G. NANZ, Owensboro, Ky. American Florist Advertisements Pay Advertisers. TWO GRAND WHITE CARNATIONS GOV. WOLCOTT AND BOSTON MARKET Both originated by me from same seed pod . The former sent out spring of 1902 has proved WITHOUT AN EQUAL AS A HIGH GRADE COMMERCIAL VARIETY. THE LATTER, sent out in 1901 in limited quantitv, is today THE STANDARD everyday com- mercial WHITE ON THE BOSTON MARKET. A marvel for early, free and continous blooming. BOTH are in perfect health. Boston Market . . . Per 100, $6.00; per 1000, $40.00 Wolcott Per 100, $5.00; per 1000, $45.00 Both will ba on Exhibition at Brooklyn Feb. 19 and 20. PETER FISHER, Elils, Mass. CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Notv Ready. 100 1000 100 1000 Lawson $3.00 $15 00 Crane 3.00 15.00 G. Angel 1.35 10.00 America 125 10.00 .loost 1,35 10.00 Flora Hill .. 1.35 10.00 Marquis 1.35 10.00 Queen Louise 2.00 15.00 Bradt 2.00 1?.00 W.Cloud.... 1.35 10.00 Prosperity... 3.00 15.00 Norway 125 10.01) MATH. EVERT, Wholesale Grower and Shipper ol CUT FLOWERS. Phone Central 3067. 58 and 60 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO. Please moil ion the American Flornl when uriling. TRANSPLANTED CARNATIONS. ' - ROOTED CUTTINGS. MERMAID Per 100 $1.00. Per 1000 $10.00 ELDORADO Per 100 1.00. Per 1000 10.00 Giant Flowering Pansy plants, mixed, $3.00 per 1000. Marie Louise Violets, $3.00 per 100; $26.00 per 1000. Terms Cash.— We prepay ex- press charges. If plants are not satisfactory, re- turn at once and we will refund your money. LOOMIS FLORAL CO. LOOMIS, GAL. CARNATION MURPHY'S WHITE If you want a. commercial white buy it. Rooted Cuttings, immediate deliverv, $6.00 p«r 100; S60.O0 par 1000. Satisfac- tion i:uaranteed or money refunded. WM. MURPHY, 130 E. 3rd St., Cincinnati, 0. EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. I List free on application. i i FRED. ROEMER. Seed Grower, .. .. yuecillnbarg, Germany, i i Rooted Cuttings Quit MoTTii: "Not how Cheap, but how Qood." Carnations— Thos. W. Lawson, $3.00 per 100; «25 00 per 1000. . « . Carnations— Flora Hill, $3.50 per 100. Carnations— E. Crocker, $1.50 per 100; $13.00 per Carnalions— Prosperity, $2.E0 per 100; $20.00 jier Verbenas— Danley's Giants, very best on the mar- ket to-day. Sure to please. ' All labeled Per 100, 60c; per 1000, $5.00. 35,000 Verbenas, in 3-iuch pots. Ready March loth Let us book your order at $2.00 per 100. Daisies— Mme. Gailbert,at 25o per doz. $1.35 per 100 Salvias— Heboid 1 Vincas -Major Var | '• — Elegans I Per dozen, 30c. Feverlew— Little Gem f Per 100, $1 .00 Ageratium— P. Pauline Anthemis — Coronaria J Pansies— Giants. Fall planted, per 100, $1.00 E,\ press prepaid on all Rooted Cuttings. We guarantee to reach you with No. 1 Stock. What more can you ask? S. T. DANLEY, MAC OMB, ILL ENGLISH and FRENCH Manettr Stocks Right sii;e for indoor grafting, $12.00 per 1,000. Write quick I I KRF^HnVFR iio-ieral terms to florists whotake subscriptions. NO, .U.S.A. Fine Grafted Bearing. Sizes. Per 100' 13-inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots $20 00 15-18 inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots 30.00 Kin KanS 10-12 in., bushy, from 4-in pots 20.00 I omnnc '2-'-'' '°-' bushy, from 4-in. pots.. 20.00 LCIIIUIIO 18-24 in., bushy, from 4-in. pots 30.0a Oranges, Lemons, Linies/'°^«p^- plants. chpd,3-4ft $13 to $3 each, r Clothilde Soupert, strong Clematis Apiifolia t^in^fTt Plioenix Reclinata and Farinifera 1^-15 in., 4 in , pots 15 0O (Not less than 40 of a class at 100 rate.) Ponnoc (Dormant Roots). 2-3eye8toeach UdlllldO division, best sorts, tl.5.C0per 1000 Pitriic Trifnlioto (Best defensive hedge plant UillUo I IllUlldld introduced). Stront,. lleld- per 1000, $8.0 at 1000 rate.) Latanias, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE (Inc.) P. J. BERCKMANS GO. FRUITLAND NURSERIES. EtUbli8hed1866. AUGUSTA. GA. Please mention the A met wan Floriit when writine^ 174 The American Florist. Feb. 28, Baltimore. TRADE GOOD IN ALL LINES AND CALL FOR WHITE STOCK UNPRECEDENTED. — BOWL- ERS RESUME PRACTICE. — NOTES. Since my last letter we have experi- enced some very severe weather, by far the coldest of the season. The mercury stood at the zero mark for several days. Some good roses are now coming in, principally Brides and Bridesmaids. Meteors are small but in good shape and color. American Beauties are scarce. Some good azaleas are beginning to make their appearance at the stores. There has never been such a demand for white flowers as at present. Trade in general hereabouts is pronounced as very good. The Baltimore Florists' Bowling Club will re-assemble and meet at least once a week for regular practice. Our old antagonists, the Philadelphia bowling team, has looked for us to come over and be done up, but it seems as if a lack of interest in bowling kept our promised visit from materializing. The boys are now a little more enthusiastic and it is to be hoped that the good old sporting events so much enjoyed will again be realized. The boys returned from the carnation convention and gave their experiences at the club meeting, which was very well attended. Messrs. Vincent, Welch, Perry and Bauer spoke of the convention. Springfleld, Mass. MONTH A GOOD ONE AND ALL HOPE THE BUSINESS WILL CONTINUE. — VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. Trade the past week has kept the florists very busy. There have iDeen a number of social events and considerable funeral w^ork of a high class. Roses have been short for some time but are now more plentiftd. As a whole February this year has been a most satisfactory month for all the florists. We only hope it will continue. M. Aitkeu has been showing some fine azaleas, bougainvilleas and valley, also daffodils and tulips in flats. People are interested to see them as they grow. L. Morgan, of Longmeadow, has a fine lot of carnations; at present they are a mass of buds. His geraniums are also worthy of mention. The greenhouse at Forest Park is now complete and is being stocked with spring plants. A. B. Carnations §Ss Per 100 Per 1000 CRESSBROOK $5-00 $40.00 CHALLENGER 5.00 40.00 FAIR MAID 6.00 50.00 500 at 1000 rates. Other vars. , prices on application C. WARBIRTON, fall River. Mass. CARNATIONS Rooted Cuttings of all the new 1903 and best standard varieties. Send for price list; WILLIAM SWAYNE. Box 226. KENNETT SQUARE, PA. Miss Louise Faber. Longest stemmed pink Carnation in the market to-day. $2 per 12; $10 per 100; $75 per 1000. Send for descriptive price hst PICK & FABER, San Mateo, Cal. CARNATIONS Well Roofed Cutiings Now Ready. PINK. Per 100 Per 1000 Lawson $1.50 $12.50 Enchantress 12.00 100.00 Guardian Angel 1.25 10.00 Joost 1.25 10.00 Genevieve Lord 1.25 10.00 Nelson 5-00 40.00 Cressbrook 4.00 35-00 Triumph 1.25 10.00 Higinbotham 5.00 40.00 Morning Glory 2.00 15.OO VARIEGATED. Per 100 Per 1000 Bradt $2.00 $1 5.OO RED. Per 100 Per 1000 Estelle $4.00 $35.00 Adonis 14.00 120.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Crane 2.00 15.00 Palmer 4.00 30.00 Mrs. L. Ine 1.25 10.00 Chicago (Red Bradt) 2.00 15.00 WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $12.50 Queen Louise 2.50 20.OO Peru 1.25 10.00 Murphy's White 6.00 50.00 Bon Homme Richard 1.25 10.00 HoosierMaid 1.25 10.00 Norway 1.50 12.50 White Cloud 1.25 10.00 LAWSON Rooted Cuttings from Black Soil, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1,000. ROSES. Well rooted cuttings, strong and healthy. BRIDE $1.50 per hundred; $12.50 per thousand BEIDESMAID 1.50 per hundred; 13.50 per thousand PEELE 1.50 per hundred ; 12.50 per thousand GOLDEN GATE 1.50 per hundred; 12.50 per thousand IVORY 3.00 per hundred; 25.00 per thousand SUNRISE 6.00 per hundred; 50.00 per thousand ROSE PLANTS From Z 1-2-inch Pots. Per 100 Per lOOO Per 100 Per 1000 SODV.DE PIERRE NOTTING.. $8.00 $75.00 SUNRISE $7.00 $65.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 55.00 '^^^l-\-\\\\\\\\\\:\\\\\::\\::t% toO KAISERIN 4.00 35.00 GOLDEN GATE 3.00 25.00 BRIDESMAID 3.00 25.00 PERLE 3.00 25.00 All Stock sold under express condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately wfien money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., .CHICAGO. Please mention the A Florist when writing. \ GRAFTED ROSES. I A Limited Amount of BRIDES and MAIDS H of Exceptionally Good Grafts for Sale J' ^ B^MaaS8 gaBgaBgg ggMB^BgiaB«B«BBggiSg85M«B8 Please mentiofi the American Florist when writing. X ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS ♦ I President McKinleyf t ^^H^^^HlS OUR NEW ONEHHHHi^^ i ♦ ROOTED CUTTINGS, $2.00 per Dozen; $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. ^ t ALL THE STANDARD AND NEWER VARIETIES. | X IF IT'S QUALITY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, WE ARE CONFIDENT WE CAN PLEASE X Z YOU. PRICES ON APPLICATION. * j E. T. GRAyE. Richmond, Ind. j Please mention the American Florist to advertisers. igoj. The American Florist. 175 Carnation Cuttings PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR FIRST-CLASS CUTTINGS. DO NOT DELAY. Write for Quotafions and Catalogue. Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson Adonis Gov. Wolcott Lillian Pond E. A. Nelson President McKi nley Estelle Golden Beauty White Cloud Apollo Mrs. Potter Palmer Morning Glory Gaiety Queen L.ouise Viola Allen Stella Lorna Prosperity . H. Manley Guardian Angel oost Mrs. Higinbotham inquirer Dorothy Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt Marquis Gov. Roosevelt Cressbrook Harry Fenn Crane Dorothy Whitney Tiger J. D. Thompson Carnation Co. JOLIET, ILLINOIS. 3,000 White Cloud Carnation Cuttings at $10 per 1000 KENNICOTT BROS. COMPANY 40-44 RANDOLPH STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Carnations I Roses FOR 1903. Rooted Cuttings From Sand NOW READY. Per 100 NORWAY $2.00 LORNA 2.50 WM. SCOTT 1.50 MARQUIS 1.60 MORNING GLORY l.SO If from soil add 25 per cent to quotations. BRIDE ROSES from 2!4-inch pots 3.00 BRIDESMAID from 2H-inch pots 3.0O A. L. THORNE, flushing. N. Y. Rooted Cuttings. eOLEUS, 48 var., 70c per 100; $6.00 per 1000 6ERANIUMS. from 2M-in. pots, $3.50 per 100; 123 per 1000. Good bedding sorts. PETUNIAS, 20var., J1.25 per 100: SIO per 1000 ALYSSUM. large, var., single and dbl. $1 per 100 HELIOTROPE, 14 var., $1.00 per 100; $8 per 1000 AGERATUMS, 5 var., 603 per 100; $5.00 per 1000 SALVIAS. 6 var., $1.00 per 100; $8,00 per 1000 PELARGONIUMS, rooted cuttings. $2.25 per 100 VERBENAS, R. G, 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000 E^Express prepaid on R. C. Cash with order. Write S. D. BRANT, Clay Center, Kas. Orchids ! j^ We have the largest and finest stock of Orchids on this continent; also supplies, such as best live Sphagnum and Fibrous Peat and Orchid Baskets. Lager & Hurreli, suMMrr, n. j. Orchid Groovers and Importers. GJ^^s:'^:^.^* 50 very fine Sorts. Dahlias, 35 very fine sorts. Gladioli, Very fine selected: Groff's Hybrids. Lemoinei, Childsii. Extra fine mixtures; Best named sorts. Madeira Vines, Oxalis, named sorts: Cinnamon Vines. Peonies. Our collection is one of the moste.vten- sive and carefully selected extant, over 350 very finest named kinds. Geraniums, Carnations, Roses, etc. We aim to have the very best. Everything true to name, very important." Write us for prices. C. BETSCHERa Canal Dover, Ohio. »»»♦♦♦♦♦♦»»♦♦»•»»♦♦»»♦♦♦♦♦»♦»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦»♦» j Rooted Carnation Cuttings ♦ Get the best, cheap cuttings are dear at any price. Early orders will be furnished T from sand, later orders from cuttings transplanted into soil at same rate. Adon Enchantress 12.00 Harlowarden 12.00 Fragrance 12.00 White Bradt 14.00 President McKinley 12.00 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt 12.00 Marshall Field 12.00 Lillian Pond 10.00 Her Majesty 10.00 Murphy's White 6.00 Apollo 6.00 Cressbrook 5.00 Dorothy Whitney 6.00 Enquirer 6.00 Floriana 5.00 Golden Beauty 6.00 Gov. Wolcott 5.00 Harry Fenn 6.00 J. H. Manley 6.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 6.00 Mrs. H. N. Higinbotha 5.00 100.00 lOO.OO 100.00 100.00 100.00 75.00 80.00 60.00 60.00 40.00 50.00 60.00 46.00 40.00 46.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 46.00 Mrs. Potter Pain America Chicago or Red Br idt.. 1.76 3.00 Estelle 4.00 Ethel Crocker 1.76 Flora Hill 1.75 Genevieve Lord 1.76 G. H. Crane 1.75 Gov. Roosevelt 4.00 Guardian Angel 1.76 Lorna 4.00 Morning Glory 2.60 Marquis 1.76 Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 3.00 Mrs. F. Joost 1.76 Mrs. Thos. 'W. Lawson 3.00 Norway 1.75 Prosperity 2.50 Queen Louise 3.00 White Cloud 1.75 Wm. Scott 1.50 16.00 26.00 30.00 16.00 16.00 15.00 15.00 30.00 15.00 30.00 20.00 15.00 25.00 16.00 25.00 16.00 20.00 26.00 16.00 12.00 CAN N AS. STRONG DORMANT, TWO-EYED ROOTS. Allemania Biirbank 3.00 Chas. Henderson 3.00 Duke of Marlborough 3.60 David Harum 16.00 Dwarf Florence Vaughan 4.01 Explorator Crampbell 3.00 Florence Vaughan 3.50 Francois Reif 3.60 35.fO 25.00 30.00 30.00 Per 100 Per 1000 L. Patry $3.00 $25.00 Leonard Vaughan 6.00 50.00 Martha Washington 6.00 60.00 Mile. Berat 3.00 26.00 Mixed 1.50 10.00 Paul Marquant 3.00 26.00 Pres. Carnot 3.C0 25.00 Queen Charlotte 4.00 35.00 Sec. Chabanne. 3.00 25.00 I VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, u.. 14 Barclay St., NEW YORK. Z 84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO. ^ GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. X Carnation Cuttings We are now booking orders for rooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens, Queens, L. I. -..CARNATIONS The Leading Novelties of 1903. The Best Varieties of 1902. All the Standard Varieties. Order your Rooted Cuttings NOW. GEO. HANCOCK A. SON. GRAND IHAVEN, MICH. 176 The American Florist. Feb. 28. Washington. SMALLS DO AN ELABORATE DECORATION AT THE LEADING CLUB OF THE CAPITAL. — NEW BUSINESS VENTURES.— NOTES. The decorations for the assembly ball- February 23, at the Arlington, were very ■elaborate and tasteful. The large ball- room was turned into a conservatory. The mantels were banked with genistas, azaleas, narcissi, adiantums and a large number of palms and other foliage plants -were used to screen the musicians under the balcony, over the railing of which ■waved a number of Cibotium Schiedei. In the center of this w^as a vase of about 150 American Beauty roses. The ceiling •and sides were gracefully festooned with ■southern smilax mixed with which were ■a thousand small colored electric lights. The reception parlors were tastefully decorated with asparagus, roses and flowering plants. In all about ■600 American Beauty roses were Ttsed. Fifty small tables were set for supper with centerpieces of spring flowers. Corsage bouquets and boutonnieres were also provided. T- H. Small & Son had the order. George H. Cooke, for fifteen years with J. H. Small & Sons as decorator, has bought "The Flower Shop," at 1126 Connecticut avenue, N. W. Henry Pfister, until recently in charge ■of the White House conservatories and grounds, has opened a store at 1120 Connecticut avenue. Washington's birthday, being a fine ^-INCH ROSE STOCK. Per 100 Per 1000 Ivory $4.00 $35.00 Bride 3.00 25.00 Ivory, rooted cuttings, per 100 $2.50; per 1 000, $20.00. All cuttings and plants sold with the express condition that if not satisfactory when received tbey are to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. WIETOR BROS., wbafh'A,., ChiGago. iteiise menuon the American Florist wfien ^ Mrs. Lawson $2.00 $12.50 America 1.50 10.00 Marquis 1.50 10.00 Elma 1.50 10.00 strong, healthy plants, for early benching Per 100 Per 1000 Bridesmaid $3.00 $25.00 Meteor and Gate 2.50 20.00 New CARNATION. THE MONEY-MAKER. ^U NONE SUCCEEDS LIKE ^J i$UCCESS The Most Prolific Carnation To Date. V A pleasing and most popular shade of pink — the shade of La France rose. Large, well-formed flowers on stout stems. Good keepers and shippers. Plants strong and vigorous and easily handled. Has shown a marked improvement in size, stem and productiveness every succeeding season for the past five years. The wonderful productive properties of '-Success" have not been exaggerated. It stands to-day without an equal in this respect. If you are raising carnations for profit, "Success" will pay you better than any other variety. Strong, heavily rooted cuttings, $1.50 per dozen; $2.50 per 25; $8.00 per 100; $70.00 per 1000. Immediate delivery. FOR SALE BY- HENRY F. MICHELL, Philadelphia, Pa. J. GAMMAGE S SONS, London, Ont., Canada. JOHN G. SHOLL, Dept. Q Burlington, N. J. The Best White XK a rii i a An Carnation to Date ■ *1C ^UCCIl Reaches highest standard in size, form, calyx, stem, productiveness and'keeping quality. A sure winner where ever shown. Price per 100, $10.00; 250, $22.50; 500, $37.50; 1000, $75.00. Little South Floral Co ■ , So ■ Natick, Mass ■ S.J. Goddard, Framingham, Mass. SUCCESSFUL SELLERS are the successful growers who advertise iaJlJijtJfjtjtjtjt mt m THE AMERICAN FLORIST. igo3. The American Florist. 177 AZALEAS for EASTER Place your orders NOW while the plants can be shipped without danger to the buds. Our stock is largfer than ever and we can supply standard varieties, including: 10 per cent of Mme. Van dcr Cruyssen, as under : Per do/.. I'lT 100 I'iiic hushv crowns, 10 to 12 inches in diameter $ 5 00 $40 00 ■• ' •■ 12 to H 00 50 00 13tol5 " " •• 9 OO 70 00 161018 " " " l.'i 00 I8to20 ■' " " 30 00 20to24 43 00 SEASONABLE Palms and Eerns TIreca Lutescens. Kenfia Belmoreana. In. . Leaves high. 4 8 to 10 5 12 to 15 5 to 6 15 to 18 6 18 to 20 6 36 to 28 6 to i 38 to 30 6 to 7 30 to 32 2 00 4 50 7 60 15 00 35 00 60 00 Each Latania Borbonica. pots. Leaves, high. 5 to 6 12 to 15 5 to 6 15 5 to 6 15 to 18 5 to 6 18 to 20 2 50 4 00 6 00 5 00 8 00 20 00 30 00 50 00 pots. Leaves, high. Per doz. 2H 4 8 to 10 tl 25 3 5 12 to 15 2 OO 4 5 to 6 15 to 18 4 to Inolics hiiih. Per doz. Per 100 Per 1000 pots, 1 plant in pot ti to 8 $ 75 $6 00 $40 00 3plantsinpot 13 to 45 135 10 00 70 00 3 " 15 to 18 2 50 20 00 175 00 3 " 18 to 34 5 00 40 00 350 00 5to6 " 22 to 24 9 00 75 00 3 " 28 to 30 13 00 100 CO Phoenix Canariensis. Il-inoh tubs, 3H to 4 feet higli, Ijusliy ;iml shapely. tS.OOeaoh. 11-inch tubs, 4 to 4','2 feet high, bushy and shapely, 16.00 each. 9 6 to 7 52 to 54 9 6 lo 7 54 to 58 10 6 to 7 60 10 6 to 7 72 12-in. tubs, 7 7 to 8 feet, . 'lana • Per 100 $10 00 15 00 35 10 Per 1000 $90 00 140 00 Each. Per doz. $1 25 1 51 2 00 2 50 4 80 $15 00 18 00 24 00 30 00 48 00 Each. $500 7 50 10 00 liSO 35 00 EERNS For Fern Dishes, foxc xivijv]:e;x>ia.'x'e> usb. Per 100 Per 1000 2-inoh pots, assorted varieties J3 00 $25 00 HENRY A. DREER3 714 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 2, 2V2 and 3-inch; ako Rooted Cuttings clean healthy stock from 2 and 3-eyed cuttings. American Beauties, Perles, Brides, Bridesmaids, Woottons, La Trance, Kaiserins. 5,000 Extra Fine llermosa and Soupert 24-ln. *"*- J. C.MURRAY, Florist, PEORIA. ILLINOIS- Rooted Cuttings CARNATIONS. Norway $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000 Flora Hill 1.25 per iOO; 10.00 per 1000 \Vhite Daybreak 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 G.H.Crane 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 Genevieve Lord 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 Guardian Angel 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 The Harvey Greenhouse J. T. ANTHONY, Manager. GENEVA, - ILLINOIS NEW CARNATIOINS «S GOV. LOWNDES (Fil MARSHALL FIELD, HARLOWARDEN, Large Commercial ^A/hite), MRS. THEO. ROOSEVELT, WHITE BRADT, ENCHANTRESS, PRESIDENT McKINLEY, SIBYL, FRAGRANCE, S2.50 per Dozen. SI 2.00 per 100. $100.00 per 1000. $14.00 per 100. $130.00 per lOi 0. 10.00 per 110. 80.01) per 1000. ADONIS J3.00 per dozen. HER MAJESTY 2.00 per dozen. LILLIAN POND 3.00 per dozen. 10.00 per 100. yo.uu per luuu. INNOCENCE e.COperlOO. 5D.00 per 10.0. Other Leading New and Standard Varieties. CHRYSANTHEMUMS— We have a large stock of the leading new varieties. Prompt delivery March 1st or earlier. Send for complete list of new and standard varieties now ready. I H. WEBEB. & SONS, Oa kland. M aryland Please menlion the American Florist when writing;. n^ uM n ^-j rvM r*'.'! +4-1 •*% r*a stock Plants in excellent condition, raised in sandy soil and OajmablOU \/Ulj1ilJlgOi grown in new houses. Cuttings well rooted. 100 1000 Higinbotham $5.00 $40.00 Cressbrook 3.50 Enquirer 3.50 Lawson 2.00 Joost 1..50 Genevieve Lord — 1.50 Marquis 150 Melba 1.50 Ethel Crocker 1.50 Terms: Cash with order. 30. CO 20.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.10 10.00 100 >Irs. Potter Palmer 5.00 America 1.50 Mrs. L. Ine 1.50 Evanston 1.50 Crane 2.00 Portia 1.50 Egypt 1..W Wolcott 5.00 Murphv's White... 3.00 1000 40.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 lO.OO 45.00 25.00 Sold under express condition that hen mone>- will be refunded 100 Queen Louise 1.50 Mrs. Fisher 1.50 White Cloud 1.50 Norway 1.50 Hoosier Maid 1.50 Peru 1.50 Flora Hill 1.50 Roosevelt 2.0D Prosperity 2.00 not satisfactory they are JOHN BROD, Nlles Center, III. 1000 12 00 12.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 15.00 to be l^-OUR DEECTOBY FOB 1902 WIIJ. BE MAII.ES TO YOVm nep-PBOMPTLT UPON APPLICATION. PRICE TWO DOLLARS '-^ 178 The American Florist. Feb. 28, Colorado Springs, Col. ■WEATHER VERY FAVORABLE AND STOCK GOOD. —INCREASED DEMANDS MAKE A SHORTAGE. — RISE IN EXPRESS RATES HELPS WHOLESALERS. There has been ideal winter weather in this locality during the past three weeks, with plenty of snow and the mercury below zero nearly every night. We are blessed with plenty ot sunshine, which is bringing out flowers in a satisfactory way. Quality and prices are good, but there is not enough material to supply both wholesale and retail trade. The ■wholesale trade has greatly increased since the new express rate went into effect. Many florists in nearby towns and points west of here are inclined to patronize home markets to save express charges. We have little to complain of in regard to the treatment we receive at the hands of the companies, although we sympathize ■with growers not so fortun- ately situated. They deliver and collect packages here and there is seldom room for complaint about improper handling of packages. W. J. Brunette has severed his connec- tion with General Palmer's private green- houses and has purchased a half interest in the business of Stephen Clark in Colorado City. They intend to put up more glass and be prepared for the trade that is rapidly growing there. The firm ■will be known as the Colorado City Greenhouses. W. H. Evans has purchased a control- ling interest in the Colorado Springs Floral Company, but the business will be run as heretofore. The capacity of the business will be increased by the additian of more glass at the place on Columbia street. The Broadmoor Greenhouses are turn- ing out some extra fine American Beauties. S. S. Racine, Wis. — N. Clemensen's place is reported closed and he is in the hospital. Rochester, N. Y.— Fire at three o'clock in the morning of February 18 did dam- age of only $50 at the greenhouses of Fred. K. Woldbach but stock to the value ot $500 was firozen. Port Huron, Mich. — Among the many business places destroyed by the big fire ■which wiped out a city square on the morning of February 18 was the store of the Asmann Floral Company. RncocI RnCBcl Clean, Healthy, 2 and 3-Eyed nuaea. nuata. cuttings. Very Superior Stock. Maids, Brides $1.50 per 100; $15.00 per 1000 Meteors, Golden Gates 1.50 per 100; 15.00 per 1000 Perles 2.00 per 100; 20.00 per 1000 Ivory, fine 3.00 per 100; 25.00 per 1000 We do not take hard blind wood. The stock is warranted good value. BOSTON FERNS— Fine, cool-grown stock, 4-in., $15.00 per 100; 5- in., $25.00; 6-in., $40.00; 'T-in., $60. Good profits in this stock. Plumosus^-in., 812.50 per 100. Spreng«rl^-in., $8 per 100. VInca Var.— Strong 3-m., $2.50 per 100. W. H. OULLETT & SONS. LINCOLN, ILL. BEGONIA LomiNEf 2^A-inch pots, $15.00 per 100. Write for prices on large lots. Stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease. THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass. SMITH'S nVBRID MOON VINES. (Ipomoea Noctiflora.) We are headquarters for them. Best purest White Moon Vine in existence. Mr. Smith has a reputation for them. Strong plants, 2%-inch pots, now ready at $5.00 per 100. Godfrey Aschmann, Cp^onefoi'lrpTan?^ I01Z Ontario Street. PHILADELPHIA. PA. YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti- vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. $5.00 per doz.; $30 per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT CRAIG & SON, Market and 49th Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. ?.^c1S;"r.« For Easter. Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 957, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from 3y2-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received. 25 or SO plants at 100 rate. R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. NEW PEDIGREE ROSES. Send for description and colored plate of our Six New Climbing Roses. These originated in our own collection by careful cross-fertilization and are unquestionably superior to anything of their class. EDWIN LONSDALE, pale lemon white. WIH. K. HARRIS, pale flesh color. WM. F. DREER, creamy white, pink edging. PROF. C. S. SARGENT, rich yellow and buff. ROBERT CRAIG, yellow shaded with apricot. JOHN BURTON, delicate peach color. All fragrant, very double, undeniably hardy and strong growers. HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS, Maple Avenue Nurseries. WEST CHESTER, PA. IM OVELTIES Carnations Chrysanthemums Cannas Geraniums Pelargoniums ALSO BEST STANDARD VARIETIES. A tew hundred VInea Varlegata ready for Immadlatt delivery, 3^-in. pots, strong, $5.00 per 100. NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich. New Rambler Rose PHIUDELPHIA. Flowers larger, more double, do not fade white, more durable, brighter color, and not subject to mildew as Crimson Rambler is. 3V4-inch, $12.00 per 100; $100 per 1000. 1-year field plants, cut back to 15 to 18 in., $25 00 per 100. 1-year field plants, Z% to 3 feet, $4.00 per dozen; $30.00 per 100. 2-year field plants, 3 to 3H feet, bushy, $7.00 per dozen; $50.00 per 100. The Gonard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa. Wanted Few specimen Orange Trees, tub-grown, five to seven feet high. Address stating price, etc. , ALEX. McCONNELL, 646 Fiflh Ave., NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. NEXT SEASON'S BUSINESS can be started now by advertising in this journal. Don't delay in commencing next spring's business. The best orders are placed early TRYTHif^A^N.^^'^'""""" THE AMERICAN FLORIST igoj. The American Florist. 179 CANNAS. STRONG DORMANT ROOTS, TWO OR THREE EYES. The culture of cannas is one of our leading specialties, and we offer stock that cannot be procured from the average dealer. Our stock is carefully handled and is positively true to name. These facts should be considered when comparing prices. Per 100 Per 1000 AMERICA, $6.00 ALLEMANIA, 6.00 $50.00 ALSACE, 3.00 25.00 AUSTRIA, 3-00 25.00 BURBANK, 3-00 25.00 CHAS. HENDERSON, - 3-00 25.00 CINNABAR, 7.00 DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, 4.00 35-0O FLAMINGO, 6.00 FLORENCE VAUGHAN, - 3-50 30.00 L. E. BALLY, 3 00 25.00 MME. CROZY, - MARTHA WASHINGTON, MLLE. BERAT, PAUL MARQUANT, PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, PRESIDENT McKINLEY, PREMIER, QUEEN CHARLOTTE, SECRETAIRE CHABANNE, SHENANDOAH, No less than 25 furnished at 100 rate; 500 at 1,000 rate. Per 100 3.00 7.00 3.00 3.00 3-50 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 5.00 Per 1000 25.00 25.00 25.00 30.00 35-00 25.00 WAGNER PARK CONSERVATORIES, SIDNEY, OHIO. KENNICOTT BROS. CO. ROOTED OARNATION OUTTINGS. NORWAY $J.50 per JOO $12.50 per JOOO , GUARDIAN ANGEL (The Sport). $1.50 per 100 $10.00 per JOOO FLORA HILL J.SOperJOO JO.OO per 1000 | MARQUIS 1.50 per JOO 10.00 per JOOO CARNATIONS From Two-inch Pots, Clean Healthy Stock. 100 1000 PROSPERITY $4.00 $36.00 LAWSON 4.00 35.00 FLORIANA 5.00 45.00 LORNA 4,00 35.00 NORWAY 4.00 35.00 ROOSEVELT 4.00 VIOLA ALLEN 6.00 TERMS:— Cash with order. A. Y. D. SNYDER, Ridgewood.N.J. Please mention the A merica n Florist when writing. 'W^W ^^ WSW\ OutofS inch potsorsaDd, ■ I ■ ■ r Ik Sl'SO Pi'i' dozen: $10.00 per ■ ■X^»-'"m. hundred. A limited quun- 0nrooted <_'ut- ENCHANTRESS— Outof 2-in. pots. |12.001)er lod. LAWSON— Soil or sand, $3.00 per 100. HENRY EICHHOLZ, Waynesboro, Pa. Please mention the American Florist when writing. Greenhouse. $2.50 per Thousand. Cash. BYER BROS., Chambersburg, Pa. Rooted Cuttings ^aVn'»?,o^^' Our Cuttings are all selected for strength and health. There is no finer stock grown. The roses are all from grafted stock, except the Perles and Meteors, KAISERINS per 100 $2,50 PERLES " 2.60 BRIDES " 1.50 BRIDESMAIDS. per 100 $1.60 METEORS " 1.60 GOLDEN GATES " 1.60 White. WHITE CLOUD per 100$ 1.50 FLORA HILL GOV. WOLCOTT. ... NORWAY LILLIAN POND WHITE BRADT Red. CRANE ... AMERICA. ADONIS... o.^i«iViVXioives . 1.60 5.00 2.00 10.00 12.00 2.00 1.60 14.00 LAWSON per 100$ 2.00 MARQUIS. MORNING GLORY. CRESSBROOK FLORIANA ENCHANTRESS.... Striped. GAIETY PROSPERITY Maroon. MACEO ROOSEVELT 1.60 2.00 4.00 4,00 12,00 No order for less than 50 of one variety filled at these prices. We will have a very fine stock of grafted Brides and Bridesmaids, ready Adpril 1st. at $10,00 per 100. All cuttings and plants shipped from Hinsdale. Store: 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago Greenhouses: HINSDALE, ILL. BASSETT & WASHBURN, Successful Growers are Wanted To know that they can dispose of all their surplus stock by adver- ...........tising in th« American Florist. TRY IT NOV. 180 The American Florist. Feb. 28, Alexandria, Va. VERY SEVERE WEA.THER HARD FOR GROW- ERS. — MUSHROOM MAN HAS THE BEST OF IT.— OTHER NOTES. The blizzard, which seems to have dis- tributed its favors pretty evenly over the entire country, reached here on February 16. Fortunately for the growers a dash of wet snow which stuck to the glass preceded the severe cold and served as an excellent protection against the icy wind. The snow stuck so well that when the sunshine came again it took two days to melt it off. For two nights the mercury hovered around the zero mark. At present we have good sunshine, with slight frost at night. Washington's birthday was celebrated in this city with a parade and review by the governor of the state. In consequence there was a good demand for cut flowers, principally carnations. At the Loose range, in addition to a good crop of roses, carnations and violets, may be seen, a profusion of lilacs, sweet peas, tulips and other bulbous stock. J. McMann, whose home is in Wash- ington, but who has for some months worked in this city, has secured a posi- tion in the capital city. Raymond Cole, recently with the Fostoria Floral Company, Fostoria, Ohio, is now with J. Louis Loose as palm grower. C. Ponnet does not mind blizzards. He goes to his cave, pulls it in after him and grows mushrooms. Fred. Kraemer is working up a large stock of bedding plants, his geraniums being extra good. Shaffer intends hereafter to make a specialty of carnations and chrysanthe- mums. Mrs. Chevalley has good calla lilies, heliotropes and a good stock of bedding plants. The growers are all busy. Several are planning improvements for the spring. Virginian. Covers the Whole Field. Am. Florist Co.:— I consider the Ameri- can Florist a horticultural paper of the highest order, covering, as it does, all branches and giving the experience of successful, practical men. I would not like to be without it, and neither will I unless the coal barons take the last dollar in 1904. New Haven, Conn. John Doughty. Passaic, N. J.— The store of W. L. Hundertmark was burned February 19, the loss being about $1,200 with insur- ance of half that amount. Mr. Hundert- mark has only been in business for a year, but was making a good success. He will continue. leucothoes. Selected, Bright and Brilliant. Wholesale Trade Solicited J. L BANNER & CO., Montezuma, N. C. 2M-iiich, $3.00, 3-moh, $3.00, 4-inch, $6 00 per 100. ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS, SH-inch, $3.00, 3-inch, $4.00 per 100. IVY CUTTINGS. 60c per 100. 2 inch and 3-inch, $3.00 and $5.00 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, 4-in. 15o; 5-in. 20e; 6-in. 35c. IMPATIENS SULTAN!, 4-inch, $1.50 per dozen. J. H. BORNHOEFT, Tipton, Ind. Pot-Grown Fruit Trees Covered with flower buds and will bear fruit this year. Also can be forced. APPLES. PEARS. APRI- Cfc O C^ O each COTS. PEACHES. PLUMS WO.Ow English Pot-Grown Grape Vines S2.00, S2.50, $3.00 Each In The Following Varieties: Foster's Seedling;, Black Hamburg;, Golden Hamburg;, Gros Colman Lady Downe's Seedling;, Muscat of Alexandria, Muscat of Madresfield Court, Muscat Bowood, Muscat Conon Hall, Muscat Hamburg;, Treb- biano, J- SELECTED CANES, $3.50. GARDENIA VEITCHII: 6-in. pots, $5 per Doz.; 7-iii. pots, $12 per Doz. The only true perpetual winter flowering variety. Our Spring Catalogue is Now Ready. Ask For Same. BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford, N. J. FERNS. BOSTON FERNS, 2-inch, $3.00; 3-inch, $8.00. NEP. WITTUOLDII, $4.00 per 100. NEP. CORDATA COMPACTA, 2V4-inch, $3.50 per 100. Fancy ferns tor dishes, in 5 good varieties, at $3.00 per 100; $25.01) per lOOO. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERi, 3-in«h, $5.00 per 100. SWAINSuNA, $3-inch, $4.00 per 100. AGERATUM. White and blue, 3-inoh, $2.00 per 100. PALMS, Latania Borbonica, 3-incb, $8.00 per lOi). CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Send for list ol varieties and prices. COLEUS. Rooted cuttings in good varieties at $5.00 per 100. If by mail add 10c per 100. Cash or satisfactory references from unknown parties. GEO. L. MILLER, Newark, Ohio. Fancy or Dagger Ferns p» ^ifoo Discount* on Larger Orders. First Quality Galax, sranze or Graen, $1 per 1000 LAUREL FESTOONING made fresh on receipt of order 4c, 5c and 6c per yd. Special attention given to Large orders. Tele- phone or wire us and your or- der will have prompt dispatch Millington, Mass. Tel. office. New Salem, LeuGothoG Sprays! GREEN AND BRONZE W. A. DAVIS & CO., Marion, N.C. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Whara Quality Is First Consideration.) Write, Wire or Phone the Introducers, CaMwell The Woodsman Co., Evargroen, Ala. or their agents: L. J. Kreshover, New York; J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; W. F. Kasting, Buffalo; J. M. McCuUough's Sons. Cincinnati, Ohio; H. G. Berniug, St. Louis, Mo. THE NEW FERN Anna Foster Unqualified success. Quick seller. Very prolific, at $20.00 per 1(0, from 3-inch. KENTIA PALMS, $50, $V5 and $100 per 100. RUBBERS, S-in. pots, 18 in. high, $4 to $6 per doz ASP. SPRENGERi, 3-in., strong, $6 per 100. O L. H. FOSTER, 46 King Mmt, Dorohntar, Mau. HOiiliiliiJRAL ilittBllRINIING IT IS the "particular" kind of work we ■a^^^^M like, the kind that everybody •lliililiHiiiPA;:::: W. Z. PURNELL, — Dealer In Select, $1.00 Bbl. Select, 2x2x4 ft. case, $1.75 case. eaxio-w- xxiii, - = = AfEd. 6ALAX LEAVES, ETC, Bronze and Green Galax % .55 Leucothce Sprays, Bright Green S3.00 Rhododendron Sprays, bright glossy green... S5.00 Fancy Cut Ferns 11.00 Cold Storage Stock a Specialty. Ask for prices on large lots. I originated this business here and am the oldest dealer. Send your order to me. Send cash with first order. J. NELSON PRITCHARD, ELK PARK, W. C. GLOIDE DE LORRAINE BEGONIA. JUNE DELIVERY. Two Inch, $16.00 per 100. Orders Filled in Strict Rotation. J. A. PETERSON, Westwood-McHenry Ave. CINCINNATI. Begonia Rex. 85 NAMED VARIETIES. Write for Prices and Catalogue. REFTCN, PA. THE AMERICAN FLORIST'S COLOR CHART PRICE 15 CENTS POSTPAID. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 324 Ourfeera ».,ehloaaf. igo3. The American Florist. 181 pigi|4c Every pot plant should be covered with our ■^■■■■^ Unexcelled and most Successful Importatio portation. ^^Velvet Two-Toned Crimped Paper" FOR COVERING PLANTS, BOXES, AND FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES, and wherever shown has supplanted all other papers. Ihis Two- Toned Cr«pe Paper has the apppar- ance off Velvet, belrg soft and admits of easy handling, and dors away witli the stifff look of the ordinary paper that has -^ heretofore bpen used ffor this purpose. ^5^ The followla^ colors ■ad combinations can be had: lireeiiiind White, (irec-nand Pink, \lnss (iti'eii iiiul Nile. i:r.'.'ii iin.l lloll\ Red, i,nTnnnd V.-llow, I'lnk iind Wllite, Pinli iind Nile, •"■■#■ Holly Rtd and Green, Nile and White and Lnveudorand tt hue. M. RICE & CO., This paper must be seen to be appreciated. FOR SALE ONLY BY US. Length of rolls about ten feet. Send for samples. Used by all leading florists. importers and Manufacturers Dllll AUCI DUIA DA 918 FILBERT STREET. T IIILAIICLrniAi TAi Leading florists' Supply House and Ribbon Specialists. IF YOU WANT WIRE WORK, NOW IS THE TIME TO PLACE YOUR ORDER Kennicott Bros. Company 40=44 RANDOLPH STREET CHICAGO, ILL, pAMriA Special Price M ^>1 MI9 Until Closed Out. Must have the room. Eight best varieties for jardinieres, 3M-in. pots, very strong, stoolsy plants, $2.00 per 100. ! Watertown, N. Y. BEST QLALITY STOCK. 50,0C0 2s2',4-inch Roses all Teas. 20,(00 2!^ to 10-inch Boston Ferns. ."j.0. 2 -inch Mrs. Fisher Carnation. 5,000 3 to 4-inch Plumosus and Sprengeri. 10,000 IVi and 3-inch Geraniums. 5,100 Canna Uulbs. Rooted cuttings of Roses, Carnations, Coleus, etc. GEO. A. KUHL Pekin. III. Please mention the American Florist when ivi iling. A. '^&-\2v !Boolc. "How to Make Money Growing Violets." by George Saltford, 30 years' practical experience. Price, 25c postpaid. Money order preferred. Agents Wanted. VIOLET CULTURE CO., 61 Quincy Street, BROOKLYN, N. Y. Governor Wolcott Carnation Rooted Cuttings t om Flowering Stems Only $5perlL0; $45 per 1000. W< H"»i BOSTON M.VRKET. white i.5.01 I4IJ.0U LAWbON 4.0O 30.00 Henry A. Stevens Co., East St., Dedham, Mass. Punlomono ^"^^ Pmk, White, White with UjfllldllllSIIO) E.ve, and Davbreak. extra fine color, tlouers very fragrant, no better strain growing, $3.00 per 100; $17.50 per 1000 from Hats, Cinerarias, 4-inch, for Easier, some in bud now, $10.00 per 100. Primroses, 4-inch, just beginning to blcfm, $.S.()U per 100. Asp. Sprengeri, large plants froni bed, suitabli lor baskets. .5-lnch pots, $8.00 per 100. Sprengeri Seed, new crop, 4Cc per 100; $3.00 1000. C. WINTERICH, Defiance, Ohio. GERANIUMS JEAN VIAUD. [ have a fine stock of this tine pink bedding variety. 2X inch pots, $2.50 per 100; strong 3-inch pots J.5.00 per 100; or will e-vchange for A. Ricoard or M. Castellane. W. W. COLES. Kokomo.lnd. WE NOW OFFER 55 ''Chemicals for making LIQUID COMPOST. Dry powders all soluble in water, composts coat less than Mc per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY. 620 Atlantic Ave.. Boston. MAJOR and NANA. Alternantheras strong rooted cuttings, 50c per 100; or $4.00 per 1000; same in 5000 lots, .$3.00 per 1000. DAVIS BROS., MORRISON, ILL. A FEW GOOD THINGS YOU WANT. Special low prices on palma to close out. Fine clean stock, cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, 4, & and 6-inch. (35, J40 and $100 per 100. KENTIA Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 3, 4 5 an' i)-lnch»l2. 125, J40, $100 per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 3-inch, H and 16 per 100. ASPARAGUS Plumosus, 3-inch, $)■. Sprengeri, 3-inoh, 15, per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 4, 5-in., $10, $25 per 100 ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inch, $3 and $6 per 100 VINCA VAR.. 2-in., $2.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, R. .V. Nutt, La Favorite, Bonnot, Poitevine, Rice.ard, Francis Perk,ns, 2-inch, $2..50 per 100. COLEUS, liooted Cuttings, Th cents per 100. ACERATUM, blue and white, 75 cents per 100. CARNATIONS, Rooted Cuttings, Wm. Scott. Poriiii, l'r.j«|.eritv. Queen Loui.se, Ethel Crocker, F. Ine. %\ ijer ion.' GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50c per lOO. CEO. M. EMiVIANS, NEWTON, N. J. Please mention the American Florist when 7uyitinz. ins bloomintr— the proper sorts — Clothilde Soupert, Co- quette des Blanches, Coquette des Alps, Gen. .Tacqueminotj, La France, Crimson Rambler, etc., fine 1 and 2 year field-grown plants that have never been forced, suitable for 5-in. pots, at 6c; larger, for 6-in. pots, at 10c. Large-flowered Clematis, finest purple, lavf nder, white and pink sorts, 3 year field-grown or from 5-iri. pots, at 18c; 1 year field- erown or from 3-in. pots, at 9c. Clematis Panicu- lata, fine 2 year field-grown, 6c Packing free for cash. W. H. SALTER, Rochester, N. Y. Please mention the American Florist when writinjc. ROSES 182 The American Florist. Feb. 28, Cleveland. TRADE GOOD.— STOCK WELL CLEANED UP AND PRICES HOLD. — A VARIETY OF TRADE AND PERSONAL NOTES OF LOCAL INTER- EST. D. Charlesworth & Son, who for many years were located on Sibley street, but later removed to the corner of Ansel and Doan streets, putting up a fine plant of some 30,000 feet of glass, have estab- lished a store at 2265 Euclid avenue, presided over by Lloyd Charlesworth. The place has been running now for about six months and Mr. Charlesworth says has been a paying venture from the start. The sale of cut flowers and blooming plants, such as azaleas, primulas and so forth, keeps right along on the same high average. Generally at this season cut flowers and plants take quite a slump, but now are held right up to market prices. Tulips, such LeReine, Proserpine, Yellow Prince and the gorgeous Keizers- kroon, find favor as pot plants. Among the visitors at the Florists' Club Monday evening were H. Van Teylingen and Michael Bloy. It was a very disagreeable night, but notwith- standing a goodly number were present. The Cleveland visitors to the carna- tion convention at Brooklyn have returned home and pronounce the affair a great success. John Thomas, who for many years has been foreman for D. Charlesworth & Son, has lelt them to take up market gardening. Jay Andrews, of Andrews Brothers, is recovering from a mild attack of typhoid fever. T. J. Kirchner reports heavy funeral orders. ■ O. G. New Bedford, Mass. The New Bedford Horticultural Society- has elected the following officers: Presi- dent, Wm. Keith; vice-president, Peter Murray; secretary, A. J. Fish; assistant secretary, Geo. Woods; treasurer, W. F. Turner; executive committee, Peter Murray, August Jahn, Dennis Shea, James Garthley and S. J. Donaghy. The retail florists, thinking that their interests will be better looked out for by a society of florists alone, are starting another society with the membership limited to those that get their living by the growing or selling of plants or flowers. A. B. H. ROOTED CUTTINGS 100 1000 COLEUS, Assorted I .60 S5.00 Versohaffeltii, red and yellow 70 6.00 GERANIUMS 3.00 15.00 Mme. Salleroi 1.35 10.00 AGERATUM, Stella Gurney 75 6.00 ALYSSUM, Double 1.00 8.00 IMPATIENS, The Queen 3.00 Send for list of Chrysanthemums and Carnations. Central Michigan Nursery, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN. SPECIALTIES ROSBS. from S-inoh pots. ■ R-~4 CARNATIONS, for aU-deUvery f" "*^»' CHRYSANTHEMUMS, «/n»SA4SAB SMiLAx, VIOLETS. variciics Prices Low. Send for List. WOOD BROTHERS, Fisiiki!i> I. Y. VERBENAS White. Per 100 Queen Louise $8.00 Lorna 2.60 Norway 2.0O Good Enough 2.00 HbosierMaid 2.00 White Clpud 1.60 Flora Hill 1.60 Red. Mrs. Potter Palmer 4.00 J. H. Manley 6.00 Oriole..: 4.00 G.H.Crane 2.00 Jubilee 1.50' Portia 1.25 ■We are the largest growers of Verbenas in the country, and those who buy of us are sure to get plants and rooted cuttings perfectly healthy and free from rust. OO 'V^rle'tles. Rooted Cuttings, 60 cts. per 100; $5.00 per 1000; $45 per 10,000. Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. Pink. Per 100 Floriana $2.00 Mrs. Higinbotham 5.00 Cressbrook 4.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 4.00 Mrs. Thos. Lawson 3.00 Dorothy 2.00 Irene 2.00 Sunbeam 2.60 Morning Glory 1.50 Marquis 1.25 G. Lord 1.25 Mrs. Joost.... 1.26 Daybreak 1.26 Wm. Scott 1.26 Crocker 1.26 Our grafted roses are fine, bushy plants and grown in 3 and SH-inch pots. Orders booked now for delivery in May, June and July. Bridesmaids, Brides, Golden "Gate, Kaiserin, price $15.00 per 100. Ivory, Liberty, price $18.00 per 100. Send fok CATALoanE. J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. Crimson Per 100 Harry Fenn $5.00 Gov. Roosevelt 2.60 Gen. Maceo 1.50 Yellow. Buttercup 3.00 Gold Nugget 2.00 Eldorado 1.25 Variegated. Dorothy Whitney 6.00 Prosperity 2.50 Mrs. G. M. Bradt 3.00 Armazindy 1.25 ^ ^^R i/»^\ BOSTON FERNS iirS^siS ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS, 4-in, pots, 5ne plants, $1.60 per doz. 4-in. pots, extra select, $2.00 per doz. FERN BALLS ^""'"='' ni'» plr%oz. FERNS FOR DISHES 2-in. pots, good varieties, assorted, $3.00 per 100. WRITE FOR LIST. TlieGE0.WITT60L0G0. 1657 Buckingham Place, Chicago. I| GERANIUMS Rooted Cuttings For Daiivary Fab. 15th to March ISth. 100 1000 HETERANTHE, 1 BUCHNER AND \ $1.25 $10.00 S. A. NUTT ) CASTELLANE, VIAUD, I PERKINS, POITEVINE, )• 1.50 16.00 LANDRY, RICCARD....) ACTEON,LA FAVORITE 1 BONNOT, LA PILOT, \ 1.50, Not CASTRIS AND JAULIN.. ) enough for 1000 sales ALBERT M. HERR, p A MClpC. Fine large, transplanted plants from I nllOILO.cold frame, Bugnot, Gassier and Odier, prize strains, 50o per 100; J3.00 per 1000. Verbenas R. C, BOe per ICO; $5.00 per lOOO. Double White Daisies, large plants, 60c per 100; $5.00 per lOOO. Dwarf Blue, Red and White Lobelias, $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per lOOO; Asparagus, from flats, ready for potting, Plumosus Nanus, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000; Sprengeri, $1.00 per 100; $7.00 per lOOJ Cyclamens, from flats, $2.00 per 100; 815.00 per 10 0. 2V4-inoh $3.t0 per 100; 200 for $5.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100 These prices are for cash. HILL TOP GREENHOUSES, 1 5 and 1 7 Gray Avenua, UTiCA, N. Y. JOSEPH HEACOGK, WYNCOTE, PA. GROWER ARECA LITESCENS, »' • KENTI4 BELMOREANA, M^ COCOS WEDDELLIANA. Boston Ferns. 2J4-inch strong $3.60 per 100 3-inch strong $1.00 per Doz. 8.00 per 100 FROM BENCH, 3-in. 3c; 5-in. 16c; 6-in. 26c. Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 2^-in. $3.50 per 100 Sprengeri, extra fine, 25^-inch $2. 60 per 100 Sansevieria Zeylanica, 3-inch, ready for 5-inch, 76c per dozen. CYCAS REVOLUTA. Long Leaf variety, 3 and 4 fronds, 40c; 6 and 6 fronds, 60c; 7 and 8 fronds, 75c. Per 100 ALTERNANTH ERA, red, pink, yellow $2.00 VINCA MAJOR VAR., 2-inch 2.50 CANNAS. Peachblow, Shenandoah 2.00 Morning Star, L. E. Bally 2.00 J. C. Vaughan, A. Bouvier, Bur- bank, Chas. Henderson 3.00 Egandale, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, F. Vaughan 3,50 Our selection 2,50 All started, ready for potting. CARNATIONS. Queen Louise, the best white money maker to date 2,00 Morning Glory 1.60 Joost 1.00 Cash please. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, 0. Pansy Plants. Per 100 Large-flowering $2.50 per 1000, $ .50 ASP. SPRENGERI, fine plants 2.00 GERANIUMS.10varieties,2H-in. pots, $2.50 and 3.00 COLEUS, 20 var., 2-tnch pots 1000 $18.00 2.00 CANNA BULBS, 8 varieties, dry bulbs 3.00 ASP. SPRENGERI SEED 1000. $2.00 .50 CASH PLEASE. JOS. H.CUNNINGHAM. Delaware. 0. igo3. The American Florist. 183 FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS OF PECULIAR EXCELLENCE AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES. Exteriors of OAK OR TILE. Interior Linings of HALF INCH PLATE GLASS OR CYPRESS. CATALOGUE 10 FREE. THE WILKE MFG. CO., ANDERSON, IND. NOTICE. THE MODEL PLANT STAKE COMPANY, formerly of Brooklyn. N, Y., has removed to 208 Jersey St., Harrison, New Jersey, and is now The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co. The Model Extension Carnation Support. Flushing, Long Island, Dec. 11th, 1901. Mr. Thbron N. Parker, Brooklyn, N. Y. Dear Sir — I have used your Wire Carnation Sup- port the last two years, m all about 12,000. They fill the bill in every particular. Nothing could be more satisfactory and would g:ive me a great deal of pleasure if I can bespeak a good word for you to the trade and you are at liber- ty to refer to me at any time. Very truly, A. L. Thornb. La Fayette, Ind., July 8th, 1902. Mr. Thbron N. Parker, Harrison, N. J. Dear Sir: —After using your Model Carnation Sup- port in two of our houses the past winter, we have come to the conclusion that it is perfectly adapted to supporting carnations, and shall use them on all our plants the coming season. We were much pleased with the simplicity, strength and neat appear- ance of the support Yours truly F. DoRNBB & Sons Co. Write for Circular and Price List. GALVANIZED STEEL ROSE STAKES. The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co. Inc. 208 Jersey St.. Harrison, N. J. ft Cinerarias from Benary's prize show flowers saved, giant flowered, finest colors and shades, dwarf or semi-dwarf, makes fine selling plants tor Eas- ter; 3-in. ready for .5-in. pots, $4 00 per 100. Cash. Shellroad Gr«enhoutet, Grange P. 0.. Balto., Md. Please mention the American Florist when writing. eSTABU5HE0 1666 EMILSTEFFEItSv 5UCC.™ USTEFFEWS. ««>STtFrEnSBI»S LENOX FLOWER ATOMIZER FLORISTS SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES EVERY fEORIST SHOULD SELE IT. JUST SEND 35c AND GET ONE BY MAIL, VOU WILL WANT MORE. A cako of TobacfoSoapund Booklet free with each, jj^g LENOX MFC. CO., no Chambers Street, NEW YORK. WESTERN FLORISTS.. • Scan save money in buying ^m^^ upplieS FROM BARTELDES&CO.. 1521 15th Street, DENVER, COLO. Fumi^atin^ Kind Tobacco r» J KILLS ALLAPHIS IN ONE NIGHT Powder in -I house loOxK ft,, at a cost of it. Our booklet tells of it. Write Depi. C. for it. Tlie H. A. STOOTHOFF COMI'AITV 116, 117, 118 West St., N. Y. City Always mention the American Fix>- EisT when writing to advertisers. Pansies... Masterpiece, New MammoHi-flnw.Tecl, <-urIed and frilled; finest str:iin. Rccrar-rs Superb Giant Prize Pansies. .SccI bouKht from R.icmer, Ger- many, BpsI that money .-an buy. Seed sowed last October, now showing buds. Ail tlie above strong transplanted plants. 70o per 100; »B,00 per 1000. Express prepaid for 20o per 100; $1„50 per KKHI. Small, r l.lalits ..r alicv, «lc ]ier 100; .$3.00 ;per 1111)0. rnpai.l for Ire lier 100; Jl.OO per 1000. AKTFDC Hohenzollern, the largest Aster to nOILNO. , Int., lip to 8 inches across, double to the center, long'stiff stems, medium early, 60c |ier KHI; $5.IKI per lOOO. Japan Aster, new; bright pink overlaid with a copper\ shade; extra fine cut ■flower, same l.ri.-.-asiJbol... Earlv Parisian. The earliest of all Asters, I'm.' f..r ll..ii^fs. White and pink. Queen ol the Market, Next earliest. White, l.ink. red. |.ur|.l.'. lavender, Flor sis' Incurved. Finest cut flowers: up to 4 iii.-li.s N.Tos^. M...liiim I'arly, long stiff Stems, While .|:i_\ br.-ak pink, red, purple. Semple's Branching, White, daybreak pink, .Tims. .11, lav. .nil. ■r, purDle, ill DES MOINES PLaNT CO., 38th St., DES MOINES, IOWA. ROOTED CUTTINGS Of Petunias. Heliotrope. Alyssum, Salvia. A-^eratuTii, Coleus. nid, yellow and mixed. Ill- sun- and writo us about Boston P'erns, GEO. A. KIHL, Pekln. III. SHAMROCK. Something new. From cemetery .if Down Patrick in Ireland. Plants, from 2M-inoh j.ots. %^ piT IiKi; J3S per 1000; 250 at 1000 rate. Cash with order. ^Ordei- early, as stock is limited, J. D. Harcourt's Sons, Wappingers Falli, N. Y, 184 The American Florist. Feb. 28, Omaha. TKADE VERY GOOD.— ALI- KINDS OF STOCK SELLING BRISKLY.— VARIOUS DOINGS AND PERSONAL NOTES. Valentine's day trade this year was a record-breaker and every kind of flower sold well. The cold weather helped to Stiffen the prices on cut flowers. Potted plants sold well also. In fact, plants sold better this season than ever before. Carnations and Beauties are somewhat scarce. Tea roses are good and more plentiful. Violets and bulbous stock are abundant but selling well. The Omaha Florists' Club recently spent a very pleasant evening bowling, followed by supper. They all were there and the topic of the evening was, "Where do you buy your coal and at what price." The boys are getting ready to form a good team for the Milwaukee conven- tion. February 23 the Omaha Elks gave a masquerade ball at the Coliseum. Hess & Swoboda did the decorating. Palms and southern smilax were used. Mrs. A. Lange, of Chicago, is here visiting her parents and her sister, Mrs. Swoboda. Grippe. Minneapolis. ROSES AND CARNATIONS SCARCE BUT BULB- OUS STOCK RELIEVES THE MARRET. — VARIOUS NOTES. There would be a great shortage ol carnations and roses if it were not for the bulbous stock, which is available in quan- tity. The rose and carnation crop is considerably short of the demand. Beau- ties are very limited and we take note that the same condition is prevalent throughout the country. Meteor and Liberty are also very scarce. Violets are plentiful and very good. Some fine Romans, narcissi, tulips and daffodils are being brought in. Northrup, King & Company recently had an out of town decoration which required a large quantity of ground pine, together with many cut flowers. D. W. Brant, of Chicago, was a visitor last week on his way to Duluth. A meeting of florists wiU be held at the West Hotel to organize a club. C. F. R. Laconia, N. H.— J. S. Power has bought out the F. P. Grant flower store at 426 Main street and will run it in connection writh his greenhouse business. I N 3 E OTS re:d sriobr, aphis And all other Insects killed by SULPHO-TOBAGGO SOAP, The Popular Insecticide, ■ SELL IT. PRICES LOW. SALES NET lOO PER CENT. PROFIT. lAuHnSoap Co, buffalo, n. y. K I I- L. HEADQUABTEBS FOB HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES Of Every Deacrlptlon. When you can't get what ^ou want ansrwhere else, send here, we will send it to you. "If It's used In Horlloulture, we have It." DUNNE &CO..64W.30Uiti.,HlwYflk. Ttlephone Call, 1700 Madison Sqnaie. TO KILL ALL Greenhouse Bugs USE MCOTICIDE Clean and harmless as Fumlgant or Spray. Ask your seedsman for it or write to The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., tOOO Magnolia Ave., Louisville, Ky. Boston Florist Letter Go. MANITFACTURERS OP ^a S5^ai!S!»Hfc. FLORISTS' LETTERS. Thif4 Tvooden box nicely stained and var- nished, 18x30x12 made in t^ro sections, one for eacli size. letter, given aivay witli first order of 500 letters. Block Letters, 1^ or 2-iiicli size, per 100, S2.00. Script Letters 1^. Fastener with each letter or word. Used by leading florists everywhere and for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers. N. F. McCarthy, Trcas. and Manager, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS. Sigmund Geller Importer and Manufacturer ol FLORISTS' SUPPLIES Looking for Fall Novelties? LOTS OF THEM ON EXHIBITION. 108 W. 28th Strest, Now York. A. HERRMANN, ^ Cape Flowers, all colors, ^ Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs, J- and All Tlorlsts' Supplies. Send for Prices. 404-412 East 34th St. NEW YORK. Wired Toothpicks 10,000, tl.60; S0,000, t6.25. Manufactured by W. J. COWEE. BERLIN. N. Y. Sample Free. For sale by dealers, j TS Patent No. 1.— Brass, nickel, 4 feet long, 6 clasps to each rod. Price complete (with green or white tum- blers) $3.25. Price complete (with green orwhite cornucopia vases) $2.50. No. 8.— Heavy 4 ft. rod, brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-inch pots, each $1.75. KIFT'S PATENT Rubber Capped FLOWER TUBES, IH-lnch diameter, per 100, $3.50. JOSEPH KIFT & SON, 1726 Chestnut St., Phill., Pa. SURE SELLERS. AT DULL SEASON PRICES. FANCY Baskets, the cream of foreig:n and domestic art; fine Cycas goods, Sheaves, Cape Flowers, Immortelles, Water-proof Pot Covers, Let- ters and Mottoes, Jardinieres, Doves, Dyed Mois, etc The Best in the Market Always and they sell all the year round. It is not too soon to begin to figure on what you shall need for Easter and the busy times to follow. Send for our latest catalogue. Profusely Illustrated. II.Bayersilorfer&ro. 50-56 North Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, PA, Cut Elower Boxes. WATER PROOF. Corner Look Style. The best, strongest and neatest folding cut flower box ever made. Cheap, durable. To try them once is to use them always. Size PerlOO lOfO Size Per 100 1000 No. 0. 3x4x30..$2.00$18.0« No. 5. 4x8x33..$3.00$27.00 No. ]. 3x4>4xl61.75 15.00 No. 6. 4x8x28.. 3.75 3.5.00 No. 3. 3x6x18.. 2.00 18.00 No. 7. 6x16x30 5.50 53.110 No. 3. 4x8x18.. 3.40 23.00 No. 8. 3x7x31.. 3.00 29.00 No. 4. 3x5x24.. 2.75 35 00 No. 9. 5x10x35 6.50 60.00 Sample free on application. No charge for printing on orders above 250 boxes. Terms cash. THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., BOX 102. COLUMBUS, OHIO. TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounted, ManuCactiired by Tiie Coniey Foil Co. 6i91 to 641 West 26th St., NOVELTIES IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIE~ Franz Birnstiel, COBURG, GERMANY. Baskets, Puerto Rico Mats, Cycas, Waterproof Paper, Class, China. FOR THE WHOLESALE TRADE ONLY. igo3. The American Florist. 185 DO YOU KNOW THAT The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ARE THE LARGEST HANDLERS OF AIVIERIC;!^N and IMPORTED GLASS IN THIS COUNTRY?- Wc make a Specialty of Glass for Greenhouses, and can furnish your requirements promptly from any of our Branch Houses located at NEW YORK: Hudson and Vandam Sts. CHICAGO: 442-462 Wabash Ave. ST. LOUIS: Cor. 12th and St. Charles Sts. PITTSBURGH: 101-103 Wood St. DETROIT: 63-69 Larned St., E. MILWAUKEE: 492-494 Market St. DAVENPORT: 410-416 Scott St. BROOKLYN: 63S-637 Fulton St. BALTIMORE: Daily Record Building. ST. PAUL: 349-361 Minnesota St. OMAHA: 1408-1416 Harney St. BOSTON: 41-49 Sudbury St. GREENSBORO, N. C. Greensboro Loan & Trust Co CINCINNATI: adway and Court Sts. MINNEAPOLIS: 600-610 S. Third St. BUFFALO: 372-378 Pearl St. PHILADELPHIA: Pitcairn Bldg., Arch and 11th Sts. CLEVELAND: 149-163 Seneca St. ROCHESTER, N. Y.: Chamber of Commerce Building. ATLANTA, GA.: 32-34 S. Pryor St. KANSAS CITY, MO.: Fifth and Wyandott Sts. '%&&&&:&&&&&5aae&&:g;&:Se6feS&&&&&fe6;6^6^&&&:fe&&:e6^&g&&&e&&:&&&&&g;&&&&:&S&:feS^fefeSa6.6^feg:g:fegfe H 1 .g.nn. ^ t4 THE KINNEY PUMP. For applying Liquiil Manure It has no equal! Sent prepaid for $2.00. d^s. The HOSE CONNECTION CO/'TI.°'- STANDARD FLOWER POTS! Packed in small crates, easy to handle. Price per crate 1500 2-in. , in crate, $4.88 1500 2M 1500 2H 1000 3 5.25 6.00 5.00 800 3H 5004 3205 144 6 5.80 4.50 4.51 3.16 120 Price per crate in., in crate, $4.20 60 8 " 3.00 HAND MADE. in crate, $3.60 48 10 24 11 24 12 12 14 6 16 3.60 4.50 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of Cylinders for Cut Flowers, Hanging Baskets, Lawn Vases, etc. Ten per cent off for cash with order. Address HILFINGER BROS. POTTERY, Fort Edward. N. Y. Or August Rolker & Sons. New York Agents, 31 Barclay Street, New York City. THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y, Invalid Appliance Co., COLUMBIlTuNT TUBS AltlPriP/in '^I'^^vs io btssiness, /1IIICI Itail Weekdays and everyday Florists Sundays and holidays, life All over the country, 'V "^ /lUO At home and abroad. Standard Flower Pols The WHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA, PA. JERSEY CITY, N. J. LONC ISLAND CITY, N. Y. Travelling Repreientative, U. CUTLER RYERSON. 108 Third Ave.. Newark. N. J. WHY NOT BUT RED POTS OF US? [Standard Size] Quality— No Better. Carefully Packed In Small Crates. Easy to Handle. Price List Free. Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracase, N. T. [best pot in THE MAKKEtI KELLER BROS. Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in color, equal to the best on the market; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec- tions. We give special attention to mal' orders and make Bpeciaf sizes to order in quantities A. postal will bring prices and discovnts FLOWER POTS STANDARD POTS A SPECIALTY List and SAMPLES FREE. SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO., P.O. 80X78. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. Please mention the American Florist when writing. Standard PQX^ Flower... vithin 500 If your greenhouses e miles of the Capitol, write us, we can save you money W. H. ERNEST. 28th and M Streeti. WASHINGTON. D. C. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. WRITE At if nun 1821-23 N. LBAVITT ST.. ■ Ti KUnili OHIOAQO. ILL.. rOB PBIOXB OF Standard Pots whiob for strength and porosity oomblned are the best on the market RED P OTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POLLWORTH CO.. 511^"*"'''^ GEO. KELLER & SON, MANUFACTURERB OP FLOWER POTS. before buying write for prioei. 361-363 Herndon Street, near Wrightwood Ave., CHICAGO. ILL. 186 The American Florist. Feb. 28, Pittsburg. LENT AFFORDS LITTLE PROSPECT OF BUSI- NESS. — SUPPLY AND DEMAND NOW MORE EVEN. — RED ROSES SCARCE. — LOCAL AND TRADE NOTES. The Lenten season opened with fine weather but with Httle encouragement for business for the coming six weeks. The rose market is better balanced now than it has been for some time and values are very good. Red roses are still out of the market. Some Beauties are coming from the east. Our best carnations are Mrs. Lawson, Prosperity, Dorothy, Goethe, Norway and Higinbotham. Bulbous stock is plentiful and greens scarce. Welfer & Company complain against the red dust and smoke nuisance that comes from the Jones & Laughlin mills. Randolph & McClements also claim that this gives them trouble. The Pittsburg Rose and Carnation Company's cut in two weeks was over 30,000 roses. Their American Beauties are as backward as in other sections of the country. Randolph & McClements have ordered a large new wagon for delivering palms. No losses are reported from the recent cold weather. E. L. M. Buffalo. Very changeable weather,'zero at times and then a thaw, has made trade of a variable character. Funeral work has been very heavy. Receptions, while mt large, have called forth a good quantity of flowers. Valentine's day was never as good as this year. The Buffalo contingent was very noticeable at Brooklyn, as we had a very good delegation, W. F. Kasting, Scott, Palmer, Long and Jos. Sangster, who represented S. A. Anderson. Mr. Beyer, of Palmer's, preceded the crowd by a week. John F. Cowell was prevented from attending the Brooklyn carnation meet- ing by sickness, which has confined him to the house tor sometime. Palmer had a funeral order Sunday that called for Beauties, violets, valley and lilies in large numbers, no designs being used. W. H. Grever has severed his connec- tion with Coleman, who has the store of Bullock & Company. J. H. Rebstock and S. A. Anderson are handling a fine lot of potted stock. Bison. Second-Hand Boilers and Material. When you are in the market for anything in the way of Steam or Water Sectional or Tubular Boilers, be sure to get our list. We have two hundred Boilers in stock ranging from 4 to 500 horse-power each. Wecan also supply you with anjthing you may require in the way of SECOND-HAND or NEW PIPE :it extremely low prices. We c.irry ix complete stock ot supplies. Ask lor Catalogue No. 47. CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO., West 35th and Iron Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. I Holds Glass Firmly • th« P oint Ja* KEffUSS ■ AUulncPoiBtliri the belt. < Ho rl(liu (c I>ni. Box of * 1,000 polBta T5 Ota. postpaid, f BENBTA.DKEER, Eureka Greenhouses Manufactured by the DILLON GREENHOUSE MFG. CO. BLOOMSBURG, PA. Are especially planned for the Florist Trade. They are furnished ready to erect. All cuts made with full directions and blue prints, so that any practical man can put them up. Our patent composition Gutters and Posts, Struct- ural Steel Purlins, Braces and Supports and Air-Dried Gulf Cypress, free from sap, makes the best and cheapest Greenhouse built to-day Six Different Sizes. Send for Circulars. %tfitfltllli«tiiiltl (PI I^IOT every man that runs a mill 4P 1^ is an expert judge of lumber. M Fewer still are familiar with the W peculiar requirements of greenhouse •■ construction. !T[ ■•• We have made it a special study, know ^ *• exactly what to furnish. i^ *J You are welcome to the benefits of our wide |^ J: experience. m^ ,^ If you contemplate building, write us. •• OHN CHICAGO )II5BLACKHAWKSX StLLinC AGENTS FOR GARLAND IRON GUTTERS Vfiil!ll!Vlifl!flif1l SpraguB Smith Co. PLATE AND WINDOW CLASS Greenhouse Glass a Specialty lOS Raadalnk ttreet CHItAGO I™ Regan Printing House NURSERY SEED ELORISTS' CATALOGUES 87-91 Plymouth Place» •it jftot CHICAGO jft.i»j» Please mention the American Florist wkenwriiing. IRON RESERVOIR Lawn Settees IdannfactiiTed by McDonald Bros. COLUMBUS, 0. The Largest Manufacturors of these Oeods in America. Send for Catalogue Please mention the American Florist when writing. t9o3- The American Florist. 187 Have You Se en It? The New Duplex Gotler OF 1903. Examine it folly, and you will never build a house with a wooden or cast iron gutter. It is warranted per- fectly drip proofj a bench under it is the best place in the whole hous<, as it brings the plants closer to the light and has more light. The shade of the gutter, which is very little, is from 3 to 4 feet on the north side of the gutter. The gutter is as straight as a string when set and never breaks at joints, no matter what kind of a strain it may have. Do not confound this gutter with any wood or cast iron gutter. It is self adjusting to any size of glass. Write for Catalogue. EmnnaQH Manutaeturar of tha Standard Vantllating Machine and a nlrr AnU| tha standard Stsam Trap, YOUIIgStOWIIi OhlO '\ Clear Gulf Cypress greenhouse! MATERIAL. X Hot-Bed and Ventilator Sash. X S. JACOBS & SONS, ^^^^-^^ \ 1365 to 1373 Flushing Avenue, BROOKLYN, N. Y. i Send 4c in Stamps for Catalog, J TWInTecTION BOILERS. <^I^-A.S«S AT 'whoji.bjsai.e;. J Please mention the A metican Florist when writinji. GREENHOUSE. ! CYPRESS ) FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE GROWER. ( { Construction the Latest, 5 S Materia! the ^es\, jsaaa ( ( Prices R.easonable. i?^^ I ( "WTIITE FOR BOOKLET, ) i THE GREENHOUSE MFG. CO.. I i 32 E. Third St., Cincinnati, O. \ GREENHOUSE MATERIAL. Wash. Red Cedar and La. Cypress. HOTBED SASH. GREENHOUSE HARDWARE. BEST GRADES. PERFECT WORKMANSHIP. Write for Catalogue and estimates. 1 A. Diefsch & Co. fi^ -621 Sheffield Ave, icago,lll. If your Business Methods are right you can make a profit en an advertisement here. The Florists' Hail Asso'n Pays Losses Promptly. Reierve fund $10,000. For particulart address JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J. The American Florist. Feb, 28, Index to Advertisers. Advertising rates — : Albany Steam Trap Co. AmlingEC ..165 Asohmann Godfrey. 178 Baldwin A J 182 Banner JL&C0....I8O Barteldes & Co 183 Bassett & Washburn 161179 Baur S Alfred Co . . . I Bayersdorfer H & C0I8I Beokert W C 169 Benthey & Co 165 BerokmansP J Co.. 173 Berning HG 164 Betsoher C 175 Birnstiel Franz 184 Bobbink & Atkins. .180 Bogg8Caleb&Son..l70 Bonnot Bros 167 Bornhoeft JH 180 Boston Letter Co. . . 184 Brant SD 175 Brod John 177 Bruns HN 165 Bryant Jas M 180 Buckley W T Plant Co. .173 Budlong J A.... 165 173 BudlongL A Co 168 Burpee W A & Co... 169 Byer Bros 179 Caldwell the Woods- man Co 180 Calif Carnation Co. .173 Carmody JD 188 Central Mich Nursery Co. .183 ChioagoCarnationCol71 Chicago House Wkg Co. 186 Clark The E B Co... 169 Clark Wm A & Son.. 181 Cluoas & Boddingtonl69 Coles WW 181 Conard & Jones Co. .178 Conley Foil Co 184 Cottage Gardens 175 Cowee Arthur 169 Cowee W J 184 Craig Eobt& Son.... 178 Croom John F &, Brol69 Crowl Fern Co 18) Cunningham Jos H.182 Danley ST 171 Davis AB & Son.... 173 Davis Bros 181 Davis W A& Co 180 Deamud JB 164 Des Moines Plant Col83 Detroit Flower Pot Mfy 185 Dietsch A & Co 187 DillerCaskey &CQ..III Dillon Jli 182 Dillon's MfgCo 186 Dorner F & Sons Co. 1 DreerH A...177 186 11 Dunne & Co 184 East'n Chemical Co. 181 Eastern Nurseries... 170 Eiohholz Henry 179 Emmans Geo M 181 Ernest WH 185 Evert Math 171 Farquhar R & J & Col78 FickA Faber 174 Fisher Peter 171 Foley Mfg Co 187 Ford Bros 167 For Sale & Rent 163 Foster Lucius H 180 Gardening 173 Garland Frank 165 Garland Geo M IV Geller Sigmund 184 Ghormley Wm 167 Giblin & Co IV GoddardSJ 176 GraveET 174 Greenhouse Mfg Co.. 187 Grey Thos J &Co.... II GullettWH&Sons.l78 Gunther Wm H 167 Gurney Heater Co. . .188 Guttman Alex J 167 Hail Ass'n 187 Hancock G & Son ... 175 Harcourt's J D Son.. 183 Harvey Greenhouses 177 Heacock Jos 182 Heller Bros 174 Herendeeu Mfg Co. .IV Herr Albert M...173 182 HerrED 180 Herrmann A 184 Hews A H&Co 185 Hicks & Crawbuok..I67 Hilflnger Bros 185 Hill The EG Co..... I Hill Top Greenh's... 183 Hippard E 187 HitchinesA Co IV Holton & Hunkel Col64 Hooker H M Co Ill HoopesBro&Thomasl78 Horan Bdw C 167 Hose Connection Co.l85 HuntEH 164 Invalid Apl'nce Co.. 185 Jacobs S & Sons 187 Jennings E B II Kasting W F 166 Keller Bros 185 KellerGeo&Son....l85 Kellogg GeoM 173 Kennicott Bros Co.. 169 171 175 179 181 Kift Joseph & Son... 184 KingConstructionCoI V Kohr AF 185 KreshoverL J 171 Kroeschell Bros Co. Ill KuehnCA 164 KuhlGA 181 183 Lager & Hurrell 175 Landreth D Sonsl68 169 Lang Julius 167 Langjahr AH 167 Larkin Soap Co 184 Lenox Mfg Co 183 Limbach Casper Ill Little So. Floral Co.. 176 Livingston Seed Co.. 184 Lockland LumCo.. . 187 Long Chas 168 Loomis Floral Co.. . .171 Lord & Burnham Co. I V Lucas J & Co Ill MaderPaul 171 May John N I McCarthy N F & Co. 166 MoComiell Ale-x 178 McCuUough's J M Sons 164 McDonald Bros 186 MoKellar & Winter- son 171 Meyei-Chas F 171 MichiganCut Flower Ex., MillangChas 167 Millang Frank 167 Miller Geo L 180 Mollers Zeitung 171 Moninger J C Co. ..186 Moon The Wm H Col70 Moore Hentz & Nashl67 Muno John 165 Murphy Wm 171 Murray JC 177 Myers *Co IV NanzCG 171 NY Cut Flower Co.. 166 N Y Cut Flower Ex.166 Niessen Leo 166 OuwerkerkP 170 Parker-BruenMfgColSS Pennock Sam'l S....166 Perkins John J 167 Peterson J A 180 Philadelphia Whole- sale Flower Mkt. . . 168 GLASS. GOOD BRANDS. QUICK SHIPMENTS. LARGE STOCK. Warehouse on railroad switch. Be sure and get our prices. Sharp, Partridges Co. 22nd St. and Union Place, CHICAGO. Phillips Mfg Co Ill Phoenix F S. 170 Pierson F R Co 172 Pierson-Sefton Co. . 188 Pinehurst Nurseries 170 Pittsburg Cut Flo Col64 PittsburghPlate Glass Co 185 Poehlmann Bros Co. 164 PoUworth CC Co ...185 Pritohard JN 180 Purnell W Z 180 Quaker City MachCol 1 1 Randall A L 165 Rawson W W & Co. II Eaynor J 1 167 Regan Print House. 186 ReinbergGeo....l64 176 Reinberg Peter. .165 174 ReuterS J 173 Rice Bros 165 Rice M & Co 181 Riedel Henry & Co.. 166 Robinson H M & Co. 165 Rodh Simon 166 Roemer Fred 171 Roland Thos 178 Rolker A A Sons.... II Salter W H 181 Saltford Geo 166 Schillo Adam IV Sharp PartridgecSCo 188 Shellroad Gr'houses.l83 Sheridan W F 167 SholLJohn G 176 Siebrecht & Son I Situations A Wants. 162 Skidelsky S S 173 Smith NathASon .... 178 Smith W AT Co.... I Snyder .V V D 179 Soitau C II Sprague Smith Co. . . 186 Stearns Lumber Co.. 188 Steflens Emil 183 Stevens Henry A Co. 181 Stone Chas D A Co . . II Storrs A HarrisonCo 176 Stoothoff The H A Col 83 Styer JJ 169 Superior Machine & Boiler Works IV Sutherland G A 168 SwahnPot Mfg Co.. 185 Swayne Wm 174 Syracuse Pottery Co. 185 Thompson J D Car- nation Co 175 I Thorburn J M A Co 169 Thorne A L 175 Tobacco Warehouse- ing A Trading Co. 184 Tonner J P 172 Traendly A Schenckl67 Vaughan'sSeed Store 168 169 175 I II Vick's Sons Jas 169 Violet Culture Co.. 181 Vredenburg A Co.. 169 WagnerParkCons . . . 179 Warburton C 174 Watson GeoC II Weber H A Sons.... 177 Weeber ADon II Weiland A Risch 165 Welch Bros 166 WhiUdinPotCo 185 Wietor Bros 176 Wilke Mfg Co 183 WilksSMfgCo Ill Williams F R C0....I64 Winandy M 164 Winterich C 181 Wittbold Geo Co.... 182 Wood Bros 182 Wood T W A Sons... 169 Wyland Jno L 173 Young John 167 Young A Nugent .... 167 When writing to any of the adver- tisers on this page please mention the American Florist -NEW DEPRRTURE"*^ 5l«'EMT)L*VTING/^PPl,)flNce^ This is a funny looking thing but it will do the work easier and cost less than any other apparatus on earth or any other place. Send for a descriptive circular to J. D. CARMODY. Evansvllle, Ind. r" ♦•^♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦•'•■♦♦■^•^ GMENHOJSES. I MATII^JAirURNllsHfD — AND ^ J MEW TO SUPER ERECTION JF0 CTPH^S SASH/BARS ANY kENclw UPTO 32FT cfo LONGER.I "DORIC" HEATER, CROP INSURANCE. Life insurance is valuable because it guarantees the outcome. Ourncy" Heaters "BRIGHT IDEA," "DORIC" and "400 SERIES" do the same thing for your hothouse: THEY GUARANTEE THE CROP. First of all they save 20 per cent on the coal bill and so keep expense at a minimum. Next, they produce an even heat and so do not imperil the life of the plant. Next, they are simple to operate and so require least attention. Lastly, they wear longer than others and thus perceptibly reduce the capital invested. Don't buy or exchange until you've inves- tigated them. GURNEY HEATER MFG. CO. 74 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON. 1 1 I FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK CITY. Western Selling Agents. JAMES B. CLOW & SONS, Franklin and Harrison Street, Chicago, ML "PIERSON" BOILERS WAT ER AND jTE AM, The Most Complete and Perfect line of Horticultural Boilers OVER 100 SIZES AND STYLES. Iron Frame Conservatories, Palm Houses and Green- houses, Red Gulf Cypress Greenhouse Material, Ventilating Apparatus, Plans, Specifications and Estimates. Prompt Shipments. THE PIERSON-SEFTON CO. Designers, Manulacturars and Builders of Hortloullural Structures. West Side Ave., South, Jersey City, N. J. MmETica is "the Praw of the UesseI; thers may be mare camfart Rmidships, but u/e are the first la lauch Unknown Seas." Vol, XX. CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, MARCH 7. '903. No. 770. f 0311 ^01fiSI!@MI IFlL@@l!@T Eighteenth Year. Published evert Satubdat bt AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 324 Dearborn St., Chicago. Eutern Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, 12.00 Subscriptious accepted only from the trade. Volumes half-yearly from August, 1901. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS. Officers — John Burton, Philadelphia, Pa., president; C. C. Pollworth, Milwauhee, Wis., vice-president; Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Beattt, Oil City, Nineteenth annual meeting at Milwaukee, Wis., August, 1903. THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. Annual convention at Detroit, Mich., JIarch 2, 1901. Albert .M. Hekk, Lancaster, Pa., secretary. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. Annual meeting and exhibition, Philadelphia, March 24-26, 19 3. Leonard Barron, 136 Liberty St., New York, secretary. CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Annual convention and exhibition, New York. November 10-13, 1903. Edwin Lonsdale, Chest- nut Hill. Pa., secretary. THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER. CONTENTS. Palms and ferns 1 Dendrobium Phala?nopsis Schrcederiauum (ill.) I Carnation convention notes 1 Floral designs (illus.) 1 Seedling peonies 1 S. A. F. Peony Association 1 Violets for the Philadelphia market (illus.) — 1 British Sweet Pea Society 1 The scales of justice (illus.) 1 Society of American Florists 1 Florists' plant notes 1 A Michigan establishment (illus.) 1 Carnations — For outdoor bloom 1 — Compost for carnations 1 — Lawson indoors all summer 1 — Cultural reminders I Roses— Seasonable notes 1 —Spot attacks American Beauty 1 A simple decoration (illus.) 1 A significant deformity (illus.) 1 Boston I New York 1 Chicago 1 Detroit 1 Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 1 Effect of electric lighten palms 2 Canadian Horticultural Association 3 The seed trade 2 — F. W. Barteldes (portrait) 2 The nursery trade S Our pastimes S Rochester 2 Columbus, 2 Pittsburg 2 New Orleans > Palms and Ferns. FERN SPORES AND TREATMENT. The propagation of ferns bjr means ot spores is one of the very interesting por- tions of the work of the grower, though including some very tedious operations, and sometimes proving rather uncertain in its results. It has been already noted that fern spores from a seedsman, unless it be one who makes a specialty of such seeds, are liable to be of an indifferent quality, and it is therefore much the safer plan to collect spores for one's own use. This necessitates the keeping of some large ferns for this purpose, and some space must be thus occupied each year if the supply is to be kept up. These stock plants should be kept in a healthy, growing condition, though not over-potted, a little starving at the root promoting the production of fertile Ironc's in most instances. Some skill is required in order to gather these seed fronds at just the right time, this being done preferably when almost all of the spore cases, or sporangia, show sijns of opening. The gathering operation is best done early in the day, before the fronds are perfectly dry. After cutting, the fronds should be put in clean paper bags or else tied up in a clean sheet of manila paper and properly labeled, and stored away in a dry closet or drawer until the fronds are perfectly dry. After drying for two weeks or more the spores may be cleaned and prepared for sowing. They are cleaned most readily by rubbing the fronds through a very fine sieve, the sieve that I used for many years being one having forty meshes to the inch. The spores vary in color in different species, some being brigl t yellow, others different shades of brown, and some quite black, but in all eases the spores are so fine and light that it is very neces- sary at aU times to handle them in a place that is reasonably free from drafts, else a considerable proportion will be blown away and wasted. For storage purposes I have found some small via.ls similar to those used for homeopathic medicines very convenieat, and if the bottles and tie spores are quite dry when put away there will be no difficulty in keeping the latter in good condition for a considerable time, though as a matter of practice I prefer to sow fern spores within a year of the time they have been gathered. The spores being ready, it is now quite time to sow them, for it must be remem- bered that few seedling ferns will be large enough to use in terneries within six to eight months of the time they were sown, and more of them will require eight to ten months to grow to that size. Pots or pans six inches in diameter are preferred by most growers for seed pots, there being some risk of the tender young seedlings damping off during warm and humid weather, especially when the ventilation has not been adjusted to the weather conditions. If the seed pans were of larger size it would simply mean a greater loss under such circumstances, it being often impossible to prevent the spread of this fungus over the entire surface of the pot that has been attacked. The seed pots should be perfectly clean and be half filled with drainage material, cinders, broken bricks, broken pots or something of that character, this being covered with some coarse soil, and this in turn having a covering of fully one inch of finely sifted and sterilized soil. This is pressed down moderately firm and perfectly even and then given a thor- ough watering with a fine-rosed can. The pots should be allowed to drain for two hours or more, when they will be in good condition for sowing. Some little practice is required in order to sow fern spores evenly and not too thickly, for in most instances only a very small pinch of seed taken between the thumb and forefinger will be needed to sow a 6-inch pot, the spores being sim- ply sown on the surface of the soil with- out any covering whatever. A propagating frame in a warm house is the most satisfactory place to put the seed pots, and it is preferable to plunge them in ashes or some other moisture retaining material, for the watering given to the soil before the seed was sown should be the only moisture needed until the seedlings are showingtheir firstform. The frame is kept quite close during the day and only ventilated slightly at night. It is also the practice of some growers to cover the s;ed pots with panes of glass within the frame, the advantage of being found in the avoidance of any dis- turbance of the tiny seedlings by drip from the sash overhead, but it is also a good practice to lift off these panes of glass each morning and wipe them dry. A temperature of 70° is enough for the germination of spores of most of the common species of ferns, though the time required for this process varies considera- bly, some of the strong growing species 190 The American Florist. Mar: ,•/, showing signs of germination in two or three weeks, while others may take two months or more to reach the same stage. The slowest fern that I have experi- mented with is Platycerium grande, but this fern is scarcely to be considered among ordinary trade species. It is, of course, understood that the frame in which the fern spores are placed is to be shaded throughout all bright weather, for not only is sunshine not required for the germination of the spores in question, but it is more likely to do harm than good. As soon as the seedling ferns show signs of forming their first fronds it is time to prick them out into other pots or pans that have been prepared in the same manner as those in which the spores were sown. A small tool in the form of a spatula, made from a thin piece of wood, is the best to use in transferring and transplanting the seedlings, the latter being removed in small patches and oressed lightly onto the surface of the soil. In the course of two months or more, according to the species in ques- tion, it may be found profitable to trans- plant the seedlings a second time toother pans or to boxes, for though this second pricking out entails a great deal of tedi- ous labor, yet it will add greatly to the ultimate output, if carefully performed. It seems almost needless to remind the reader that seedling ferns should never be allowed to get very dry, their tender growths and delicate rootlets being very easily injured in this way, and in most cases injured beyond repair. It therefore becomes necessary to examine the seed pans carefully each day and, if any are found to be dry, soak them from the bot- tom in a bucket of water. If this does not seem to be needful, then water them overhead with a can having a fine rose. ling some pulverized camphor about the frame. W. H. Taplin. Dendrobium Phalaenopsis Schroederianum. A letter recently received from Micho- litz, Sander's intrepid orchid collector, intimates that this excellent florists' orchid will become scarce within a few years unless some as yet unknown source of supply should be discovered. The plants he has been able to find this season are nearly all rock plants, hence some- what small, but he advises that none, however small, be thrown away as the days when it was possible to get big lots together within two months are over. The abundant quantities in which this dendrobium wasreceiveda few years ago from this collector enabled Sander & Company to dispose of it at so low a price as to tempt such growers as Julius Roehrs and George Field to devote entire houses to its cultivation, and the flowers have found an eager market in New York and elsewhere. Dendrobiums producing long flower spikes are few in number, most varieties producing such short spikes as to necessitate the sacrific- ing of the bulb with the flowers when cutting, which is unprofitable except with kinds very abundant and cheap. Den- drobium Phalaenopsis Schroederianum is an autumn bloomer but where a quantity is grown flowers can be had up to Christ- mas. Twenty to twenty-five blooms on a spike is not an uncommon occurrence for it is exceedingly floriferous. It requires very little space and thrives sus- pended from the roof of the greenhouse. Mr. Barr's Chrysanthemum Plants. At the exhibition of the Chrysanthe- mum Society of America at Chicago last fall considerable disappointment was DENDROBIUM PHAL.ffiNOPSIS SCHROEDERIANUM. AH such watering should be done in the morping, preferably, though I never hesi- tate to water plants that are in need of water at any hour of the day. The most troublesome pest <;o which the seedling ferns are exposed is thp com- mon snail, and this has a tremendous appetite for ferns, but the snails may be driven away to a great extent by sprink- expressed that there were no eastern specimen plants on exhibition. John Barr, of South Natick, Mass., in a recent letter, states that he packed three plants for shipment to Chicago and delivered them to the express com- pany on Friday morning. On Sunday he received word that they were so large they could not be putinto anyexpresscar. As usual, they were carefully placed next to the steam pipes and the rest is an old story. Mr. Barr does not so state, but it is quite likely that the company "disclaimed all liability." It is greatly to be regretted that these plants could not have been seen at Chi- cago, as they would have been a revela- tion to many western growers. Carnation Conyention Notes. The exhibition at the late convention contained many remarkably good new varieties, many vases of the older varie- ties done to perfection and, as usual, some new candidates so wretchedly poor as to excite one's commiseration for the unfortunate introducers thereof. What a pity it is that every grower cannot attend these conventions and get- his eyes opened enough to go home and throw away some of the pets which he has been nursing - The exhibition hall was excellently adapted to the purpose and the tempera- ture could be well controlled, a point which is not always given due import- ance in selecting a location. It was unfortunate that the meeting place was so far away, but this undoubtedly could not be avoided. Some regrets have been expressed that there were no papers read, but the writer did not see any tears shed, and the short business sessions were a wholesome relief. A full question box and some good lively discussions of timely topics would have filled the gap very w^ell Strange as it may seem, nothing was said about sub- irrigation. Comments among those in the hall anent the judging are always interesting and often indicate an entire lack of com- prehension of the duties of a judge. In competitive judging the judge is to pass on the comparative merits of the exhibits as they are at the exact moment when they are placed before him, without regard to what they may have been a few hours earlier or what they may be a few hours later. The true and deciding test in general competitions is, "Which vase if offered in its present condition will find the readiest sale?" This is, of course, not so much the case in judging for certificates. The former competition is one of cultural skill, the latter takes into account, so far as may be, the intrinsic merit of the variety. It is unfortunate that newvarieties can not always be shown at their best. Neither Harlowarden, which was evi- dently hurt by lo ng travel in cold weather, nor Adonis approached the condition in which they have often been shown before. It was said that the directors, to whom the question of the next exhibiti6n date was left, were equally divided in opinion. The chances are that in 1905 the exhibition will be held early in Feb- ruary and then a return will be had to the old date. The tendency in recent premium lists has been to increase the prizes for collec- tions. This is quite right and proper in an exhibition lor the general pubUc, which prefers quantity to quality, but the A. C. S. exhibition is, or should be, a different thing. It is primarily intended for the trade. Members of the trade do not travel a thousand miles to see a pretty flower show but to see the older varieties at their best beside the newer ones and to judge of their comparative merits. Besides this, a premium requir- ing perhaps a thousand blooms in igo3. The American Florist. 191 A Wreath tor the Macabees. A Plaque for the Typographers. FUNERAL DESIGNS PREPARED BY AUGUST MEYER, OF NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA. fifteen varieties does not make the ordinary grower "feel good." In attending the convention a large part of the pleasure and profit comes trora visiting other growers. One wonders anew at the unbounded hospi- tality shown everywhere, at the freedom with which the greenhouse doors are thrown wide open to every visitor and at the kindness with which each gives up of his hard earned knowledge to every questioner. May it never be otherwise. W. N. RUDD. Floral Desigfiis. The accompanying illustrations show two designs made by August Meyer, of New Brighton, Pa. Both were made on a background of galax leaves, one a wreath with a tent within, of roses, car- nations, Roman hyacinths and adian- tum. This was /or a Macabees lodge. The other design wasfor a typographical union and was a panel with lilies, roses, Roman hyacinths and adiantum. The inscriptions were placed on the ribbon. Seedling: Peonies. The peony is one of our oldest flowers, in fact it is one of the first flowers that I remember in my mother's garden over seventy years a^o. But the peony of those days was not the kind that is so popular at the present time. That was Paronia officinalis, of which there were only two or three varieties and colors, while the one that we are now growing so extens- ively is P. Sinensis, a native of China and introduced into cultivation in the United States at a much later date. But this is not what I intended to write about. I am writing to give my experience in growing peonies from seed, and I will say right here that growing peonies from seed is a thankless job. I commenced the nursery business in 1S56, and 1 think in l,s58 I planted my first lot of peonies, having procured about thirty varieties fromWm. R. Prince, of Flushing, N. V., specifying in my order that he was to send me only his best imported varieties. These peonies were so high priced that I could only aflbrd two plants of each variety, but they all grew and I soon had quite a plantation and people came from all about to see my fancy flowers when in bloom. It was not long until I found most of my plants were producing seed quite liberally, but I did not pay much atten- tion to the seed for several years. At last one of the seedlings bloomed and the flowers proved to be so very fine that my eyes were opened. It has always seemed to me almost like an accident that the first seedling flower should have been such a good one, as I have grown thousands since then that were so worth- less as to go over the fence. I collect seed from good double flowers only, and yet when they bloom nine out often, and in some cases ninety-nine out ~>i a hundred, will come single. My plan for growing seedling peonies is to prepare the ground in a nice man- ner and make it rich with well rotted manure. I plant the seed about one and one-half inches deep in rows two and one- half to three feet apart, so as to be worked with ahorse cultivator. I some- times have difficulty in getting the seed to germinate, and sometimes it is a mystery why it does not grow. I usually gather the seed as soon as ripe and keep it in a damp place until fall and plant it as noted above, and sometimes I plant as soon as the seed is ripe, but when it is planted as soon as ripe the seed sometimes germinates in a few days and the young plants don'ot get strong enough before cold weather comes to endure the severe cold of our winters. There is no mystery about growing seed- ling peonies, only to get the seed to germi- nate at the proper time and then to wait for the plants to bloom. But I would not advise anyone past middle age to start the business of grow- ing seedling peonies. Only young men should engage in this business. I have now in my grounds many plants that are perhaps ten years old that have never yet shown a bloom. Still, others may bloom at four or five years from seed. H. A. Terrv. S. A. F. Peony Association. Suzuki & lida have registered the fol- lowing peonies with the S. A. F. Peony Association. The new names given are, where possible, translations of the Jap- anese names; where that was impossible natnes otherwise proper have been given. The present registration is to prevent as far as possible the duplication of names in this country. Heretofore nearly every establishment that bought this Japanese set gave same a set of names of its own. It will readily be seen that this system created endless confusion,- and to bring order out of chaos, the Japanese names are appended in brackets to the new ones which have been adopted. HEKBACEOUM PEONIES. Rosalind , blush; yellow in centralfllamental petals. Eeikai-zan: Mame of a mountain in Japan. Mayflower (Karafune), light pink. Karafune: Double crimson. Cashmere (Chiyo-kagami), white, striped with crimson at tips, tall double flower. Chiyo-kag- ami: Very old mirror. Cherub (Mine-no-momiji). light lilac, white. Mine-no-momiji: Maple on top of a mountain. lighter color in middle forming three layers. Benisangai: The three regions of desire. Fireball (Kamakurakot, double crimson, rich and full, medium size, fine form. Kamakurako: A child of Kamakuro. TREE PEONIES. Achievement (Yoyo-uo-homare), beautiful rich scarlet petuls with tasselled primrose anthers, ten inches. \''oyo-no-homare: Renowned, wonder- ful skill. Wistaria fKamadafuji), purple rose petals shad- ing to rosy lilac, ten inches. Kamadafuji: Wis- taria of Kamada. Icicles (Gioku-sho-kaku), pure white petals with tasselled golden anthers surrounded with rose purple feathers, twelve inches. Gioku sho kak u : Castle formed of frozen drops of rain on a pine tree. Red Cape (Adzuma-saki), rosy scarlet petals, nine inches. Adzuraasaki: Thecape of Adzuma. Morning Glory (Nishiki-gawa). rich rosy pink petals, sometimes blotched purple, with ta'sselled yellow anthers, eight inches. Nisbiki gawa: Leather with white flgures on a purple ground formerly used by nobles only. Panorama (Adzuraa-nishiki). large single crim- son petals shading to scarlet: faintly lined white on outer edge of petals, yellow center, handsome, nine inches. Adzuma-nishiki: Beautifulscenerv of Adzuma. Pink Silver (Ginfukurin'>, rich rose pui-ple shading to white, with tasselled yellow ant- ers, most beautiful, twelve inches. Ginfukurin: Sil- ver border. Red Riding Hood (Michi-shiba), d ep carmine large flower, thirteen inches. Michi shiba: A grassy border. Frugality (Renkaku), white large flowers, twelve inches. Renkaku: To live cheaply. Red Cloud (Kumo-no-nishiki), dark red, yellow in the center, twelve inches. Kumo-no nishiki: Rich silk the color of the clouds. -Blushing Bride (Anyoji). large flower, white, slightly tinted rose at the base, ten inches. Anyoji: Name of a Temple in Japan. Coral (Iwato-kagami). rosy scarlet petals with tasselSed golden anthers, ten inches, Iwato kagami: Mirror in the cave of the Sun Goddess where she is supposed to have hidden herself, making the world dark. Snowstorm (Yuki-arashi\ white petals tinged a delicate pink, nine inches. Yuki arashi: Snow- storm. VIOLET HOUSES OF R. M. EISENHART. TORRESDALE, PA. tasselled yellow anthers, ten inches. Asahi- minato: A poet to the morning sunshine. Purple Crown (Ruriban), rich purple petals with primrose tassselled anthers, twelve inches. Ruriban: Ten thousand of emeralds of blue color. Rose Queen (Saishoji). enormous flowers of scarlet, twelve inches. Saishoii: Name of temple in Japan. Dawn (Akashi-gata), rosy pink petals fringed and undulated, with j^ellow tasselled anthers, fourteen inches. Akashi-gata: Dawn. Pink Perfection (Nishi Kishima). delicate pink petals with tasselled golden anthers surrounded with purple feathers; outer petals blotched purple. Nishi Kishima: Beautiful island. Mars (Adzumakagami), splendid deep carmine, twelve inches. Adzumakagami: The mirror of Adzuma. Celestial (Hana-tachibana>, pink and lighter towards tips, ten inches. Hana tachibana: A mansion of flowers. Purple Cloud (Shi-un-ryu), purplish enormous flower, twelve inches. Shi-un-ryu: A dragon climbing up a purple cloud. Serenade (Shoki-kagura). satiny rose blush edge compact d^^uble, twelve inches. Shoki- kagura: Very old sort of dancing accompanied with music and played in a temple to entertain the Komi (Gods). Croesus (Muhensai), rich rosy pink petals passing off delicate pink with tasselled golden anthers, ten inches. I\Iuh'^nsai: Unl mited wealth. Abbess (Saigyosakura), beautiful delicate satin- pink petals with tasselled golden anthers, ten inches. Saigyosakura: A priest of Japan. Geo. C. Watson, Sec'y. Bacchus (Kochomai), dark and red yellow fila- mental in center. Kochomai: Dancing butterfly. Diana (Isamijishi), pink and yellow filamental petals in center. Isamijishi: A bold liou. Gyps.v (Ao-yagi-nishiki), white and striped , with green. Ao-yagi-nishiki: A brocade-like blue or green coral. Fascination (Benisp.ngai), crimson petals with Jacqueminot (Kokirin),beautiful scarlet, twelve inches. Kokirin: \''oung giraffe. White Dragon (Habubanryu), pure white petals>- ten inches. Hakubanryu: White dragon. Eternity (Tokiwadsu), beautiful rose lilac petals of immense size, with tasselled golden anthers, fifteen inches. Tokiwadsu: Eternity. Meteor (Asahi-minato), rosy scarlet petals with Violets lor the Philadelphia Market. R. M. Eisenhart, of Torresdale, Pa., a suburb of Philadelpliia, has gradually turned his attention to violets until now his whole place, with the exception of a house oi carnations, for which flower he still has a lingering fondness, is given up to the culture of this one specialty. While the establishment is not on a mammoth scale, the ground area of the houses is 20,000 feet, and every inch of space is made to count. After years of experi- ence, in which Mr. Eisenhart says he has run the entire gamut of diseases, he is now able to steer clear of the worst and is almost sure of a profitable crop. Doubles and singles are both included in his list, but his principal variety is Lady Campbell, the light double. He has tried Marie Louise, but for some reason it does not do well with him and, in fact, with no one around this city. Nearly all violet growers in this section have given it up. A new range of houses holding 7,000 plants, finished the past fall, has given great satisfaction. It is made on the Dietsch plan and consists of sections four- teen feet wide and 112 feet long, the entire width being fifty-six feet. Jen- nings' iron gutters are used and the ven- tilator, which is coutinuous,"is the Lord & Burnham patent and works very satis- factorily. In addition to the top there are side ventilators. Hot water under pressure is partly carried through pipes underneath the gutters, which prevents any disastrous drip. The old plants are taken up in April and divided into good single crowns, which are planted outdoors. Through September the runners are removed and the plants placed inside the first week in October. The beds are on the ground, the surface being one foot above the walks. Good soil is used for the beds, well manured and loosened up with sand. The temperature is kept at 45° at night and gets up to 60° or 65° through the day. Plenty of fresh air is essential in growing violets. Never syringe in December and January, Never smoke; use tobacco dust. For single Mr. Eisen- hart grows Princess of Wales, Luxonne and California. Last fall he commenced to pick his singles on September 7 and will continue until about April 15, depending on the season, A hot spell early in the season starts the plants Tgo3. The American Florist. 193 VIEW IN THE NEW RANGE OF VIOLET HOUSES OF R. M. EISENHART, TORRESDALE, PA. growing and this usually puts an end to the flowers. The two illustrations give a good idea of the exterior and a fine view of the interior of the new range, with the "King" in the foreground. K. British Sweet Pea Society. "He laughs best who laughs last." Our Iriends in Great Britain are having their turn at booming the sweet pea. May the good angels that guard this flower again send us, here in America, a corres- ponding token of their favor. I have just received from Horace J. Wright, secretary of the National Sweet Pea Society of Great Britain, the society's report for 1902 and prospectus of the third grand exhibition, whith comes at Prince's Hall, Earl's Court, London, S. W., July 15 and 16. For the moment I feel like singing the British national hymn as I see what dignity and enthusiasm have been wreathed about this flower by this society. The number of members who have the "F. R. H. S." alter their names, and the initials of the Victoria Medal, is something remarkable. George Gordon, Esq., V. H. M., Endsleigh, Priory Park, Kew, is president. There are thirty vice- presidents, names conspicuous in the British floral world. Two Americans have been remembered with this honor, W. Atlee Burpee and the writer. S. B. Dicks, F. R. H. S., well known on this side, is chairman of committees. N. N. Sherwood, V. M. H., of Hurst & Son, is treasurer. A committee of twenty-three first-class judges of all that pertains to the flower guarantee the work and the high standard of the society. Horace J. Wright, F. R. H. S., has been chosen to take the place of Richard Dean, V. M. H., as exhibition secretary. There is a list of 134 subscribers to the fund of the society in 1902. Besides this there are ver5- liberal ofl'ers of prizes from individuals and seed firms, the aggregate amount for prizes being over $350. There are four prizes in each class. The larger prizes are offered mostly by seed houses. There are thirty-six classes called for by the schedule. The committee has taken great pains with color classification and has attached the number of votes which the three best of each color received. Under crimson it stood: Salopian, 27 Mars, 24-; Firefly, 15. Rose and carmine Prince of Wales, 23; Her Majesty, 20 Mrs. Dugdale, 18. Pink, Prima Donna, 24; Lovely, 23; Hon. F. Bouverie, 19 Orange, Gorgeous, 21 ; Ladv Mary Currie 20; Miss Willmott, 19. Blush, Duchess of Sutherland, 21; Modesty, 14; Countess of Aberdeen, 9. Picotte-edged, Lottie Eckford, 18; Maidof Honor, 14; Golden Gate, 11. Stripes and flakes, red and rose, America, 28; Aurora, 18; Mrs. Jos. Chamberlain, 18. Stripes and flakes, purple and blue, Princess of Wales, 20; Senator, 19; Grey Friar, 15. Yellow and buff. Queen Victoria, 25; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, 24; Mrs. Eckford, 21. Bicolors, Triumph, 19; Little Dorrit, 17; Blanche Ferrj-, 14. Blue, Navy Blue, 26; Countess Cadogan, 24; Captain of the Blues, 22. Mauve, Dorothy Tennant, 17; Admira- tion, 10; Fascination, G. Violet and purple, Duke of Westminster, 15; Duke of Sutherland, 12; Duke of Clarence, 11. Maroon, Othello, 24; Black Knight, 23; Stanley, 22. Lavender, Lady Grisel Hamilton, 25; Countess of Radnor, 22, (New Countess is considered synony- mous); Lady Mina Balfour, 19. White, Blanche Burpee, 27; Sadie Burpee, 26; Emily Henderson, 24. Fancies, or with more than two shades, Lottie Hutchins, 6; Stella Alorse, 4; Coquette, 3. Magenta, George Gordon, 7; Captivation, 7; Calypso, 5. Cerise, Coccinea, 9. First-class certificates were given to three new varieties, Dorothy Eckford, Mr. Eckford's latest white; Golden Rose (Burpee), described by the introducer as a clear primrose yellow flushed with rosy pink; Florence Molyneux, described as like Eliza Eckford, but with lavender ground. The official recognition of the proper- ties of the sweet pea reads as follows: "Form: — The standards must be erect, waved or only slightly hooded. The standard, wings and keel to be in such proportion to each other as will consti- tute a harmonious and well balanced flower. Number of blooms on a stem: — No variety shall be recognized that has not at least three blooms on a. stem, gracefully disposed. Color:— Distinct and clear self-colors are most to be desired and, therefore, striped, watered and edged flowers will not be awarded certi- ficates of merit unless they present quite new and remarkable combinations. Exceptions: — Perfectly distinct new colors, such as approaching the blue of Salvia patens, the yellow of Coreopsis grandifiora, and the scarlet of the zonale pelargonium shall be recognized, even if the variety should fall short of the fore- going properties." W. T. Hutchins. 194: The American Florist. Mar. f. The Scales of Justice. The accompanying illustration is from a photograph ot a funeral design made by Thomas M. Fitzgerald, Beaver, Pa., for the obsequies of a distinguishedjurist. It is given the title, "The Scales of Jus- tice." The column was of white carna- tions, the beam of double violets, the pans being filled with Roman hyacinths and adiantum. The base was filled with American Beauties, Harrisii lilies, tulips and adiantum, the piece standing three and one-half leet high. Society of American Florists. At the meeting of the executive board in Milwaukee, Wis., March 17, one of the most important matters to receive atten- tion is the discriminating express tariff on flowers which has been in force since December 10, 1902. It is essential that the fullest details of protests or other action on the part of individuals, clubs or societies, should be in the secretary's office in season for compilation and arrangement in convenient form for the consideration of the board. A number of reports from state vice-presidents and local secretaries are already on file, but many more are needed if the movement on the part of the national society is to carry weight as representing compre- hensively the sentiments of the floricul- tural profession. Action taken in several places has come to my knowledge only through reports in trade papers. Official notification of all such should be trans- mitted to this office over the signatures of the proper officers or other active parti- cipants, and I would respectfully urge that welfare which they would like to submit to the executive board are earnestly requested to put same in writing and forward them at once to the secretary. The iollowing named elected or appointed state vice-presidents for the year 1903 have severally accepted the office and pledged their best efforts for the advancement of the society's interests: Alabama, Wm. F.Lindsay, Birmingham; California, H. H. Lilienthal, San Fran- cisco; Colorado, J. A. Valentine, Denver; Connecticut, Theodore Wirth, Hartford; Florida, W. J. Ellsworth, Jessamine; Georgia, L. A. Berckmans, Augusta; Illinois (south), John Willius, Danville; Illinois (north), J. B. Deamud, Chicago; Indiana, W. W. Coles, Kokomo; Iowa, W. Greene, Des Moines; Kansas, A. H. Whitcomb, Lawrence; Kentucky, A. R. Baumer, Louisville; Maine, H. R. Mitchell, Waterville; Maryland, C. L. Seybold, Baltimore; Massachusetts (east), H. P. Kelsey, Boston; Massachusetts (west), A. J. Loveless, Lenox; Michigan, Robert Flowerday, Detroit; Minnesota, O. A. Will, Minneapolis; Missouri, C. A. Juen- gel, St. Louis; Nebraska, Lewis Hender- son, Omaha; New Hampshire, B. Morris, Portsmouth; New Jersey, W. B. Du Rie, Rahway; New York. Benj. Hammond, Fiskhill-on-Hudson; North Carolina, Jas. M. Lamb, Fayetteville; Ohio (north), Isaac Kennedy, Cleveland; Ohio (south), Wm. Murphy, Cincinnati; Pennsylvania, I. K. Giles, Reading; Rhode Island, L. J. Renter, Westerly; South Carolina, Martin Stork, Columbia; Virginia, Lloyd G. Blick, Norfolk; Wisconsin, F. H. Holton, Milwaukee; Canada, H. H. Groff, Simcoe; Louisiana, Harry Papworth, New Orleans. FUNERAt FLf^'WERS FOR A DISTINGUISHED JURIST. this be done at once so that, if stringent measures are eventually forced upon us, the needed material may be at hand. The case as presented by the Boston meeting has already been before the traffic managers in New York City for three weeks. All members having views on questions affecting the society's future policy and TEST OF AMERICAN GROWN BBLBS. In response to the request made through the columns of the trade papers last season, home grown bulbs were sent to the convention at Asheville, N. C, for exhibition and testing as to forcing qualities, by Misses Wilson, Sorrento, Fla., and Poat Bros., Ettrick, Va. These bulbs, consisting of narcissi in several varieties, were placed in the hands of W. H. Siebrecht, Astoria, N. Y., and received from him the ordinary treatment given to bulbs ot this class as forced for the production of cut flowers. Mr. Siebi-echt's report thereon is as follows: "The Paper Whites were as good as the French. The Golden Spur not quite as large as the Dutch-grown but all flowered 'Al.' The Trumpet Major were as good as any grown. Incomparable all flowered. ThePoeticus Ornatus were a little weak. Emperor and Empress 'O. K.' Sir Watkins gave plenty of bloom. Campernelles were very floriferous. These were all the varieties supplied and they proved, for the size of the bulbs, more than satisfactory, those from each of the exhibitors being equally good." An opportunity will again be given to American growers of forcing bulbs, and dealers in these products, to demonstrate the qualities of their goods at the con- vention in Milwaukee, Wis., next August, and the gratifying outcome of the small display made at Asheville, as above recorded, should result in an increased number of entries this vear. Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y. Florists' Plant Notes. IMPATIENS SDLTANI. Cuttings of this plant, useful for bed- ding, filling vases and porch boxes, will make good 4-inch stock it struck now. It is an easy rooter and a quick grower in a warm temperature, say 60°. STEVIA. The cuttings of stevia may be struck at any time now. A temperature of 50° in the propagating bed will root 100 per cent of all the cuttings you put in. Give them 2y2-inch pots when rooted and, after danger of frost is over, shift to 5-inch and plunge out of doors. Any old rose or carnation soil that has been used once will grow them. CEOTONS. . These beautiful foliage plants are prop- agated during March for next year's stock. A strong bottom heat and a top heat of 65°, watering the sand copiously, sprinkling the cuttings every day, and shading from the bright sun to prevent wilting, will root them nicely. The old plants should have a warm place of not less than 65° of heat, and be frequently syringed to keep down red spider and mealy bug. ASPARAGUS. Your asparagus bed ought to have a good mulch of well rotted cow manure now. Cultivate the soil and clean out any old yellow growth and supply miss- ing strings before applying the mulch. The bed should be in shape to stand a good watering to wash the strength of the manure into the soil. Younggrowths as they appear must be coaxed up the proper strings before they become so long as to get entangled with one another, as there is danger of breaking the tips if you leave them too long. Frec[uent syringing is necessary to keep down red spider. PANSIES. Pansies that were sown the first of the year are now ready to be transplanted into frames. The soil should be a good loam with a quarter well rotted cow manure added; old rose soil used in the houses last year with the manure added will grow them all right. Plant the seedlings about three inches apart and cover with sash. To keep them warm igoj. The American Florist. 195 ONE SIDE OF THE PLANT OF LEVANT COLE. BATTLE CREEK, MICH. nights, bank the sides of the frames and cover the sash with a few inches of stable manure, which must be removed from the sash every day to let in all the light possible. When the plants are fully established, weak liquid manure should be given at regular intervals, increasing the strength as the season progresses. G. A Mlclilg:an Establishment. Levant Cole, of Battle Creek, Mich., is doing a thriving business. Starting in 18S7, under the firm name of McCrea & Cole, he subsequently acquired his part- ner's interest and has stcadih- enlarged his plant and kept it up to modern requirements. Last year two houses 21x120 were added, equipped with tile benches and all the latest improvements. The trade is principall}' retail and a gen- eral stock is grown but carnations and violets are something of a specialty. The giant is centrally located and has a street outage of about 600 feet. The accom- panying illustrations afford a view of one side of the establishment and a glimpse of the interior of one of the new carna- tion houses. CARNATIONS. CARNATIONS FOR OUTDOOR BLOOM. Ed. Am. Florist:— Please name five or six carnations of different colors best for cut flowers in the open ground in summer. Those which are the best producers are wanted. H. F. R. The following six varieties I have found to give the best satisfaction for cut flowers in the open ground. Most of our popular winter bloomers either come with too short stems or else suffer too much from thrips to be of much value, therefore I would advise "H. F. R." to try these: White, Flora Hill, Glacier. Pink, Mrs. F. Joost, Ethel Crocker. Scarlet, America. Light pink. Morning Glory. C. W.Johnson. COMPOST FOR CARNATIONS. Ed. Am. Florist: — If one wishes to use, for carnations, soil from old pasture lands, minus the sod, how should he pro- ceed with the composting? I. L. Soil from old pasture land, minus the sod, can hardly be converted into the ideal compost for carnations in the short time intervening between now and plant- ing time. A soil with some fiber in it will produce the best results, and we con- sider it poor policy to rob the soil of the sod, thus taking away just what is wanted to put the soil in the proper mechanical condition. A soil that has been under a state of cultivation for the ordinary farm crops would be better, for it will not be packed so firmly, and it will have some fiber in it, particles of roots from previous crops. However, if the correspondent must use this soil for the coming season's work, ic should be plowed shallow, casted into a heap and the proper fertil- izers added. A good quantity of rye straw run through a feed chopper mixed with the soil will help to keen it open, and, if the soil is very heavy, use horse manure, about a fourth to a sixth, depending upon the natural richness of the soil. A sprinkling of air-slaked lime and some bone meal will also be desira- ble. The bone meal can be used at the rate of a half peck to a cubicyard of soil, and the lime half that strong This work should be gotten at just as soon as spring arrives and the soil is sufficiently dry to be handled, so as to give the ingredients plenty of time to become thoroughly incorporated with the soil. Mix thoroughly and turn the pile over two or three times between then and housing time. If the soil is inclined to be dry at any, time turn the hose on it to wet it siifRciently to keep up decomposition. It is a good thing to have the soil ques- tion figured out a year or so ahead, and if "I. L." must depend upon old pasture soil, minus the sod, for next year's work, treatment should be as follows: Put on a good dressing of horse manure, plow shallow and sow to rye, as soon as the ground is in the right condition to work. When the rye conies in bud it can be mown down and used for green fod- der. After the heavy rains of fall, when the ground is very wet and just before cold weather sets in, plow again, shallow as before, throwing up into ridges as much as possible to thoroughlv expose to the action of frost. The following spt'ing, as soon as dry enough to handle, cast up into piles and add the necessary fertilizers, turn several times before hous- ing, and you will have a very good com- post for carnations. J. LAWSON indoors ALL SUMMER. Ed. Am. Florist:— I notice in the issue of February 21 an illustration of a bench of Lawson, 500 plants, which W. W. Coles says have been giving him about 300 flowers a week. My employers, W. J. Palmer & Son, Lancaster, N. Y., have two benches, each 4x100 feet, planted with 1,000 Lawsons, which have given thefoUowing cut: August, 1,050; Septem- ber, 1,510; October, 2,009; November, 3,017; December, 2,479; January, 2,700; February, 3,510; a total cut of 16,275. These plants were benched in May, from 2-inch pots and grown all summer under glass. The flowers are as good or better than any that are sent to the Buffalo trade and, having kept account of the grade, we find we lost less than ten per cent in bursted calyxes, and these not bursted so badly that they could not be sold. To demonstrate that it pays to grow under glass all summer, I will give you the cut of -a house of 1,500 Lawson benched in August. These plants made very poor growth in the field and were pinched back after they were established in the house and we cut very few flowers until Christmas. The cut was: December, 725; January, 3,825; February, 5,475; a total cut of 10,025. For March those y IN THE CARNATION HOUSE OF LEVANT COLE, BATTLE CREEK, MICH. 196 The American Florist. Mar. 7, grown under glass will undoubtedly give us more flowers pes plant, as there is an enormous crop of buds on at present. B. S. Myers. CULTURAL REMIKDERS. It will not be time for some weeks to put young stock in cold frames that are without artificial heat. In a latitude above 40° the first of April is as early as we can depend upon weather that will not be apt to damage young stock in frames. We often get a week of warm weather in the middle of March that greatly tempts us to relieve the strain upon greenhouse room experienced at this time every year. To yield to the temptation w'ill almost certainly be followed by loss in the vigor of the stock. A week of sunless, chUly weather, which rarely fails to occur in the latter days of March, will create the ideal conditions in the frames for the breeding of disease. I remember a case of this kind in which a frame was filled with a promising lot of young plants about the middle of March. Two days later we were in the grasp of a cold wave which lasted lor two weeks. The plants did not get a ray of sunshine during all that time, and it was necessary to keep boards on the sash most of the time to keep out the frost. The result was no more than was expected. Those plants never recovered sufficiently to retain the advantage that they had in size over those that were left indoors, and many of them went ofi' with stem rot. This is a good time to overhaul any sash that you intend to use on your frames in a few weeks. See that they are perfectly watertight. This condition can be easily secured by the use of a putty bulb. Stock propagated before the first of the year should now be ready to transplant. It should be put either in pots or flats, so as to be in shape to be transferred to the cold frames after April 1. See that the flats are thoroughly drained. Three inches apart each way will give the plants all theroom theyneed. Ifput inpots2y2-inch to 3-inch should be used, according to the size of the plants. Keep the soil open by stirring often and never allow weeds to grow to any size. Topping, to be done right, will need close attention. It is well to set apart a day each week for this work and remove the center of each plant just as it begins to elongate preparatory to setting a bud. In this way you will make a far more satisfactory job of it than by trying to handle a batch in about two turns, and you will save time, for at the time when the plant is just ready to be topped the operation can be performed with the greatest ease and dispatch. Grow the young stock on slowly, avoiding that soft, quick growth that must result from a high temperature and a very rich soil. What is wanted is a sturdy young plant with a good root foundation, filled with a vigor that will offer some resistance to the germs of disease. While this is not the ideal time to propagate extensive^, we can still root cuttings successfully during March and April, or any other month for that matter; but cuttings taken from now on cannot be expected to make as large plants as result from earlier propagating, although if the cuttings are carefully selected from healthy plants they will be just as vigorous. It takes a better eye- sight to tell a sick plant from a healthy one in April than it does in January. If you have a good variety that is scarce you need not hesitate to put in a good batch of them. The plants resulting from these, if they do not come up to a fair size for blooming, can be planted in a cool, sunn3- house next fall and will make excellent stock to propagate from. Cuttings put in now will require closer attention in regard to draughts and shading than a month ago. A light shade should be put on the glass, and besides the muslin strip recommended some time ago, a sheet of newspaper should be put over the cuttings for four or five hours during the warmest part of the day. From now on you can safely give the plants a good syringing twice a week to keep down red spiders. If you have any sweet peas planted in clumps along the edge of the benches, give these a little extra attention with the syringe, for they are very subject to red spider and are sometimes the source of a bad case of this pest on carnations. Shading should soon commence on most light pink varieties. We find that those that are a little on the salmon shade are more apt to burn than those that are a decided pink. Just a little w^hitewash thrown on the glass with a syringe will be heavy enough for a month or so yet. Don't let the side buds get ahead of you. It does not pay to neglect this work at any time, and just now is the time when we are thinking of having our Easter cut in superfine condition. Close attention to this work in the next two weeks will be sure to be reflected in the value of the Easter cut. Benches on which the sun has full play at the front edge will be benefited by a light mulch of rotten horse manure along the front edge just as far in as the soil is not shaded by the plants. The row or two nearest the edge will be apt to produce an inferior grade of blooms if the heat of the sun is not in some way tempered and if no provision is made to replenish the soil with nourishment. The frequent watering that is necessary to keep such places wet results in time in the impover- ishment of the soil. Keep feeding regu- larly and remember that frequent light doses are much better than heavy feeding at long intervals. J. ROSES. SEASONABLE NOTES. Now that the dark days are over our roses will take on new life and they should be encouraged to a healthy, hard growth. The ventilating should be done very carefully, as the treatment the plants receive at this time will show itself more or less in the stock cut for Easter and all through the spring. Although one may be tempted to drive them a trifle hard in order to hurry a crop along, it is not an advisable course to follow. With a careful man at the end of the hose it is safe to give a mulch of cow manure and loam. The plants should be ready by this time to start into vigorous growth. Of course we must expect much cloudy and damp weather, but the sun is quite high and if care is taken no bad results should follow from a little extra feeding at this time. Syringe thoroughly every bright day and keep the vi^alks underneath the benches wet down. On all bright days ventilate freely, but avoiding a draught. By giving plenty of ventilation you will escape the soft growth which is apt to come from increased activity. Keep the plants at all times tied properly, as when the foliage is allowed to hang in a tangled mass the plants will not dry out after syringing, thereby encouraging mildew and black spot. One pipe in each house should be kept painted with sulphur, as the fumes given off are invaluable as a check to mildew. The stock which is in the grafting case should be hardened off very gradually until it can be brought into the full sun- light. Do not allow any of your young stock, whether grafted or on its own roots, to become pot-bound. A little extra work now is worth a great deal later on. When pinching back on this young stock do not wait until the wood is very hard but rather pinch out the end before the bud has swollen to much size. Ore avoids a great deal of blind wood by so doing. Examine the young grafted stock often and cut out all the Manetti shoots, also see that the raffia, or whatever you tied the grafts with, does not bind so tightly as to cut into the wood. It is well to cut the binding loose in all such cases and it is generally advisable to retie, as by so doing you will not be liable to lose any plants by breaking ofi" when repotting or changing from house to house. All plants which show any looseness about the graft, or any spot where it has started to rot, should be promptly dis- carded, as it is waste of time and room to try to make a plant of them. Some- times they will live through the Summer until planted but they nearly always break off before they have been planted any length of time. At any rate they never make a strong plant. R. I. SPOT ATTACKS AMERICAN BEAUTY. Ed. Am. Florist: — We have a green- house built last spring which was planted with American Beauty roses in the first part of June, the plants being vigorous and without sign of disease. The spot ■ made its appearance in October. We kept the beds quite dry but still found small beads of moisture on the tips of the leaves in the mornings. After carry- ing them dry until some time in Novem- ber, when they had lost a good many leaves, we began watering more freely. Since then we have had onlj' a little spot until about the middle of February, since which time it has increased rapidly again. We have taken off a good deal of the blind wood for cuttings. Do you think that would cause the spot to spread? The ground under the benches is quite dry. What is likely to be the cause of spot and what the remedy? P. W. S. Black spot on American Beauty is one of the diseases which, when once started, is somewhat difficult to control. It is better to avoid it, as much as possible, from the start by careful cultivation rather than trying any remedy to cure it when allowed to get headway. In lact, there is no known remedy that will really cure it. The direct cause of black spot is the stoppage of root action in the first place. This is mainly caused by sudden changes of temperature, but too much moisture in the atmosphere of the house at night is also very conducive to its development, particularly when the temperature gets a little too low. A steady night temperature of 59° to 60°, combined with a fairly dry atmosphere in the greenhouse all night, is the best preventive of black spot and when the plants are in full growth they should never be allowed to suffer any check for want of water at the roots. When the igoj. The American Florist. 197 ^*'**f^l A Simple Decoratu A Significant Deformity. TREES AND SHRUBS ON THE HOME GROUNDS. crop is cut off, denuding the plants of a large portion of their leaves and strong growths, then a somewhat less propor- tion of water should be given, particu- larly in the short, cloudy days of Novem- ber, December and January. In very mild weather in winter, with only a very little fire required to maintain the above temperature, it is better to go 2° or 3° higher than allow it to drop even 1°, as the beads of moisture described by "P. AV. S." are then more likely to accumu- late in the ■ stagnated atmosphere, and when it does, black spot is sure to follow. That the above method of culture is an absolute safeguard against black spot is not to be implied, but it will verj' largely prevent it and often carry the plants through the entire season free from this disease. John N. May. A Simple Decoration. The accompanying illustration shows a very ordinary building lot thirty feet wide raised a few steps above the street level. The planting material is not expen- sive and is well adapted to the situation. The tall, feathery shrub, tamari-s, is of a gray-green color. In front of this is a Spireea Van Houttei and lower down, close to the steps, is SpirEea Anthony Waterer. At the corner of the porch, over the railing, in Clematis paniculata and to protect its roots from sun, dogs and the lawn mower, also to add a beau- tiful coloring, is a cut-leaved sumach. Running up the end is a bittersweet vine, which will be running over the upper railing and drooping over in two years more. The ground, being a stiff clay. was dug deeply and thoroughly mixed with a load of loam and decomposed manure, such a job being worth $10 to $12. When you do ajob like this, the neighbors send for you, you become pop- ular and "landscape gardening" pays. The engraving shows the first season of growth after planting. C. B. W. A Sigrniflcant Deformity. Note the comparative weakness in the strength of the tree's stem and the upper portion shown in the accompanying illustration. The cause of this condition was a label wire left on several years ago. The reason for this having such an effect is something everyone who cares for a tree should grapple with. The fact that it has made its natural growth annually above the wire and almost starved below is usually cited as one of the strongest proofs that the downward flow of sap from the leaves is what is employed for the construction of new growth or for the storage of material for next season's early growth, and not the upward flow direct from the roots. The material on which a tree feeds is derived from the soil and air. The importance of the air appears more and more apparent as we study more carefully. The various substances are held in solution by the water taken up by the roots and go straightway to the leaves, where by action of light and heat they are so changed chemically as to be entirely different substances. It may be proper to say the material is digested in the leaf much as our own food is transformed in the human body and is then sent to all parts of the tree, not excepting the very roots. This return flow, being thicker and outside of the upward flow, is less able to pass the wire obstruction. C. B. W. Boston. MARKET BREAKS BADLY UNDER INFLUENCE OF LENTEN SEASOX. — STOCKS LNCKEAS- INIV A.ND DEMAND .NARROW. — OOOD OUAL- ITIES THE RULE.— (iROWERS LEASe'nEW QUARTERS.— SPRING FLOWERS SHOW. — VARIOUS NOTES. As anticipated inourlastweek'sreport, the flower market did not permit Ash Wednesday's sun to set before it went to pieces. The only feature that was unex- pected was the suddenness and the extent of the slump, which was unquestionably the most complete collapse experienced in recent years in so short a time. Of late it has not been apparent that the begin- ning of Lent exercised its old-time influ- ence on the flower demand and this con- dition was welcomed as hopeful and per- haps permanent, but this year we are back on the old ground once more. American Beauty rose values are cut in halves and all other roses have witnessed a shrinkage nearly as bad, but the quality of all is greatly improved and the stock offered is very tempting. Carnations are also abundant, good and tending down- wards. AJl bulbous material is having an up-hill job to find a market, the pro- duct in this line, such as narcissi in various forms, tulips, etc., being at pres- ent too extensive for the capacity of the market. Violets have had todrop a peg, although they have been pretty low for some time as compared with values of 198 The American Florist. Mar. 7, previous years and the quality shows somewhat the influence of the warm weather which has prevailed. Lily of the valley is also selling very low. Adian- tums are better than during some weeks past, the scarcity having been met by a new crop of good fronds. Harrisii lilies are not yet suffering and bring prices that ought to be satisfactory generally. The Flower Growers' Co-operative Association has leased for a term of ten years the first floor and basement at 155 to 169 Columbus avenue, near the junc- tion of Berkeley street. Each floor has an area of 8,000 square feet. An effort will be made to get into the new quarters before Easter. If this is not possible they will not move until May. The rain storm of the last day of Feb- ruary cleared ofi^ the last vestige of snow and promptly on Sunday, March 1, the first snowdrop made its bow and the yellow crocuses began to unfold. It is too early yet to sum up the damage done by the winter, but there are evidences that some classes of shrubs suflered severely in the sudden zero weather which followed the long warm fall, early in December. Welch Brothers have been receiving from S. J. Keuter roses of remarkable size, color and finish, not only recently but uninterruptedly all through the win- ter. No finer material in roses and car- nations comes to this market than the product of the great Westerly establish- ment. P. Welch is at his post again after a three- weeks' seige of the grippe. Visitors: W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J.; Chas. Loechner, of Suzuki & lida. New York; H. Crawford, Marlboro, N. H.; G. Boeker-Dzer, Oegstgeest, Holland. New York. WHOLESALE MARKET IN A BAD WAY. — HEAVY RECEIPTS AND LIGHT DEMAND RESULT IN AN ACCDMULATION, — FOGS DELAY STOCK FROM JERSEY. — THE SUR- VIVAL OF THE FITTEST. — NOTES. The cut flower market has been badly demoralized ever since Ash Wednesday as to prices, nothing having any fixed value. The receipts in all lines have been aug- mented by the pleasant weather condi- tions and stock has accumulated so that it has at no time been so much a question of price as of getting a customer who would carry off the goods. This week has seen considerable trouble resultant from fog, which has impeded travel on the ferries and delayed shipments from Long Island and New Jersey for hours at a time, so that many boxes ordinarily due at 8 or 9 a. m. have not been received till noon and the street men, who are the largest buyers at such times, have not been slow to take advantage of the opportunity to hammer prices down to the lowest point. Conditions favor a continuation of the present reign of mini- mum rates for some weeks to come. In the present craze for carnation nov- elties it is refreshing to note an occa- sional instance of persistent success with some of the old favorites, commonly assumed to have been forced into a back seat. Two instances of the survival of sterling varieties are seen in the Lizzie McGowans which A. S. Burns, Jr., is sending from Spring Valley and the Wra. Scotts coming in from A. L. Thorne. Any- one seeing the above mentioned flowers will be inclined to doubt the generally accepted theories about varieties running out. These are still in the "bread and butter" class when seen at their best. The Brooklyn Horticultural Society, at a meeting Wednesday evening, at which twenty-four were present, voted to con- tinue as a permanent organization. The old ofiicers were re-elected except Secre- tary Wallace, who resigned, and H. B. Gee vyas elected in his place. There was a balance of $208 in the treasury after paying all convention bills. Chicago. TRADE LIGHT AND STOCK ACCUMULATES. — NO SCARCITY AND MANY ITEMS A GLUT. —VIOLETS THE GREATEST SUFFERERS.-— QUALITIES GOOD THROUGHOUT THE LIST. — MORE NEW HOUSES. — MANY MUSH- ROOMS. — CHICAGO ENJOYED SOUTHERN FETE. — NOTES AND VISITORS. It has not been a question of supply this week. There is an ample stock in all lines and in most more than the trade has demanded; the result is a feeling of unrest among the smaller growers. Beauties are now' well into the new crop and the receipts are not only fully sufiicient in quantity but very satisfac- tory in quality. There is a good pro- portion of long for which there is only a light demand, and there are quantities of shorts which go slowly, the best sale, as usual, being for medium lengths. Tea roses leave nothing to be desired, unless it be a more anxious buyer. Brides still move a little better than Bridesmaids. Meteors are getting into better form and Liberty is beginning to bloom again. Bassett & Washburn are cutting some fine buds from grafted plants. They are grafting practically all their stock this year. The carnation has fallen from its high estate. There is enough stock so that the buyer can take his own time and be as critical as he pleases, but quali- ties are very good with the majority oi growers. The violet is feeling the effect of Lent worse than any other flower. While quotations still run up to $1, the bulk of the stock is sold nearer 50 cents a hundred, and quantities have been sold this week at 5 cents a bunch. Bulbous stock continues to increase in quantity and values are unstable, for this material has become very slow sale since the rose and carnation scarcity ceased. The possible exception to this may be some fancy varieties of tulips, which seem to go out fairly well. The retailers have their windows full of bulbous stock in pans. Callas have come in by the hundreds in the last week and are accumulating in almost every house in town. E. E. Pieser says that it is both remark- able and discouraging the way the cut flower producers and buyers are losing interest in the matter of the increased express rate. Each man's indignation flares up when the matter is broached, but he forgets it again in a minute, and Mr. Pieser says it seems impossible to keep alive anything approaching active and united opposition to the course of the express companies Arthur Jackson, of A. V. Jackson & Son, 3267 North Western avenue, is in New York, combining business and pleasure. He is looking into the methods of eastern mushroom growers in particu- lar. His firm is this year marketing more than 50,000 pounds of mushrooms, perhaps 75,000 pounds. They have had good crops and found a good market. Peter Reinberg has decided to put up at once nine new 300-foot houses for Beauties. This will be on the property opposite his place which he recently secured, and it is his purpose to build the range in the highest style of the art; he proposes to have it the model Beauty plant of the west. The gutters will be set nine feet from the ground. Chicago was well represented at the Mardi Gras at New Orleans. There were C. W. McKellar, Mrs. McKellar, A. H. Budlong, Mrs. J. A. Budlong and C. S. Stewart. They were all well pleased with their trip. Mr. and Mrs. McKellar spent a week at Hot Springs, Ark., on the way home. The Gardeners' and Florists' Union has been obliged to seek larger quarters and now meets at Jung's Hall, 106 Randolph street. The membership is growing steadily and they have word of new unions at Cleveland and Minneapolis. Mathew Evert, who turned his Rogers Park vegetable houses over to carna- tions, is now going into roses, and in the early spring will put up five houses 22x250. He is now building a propa- gating house 22x125. The Kansas City department stores have inaugurated the spring season of Saturday flower sales, the first shipments to them going out February 27. Visitors: Julius Niednagel, Evansville, Ind.; J. Louis Loose, Alexandria, Va.; Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.; C. L. Brunson, Paducah, Ky.; A. N. Kinsman, Austin, Minn.; B. Eschner, Philadelphia; H. W. Pierce, Waltham, Mass. Detroit. CLUB LISTENS TO REPORT OF ITS CARNA- TION CONVENTION ENVOYS.— SATISFAC- TION THAT SOCIETY IS COMING HERE. — DEMISE OF president's WIFE.— VARIOUS TRADE NOTES. The club meeting Wednesday evening was well attended, all eager to hear the report of the visitors to the carnation meeting at Brooklyn. Separate reports were prepared by President E. H. Beard, Philip Breitmeyer and Norman Sullivan. The other two visitors, G. H. Taepke and Geo. A. Rackham, w^ere unavoidably absent. All the visitors from here were well pleased with the trip and the con- vention in all respects and were loud in their praises of the hospitalities extended to them in all their ramblings east. At this meeting five more applicants were admitted to membership in the club. All the members are proud of the success of our candidate, Mr. Rackham, for presi- dent of the American Carnation Society and of the selection of our city as the next meeting place, and already the club is planning new features for the next con- vention, which, it is hoped, vrill distin- guish it firom all previous meetings. Following close upon congratulations on his election to the presidency of the American Carnation Society, the many friends of Geo. A. Rackham now extend their sympathy in the loss of his wife, who died on Monday, March 2. The deceased was a great sufferer for the past three years, having had two strokes of paralysis. An acute attack of pneumonia was the immediate cause of her death. The funeral was held Wednesday after- noon, burial in Elmwood Cemetery. The Florists' Club sent a handsome design expressing sympathy with its late presi- dent. Many other floral pieces were sent by individual florists and other friends. The funeral was attended by many of the club and the pall-bearers were selected from that society. E. R. Hansen, who has been engaged in greenhouse work for the past nine years with Frank Holznagle, has joined the retail ranks and opened a floral department in the new Arcade building on Woodward avenue. John Breitmeyer's Sons have bought the entire stock of the new pink rose of Charles Hopp, of Grand Kapids, and will igo3. The American Florist. 199 plant a large house of it at once. They will name and introduce it to the trade in 1904. Wm. Dilger, of the Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, left forSandusk3', Ohio, Thurs- day afternoon, to attend the funeral of his foster-father, Rudolph Ruemmele, who was a retired pioneer florist of that city. Chas. Lohrman, of the Lohrman Seed Company, has returned from an extended trip to Jupiter and Palm Beach, Florida, where he went for a much needed rest. Visitors: \Vm. Dykes, A. Zirkmann and Otto Buseck, New York; Martin Reukauf and E. J. Fancourt, Philadel- phia; Harry Byers, Dayton, O.; J. A. Bissinger, Lansing, Mich.; H. Vlasveld and H. Bockman, Holland; P. J. Van Heiuingen, Ghent, Belgium. J. F. S. Philadelphia. CLUB DISCUSSES THE CARNATION CONVEN- TION. — GENERAL EXPRESSION OF PLEAS- URE AT THE RESULTS. — BUSINESS QUIET, STOCK VERY PLENTIFUL AND PRICES STRIKE THE TOBOGGAN. — NOTES OF DOINGS OF THE GROWERS. The monthly meeting of the club, held Tuesday evening, March 3, was very well attended, the subject for discussion being the late carnation convention and what it accomplished. Secretary Herr was the first speaker and read a short account expressing his pleasure in the result. He spoke of the general excellence of the exhibits and of the large number who so thoroughh- enjoyed the privi- leges, which could not help but be educa- tional and of great benefit to the busi- ness. Mr. Craig, although he did not see the exhibition, was highly pleased with the lianquet, which he described as excelling anything of the kind yet held and a credit to the fraternity in Brook- lyn. He hoped to see the same enthusi- asm worked up for the rose, so that the annual gatherings will be equally suc- cessful. What is wanted is to get the amateurs interested and in that way build up a large membership. Mr. Fahrenwold was alarmed at the rising popularity of the carnation as he is afraid it may hurt the sale of roses, which are his specialty. Craig & Son exhibited a fine vase of Adonis and Isaac Passmore, of Westchester, sent some fine flowers of his new white seedling. No. 3. "New or comparatively unknown hardy plants for outdoor decoration" will be the subject for next month, to be handled by A. Greensman, of H. A. Dreer's nur- sery. Business needs a prod. There is much more stock coming in than is being moved and prices are away down. Bulb- ous stock, especially, suft'ers; $2 per hun- dred is high for very fine daftbdUs, which does not nmch more than pay for the bulbs. Tulips range from $2 to $3. A great many are now being moved in flats and pans, for window decoration. Lily of the valley sells for from $3 to $4. Violets are a drug and are almost given away; 35 cents for singles and 50 cents to 75 cents for the doubles is the asking price. Roses are also down. Beauties range from $1 to $5 per dozen and are very hard to move. Teas are fine but $12 will buy the bsst. Easter lilies are now seen in quantity at$12per hundred. It is hoped the coming rose exhibition will bring out something new and that the society will offer inducements for the future that will encourage rose growers to pay more attention to getting new varieties that are an improvement on existing sorts. The visitors will be enter- tained at a banquet on the night of March 25, the Florists' Club having appointed a good committee to make all necessary arrangements. The growers' accounts of the Easter stock are very glowing and it will take almost an unusual demand to use it all. There will be lilies galore, as there is little heard of the disease so prevalent last year. The only complaint is that the plants arc showing a light percentage of buds, three to four being the crop on much of the stock that was expected to carry five and six. Harris had the first Ramblers of the season and is cutting a few gardenias, just about in time for the amen chorus. Scott and Craig are still down the road, about climbing the last hill. The Phila- delphia gardenia grower finds his road a very hilly one during the winter season. Who knows the short cut? Milton Woodroffe has gone into the commission business again, opening at 1344 Ridge avenue. He has had consid- erable experience and will no doubt make a success of it. K. St. Louis. TRADE HOLDS UP VERY WELL AND GOOD PRICES RECEIVED. — MUCH WORK ACCOM- PLISHED AT THE EXPOSITION GROUNDS. —A VARIETY OF LOCAL AND TRADE •NOTES OF INTEREST. On Monday the commission merchants reported a clean-up of everything before all shipping orders were filled, and with the exception of Wednesday, when busi- ness was a trifle dull owing to a con- tinual downpour of rain, the balance of the week was about the same. Lent has made little if any difference in the demand and, with a lot of funeral work on hand, the supply has scarcely been equal to the demand. Long-stemmed Beauties are scarce and sell readily. A steady call for white roses holds the price at $6 and $8 for good stock. R. F. Tesson is sending some extra fine Ivory, Carnot and Golden Gate to H. G. Berning. Some very fine carnations are comin i in and go readily at good prices. Violets are becoming more plentiful as the season advances and go in large quantities at $3 and $4 a thousand. Valley is fine but hangs fire at $3 and $4 per hundred. Bulbous stock is not as plentiful as is usually the case at this time of the year and moves quickly. There is quite a shortage in smilax, 15 cents being paid for anything that comes in. At the World's Fair grounds every- thing is moving swiftly and smoothly. The large buildings are nearly all in course of construction and several are completed on the outside. Work on the Horticultural and Agricultural buildings will begin as soon as the grading is com- pleted which is well under way. The progress made this winter is marvelous considering the unfavorable weather we have had. The landscape depirtment has its work well under way. Large trees have been planted along the main drives and the nurseries are daily receiv- ing consignments of small trees and shrubs that are being planted as quickly as the ground is platted and graded. John H. Fuhlbruegge, formerly foreman for Robt. F. Tesson, has been appointed superintendent of the greenhouses of this department. The Florists' Club will meet Thursday, March 12, at the rooms in the Odd Fel- lows' building and a good attendance is desired, as some interesting papers will be read. President Dunford, who has just returned from a sojourn in Florida, will be in the chair and will tell about his trip south and the advantages of the coniTiiercial florist in Florida over his brothers in Missouri. The West lind florists report a good demand for flowering plants, of which there are few good ones to be had, most of them being held for Easter. Besides azaleas, a lew primulas, cinerarias and Dutch hyacinths are seen, but most of the display windows lack the color that is generally seen at this time of the year. The grippe was epidemic in the whole- sale district last week. H. G. Berning was laid up a couple of days, Charlie Kuhn also had a touch of it and Wm. Adds is suffering from a severe cold. Fred. Weber, nephew of Fred. Weber, Sr., will open a new flower store at the corner of Boyle and Maryland avenue in the near future. The attendance at the bowling club last Monday was small, several members being unable to attend on account of sickness. Recent visitors: Wm. Bastian, Pleas- ant Hill, Mo.; Wm. Heinl, Jacksonville, 111.; Jos. Rolker, New York; Dan. Mac- rorie, Orange, N. J. H. J. F. Catalogrues Received. Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., plants; The Lenox Mfg. Co., New York, sprayers; The Frank T. Piatt Co., New Haven, Conn., seeds; Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Paris, France, chrysanthemums, dahlias and cannas; Webster's Nursery, Centralia, 111., trees, plants and seeds; Caleb Boggs & Son, Cheswold, Del., plants; John H. Duulop, Toronto, Ont., roses; Bay State Nurseries, North Abing- ton, Mass., nursery stock; McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendall ville, Ind., refrigerators; James Carter & Co., High Holljorn, London, Eng., seeds; California Rose Co., Los Angeles, Cal., roses; Cherry Hill Nursery, West Newbury, Mass., nur- sery stock; Vaughan's Seed Store, Chi- cago, 111., seeds and florists' supplies! Clarke Bros., Portland, Ore., roses; John Lucas & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., paint; Flora Garden Nurseries, Crescent, la., plums; Plant Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo., plants; James C. Murray, Peoria, 111., seeds; Cedar Hill Nursery & Orchard Co., Winchester, Tenn., trees; Glen Saint Mary Nurseries, Glen Saint Mary, Fla., nursery stock; Old Colony Nurseries, Plymouth, Mass., ornamental trees, shrubs, etc.; M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., florists' supplies; John D. Imlay, Zanesville, Ohio, seeds and plants; V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy, France, plants; Sutton & Sons, Reading, Eng., seeds; Johs. Telkamp, Hillegom, Holland, bulbs. Lafayette, Ind. — Frank Shilling is preparing to largely increase his glass area this spring. Newport, R. I.— F. L. Ziegler says that since the beginning of Lent funeral work ' has been aoout all that was doing in the cut flower line. Brampton, Ont. — Among recent inter- ested visitors at the greenhouse plant of the Dale Estate were L. Coatsworth and P.J. Fole\', of Chicago. Newport, R. I.— John Marshall, form- erly gardener for Trenor L. Park, White Plains, N. Y^ has taken charge of the greenhouses of Perry Belmont. Cincinnati, O. — Mrs. E. G. Gillett was notified February 27 of the death of her venerable father, Nicholas Ohmer, one ot the best known fruit growers in the Miami Valley 200 The American Florist. Mar. 7. Eighteenth Yeak. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $3.00. Subscriptions accepted only from those in the trade. Advertisements on all except cover pages, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; $1.00 per inch. Cash with Cider. No Special Position Guaranteed. J)iscount8 are allowed, only on consecutive inser- tions, as follows — 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent: 26 times, 20 pep cent; 52 times, 30 per cent. Dover space sold only on yearly contract at $1.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to the back pages. The Advertising Department of the American Flobist is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines on/y. Orders (or less than one-half inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by "Wednesday to secure insertion in the issue for the following Saturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. There is a good market for small stock, including cocos, for ferneries. The people put their "want" adver- tisements in the paper which they read. The customs officials have decided that imported shamrock plants are not sub- ject to duty. Some English growers have made not- able successes with Asplenium nidus. It is not serviceable for all purposes, but for choice work is most effective. The mailing label on your paper shows when your subscription expires; when you send your renewal note that the date changes within two weeks; it will serve as your receipt. It is said that one of the European flower fashions is bouquets tied with black velvet ribbon. Marguerites, loosely bunched with asparagus and held with a knot and bow with long ends of the velvet ribbon, are most attractive. Other white and pale yellow flowers are similarly treated. (ireenliouse Buildlns;. Newark, N. Y. — C. J. Eisner, one house. Baldwinsville, Mass. — W. Graham, cucumber house 18x100. Ridgefield, Conn. — Pinchbeck Brothers, range of carnation houses. Akron, O.-H. Heepe's Sons, two houses. Chicago, 111. — Peter Reinberg, range of nine houses. Indianapolis, Ind. — Philip Conway, house 20x80. G. W. Rentz & Son, house 30x75. ■ Effect Of Electric Light on Palms. Ed. Am. Florist: — Is incandescent elec- tric light injurious to palms if the globe is only a couple of feet away from the plants and the light burning about three hours a night? Subscriber. I cannot answer the inquiry concerning the effect of electric incandescent light on palms from actual experience or observa- tion. We have experimented with the arc electric light for several years, but vyith other plants than palms. Judging from its effect on other things, however, I should say that there would not be much, if any, injurious effect on the palms at a few feet away from an ordinary incandescent light. If the light were to burn all night and continuously for some time it might eventually have someeffect, but I doubt whether it would be an inju- rious one. If it were an arc light the dif- ficulties might be greater. L. H. Bailey. There Is No Substitute. Am. Florist Co.:— Enclosed is $1 for another year's subscription. I have been paying out dollars and dollars this win- ter tor substitutes for coal, oil and wood, but I am thankful this dollar has not to go for a substitute for the American Florist. C. W. Sibley. Athol, Mass. Canadian Horticultural Association. The executive committee of the Cana- dian Horticultural Association met at Toronto, Ont., Friday, March 6, and set the date for the annual convention as September 2 and 3. There will be three sessions on the first day and only one on the second, in the morning. The follow- ing will be the essays: "Greenhouse Con- struction and Adoption"; by Messrs. King, of Toronto, and Pierson, of Tarry- town, N. Y.; "Floral Art and Values," by H. G. Dillemuth, Toronto; "Orchids and Ornamental Plants," by W. Wilshire, Montreal. A badge to distinguish visi- tors was adopted. Joseph Bennett, Montreal, occupied the chair. Executive committee members present were Thomas Manton, John H. Dunlop, E. Mepsted, H. Simmers, C. M. Webster, A. H. Bwing and Jas. McKenna. Among many visi- tors wereS. S.Bain, Montreal; L.I. Yair, Barrie; E. Dale and W. W. Fendley, Brampton. American Rose Society. At the annual meeting of the American Rose Society, to be held at Philadelphia, Pa., on March 25, the following motions will be introduced, notice of same having been given on January 28 by Frank L. Moore, Chatham, N. J. To amend the constitution so that the executive committee shall consist of twelve instead of six. To amend the by- laws so that four members of the com- mittee shall be elected each year instead of two. Leonard Barron, Sec'y. Germination of Begonia Vernon. Ed. Am. Florist: — How long should it take lor the germination of the seed of Begonia Vernon? We planted seed of this variety on February 4, sowing rather thickly and covering with a light dust applied through a cheese cloth. The soil was then sprinkled, the pans covered with glass and placed in gentle bottom heat. The soil was kept neither too wet nor too dry, but in two weeks not a seed has germinated. J. J. E. Begonia Vernon seed requires no cover- ing with soil, as the seed is very minute. The seed should simply be pressed into the soil with a pane of glass or a smooth board. In a temperature of 65° they should germinate in about two weeks. G. Soil From Chrysanthemum Benches. Ed. American Florist:— I wish to use the soil from my chrysanthemum benches for growing lettuce, celery and tomato plants in boxes, also for annuals and bedding plants. The soil is ordinary loam from Sod. What would you advise me to mix with it to improve it? F. B. B. If this soil has been piled outdoors and frozen possibly, all that it will need is some good rotted manure and, if the soil is of a heavy nature, the addition of some sand. Also, a little bone might improve it. However, if the soil in ques- tion has lain on the benches all winter and plants stood on it, we would think that it would be too sour for any use. Van Bochove & Bro. Tanks for Water Supply. Ed. Am. Florist: — In erecting tanks to hold water for greenhouse use, what are the tanks generally made ol? Woidd a good quality of galvanized iron do for a tank to hold about fifty or sixty barrels? B. B. A tank of the size named is rather large to be constructed of galvanized iron, although if properly reinforced by means ol bands it wouldanswerforthe purpose. A cypress tank will not be very expensive and will be much more durable than hemlock or pine, which are more com- monly used. A tank of this size would be about six feet in diameter and eight feet high to hold fifty-six barrels of thirty-two gallons each. L. R. Taft. Bulhs for Easter Bloom. Ed. Am. Florist: — When shall I bring Dutch hyacinths, tulips and narcissi into heat to have them bloom at Easter? They are now in a greenhouse without any heat and partly frozen. F. B. B. Put your Dutch hyacinths, narcissi and single tulips into heat about twenty days before Easter. Double tulips require three days longer to mature than the single ones under the same conditions.. No more shading is needed to lengthen the stems on bulbous stock, so give them a good light place in a temperature of 60°. If they show signs of coming too early, remove them into a cooler house and keep them shaded from the bright sun; but if they appear to be too late, they can be quickly forced out the last vyeek before Easter by raising the temperature 10°. G. Antidote for Greenfly. Ed. Am. Florist: — What is the best remedy for greenfly, and is it liquid, pow^- der or vapor? What is best to use in place of tobacco? J. J. E. I do not know of any better remedy for greenfly than tobacco in its various, forms, as it may be used either as a liquid, powder or as a vapor. Which of these three w^ays it is used depends' altogether upon the variety and con- dition of the plants infested with the fly. Blooming plants as a rule should not be fumigated, as the smoke discolors the flowers; better scatter tobacco stems between the pots, or, if the proper facili- ties are at hand, vaporizing tobacco does no barm to the blooms. While the plants are growing it is sometimes necessary to use tobacco in the liquid form, applied with a syringe, as in the case of young lilies, where the little aphides retreat into the crown of the plant, where they are safe from the smoke. However, if "J. J. E." is opposed to the use of the fra- grant weed as an inscticide on general principles and is not particular about the amount of labor involved, he might try an ounce and a half of common laundry soap dissolved in a gallon of water, applied with a hand syringe early in the morning, being careful to wash it off with clear water after about three hours. This formula may safely be used on most plants, but should not be applied while they are in flower. Aphis punk has also been recommended as an excellent anti- dote for greenfly, but vsre have never tried it and can say nothing about results. G. igoj. The American Florist. 201 SITUATIONS, WANTS, fOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be inserted at the rate of ten cents a line (six words) each insertion. Cash must accompauy order. Plant advs. NOT admitted under this head. Every paid subscriber to the .\meiucan Florist for the year 1903 is entitled to a flve-line want Auv. (situations only) free, to be used at any tiipe during the year. SHuallon Want«d-Uy No. 1 worker, German, at'e 35. 17 years' e.vpcrience. Address Cbas. Fuhku. iS51 Hinman Ave., Evauston, III. Situation Wanted— In flrst-class cut llower store (only) after April 1st, by an American, 10 years' experience. Al credentials. Y R, care American Florist. Situation Wanted — As rose grower in section of houses; capable of takinR charge. Illinois or the west: 8years' experience: flrst-class reference. iSD. Ratcliff. Ifarvey, Cook Co.. 111. Situation Wanted— By flrst-class landscape gardener and florist, all-arouud man on coninu'r- cial or private place. Thoroughly competent in all branches; German, age 39, married, one child. R I, Box 190 Girard, Ohio. Situation Wanted-As head gardener on pri- vate place in the middle west. Experienced thoroughly in all branches pertaining to a first- class place. Age 30, married, no children. State particulars. Damaris, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— Hy competent, reliable landscape gardener and florist, to take charge of estate, private place or public institution; 22 > ears' experience, greenhouses, lawns, trees, shrubbery, vegetables, etc. No. 1 references. Oyearsinone place. Address M, care American Florist. SItuatton Wanted— Grower desires position as foreman or manager of first-class commercial place by April 1, or earlier. Thoroughly com- petent iu all branches, especially American Beau- ties, teas and carnations. First-class references as to ability and character. Address W, care American Florist. Help Wanted— A good packer and several goc potters. Also a good rose grower. Apply to J09 Fifth avenue. New York. Help Wanted— A rose grower for April I; single or married; good steady place; good pay. Hess ct Swoboda, Omaha, Neb. Help Wanted— Two good men for potting and general greenhouse work. Steady position. J. F. Wilcox, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Help Wanted— All-around florist to assist in 'eneral greenhouse work. State wages. Address F. Beu. 278) N. 40th avenue. Chicago. Help Wanted— Two good potters and two your men with some knowledge of tilling plant order Apply Vaughan's Greewbouses. Western Springs, 111. Help Wanted— Assistant to foreman, as cut flower and plant grower, and propagator on large place, good chance for advancement. Address Jed, care American Florist. Help Wanted— F.xperienced man on carnations and pot plants, also to help on design work and shippiag flowers. Address with references. S. ,1. Reuter, Westerly, R. I. Help Wanted-By April 1, lady for store (Chicago). Must be good saleswoman and good designer. State references and particulars. E A L, care American Florist. Help Wanted- '^'oung man as assistant tor gen- eral greenhouse work. Wages $20.00 and board per month. German preferred. K. R. Lowe, 42 Summer St., West Roxbury, Mass. Help Wanted— Young man for retail flower store. Good position for right party. Apply with refer- ence stating experience and salary espected. .7. Simmons, 266 Yonge St., Toronto, Ont. Help Wanted— At once: good all-around man to grow bedding plants and choice decorative and other pot plants. Must be competent. Only a good man need apply, Wji. Roethke Floral Co., " Saginaw, W. S., Mich. Help Wanted— Market gardener and florist. Reliable voung man used to transplanting and repotting." Address stating age. experience and wages wanted per month with board. A. B. Lewis. Pontiac, Mich. Help Wanted— A good all-around florist, single, a good grower of cut flowers and plants. Must be steady. German preferred. Also assistant that knows how to pot quickly. 'Wages J30 to *35 for ft gfK)d man. more if suited, with board and room. Assistant »-30 to S2-'. Address W R, care American Florist. Help Wanted— A flrst-class florist to grow cut flowers, who thoroughly understands his business and is sober and industrious. Must furnish recommendation. State salary. Address Miss NormaCrillo.JOO'/j Maiiist., Natchez, Miss. Help Wanted— Sober, steady man to take charge of steam plant in winter; look after vegetable garden and lawn in summer. Must be single, German preferred; $25 per month and board; references. Address C. H. Ott, M. D., Sayre, I'a, Help Wanted — Steady, reliable, single man with some I'xperience, to assist in commercial green- houses. Must be sober, honest and not afraid of work; $20 per month and board, besides a good home for the right person. Address Tn. F. \'an PEii Medlen, Dunkirk, N. Y, Help Wanted— First-class rose and carnation grou.r to lake charge of 2'J,000 square feet of glass; also as.sistant. Please state wages wanted with board and washing, your age and reference: also how soon you could come. Good position for two good men. Address John L. Wtland, DeHaven, Pa. Help Wanted — -Vt once, a good grower of roses to take charge ;ind grow for retail trade, four houses, thirty-flve hundred plants. Also assistant for vegetable houses, one \vho knows how to use hose and box off; give references and experience, both positions. Address I. Shelby Crall, Monongehala, Pa. Wanted— I'artner with $3,000 to $5,000 to add to good paying greenhouse business. Address Box 4'2'3, Raton, New Mexico. Wanted to Rent— A small greenhouse establish- ment not farther than 10 miles from Philadelphia. Bos 116 Kennett Square, Chester Co., Pa. For Sale Ciieap— I'^ine retail floral establish- ment. Must sell on account of poor health. 249 E. Houston street, Mew Y'ork. For Sale— Will sell cheap for cash a plant of 18.0110 feet of glass in violet district on Hud- son River, suitable for carnations or violets. S W W, care American Florist. For Sale or Lease — Reasonable terms; corner 73x150 feet. North Evanston; good transportation; desirable for nurseryman. Address C. P. Skippel, 150 LaSalle St., Chicago. For Lease— On easy terms, a long established and paying greenhouse business in a good, live city, .address for particulars. Cashier, National Military Home, Kan. For Sale— Established greenhouse business of about 10,000 feet of glass, with or without ground. Good opi'iiing with small capital. Must sell by April 1, 1903. Ohio, care American Florist. For Sale- Greenhouses, about 5,000 square feet. Hot water; four acres good ground, sis room dwelling, barn and out buildings. Much good fruit, grapes and berries. Sickness is reason for selling. Address S. L. Harper, Mechanicsburg, Ohio. For Sale— Second hand. 30 boxes double strength A 16x24 glass: 700 feet 4-inch Hitchings cast- iron pipe; 45 elbows, double elbows and Ts; IftS 10-footdrip-grooved sash bars: 240 feet purlins; 1'20 feet ridge; two sets ventilating apparatus, 13 arms, each; 26 two-lighted ventilating sash, glass 16x24 D. S. A; 52 16-inoh headers. Two large expansion tanks, all wood cypress and sound, iiake offer for part or all. Address H. II. Cadwell, Decorah, Iowa. Waniecl to Rent about i'2 to 15,000 sq. ft of glass, dwelling, stable, etc., steam heatand natural gas preferred. Must be iu good shape, without stock. F W B, care American Florist. Situation Wanted. 'i:^::^^o^^^ his working gardener and foreman; German, married, two childreo; disengaged March 25. Competent in all branches under glass and open ground, also landscape work and private farming; good mushroom grower. Strictly sober and relia- ble. Wife flrst-class cook and butter maker, it needed. Wages $59 per month, cottage, milk, etc. For further particulars. Address H. T. RAABE, 233 First avenue. New York City. Wanted... lOxperienced foreman, married man to take charge of retail place; mostly pot plants, bulbs and Easter stuff, also some outside work on private places: must be a hustler, have thorough knowledge of the business and come well recommended. FOREMAN, care W.J. Stewart, 79 Mlll( St., Boston, Mass. Wanted At Once """S CATALOGUES. .Address I?»A.UXv -B.01et.1X.. 504 Wells Street, CHICAGO. WANTED. Two good all-around florists, also a good rose grower. Give pirticulars. MILLER & SOHS BRACONDALE, TORONTO - CANADA. ^^Va^iatod. A grower of roses, including American Beauties, who has unquestioned reputation and endorsement to take charge of 35,000 square feet of glass, near Cleveland, Ohio. Good salary and share of profits to right man EMPLOYER, Box 10, Sta . A, Cleveland. Ohio. RARE OPPORTUNITY. For llorist of special ability as a grower with sulllcient i-apilal to buy a substantial interest in one of Chicago's large, successful and modern , greenhouse establishments, to whom would be given the growing side of the business. Thor- oughly established. Demand tar in excess of present large output. For full particulars address OPPORTUNITY, care American Florist. CAn O 1 1 P '2 ACRES OF LAND admir- rllll VAI r "blv located for GREEN- I Vn O/^i-Le HOliSE purposes; 26 miles from Chicago, three blocks from station on 'Wis- consin Division of C. .t N. -VV. R. K. Good house and barn on property. Within short distance of Klehms' Nurseries. Terms to suit responsible buyer. Address: M. RICHMOND, Palatine. III. U/Qntorl Second-Hand iwdlllPUi Kroescliell Boiler. state size and price. Also quantity of Class. 2 N z. Care American florist. GARDENERS' and fLORISTS' UNION No. 10,726, Buffalo, N. Y. Meets every Wednesday at i87 High street W. BARLET, Secretary, 53 St. Stephens street, BUFFALO, N. Y. Gardeners' and Florist's Union 10,615 Gliicago, III. Regular meetings held %\ and 4th Wednesday of each month at Jung's Hall. 108 E. Randolph St., ('liicago. ,^. ... Gardeners and Florists in other cities desiring to form a Union will receive full information from the Secretary. Send all communications to H. J. SPRINGER, Secretary, 61 42 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. FOR SALE Almost new Greenhouse Plant of 19,000 feet Boor space, well stocked with carnations and one house of asparagus. Hot water heat with a boiler capacity of twice the necessary amount. Excel- lent trade. Soil specially adapted to growing carnations. .... v. Six (6) acres of ground fenced with Page wire fence due six (6) room house; stable; stone reser- voir and drilled well; wind-mill and tank and hot-air pump. Will give someone a bargain. .\ddress, Box 43, Nevada, Mo. Mention the Americaii Florist when writing to advertisers on this page. 202 The American Florist. Mar. 7, MSI. S2.50 N96. $6.00 "RICE LIS ■ • Per Doz. American Beauties, extra select $3.00 to $4.00 18to24in 2.C0to 3.50 " " 13 to 15 in 1.00 to 1.50 ^ ■ ^ . , Per lOO Brides, Bridesmaids and Ivory $5.00 to $ 8.00 Meteor, Golden Gates 5.00 to 8.00 Liberty s.ooto 12.00 Violets, Double.. .75o to $1.00 Violets Single. .75 to 1.00 White Violets $1.50 Carnations,. . . 3.00 to 3.00 Lily of the Valley 3.t0 to 5.00 Narcissus, Paper White 3.00 Tulips, assorted 3.00 to 5.00 Adiantum lOOto 1.50 Princeps 2.00 Asparagus, Plumosus Strings Each 50c 'S- . " " Sprays 2.00 to 3.00 Sprengeri 3.00to 4.00 Smilax perdoz.,$2.00 Common Ferns ^.00 per 1000 .20 Galax Green l.oo " '* .15 Bronze Galax l.oo " " .15 Leuoothoe Sprays '. l.oo Orchids, Caltlsyas per doz. $6.00 Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. Caldwell's Kwallty Kounts Brand wild Smllax now on hand. J. B. DEAMUD, 51 and 53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. The F. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, INateors. Csraalions, Cut Adiantum, Oaiax, Cammea Fares and Fierists' Suppilas. Telephone Connections. C>XJ^^VBiTj^f9n^ OHIO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., t "Wholesale Cut flowers— L 457 Milwaulcee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. jJ.M.McCULLOUGH'SSONSI \ WHOLESALE j FLORISTS 2 ALSO SUCCESSORS TO ! § THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. \ CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. \ Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders. \ 316 WALNUT ST ' CINCINNATI, OHIO, j H.G.BERNING Wholesale florist J322 Pine St, ST. LOUIS, MO. Pittsburg Gut Flower Go.Ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. ^ PIHsburgp Pa. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. The riower Growers' Co. Invites Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants to visit the Market. 60 Wabash avenue, CHICAGO, Or to communicate with us with regard to space for selling their product. J. SINNER, Secretary. MATH. EVERT, Wliolesale Grower and Shipper of Cut Flowers 58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 'Phone Central 3057. eEO. REINBERG, ""SX^ Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Please mention the American Florist when ■writing. C. A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, »SZ PINE STREET. ■i ST. LOUIS, HO. ■VA oomplete line of Wire Designs. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. PLACE TOnB NAME. and your specialties before the purchasing florists of the entire country by advertising in SENo AovT. No«. THE AMERICAN FLORIST. E. H. Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave., .CHICAGO. Poehlmann Bros. Go. Wholesale Growers of K2i.r..™ Cut Flowers All telegraph and telephone orders _ given prompt attention, 3S>3/ QBBBNHonsBs: Randolph StrasL Morton Grove, IlL CHICAQO. ILL. Bassett&Washburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. """"'rrrsr, Cut Flowers CHEENHOUSES! HINSDALE. ILL. Wboifjaie flower/ari^ MlLWAUESB, March 5. Roses, Beauty, long, perdoz. 4.00@ 6.00 " " med. " 2.00® 3.00 " " short " 1.00@1.50 Liberty 16.00@18.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00@tO.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 6.0O@io.OO Perle 6.00@ 8.0O Carnations 2.00@ 3.00 Violets 50® .75 Daffodils, Tulips 2.00® S.06 Dutch hyaointns 4.80® 5.00 Callas 10.00®13.00 Adiantum 75® l.OS Smllax 18.00 Asparagus 65,00 PrriBBUBO, March 5. Roses, Beauty, specials, perdoz. 5.00® 7.00 " " extras " 3.00® 4.00 " , " No. 1 " 1.60® 2.60 " " No. 2 ' .75® 1.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 2.00®12.0> " Meteor 4.00@10.e( Carnations 1.00® 4.00 Paper Whites, Romans, Freesla... 1.60® 3.00 Tulips 2.00® 4.00 Mignonette 1.60® 4.(10 Lily of the valley 4.00 Violets 50@ 1.50 Lilac per bunch, 1.00@1.S0 Smilax 12.00®15.00 Adiantum 1.00® 1.25 Asparagus, strings 30.00®60.00 " Sprengeri 3.00® 4.00 CrNoniBATi, March 5. Roses, Beauty 6.00@50.00 Bride 4.00@ 8.00 " Bridesmaid 4.00® 8.00 " Meteor 4.00® 8.00 Carnations 1.50® 5.00 Tulips, Daffodils 3.00® 4.00 Violets 60® .76 Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00 Harrisii lilies, per doz, 1.60@ 2.00 Romans, Paper Whites 2.00® 3.00 Asparagus 50.00 Smilax 12.60@I5.00 Adiantum l.O0@ 1.50 St. Louia, March 6. Roses, Beauty, long stem 20.00@60.00 " Beauty, medium stem 8 .00® 16 .00 " Beauty, short stem 3.00® 8.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00@10.00 " Golden Gate, Meteor 4.00@10.00 " Perle 4.00® 8.00 Carnations 2.00® 4.00 Violets 2b® .40 Paper Whites, Romans 8.00 Sweet Peas .78 Lily of the valley 3.00 Smllax 12.60 Asparagus Sprengeri 2.60 " Plumosus 76.00 igoj. The American Florist. 203 Choice Stock . . AND PLENTY OF IT . . We have large supplies and qualities are all that the most critical buyer could ask. Prices are low for this grade of goods. Send us your business. Aspara- gus and Smilax for all requirements ^ ^ ^ ^ E. C. AMLING, THE LARGEST. BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St., -CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1977 Central. AMERICAN BEAUTY Per Ooz. 30-inoh stem $4.00 30-inch stem 3.00 24-inch stem 2.00 20-inch stem L.'iO l.l-inch stem 1.00 12-inch stem .7.5 Miort stem, per 100, $4.00 to 5.00 Per 100 Brides and Maids $3.00wi$ 8.0O Meteors and Gates 3.00«" h.(io Carnations l.fju("i 2.00 " hirge and fancies. 3.00((i> 4.00 Mignonette, per doz. .50(«> .60 C'allas, per doz., J1.25(i» $1..50 llarrisii, per doz,$1.50(a 82.00 Von Sions 3.0C Violets 75(gi l.OO Sweet peas l.OOfta 1.50 Valley 3.00® 4.00 Romans, Paper Whites.. 3.00 Tulips 3.00® 6.00 vVspara^iis, per string, 50o Asparagus Spreneeri 2.00® 5.00 Ferns per 1000, $2.00 .25 Gaiax per 1000, 1.00 .15 Leucothoe 1,00 Adiantum 1.00® 1.50 Smilax .... per doz. , $2.00 Subject to change without notice. LILY OF THE VALLEY BRUNS' CELEBRATED BRAND lor forcing, $12.50 per 1000: .$30.00 per case of 2500; $1.50 per 100. FINEST CUT VALLEY IN QUANTITY. HN RDIIMQ 1409 W. Madison StresI, ■ 111 DnUllO, CHICAGO, ILL. PETER REINBERG, Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 800,000 FEET OF GLASS. Headquarters for American Beauties. 51 WABASH AVE., • CHICAGO, ILL FRANK GARLAND, "^0^:,.. Cut Flow ers B5-57 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284. OXIIO.A.OO. JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower ft||4 r|A|||nrA and Shipper of ^ [I [ rlUllulu Hoon» 221, 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Tblephone Centrai. 3598. All telegrapk vH telephone orders given prompt attention. ICE BROTHERS WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. U/llll Cniilav Receivers and Shippers of nilU OllllldXi CHOICE CUT FLOWERS. Special attention given to shipping orders. Send for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Minn. Alw^ays mention the R American Florist vhen you write to an advertiser. BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. F. F. BENTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and p| r|OI€LX€L Consignments Solicited. Commission M l^\^lvM>t7 1 >i7 J. a. BUDLONG Boses and Carnations • A Specialty, 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. GROWER of CUT FLOWERS Wbol^ale ffower/\arK^ Chicaqo, March 6. Roses, Beauty, 36-inch stems 15 " 12 " " Short stems $4( " Liberty, Chatenay " Bride, Bridesmaid *' Meteor, Golden Gate Violets Carnations Komans, Paper Whites Tulips, Valley Sweet peas Callas, Harrisii per doz. 1.25® 2.0O Asparagus, per string, .50 Adiantum Common ferns, per 1000, 2.00 Smil&i. per dozen. 2.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.60 1.00 .75 " $5 per lOU 5 00@15.00 3.00® 8.00 3.00® 8.00 .50® 1.00 1.50® 4.00 3.00 3.00® 5.00 1.00® 1.60 A. L. Randall, WHOLESALE fLORIST. 4 Washingtoa Street, CHICAGO Send for weekly price list and social quotatloDB on 1000 lots. Milton W. Woodroffe, WHOLESALE riORIST. 1344 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. ""^W ...GEO. M. KELL066... ""•"'i'iTeVe';!: Cut Flowers Give us an order and we will please you. Our Greenhouses at PLEASANT HILL, MO. Our Store, 906 Grand Ave.. KANSAS CITY. MO IST'LONO DISTANCE 'PHONB AT ETTHEB PLACS. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michigan Gut Flower Exdiange. FANCY FERNS, 11.50 per 1000. Dis- count on Jarge orders. Give us a trial for Ferns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, Si. 00 per 1000. 2B MlBml Ave.. DETROIT, MICH. Always mention the American Flo- rist when you order stock..^ 204 The American Florist. Mar. 7, BEAUTIES! Samuel Siennock LIBERTIES! PHILADELPHIA. 6E0. A. SUTHERLAND, 34 Hawley St., BOSTON. Telepbone Wlfi Main. BEST BOSTON FLOWERS. All Sapplies. An entire floor Devoted to Stock and Mana- factufing. Distributing Agent for United States for the wonderful LETTER, unequalled for design work. Script, any color, 3Vic a letter. Block letters, t^ each. The most elaborate design work to order in a few minutes. OENBBAI. A.SXHT8: H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., Philidsrphla. REED h KELLER, New York City. SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR^ Flowers of White Carnation I 11 I I A|\| POND Also MRS. THOS. W. L4WS0N. &t,'S,l^rD^AVT"^° LiLLir^l^ ■ vri^a-r WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. GEORGE SALTFORD, Wholesale Commission Florist, 46 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Fair dealing and prompt returns guaranteed. Correspondence solicited^ Author ol "How to Mako Money Growing Vfolots." SIMON RODH, MANUFACTURER OP Florist Ribbons Salesroom: 40 West 2Sth St., ^[^ YORK NEW YORK GUT FLOWER CO. 55 and 57 West 26ih St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Daily Reports. Weekly Payments. 2239 Madison Sq. '• "• «UL.1,A1N4», 2034 Madison Sq. Mahasbb. N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26tli St., New York. Open for Cut Flower Sales at 6 o'clock Every Morning DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON, Secretary. Wbol^ale power/arK^ Boston, March 4. Roses, Beauty, extra 20. " " medinm 10 " ouUs 2 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 2, " extra 8 " Liberty 5 CarnatiouB 1. " Special 3. Lily of the valley 2 Violets Paper White narcissi. Hyacinths.. 1 Trumpet narcissi 1 Tulips 1 Harrisii lilies 8 Adian turn Asparagus Smilax 8 Philadelfhia, March 4. Roses, Tea 8 " " extra 15 " Beauty, extra 40 " " firsts 20 " Queen of Edgely, extra. firsts.... 25 Carnations Violets Lily of the valley . Smilax 12 Adiantum Farleyense.. 8. BUTPAiiO, March 5. Roses, Beauty 25 '* Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 6 Carnations 3 Violets Paper Whites, Romans 2 Lily of the valley 00@25.00 00@15.00 .00® 5.0O ,C0@ 4.00 0C@I0.00 ,00@10.00 ,O0@ 2.00 00@ 4.00 .00® 4.00 .30® .60 .50® 2.00 .50® 2 00 .0C@ 3.00 .oc@io.oo .75© 1.00 50.00 .00@18.00 .00®12.00 .ao@i8.oo .00@50.00 .00®30.00 .00@50.00 .00@30.00 .00® 4.00 .00® 1.60 .00® 6.00 00@50.00 eo@i5.oo 00® 10. 00 00@5D.00 .00@12.00 00® 5.00 1.00 ro@ 4.00 00@ 4.00 00@20.00 00® 1.50 Give Us a Trial. We Can Please You. Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock. Wll E VACTIIIft Wholesale Com- Iff nil ri IVIIOIIIIUi mission Florist, dSi Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y. Dealer in Florists' Supplies and Wire Designs. Open Day and Night. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. The Philadelphia Wholesale Flower Market. ■""Tdgir'"' 1224 CHERRY STREET. PHILADELPHIA. Is now open and ready for business. Consign- ments of good stock solicited, especially Valley, Violets and Carnations. Commission, 10 per cent and $50 annual stall rent, payable monthly in advance. Flowers, choice of this market, care- fully packed and shipped at short notice ALWAYS MENTION THE AMERICAN fLORIST WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS. SUPERIORITY. WE claim it for the flowers we distribute. It is guaranteed by the high sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It is proven by the large number of florists throughout New England and else- where depending on us for their regular supplies. Largest dealers east of New York in Baskets, Sheaves, Letters, Vases, Ribbons and all Florists' Requisites. N. F. McCarthy & go. Tel. 734 and 64 Main. 84 Hawley Street, BOSTON. H. C. RIEDEL. F. D. SPICER. HEADQUARTERS for the best line of Fancy Material in the New York Cut Flower Markets. All the tid-bits as well as all the standard everyday g;oods. Send to us for any or all. We are in close touch with the best growers and can supply you at short notice at prevailing market prices. Strictly Wholesale. We deal with Florists only. RIEDEL & CO., WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS, 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK CITY. On and after March 3nd will be located at Arch Street 1217 Leo. Niessen, WHOLESALE FLORIST, N. W. Cor. 13th and Filbert Sts., Pbila. igoj. The American Florist. 205 JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Exclusively. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK, Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT Til. 2065 Madison Sq. NEW YORK. 42 West 28th St. Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWERS ever offered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, Bride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter f. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Tolephona 902 Mkdlsou BOLiutro. 39 West 28th St.. NEW YORK. Talaphone Nos. 2239 and 2034 Madlaon Square, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 65 and 57 Watt 26tli St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice ot sale note daily. Statement and check weekly. All consignments, large or small, receive tho same attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. VIOLETS. WILLIAM GHORMLEY VIOLETS. 1 Wholesale " ■■■^■"■wi %«iiwiiifiiBta ■ 9 Commission j Daily Receiver and Shipper ot Fresh Cut Flowers. • Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Valley, Chrysanthemums. Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. 57 West 28fh Street, NEW YORK CITY. | JOHN YOUNG Speolal American Beauties, Surpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orchids, and all Seaionable Flowera. 51 WMt 28th St., NEW YORK. TeL 1905 Madiion Sq. THE RECOCNIZEO HEADQUARTEKS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR Violets and Carnations flROWERS and BUYERS make a note of this. It will be to your advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER. 80 West 29tli St., New York. Telephone 551 Madison Square. Frank Nllllang from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. 55-57 W. 26th St. NEW YORK. B8TABLI8HED 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, SollcKt Consignments or Shipping Orders. Satistaction given in both. Til. 866 Midlaan Sq. 115 Wut 30Ui St.. Naw York. Cat Flower Exchange, Phone 399 Madison Square. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 66 and 57 W. 26th St. New York. Cut Flower Exchange, iZSH — * "' "* OPEN 6:0O A. M. ikn Unequalled Outlet for Consigned Flowers. Choice Carnations. Selected Roses. Traendly&Schenck NEV YORK QTY, 38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange. New Telephone No. TBS A 799 Madison Sq. Wbol?5ale [iower/\arK?fe New York, March 4. Roses, Beauty, Edgely, best 15.00@25.00 " " medium 5.00@10.00 culls 50® 3.00 Bride, Bridesmaid, best.... 8.00@10.00 " " " medium 4.00® 6.00 culls.... 2.00® 3. CO Meteor, Golden Gate 2.0C@ 8.00 " Liberty, best. 5.00@15.00 ordinary 2.00© 3.00 Carnations, fancy 3.00@ 6.00 ordinary 50® 1.50 Violets 20@ .60 Lily of the valley 1.00@ 2.00 Trumpet narcissi 1.00® 3.00 Romans, Paner Whites 1.50® 2.00 Cattleyas...^ 25.00@60.00 Smilax 10.00®16.00 Adiantum 50® 1.00 Adiantum Croweanum 1.50 Asparagus 35.00@50.00 Sprengeri, doz. bun. 2.00<3>3.OO Charles MJillang WHOLESALE FLORIST. Conservatory connected from which can ship ferns and decorative plants promptly 50 West 29th St. NEW YORK Tel. 2230 Madison Square. ALWAYS MENTION THE., .AMERICAN nORIST WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS. FORD BROS. Receivers and Shippers of FRESH FLOWERS, HI West SOtli St., NEW TOBZ. Telephone 157 Madison Square. REPRESENTING EMINENT GROWERS. JuSiusLang 53 West 30lh Street, NEW YORK. COMMISSION DEALER in FLOWERS Telephone 280 Madison Square. ALEX. J. eUTTHAN, Wholesale Commission Florist, A full supply daily of the choicest New York and New Jersey FLOWERS. S2 W. 29th Street, NEW YORK CITY. Telephone 1738 Madison Square. fl. H. immm. Wholesale Commission Florist, BEST JBXOWERS SHIPPED AT I.OWESV NEW TOKK PRICES. 18 Boarum Place, Brooklya, N. Y> Telephone 939 Main. Hicks & Grawbuck, WHOLESALE ELORISTS NEW YORK: 46 West 29th Street. Tel. 2798 Madison Sq. BROOKLYN, N. v.! 108 Livingston Street. Tel. 3660-3661 Main. EDW. C. HORAN, 55 WEST 28TH STREET, Telephone 421 Madison Squai .NEW YORK. OUT F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE. 206 The American Florist. Mar. 7, The gBED TRaE>E. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Walter P. Stokes, Prea. ; C. N. Page, First Tloe-Pres.; S. P. Willabd, Wethersfleld, Conn., Seo'y and Treas. Twenty-first annual convention, Philadelphia and Atlaatio City, June 23-85, 1903. Bulbs of white onions are not winter- ing as well as usual in the east. H. H. Harries, of the Goodwin, Harries Company, Chicago, has returned from the east and reports contract business good. Contracting seed sweet corn crops with the Connecticut farmers is some- what difficult in the face of present high prices for spot goods. Stocks of sweet corn of all kinds are pretty well cleaned up. Canners are adding to the contract price of their pro- duct fully enough to compensate them for the increased cost of seed. Representatives of canning concerns have thoroughly canvassed the seed sweet corn growing districts of Connecticut, paying the farmers as high as $8 per bushel, regardless of whether their com was already contracted for or not. The onion set market is dull, in the w^est. The Louisville yellows (also sold as reds) which have held the market down the whole season, continue to depress the trade. Prices as low as 50 cents to 60 cents per bushel are reported. Dark reds are holding their own better and good -whites, while scarce, are slow sale at from $1.75 to $2 per bushel. Reports from Bermilda indicate that from January 20 to February 15 an excess of rainy and cloudy weather has somewhat injured the planting stock of Harrisii. The small stock has suffered w^orst, such plants showing a weak, yel- low growth. As a rule the fields planted with larger bulbs are standing it better and show less damage. Dry weather in April, May and June w^ould be injurious to the crop. True type of Harrisii is not plentilul on the island and dealers who are booking advance orders at low prices are taking chances. F. W. Barteldes. F. W. Barteldes, who is one of the best known men in the western end of the seed trade, is a native of the province of Han- over, Germany, born in 1852. Leaving school at 20, well equipped education- ally, he learned the trade in a general merchandise store, subsequently serving his time in the Prussian army and com- ing to America in 1874. He went at once to Lawrence, Kan., where he has resided ever since. The Kansas Seed House, in a small way, had been founded in 1857 or 1858, by F. Barteldes, an unde of the younger man, who added his energv in the year of his arrival. Later Max Wilhelmi was also taken in as a partner. Mr. Barteldes the senior died some fifteen or sixteen years ago and the business has since been entirely in the hands of the present proprietors. Than F. W. Barteldes there is no man in the American trade who has a better knowl- edge of garden seeds. Mr. Barteldes is always a prominent figure at the annual meetings of the American Seed Trade Association, of which he served one year as president, being elected at the Cincinnati meeting of 1891. Providence, R. L LAST MONTH A VERY BUSY ONE AND TRADE STILL HAS MOMENTUM.— RECEIPTS ON THE INCREASE. Surely no one has cause to complain of the business done during February. From day to day an impetus ^vas gained sufficient to carry trade into the month of March. Stock holds up in price, car- nations bringing $3 for good stock. Roses are cheaper now, at from $4 to $8, and are in heavy crop. Daffodils and tulips are just beginning to force a yield- F. W. Barteldes. ing market at $2 per hundred or there- abouts. Violets are a surplus but are productive of considerable business and sell wholesale at from 35 cents to 50 cents per hundred for the best grade. They have found their way into irregular stores and are subjected to the ever- harmful "cut-price" methods. Things in this direction are not as bad as a year ago, audit is evident that some of the growers have had an awakening and will not again render themselves culpable in this matter. M. M. Bethlehem, Pa. C. H. Geiger, of Nazareth, and J. Haines, of Bethlehem, have been at the carnation show^ and they say it was grand. Mr. Haines feels confident that he will be a winner with his new seedlings at the Detroit show^ next year. Business has been very good for the past few -weeks. There is a steady demand for roses and carnations. Vio- lets are plentiful. Th. Hogan, gardener for R. F. Wilbur, it cutting some very fine roses, especially Beauties. Visitors: Mr. Krohninger, of Allentown, and Jos. Gaudy, with H. A. Dreer, Phila- delphia. J. SouTHiN&TON, Conn. — The William Curtis plant and vegetable houses, the largest in the vicinity, were burned Feb- ruary 21. The loss is $2,000. Ironton, O. — Edward L. Ullrich and his brother-in-law, Thomas H. Peet, have secured the greenhouses and stock of A. C. Ullrich and are preparing for a big spring business. Early Bird TOMATO. The earliest, smoothest and largest Early Tomato we ever introduced. Resists the rot and does not sunburn; wonderfully produc- tive, of fine flavor. Every florist should have some plants in the spring for his par- ticular and appreciative trade. i oz., 50c; \ oz., 95c; Oz., $1.75; postpaid. FLORIST DEPARTMENT, D. Landreth & Sons, l2i7MarketSt., Philadelphia, Pa. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. RBPBTITION Is the life of advertising— It Is also the life of the largest mail-order seed trade In the world— BURPEE'S! Were it not for ^epea^o^de^s every year from satialied planters we could not supply the Best Seeds that Grow at such moderate prices. We want every one who appreciates quality to write for Burpee's Farm Annual for 1903. Long known as "the Leading American Seed Catalogue," it is better now than ever before. An elegant book of 184 pages, with beautiful colored plates and hundreds of illustrations, it tells the plain truth. Write to-day 1 Do not delay I It's FREE. W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Pbiladelpbia Blue List of wholesale prices mailed only to those who plant for profit. CHAS. F. MEYER, 19 Barclay Street, NEW YORK. Wholesale Importar ol LILY OF THE VALLEY, ROMAN HYACINTHS and PAPER WHITES, DUTCH BULBS, BERMUDA and JAPAN LILIES, AZALEAS and PALMS, NURSERY STOCK. AZALEAS from the Celebrated N of The Ad. D'Haene Go, Ltd., Ghent. IS per cent each of the varieties Simon Mardner and Mme. Van der Cruysien Guaranteed. MOTTO:— High Grade Quality. Prices Rock Bottom. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing, ONION write for samples and prices^ Seed Potatoes, %ltc^:.^' VAUGHAN'S SEEO STGRE, Ghicap. tiease mention the American Florist when writing. igo3. The American Florist. 207 KENNICOTT BROS. COMPANY Wholesale Commission Florists, 40=44 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL. All Flowers In Season at Lowest Chicago Market Rates American Beauties, Per Doz. Extra long $t^.50 Lone:-stemmed $3.00 to 3.50 MeJium-stemmed 2.00 to 2.50 Short-stemmed 75 to 1.50 Per 100 Brides, Select $5.00 to $7.00 Ordirury 3.00 to 4.00 Bridesmaids, Select 5.00 to 7.00 Ordinary 3-00 to 4.00 IMeteors, Select 6.00 to 8.00 Ordinary 300 to 5.00 Golden Gates, Select 5.00 to 8.00 Ordinary 3.00 to 4.00 Peries, Select 4.00 to 6.00 Ordinary 3.00 to 4.00 Carnations, Per 100 Fancy $3.00 to $4.00 Ordinary 1.00 to Violets 40 to Cailas per dozen, $1.25 to $1.50 Harrisii per dozen, 1.50 to 2.00 Tulips 3.00 to Daffodils 2.00 to Romans, Paper Whites Valley 3.00 to Smilax per dozen, $2.00 Adiantum 1.00 to Asparagus per string, 50c Asparagus Sprengeri 2.00 to Ferns per 1000, $2.00 Galax per lOOO, $1.25 2.00 1.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 4.00 1.50 5.00 .25 .15 Please mention the A metican Florist when writing. COMET EMPRESS FREDERICK. Dwarf and compact, fine for pots. Flowers pure white, diameter 4 to 5 inches. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. SEMPLE'S BRANCHING. Homegrown. White, shell pink and lavender. \ oz., 30c; oz., 75c. QUEEN OF MARKET. Best German. In colors, J oz., 25c; oz., 75c. LARGE VICTORIA. Best German. In colors, Packet, 25c; i oz^ 65c; oz., $2.50. Write. for wholesale catalogue now ready. Fresh Tobacco Stems, $1.50 per bale, cash. W. C. BECKERT, Allegheny, Pa. Strictly Nsw England GROWN SEEDS. SPECIALTIES— Onion (Southport Globes), Turnip Seed and Sweet Corn, Beet, Parsnip, Carrot, Cabbage. "We can answer all questions without flinching as to quality and where grown. The E. B. CLARK CO., Milford, Conn. Georg Egger, JAPFA, PALESTINE. RIII RGl from Palestine, Syria, ■JUl..aj;j and Asia Minor .... BLACK CALLAS, IRISES, ETC. Wholesale Export Price Liat for 1903. TREES, PLANTS, BULBS, &c. strated and Descriptive Price List ofFOR- ' and DOMESTIC Bulbs. Plants. Seeds. Shrubs, and Ornamental Trees. Grape-vines, etc., all for ■^ Spring plantini;. Gardeners' Chronicle. A Weekly Illustrated Journal. EeTABLISHXD 1841, The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE has been foe OTSB SiXTT YEAES THE LEADINQ JOXJBNAL of ItS olftSB. It has achieved this position because, while specially devoting itself to supplying the daily requirements of gardeners of all classes, the infor- mation furnished is of such general and perma- nent value Ibat the GARDENERS' CHRONICLE is looked up to as the standabd ArTHOBiTT on tke subjects of which it treats. Subscription to the United States, 14 20 per year. Bemittances to be made payable to H. G. COVE. Oppicx: — 41 Wellington St., Covent Garden, London, England. JXOTIOEJ TO I^t,OWBJie BU'K'EC:RS. ,r shipments satisfactory, le White LILACS on han eady to cut. d at all tin Our Beauties and Tea Roses are in fine crop. Our stock is as Good as the Best. Our Prices are Right. Our grades beyond reproach. Our deliveries prompt. In addition to Roses we grow large quantities of Lilies, Valley, Tulips Violets, Asparagus, Mignonette, etc. Greenhouses at Morion Grove 400,000 sq It. glass, POEHLMANN BROS. COMPANY, Long distance 'Phones. 201-202. Morton Grove, III. L. D. 'Phnne 3573 Central, 35-37 Randolph St,. Chicago. OUR MOTTO: QUALITY FIRST. We have, however, a sufficent quantity to supply all demands. Send for Catalogue. ARTHUR COWEE, *'|Vleado>vvale Farm," Long Distance 'Phone 9x. Berlin, N. Y. -United stales Grower and Representative of CROFF'S HYBRIDS. GLADIOLI BEGONIAS, TUBEROUS ROOTED. 1000 Doz. Sinule, separate colors $2.5.00 % .40 % 3.75 Double. Single, mixed 45.00 Double .50 4.00 Caladium Esculentum, Medium, No. 2 .11 Caladium, Faney-leaved 1.35 10.00 Gladiolus, Red shades. 9.00 .30 1.00 Pink shades 13.50 .20 L50 Yellow shades 34.00 .35 2.50 White and light shades 15.00 .25 1.75 Striped & variegated shades 18.00 .30 2.1 American Hybrids 10.00 .30 1.25 Fine mixed 9.00 .15 1.00 Gloxinias, Choice mixed ..50 4.00 Tuberoses, Mammoth. Excelsior Pearl, double 10.00 .25 1.50 Lnrtre 6.50 .15 1.00 No. 2 3.50 .10 .60 D. LANDRETH & SONS, Florist Department, 1217 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. CLUGAS & BODDINGTON GO. ImDorters and Exporters of Steds, Bulbs ^Plants B 1 2-8 1 4 Greenwich Street, NEW YORK OITY. Send for quotations on all Florists' Bulb Stock. ESTABLISHED 1802. JUST RECEIVED Fresh Seed of LATANIA BORBONICA. Price, 60c i)er pound: 10 pounds for $4.50; 25 pounds and over 4Uc per pound. Price list of flower seeds for florists mailed on application. J.M.THORBURN &CO. 36 Cortlandt St., NEW YORK. LONG ISLAND CROWN Cabbage Seed. Ask for prices for 1903 crop; also on surplus stock 1902 crop. B. E. GOODALE, Grower, CALVERTON, L. 1., N. Y. VSrOW. DrBCTORY FOB 1902 WIIJ. BE MAILED TO TOU-» 1^-FBOlIFTI.Y UPON APFLICATIOV. FBICE TWO DOI.I.AIbS.-^ 208 The American Florist. Mar. 7, The |N[ursery T^^afiE. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Chas. a. iLeBNTEiTZ, Pres.; D. S. Lake, Vice- Pies.; Geokgb C. Shasek, Eoohester, N. Y., Sec'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mksh., June, 1903. David Eaton, of Normal, 111., is prepar- ing to establish a nursery on his farm at Tremont. The Chase Brothers Company has brought the John T. Paul farm near Mercury, Ala., for nursery purposes. H. B. Chase gives it as his opinion that next year's supply of cherry trees will be less than this year's and that natur- ally higher prices will prevail. Nicholas Ohmer, octogenarian and eminent horticulturist, for thirty-five years president of the Montgomery County Horticultural Society, died at Dayton, O., February 27. The New York Fruit Growers' Associ- ation has a co-operative purchasing department which last year sold to the memlDers as one item forty carloads of fertilizer chemicals at a saving of $15 a St. Louis World's Fair. Under the classification of viticulture, appliances and methods, there will be installed in the Horticultural Palace of the Universal Exposition at St. Louis in 1904, displays as follows: APPLIAWCES AND METHODS OF VITICULTURE. Types of buildings used in connection with viticulture. Implements used in the culture of the vines; implements for deep plowing, vine plows, hoes, tools for grafting, pruning, gathering, etc. Collection of vines. Appliances for vineyards, wine sheds and cel- lars. Vehicles. Grape picks, wine presses, etc. Methods of wine-making. ■ Appliances and materials for preserving wines. Ferments. Diseases of vines aud methods of checking them . Toronto. TRADE ON the DECLINE SINCE THE ADVENT OF LENT. — STOCK GOOD AND MOST ITEMS IN FULL SUPPLY. — CARNATIONS THE ONLY SCARCITY. The beginning of Lent has been very noticeable in the diminution of the cash receipts. The reaction occurred Ash Wednesday and since then stock in most lines has been accumulating. Roses are in superb condition and a heavy cut is just coming on. Brides and Bridesmaids were never better; blooms are large, with plenty of substance and the stems are strong. Meteor has also picked up in quality; "bull noses" have disappeared and the color is of that velvety appear- ance so much desired. Morgan and Perle are becoming more plentiful and a few days will see better Beauties. Car- nations are good but not yet plentiful enough to meet demands. Bulbous stock can be had at almost any price. Retail stores are selling daffodils, tulips and even lily of the valley as low as 25 cents per dozen. What the grower gets for them, or how he makes them pay, is an enigma. There is a glut in the violet market and some very fine stock goes begging. Nice azaleas, lilacs, rhododen- drons and other flowering plants give the stores a very spring-like effect. J. Simmons has purchased for his brother-in-law, W. Sewell, the store of Fred. Brown, on Queen Street, W. This is a very good stand and no doubt busi- ness will be worked up to what it was a few years ago. The St. Lawrence market was well filled with flowers on Saturday. Sales were reported as being good, though prices were very low. Simcoe Chambers, the youngest son of the park commissioner, is very ill. "Bud" Torpey has been confined to his home with an abcess on his neck. H. G. D. New Bedford, Mass. SPRING NEAR AT HAND. — FLOWER SUP- PLIES INCREASE. — CLUB TO BE ORGAN- IZED. — VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. There are unmistaka.ble signs of spring. The frost is about all out of the ground. Bluebirds are here. Tulips are showing above ground. Flowers are more plenti- ful, especially bulbous stock. Prices remain about the same. It looks as though double violets were almost a thing of the past. The Princess of Wales is all the go about here at present. The most notable event for February 22 was the annual ball of the Plymouth Club in Odd Fellows' Hall, which Wm. Pierce decorated. At a meeting of the florists Friday night it was voted to form a club to be called the New Bedford Florists' Club. James H. Cleary was chosen temporary chairman and Wm. Pierce, secretary. A. B. Hathaway, W. G. Kraber, Wm. Pierce, Richard Nofftz and H. V. Sowle were appointed a committee to draw up acon- stitution and by-laws. Winsor's greenhouses, in Fairhaven, were thrown open to the public five days last week and were visited by about 4,000 people. He had a fine show of orchids, cinerarias and numerous other plants. E. G. Haskell proposes to organize a stock company with 800 shares at $25 per share to take over his business. A. B. H. Zanesyille, O. — Rufus Turner, who has been conducting the Dudley store at Marietta, is now with John D. Imlay. Pot-Grown Fruit Trees Covered with flower buds and will bear fruit this year. Also can be forced. APPLES. PEARS, APRI- COTS. PEACHES, PLUMS S3.50 English Pot-Grown Grape Vines S2.00, $2.50, $3.00 Each In The Following Varieties: Foster's Seedling, Black Hamburg, Golden Hamburg, Gros Colman Lady Downe's Seedling, Muscat of Alexandria, Muscat of Madresfield Court, Muscat Bowood, Muscat Conon Hall, Muscat Hamburg, Treb- biano. jt SELECTED CANES, $3.50. GARDENIA VEITCHII: 6-in. pots, $5 per Doz.; 7-in. pots, $12 per Doz. The only true perpetual winter flowering variety. Our Spring Catalogue Is Now Ready. Ask For Same. BOBBINK 6l ATKINS, RuthertorJ, H. J. Rhododendron Maximum i Kalmia Latifolia The two best native Evergreen Shrubs for out-of-door ornamentation. Furnished by car load lots or in smaller quantities. Send for prices, also Special Rhododendron circulars. Fine lot of general nursery stock. EASTERN NURSERIES, m. m. pawson. Mgr . Jamaica Plain. iVIass. TREES FOR SPRING OF 1903. We offer a large and cbolce line ot General Nursery Stock. Special attention is called to the following: APPLE, CHEREY, Peaoh, Kieffer and Dwarf Pear, DOWNING GOOSEBEEEY, Catalpa, Box Elder, Silver and Cut-leaved Maple, Mountain Ash. Carolina Poplar, Tulip Tree, Black Walnut Seedlings, Pecans, Clematis Panioulata, Wistaria, Norway Spruce, Hydrangea P. G., Barberry, Privet, Hybrid Perpetual and Climbing Moss Eoses, Apple and Pear Seedlings and Eoot Grafts. For prices address F. S. PHOENIX, Bloomington, III. 1,000,000 STRAWBERRY AND OTHER PLANTS. Including Bubach, Gandy, Nick Ohmer, New York, Sample, Success, Tennessee, Sharpless, Wm. Belt, and 30 other best sorts. See our cata- logue and get the best. See our discounts and gift plants. CALEB BOGGS & SON, Cheswold, Del. THE MOON For J Trees, Shrubs, Vines Your j and Small Fruits. Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free. THE WM. H. MOON OO. Morrisville, Pa. Association "Flora" Nursery Go. BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Roses, Clefnatis.Peeonias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Lilacs for forcing. Box Trees. Fancy Evergreens and other shrubs on hand at the packing place is the season. Catalogue on application. Address P. CUWERKERK. 1 1 23 Summit Ave., JERSEY CITY. N. J. Tree Seeds. Our new descriptive CATALOGUE OF SEEDS of American Conifers, Trees, Shrubs, Palms, Cncti, Herbaceous Plants, etc., has been mailed to the trade. A postal will brine it to you. PINEHURST NURSERIES, Pinehurst, N. 6. otto Eatzengteln, Mgr. igo3. The American Florist. 209 Gushman's Hybrid Gladiolus Bulbs. At practical Living Prices. Write for List. CISHMAN Gladiolus Co., Sylvania, Ohio. Mushroom Spawn FIRST QUALITY. STRICTLY FRESH. j»j»j»LOWEST PRICES WRITE FOR SPECIAL ...QUOTATIONS... James Viclt's Sons, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Fancy or Dagger Ferns pJitoo Discount on Larger Orders. First Quality Galax, Bronze or Gnen, $1 per 1000 LAUREL FESTOONING mude tresh on receipt of order 4c. 5c and 6c per yd. Special attention given to Large orders. Tele- phoDe or wire us and your or- 5der will have prompt dispatch MiMinertcn, Mass. Tel ofiBoe, New Salem. Leucotlioe Sprays! GREEN AND BRONZE W. A. DAVIS & CO., Marion, N. C. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Whera Quality Is First Consideration.) Writa, Wira or Phona tha Introducers, CaUwell The Woodsman Co., Evergreen, Ala. or their agents: L. J. Kreshover, Xew York; J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; W. F. Kasting, Buffalo; J. M. McCuUough's Sons. Cincinnati, Ohio; H. G. Kerning, St. Louis. Mo. The Art ...of Floral Arrangement The only special newspaper in the world for floral arrangement. 200 ILLUSTRATIONS ANNUALLY. Specimen number free. Subscription, |2.40 yearly. BINDEKUNST-VERLAQ J. OLBERTZ, ERFURT, BERMANY. The New Golden Yellow ROSE. AWARDED $50.00 and Gold Medal, Kansas City. AWARDED Silver Medal, Mass. Hort. Society. AWARDED Silver Medal, Penna. Hort. Society. AWARDED Silver Medal, Chicago Hort. Society. AWARDED Silver Medal, American Institute, N. Y. AWARDED Silver Medal, S. F. A., Indianapolis. FOR SALE BY E. G. ASMUS, West Hobokeu, N. J. THE E. G. HILL CO., Richmond, lud. SOUTH FAB.K FLORAL CO., New Castle, Ind. FOR PRICES AND DESCRIPTIONS APPLY TO ABOVE. arimrmmmnmTTmmTmTfTmmmnmmnnnmYmTmmTmTmTTmTnTmmnmTmTii Galaxi^LBucotltoes. Selected, Bright and Brilliant. Wholesale Trade Solicited J. L. BANNER & CO.. Montezuma. N. C. W. Z. PURNELL, GALAX LEAVES, IJC-, Bronze and Green Galas $ ..55 LeucothcB Spravs, Bright Green 83.00 Rhododendron Sprays, bright glossy green. ..$5.00 Fanov Cut Ferns »1.00 Cold Storage Stock a Specialty. Ask for prices on large lots. I originated this business here and am the oldest dealer. Send your order to me. Send cash with flrst order. J. NELSO N PRITCHftRD. ELK PARK, N. C. THE AMERICAN FLORIST'S COLOR CHART PRICE 1 5 CENTS POSTPAID. AMERICMI FLOMST.CO., 324 DoutOfii St., Chloaoo. RAFFIA VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, NATURAL COLORED NEW YORK. MUSHROOM SPAWN. Frequent importations I from England. Always fresh and lively. J.J. Styer, Concordville, Pa. A Lb Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists wishing to do business with Europe should send for the "Horticultural Advertiser." This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly by all the Horticultural traders; it is also taken by over 1000 of the best continental houses. Aanual subscription to cover cost of postage 75c. Money orders payable at Lowdbam, Notts. Address EDITORS OF THE "H. A." nhilwell Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notti. Frioland. You will benefit the American Flo- rist by mentioning it every time you write an advertiser in these column* 210 The American Florist. Mar. 7' Our pasTiMEs. Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and 'rx>rting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J, Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.; Eobt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St., Chicago, II'. The florists of New Orleans expect to be represented in the bowling contest at Milwaukee next August. At Cleveland. The following is the latest record of the Cleveland bowlers: Player 1st Sd Stade 149 134 Schmitt 123 140 Evans 135 120 Geo. Bate 158 148 e. Aul 99 106 Graham 140 R.Aul 113 118 Grey 116 MoUenkoph.. . . 51 Player 1st 2d Kennedy 89 144 Brown 153 183 Wasson 134 172 Bond 145 117 Baitalls 144 76 B. Hart 2Q7 14» F. Aul 104 80 Kelly 110 190 Ponting 131 119 Warnke 67 77 O. G. At Baltimore. The Baltimore Gardeners' Club bowling team assembles every Friday ior regular practice. The Philadelphia team is expected to attend the annual banquet at Baltimore March 9 and a match game will be arranged between the t «vo clubs. The names of the Baltimore team are as follows: Chas. L. Seybold, captain; Robt. HaUiday, Mac Richmond, Wm. Lehr, Harry Lehr, Wm. Paul Binder, Isaac H. Moss, Fred. Bauer, Thos. Pat- terson, Philip Welsh, Jas. Boone, J. J. Perry, C. Wm. Creamer and Wm. Weber. At Chicago. Bowling interest has been quiet since the holidays but regular practice will shortly be resumed preparatory to the selection of a team for the great contest at Milwaukee in August. P. J. Haus- wirth, president ot the Florists' Bowling Club, has called a meeting at his store, 227 Michigan avenue, lor Tuesday even- ing, March 10, at 8 p. m., to which everyone who has any interest in the game is invited. It is hoped that a large turnout will be secured, that the plans then made may have the hearty support of all. Chicago should certainly have a strong team at Milwaukee. At Washington. Wm. H. Ernest believes that Washing- ton will be able to present a strong team at Milwaukee next August: Following are the scores of the practice February 25: Player 1st 2d 3d T'l W.H.Ernest 219 )70 169 658 G.Cook 187 184 182 563 J. W. Freeman 131 158 173 461 W.S.Clark 143 153 136 431 G.Shaffer 115 150 156 431 A. Esch 135 99 179 413 J. Minder 104 138 121 363 C. W. Wolf 113 99 129 341 O.Bauer 105 109 123 336 Pritchard 131 177 308 W.Kimmel 139 81 97 307 J.Shine 110 77 96 383 Davia 114 146 260 Smith 85 85 108 278 F.H.Kramer 121 120 241 J.Davidson 116 96 212 P. G. At Philadelphia. Things are getting warm within the bowling circles of the Florists' Club. The Milwaukee trip is looming up and as there are about eighteen eligible aspirants for the seven places (six players and one sub- stitute) , there is sure to be some great scrambling before it is settled who are the lucky ones. The team entered in the Philadelphia bowling league has now a large lead on all the other clubs and will win another $50 trophy hands down. This gives them the championship of this city for the second time, which is a great honor. There is some talk of any club that has the material being allowed to enter two teams in the tournament at Milwaukee. This should be frowned down, as there would be no knowing where it vrould end and w^ould work great injustice to other cities which could not be so represented. K. San Francisco. TRADE VERT SATISFACTORY. — LIBERALSUP- PLIES AND REASONABLE PRICES LEAD TO INCREASED BUSINESS. — GROWERS ARE BUSY BUILDING.— NOTES OF DOINGS HERE AND THERE. The temperature has been somewhat frosty in the early mornings, but other- w^ise ideal weather has prevailed, adding to the sale of flowers. Social activity made business good through all of last month, and the outlook is that it will keep up virell into this month. Flowers are somewhat more plentiful but sales have increased, so no waste has occurred as yet. We expect a drop in prices in the near future, but it w^ill only mean an increase in sales. Almond blossoms on long branches can be seen in all the stores, the advance of spring. Primroses, hya- cinths in pots, ferns and azaleas are our potted plants at present and take well with the public. Lilies, which have looked well at most all the places, are commencing to take a turn to the bad, but there wUl be enough for Easter, as many thousands of bulbs are grown. The prize list for the Pacific Coast Horticultural Society's flower show is ready and stows the liberality of that society and Mr. Cox, of the Cox Seed Company, who has given quite a number of premiums. The show vrill be held in the Maple Hall of the Palace Hotel on the last day of April and the first and second days of May. Admission will be $1 the first day, 50 cents the second and 25 cents the third. A number of the larger grovyers have already applied for space. One of the busiest men at present is E. W. McLellan, ofBurlingame. Since he has at his place'no need for all the hands at all times, he takes contracts outside, w^hich gives him a chance to keep all his help all the time. He is at present laying a gas main from Redwood City to San Mateo. Mr. McLellan is well known as a success- ful grower of roses and carnations and some of the best stock is coming from his place. Mr. Murray, of Menlo Park, has given up his position with Mr. Lynch and is going into business for himself. He has bought a plot of seven acres in Redwood City and has started to erect four modern greenhouses 20x200, using 16x20 glass. Mr. Hosp, ofRiverside, head gardener to the Santa Fe R. R., made a flying trip to this city. He has three acres planted ia carnations and intends to double it this season. H. Plath, of Ocean View, is the proud father of a baby boy. Mr. Plath is con- templating the erection of another house 20x100 for ferns. Ferrari Brothers have added a couple of houses 18x100. H. Goertzhain, of Redwood City, is busy building another house. Golden Gate. Troy, N. Y. Garnett D. Baltimore has been appointed to lay out the new Warren Hill park. Mr. Baltimore has placed a large number of men at work cutting down trees. The park will be developed with a view to accentuating its advan- tages as a point of observation. The ideas as set forth by Frederick Law Olm- sted will be carried out as far as practic- able by the engineer. The amount ot land to be improved is about seventy acres. R. D. Order Direct From Headquarters. No. 1 DAGGER and FANCY FERN, $1.50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. A No. 1 BRONZE and GREEN GALAX, $1.00 per 1000 in 6000 lots. LAUREL FESTOONING, good and full, 6c and Gc per yd. SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX, selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS, $1.00 per bbl. LEUOOTHOE SPRAYS, $1.00 per 100. We guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail, telephone or telegraph v^rill receive our personal and prompt attention. "We can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY M. ROBINSON &. CO. Foley's Floral Fotographs. Floral Album, size 12xll containing 24 different funeral designs. By express $7.00 c. o. d. 226-2261 BOWERY. NEW YORK. SOMETHIN Q ENTIR ELY NEW. A Florists' Plate Book. 150 Plates and nearly 300 varieties for t3 50 or three for 810.00. You can't do businasa without It. VREDENBURG & CO., Rochester, N. Y. New CARNATION. THE MONEY-MAKER. ^IJ NONE SUCCEEDS LIKE ^^ The Most Prolific Carnation To Date. A pleasing and most popular shade of pink— the shade of La France rose. Large, well-formed flowers on stout stpms. Good keepers and shippers. Plants strong and vigorous and easily handled. Has shown a marked improvement in size, stem and productiveness every succeeding season for the past five years. The wonderful productive properties of ' Success" have not been exaggerated. It stands to-day without an equal in this respect. ]f you are raising carnations for profit, "Success" will pay you better than any other variety. Strong, heavily rooted cuttings, $1.50 per dozen; $2.50 per 25; $8.00 per 100; $70.00 per 1000. Immediate delivery. FOR SALE BY- HENRY F. MICHELL, Philadelphia, Pa. J. GAMMAGE S SONS, London, Ont., Canada. JOHN G. SHOLL, Dept. Q Burlington, N. J. igoj. The American Florist. 211 Carnation Cuttings PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR FIRST-CLASS CUTTINGS. DO NOT DELAY. Write for Quotations and Catalogue. Mrs. Thos. 'W. Lawson Adonis Gov. Wolcott Lillian Pond E. A. Nelson President McKinley Estelle Golden Beauty White Cloud Apollo Mrs. Potter Palmer Morning Glory Gaiety Queen Louise Viola Allen Stella Lorna Prosperity J. H. Manley Guardian Angel Joost Mrs. Higinbotham Enquirer Dorothy Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt Marquis Gov. Roosevelt Cressbrook Harry Fenn Crane Dorothy Whitney Tiger J. D. Thompson Carnation Co. JOLIET, ILLINOIS. McKELLAR & WINTERSON. Snpply Everytliiiig Used by Florists, Nnrserymea, Gardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Etc. HEADQUARTERS on CUT FLOWERS 45-47-49 Wabash Ave. ^'XTu,,. ...CHICAGO Please mention Ihe American Florist when writing. ASPARAGUS GOMORENSIS. A variety far superior to Plumosus for all cut flower anddecorative work. It is more jiraceful and much larger. Requires same treatment as Plumosus. Can be cut in long, heavy strings or large fronds. ^Ve have fine stO'_'k. 3H-in., $10.00 per 100; $4-in., $12.00 per 100. FRED. DORNER S SONS CO.. LaFayette, Ind. AX%. '..CARNATIONS The Leading Novelties of 1903. The Best Varieties of 1902. All the Standard Varieties. Order your Rooted Cuttings NOW, QEO. HANCOCK & SON. CKAND HAVEN. MICH. Carnation Cuttings We are now booking ordera for rooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens. Queens. L. I. ENGLISH and FRENCH Manetti Stocks Right size for indoor grafting, $12.00 per 1,000. Write quick i I VDCCUnUCD 110-1IZW. 27iiist.,N.r. Li Ji KnLOnUVLII; Tel. Call 587 Madison S4. TWO GRAND WHITE CARNATIONS GOV. WOLCOTT AND BOSTON MARKET Both originated by me from same seed pod. The former sent out sprint: of 1903 has proved WITHOUT AN EQUAL AS A HIGH GRADE COMMEHCIAL VARIETY. THE LAITER, sfiit out in 1901 in limited quantity, is to,l:iv THE STANDARD ..vcryday com- mercialWHITE ON THE BOSTON MARKET. A marvel for early, free and continous blooming. BOTH are in perfect health. Boston Market.. Per 100, $5.00; per 1000, $40.00 Wolcott Per 100, $6.00; per 1000, $45.00 Both will ba on ExhlbKlon at Brooklyn Feb. 19 and 20. PETER FISHER. Ellis. Mass, TRANSPLANTED CARNATIONS. ' ^ ROOTED CUTTINGS. MERMAID Per 100 $1.00. Per lOOO $10.00 ELDORADO Per 100 1.00. Per 1000 10.00 Giant Flowering Pansy plants, mixed, $3.00 per 1000. Marie Louise Violets, $3.00 per 100; $26.00 per 1000. Terms Cash.— We prepay ex- press charges. If plants are not satisfactory, re- turn at once and we will refund your money. LOOMIS FLORAL CO. LOOMIS, CAL. CARNATION MURPHY'S WHITE If you want a commercial white buy it. Rooted Cuttings, immediate delivery, $6.00 p«r 100; S60.O0 pir 1000. Satisfac- tion guaranteed or money refunded. WM. MURPHY, 130 E. 3rd St., Cincinnati, 0. CARNATIONS. "c'uX. Late March and early April delivery. Per lOOO Morning Glory $1 2.50 Cressbrook 25.00 Queen Louise 1 5.00 Roosevelt (Cow.) 15.00 Dorothy 1 5.00 ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. SHIPPING LUEIS £9 ••••Cut Flowers Printed In two colors on gammed psper; year card, etc, in black and Ie«t adopted by the S. A. F. In red. Very sttraoUve. Price per 500,12.85; per 1000, t4.M. Bend tor samples ninio or nn ieat. postpaid. si.2S. American Florist Co., Fine Grafted Bearing Sizes. Roses Per 100 12-inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots 820 00 15-18 inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots 30.00 Kin KanS 10-12 in., bushy, from 4-in pots 20.00 I omnnc 12-1.5 in., bushy, from 4-in. pots.. 20.00 LClllUIIO 18-24 in., bushy, from 4-in. pots 30.00 Oranges, Lemons, Limes, ^^r^ix plants, well-branched, 3-4 ft $3 to $3 each. Climbing Clothilde Soupert, strong field-grown. 10.00 Clematis Aoiif olia %^it i?r.Srs: Paniculata, but blooms earlier and lasts lonf^er; strong plants from 3-inch pots 8.00 Ficus Elastica lo^:°i§i^nc'h".°.^:!^ 20.00 Kentia Belmoreana ll;l^5-tn".\X'.^'i8.oo Plioenix Reclinata and Farinifera 12-15 in., 4 in , pots 15 00 (Not less than 40 of a class at 100 rate.) P^nnno (Dormant Roots). 2-3eyestoeach UdlllldO division, best sorts. J15.C0 per 1000 PItriio Trifnliofo (Best defensive hedge plant UlirUS I rilOlldld introduced). Strong, field- grown plants. 15-30 inch per 1000, |8.0 (Not less than 400 of a class at 1000 rate.) Latanlas, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE P. J. BERCKMANS G0.<'-> rRUITLAND NURSERIES, Established 1856. AUGUSTA. GA. Rooted Cuttings Our Motto: "Not liow Cheap, but how Qood." Carnations-Thos. W. Lawson, $3.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. Carnations— Flora Hill, $2.50 per 100. Carnations— E. Crocker, $1.50 per 100; $13.00 per 1000. Carnations— Prosperity, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. Verbenas- Danley's Giants, very best on the mar- ket to-day. Sure to please. All labeled. Per 100,60c: per 1000, $5.00. 36,0U(J Verbenas, in 3-inch pots. Ready March 10th Lnt us book your order at ^.00 per 100. Daisies— Mme. Gailbert,at 25c per doz. $1.35 per 100 Salvias— Hobold 1 Vincas— Major Var | " — Elegans 1 Per dozen, 20c. Feverfew— Little Gem [ Per 100, $1.00 Ageratium--P. Pauline ftnlhemis— uoronaria J Pansies— Giants. Pall planted, per 100, $1.00 Express prepaid on all Rooted Cuttings. We guarantee to reach you with No. 1 Stock. ftsk? What I lyou S. T. DANLEY, MACOMB, ILL, 212 The American Florist. Mar. 7, Rochester. SEASON VERY GOOD SINCE THE HOLmAYS. — PLANT BUSINESS OF THE INCREASE. — LOCAL DOINGS. The florists of Rochester have no rea- son to complain of dull times. Although they experienced a slight falling off in sales at the beginning of the season, they have been more than busy every day since the holidays. Cut flower demand often exceeds the supply and it is noted that the call for flowering plants is decidedly on the increase, not only for the cheaper stock, but also for the larger and more expensive specimens of azaleas, rhododendrons, genistas, lilacs and so forth. Consequently the store windows present a mass ot gay colors, such as we are not accustomed to see here, excepting at the holidays. St. Valentine's day sales were a most pleasing surprise. During the recent severe zero weather, w^hen greenhouse boilers were taxed to their utmost capacity, the shed floor of Fred. Woldach's plant caught fire and, although the flames did not destroy the buildings, which were nearly all new structures, smoke and frost combined, were disastrous to the stock. Mrs. W. S. Kimball's orchid collection will find more commodious quarters dur- ing this coming summer, a few miles out of the city, on a farm where extensive new modern houses are to be erected. J. B. K. PougWteepsie, N. Y. Charles Mitchell is building four new iron frame, ornate greenhouses for Wm. P. Clyde at New Hamburg. One house is 15x60, one 18x60, one 19x74 and the fourth 12x60. Mr. Mitchell will also build a range for W. B. Dinsmore, at Staatsburgh. The houses are to take the place of the present range and the plans call for a center house 29x60, two end houses 21x41 and two others 26x26. All are to be iron-framed. Mr. Mitchell states that he also has orders to build thirtv violet houses at Rhinebeck. Verbenas, rooted cuttings. 75c per 100; J5.00 per 1000. pot plants, $2.50 per 100; $S0 per 1000. Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings, good sorts, $2.00 per 100. Coleus, J3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Cannas, good sorts, $2.00 per 100. Cinerarias, 3-inch, $5.00 per 100. Dracaena Indivisa. i-inch strong, $10.00 per 100. Feverfew, Little Gem, $3.00 per 100. Geraniums, finest sorts, $3.00 per 100; 825,00 per 1000. Rose, Mt. Snow. ^Ime. Salleroi, Souv. Chas. Tur- ner, $3.00 per 100. Happy Thought Mrs. Parker, Ivy Leaf, Le Elegante, $5.00 per 100. Heliotrope, $3.00 per 100. Pelargoniums, Victor, Mme. Thibaud, $5 00 per 100. Begonias, in variety, $4.00 per 100. Vinca Var., 2M-in., $3.00 per 100; 4-in. , $15.00 per 100. Carnations, rooted cuttings, Lawson, $2.00 per 100. Evelina and Hill, $1.50 per 100. Palms. Fine Stock. Prices on application. W. L. SIVIITII. Aurora, III. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. IT WILL PAY YOU To grow FUCHSIAS and there are none better than the following: Little Beauty, $5.00; Lord Byron, $4.00; White Beauty, $4.00; Tener, $4.00. Also BEGONIA Double Vernon, $4.00; Pink Sport ot Vernon, $10.00. HELIOTEOPE Mme. Bruant, $4.00 Stock ready now, strong 2^-inoh pots. SC ClfinCI CVV 708 N. 16th SIreat, I di dlilUCLdRIi PHIUDELPHIA, PA. Poinsettias... Five hundred fine old dormant stocks for sale. Price, $20.00 per hundred. Apply to JOHN L. WYLAND, De Haven, Pa. CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Now Ready. PINK. Per 100 Per 1Q00 Lawson $1.50 $12.50 Enchantress 12.00 100.00 Guardian Angel 1.25 10.00 Joost 1.25 10.00 Genevieve Lord 1.25 10.00 Nelson 5.00 40.00 Cressbrook 4.00 35.00 Triumph 1.25 10.00 Higinbotham 5.00 _ 40.00 Morning Glory 2.00 15.OO VARIEGATED. Per 100 Per 1000 Bradt $2.00 $15.00 RED. Per 100 Per 1000 Estelle $4.00 $35.00 Adonis , 14.00 Harlowarden 12.00 Crane 2.00 Palmer 4.00 Mrs. L. Ine 1.25 Chicago (Red Bradt) 2.00 WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $12.50 Queen Louise 2.50 20.00 Peru 1.25 10.00 Murphy's White 6.00 50.00 Bon Homme Richard 1.25 10.00 Hoosier Maid 1.25 Norway 1.50 White Cloud 1.25 120.00 100.00 15.00 30.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 12.50 10.00 LAWSON Rooted Cuttings from Black Soil, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1,000. "R rkST'fiS Well rooted cuttings, .ni\/0Xl0. strong and healthy. BRIDE $1.60 per hundred; $12.50 per thousand BRIDESMAID 1.50 per hundred ; 12.50 per thousand PEELE 1.50 per hundred; 12.50 per thousand GOLDEN GATE 1.50 per hundred; 12.50 per thousand IVORY 3.00 per hundred ; 25.00 per thousand SUNRISE 6.00 per hundred; 50.00 per thousand ROSE PLANTS From 2 1-2-inch Pots. Per 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000 SOUV. DE PIERRE NOTTING. .$8.e0 $75.t0 SUNRISE $7.00 $65.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 55.00 IVORY 4.00 35.00' BRIDESMAID 3.00 25.00 PERLE 3.00 25.W All stock sold under express condition tliat if not satisfactory It is to be returned immediately when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Please mention the A Florist when writing. I Rooted Carnation Cuttings ^ Get the best, cheap ctittiogs are dear at any price. Early orders will be furnished ^ X from sand, later orders from cuttings transplanted into soil at same rate. Per 100 Per 1000 Adonis $14.00 $120.00 Enchantress 12.00 100.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Fragrance 12.00 100.00 White Bradt 14.00 President McKinley 12.00 100.00 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt 12.00 Marshall Field 12.00 100.00 Lillian Pond 10.00 75.00 Her Majesty 10.00 80.00 Murphy's White 6.00 60.00 Apollo 6.00 50.00 Cressbrook 6.00 40.00 Dorothy Whitney 6.00 50.00 Enquirer 6.00 60.00 Floriana 6.00 46.00 Golden Beauty 6.00 40.00 Gov. Wolcott.... 5.00 46.00 Harry Fenn 6.00 60.00 J. H.Manley 6.00 60.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 6.00 60.00 Mrs. H. N. Higinhotham 6.00 46.00 Per 100 Per 1001) Mrs. Potter Palmer $ 6.00 America 1.76 Chicago or Red Bradt 3.00 Estelle 4.00 Ethel Crocker 1.76 Flora Hill 1.75 Genevieve Lord 1.75 G. H. Crane 1.76 Gov. Roosevelt 4.00 Guardian Angel 1.76 Lorna 4.00 Morning Glory 2.50 Marquis 1.75 Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 3.00 Mrs. F. Joost 1.75 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 3.00 Norway :.. 1.76 Prosperity 2.60 Queen Louise 3.00 ^Vhite Cloud 1.75 Wm. Scott 1.50 CANNAS. STRONG DORMANT, TWO-EYED ROOTS. Per 100 Per 1000 Allemania $4.00 Burbank 3.00 Chas. Henderson 3.00 $86.00 Duke of Marlborough. ..: 3.60 30.00 David Harum 15.00 Dwarf Florence Vaughan 4.01 36.fO E.\plorator Crampbell 3.00 26.00 Florence Vaughan 3.60 30.00 Francois Reif 3.60 30.00 L. Patry Leonard Vaughan. . . . Martha "Washington . Mlle.Berat Paul Marquant 3.00 Pres. Carnot 3.f0 Queen Charlotte 4.00 Sec. Chabanne 3.00 $45.00 15.00 26.00 30.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 30.00 16.00 30.00 20.00 16.00 26.00 16.00 25.00 16.00 20.00 25.00 16.00 12.00 60.00 50.00 26.00 10.00 25.00 26.00 36.00 26.00 VAUUilAN O OCCU olUnili 84-86 Randolph st., Chicago. \ GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. 2 »♦♦♦ igo3. The American Florist. 213 HALF MILLION CUTTINGS READY TO i SHIP. \ 20,000 Each of the Following: Varieties: ♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦ ♦ Crane, America, Prosperity, Armazindy, ClouiJ, Flora Hill, Norway, Bon Homme, ♦ 2 Marquis, Guardian Angel. All at $2.00 per JOO; $15.00 per JOOO. 1 ♦ Gov. Wolcott, Higinbotham, $5.00 per JOO; $45.00 per JOOO. ♦ I Estelle, $4.00 per JOO; $30.00 per JOOO. t Palmer, $5.00 per JOO; $40.00 per JOOO. \ Chicago Carnation Co., ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦»»»♦»♦♦< Joliet, III. rWWWWWW WWW KENNIGOTT BROS. COMPANY ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS. 3,000 White Cloud Carnation Cuttings at $10 per 1000 NORWAY $J.50 per JOd $12.50 per JOOO FLORA HILL J.50per JOO 10.00 per JOOO GUARDIAN ANGEL (The Sport). $1.50 per JOO $J0.00 per JOOO MARQUIS J.50 per JOO 10.00 per JOOO 40-44 RANDOLPH STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Carnations Carnations I Roses FOR 1903. Rooted Cuttings From Sand NOW READY. Per 100 NORWAY $2.00 LORNA 2.60 WM. SCOTT 1.60 FLORIANA 2.00 MORNING GLORY l.SO If from soil add 25 per cent to quotations. 100 1000 BRIDE ROSES from 2V4-inch pots. ..$2.50 $20.00 BRIDESMAID from 2i4-inch pots... 2.50 20.00 A. L. THORNE, flushi ng. N. Y. Rooted Cuttings lUO Pit IUIIU CRESSBROOK $5-00 $40.00 CHALLENGER 5.00 40.00 FAIR MAID 6.00 50.00 SOOatlOOO rates. Othervars.. prices on application C. WARBIRTON. Pall River. Mass. CARNATIONS Rooted Cuttings of all tie new 1903 and best standard varieties. Send for price list. WILLIAM SWAYNE. Box 226. KENNETT SQUARE, PA. Miss Louise Faber. Longest stemmed pink Carnation in the market to-day. $2 per 12; $10 per 100: $75 per 1000. Send for descriptive price list PICK & FABER, San Mateo, Cal. NEW CARNATIONS «6 GOV. LOWNDES (Fii MARSHALL FIELD, HARLOWARDEN, Large Commercial ^A^hite), MRS. THEO. ROOSEVELT, WHITE BRADT, ENCHANTRESS, PRESIDENT McKINLEY, SIBYL, FRAGRANCE, S2.50 par Dozen. SI 2.00 par 100. SI 00.00 per 1000. ADOXIS 13.00 per dozen. $14.00 per 100. $120.00 per lOfO. HER MAJESTY 3.00 per dozen. 10.00 per If 0. 80.09 per 1000. LILLIAN POND 2.00 per dozen. 10.00 per 100. 75.00 per 1000. INNOCENCE 6.00 per 100. 53.00 per lOiO Other Leading New and Standard Varieties. CHRYSANTHEMUMS— We have a large stock of the leading new varieties. Prompt delivery March 1st or earlier. Send for complete list of new and standard varieties now ready. H. WEBER & SONS, Oakland, Maryland AM. BEAITIES $3.50 per 100; $30 per 1000. Rooted Cuttings. J. A. BUDLONG, 37 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. ROOTED CUTTINGS GERANIUMS. The "SIX KINGS" for bedding, Ji*an Viaud (pink), AlphonseRiccard (scarlet), Beaute Poitevire, E. G. Hill (salmons), S. A. Nutt (crimson), Mme. Buchner (white), $1.50 per 100: $15.00 per 1000. VERBENAS. Our 20th Century Collection, 20 new munmioth varieties, labeled, 60c per 100; Jo-OOpcr lOiO. Per 100 PETUNIAS, Double fringed $1.26 ALYSSUMS, Double Giant 1. 00 MARGUERITES, White and yellow. 1.00 AGERATUMS, Stella Gurney, Pauline 75 SALVIAS, St. Louis. IJonflre 1.00 FEVERFEW, Little Gem 1.00 ASPARAGUS Sprengerl, 2/2-in. 82; 2-in. 1.50 CASH WITH ORDER. The W. T. Buckley Plant Co., Springfield, III. 30.000 DflHLIflS. Fifty varieties, whole field-grown roots, $4.00 per 100; $36.00 per I.OOU. Send for descriptive list. We can save you money. A,B.DAVIS8>S0N, Purcellville.Va, GARDENING This is the ])aper to recomm<'iid to your customers, the Jeading horticultural jourua,] in America for amateurs .... $2.00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free. Liberalterms to florists who take subscriptions. MoNON Building, Chicaso, III. .U.S.A. 214 The American Florist. Mar. J,, Columbus, 0. BUSINESS HOLDING UP NICELY AND MANY ORDERS BOOKED AHEAD. — DEMISE OF A VETERAN. A brisk business is being done by all our local florists and, judging irom orders booked ahead, Lent will not have much eflfect on the trade. ETcrybody antici- pates a good Easter trade and is prepar- ing for it. The Smith Floral Company, which started in rather late last fall, w^ill be in the market with a fine lot of bed- ding stock this spring. That the grower for the Fifth Avenue Floral Company understands forcing Dutch bulbs is evi- dent by the condition of the stock brought to the market. There has been no loss reported, thus far, on any bulb- ous stock, every whit being used up as fast as it is brought in. "Bermudas" are coming in quite plentiiully and all seem like good stock. Anton Brigel, aged 66 years, died last Wednesday. Mr. Brigel has been in the florist business in this city since 1884 and was well acquainted among the local trade, having gained the friendship ot all with whom he came in contact. ^Geo. S. Miller, of Newark, made a flying trip to Cleveland last week, where he did a fine business in a wholesale way. He was at the same time time getting pointers to make use of when he puts up that new addition this spring. Carl. Minneapolis. TRADE SHOWS THE INFLUENCE OF THE . LENTEN SEASON.— CLUB TO BE ORGAN- IZED. — NOTES.. A preliminary meeting was held by the florists at the West Hotel to consider the matter of organizing a club. Otto Will was elected temporary chairman and Ralph Lathom secretary. A committee was appointed to call on the florists and it is hoped to start with a good member- ship. The Lenten seasonis again with us and a little change is noticed in the call for flowers, although a heavy funeral demand still holds sway. Prices show a little decline in the wholesale market, but from reports there will be no over-supply for a while. R. Will & Son had a vase of Marquis, Chicago and Crane carnations at the recent meeting which were warmly praised. E. Nagel & Company are harvesting some very choice Campbell violets, the flowers of extraordinary size. C. F. R. Baldwinsville, Mass.— There are in this town eighteen establishments with one or more modern greenhouses devoted to the forcing of cucumbers. The average yield of a house is from 150 to 200 bushels a season. CARNATIONS From Two-inch Pots, Clean Healthy Stock. 100 1000 PROSPERITY $4.00 $35.00 LAWSON 4.00 36.00 FLORIANA 5.00 45.00 LORNA 4.00 35.00 NORWAY 4.00 36.00 ROOSEVELT 4.00 VIOLA ALLEN 6.00 TERMS:— Cash with order. A. V. D. SNYDER, Ridgewood,N.J. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. rw W W WWWW W W WWW wvwwwww w w wwwww^ Azaleas for Easter! All the Best Forcing Varieties, With Good Proportion of MME. VAN DER CRUYSSEN and SIMON MARDNER. Per 100 12 to 14-inch crowns, at $45.00 14 to 1 6-inch crowns, at 60.00 A quantity of fine bushy specimens, Mme. Van der Cruyssen, Niobe, Simon Mardner, etc., with 1 6 to 1 8-in. crowns, $15 per doz. ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. Strong seedlings from flats, $2.00 per lOO. FICUS ELASTICA (true Belgian var.) 100 S and 6-in. pots, 18-20 in. high, at.. .$30.00 4-in. pots, 10-12 in. high, at 20.00 3-in. pots, at IS.OO KENTIA BELMOREANA. 2|-inch pots, strong plants, $6.00 per 10(^ $50.00 per 1000. 3-inch pots, $12 per 100; $100 per lOOO. CANNAS. All standard varieties, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. The Storrs & Harrison Co. PAINESVILLE, OHIO. g««s««a»a«w«a5a «i?i^^wa^a« wtfim«MaCTaaa Carnation Cuttings. WELL ROOTED, CLEAN, HEALTHY STOCK. Per 100 Per lOOO Flora Hill $1.50 $10.00 White Cloud 1.50 10.00 Norway 1.50 12.50 Prosperity 1.50 10.00 Per 100 Per 1000 Mrs. Lawson $2.00 America 1.50 Marquis....; 1.50 Elma..; 1.50 $12.50 10.00 10.00 10.00 Guardian Angel (The Sport), per 100, $1.50; per lOOO, $10.00. 2>^-INCH ROSE STOCK. Ivory., Bride.. Per 100 Per 1000 ... $4.00 $35.00 .... 3.00 25.00 strong, healthy plants, for early benching Per 100 Per lOOO Bridesmaid :.$3.00 $25.00 Meteor and Gate 2.50 20.00 Ivory, rooted cuttings, per 100 $2.50; per 1000, $20.00. _ 3 and pi! received they i AU cuttings and plants sold with the express condition that if not satisfactory when J to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. WIETDR BROS., w,ba?h a,.^. Chicago. etease menlion the American Ftonst when writing ttt» 1<=l( Plants in excellent condition, raised in sandy soil and ^airliaililQll^^ULIiiblligS. grown in new hou_s»s. Cuttings well rooted. 100 20.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.10 10.00 Mrs. Potter Palmer 5.00 America 1.50 Mrs. h. Ine 1.50 Evanston 1.50 Crane 2.00 Portia 1.50 Egypt 1.50 Wolcott 5.00 Murphy's White... 3.00 1000 40.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 45.00 25.00 Queen Louise 1.50 Mrs. Fisher 1.50 White Cloud, 1.50 Norway 1.60 Eoosier Maid 1.50 Peru 1.50 Flora Hill 1.50 Eoosevelt 2.0(} Prosperity 2.00 1000 12 00 12.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 i5.ro 15.00 1000 Higinbotham $5.00 $40.00 Cressbrook 3.50 Enquirer 2.50 Lawson 2.00 Joost L.TO Genevieve Lord. .. . 1.50 Marquis 1.50 Melba 1.50 Ethel Crocker 1.50 Terms: Cash with order. Sold under express condition that if not satisfactory they are to be returned Immediately, when money will be refunded. JOHN BROD, Nlles Canter, III. American Beauty Roses. First crop now ready. Strong plants from 2;^-inch pots, 86.00 per 100; 850.00 per 1000. Our 3'^oung plants of American Beauty are exceptionally fine this year, and we extend a cordial invitation to intending planters to inspect our stock. Orders booked now for Spring delivery, and will be filled in rotation. ROBERT SCOTT & SON, Sharon Hill, Del. Co. Pa. T9 ^\CI VGS for spring blooming — the proper .Ell\/0Xi0 sorts — Clothilde Soupert, Co- quette des Blanches, Coquette des Alps, Gen. Jacqueminot, La France, Crimson Rambler, etc., fine 1 and 2 year field-grown plants that have never been forced, suitable for 5-in. pots, at 6c; larger, for 6-in. pots, at 10c. Large-flowered Clematis, finest purple, lavender, white and pink sorts, 2 year field-grown or from 5-in. pots, at 18c; 1 year fleld- grown or from 3-in. pots, at 9c. Clematis Panicu- lata, fine 3 year field-grown, 6c. Packing free for cash. W. H. SALTER, Rochester, N, Y. Please mention the A merican Florist when writine. Young Rose Stock. BRIDES and BEIDESMAIDS, 2-inch; PERLES 2and2VS-inch; WOOTTONS and LA FRANCE 2y. and 3-inch; AMERICAN BEAUTIES 2-inch; KAISBRIN 2 and 214-inch: SOUPERT and HERMOSA 2i/o-inch. A No. 1 Stock from 2 and 3-eyed Cuttings. J. G. MURRAY Peoria, III. igo3. The American Florist. 215 A.'Z.A.T^^AJ^ r stock is not only larger but finer than ever before. We can supply standard ;s including 10 per cent oflVIme. Van der Cruyssen. Do not delay ordering, the ■ plants are shipped the less danger to the buds. Per do/.. s, 10 to 13 inches in diameter $ 5 00 6l00 13 to 14 13 to 15 16 to 18 18 to 30 20 to 34 9 00 15 00 30 OO 42 00 r.T 100 $40 00 50 00 70 00 r»j^iv]M:s. ARECA LUTESCENS. plant in pot. .6 to 8 In. liijjh, i 3 plants in pot. 13 to 45 3 •■ 15 to 18 3 •■ 18 to 34 5 to 6 •■ 33 to 34 3 " 38 to 30 1 35 2 59 5 00 $ 6 00 Per 100 $40 00 Per 1000 10 00 " TO 00 30 00 " 175 00 40 00 ■■ 350 00 75 00 100 00 KENTIA FORSTERIANA. 3M-inch pots, 4 Leiives , 3-inch pots. 4-inch pots, 6-inch pots, 6-inch pots, 7-inch pots, 8-inch pots, 8-inch pots, li-inch pots, '.'-inch pots in-inch pots, 111- inch pots 13-in. tubs. 5 to 6- 6 to • I'cr ,0i0 2-inch Mrs. Fisher Carnation, 5.000 3 to 4-inch Plumosus and Sprengeri. 10,000 VA and 3-inch Geraniums. 5,(00Canna Bulbs. Rooted cuttings of Roses, Carnations, Coleus, etc. GEO. A. KUHL. Pekin. 111. Pleaze tnenlion the American Florist when writing. A. '^G-^!\r JBools:* "How to Make Money Growing Violets." by George Saltford, 30 years' practical experience. Price. 25c postpaid. Money order preferred. Agents Wanted. VIOLET CULTURE CO., 61 Quincy Street. BROOKLYN, N. Y. Governor WolcoH Carnation Rooted Cuttings l.om Flowering Stems Onl/ $5perK0; $45 per 1000. imi lOiHi nOSTON MARKET, white i.5.01 WO.CO LA Wi')N 1.00 i 1.00 Henry A. Stevens Co., East St., Dedham, Mass. HORTICULTURAL ENGRAVING& PRINTING IT IS the "particular" kind of work we ^^mtm^^ like, tlie kind tliat everybody UlSiMrBRYA^NIi ' ' ' 7(56 t HE ST N U T ST R E tt : PHILADELPHIA PA, THE NEW FERN Anna Foster Unqualified success. Quick seller. Very prolific, at «2n.00 per HO, from 3-inch. KENTIA PALMS, «50, $75 and $100 per ICO. RUBBERS, ."i-in. pots, 18 in. high, $4 to $6 per doz ASP. SPRENGERI, 3-in., strong, $6 per 100. L. H. roSTER, 46 Kbig Sirtol. Doroliutor. Mau. WE NOW OFFER 5> ''Chemicals for making LIQUID COMPOST. Dry powdersall solublein water. LorapoBtB cost lees than 3-^0 per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 620 Atlantic Ave.p Boston. Cinerarias from Henary's shov tlowers saved, giant [lowered , lln.st colors and shades, dwarf or semi-dwarf, makes Cue selling plants for Eas- ter; 3-in. ready for ^-in. pots. $4 (XJ per 100. Cash. Shellfoad Greenhouiei. Grange P, 0., Balto., Md, Please mettlivn the American Florist when writing. 218 The American Florist. Mar. 7, Buffalo. ANOTHER VETERAN PASSES TO THE OTHER SHORE. — CLUB NOMINATES OFFICERS. — TRADE QUIET. — NOTES. The trade lias lost another old-time florist in the death of Philip La Tour, who died on February 25. Mr. La Tour had been engaged in business about as long as anyone in the city and was quite successtul. At his death he had a nice little business at 1 E. Parade avenue. He left a wife, two sons and four daughters, one the wife of Wm. F. Kasting. The iuneral was held from the family residence on Saturday and was largely attended. The gardeners' and florists' employes in this vicinity have organized a union which on February 11 received a charter from the American Federation of Labor. The officers are: President, John Bischopp; vice-president, Joseph Streit; secretary, Wm. Barlet; treasurer, K. Forbach; ser- geant-at-arms, John Scheigler. The B. F. C, at the meeting March 3, nominated the following officers: For president, F. G. Lewis, Wm. Scott; for vice-president, G. McClure, Chas. Hew- son; for secretary, W. Legg; for treasurer, C. H. Keitsch; for recording secretary, E. C. Brucker. A banquet committee was appointed. Trade has taken on the usual quiet aspect always felt at the beginning of Lent and, with the exception of funeral work, there has been no rush. Stock is equal to the demand but prices show no decrease as yet. Biso.\'. Albany, N. Y. TRADE RATHER QDIET.— MORTUARY FLOW- ERS THE PRINCIPAL DEMAND.— A DEATH IN THE TRADE. Trade the past few weeks has been made up largely of funeral work. The principal event this week was the dinner given at the Hotel Ten Eyck by C. V. Collins, to the officers of the various penal institutions in the state. Covers were laid for eighty guests. The decora- tions of American Beauty roses were by H. G. Eyres. The funeral of Joseph B. Pfordt, of the firm of J. G. Pfordt's Sons, was held on Sunday from the family residence on Broadway. R- D- Padocah, Ky.— C. L. Brunson & Com- pany are preparing to put up a new rose house. Mr. Brunson has been to Chicago after the material. ROOTED GUniNGS 100 1000 COLEUS, Assorted % -60 J5.00 Verschaffeltii, red and yellow 70 6.00 GERANIUMS 200 1500 Mme. Salleroi 1-25 10.00 AGERATUM, Stella Gurney 75 6.00 ALYSSUM, Double 1.00 8.00 IMPATIENS, The Queen 3.00 Send for list of Chrysanthemums and Carnations. Central Michigan Nursery, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN. SPECIALTIES ROSESj from 3-iiicli pots. ■ ■*<>«< CARNATIONS, for aU deUvery, '" "'''»' CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Vari(k4S I. Y. VERBENAS We are the largest growers of Verbenas in the country, and those who buy of us are sure to get plants and rooted cuttings perfectly healthy and free from rust. 60 ^V^rl^-U^S. Rooted Cuttings, 60 cis. per 100; $5.00 per 1000; $45 per 10,000. Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. Pink. Per 100 Floriana $2.00 Mrs. Higinbotham 5.00 While. Per 100 Queen Louise $2.00 Lorna 2.60 Norway 2.00 Good Enough 2.00 Hoosier Maid 2.00 White Cloud 1.60 Flora Hill 1.60 Rail. Mrs. Potter Palmer 4.00 J. H. Manley 6.00 Oriole 4.00 G. H. Crane 2.00 Jubilee l.SO Portia 1.25 Cressbrook 4.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 4.00 Mrs. Thos. Lawson 3.00 Dorothy 2.00 Irene 2.00 Sunbeam 2.50 Morning Glory 1.60 Marquis 1.25 G. Lord 1.26 Mrs. Joost 1.25 Daybreak 1.25 Wm. Scott 1.25 Crocker 1.86 Crimson Per 100 Harry Fenn $5.00 Gov. Roosevelt 2.60 Gen. Maceo 1.60 Yellow. Buttercup 3.00 Gold Nugget 2.00 Eldorado 1.25 Variegated. Dorothy Whitney 6.00 Prosperity 2.60 Mrs. G. M. Bradt 8.00 Armazindy 1.26 Our gralted roses are fine, bushy plants and grown in 3 and S^^-inoh pots. Orders booked now for deUvery in May, June and July. Bridesmaids, Brides, Golden Gate, Kaiserin, price $15.00 per 100. Ivory, Liberty, price $18.00 per 100. Send fob Catalogue. J. L. DILLON, Bioomsburg, Pa. 5-in. pots, $3.00 per doz. 6-in. pots, 6.00 per doz. 6-in. strong 6.00 per doz. 7-in. pots, 7.20 per doz. BOSTON FERNS ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS, 4-in. pots, fine plants, $1.60 per doz. 4-in. pots, extra select, $2.00 per doz. r^ ^™ i^^ IW I ^% Ml I ^> furnished with leaves, PtRN DALI-O $5.00perdoz. FERNS FOR DISHES 2-in. pots, good varieties, assorted, $3.00 per 100. WRITE FOR LIST. TheGEO.WITTBOLOGO. 1657 Buckingham Place, Chicago. GERANIUMS Rooted Cuttings For Dollviiy Fib. ISth to Maieh ISUi. 100 1000 HETERANTHE, 1 BUCHNER AND J- $1.26 $10.00 S. A.NUTT ) CASTELLANE, VIAUD, I PERKINS, POITEVINE, V 1.60 16.00 LANDRY, RICCARD....) ACTEON, LA FAVORITE 1 BON NOT, LA PILOT, \ 1.60, Not CASTRIS AND JAULIN.. ( enough for 1000 sales ALBERT M. HERR, TheHorticultural Trade Journal THE LARGEST, BRIGHTEST AND BEST Horticultural Trade paper in the British Isles. It oontftins MORE ADVERTISEMENTS, MOKE ILLUSTRATIONS and MORE NEWS than any of Its oontemporaries. Read by the whole of the British trade and all the best European houses every week. Annual subscription, 76 cents. Specimen copy post free. Published weelcly. HerlleuitunI Trado Journal Co_ Padlbam. Lanoi.. Eoa. Please mention the A mertcan Florist when writing. JOSEPH HEACOGK, WYNCOTE, PA. GRowtR ARECA LUTESCENS, • 0' KENTIA BELMOREANA, ..i^—COCOS WEDDELUANA. Boston Ferns. 2H-inch strong $3.50 per lOO S-inch strong $1.00 per Doz. 8.00 per ISO FROM BENCH, 3-in. 3c; 5-in. 15c; 6-in. 26c. Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 2V^-in. $3.50 per 100 Sprengeri, extra fine, 2>4-inch $2.60 per 100 Sansevieria Zeylanica, 3-inch, ready for 6-inch, 75c per dozen. CYCAS REVOLUTA. Long Leaf variety, 3 and 4 fronds, 40c; 6 and 6 fronds, 60c; 7 and 8 fronds, 76c. Per lOO ALTERNANTH ERA, red, pink, yellow $2.00 VINCA MAJOR VAR., 2-inch 2.60 CANNAS, Peachblow, Shenandoah 2.00 Morning Star, L. E. Bally 2.00 J. C. Vaughan, A. Bouvier, Bur- bank, Chas. Henderson 8.00 Egandale, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, F. Vaughan 3.50 Our selection 2.80 All started, ready for potting. CARNATIONS. Queen Louise, the best white money maker to date 2.00 Morning Glory 1.60 Joost 1.00 Cash please. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, 0. Pansy Plants. Per 100 Large-flowering $2.50 per 1000, S .50 ASP. SPRENGERI, fine plants 2.00 GERANIUMS. 10 varieties. 2>4-in. pots, $2.50 and 3.00 COLEUS. 20 var, 2-inch pots 1000 $18.00 2.00 CANNA BULBS. 8 varieties, dry bulbs 3.00 ASP. SPRENGERI SEED tOOO, $2.00 .50 CASH PLEASE. JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM. Delaware. 0. Igo^l The American Florist. 219 EASTER NOVELTIES VELVET CREPE PAPER POT COVERS. These Velvet Gripe Paper Pot Coveis a-e one of the most success- ful importations of this season, being made of our celebrated Velvet Crepe Paper, of which we are Ihe Sole Agents in the United States, these covers being acknowledged by all wide-awake florists to fill a long felt want in the u^e of covering a pot quickly and inex- pensively. Thty are all made of the two- colored combinations with gum bands running through each cover so they can be slipped over the pot very easily, which improves the appearance of both pot and plant. They c Fine large plants, once transplanted I rlllOll-Ci from cold frame, Bugnot, Cassier and Odier, prize strains, 60c per 100; $4.00 per 1000; extra large plants coming in bud. $1.00 per 100. Verbenas R. C, eOa per ICO; $5.00 per lOCO. Double White Daisies, large plants, 60o per 100; $5.00 per 1000. Dwarf Blue, Red and White Lobelias, $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per lOiO; Asparagus, from Hats, readv for potting. Plumosus Nanus. $3.00 per 100; 118.00 per 1000; Sprengeri. $1.00 per 100; $7.00 per 1000 Cvolamens, from Bats, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 10 0. 2!,4-inch $3.i per 100; 200 for $5.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100 Sweet Alyssum, rooted cutting, 75c per 100. These prices are for cash. HILL TOP GREENHOUSES, IS and 17 Cray Avenus, UTICA, N. Y. Vinca IVIajor Variegata Rooted Cuttings, 75c per 10. Hardv Garden Pinks. 2-inch, }1..^0 per ITO. Only a liini- led quantity. Speak quick :::;;: WILL AUSTIN. Geneseo, III. SHAMROCK. Something new. From cemetery of Downpatrick in Ireland. Plants, from 2!^-inch pots. $4 per VX): $35 per 1000; 250 at 1000 rate. Cash with order. Order early, as stock is limited. J. D. Harcourt's Sons, Wappingers Falls, N. Y. k FEW GOOD THINGS YOU WANT. Special low prices on palms to close out. Fine clean stock, cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, 4, 1 and 6-inch. $35, $40 and $100 per 100. KENTIA Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 3, 4 5 ann 6-inch$12, |25, $40, 1100 per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 3-inch, H and $6 per 100. ASPARAGUS Plumosus, 3-iQcb, $1-. Sprengeri, 3- inch. 15, per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 4, S-in., $10, $25 per 100 ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-incb, $3 and $6 per 100 VINCA VAR.. 2-in., $?.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutt, La Favorite, Bonnot, Poitevine, Iliccard, Francis Perk ns, 2-inch. $2.50 per 100. AGERATUM, blue and white, 75 cents per 100. CARNATIONS, Rooted Cuttings, \Vm. Scott, Portia, Prosperity, Queen Louise, Ethel Crocker, F. Ine. $1 per ion. GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50c per ICO. Carnations, Portia. Scott. E. Crocker, Goode- nou^'h, White i loud, Mrs. L. Ine; Verbena, Scar- let Sage, Petunia, Coleus, mixed; Ageralum, Ulueand While. Lobelia. All 2-inch iv.ts, $2.iK) per 100. CEO. M. EMMANS, NEWTON, N. J- ROOTED CUTTINGS Of Petunias, Heliotrope. Alyssum, Salvia. Afieraturo. Coleus, red, yellow and inixcd. Be sure and write us about Boston Ferns, 20 000 pot-grown, 2% to 10-inch. GEO. A. KIHL, Pekin, III. Patent No. 1.— Brass, nickel, 4 feet long, 6 clasps to each rod. Price complete (with green or white tum- blers) $2 25. Price complete (with green or white cornucopia vases) $2.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod, brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-ioch yjots. each $1.75. KIFT'S PATENT Rubber Capped FLOWER TUBES, IV4--nch diameter, per 100. $3.50. JOSEPH KIFT & SON, 1726 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa. VERBENA KING. HEADQUARTERS for VERBENAS. As we grow more than anybody, (the world beater), 4.5 of the best select Mammolh namtd vara., 60c per ICO, 85.00 per 1000; 50C0 for $23.00; 10.000 for $10.00. Hdlotropn, ten best named vars., $1.00 per 100. $8.C0 per lOJO. Dllilu, 4 of the win- ning varieties, named, $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per lOCO. Coleus, 30 of the most popular named varieties, and they are good ones. Plenty of Scarlet Ver- ohadeltii and Golden liedder,70o per 100, J6.00 per 1000. Petunia, (Kansas) Double White; this is a grand bloomer and a very strong grower; a good one, $1.25 per 1(0, $10.00 per 1000. ' Ageratums, the only 4 varieties: Stella Gurney, Princess Pauline, Copes Pet, and Lady Isabel, the grand white one, 60o per 10 '. $5.00 per 1000. Salvlee, 4 of the best select named varieties; they are winners, $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per 1000. Ch>santhemums, 20 best named varieties rooted '■uttings, $1,35 per 100, $10.00 per 1000, 5,0U0 for ai.TOO," Ftve'lew. Little Gem, rooted cuttings, $1.25 per. I 0, $10.00 per 1000. Alterna»thera. red and yellow, 2-in., strong, ©.OO per 100, JIK.OO | er 1000. Express pr paid on Rooted Cuttings. t^~ Satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed in everv respect. THAT CASH OR C. O. D., PLKASE. List ready .Jan. 1st. The Rooled Culling Specialist.. CUT CENTER. KAN. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI J.'l'in^ra: 3-infl], $3.00, 4-iiK-li, ,ti; (10 |,.r 100. ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS, 3K-incb, $3.C0, 3-inch, J5.0O per 100, IVY CUTTINGS. 60o per 100. 2 inch and 3-inch, .$3.00 iind ,$.5.00 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, 4-iu. 16c; 5-in. 20c; 6-in. 36c. IMPATIENS SULTANI, 4-incli, $1.60 per dozen. J. H. BORNHOEFT, Tipton, Ind. 220 The American Florist. Mar. 7, New Orleans. SOCIETY HAS LITTLE INCLINATION TO UNDERTAKE ANOTHER SHOW.— SEASON OF GOOD BUSINESS. The approach of spring had the effect of increasing the attendance for our last meeting, and in spite of processions pass- ing in the streets.some important sub- jects were discussed. The idea of having a chrysanthemum show was talked over but nothing was decided. The plan seems to meet with little favor on the part of the generality of members. We would certainly loose money again, no matter what we would change in the programme, so what is the use to try again? A spring show very early in the season, around our Mardi Gras time, would be more proper, but the possi- bility of a late cold snap would be one of the drawbacks. We will know more about it in a few days. The attention of the society was called to the importance of having the state of Louisiana well represented at the St. Louis World's Fair. Professor Stubbs, in charge of the experimental station located at Audubon Park, requested the members to be present in a body at his hall when he would explain the way to get at it in the best manner. The Horticultural Society and some of the Gardeners' Association responded to his invitation last Sunday, and assurance was given by almost everybody present that the state will be well represented. Now that the excitement of the carnival season is over, business will open well at the markets. Decorations have been plentiful this past season, the largest ones being made up by U. J. Virgin. Recent visitors were C. W. McKellar, of McKellar & Winterson, Chicago, and J. A. Bauer, of Paducah, Ky. M. M. L. Baltimore. Trade continues good and stock is in fair shape. The bright weather has brought out the carnations in abund- ance. I. H. Moss is now cutting 3,500 a day and his houses are a fine sight. Queen Louise and White Cloud are cer- tainly the best that have been seen in and around Baltimore. Fred. Bauer has a fine stock of carnations, and his houses are in excellent shape. H. Weber & Sons, at Oakland, have a remarkably fine show of carnations. IM S E OTS RED SPIDER, APHIS And all other Insects killed by SULPHO-TOBACCO SOAP, The Popular Inseotlclde. SELL IT. PRICES LOW. ■ SALES NET lOO PER CENT. PROFIT. Full particulars and sample cake free, if this paper is mentioned. LaH(mSo9p C5. buffalo, n. y. K I I- I- Boston Florist Letter Go. aiAlfUPACTITKERB OP FLORISTS' LETTERS. Thifl wooden box nicely Btained and var- nished, 18x30x13 made in two sections, one for each size letter, given away with nist order of 600 letters. Block Letters, lYi or 2-incli size, per 100, 12.00. Script Letter.' $4. Fastener with eaoh letter or Used by leadinK florists everywhere and for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers. N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS. HXl&SQDABTKBS FOB HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES Of S^rery Description. When you can't get what you want anywhere else, send here, we will send It to you. "irit'sused In Horlloulture, we have It." DUNNE &CO.>64W.8ouin.,NiwYoifc- Telephone Call, 1700 Madiion Squaie. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. LENOX FLOWER ATOMIZER FLORISTS SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES EVERY FLORIST SHOULD SELL IT, JUST SEND 35c AND GET ONE BY MAIL, YOU WILL WANT MORE. A cake of Tobacco Soap and Booklet free with each. THE LENOX MFC. CO., 1 lO Chambers Street, NEW YORK. WESTERN FLORISTS... ^_^ can save money in buying ^^^ Supplies FROM BARTELDES&CO.s 1521 1 5th Slreel, DENVER, COLO. REED & KELLER, 122 West 2Slh St., NEW YORK. Importers and Manufacturers of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Calax Leaves and all Decorative Greens. Sigmund Geller Importer and Manufacturer of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES Looking for Fall Novelties? LOTS OF THEM ON EXHIBITION. 1 08 W. 28th Street, New York. A. HERRMANN, ^ Cape Flowers, all colors, ^ Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs, jt and All Florists' Supplies. Send for Prices. 404-412 East 3 41h St. NEW YORK. Wired Toothpicks 10,000, 11.50; 50,000, «6.25. Manufactured by W. J. COWEE. BERLIN. N. Y. Sample Free. For sale by dealers.j SURE SELLERS. AT DULL SEASON PRICES. FANCY Baskets, the cream of foreign and domestic art; fine Cycas goods, Sheaves, Cape Flowers, Immortelles, Water-proof Pot Covers, Let- ters and Mottoes, Jardinieres, Doves, Dyed Moss, etc The Best in the Market Always and they sell all the year round. It is not too soon to begin to figure on what you shall need for Easter and the busy times to follow. Send for our latest catalogue. Profusely Illustrated. ti.Bayersdorfer&Co. 50-56 North Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Cut Flower Boxes. WATER PROOF. Corner Lock Style. Tlae best, strongest and neatest folding cut flower box ever made. Clieap, durable. To try them once is to use them always. Size PerlOO lOM Size Per 100 1000 Jfo. 0. 3x4s20..$3.00$18.OU No. 5. 4x8.x23..$3.00$27.00 No. 1. 3x4V4xl61.75 15.00 No. 6. 4x8x28.. 3.75 35.00 No. 2. 3x6x18.. 2.00 18.00 No. 7. 6x16x20 B.50 53.10 No. 3. 4x8x18.. 3.40 22.00 No. 8. 3x7x21.. 3.00 29.00 No. 4. 3x5x24.. 2.75 25 00 No. 9. 5x10x35 6.50 60.00 Sample free on application. No charge for printing on orders above; 250 boxes. Terms cash. THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., BOX 102. COLUMBUS. OHIO. TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounted, MannfiictiiTed by The Conley Foil Co. Sai to 641 West KSth St., FRANZ BIRNSTIEL, COBURG, GERMANY. Baskets, Puerto Rico Mats, Cycas, Waterprooi Crepe Paper, Glass, China. LATEST NOVELTIES IN ALL FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, FOR THE WHOLESALE TRADE OHLY. igoj. The American Florist. 221 FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS OF PECULIAR EXCELLENCE AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES. Exteriors of OAK OR TILE. Interior Lining;s of HALF INCH PLATE GLASS OR CYPRESS. CATALOQUE 10 FREE. THE WILKE MFG. CO., ANDERSON, IND. WHY NOT BUT RED P0T5 OF PS? [Standard Sizei Quality— No Better. Carefully Packed In Small Crates. Easy to Handle. Price List Free. Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, N. T. [BEST POT IN THE MABKETJ KELLER BROS. .«.^^213-15-I7-J9-2I-23 Pearl St., NORRISTOWN. PA. Manufactoiers of Standard Flower Pots, red in color, equal to the best on the market; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec- tions. We give special attention to mail orders and make ■pscial sizes to order in quantities A postal will bring prices and discounts. FLOWER POTS STANDARD POTSsPc^.tTv List and SAMPLES FREE. SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO., p. 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS. MIN^. Please mention the American Florist when writing. Standard PQX^ Flower... If your greenhouses are within 500 miles of the Capitol, write us, we can save you money W. H. ERNEST, 28th and M Streets, WASHINGTON, D. C. Always mention the American Flo- rist when yog order stock.>?t Standard Flower Pots The WHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA. PA. JERSEY CITY. N. J. LONG ISLAND CITY. N. V. Travelling Representative, U. CUTLER RYERSON, 108 Third Ave., Newark, N. J. STANDARD FLOWER POTS! Packed in small crates, easy to handle. 1500 2-in 1500 %H 1500 tVt 1000 3 800 3V5 500 4 320 5 144 6 \ per crate in crate, $4.88 5.25 6.09 5.00 5.80 4.60 4.51 3.16 Price per crate 120 7-in., in orate, $4.20 60 8 " 3.00 BAND MADE. 48 9-in., in crate, $3.60 48 10 24 11 24 13 12 14 3.60 16 4.50 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of Cylinders for Cut Flowers, Hanging Basinets, Lawn Vases, etc. Ten per cent off Jor cash with order. Address HILFINGER BROS. POTTERY, Fort Edward. N. Y. Or August Rolker .t Sons, New York Agents, 31 liarclay Street, New York City. WRITE AF IfnUR 1521-23 N. LBAVITT ST.. I \\ KUnili OHIOAGO. ILL., roB FBioEs or Standard Pots whloh for strength and porosity combined are the best on the marKet RED P OTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POUWORTH CO.. Illk'**'"<« i GEO. KELLER & SON, MANrTACTURERS OP FLOWER POTS. Before buying write for prices. 361-363 Herndon Street, near Wrightwood Ave., CHICAGO. ILL. Please meniioti the A merican Florist when writing. THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB FANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y, HARRY BALSLEV, DETROIT, MICH.. Rep. 490 Howard St. Please mentioti the American Florist when writin£. Invalid Appliance Co., GOLUIBIil PLANT TUBS Please mention the American Florist when wetting. 222 The American Florist. Mar. 7, Syracuse, N. Y. PLANTER PROPOSES TO CHANGE METHOD OF CHARGING FOR SPRING WORK.^ GROWER WILL SELL WATER INSTEAD OF USING IT.— OTHER NOTES. Henry Morris has his new greenhouses and salesroom at Elmwood nearly com- pleted. One of the recent additions is a showroom 135 feet long, the entire front being glass and facing the street. This room is light and airj' and under it runs a pretty brook, the whole effect being most pleasing. It is Mr. Morris' inten- tion to do a great deal of bedding this summer and he will introduce an innova- tion in the matter of charges. He wants to get the business down to dozen rates and charge so much an hour for the time of the men. Mr. Morris has completed a new house 37x100 feet and fourteen feet high, for American Beauty roses. J. L. Quance, of Newark, N. Y., discov- ered a mineral spring on the land upon which his greenhouse stands. He dug a well twenty-five feet deep, where he struck rock. Alter drilling ninety feet more he found water, but after using it on his stock he noticed that everything began to wither and die. An analysis showed that the water contained salt, magnesia, lime and soda and is a high quality lithia water. Mr. Quance will put it on the market and water his flow- ers irom some other source. At the opening of the Lenten season, business is rather dull. Hyacinths, tulips, daffodils and azaleas are at the head in popularity. Violets are scarce and bring from $2 to $3 per hundred. Carnations are rather poor. Henry Burt intends to concentrate his efforts upon his Oakwood avenue green- house, at the entrance of Oakwood ceme- terv, and will cater to the cemetery trade. It is said that while at the carnation meeting L. E. Marquisee booked orders for 104,000 cuttings of Flamingo, his medal winning seedling. A. J. B. Cleveland. WEATHER GOOD AND STOCK RECUPERAT- ING. — gUALITIES GENERALLY GOOD. The Lenten season was ushered in with a great deal of snow and bluster, but the weather changed suddenly and is as mild and nice as can be. Lent is allowing the stock to recuperate after its heavy forc- ing and cutting. Bulbous stock and vio- lets are plentiful, roses showing better color and less mildew and carnations at the top notch. Miss Lulu Schmitt, daughter of A. Schraitt, of Glenville, is quite ill. P. L. Adams, son-in-law of Adam Graham, died February 26. O. G. Lancaster, O.— Charles Sargent, of Gravett & Son's staff, was married Feb- ruary 22 to Miss Stella Chambers. Greenhouse Glazing. If you are going to build, let us give you our terms for gla^iag or* <^ <^ A. F. LONGREN, Box 654, LOCKPORT, ILL. %ftllllllfilliiiltltt ■W Spjcial Machinery lowers c'st. That's where we save. Not on material. im Our factory is equipped with machinery m especially adapted for this business. ■■ Spcial facilities for special work. CM These, backed by experience and a thorough know- ledge of material, enable us to give you the very best at a reasonable price. We can give you much better value than your local mill. Ml >^ 'ONINfittfc,^ II1to115BLACKHAWKSi cHICAGOi^. SEULinei AGENTS roR GARLAMD IRON GUTTERS. "^ Second-Hand Boilers and Material. When you are in tbe market for anything in the way of Steam or Water Sectional' or Tubular Uoilera. be sure to get our list. We have two hundred Boilers in stock ranging from 4 to 500 horse-power each. We can also supply you with anything you may require in the way of SECOND-HAND or NEW PIPE at extremely low prices. We carry a complete s'.ocb of supplies. Ask lor Catalogue No. 47. CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO., Wast 35tli and Iron Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. Holds Glass Firmly See the Point Jn~ Ctlamliic Palnti nra the bat. No llghti •! lefti. Box of 1,000 polBta 76 eti. poitpftld. HEITRT A. SREER, >M Chntast St., Fkll*., Pk Sprague Smith Co. PIATE AND WINDOW CUSS Breeniiouse Glass a Specialty SOS laMtoMi StTMfe CHICAeO. I™ Regan Printing House S"' CATALOGUES riORISTS' **"'"^^^^*'** 87-91 Plymooth Place, j»j»j»CHICAGOj*j»j» The Florists' Hail Asso'n Pays Losses Promptly. Reserve fund $10,000. For particulars address JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J. NOTICE. THE MODEL PLANT STAKE COMPANY, formerly of Brooklyn. N. Y., has removed to 208 Jersey St., Harrison, New Jersey, and is now The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co. The Model Extension Carnation Support. ^^^^^^^^*»^^ Flushing, Long Island, ^ ■ ' ^ Deo. 11th, 1901. Ii,^^ ^^ Mb. Thbeon N. Pabkxb, r^ ■ W Brooklyn, N. Y. Dear Sir — I have used your Wire Carnation Sup - port the last two years, in all about 13,000. They fill the bill in every particular. Nothing oould be more satisfactory and would give me a great deal ol pleasure if I can bespeak a good word for you to the trade and you are at liber- ty to refer to me at any ' time. Very truly, A. L. Thobitb. La Fayette, Ind., July 8th, 1902. Mb. Thbbon N. Pabkeb, Harrison, N. J. Dear Sir: — After using your Model Carnation Sup- port in two of our houses the past winter, we have come to the conclusion that it is perfectly adapted to supporting carnations, and shall use them on all our plants the coming season. We were much pleased with the simplicity, strength and neat appear- ance of the support Yours truly F. DoEiTKE & Sons Co. Write for Circular and Price List. GALVANIZED STEEL ROSE STAKES. The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co. Inc. 208 Jersey St., Harrison, N. J. * rumi^atin^ Kind Tobacco r» I -_ KILLS ALL APHIS IN ONE NIGHT nothinc if you will pay the express charj^cs on it. Our booklet tells of it. Write Dept, C. for it. lie H. A. STOOTHOFF COail'ANY 116, 117,118 West .St., N.Y.. City igoj. The American Florist. 223 GLASS Price lists and illustrated pamphlets Gladly furaished on application. The Best, Double Strength <*^ Green or Hot Houses. 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Numerous eminent correapon- dents in all parts of the world. An advertising medium of the highest class. Moller's Deutsche Gartner Zeitung is published weekly and richly illustrated. Subscription 83 00 per annum, including postage. Sample copies free. LliDWIG MOLLER'S:;'^":^ 224 The American Florist. Mar. 7, Index to Advertisers. Advertising rates. ... 203 Albany Steam Trap Co .III AUwood John 217 Amling EC 303 Aschmann Godfrey 216 AsmusEG 209 Austin Will 219 Baldwin A J 218 Banner JL &Co....209 Barteldes&Co .... 220 Bassett & Wa3hburn202 Baur S Alfred Co . . . I Bayersdorfer H & Co220 Beokert W C 2i7 Benthey &Co 203 Berokmans P J Co. .211 Berning H G 202 Betsoher C 218 Bindekunst 209 Birnstlel Franz 221 Bobbink & Atkins.. 208 Boggs Caleb & Son . .208 Bonnet Bros 205 Bornhoeft JH 219 Boston Letter Co. . . 330 Brant SD 217 Brod John 214 Btuns HN 2(3 Bryant Jas M 217 Buckley W T Plant Co. .213 Budlong J A....: Burpee W A & Co. . .206 ByerBros 216 Caldwell the Woods- man Co 209 Calif Carnation Co. .215 Carmody J D 224 Central Mich Nursery Co. .218 ChicagoCarnationCo213 Chicago House Wkg Co. .222 Clark The E B Co. . .2OT Clark Wm A & Son.. 21 7 Clucas &. Boddington307 Coles WW .317 Conard & Jones Co. .216 Conley Foil Co 220 Cottage Gardens.... 211 Cowee Arthur 207 Cowee W J 320 Craig Robt & Son.. . . 216 Crowl Fern Co 209 Cunningham Jos H 218 Gushman Gladiolus Co DanleyST 211 Davis A B '>.',.;-?r;» j f .: ■ ■ ■• '- ■ ■'■-,' H^^*^ k ^^H 1 4 !^^l *>.*.. ■ ■ r ^~ .i^^^^^^H » F ^^H f o /X ' » ^ 1 «■ ' . • ■ ' ^ji.%>C% . ..■■■■ -' ■J r^''''-M j|H '*!^^^H _[ 9 ,Ji^: FIELD OF DAHLIAS AT THE WAGNER PARK CONSERVATORIES, SIDNEY, OHIO. (The row of plants witli white flowers, next to the cannas, is Storm King.) atmosphere in the house at all times except when vines are in bloom, when a drier and more bouyant atmosphere must be maintained until the fruits are set. Then continue with syringing and abundant moisture until grapes are ripening, when syringing of vines must be stopped, only sprinkling the border and paths on sunny days. The border should have a copious watering with clear, lukewarm water when heat is first introduced, repeating the dose for three days in succession in order that every portion of the border may get a thorough watering. When the fruits are set and bunches thinned at every alternate watering liquid barnyard manure may be given until grapes show signs of coloring, when feeding must cease and a free circulation of air kept in the house night and day to assist the grapes to finish properly. As the grapes ripen only w ater the border to prevent the wilting and shriveling of the berries. John Ash. WITH THE GROWERS. WAGNER PARK CONSERVATORIES, SIDNEY, O. One of the prides of the prosperous city of Sidney, Ohio, is Wagner Park, a pri- vate grounds of some fifty acres, possess- ing all the characteristics of a public recreation ground and open to the people of the citythrough the enteiprise ot B. P. Wagner, the chief of this unique estab- lishment. It is in the center of this fine park that the conservatories are located which have been coming into the public eye as the home of a progressive florist business. The original conception was a landscape and retail flower and plant business, but gradually the wholesale department and the catalogue trade developed until they far over-shadowed the original purpose. A very handsome catalogue is published and a strong feature is the production of dahlias and cannas for the wholesale demand. The resources of the park acre- age are brought to bear in the matter of trial and testing of varieties and all the new sorts are to be found there. While both dahlias and cannas are grown by the acre, full lists of varieties being carried, and they are a leading department of the business, yet much attention is given to the production of other popular plants in large numbers. There is a big field of peonies and they grow a good list of perennial phloxes and many other hardy plants, the purpose being to keep in line with the develop- ment of the demand and to anticipate it somewhat, the wisdom of this course being shown in the success already achieved. Herbaceous Plant Notes. Spring may soon be here and with it our work among herbaceous plants will begin anew. But we should not be in too great a hurry. There is nothing to be gained by rushing things while the ground is still saturated with moisture. The winter covering should remain on the plants as long as there is any danger of hard frost. The spring frosts work the mischief in young plantations, not the severe winter's cold. In our latitude the first week in April is considered early enough to think of removing the winter's protection, and even then the ground is often so wet that we would rather wait a few days longer because walking between the plants, while the soil is in that condi- tion, is to be avoided, especially in clay or other heavy soils, which are likely to pack firmly around the roots. Where, for one reason or another, the beds or borders were not forked over in autumn, this work should be attended to at the earliest opportunity, else the weeds will surely be troublesome and cause much additional labor afterwards, but where this fall work has been performed there is no hurry about the spring fork- ing; we can safely leave the plants alone for weeks to come, though a majority of them may then have started into active growth and spring flowers may be out in full sway. It is not too late yet to gather cuttings from plants in the open ground and to root them under glass, either in bo.xes or in the ordinary propagating bench. All of them would make good stock by fall if planted out in due time. The evergreen iberises are easily multiplied in that simple manner. The arabis and the lovely little aubrietias of various colors or shades, root faster and more surely now than at any other time. All of the dianthuses and the armerias in variety, if put in during March, would make fine plants before next fall. The same may be said of the many varieties of Phlox subulata, the various heucheras, the megaseas and Genista saggitalis, as well as G. tinc- toria, in fact of nearly all the ever- green section of herbaceous plants. Neither is it too late to start root cut- tings of the Japan anemones in boxes to obtain good plants for the fall sales, also of acanthus, Stokesiacyanae, Euphorbia corollata, (xnotheras, Cephalaria Tar- tarica, saponarias, Thermopsis fabacea and T. montana, the statices, ceratos- tigma and some of the campanulas, and so forth. All seeds of hardy plants should be sown early, if possible under glass, if not, in a sheltered position where a quick growth may be expected. It takes longer for a seedling to make a good plant than for a cutting, and pricking out, potting off, and so forth, involves a lot of work and takes time, but there are many things which we must grow in that way if we want to keep up the stock; therefore the seedbed is an unavoidable necessity where herbaceous plants are grown. 230 The American Florist. Mar. 14^ It is too early in the season to speak of hardy plants in bloom, though we have heleborus in flower, Adonis vernalis is in bud and Eranthis hyemalis will be out in a very few days, if snow does not cover them again. Primula officinalis grandiflora, the variety which originated here in Roches- ter with Geo. Arnold, Jr., I believe, is a grand thing for the greenhouse. We tried a few two-year-old clumps undivided this year and they proved far more profitable than the one-year-old clumps, both for cutting purposes and as plants. They are in 6-inch pots, have abundant luxuriant foliage and erect, bold stems with great clusters of large primrose yellow flowers, which are lasting for weeks; the plants have been a mass of blooms for over six weeks now and still new buds are form- ing. J. B. K. Florists' Plant Notes. ASTERS. It is time now to sow your main batch of asters. Sow in good, light soil, not too thickly and place them in a tempera- ture of about 55°. When of sufficient size, transplant into flats, two inches apart each way, which can be safely removed into cold frames by the time the seedlings are established. Queen of the Market for early, Victoria, Comet and Daybreak for midseason, and Scrapie's Branching for late, are the best strains to sow. If small plants are wanted for sale in spring, another batch should be sown a month later. DAISIES. If you have any clumps of these little border plants for stock planted in a cool house, they should now be divided to single crowns and planted into cold frames with the pansies. Longfellow for red, and Snow-crest for white are the two best varieties, but many growers find difficulty in keeping up their stock. We transplant a number of small plants from the frames into the border in spring, and in fall divide up the clumps and plant the divisions about three inches apart in a light corner of a cool house. By this time each plant is large enough to be divided again and transplanted into cold frames. SWEET PEAS. ■ As soon as the frost is out of the ground a sowing of sweet peas should be made. Select a spot where the soil is heavy and where plenty of water can be given during the summer, for they must have "wet feet" to thrive and flourish. Fertilize the ground well with a couple of inches of well rotted cow manure and fork it in thoroughly. Plant the seed about two and a half inches deep and when they are a few inches high hoe the soil up around them to protect them from the cold. For support when they need it, we have found ordinary brush to be the best and cheapest. Let your sup- port be high enough, certainly not less than five feet, for if the peas do well they will easily attain that height or more. GEEANIDMS. Fall struck geraniums will now need a shift to the flowering pot, a 4-inch. Use a medium heavy loam with one-fifth old cow manure and a 4-inch pot full of bone- flour to a bushel of soil added, and pot firmly. Give the plants plenty of room on a light bench where abundance of ven- tilation can be given. Do not water too heavily right after potting but keep them iust a little on the dry side for a few weeks until the roots take hold of the soil. Geraniums will grow stronger and will bear transplanting better w^hen grown rather on the dry side. Very little syringing is necessary and that only on bright days. EASTER BDLBS. Do not make the mistake of bringing your Easter bulbs into heat too early. Remembfer that they last only a few days at best after the flowers are out, and for this reason it is important to be as accu- rate as possible in determining the length of the forcing period. I should say, allow single tulips, Dutch hyacinths and narcissi twenty days in a tempera- ture of 60°, and double tulips three days longer. Fourteen days will bring Romans into bloom easily at this season of the year. To be sure a great deal depends upon how far the bulbs are developed when brought in from the outside. When they are not allowed to freeze hard on account of too much covering they are sometimes four or five inches high by this time, and if in this condition a few days' less forcing is required to develop the flowers. If your bulbs show signs of coming too early, remove them to a cooler temperature and keep them shaded from the sun, but no shading is now required to lengthen the stems. G. but in many instances the insects may endure more soap than the ferns, and unless it were some species that would be difficult to replace it might be better to destroy the affected plants rather than to attempt to clean them. Tobacco stems laid on the hot water pipes would have very little value in this case. W. H. Taplin. A Standing: Wreath, The accompanying illustration is of a standing wreath made by the George Wittbold Company, of Chicago, a design which they say is one of their best sellers. The flowers used in this case ■ were Bride roses and sweet peas, but it may be made up of tidips or carnations, in fact of whatever is most available. The green is Adiantum Farleyense with a few small cocos leaves. Pests in Palm House. Ed. Am. Florist:— We have a green- house which we cannot syringe with full | force because of the small stock which we are obliged to scatter among the palms, \ and the plants are badly infested with scale and other pests. The kentias, arecas and cycas are the worst sufferers. On the kentias there is a small black scale with a brown spot in the center. The one on the cycas is oval and thick but the areca has two kinds. One is large, flat and brown. The other is very narrow, light brown and seems to be the most injurious of the lot. On the ferns there is a peculiar and very small white bug which is only a speck, but they breed so fast that the undersides of the leaves are white with them. I have tried several remedies without result. What would you suggest? Would tobacco stems laid on the hot vvrater pipes be of any avail? W. V. From the description given it would appear that "W. V." has quite sufficient troubles of an insect character, and some vigorous measures will be needed to dis- pose of these pests. The scale on the kentias is a relative of the much men- tioned San Jose scale, and multiplies with almost as great rapidity, soon spot- ting a kentia beyond repair. That on the cycas is the common turtle scale, to which this plant is subject, and both this and the large flat scale on the arecas may be gradually eradicated with tobacco extract, but the brown scale on the latter plant is more difficult to kill, and a strong tobacco extract will be liable to injure the plants. A thorough sponging of the affected plants with a moderately strong whale oil soap solu- tion would be the safest method of cleansing them, even though it is a tedi- ous operation, and during the summer I should be inclined to empty the house of plants and to give it a good fumigating with sulphur, or with hydrocyanic acid, and then to whitewash the benches and walls with fresh lime. Without further description it is diffi- cult to say whether the small white insects on the ferns are aleyrodes or mealy bugs, though it would seem prob- able that they are the former. If so the soap solution is the most effective remedy, Chicag:o. shipping trade takes a spurt and local business shows renewed vigor. — market well cleaned out.— the old express tariff restored. — a first class funeral order.— doings of the growers and others. It could hardly be possible) yet it seemed as though the shipping trade felt the stimulus the day the fifty per cent raise was knocked ofi'the express tariff on cut flowers. It was on Tuesday that the old rate wentinto eflect again and that after- noon saw this market as bare as was the cupboard of old Mother Hubbard that time when she went to get her poor dog a bone. Nothing like it had been seen since some days before Ash Wednes- day. Carnations were not to be had and there was a scampering of messengers into the country to gather up the stock in the growers' cellars. It was about as bad on roses, except that Beauties vyere more nearly equal to the day's require- ments. In general there is enough stock in market to meet all demands and Beauties are the one item which seem to sell slowest atthemoment; but even here it is not always possible to supply a given grade at short notice, particularly if it is a medium length of stem which is wanted. Wednesday saw larger receipts of carnations, but trade was still active and has continued so all the week. Cer- tainly it can be said that the restraint of Lent was not for long. Violets are not in so large supply as formerly but very low clean-up sales are made. Callas are still in quantity and slow sale. Bulb- ous material is plentiful but going fairly well and greens are in demand. The thoughts of growers, wholesalers and retailers are beginning to be centered on Easter. It was good news which was given out March 7 by E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Brothers Company, to whom the officials of the American Express Company communicated the earliest news of the decision of the traffic managers at New York to restore the old tariff on cut flowers. Mr. Pieser believes that "keep- ing everlastingly at it brings success," and has been quietly at work for weeks seeking to show the express people that the raise in rates was causing loss instead of gain in revenue. The return to the old order of things has already resulted in the re-instatement in this market of several standing orders which were cancelled after the increased rate had been in effect a few days. A. Lange had a very fine order for funeral flowers for the Laflin obsequies. Nothing but loose cut flowers was used and the stock used, in the chapel at Rose IQOJ. The American Florist. 231 FUNERAL WREATH BY THE GEORGE WITTBOLD CO., CHICAGO. Hill, came to $220. There were no made up pieces at the service, but the body, which was brought from Florida, was accompanied from New York by fifty-one wreaths and about a dozen sprays, including some of the best work of the leading eastern retailers. It was notice- able that practically all the wreaths were made on red galax. Orchids and violets were the flowers most used. Friedman has had very tasteftd windows this week. One was yellow and green, yellow crepe paper and ribbon being used with genistas and daffodils. The other window was pink and white, azaleas and tulips being the principal features. There was a not too well attended meeting of the Florists' Club on March 11, John P. Risch presidingin theabsence of the president. It was decided to have an entertainment, probably a dance, after Easter. K. Dietsch is at the City of Mexico and feeling fine, as he always does in the milder climate of the south and west. As soon as he gets into our chill, damp atmosphere the asthma catches him again. As soon as Poehlmann Brothers com- plete their ten new 350-foot houses which they are to build at the Adolph Poehl- mann plant they will begin the rebuilding of six houses at the home place. Johnson & Swan is the name under which John Mangel's former partner is opening a very handsome and well located store at 182 Michigan avenue, in the Stratford Hotel. J. A. Budlong says that the call for young stock of American Beauty is such that he is booked a month to six weeks ahead on orders. He has great success in rooting the cuttings. Axel Horuman, an employe of the Leonard Seed Company, fell fifty feet through an air shaft at 49 Park avenue on March 11, suffering injuries from which he died. We are pleased to learn that our two veteran florists, Edgar Sanders and John Thorpe, are now making good progress toward recovery. Albert Amling and Mrs. Araling were called to Fort Dodge, la., on Thursday by the death of a cousin. Poehlmann Brothers shipped an order of long Beauties to Fleischman at New York the other day. Fleischman is showing some fine azaleas. He conceals thepotand mostof the plant with crepe paper. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Bassett are at home from their trip to California. Visitors: J. S. Salmons, Washington, Pa.; E. J. Fancourt, representing S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia; P. J. Van Hein- ingen, of New York, representing Dutch and Belgian growers; F. A. Belt, Sterling, 111,; George W. Caldwell, Evergreen, Ala. Boston. THREE FAMOUS CARNATIONS FROM ONE SEED POD. — FISHER TALKS OF RESULTS AND HIS HOPES FOR THE FUTURE. — NOTES OF VISITS AMONG LOCAL GROW- ERS. — DULL WEATHER AIDS MARKET IN MAINTAINING EQUILIBRIUM. At Peter Fisher's famed carnation place at Ellis there is no dearth of com- pany, nowadays, for everybody inter- ested in carnations wants to see those three marvels, Enchantress, Mrs. M. A. Patten and Nelson Fisher, on their home grounds. It is worthy of note that these three varieties are all from one seed pod, the parentage being Mrs. Bradt fertilized with Mrs. Lawson, and in the case of Enchantress the race has gone back two generations to Daybreak. Mr. Fisher is not satisfied yet, however, and is trying to evolve a new race with the good quaP ities of these varieties but greater abund- ance of bloom so as to work the element of commercial profit into the show varie- ties. Nelson Fisher is not so prolific as Lawson, but there is a larger number of perfect flowers, there being much less dis- position to split the calyx. Boston Market, although not so white a flower as Gov. Wolcott, is still blooming heavily, although it began some six weeks ahead of Wolcott. Referring to the tendencv of the latter to split, Mr. F^isher says that this can be prevented by giving a little bottom heat and in proof points to a very fine bench of Wolcott underneath which run the steam pipes covered with ashes. He advises a temperature of not less than 55° at night and on dull damp days. Mr. Fisher's houses all run north and south and he is planning for two more, each 33x300 feet. The information of the action of the express companies in restoring flower shipments to the ordinary merchandise class, which was received last week too late for dissemination in that week's Florist, spread rapidly throughout the trade, as great news always will, and has caused much rejoicing. New England florists have always had an apprecfative feeling for the national society, but it is safe to say that never before have so many good words been said for the S. A. F. as during the past few days, and it is also a matter of pride that it was in Boston that the first organized general protest against the unjust discrimination was raised and the movement put in operation for the concerted action of flo- rists throughout the country, which has resulted so happily for all concerned. It means much for the prosperity of our calling, and one of the best features of our victory is that it was won without coercion, leaving the florists and the car- riers with a mutually good feeling, which promises much for reciprocal considera- tion on both sides in future dealings. The annual spring exhibition will be held in Horticultural Hall from Wednes- day, March 18, till Sunday night, March 22. The usual fine display of plants and flowers is anticipated, although some of the exhibitors of past years will be con- spicuously absent. R. & J. Farquhar & Company promise a stunning display of the Farquhar rose, and James Stewart will come in from Brookline with a show of cyclamens which good judges say will eclipse anything yet seen. E. N. Peirce & Sons are not as fortun- ate as they would wish with their lilies. Mr. Peirce estimates his loss in bad bulbs at forty-five per cent, and where 60,000 or 70,000 are grown in a season, as they are here, the loss foots up to a big figure. Carnations occupy most of the balance of the Peirce "farm." Boston Market is the favorite white and an entire house each of Crane and Joost help swell the wagon-load that goes to town everv morning. Lilies arc coming along handsomely at W. W. Edgar's. There are two houses that could not easily be excelled any- where. In fact, everything is looking well, including the proprietor himself. Worthy of special notice is a bench of American Beauties in pots which will be in full bloom for Easter. These were old Elants that had seen service on the enches for cut flower purposes, but they seem well contented with their present shift. Dull weather has prevailed all through the past week, with the effect of retard- ing to some extent, the cut flower crop generally. This is a material help to the market and, while it cannot be truthfully 232 The American Florist. Mar. 14, represented as being satisfactory to any- body, yet the demoralization which characterized last week has not continued in the same degree and the surplus is not so apparent on every side. Prices are no better but there is less loss of stock. The Gardeners' and Florists' Club got together and did business last Tuesday evening for the first time in many moons. J. A. Pettigrew was elected president and T. H. Westwood, vice-president, and Sec- retary Fischer and Treasurer Hatch were re-elected. An executive committee and an essay committee were also chosen and it is hoped that, with individual effort on the part of officers and members, the club may be restored to its old-time prestige. Anderson & Williams, F. R. Mathison's thrifty "boys" are showing their custom- ary quality in Bride and Bridesmaid roses. As usual, too, they have a whole house of Crimson Ramblers for Easter. They are of the accepted favorite Boston build, low, lull, bushy plants and beauti- fully set with buds. There is considerable sickness reported in this neighborhood. N. F. McCarthy and Geo. A. Sutherland are both down with the grippe and Mrs. F. R. Mathison is dangerously ill, so much so as to make Mr. Mathison's attendance at the execu- tive meeting of the S. A. F. at Milwaukee an improbability. As will be seen in the obituary notes, two more florists prominent in the hor- ticultural life of Boston have just passed away. The names of Edwin Sheppard and Benjamin Grey are now added to the last-lengthening list which bears the names of so many of our old comrades. Visitors: John H. Taylor, Bayside, N. Y.; Mr. Barton, of Righter & Barton, Madison, N. J.; Ernst Lundberg, Eenox; H. C. Rath, Flushing, N. Y.; E. H. Cham- berlain, New Bedford. New York. CLUB HOLDS AN ENTHUSIASTIC SESSION. — NEW MEETING PLACE SELECTED. — BUSI- NESS IN THE DUMPS. — STOCK SELLING SLOWLY. — WITH THE ORATORS, GROW- ERS AND OTHERS. The meeting of the New York Florists' Club on Monday evening was a large and very enthusiastic one. It was announced that the trustees had selected a new meeting place for the club in the lodge rooms in the Grand Opera building. Eighth avenue and Twenty-third street. This is a very fine and central location and, the club having endorsed the choice of the trustees, the next meeting will be held there. The question of refreshments at the club meetings was settled by a wildly enthusiastic vote in favor of con- tinuing the custom as heretofore. The outing committee headed byWm. J. Elliott gave evidence of its efficiency by a report of full details of the picnic which will be held at Witzel's Grove on July 1. Over fifty varieties of diverting events have been introduced in the programme, many of these being lor the ladies, and the sheets are now open for those who desire to advertise in the souvenir programme. Messrs. Wallace, Weathered and Young were appointed a committee on resolu- tions on the death of Joseph Donoghue, whose father and brother are both mem- bers of the club. Resolutions on the death of Mr. Hafner's mother were pre- sented and adopted. On the exhibition table were vases of splendid blooms of carnations Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Alpine Glow, from C. W. Ward. Each variety was recognized with a cer- tificate of merit. Messrs. Vaughan, of Cornell University; E. Hallock, of Queens, and F. F. Proctor, of Lenox, Mass., were present and addressed the meeting briefly. John Birnie and James Scott are fast attaining the reputation of being the leading orators of the Florists' Club, with A. Herrington and J. V. Phillips close behind them. Now that our youth- fill friend Samuel Henshaw, who "first wore a top 'at at his grandfather's wed- ding," has got into the habit of absent- ing himself from the meetings it is good to see that there is still some eloquence left in places where it was least suspected. Sorry to learn that such a discreet and observant body as our other voluble friend, S. C. Nash, should have to mourn the loss of his wallet and contents, last seen on Twenty-third street last Wednes- day. But there's another supply in the bank. Business continues very unsatisfactory. Prices are unprecedentedly low on many things and even at the low rates much remains unsold. This applies to carna- tions, including the fancy varieties, roses in all varieties, violets, bulbous stock, lilacs and orchids. Dendrobiums are especially plentiful, with prices down to $5 per hundred at times. Sweet peas are more plentifid and, like everything else, selling very slowly. The Hinode Nurseries at Secaucus, under the management of Japanese, have seven houses of longiflorum lilies in remarkable condition and one house is already in full bloom. This place is worth a visit to see how the Japs handle these things. It demonstrates that there is a way to get these lilies in for Easter without difficulty. There is great rejoicing in the wholesale district over the news of the restoration of the old tariff on flowers carried by express. H. B. McKnight, of Jersey City, is man- aging the plant department at Simpson, Crawford & Simpson's department house. Mr. Schulz is about to make another addition to his extensive rose growing plant at Madison, a house 293 feet long. Theodore Lang is at present winning great repute rolling in a tournament as a member of the Elks' bowling team. C. W. Ward has gone on a trip to West Virginia. Visitors: Leonard Vaughan, Chicago; W. N. Eyres, Albany; Chas. Scrim, Ottawa, and J. W. Ludwig, Allegheny. Philadelphia. BUSINESS VERY DULL.— STOCK ACCUMU- LATES AND PRICES GO DOWN. — ONLY BEST GRADES HOLD THEIR OWN. — DOINGS OF GROWERS AND OTHERS. Business is flat, the demand for flowers being very limited. Prices have conse- quently reached the lowest level of the year. Prices can scarcely be quoted cor- rectly, as a buyer of any quantity can get almost anything he wants at his own price. The mild weather has increased the supply and, there being such a small outlet, the commission dealers do not know what to do with the stock, as the fakirs do not seem to be able to keep the surplus down. Beauties sell for from $3 to $5 for the specials and they have to be extra fine to command the top figure. The best teas range from $8 to $12. Liberty is quoted at from $2.50 to $5. Carnations are plentiful, with prices ranging from $1.50 to $3 per hundred. Violets are in the full flush of their spring bloom, on the home stretch as it were, and if the present mild spell continues will soon be over for the season. Bulbous stock is offered very low, daffodils bring- ing $1 to $2 per hundred, tulips and valley $2 to $3. John Burton, Robt, Craig, Geo. Moss, Wm. Gibson, F. Adelberger, John Dun- ham, D. T. Connor and Robt. Kift, who visited Baltimore last Monday, report having had a royal time, there being not a dull moment during their stay. The meeting of the Gardeners' Club was large and enthusiastic and the dinner w^as a thoroughly up-to-date occasion. Incidentally there was some bowling but we are keeping quiet on results. Wm. Leonard, of the Model Farm, has rented Frank Whiteley's place at Lans- downe and will remove thither in the near future. Mr. Leonard has made a spe- cialty of grafted Brides and Bridesmaids for indoor planting and has in stock some 25,000 fine plants, the greater part of which are grown to order. The demand for Easter stock promises to be very large, as Messrs. Craig & Son and W. K. Harris are busy as beavers every day packing and shipping to out- of-town points. Orders for Easter deliv- ery are coming in rapidly and some lines of choice stock are even now nearly all engaged. All the express shippers are delighted over the result of the agitation over the high rates, which has ended in a return to the normal figures of last fall. It only goes to show the power of organization and what can be done when the machin- ery is put in operation. Leo Niessen now has everything in good working order in his new place. The window sign is gorgeous and can be seen a full block away. Additional tele- phone service has been put in and, in the words of the midway "barker," there is "no waiting, no delay." W. K. Harris has made his usual hit with shamrock and is sending out large quantities of it in small pots and clover- leaf-shaped pans, which shape he has had copyrighted. The stores did w^ell with it last season and will no doubt duplicate their success this year. M. Rice & Company report a very fine business on Easter goods. They say that the retailers are on the lookout for nov- elties and that the high class goods are the best sellers this season. K. It Is to Laugli. CARNATION DAY. The Enquirer reporter interviews a Buffalo florist regarding the wearing of carnations on McKinley day. "Will the red flower be used exclu- sively?" "Oh, no; all colors will be worn. You know no man with a red mustache would wear a red flower." KEEPING FLOWERS FOREVER. An entertaining yarn from Portland, Oregon, appears in the New York Herald of December 21, to the effect that an old man in Portland, named Ross, has per- fected an invention whereby roses or other flowers after treatment may be kept alive forever. This, it is asserted, "will astound the civilized world." In Mr. Ross' room is a collection of plants preserved according to this process "so rare that botanists have not yet named them." One of the most curious of the phtuts which Mr. Koss lias in his possession is the "crown of thorns, "which is forty years of iige and is still blooming. This plant, which grows in a circle, looks very much like a crown, and comes from Palestine. It is no doubt of the species mentioned in the Bible as the "crown of thorns." What is most astonishing in the plant is the fact that it has not been treated in any way. and still lives. ■ Wyandotte, Mich.— J. E. Smith has accepted the name Royal Spice, suggested by a lady patron, for his new scarlet seedling carnation. igo3. The American Florist. 233 OBITUARY. FRANCOIS AUGUSTS PICARD. We are in receipt of advice of the death of Francois Auguste Picard, father-in-law of Georges Mantin, at Paris, Februarys, aged 76 years. J. HENRY BYVOET. A veteran ot the Holland bulb trade, J. Henrj' Byvoet, senior member of the firm of Byvoet Brothers, died at Overveen, February 15, aged 70 years. JOHN B. FERGUSON. John B. Ferguson, who operated a plant on Lang and Juanita streets, Pitts- burg, was attacked and killed by an intoxicated man named Nugent at New Castle Junction on Monday, March 9. Mr. Ferguson was born and educated in Scotland and came to this country in his early manhood. He was a landscape gardener of fine ability. Mr. Ferguson opened three different retail stores and once a wholesale house, but he seemed unable to maintain them on a paying basis. He is survived by a brother and several children. E. I^. M. ANTHONY WOLLMERS. This old and highly respected florist of Brooklyn, N. Y., died on February 25, at the ripe age of 70 years, after an illness ot over four months. He was a native of Germany. His first employment in this country was with Wier, where his thor- ough training in the profession of horti- culture abroad secured for him a position of influence among his colleagues. He went into business in 1SS2 and has pros- pered. In 1892 he joined the Society of American Florists and has continued a loyal member thereof ever since that time. He leaves a widow and four sons. Two of the latter will continue the busi- ness at 215 Twenty-fifth street. The Brooldyn Horticultural Society at its last meeting took appropriate action on the death of their fellow-member. BENJAMIN GREY. Benjamin Grey, the well known florist, nymphsa and orchid grower, died at Maiden, Mass., March 6, as the result of a paralytic stroke. The deceased was born at Ayton, Yorkshire, England, August 7, 1S46. His parents brought him to America in 1853, the family soon settling at Albany, N. Y., where his father, the late William Grey, was up to the time of his death superintendent of the estate of Hon. Erastus Corning, the owner of one of the best known orchid and general plant collections in the country. Here Mr. Grey learned his pro- fession. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in the 177th New Y'ork Volunteers, and 123rd Independent Battery, which was later transferred to the 8th Artillery, participating in several noted battles. Returning home Mr. Grey engaged in private gardening for several years, part of which time he spent in the employ of Edward S. Rand, Ded- liam, Mass., owner of a noted orchid col- lection. He finally entered the florist business at Maiden. Mr. Grey is survived by his wife, Harriet O. Grey, and three daughters. Two brothers, both garden- ers, also survive him, one of these being Robert M. Grey, at the Oakes Ames estate. North Easton, Mass. "Ben" Grey's friends were numerous and sincere. All were drawn to him by his impulsive, unselfish, manly disposition. Nothing ever gave him greater pleasure than to have his friends as his guests around the festive board, his hospitality, like that of his father, knowing no boimds. Of late his health has been fail- ing and he has been seen in the city but seldom, devoting his time entirely to the details of his business in Maiden. His hearty personality has been greatly missed of late years, for where he was one of the compan3', there were no dull moments and the news of his demise will bring sadness to many who knew him as a nobleman to the core. He was a mem- ber of the A. F. and A. M. lodge at Valite, N. Y. EDWIN SHEPPARD. Edwin Sheppard, whose death occurred at Lowell, Mass., on Sunday, March 8, after a lingering illness, was one of the oldest and best known of New England florists. Mr. Sheppard's age was 78 years, 3 months and 6 days, he hav- ing been born in England in 1825. He The Late Edwin Sheppard of Columbus, who was well known all over Ohio, where he had established a reputation second to none in the growing of the Mareclial Niel when this grand rose was among the leaders for forcing. Many were the flattering offers he received from eastern establishments in years gone by, where they knew his ability to not only handle this climber in a way to produce a large crop, but to bring it into crop at his pleasure. Leaving Dublin, Ireland, his native home, half a century ago, he came to Cincinnati, where he became con- nected with some of the largest commer- cial and private places. After remaining in the Queen City for a number of years he removed to Columbus, O., where he established a florist business for himself which has been continued for thirty-eight years. Mr. Underwood died at the ripe old age of 84 years and, besides many friends, he leaves a wife and six children, among whom are Edward and William, of the firm of Underwood Brothers, and James, who is superintendent of Franklin Park. The funeral services were largely attended by members of various secret societies of which he was a very active member to the last. The church was decorated with a liberal display of beauti- ful flowers sent to the family by his many friends. ' Cari,. came to this country in 1846, locating first at Brookline, Mass., and later at Lowell, where for forty-five years he con- ducted a successful florist and nursery business. The death of his three sons, one after the other from inherited con- sumption disheartened and saddened the latter years of his business career and left him incapacitated, under the infirmities of old age, to continue the business alone, and he discontinued a few years ago, followed by the sympathy and affection- ate esteem of a host of friends in and out of the profession. He was always a favorite among the florists of Boston, particularly among the frequenters of Horticultural Hall, where he was for many years a frequent contributor and prize winner. The late Fred. L. Harris, whom he survived but a few weeks, was his most intimate companion, the attach- ment between these two being remark- able for its constancy and devotion. Mr. Sheppard was a good man, companion- able and kindly, of a sunny disposition that endeared him to old and young aUke. On Tuesday afternoon, the day of the funeral, the florists of Lowell all closed their places of business from 12:30 to 5 o'clock as a mark of respect. JOHN UNDERWOOD. While not altogether unexpected, it is with profound sorrow that we report the death, on March 4, of John Underwood, Springfield, Mass. TRADE FAIR AND COMPLAINTS ARE FEW. — GOOD PROSPECTS FOR STOCK FOR EASTER. —COAL NOW PLENTIFUL. Business has slacked up somewhat but we cannot complain, as cut flowers of all ivinds are in fair demand. Pot plants move well, all the stores making good displays. Some fine rhododendrons are to be seen and, although not selling fast, more than pay for the trouble and extra room they take up. The weather has been good, although a dull spell is on now, and from general appearances stock is going to be plentiful and of good quality for Easter. The coal question is a thing of the past. Coal dealers are now wondering who they are going to sell to. A. B. Catalogues Received. J. Gammage & Sons, London, Ont., plants and florists' stock; Wagner Park Conservatories, Sidney, Ohio, greenhouse and outdoor plants; F. J. Grootendorst & Sons, Boskoop, Holland, nursery stock; Liger-Ligneau, Orleans, France, chrysanthemums; Archias Seed Store, Sedalia, Mo., seeds; John D. Imlay, Zanes- ville, Ohio, seeds and plants; Hardy Plant Farm, London, Eng., plants; J. M. McCullough's Sons, Cincinnati, Ohio, seeds; Georg Egger, Jaffa, Palestine, bulbs and roots; Cushman Gladiolus Co., Sylvania, Ohio, gladiolus bulbs, Nonne & Hoepker, Ahrensburg, Ger- many, herbaceous perennials; Phcenix Nursery Co., Delavan, Wis., nursery stock; T. W. & J. P. Rice, Geneva, N. Y., nursery stock; The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa., roses; Peter Henderson & Co., New York City, farm seeds; The H. S. Taylor Co., Rochester, N. Y., nur- sery stock; George C. Watson, Philadel- phia, Pa., seeds; Pinehurst nurseries, Pinehurst, N. C, trees and shrubs. Austin, Tex.— A. J. Mays says that while the high express rate was in force the charge took all the profit out of handling roses from the north. 234 The American Florist. Mar. 14, Eighteenth Yeab. Subscription. $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2.00. Subscriptions accepted only from tliose in the trade. A-dvertisements on all except cover pages, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; $1.00 per inch. Cash with Gi'der. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts are allowed, only on consecutive inser- tions, as lollows— 6 times. 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent; 52 times, 30 per cent. CJover space sold only on yearly contract at $1.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to the back pages. The Advertising Department of the Amekican Flobist is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only. Orders lor less tiian one-half inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to secure insertion in the issue for the following Saturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. It is the men who pay for a paper who read it, and buy of its advertisers. The Mrs. J. J. Astor violet appears to be somewhat a favorite in England. The failure of recent negotiations to secure an agreement for an early shut- down of all window glass factories is thought by many to assure a big cut in prices on the part of the trust. As a special prize for the approaching exhibition of the American Rose Society Benjamin Dorrance offers a silver cup valued at $50 for the best rose blooms grown outside a radius of 150 miles of Philadelphia, as measured by railroad distances, not less than five varieties and not less than twenty-five blooms of a kind. Pays Two Years. Am. Florist Co.: — Enclosed I hand you money order for $2 to pay my sub- scription two years. I couid not do with- out your paper. W. J. Brown, Jr. Jackson, Miss. Greenhouse Building;. Newport, R. I.— Mrs. W. G. Weld, range of conservatories to cost $15,000. Kenton, O.— Sabransky & Son, house 25x128. Lafayette, Ind.— Frank Shilling, range of houses. Paducah, Ky.— C. L. Branson & Com- pany, house 35x115. Chicago, 111. — Math. Evert, five houses 22x125. De Haven, Pa.— A. Lorich & Company, five houses. Harry Westhoff, two houses. Society of American Florists. DEPARTMENT OF PLANT REGISTRATION. The list of Japanese herbaceous and tree peonies as published last week over the signature of Secretary Watson of the S. A. F. Peony Association, has been submitted to this department by Suzuki & lida. New York city, for registration. Because of the confusion existing in peony nomenclature, registration is now made provisionally, record of final registration being held in abeyance until March 23. Meanwhile, parties knowing specifically of previous dissemination in America of any of the varieties therein enumerated, under American names other than those there given, or making any claims of priority in connection therewith, are requested to address this office with fullest particulars obtainable on or before above mentioned date. Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y. United We Stand. It is a fine tribute to the power of united effort that the express companies have rescinded their ill-advised order of December 10, 1902, increasing the tariff on cut flowers fifty per cent. Under the leadership of that great body of which every florist should be a member, the S. A. F., with the prestige of its national charter, the florists of all this broad land have united in a winning fight for the right. Persistent effort was required to keep the solid front of opposition to the exaction from wavering and disintegrat- ing in the face of the hopeless aspect which the situation assumed at times in the eyes of the faint-hearted, but, as "the constant drip of water wears away the hardest stone," so the well directed stream of protest, by word and act, cen- tered on the traffic officials of the princi- pal companies served to at length con- vince them of the poor jjolicy of the advance in rates and to relieve the trade of a tariff which could not but be regarded by those whom it affected as arbitrary, unwarranted and extor- tionate. But now that the traffic managers have seen the light, let cut flower shippers practice moderation in their demands. Be reasonable, be fair. Do not fail to prosecute a just claim, but don't forget that there are others than the employes of express companies who may be negli- gent. Effect of Electric Light on Palms. Ed. American Florist: — Is incandes- cent electric light injurious to palms if the globe is only a couple of feet away from the plants and the light burning about three hours a night? Subscriber. I should say that no appreciable effect would be shown. Of course it is taken for granted that the candle power of the lamp is not over thirty-two and in all proba- bility it is sixteen. If the candle power was as high as 500 of course it would be quite a different matter. From experi- ments carried on with various kinds of plants grown under glass it has taken a period of a few weeks at least with the light running practically all night, and during the shorter and usually cloudy days of winter to get marked restdts. For so short a time and with the ordi- nary low candle power I doubt if there would be any injury. F. Wm. Rane. Ashes from Oak Sttunps. Ed. Am. Florist:— We have been burn- ing oak stumps this winter but there was considerable soil on them and we should like to know how the ashes can be turned to account inacommercialflorist's estab- lishment. J. J. E. Unleached hard wood ashes contain from one to two per cent phosphoric acid, two to eight per cent potash and thirty to thirty-fiveof lime. Ashes are especially valued as a source of potash, but the fact that they contain a large percentage of lime as carbonate adds greatly to this value, particularly on soils which are acid, as old greenhouse soils frequently are. The ashes may be applied alone to the soils or may be mixed with acid phosphate or bone and nitrate of soda, blood, fish, etc. As the lime in the ashes will cause the phosphoric acid of the phosphate to become insoluble, it would probably be wiser to mix the ashes with the soil and apply the nitrogen and phos- phoric acid later. H. W. Wiley. Poinsettias for Cutting. Ed. Am. Florist:— I would like to know the best way to grow poinsettias in benches for cutting, also the best way to propagate them. S. It would seem to be in order to reverse the arrangement of this query by con- sidering the propagation of the poinset- tias first, this being followed by the culture of the plants in the bench. Poin- settias are chiefly propagated by means of cuttings made from young growths, though hard woodcuttings are also used by some growers as an economical measure when short of stock plants. The stock plants having been at rest from Christmas time until about April 1, are then shaken out of the old soil, cut back rather closely and then repotted into as small pots as they may be con- veniently potted in, placed in a light greenhouse where the temperature does not fall below 60° to 65°, and kept moderately moist in order to induce a • fresh start. In the course of three or four weeks the young shoots should be long enough to take off for cuttings, for example, four to five inches inlength, and these cuttings may be rooted quite readily in the sand of a propagating bench, provided that the sand is kept moist and the cuttings are well shaded firom the sun. These cuttings when rooted may be potted off into 3-inch pots, using a good rose. soil for the compost, the young plants being shifted on into 4-inch or 5-inch pots as may be necessary, it being well to remem- ber that the poinsettia is a gross feeder, and to produce the best results should never be stunted. About August lis a good time to plant out these young plants on the bench, the latter being filled with five to six inches of good soil, dried cow manure and bone dust being the two best fertilizers for the plant in question. Give the plants full sunshine and syringe vigorously up to the time the "flowers" show, but do not allow the temperature to drop below 60° at night, and 65° will suit them better. Be careful not to get the soil too wet when the young plants are first planted out, but after they are established an abundance of water may be given. W. H. Taplin. ' Battle Creek, Mich.— H. M. Burt has placed the order for an up-to-date greenhouse at South and Hussey street. SITUATIONS, WANTS, TOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be inserted at the rate of ten cents a line (six words) each insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant advs. NOT admitted under this head. Every paid subscriber to the Amebicaw Florist for the year 1903 is entitled to a flve-line want ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time during the year. Situiatlon Wanted— By first-class gardener and florist, private or commercial place near Chicago preferred; single. S C, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By No. 1 rose and carna- tion foreman; married, no children: sober and reliable; only first-class place wanted. Address E, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By German, 24 years of age, grower of roses and carnations, palms, ferns and all orchids. Life experience. Good wages wanted. B, care American Florist. Situation Wanted — Fn first-class cut flower store (only) after April 1st, by an American. 10 years' experience. Al credentials. Y R, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By florist and gardener on private or commercial place; references good. Small places need not apply. Address PA, care American Florist. igoj. The American Florist. 235 Situation Wanted— Bv roreman with <;ood refereuces. Used to haiidliDg men. Cut flowers preferred. Please state wages. .Vddress Fred W. care American Florist. Situation Wanted -l•^ experienced grower, in a good '■siahlisliin.Mif, w lierc tdiDgs are done right and got.Kl wa'zrs \k\.v\. Christian Scheerer. care Mrs. Seller, -jys 1st. St.. Near Fifth Ave.. Brooklyn, N. Y. Situation Wanted— By experij'nced grower of roses, carnations, uiums. stove, greenhouse phmts and orchids. Also fruit and vegetables under glass. *J4 years' experience. Address I Help Wanted— Two assistant florists who have had some experience growing out flowers and , plants; wages $25. room and board; wages incrt;ased if progressive. Address SIDNEY GiKBs, ■\Voodville. Allegheny Co.. l*a. CGZ. Coatesvilie, P. O.. Pa. Situation Wanted— As gardener on a private place near Chicago. Capable to tak-- full charge. Thoroughly experienced in all braoches. Age 3o. AViU give lull particulars to all inquirers. Address E A R, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By first-class all-around grower of roses, carnations, mums, etc. Al prop- agator. 18 years' experience. Hustler and not afraid to work. Can take charge. State wages. Good references. Address A Z. care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By young man, nine years' practical experience as" grower of general greenhouse stock. Ferns a specialty. Experi- enced also in, filling plant orders. A local position desired. Five vears with prest-nt employer. P. O. Box Vl'l, Riverton, N. J. Situation Wanted— By competent, reliable landscape gardener and "florist, to take charge of estate, private place or public institution; 23 \ ears' experience, greenhouses, hiwns. trees, shrubbery, vegetables, etc. No. 1 rererences. 9 years in one place. Address M. care American Florist. Situation Wanted — Grower desires position as foreman or manager of first-class commercial place by April 1, or earlier. Thoroughly com- l>etent in all branches, especially American Beau- ties, teas and carnations. First-class references as to ability and character. Address W. care American Florist. Situation Wanted— E. Holden, for the past 16 years headpirdenertoMrs. M. F.Jacobs, formerly Mrs. Robt. Garrett, of Baltimore. Md.. is open to an engagement with any lady or gentleman requiring the services of a thoroughly practical man in all branches. E. Holder, Uplands, Sta. D., Baltimore, Md. Situation Wanted— Practical gardener and florist. Nine years' experience. Thoroughly competent in ail lines of the business. Can fur- nish best of references as to ability and sobriety. Give full particulars in first Utter, distance no objection. Good wages expected. Address Flobist care Marion Floral Co., Marion, Ind. ' Help Wanted-A working foreman to take full 1 charge of 20.0(JO feet of glass. A good grower of ^ carnations, bedding and Easter plants. Must be j sober and reliable; good wages to the right party. Place in Pennsylvania. Address Daniel E. Gorman, Williamsport, Pn. Wanted— To buy orrenta greenhouse establish- ment. Address .\ M, care American Florist. Wanted— Partner with JS.tHX) to $5,000 to add to good paying greenhouse business. Address ___^ Box 433. Raton, New Mexico. Wanted to Rent— A small greenhouse establish- ment not farther than 10 miles from Philadelphia. Box 116 Kennett Square, ChesterCo., Pa. Wanted to Rent— A greenhouse establishment of from 8.000 to 15,00(.) feet of glass; must be in good repair, and not run out by opposition. Want possession soon as possible. Address- G, Box 341. Portland. Ind. For Sale— Florist business, centrally located in a town of over 13.000 inhabitants. For further particulars, address BouTELLE Bros., Leominster, iluss. For Sale Cheap— Prosperous up-to-date florist business; establisTied 13 years; can easily make your money back this spring. Write at once to ilR8. S. N. ALKiRE, Greenview, 111. For Lease— On easy terms, a long established and paying greenhouse business in a good, live city. Address for particulars. Cashier, National Military Home. Kan. For Sale— New greenhouse at Fond du Lac. \^■is.. 35.000 inhabitants, flrst-rate location for florist, onlv one other: easy terms. Address .L A. IJouLAY. 163 4th St.. Fond du Lac, Wis. For Sale— Established greenhouse business of about 10,000 feet of glass, with or without ground. Good opening with small capital. Must sell by April 1. 1903. Ohio, care American Florist. Help Wanted— Two experienced rose growers, married men preferred. Wages $13.00 per week. F C, care American Florist. Help Wanted -A couple of industrious men fc: ;eneral greenhouse work. Address Geo. A. LiNFooT. Butler, Pa. Help Wanted— Two good men for potting and general greenhouse worK. Steady position. J. F. Wilcox. Council Bluffs, Iowa. Help Wanted — Assistant to foreman, as ci flower and plant grower, and propagator on larj; place, good chance for advancement. Address Jed, care American Florist. Help Wanted — Experienced man on carnations and pot plants, also to help on design work and shipping flowers. Address with references. S. J. Recter. Westerly. R. I. Help Wanted— By April 1, lady for store (Chicago). Must be good saleswonian and good designer. State references and particulars. A E L, care American Florist. Help Wanted— Soon as possible, a No. 1 rose grower; prefer man with general knowledge of growing. Good wages to right man. GEeLER & Urcry, Galesburg, III. Help Wanted— Day fireman who understands steam boilers and pipe fitting. Steady employ- ment to sober and industrious man. Slate wages, experience, etc. Address W. K. Partredge, Lockland. O. Help Wanted— Young man, industrious and strictly temperate for general greenhouse work. Give age, experience and wages desired with room and board. References required. EsTHERTiLLE Greenhouses. Estherville, la. Help Wanted— First-class rose and carnation grower to take charge of 22,000 square feet of glass; also assistant. Please state wages wanted with board and washing, your age and reference; also how soon you could come. Good position for two good men. Address John L. Wtlakd, DeHaven, Pa, For Sale— Greenhouses, about 5.000 square feet. Hot water; four acres good ground, six room dwelling, barn and out buildings. Much good fruit, grapes and berries. Sickness is reason for selling. Address S. L. Harper. Mechanicsburg, Ohio. For Sale— Second hand, 30 boxes double strength A 16x24 glass: TOO feet 4-inch Hitchings cast- iron pipe; 45 elbows, double elbows and Ts; 168 10-foot drip-grooved sash bars: 340 feet purlins; 120 feet ridge; two sets ventilating apparatus, 13 arms, each; 26 two-lighted ventilating sash, glass 16x24 D. S. A; 52 16-inch headers. Two large expansion tanks, all wood cypress and sound. Make ofi'er for part or all. Address H. H. Cadwell, Decorah. Iowa. Situation Wanted... By bright, sober, honest reliable florist (30) in first-class florist store as decorator and maker-up, where goodw^ork, tasteful and new ideas are wanted. Steady position and rea- sonable pay expected from the start. NEW IDEAS, care American Florist. Wanted... Experienced foreman, married man to take charge of retail place; mostly pot plants, bulbs and Easter stuff, also some outside work on private places; must be a hustler, have thorough knowledge of the business and come well recommended. Wanted... For San Francisco, a good gardener, orchid grower. Has an assistant to take care of greenhouses and garden. State former expe- rience, references and salary wanted. T. L. COLTON. 5 Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. 'Wa^ixtod. A grower of roses, including American Beauties, who has unquestioned reputation and endorsement to take charge of 35.000 square feet of glass, near Cleveland, Ohio. Good salary and share of profits to right man EMPLOYER, Box 10, Sta. A, Cleveland, Ohio. RARE OPPORTUNITY. For fl.irist of special ability as a grower with suffloient capital to buy a substantial interest in one of Ciiieaj^o's large, successful and modern greenhouse establishments, to whom would bo given the growing side of the business. Thor- oughly established. Demand far in excess of present large output. For full particulars address OPPORTUNITY, care American Florist. FOR RENT. Half of Jewelry Store 60 feet deep. Fine Location for Florist. Apply to JEWELRY STORE, 724 E. 63d Street, CHICAGO, Wanted To Rent. For 5 years with privilege of buving, 15.000 to 25,000 square teet of glass; everything must be in good condition; good railroad connec- tion necessary. Possession wanted May 1st. Address with particulars F B, care American Florist. FOR SALE. 8,000 feet of glass, located in a fine growing city; best of shipping facilities; good market for wholesale and retail trade. Address WHOLESALE, care American Florist. FAD CAI P I2ACRES OF UNO admir- I rilK AAI r. "bl.>' lo'-ated for GREEN- ■ Vim crfll.l_. HOUSE purposes; 26 miles from Chicago, three blocks from station on Wis- consin Division of C. & N. \V. R. U. Good house and barn on property. Within short distance of { Klehms' Nurseries. Terms lo suit responsible I buyer. Address: M. RICHMOND, Palatine. III. FOR SALE. 20 Greenhouses. About 26.003 square feet of glass, steam heated, 80 H. P. tubular boiler, or will sell business and rent houses. BROOKSIDE GREENHOUSES. 104 So. 6th St., READING, PA. Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Chicago, III. Regular meetinas held 2d and 4th Wednesday of each month at Jung's Hall. 106 E. Randolph St., Chicago. Gardeners and Florists in other cities desiring to form a Union will re<,'eive full information from the Secretary. Send all communications to H. J. SPRINGER, Secretary, 6142 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. For Sale. A vegetable gardening business Including residence, consistingof 10,000 feet glass of which 7,000 feet is suitable for rose houses. The business is an old established one and in iis best running condition, has the best and most reliable trade in its city. Owing to its location between Omaha and South Omaha (population 150,000) one and one-half miles from either postoffice it shows a good demand for its production. It is equipped with steam heat, with two boilers, a stable, a storage building, three horses, one spring wagon and a" coal wagon; it is well equipped in every respect. Address A. BbRTENLANGER, 2125 Bancroft street, OMAHA, NEB. Mention the Americari Florist when writing to advertisers on this page. 236 The American Florist. Mar. 14, N96. $6.00 Caldwell's Kwallty Kounts Brand wild Smllax now on hand. PRICE LIST. FerDoz. American Beauties, extra select $3.00 to $4.00 18to24in a.OOto 12.50 12tol5iii l.OOto 1.50 Per 100 Brides, Bridesmaids and Ivory $5.00 to $ 8.00 Meteor, Golden Gates 5.00 to 8.00 Liberty 5.00to 12.00 Violets, Double. ..75cto$1.00 Violets Single. .75 to 1.00 White Violets $1.50 Carnations.. . . 2.00 to 3.00 Lily of the Valley 3.l0to 5.00 Narcissus, Paper White 3.00 Tulips, assorted S.OOto 5.00 Adiantum lOOto 1.50 Princeps 2.00 Asparagus, Plumosus Strings Each 50o " " Sprays 2.00 to 3.00 Sprengeri 3.00to 4.00 Smilax per doz., $2.00 Common Ferns $2.00perl000 .20 GalaxGreen 1.00 ■' '• .15 BronzeGalax 1.00 " " .15 Leucothoe Sprays 100 Orchids, Cattleyas per doz. $6.00 Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. J.B. DEAMUD. 51 and 53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Our Beauties and Tea Roses are in fine crop. Our shipments satisfactory. Our stock is as Good as the Best. Fine White LILACS on hand at all times bur Prices are Right. ready to cut. Our grades beyond reproach. TT'lg'V ajS>- Our deliveries prompt. ^^■■^^^^^■^^" addition to Roses we grow large quantities of Lilies, Valley, Tulips, Carnations, Violets, Asparagus, Mignonette, etc. Greenhouses at Morion Grove 400,000 sq ft. glass, POEHLMANN BROS. COMPANY,, Long distance 'Phones, 201-202, Morton Grove. III. L. D. 'Phone 3573 Central, 35-37 Randolph St„ Chicago. The r. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, Meteors, Carnallons, Cut Adiantum, Qalax, Commoa Ferns and Florists' Supplies. Telephone Connections. C^UEiST'BiX^AS^V.Ti^ OHIO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., "Wholesale Cut Flowers-- \ 457 t* » » » ■ 457 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. nriliciLLOuiiiisI J WHOLESALE \ i. r The flower Growers' Co. Invites Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants to visit the Market. 60 Wabash avenue, CHICAGO, ! FLORISTS 1 \ THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. \ € ° ? c CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. r i Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders. p space for selling their product. J. SINNER, Secretary. PittsburgGutFlowerGo.Ltii WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 5-«'«I"I'H |> 1|-1'«'l"l>lr5t C. A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, nZZ PINE STREET. ^ ST. LOUIS, MO. ^r-A complete line of Wire Deslsiu. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. H.G.BERNING Wholesale Florist 1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO FLACB YOUB NAME. and your specialties before the parohasing florists of the entire country by advertising in SENo AovT. Novi. THE AMERICAN FLORIST. E. H. Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut flowers "THE OLD RELUBLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. MATH. EVERT, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of Cut Flowers 58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 'Phone Central 30S7. Bassett&Washburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CniCAGO. Wholesale Dealers and A-.A dAu..KH.. Growers of bill rIOWCiS CKEENHOUSES; HINSDALE. ILL. Wbol^ale power/\arl^ Mii.wAtiESE, March 12. Boses, Beauty, long, per doz. 4.00@ 5.00 med. " 2.00® 3.00 " short " 1.00@1 50 Liberty 10.00@12.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00® 8.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 6.00® 8.09 Perle 6.00® 8.00 Carnations 2.00® 3.00 Violets 50® .75 Daffodils, Tulips 2.00® 3.00 Dutch hyaolnths 4.00® 5.00 Callas....'. 10.00@ia.00 Adiantum 75® 1 .00 Smilax 18,00 Asparagus ; 65.00 PiTTSBTJBS, March 12. Boses, Beauty, specials, per doz. 5.00® 6,00 extras " 3.00® 4,00 " " No. 1 " 1,60® 2,50 " " No, a per 100 3,00® 4.00 Bride, Bridesmaid 2,00@12,08 " Meteor 4,00@10,0( Carnations 1,0C@ 4,00 Paper Whites, Bomans, Freesia, , . 1,50® 3,00 Tulips 2,00® 4,00 Mignonette 1,60® 4.0O Lily of the valley 4.08 Violets 60® 1,5« Lilac per bunch, ,75@1,50 Smilax 15,00®18,08 Adiantum 1,00® 1.25 Asparagus, strings 30 00®EO,00 Sprengeri 3,00® 4.00 CntonnfATi, March 12. Boses, Beauty 6,00@50,00 Bride,, 4,00® 8,00 " Bridesmaid 4,00® 8,00 " Meteor 4,00® 8.00 Carnations 1,50® 5,00 Tulips, DafEodils 3,00® 4.00 Violets 50® .75 Lily of the valley 3,00® 4,00 Harrisii lilies, per doz, 1,50® 2.00 Romans, Paper Whites 2.00® 3,00 Asparagus 60,00 Smilaxf 12,50®16,00 Adiantum..., l,O0@ 1,50 St. Lotus, March 12, Boses, Beauty, long stem 20,00®60.00 ■ ' Beauty, medium stem 8 ,00@15 .00 " Beauty, short stem 3,00® 8,00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 4 00@10.00 Golden Gate, Meteor 4,00010,00 " Perle 4,00® 8.00 Carnations 2.00® 4.00 Violets 25® .40 Paper Whites, Bomans D.OO Sweet Peas .76 LUy of the valley S.OO Smllax 12.60 Asparagus Sprengeri 3.60 Plumosas. 75,00 igo3. The American Florist. 237 Coupled with the preseat market situatioa the reduction of express rates affords every Inducement for liberal orders. The grade of goods we arc shipping:, at the prices quoted, with old express rates, gives every buyer the chance to do a nice business at a pleasant profit, and with perfect satisfaction to his customers. Let us hear from you J- J- J- j^ £• C. AMLING, THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St. CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1 977 Central. AMERICAN BEftUTY Per Doz. 3«- inch stem {4.00 30-iimh stom 3.00 24-inch stem 2.00 20-inch stem 1.50 Ifj-inch stem 1.00 la-lnch stem .75 Short stem, per 100, $4.00 to 5.00 Per 100 Brides and Maids $3.00®$ 8.00 Meteors and Gates S.OOO 8.00 Carnations 1.50® 2.00 " large and fancies, 3.00( JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of Roo*" 221. 5! Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Tblbphoitk Centbal 3598. All telegrapfc aM telephone ord&i's given prompt attention. M^ WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. li/llll CmSlav Receivers and Shippers ol mill OlillldA. CHOICE CUT FLOWERS. Special attention given to shipping orders. Send for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Minn. Al^vays mention the Gut Flowers ilCE BROTHERS American Florist when you write to an advertiser. BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. F. F. BENTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and p | r| Q ■ C^X Ck Consignments Solicited. CommlSSion M I^X^MV'^^ ^ ^^ J.RBDDLONG Roses and Carnations A Specialty.^ 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. GROWER of CUT riOWERS Wbol^ale flower/\arK?fe CHICAOO, March 13. Roses, Beauty, 36-inoh stems 4.00 3.00 2.00 t.eo l.CO .75 j5 per lOu 00@15.00 .00® 8.00 .00® 8 00 ,50® 1.00 ,60® 4.00 3.00 ,00® 5.00 .00® 1.60 15 " 12 " " " Short stems $4@ '* Liberty, Chatenay 5 '' Bride, Bridesmaid 3 *' Meteor, Golden Gate 3 Violets Carnations 1 Romans. Paper Whites Tulips, Valley 3 Sweet peas 1 Callas, Harrisii per doz. 1.25® 2.00 Asparagus, per string, .50 Adiantum 1 .' Common ferns, per lOno, 2 00 Smilax. per dozen. 2.00 A. L Randall, WHOLESALE flORIST. 4 ■ashlngloB Straat, CHiCAQO Send for weekly price list and special quotations on 1000 lota. ...GEO. M. KELLOGG... •■""-' PnTeVe'si: Cut Flowcrs Give us an order and we will please you. Our Greenhouses at PLEASANT HILL, MO. Our Store, 906 Grand Ave.. KANSAS CITY, MO IST" LONG DIBTAHCB 'PHONB AT EITHER PUUTB. GEO. REINBERG, •"c'rlS:?.. Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Pleast- mention the American Florist lohen writing. N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26th St., New York. Open for Cat Flower Sales at 6 o'clock Every Morntng DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON, Secretary. Please mention the AMEEacAN FLOHiaT every time you write to an advertiser. 238 The American Florist. Mar. ^4, BEAUTIES! Samuel $. Peimock LIBERTIES! PHILADELPHIA. .A. 34 HAWLEY STREET, BOSTON. Best Boston Flowers An entif e floor Devoted to Stock and Manufacturing;. Write now for quotations on Chrysantheimims and all seasonable stock. SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR= Flowers of White Carnation I 11 I j A |\| POND Also IWRS. THOS. W. LAWSON. I'^^l'i^hLt^::!.^:!^. Li ■_■_■/-%! ^ I Vri^tr ....BOSTON, MASS. NUMBER DAILY., WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., 6E0R6E SALTFORD, Wholesale Commission Florist, 46 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Fair dealing and prompt returns guaranteed. Correspondence solicited. Author ot "How to Mako Monoy Growing Vtolot*." SIMON RODH, MANUFACTURER OF Florist Ribbons Salesroom: 40 West 2811) St , MFW YORK *'actobt: Camden. N. J. ''•-" ' ""•» RIBBONS ACCORDI^G TO SEASON. NEW YORK GUT FLOWER GO. 55 and 57 West 26th St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Daily Reports. Weekly Payments. '^'^B^MSdiion Sq. L A. MILLANG, 2094 MadisoB Sq. MAKASBB. Milton W. Woadroffe, WHOLESALf FLORIST, 1344 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Wbol^ale power/\arH^ Boston, March 11. Boaes, Beauty, extra 20. " *' medium 10 " oullB 2 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 2 " extra 6 " Liberty 4 Carnations 1 ** Special 3. Lily of the valley 1 Violets Paper White narcissi. Hyacinths.. 1 Trumpet narcissi 1 Tulips 1 Harrisii lilies 6 Adian turn Smilaz Philadelphia, March 11. Roses, Tea 8. " " extra " Beauty,extra 40. " " firsts 20, " Queen of Edgely, extra 40. " " •' firsts... .25 Carnations 1 Violets 1. LUy of the valley 3. Asparagus 25 Smilax ...12 Adiantum Farleyense 8 . BlTPFALO, March 12. Boses, Beauty 25 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 6 Carnations 3 Violets Paper Whites, Romans 2, Lily of the valley 00@25.00 .00@15.00 .00® 5.00 .00® 4.0O 00® 8.00 00® 8.00 .00® 2.00 .00® 4.00 .00® 4.00 .35® .51 .511® 2. 00 50® 2 00 .0C@ 3.00 .0C@10.00 .75® 1.00 50.00 .oa@i8.oo .00@I2 00 15.00 00@i0.00 .00®30.00 00®50.00 .00®30.00 .00® 4.00 .00® 1.50 00® 6.00 .00®50.00 .50@15.00 00@10.00 O0@ 5.00 1.00 rc® 4. no CO® 4 00 0O®20.00 00® 1. 60 Give Us a Trial. We Can Please You. Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock. IVH C If ACTIIIfS Wholesale Com- Iffmi ri IVHOIIIIUi mission Florist, dSi Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y. Dealer in Florists* Supplies and Wire Designs. Open Day and Night. .Please mention the A Florist when writing. The Philadelphia Wholesale Flower Market. ""^THnsir* 1224 CHERRY STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Is now open and ready 'for* business. Consign- ments of good stoclc solicited, especially Valley. Violets and Carnations. Commission, 10 per cent and $50 annaal stall rent, payable monthly in advance. Flowers, choice of this market, care- fully pacl^ed and shipped at short notice AL'WAYS MENTION THE AMERICAN nORIST WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS. SUPERIORITY. WE claim it for the flowers we distribute. It is guaranteed by the high sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It is proven by the large number of florists throughout New England and else- where depending on us for their regular supplies. Lai test dealers east of New York in Baskets, Sheaves, Letters, Vases, Ribbons and all Florists' Requisites. N. F. McCarthy & go. Tbl. 734 ASE 64 Main. 84 Hawley Street, BOSTON. H. C. RIEDEL. F. D. SPICER. HEADQIARTERS for the best line of Fancy Material in the New York Cot Flower Markets. All the tid-bits as well as all the standard everyday goods. Send to us for any or all. We are in close touch with the best growers and can supply you at short notice at prevailing market prices. Strictly Wholesale. We deal with Florists only. RIEDEL & CO., ' WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS, 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK CITY. On and after March 2nd will be located at..... Arch Street 1217 Leo. Niessen, WHOLESALE FLORIST, N. W. Cor. 13th and Filbert Sts., Phila. igoj. The American Florist. 239 JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Exclusively. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT Ttl. 2065 Madison Sq. NEW YORK. 42 West 28th SI. Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWERS ever ofiered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, Bride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter F. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Talapliona 903 Madison Sqaars. 39 West 28th St.. NEW YOBK. Talaphons No>. 2239 and 2034 Madison Squars, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 66 and 67 Watt 28th St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice ol sale note daily. Statement and check kly. All consignments, large or small, receive tho e attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. VIOLETS. WILLIAM CHORMLEY VIOLETS. 1 Wholesale " i^fciniw^ i«iiwiiiwiB«fc ■ 9 Commission j Daily Receiver and Shipper of Fresh Cut Flowers. • Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Valiey, Chrysanthemums. Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY. | JOHN YOUNG tpMlal Amerloan Beauties, Sirpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orohlds, and all Seaionable Floweri. 61 WMt 28tli St., NBW TOBZ. TeL 1805 Madlion Sq. THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR Violets and Carnations anOWERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It wUl be to your advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER. 80 West 29th St., New York. Telephone 551 Madison Sqaare. Frani( Nliilang Open from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. Cat Flower Exchange, 55-57 W. 26th St. Phone 299 Madison Square. NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1872, JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Conslgnmanto or Shipping Orders. Satisfaction given In both. TtL SSe Midlnn Sq. 115 Wnt SOtli St., New York. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. BB and 57 W. 26th St. NeW YOfk. Cut Flower Exchange. i-lx OPEN 6:0O A. M. An Unequalled Outlet (or Consigned Flowers. Choice Carnations. Selected Roses. Traendly&Schenck NEV YORK CITY, 38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange. Mew Telephone No. 708 tsl -when wrttim FORD BROS. Receivers and Shippers of FRESH FLOWERS, Ul West SOtli St., NEW TOKK, Telephone 157 Madison SquarcL REPRESENTING EMINENT GROWERS. JuSiusLang 53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK. COMMISSION DEALER in FLOWERS Telephone 280 Madison Square. ALEX. J. GUTTMAN, Wholesale Commission Florist, A full supply daily of the choicest New York and New Jersey FLOWERS. S2 W. 20th Street, NEW YORK CITY. Telephone 1738 Madison Square. fl. H. LflNGJflHR. Wholesale Commission Florist, BEST EXOWERS SHIPPED AT I,OWES1 NEW ¥ORK PRICES. 18 Bosrum Place, Brooklyii, H. Y. Telephone 939 Main. Hicks & Grawbuck, WHOLESALE ELORISTS NEW YORK: 4B West 29th Street Tel. '2798 Madison So. BROOKLYN, N.y.i 108 Livingston Street. Tel. 3660-3661 Main. EDW. C. HORAN, 55 WEST 28TH STREET, .NEW YORK. QUT F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE. 240 The American Florist. Mar. 14, The gEEE) TRatJE. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Walter P. Stokes, Pres. ; C. N. Pase, First Tioe-Prea.; S. F. Willakd, Wethersfleld, Conn., Seo'y and Treas. Twenty-first annual convention, Philadelphia and Atlantic City, June 23-85, 1903. There were good rains at Los Angeles, Cal., March 5. The Harper Seed and Commission Company, Nevada, Mo., was burned out February 27. Late advices ftom Southern California report another good rain in the early days of March. It is stated that more northern seeds than ever before have been shipped to Dallas, Texas. We understand that a Mr. Haines has introduced in the New Jersey legislature a bUl (No. 220) to prevent deception in the sale of red clover seed with which yellow trefoil has been mixed. The William Larsen Canning Com- pany, of Green Bay, Wis., will use 12,000 bushels of seed peas this year. A total of 2,700 acres have been contracted for ttis season, several hundred more than last year. The D. M. Ferry Seed Company, of Detroit, last year shipped 38,000 bushels of peas from their Charlevoix warehouse. Mr. Coulter has already contracted for 5,000 acres of peas, and expects to get 1,000 acres more, besides a good acreage of beans. niiford. Conn. It is rumored that one of the prominent seedsmen of the town will clear $50,000 this year as his part of the proceeds for the rapid advance in the price of sweet corn. The above encouragement is so great that it has caused another enter- prising firm to be established, who will go into the seed business on a large scale. Catalogues will soon be issued contain- ing a full line of all kinds of seeds. — New Haven Register, March 2. With the Trade In Denmark. The past year was very trying for hor- ticulture in Denmark, the effects of the cool and wet summer being especially felt here in a latitude equal to that of Labrador. The florists seem to have been the luckiest in escaping the bad effects, while gardeners and truckers all are agreeing to call it the worst season on record. They were late in getting on the ground, the almost continuous rain delaying the sowing and battering the soil so hard thit the sprouts could not break the crust. Many had to replant most of their ground, and this tale of woe continued, with seasonable variations, all through the year, which terminated with the freezing of all late beans, peas, and so forth. Cucumbers from the open ground were a very short crop. Tomatoes were few and poor. Cabbage did not head properly and half of the crops were frozen on the ground because of the unexpected and unusually heavy early frosts. The youngest branch of the trade, seed- growing, suffered perhaps the most, and this branch has of late grown to be of great importance, mostly all farm seeds such as mangels, turnips and kohlrabi being grown at home and also many garden seeds. Indeed, a better price is paid ior and better results obtained from home-grown than from imported seeds, and seed growing is pushing ahead, backed partly by private enterprise and partly by an understanding government which, instead of meddling with seeds- men's affairs and distributing free seeds, is granting money and employing skilled men for the purpose of finding the most rational ways of obtaining the very best strains of the different sorts. Even the growing of seeds of flowering plants has been subject to thorough tests with the result that a great many of the standard varieties, such as asters, pansies, stocks, and so forth, are grown to a higher perfection here than farther south. Seed of asters, for instance, is larger and of a clearer color than imported seed. It germinates quicker and with a higher percentage. The plants also are stronger and hardier and the flowers are larger and of just as good color. This year the early crops are passably good, the middle ones are poor and very few of the latest ones brought any result at all. Denmark supplies the earth vrith the finest cauliflower seed, but this year it is a sorry looking crop, the best seed being a good deal poorer than the screen- ings from other years. Belated plant- ings, the cool summer and the early frost worked together against a good result, and as to the flower seeds, those who gathered as much as they sowed were lucky. H. Hansen. Worcester, Mass. NEW CUT FLOWER PLANT TO BE ESTAB- LISHED. — TRADE PURSUES AN EVEN COURSE. There is a lively interest in the affairs of the Worcester County Horticultural Society and the bi-weekly meetings and exhibitions are being well attended, A premium list has been issued for all the shows from March 4 to November 12. It is reported that a company has been formed, the principal stockholder being a gentleman at present in Chicago, to establish a cut flower plant in the north part of town. Building operations, it is said, will soon be begun. Chas. D. Mackie, who opened a store on Main street early in the season, has leased a counter in Barnard, Sumner & Putnam Company's department store for the sale of plants and flowers. Trade is going along quietly, with nothing of especial note happening. Flowers are more plentiful and the quality is improving every day. Bulb- ous stock is now fine in all lines. H. F. A. Lange has gone on his annual southern hunting trip. A. H. L. Kenton, Ohio. I notice that W. Sabransky has put the glass in the sash bars the reverse of the usual way. He uses 16x24 glass, and instead of putting the long side up and down the roof he puts the short side. This method sets the sash bars eight inches farther apart and makes a much lighter house. He has 15,000 feet glazed this way, and will glaze his new houses this summer the same way. W. T. CLUCAS & BODDINGTON CO. Imoorters and Exporters of Steds, Bulbs ^Plants 8 1 2-8 1 4 Crasnwioh Straat, NEW YORK OITY. Send tor quotations on all Florists' Bulb Stock. VEGETABLE SEEDS. Below I quote prices, for orders booked now, on 100 lb. lots or more of Cabbage Seed and 15 lb. lots or more of Cauliflower and Sprouts Seed, crop 1903, f. o. b. cars Calverton in double seeds bags. Jt*er lb. Premium Late Flat Dutch $ .60 Selected Late Flat Dutch 60 Early Flat Dutch 65 Succession (Henderson's) 60 Drum Head (Large Late) 60 All Head Early (Burpee's) 65 Charlestown Wakefield 65 Early Jersey Wakefield 65 Early Summer (Henderson) 65 Early Spring (Henderson) 65 Danish Ball Head 1.75 Danish Bald Head (L. I. grown) 66 Brussel Sprouts, Dwarf, (L. I. strain Euro- pean grown) 4.00 Extra Early Erfurt Cauliflower Seed 17.00 Early Snowball Cauliflower Seed 19.00 Great Dane, originated from the Erfurt .. 17.00 I have a surplus of about 100 lb. lots or less of 1902 crop of Cabbage Seed for immediate orders, to be shipped at once, at the following prices: Lb. Charlestown Wakefield $ .60 Early Summer 60 All Season 65 Fottler's Brunswick 55 Drum Head 65 Late Flat Dutch 66 Autumn King 55 Premium Flat Dutch 50 B- E. COOPALE. Calverton, L. I. Early Bird TOMATO, The earliest, smoothest and largest Early Tomato we ever introduced. Resists the rot and does not sunburn; wonderfully produc- tive, of fine flavor. Every florist should have some plants in the spring for his par- ticular and appreciative trade. i oz., 50c; i oz.,95c;Oz., $1.75; postpaid. FLORIST DEPARTMENT, D. Landreth & Sons, l2l7MarketSt., Philadelphia, Pa. COMET EMPRESS FREDERICK. Dwarf and compact, fine for pots. Flowers pure white, diameter 4 to 5 inches. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. SEMPLE'S BRANCHING. Home grown. White, shell pink and lavender. J oz., 30c; oz., 7Sc. QUEEN OF MARKET. Best German. In colors, i oz., 25c; oz., 75c. LARGE VICTORIA. Best German. In colors. Packet, 25c; i oz., 65c; oz., $2.50. Write for wholesale catalogue now ready. Fresh Tobacco Stems, $1.50 per bale, cash. W. C. BECKERT, Allegheny, Pa. ONION write for samples and prices Seed Potatoes, |f„^ck.'.r." VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Chicago. fl!»u« mention i/u American florist when leriang. igo3. The American Florist. 241 EEP PEGGING AWAY if you want to accomplish your object. That's the way our Mr. E. E. Pieser brought about the welcome reduction in K rates on cut flowers. By keeping everlastingly at the officials and producing evidence to show that the present high RATES had resulted in a loss of revenue to the companies and would further reduce their revenue, he finally got the express rate REDUCED. Tf" HIS WORK WAS purely for the benefit of customers and shippers. The only way we get any benefit is through benefiting our customers and shippers. If you are not already one of our customers or shippers, why not become one now? KENNICOTT BROS. CO. Wholesale Commission Dealers in Cut Flowers. 42=44=46 E. Randolph St. C H IC AGO. 242 The American Florist. Mar. 14, The i^uRSERY Tr^i^e. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Ghab. a. Il&entkitz, Pres. ; D. S. Lake, Vice- PieB.; Geoeqb C. Sbasek, Eochester, N. Y., Seo'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Hioh., June, 1903. The Montana State Horticultural Society has adopted as the standard package for apples a box 12xl9x22V^ inches. ■ Prof. W. E. Britton, of New Haven, ■was the principal speaker March 4 at an I institute of the Connecticut Pomological , Society held at Ellington. His topic was I "Insect Enemies of the Farmer and Fruit j Grower." Olmsted Bros., of Brookline, Mass., ] have the contractfor the landscape work 1 to be done this spring in parks at Seattle, ; "Wash., and they also have been called to consult with the managers of the Lewis and Clarke Exposition at Portland, Ore. Blue Hydrang:eas. Ed. Am. Florist:— How shall I proceed to obtain the blue color in the hydran- gea? M. The question of producing blue-flowered hydrangeas is one that is frequently dis- cussed but still remains somewhat obscured. It is, however, believed by many growers that a certain proportion of iron in the soil will encourage the blue coloring of the flowers, and they there- fore sometimes mix a small quantity of iron filings in the potting soil, for exam- ple, four or five pounds of the filings to a barrowload of soil. Alum is also said to influence the color to some extent, but the eflect of either of these minerals would undoubtedly vary in accordance with the original composition of the soil. Some of the finest blue hydrangeas may be seen in widely separated localities, namely, Newport, R. I., and Wilmington, Del., but I am unable to say whether the soils of these localities are particularly rich in iron or not. W. H. Taplin. An Australian correspondent of the Gardeners' Chronicle -wiites as follows on this subject: "The hydrangea flowers often appear over a considerable length of time, and it may be noted that spring flowers are rarely blue, excepting when they come very early, or are subjected to a return of cold weather, which chills and excludes air from the soil. Late autumn flowers are frequently blue and they rarely escape this color where two or three frosts or continuous rains prevail. Where blue, white and pink flowers occur at the same time, it may be seen that the wood is of unequal vitality, and also that the roots supplying the respective parts are work- ing in soil differently endowed as to light, heat and air. "The effect of light in producing color must always depend on the nature of the sap as it is prepared by the root and leaf. Where leaves are shaded, the roots are generally shaded also; hence, imperfect feeding and debilitated sap, which must of necessity produce a new or exceptional color in the local flower. The hydrangea is hyper-sensitive to change of tempera- ture." Washington, D. C. STOCK COMING ON TOO FAST. — TRADE HOLDS FAIR. — GOOD CARNATIONS. Trade is only fair, no one being over- run with orders. Stock is both plentiful I and good. Azaleas are pushing into bloom on account of the warm weather. If it keeps up there will be very few for Easter. It is hard to keep back bulbous stock. James A. Watts is foreman at the new White House conservatories, at the prop- agating gardens, where George H. Brown is in direct charge. There are five houses in the new range, four of them 18x70 and one 35x180. This affords only about half the area of the old range and more adequate provision is needed. George A. Leissler built a violet house last fall, 18x75, but the violets were planted too late for good results. Car- nations are nearly all doing finely w^ith him, but Prosperity, G. H. Crane and Ethel Crocker are not showing up so well as the rest. He has a fine lot ot Astilbe Japonica and Harrisii lilies com- ing on for Easter. Theo. Dietrich is cutting a fine lot of sweet peas and violets. P. G. Pittsburg. STOCK STILL SHORT OF THE DEMAND IN MANY LINES. — EXPRESS RATES REDUCED. VARIOUS LOCAL DOINGS. On Saturday, March 7, the florists of this section received notice that the addi- tional charge on express ma:tter w^ould be withdrawn. The extraordinary pres- sure has clearly shown that the increased rate was unprofitable. The retail florists here w^ould willingly pay a higher rate if they cotdd get reasonable assurance that flowers would be handled carefully and delivered promptly. Beauties could hardly be finer, and they meet with good demand. The sup- ply of cheaper roses is more plentiful, but still short. Carnations, too, are more plentiful and the quality very good. Some very fine Marquis are on sale and go well. Harrisii lilies and lilacs and all bulbous stock are plentiful and fine. Death invaded the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Clarke on Monday and claimed their little daughter, Lititia, 5 years old. Four of the Clarke children were down with the measles at the same time. The new gas well recently struck at 1,700 feet at the plant of the Pittsburg Rose and Carnation Company, is more than supplying the needs of the place. Arthur Langhans, of Wheeling, W. Va., is in Pittsburg purchasing stock for his Easter trade. He reports business in Wheeling very steady. John Bader's azaleas are fine for Easter. Wm. Lauch is sending in some fine lilac plants, also specimen rhododendrons. J; Louis Loose, of Washington, came to Pittsburg last week to purchase machinery. E. L. M. Rhododendron Maximum i Kalmia Latifolia The two best native Evergreen Shrubs for out-of-door ornamentation. Furnished by car load lots or in smaller quantities. Send for prices, also Special Rhododendron circulars. Fine lot of general nursery stock. EASTERN NURSERIES, M.M.Pawson.Mgr . Jamaica Plain, Mass. TREES FOR SPRING OF 1903. We offer a large and cbolce line ot General Niirserv Stock. Special attention is called to the following: APPLE, CHERRY, Peach. Kieffer and Dwarf Pear, DOWNING GOOSEBERRY, Catalpa, Box Elder, Silver and Cut-leaved Maple, Mountain Ash. Carolina Poplar, Tulip Tree, Black Walnut Seedlings, Pecans, Clematis Paniculata, Wistaria, Norway Spruce, Hydraneea P. G., Barberry, Privet, Hybrid Perpetual and Climbing Moss Roses, Apple and Pear Seedlings and Root Grafts. For prices address F. S. PHOENIX, Bloomington, III. 1,000,000 STRAWBERRY AND OTHER PLANTS. Including Bubaoh, Gandy, Nick Otimer, New York, Sample, Success, Tennessee. Sharpless, Wm. Belt, and 30 other best sorts. See our cata- logue and get the best. See our discounts and gift plants. CALEB BOGGS & SON, Cheswold, Del. Please mention (he A merican Florist when writing. Association "Flora" Nursery Go. BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Roses, Clematis.PfleoniaSt Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Lilacs for forcing, Box Trees, fancy Evergreens and other shrubs on hand at the packing place in the season. Catalogue on application. Address p. CUWERKERK. 1 123 Summit Ave., JERSEY CITY, N. J. Tree Seeds. Our new descriptive CATALOGUE OF SEEDS of American Conifers, Trees, Shrubs, Palms, Cncti, Herbaceous Plants, etc., has been mailed to the trade. A postal will bring it to you. PINEHURST NURSERIES, Pinehurst. N. G. Otto Katzenateln, 'SUgr* Ampelopsis Veitchii and Engelmanni. SIrona 3-year, SI per Doz.; S7 per 100. CLEMATIS, strong 2 and 3-year dormant, 25c and 35c each; J3.00 and $4.00 per dozen. CLEMATIS PANICULATA, 3-year, $1.00 per dozen. PEONIES, in strong roots, distinct kinds and colors for florists, $1.50 dozen; $10.00 per 100. H. P. ROSES, own roots, 2 and 3-year, $1.25 per dozen; $9 per 100; 4-inch pots, same price. STRAWBERRY PLANTS, from new plantings. War- field, Clyde, Bederwood, etc., 75c per 100; $3.00 per thousand. f. A. B\LUR, Bloomington, III, SHADE TREES, Etc. Sugar Maple 8 to 10 ft., Sugar Maple 6 to 7 ft., Sugar Maple 4 to 51t., Spircea Van Houttei 1^4 to 2 ft.. Gladiolus Bulblets, from fine named sorts, all strains, mixed $8.00 per bushel, 2 bushels $15.00 Gladiolus Groff's Hybrid Bulblets, choice strain 50 Ismene Calathina, (White Amary- llis) 2d size, will mostly bloom 3.00 Ismene Calathina, 3d size 1,50 Madeira Vine, No. 1 1.50 11.00 Madeira Vine, No. 2 75 5.00 Well packed and in cars. Cash with order. List free. E. Y. TEAS, CBnt»rvlllB, Ind. Per 100 10:0 i$15.00, 7.00 $60.00 .5.00 40.00 7.00 Send to THE MOON For I Trees, Shrubs, Vines Your I and Small Fruits. Desoilptive Illustrated Catalogue Free. THE WM. H. MOON OO. Morrlsville, Pa> When writing to any of the adver- tisers on this page please mention the American Florist. jgo3. The American Florist. 243 Did You Watch Them at Brooklyn? MRS. M. A. PATTEN AND NELSON FISHER CARNATIONS. Were awarded the American Carnation Society Silver Cup at Brooklyn. Orders booked now for J 904 delivery and cuttings sent direct from either PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass. OR J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO. book: ^youi* o:Rr>Ki«s nto^w. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co., JOLIET, ILLINOIS. 244 The American Florist. Mar. i^, Our pasTiMBs. Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and *»:orting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart. 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.; Robt. Kilt, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 334 Dearborn St., Chicago, III. At. St. Louis. The Florists' Bowling Club met Mon- day and the following scores were made: Player 1st 3d 3d 4th T'l. John Young 174 118 118 163 563 F. C. Weber. Sr 137 153 153 161 593 Theo. Miller 144 13B 87 135 5 3 F. C. Weber, Jr 163 100 353 H. J. F. At Cleveland. The following record shows the enthu- siasm which brings out a large attend- ance: Player 1st 3d Player 1st 2d Plggott 80 A.Graham 127 117 Gray 115 130 F. Aul 113 Coe 96 Gaul 73 Weiss 78 A. Hart 99 B.Hart 163 1.56 Wilson 145 Kelly 137 118 A. Hart, Jr.... 106 Brown 146 133 Warnke Ill Stade 139 Naumann 60 Bond 163 Smith 96 Kunz 157 146 Livingston 93 Wasson 133 133 titzinger. 126 Bartelle 122, H.Hart 88 Pontine 136 176 O. G. At Baltimore. At bowling practice the following scores were made by the Baltimore club: Players. 1st 3d 3d 4th 5th 6th Harry Lehr 171 186 181 169 184 164 Mao Richmond 189 177 168 201 159 191 Wm. PaulBinder 144 161 141 139 137 168 I.H. Moss 149 141 139 138 151 140 C. L. Seybold 177 196 168 187 191 303 Eobt. Halliday 175 179 169 Fred. Bauer 143 131 137 James Boone 163 179 172 On the evening of March 9 the Phila- delphia florists paid their annual visit to Baltimore. The inevitable game resulted in a victory for Baltimore, two out of three. The score follows: "Philadblphia '1st 2d 3d Moss 151 214 150 Gibson 134 148 149 Connors 168 169 161 Adclberger 116 107 191 Kift 134 163 131 Dunham 139 191 166 Totals 833 981 948 Baltimore 1st 3d 3d Kichmond 180 203 165 Halliday 199 165 139 Lehr 157 163 161 Boone 157 14U 165 Patterson 94 143 132 Seybold 147 181 166 Totals 934 993 918 At Cbicagfo. There was one of the best of meetings of local bowlers on Tuesday evening, when plans were outlined for the spring campaign. The first business was the election of oflScers for the bowling club, the choice being as follows: President, P. J. Hauswirth; vice-president, George Scott; secretary and treasurer, George Stollery; captain, Charles Balluff. It was decided to resort to a series of thirty games for the selection of the team to represent Chicago at the Milwaukee con- yention of the S. A. F. The first set of three games will be rolled on Tuesday evening, April 14, the last three on the evening of June 16. Each man must enter for the series, with P. J. Hauswirth, 227 Michigan avenue, and pay $1 entry- fee. To be eligible to the finals twenty- one or more games must be bowled. At the conclusion of the series the ten high men will roll a short contest to deter- mine the six who are to constitute the team. Everyone should enter for and participate in this series of games, for Chicago will be looked to for a repre- sentative team. The Vaughan's Seed Store bowlers and a team from Vaughan's Greenhouses at Western Springs rolled three friendly games on the La Grange alleys on Satur- day evening, March 7. The store team won by a margin of sixty-eight pins. SEED STORE. 1st 2d 3d Roy 114 153 166 Goss 149 147 188 Nagel 126 139 163 Weller 118 114 166 Harvey 165 163 189 Totals 673 715 862 GREENHOUSES. 1st 3d 3d Babcock 134 179 160 Bales 168 172 187 Bollnow 201 116 166 Kittle 118 96 101 Nordlin 104 133 146 Totals 725 696 760 At Washington. The following is the record of the Wash- ington bowlers made in practice on the evening of March 4: Player 1st 2d 3d T'l W.H.Ernest 172 175 337 574 G.Cook 160 161 140 461 W.King 127 173 161 460 W. Pritchard 123 158 158 439 W.S.Clark 146 108 134 388 George Shaffer 130 132 116 378 W. W. Kimmell 133 118 137 377 A. Esch 168 118 100 376 G.Barber 133 116 135 373 J. Shine 139 119 108 366 C. Wolf 120 136 101 357 J. Minder 109 116 113 338 A. Herold 109 106 90 305 O. Bauer 73 86 71 230 P. G. Toronto. CANADIAN CARNATION SHOW A PRONOUNCED SUCCESS. — FINE ARRAY OP EXHIBITS. — SEVERAL OF THE BEST THINGS FROM A DISTANCE SUFFERED IN TRANSIT. — A BAN- QUET. — NOTES. The annual Canadian carnation show was held in St. George's Hall March 5. The show was attended by hundreds of admiring citizens, and it will be necessary to procure a larger haU for future meet- ings. Many fine exhibits were put up. J. H. Dunlop had the larger number of varieties, including sixteen standard sorts and some Lawson sports. He had some very fine Balduin and Ivory roses and the table was completed with some nice white lilacs, rhododendrons, azaleas and specimen palms. The silver challenge cup was awarded him lor an elegant vase of Mrs. T. W. Lawson. The Dale Estate, of Brampton, exhibited some of the latest introductions in carnations and their Bride, Bridesmaid and Meteor roses were excellent. Their exhibit was awarded a prize of $15. W.J.Lawrence's carnations are ofi' crop but his roses are excellent, especially Ivory, and he had some very fine Morgan, besides ferns and miscel- laneous flowering plants. Wm. Fendley, of Brampton, showed violets and carna- tions. Manton Brothers had the only exhibit of orchids and some nice cycla- mens and foliage plants. Wm.Jay & Son made a general display of spring stock. George Mills showed some good seedlings and a vase of Glacier. F. Domer & Son sent Alba, Apollo, Sibyl and Dorothy Whitney. Weber & Son, of Oakland, Md., sentGov. Lowndes, but the flowers arrived sleepy. J. D. Thompson sent a large bunch of Enchan- tress, which had been very fine but, having been packed in ice, must have got chilled. S. J. Reuter, of Westerly, R. I., sent Lillian Pond, a beautiful white. The Chicago Carnation Company sent Mrs. Potter Palmer, Her Majesty, Mar- shall Field and Harlowarden. L. E. Marquisee sent Flamingo, Albatross and Suubird. The new yellow rose Franz Deegen came from E. G. Asmus in fine form. F. R. Pierson sent a beautiful specimen of Nephrolepis Piersonii which was awarded a certificate of merit. It was also recommended that certificates of merit be awarded Mr. Marquisee for both Flamingo and Albatross. The axmnSi dinner of the Gardeners' and Florists' Association vras held in Webb's Parlors on the evening of March 6 and most of the out of town visitors remained as guests of the association. Brief and pithy speeches, enjoyable music and a feeling of good fellowship all con- tributed to make the hours pass quickly and pleasantly. The decorations, under the supervision of Ernest CoUins, were noteworthy. President Wallace Wood occupied the chair and J. H. Dunlop acted as toastmaster, introducing a long list of interesting speakers. Among the import- ant topics touched upon was the necessity for a modern building on the site of the burned Horticultural Pavilion as a suit- able place for holding conventions, flower shows and similar affairs. The lack of wisdom shown by the city council in reducing the estimates for the city parks was scored and the importance of the annual convention of the Canadian Horticultural Society, to be held in Toronto during the first week of the Industrial Exhibition, was discussed. After the meeting of the executive com- mittee of the Canadian Horticultural Association March 6 the visitors took the opportunity of seeing the establish- ment of J. H. Dunlop, who had tables arranged in the shipping room and served refreshments. Visitors: S. S. Bain, J« McKenna and Jos. Bennett, Montreal; B. Mepsted, Ottawa; H. A. Bunyard,New York; E. A. Townsend, C. M. Webster, E. Walker and J. Morgan, Hamilton; A. E. Cole, Grimsby; A. H. Ewing, Woodstock; Dr. Roe, Georgetown; L. I. Vair, Barrie; Wm. Algie, Brampton; Edw. Dale, "Ted" Dale, Wm. Fendlev, C. Thompson, F. Lewis, W. Kennedy, J. Davis, T. Webb, all of Brampton; W. S. Murray, Akers- loot, Holland, and others. H. G. D. "The Goldfish and Its Culture." This is a good book by a competent author, and the fact that the present is the third edition, much enlarged, speaks well for its utility and popularity. The book contains 160 pages and is well illustrated with plates, diagrams, etc., so that in these days, when so many florists and other plant growers engage in fish culture, it wUl be found a valuable investment. The subject is covered com- pletely, including goldfish, keeping and breeding in the house and outdoors, the construction and care of the parlor aquarium and ponds, etc. The author is Hugo Mulertt and the book can be secured from this office on receipt of the regular price, $2. Grand Rapids, Mich.— On February 23 fire destroyed the residence of Arthur Dietrich, foreman for the Grand Rapids Violet Company, He had no insurance. igoj. The American Florist. 245 © 00 s 0.13 -O >u S; w p Q. g" 5 5" 5 >7i S' « " £;■ • V, o. 2. B 2. ** p s -• _. „) T) «. ? ». s CS 2, 3 S- S I i ■< 1 ^ i !^ °- 1' I 2 B R- 1h £ B "2 - t-" ? 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The Milwaukee Florists' Club held a very successful carnation meeting March 10. Most of the leading new varieties were shown. The Chicago Carnation Company staged Her Majesty, Marshall Field, Harlowarden and Mrs. Potter Palmer. The J. D. Thompson Carnation Company showed Nelson Fisher, Mrs. M. A. Patten, Enchantress, Harry Fenn and Roosevelt. The F. Dorner & Sons Company showed Alba, Sibyl and Apollo. W. N. Rudd showed Phyllis, Marquis and a white seedling. No. 15. H. Weber & Son showed their Gov. Lowndes and E. T. Grave sent President McKinley. The blooms were all in good condition and called forth considerable praise. It is probable that considerable quantities of the new varieties will be grown in this city the coming season. We also had an exhibit from Milwaukee growers, the first prize being won by Heitman & Baerman with some very fine Marquis. Second prize was captured by Nic. Zweifel with Lord, and third prize by the C. C. Poll- worth Company with Dorothy. The judges had a very difficult time to decide, as the flowers were of a very even run. Among the Milwaukee growers the fol- lowing carnations were shown: Pohl & Krause showed Marquis; C. C. PoUworth Company, Potter Palmer, Gov. Roose- velt, Dorothy and Mrs. Thos. W. Law- son; Nic. Zweifel, Norway and G. Lord; Heitman & Baerman, Evanston, Estelle and Marquis, all in good condition. Chas. Johansen entered Estelle, Norway, Crane and Joost, all of which were well grown. After the meeting we had a fine lunch, with cigars and wine, and we can truly say that we spent a very enjoyable evening. The majority of Milwaukee florists are now seeing the advantages of a florists' club and we are having well attended meetings. We expect to have the executive com- mittee of the S. A. F. with us on St. Pat- rick's day. At this time the question of a hall for the coming meeting; of the S. A. F. will be decided. The majority of Mil- waukee florists are in favor of having the meeting at the Exposition building, which is very large and commodious, well adapted for a meeting of this kind. ■ M. Buffalo. BUSINESS FAIR AND STOCK PLENTIFUL IN ALL LINES. — MANY VISITORS. — LOCAL NOTES. Trade is as good as could be expected, with stock plentiful, bulbous material almost in over- supply. Azaleas, tulips, dafibdils and Dutch hyacinths are in every store window, making fine dis- plays. |i((W. H. Grever, formerly with Adams, and later with Bullock & Co., goes to work for Byrne & Slattery, who are highly pleased with their success so far in Buffalo. The Holland bulb men have been with us, also Mr. Dikes, of Ed. Jansen, New York; Martin Reukauf, of Philadelphia; Henry Wise, of E. Aurora, N. Y.,and J. C. Pult, of Tonawanda. The automobile show called forth a quantity of flowers. Palmer's two stores having automobiles prettily trimmed. S. A. Anderson expects to leave next week for a short vacation. Our club banquet and election promise to be lively afiairs. Bison. CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Now Ready. PINK. Per 100 Per 1000 Lawson $2.00 $15.00 Guardian Angel 1.2S 10.00 Joost 1.2s 10.00 Genevieve Lord 1.25 10.00 Nelson S.oo 40.00 Cressbrook 4.00 35.00 Triumph 1.25 10.00 Higinbotham 5.00 40.00 Morning Glory 2.00 15.OO RED. Pnr 100 Per 1000 Estelle $3.00 $25.00 Adonis 14.00 120.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Crane 2.£0 Palmer 4.00 Mrs. L. Ine 1.25 Chicago (Red Bradt) 2.50 WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $i2.5b Queen Louise 2.50 Peru 1.25 Murphy's White 6.00 Bon Homme Richard 1.25 Hoosier Maid 1.25 White Cloud 1.25 20.00 30.00 10.00 20.00 20.00 10.00 50.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 VARIEGATED. Per 100 Per 1000 Bradt $2.50 $20.00 LAWSON Rooted Cuttings from Black Soil, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1,000. V VIST'S Well rooted cuttings, JXlVOXlO. strong and healthy. BRIDE $1.50 per hundred; $12.50 per tbousand BRIDESMAID 1.50 per hundred; 12.50 per thousand PERLE 1.50 per hundred ; 12.50 per thousand GOLDEN GATE 1.50 per hundred; 12.60 per thousand IVORY 3.00 per hundred ; 25.00 per thousand SUNRISE 6.00 per hundred; 50.00 per thousand ROSE PLANTS From 2 1-2-inch Pots. Per 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000 SOUV. DE PIERRE NOTTING. .$8.00 $75.00 SUNRISE $7.00 $65.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 55.00 ^^'^gl-"::".:::::-.:;:;".::;;;;;; agg I^So KAISERIN 4.00 35.00 GOLDEN GATe!"..*.'.'.".'.'.'.'.'..'.'.'.'.' 3.00 25^00 BRIDESMAID 3.00 25.00 PERLE 3.00 25.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY, 3-iu. Pots $7.00 per 100; $65.C0 per 1000. All stock sold under express condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., .CHICAGO. yiease mention the A Florist when writing. Rooted Carnation Cuttings Get the best, cbe^ ctittiogs are dear at any price. Early orders 'will be furnished from sand, later orders from ctittings transplanted into soil at same rate. n, Per 100 Per 1000 Adonis $14.00 $120.00 Enchantress 12.00 100.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Fragrance 12.00 100.00 White Bradt 14.00 President McKinley 12.00 100.00 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt 12.00 Marshall Field 12.00 100.00 Lillian Pond 10.00 75.00 Her Majesty.. 10.00 80.00 Murphy's White 6.00 bO.OO Apollo 6.00 60.00 Cressbrook 6.00 40.00 Dorothy 'Whitney 6.00 60.00 Enquirer 6.00 60.00 Floriana 6.00 45.00 Golden Beauty 6.00 40.00 Gov. 'Wolcott 5.00 45.00 HarryFenn 6.00 60.00 J. H. Manley 6.00 60.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 6.00 60.00 Mrs. H. N. Higinbotham 6.00 46.00 Per 100 Per 1001 Mrs. Potter Palmer $ S.OO $45.00 America 1.76 15.00 Chicago or Red Bradt 3.00 26.00 Estelle 4.00 30.00 Ethel Crocker 1.76 16.00 Flora Hill 1.76 16.00 Genevieve Lord 1.76 16.00 G.H.Crane 1.75 16.00 Gov. Roosevelt 4.00 30.00 Guardian Angel 1.76 16.00 Lorna 4.00 30.00 MorningGlory 8.50 20.00 Marquis 1.76 16.00 Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 3.00 26.00 Mrs.F. Joost 1.75 16.00 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson S.OO 25.00 Norway 1.76 16.00 Prosperity 8.60 20.00 Queen Louise 3.00 26.00 'White Cloud 1.76 16.00 Wm. Scott 1.6J 18.00 CAN N AS. STRONG DORMANT, TWO-EYED ROOTS. Per 100 Per 1000 AUemania $4.00 Burbank 3.00 Chas. Henderson 3.00 $25.00 Duke of Marlborough 3.60 SJ.OO David Harum 16.00 Dwarf Florence Vaughan 4.01 35.'0 Explorator Crampbell 3.00 25.00 Florence Vaughan 3.60 30.00 Francois Reif 3.60 30.00 Per 100 Per 1000 L. Patry $3.00 $86.00 Leonard Vaughan 6.00 60.00 Martha Washington 6.00 60.00 Mlle.Berat 3.0O 26.00. Mixed 1.60 10.00 Paul Marquant 3.00 86.00 Pres. Carnot 3.(0 86.00 Queen Charlotte 4.00 36.00 Sec. Chabanne 3.00 26.00 i VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, 14 Barclay St., NEW YORK. Z 84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO. ♦ GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. \ igo3. The American Florist. 247 >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦»♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦< HALF MILLION CUTTINGS "^n^Hlp/^ 20,000 Each of the Following Varieties: Crane, America, Prosperity, Armazindy, Cloud, Flora Hill, Norway, Bon Homme, Marquis, Guardian Angel. All at $2.00 per JOO; $15.00 per J 000. Gov. Wolcott, Higinbotham, $5.00 per JOO; $45.00 per JOOO. Estelle, $4.00 per JOO; $30.00 per JOOO. Palmer, $5.00 per JOO; $40.00 per JOOO, il Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, III, >♦♦♦»♦♦♦»»♦♦♦•♦♦•♦♦ Carnations I Roses FOR 1903. Rooted Cuttings From Sand NOW READY. Per 100 NOR\VAY $2.00 LORNA 2.60 WM. SCOTT 1.60 FLORIANA 2.00 MORNING GLORY 1.60 If from soil add 25 per cent to quotations. 100 1000 BRIDE ROSES from 2!4-inch pots. ..$2.60 $20.00 BRIDESMAID from 2H-inch pots... 2.50 20.00 A.LTnORNE, Mushing. N. Y. Carnations Rooted Cuttings Per 100 Per 1000 CRESSBROOK $5-00 $40.00 CHALLENGER 5.00 40.00 FAIR MAID 6.00 50.00 500 at 1000 rates. Other vars., prices on application C. WARBLRTOW, Pall River. Mass. IT WILL PAY YOU To grow PDCHSIAS and there are none better than the following: Little Beauty, $5.00; Lord Byron, M.OO; White Beauty, $4.00; Tener, $4.00. Also BEGONIA Double Vernon. $4.00; Pink Sport of Vemon, $10.00. HELIOTROPE Mme. Bruant, 14.00 Stock ready now, strong 2^-inch pots. Se evinci Clfv tos n. leui sir«at, ■ Oi jMUCLOMj PHIUDELPHIA. PA. 30.000 DflHLIflS. Fifty varieties, whole field-grown roots, HOU per 100; $36.00 per 1.000. Send for descriptive list. We can save you money. A. B.DAVIS 86 SON, Pufcellville.Va. Governor Wolcott Carnation Rooted Cuttings from Flowering Stems Only $5 per 100; $45 per 1000. 100 1000 BOSTOX MARKET, white $S.01 $40.ro L AWSON 4.0U 3 .00 Henry A. Stevens Co., East St., Dedham, Mass. The HorticulturalTrade Journal THE LARGEST, BRiGHTEST AND BEST Horticultural Trade paper in the British I8le8. ItconteinsMOEE ADVERTISEMENTS. MORE ILLUSTRATIONS and MORE NEWS than any of its contemporaries. Read by the whole of the British trade and all the best European houses every week. Annual subscription, 75 cents. Specimen copy post free. Published weekly. H w lhiiwo l Tradt Journal Co» Padniain. Laoet- Ena. Pot-Grown Fruit Trees Covered with flower buds and will bear fruit this year. Also can be forced. APPLES. PEARS. APRI- d^O ^C\ each COTS. PEACHES. PLUMS WO.^Vy English Pot-Grown Grape Vines S2.00, $2.50, $3.00 Each in The Following Varieties: Foster's Seedling, Black Hamburg', Golden Hamburg, Gros Colman Lady Downc's Seedling, Muscat of Alexandria, Muscat of Madresfield Court, Muscat Bowood, Muscat Conon Hall, Muscat Hamburg, Treb- biano. ^ SELECTED CANES, $3.50, GARDENIA VEITCHII: 6-in. pots, $5 per Doz.; 7-in. pots, $12 per Doz. The only true perpetual winter flowering variety. Our Spring Catalogue Is Now Ready. Ask For Same. BOBBINK & ATKINS, RutlieM, N. J. NEW CARNATIONS -ft GOV. LO\VNDES (Fil MARSHALL FIELD, HARLOWARDEN, Large Commercial White), MRS. THEO. ROOSEVELT, WHITE BRADT, ENCHANTRESS, PRESIDENT McKINLEY, SIBYL, FRAGRANCE, $2.50 par Dozen. $12.00 per 100. $100.00 per 1000. ADOXIS 13.00 per dozen. $14.00 per 100. $120.00 per 10(0. HER MAJESTY 2.00 per dozen. 10.00 per 1' 0. 80.00 per 1000. LILLIAN POND 2.00 per dozen. 10.00 per 100. 75.00 per 1000. INNOCENCE 6.C0 per 100. 5j.00 per lOLO. other Leading New and Standard Varieties. CHRYSANTHEMUMS— We have a large stock of the leading new varieties. Prompt delivery March 1st or earlier. Send for complete list ol ; " """'' "'' ^" ' and 'standard varieties now ready. I H. WEBER & SON S, Oakland, Ma ryland CARNATIONS Rooted Cuttings of all the new 1903 and best standard varieties. Send for price list; WILLIAM SWAYNE. Box 226. KENNETT SQUARE, PA. Miss Louise Faber. Longest stemmed pink Carnation in the market to-day. $2 per 12; $10 per 100; $75 per 1000. Send for descriptive I price list i FICK & FABER, San Mateo, Cai. CARNATIONS From Two-inch Pots, Clean Healthy Stock. 100 1000 PROSPERITY $4.00 $36.00 LAWSON 4.00 8S.0O FLORIANA 5.00 46.00 LORNA....- 4.00 36.00 NORWAY 4.00 35.00 ROOSEVELT 4.00 VIOLA ALLEN 6.00 TERMS:— Cash with order. A. V. D. SNYDER, Ridgewood, N. J. 248 The American Florist. Mar. 14, Cleveland. CLUB MEETS AND PLANS A CARNATION SHOW.— THE MARKET GARDENERS ADD LARGELY TO THEER RANKS. — TRADE FAIR.— LOCAL NOTES. At the Florists' Club Monday evening Wm. Brinker made a motion to hold a carnation show March 23, which received the unanimous approval of the members. It was a very good opportunity to broach the subject, as the meeting was well attended. No prizes will be given, but good, fair, honest judgment will be passed and it is hoped will be an incentive to further efforts in the way of producing a superior quality of flowers. As a pre- liminary Geo. Smith and Max Naumann brought to the club two large bunches of splendid carnations originated by them- selves. Smith's Magdalene is a cross between Flora Hill and Tidal Wave, darker than Daybreak and lighter than Tidal Wave. Mr. Naumann's seedling, Louise Naumann, is well known to the trade. Fifty new members were received into the Cleveland Market Gardeners' and Producers' Association March 7. Avery enthusiastic meeting was held and mat- ters pertaining to the market were dis- cussed. It was decided to work in con- nection with the Retail Grocers' Associa- tion. The executive committee w^as announced by President Chester as fol- lows: M. L. Ruetenik, South Brooklyn; John Hogg, Rocky River; Fred. Burk- hardt, Nottingham; T. W. James, Parma, and G. A. Tilton, Cleveland. A special meeting will be held March 21. Bate Brothers inform me that the high standard of stock still continues. Both long-stemmed and short Beauties are scarce, mediums plentiful. Brides and Bridesmaids are of fine quality; Meteors good. There is a plenty of bulbous stock but Mr. Bate says the usual Lenten glut is not so apparent here as in some of the larger cities. The various express companies inform Mr. Kennedvthat the old rate is restored. O. G. East St. Louis, III.— August Mirring has to report an uninterrupted course of development since starting in business in 1894. He now has a range of twelve houses and a total of 28,000 square feet of glass. West Superior, Wis. — Miss Lizzie O'SuUivan is suffering a serious handicap because of the recent destruction of her stock by exposure during a fire which originated in the service building adjoin- ing. The damage was $3,000, without insurance, and it has made it difficult to supply an active demand. Young Rose Stock. BRIDES and BRIDESMAIDS, 3-inch; PERLES a and a/a-inoh: WOOTTONS 214 and 3-inch; AMERICAN BEAUTIES 2-inch; KAISERIN 2 and 2'/a-inch-. SODPERT and HERMOSA 2J4-inoh. A No. 1 Stock from 2 and 3-eyed Cuttings. J. G. MURRAY, Peoria, III. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Rose Plants. From VA in. Pots. Extra Strong. BRIDESMAIDS $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000 BRIDES 3.C0 per 100; 2.5.00 per 1000 GOLDEN GATE 3.00 per 10 ; 25.00 per 1000 IVORY ij.OtperlOO; 40.00 per IOlO From 3-in. Pots. IVORY $8.00 per 100 ' CEO. W. WATERFIELD, Wyndmoor, Pa. Carnation Cuttings. WELL ROOTED, CLEAN, HEALTHY STOCK. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $10.00 White Cloud 1.50 10.00 Norway 1.50 12.50 Per 100 Per lOOO America $1.50 $10.00 Marquis 1.50 10.00 Elma 1.50 10.00 Guardian Angel (The Sport), per 100, $1.50; per lOOO, $10.00. 2^-INCH ROSE STOCK. ^^°^S^^^f^l^T:. Per 100 Per 1000 I Per 100 Per 1 000 Ivory $4.00 $35.00 Bridesmaid $3.00 $25.00 Bride 3.00 25.OO | Meteor and Gate 2.50 20.00 Ivory, rooted cuttings, per 100 $2.50; per lOOO, $20.00. Booted Chrysanthemum Cuttings. WHITE. TIMOTHY EA.TON. .. GEO. S KALB 1.60 IVORY 1.50 LADY FITZWYGRAM 1.01 MME. BERGMANN 1.50 MAYFLOWER 150 MINNIE WANAMAKER l.iiO MRS. H. ROBINSON 1.50 MERRY CHRISTMAS l.SO WHITE BONNAFFON 2.00 W. H. CHADWICK 1.60 RED. DEFENDER 1.50 OAKLAND 1.60 Per 100 Per 1000 $15.00 12.50 12.50 8.00 12.60 12.60 12.50 12.50 12 50 15.00 12.50 YELLOW. Per 100 Per 1000 YELLOW FITZWYGRAM $1.00 $8.00 COL. APPLETON 1.60 12.50 MAJOR BONNAFFON 1.50 12.60 H. W. EIEMAN 1.60 12.50 OCTOBER SUNSHINE 1.60 12.60 GOLDEN WEDDING 1.50 12.50 YELLOW MAYFLOWER 1.50 12.50 W. H. LINCOLN 1.50 12.50 PINK. GLORY OF PACIFIC 1.50 12.50 MRS. PERRIN 1.50 12.50 MRS. S. T. MDRDOCK l.'O 13.50 PINK IVOR Y 1.60 J2.50 VIVIAND-MOREL 1.60 12.50 MARION NEWELL 2.00 15.00 All cuttings and plants sold with the express condition that if not satisfactory when received they are to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. WIETOR BROS., w,b,fi!A>.. Chicago. \ [Azaleas for Easter!] X All the Best Forcing Varieties, With Good Proportion of X I MME. VAN DER CRUYSSEN and SIMON MARDNER. I Per 100 12 to i4-inch crowns, at $45.00 14 to 16-inch crowns, at 60.00 A quantity of fine bushy specimens, Mme. Van der Cruyssen, Niobe, Simon Mardner, etc., with 1 6 to 1 8-in. crowns, $1 5 per doz. ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. Strong seedlings from flats, $2.00 per 100. F1CUS ELASTICA (true Belgian var.) 100 5 and 6-in. pots, 18-20 in. high, at... $30.00 4-in. pots, 10-12 in. high, at 20.00 3-in. pots, at. 15-00 KENTIA BELMOREANA. 2^inch pots, strong plants, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 3-inch pots, $12 per 100; $100 per lOOO. CANNAS. All standard varieties, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. \ The Storrs & Harrison Go. I I PAINESyiLLE, OHIO. | American Beauty Roses. First crop now ready. Strong plants from 2i4-inch pots, 86.00 per 100; 850.00 per 1000. Our young plants of American Beauty are exceptionally fine this year, and we extend a cordial invitation to intending planters to inspect our stock. Orders booked now for Spring delivery, and will be filled in rotation. ROBERT SGOTT & SON, Sharon Hill, Del. Go. Pa. The Best White Carnation to Date The Queen Reaches highest standard in size, lorm, calyx, stem, productiveness andlceeping quality. A sure ...nner where ever shown. Price per 100, $10.00; 260, $22.50; 500, $37.50; 1000, $76.00. Little South Floral Co., So. Natick, Mass. S. J. Goddard, Framingham, Mass. igoj. The American Florist. 249 AJZ^A^T^lSiAJ^ fl^OR B>^\.sarE>i^ Our stock is not only larger but finer than ever before. "We'can supply standard varieties including 10 per cent of Mme. Van der Cruyssen. Do not delay ordering, the sooner plants are shipped the less danger to the buds. , 10 to 13 i 13 to 14 13 to 15 16 to 18 18 to 30 20 to 24 Per doz. in diameter $5 00 6ii00 IB 00 30 00 43 00 Per 100 $40 00 60 00 70 00 i^ivrv]M:s. ARECA LUTESCENS. pots, I plant in pot. .6 to 8 In. hi|;h, $ Tf> Per doz. " 3 plants in pot. .13 to 4.5 " 1 3S 3 •• 15 to 18 • 3 51) 3 " 18 to 34 ■■ 5 00 23 to 24 " 9 00 28 to 30 " 12 Oi) 5 to 6 $ 8 00 Per 100 S>«0 00 Per 1000 10 CO " 70 00 20 00 " 176 00 40 00 '■ 350 00 75 00 ICO CO KENTIA FORSTERIANA. 2M-inoh pots. 4 Leaves. 8 to 10 In. hi 3-inch pots, 5 " 13 to 15 4-inoh pots, 5 to 6 •• 15 to 18 6-inch pots, 6 " 30 6 inch pots, 6 " 30 to 36 7-inch pots, 6 " 30 to 36 8-inch pots, 6 " 42 8-inch pots, 6 " 48 to .52 9-inch pots, 6 to 7 " 53 to .54 9-inch pots, 6'o7" .54 to 58 lO-mch pots, 6 to 7 " 60 10-inch pots, 6 to 7 " 72 12-in. tubs, 7 Leaves 7 to 8 feet. (1 25 P( 2 00 4 60 ,10 00 Per 100 % 90 00 IVr 1000 15 OH 36 10 .$1 25 Each. 140 00 915 00 Per do/.. 18 00 24 00 30 00 48 00 6 00 Each. 7 50 10 00 lifO 35 00 PHOENIX CANARIENSIS. ll-inch tubs, 3H to 4 feet high, bushy and shapely J5.00 Each. 11-inch tubs, 4 to 4'/^ feet high, bushy and shapely $6.00 Each. Ferns for Fern Dishes. FOR IMMEDIATE USE. Per 100 Per 1000 2-inoh pots, assorted varieties $3 00 $25 OO 6 00 LATANIA BORBONICA. pots. Leaves, high. 6 to 6 12 to 5 to 6 15 5 to 6 15 to 18 5 to 6 18 to 20 I 00 3 60 4 00 Per 100 % 4 CO 5 00 8 CO 20 00 30 00 50 00 Per 1000 $31 00 40 00 KENTIA BELMOREANA. Pots. Leaves In. high. Per do 2H 4 8 to 10 $1 25 3 5 13 to 15 2 00 4 5 to 6 15 to 18 4 50 5 6 18 to 20 6 6 26 to 28. 6 6 to 7 28 to 30 7 6 to 7 30 to 32 Per 1000 $90 00 140 00 Per 100 $10 00 15 00 4 50 35 00 7 60 60 00 1 f5 Each; $16 00 Per doz 1 50 •• 18 00 2 00 " 24 00 HENRY A. DREER. 714 CHESTNUT STBEET, PHILADELPHIA. PA. Rooted Gutting[s. ROSES. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID $1.60 $12 50 BRIDE 1.50 12.60 PERLE 1.50 12.60 METEOR 1.60 12.60 GOLDEN GATE 1.25 10.00 IVORY 2.50 20.00 I 2V2-INCH ROSE PLANTS. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID t3.00 $25.00 BRIDE 3.00 25.00 PERLE 3.00 25.00 GOLDEN GATE 2.50 20.00 METEOR 3.00 26.00 OLIVER AMES 4.00 36.00 IVORY 4.00 35.00' HELEN GOULD 4.00 35.00 , All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. Rooted Cuttings CARNATIONS. Norway $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000 Flora Hill 1.26 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 G.H.Crane 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 Genevieve Lord 1.26 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 Guardian Angel 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 ii6 iiai r^y uicciiiiuu^c J. T. ANTHONY, Manager. GENEVA, - ILLINOIS PRESIDENT Mckinley THE PRIZE WINNER. It's fine in September and improves as the season advances. It's a grand carnation, healthy and free, and we realize that we are making a bold assertion when we say it is supe- rior in many respects to the famous Lawson. Better speak while there is yet time. Rooted Cuttings $2.00 per doz.; 12 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. We have a nice stock of other varieties ready to go. Also a limited amount of Am. Beauty, Golden Gate, Ivory and Perle roses. We guarantee quality. Asparagus Sprengeri NEW CROP SEED, J.OOO $1.00; 5,000 for $3.00. SMILAX SEED, 25c per or. HYBRIDIZED CARNATION SEED, mixed Seeds from Lawson, Governor Roosevelt, Wolcott, Violania, Apollo and Golden Beauty, 100 seeds, $1.00. From Standards, 100 seeds, 25:. CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO., LOOMIS, Placer Co., GAL. GLOIRE DE LORRAINE BEGONIA. JUNE DELIVi Orders I J. A. PETERSON, Westwood— MoHenry Avs. CINCINNATI. CARNATIONS. Rooted cuttings of all the leadinc varieties now ready. Also rooted runners oi Lady uampbell, Swanlcy White and Princess of Wales VIoleta. Send me a list of what you want and get prices. Stock in flne condition. Address Chas. Chadwick, l. Box tl. Grand Rapids, Mich. 250 The American Florist. Mar. i^, Minneapolis. BUSINESS SHOWS A WELCOME INCREASE. — STOCK EQUAL TO ALL REQUIREMENTS. — SOME LINES IN SURPLUS. — PERSONAL NOTES. Trade conditions are showing a little improvement. Tea roses are bringing from $4 to $6 per hundred and a surplus w^as noticed last week for the first time. Meteors seemed impossible to move at all. The call for Beauties is light but so is the supply, and prices do not drop. Carnations are sellingatfrom$2to$4for fancy. Roman hyacinths have been in great demand, with short receipts. Some very fine Dutch hyacinths are appearing. Smilax has been in great demand the past week. Friday night, March 6, saw a good attendance at tie meeting of the Minne- apolis Florists' Club, which w^as the name chosen. Officers were elected as follows: President, Thos. Hall; vice-presi- dent, James Souden; secretary, Cal. F. Rice; treasurer, E. Nagel; executive com- mittee, John Monson, C. Swahn and Otto Will. The outlook is for a flourish- ing club. Decorations were furnished at the club rooms by Wm. Donaldson & Company, some very choice Bridesmaids and Brides from grafted stock being show^n. Alfred E. Bather, for many years w^ith Northrup, King & Company, was mar- ried March 4 to Miss May E. Kerr, a young l^dy well known in the musical circles of this city. The happy couple will be at home to their friends in their new house after a short trip south. Wm. Donaldson & Company have been cutting daffodils in quantity the last week. This flower seems to be largely in surplus here this season. R. Will & Son are busy with the erec- tion of their new range of glass, which will have the latest improvements. Wm. Desmond, formerly of the D. O. Pratt greenhouses, of Anoka, is now with the Minneapolis Floral Company. C. F. R. Milwaukee, Wis.— Riemer & Radmer report a larger demand for greenhouse boilers than they have ever known before. They havejust finished installing Furman hot water boilers in the greenhouses of Messrs. Moore, of Lake Geneva, and Whiting, of Corlis, Wis. RnQPC' Rncpcl Clean, Healthy, 2 and 3-Eyed nuaca. nuata. cuttings, very Superior Stock. Maids, Brides $1.50 per 100; $15.00 per 1000 Meteors, Golden Gates 1.50 per 100; 15.00 per 1000 Perles 2.00 per 100; 20.00 per 1000 Ivory, fine 3.00 per 100; 25.00 per 1000 We do not take hard blind wood. The stock is warranted good value. BOSTON FERNS— Fine, cool-grown stock, 4-in., $15.00 per 100; 5- in. ,$25.00; 6-in., $40.00;. 7-in., $60. Good profits in this stock. Pluinosus — 4-in., $12.50 per 100. Sprengerl — 4-in., $8 per 100. VInca Var.— Strong 2-in., $2.50 per 100. W. H. CULLETT & SONS, LINCOLN, ILL. BEGONIflSSK 2^-inch pots, $15.00 per 100. Write lor prices on large lots. Stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease. THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass. J^ase mention the A merican Florist ivhen writing. GARDENING Th is is the paper to recommend to your customers, the leading horticultural journal in America for amateurs $2.00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free. Liberal terms to florists who take subscriptions. THE GARDENING CO. SK/o^.TSis.a. YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti- vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. $5.00 per doz.; $30 per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT CRAIG & SON, Market and 49th Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. A Magnificent Forcing Rose For Easter. Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 957, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from 3y2-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received. 25 or 60 plants at 100 rate. 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., NEW PEDIGREE ROSES. Send for description and colored plate of our Six New Climbing Roses. These originated in our own collection by careful cross-fertilization and are unquestionably superior to anything of their class. EDWIN LONSDALE, pale lemon white. WM. K. HARRIS, pale flesh color. WM. F. DREER, creamy white, pink edging. PROF. C. S. SARGENT, rich yellow and buff. ROBERT CRAIG, yellow shaded with apricot. JOHN BURTON, delicate peach color. All fragrant, very double, undeniably hardy and strong growers. HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS, Maple Avenue Nurseries. WEST CHESTER, PA. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. NOVELTIES Carnations Chrysanthemums Cannas Geraniums Pelargoniums ALSO BEST STANDARD VARIETIES. A few hundred VInca Varlegata ready for ImmBdIate delivery, 3^-in. pots, strong, $5.00 per 100, NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. to mention American Florist ,.when writing to an advertiser. New Rambler Rose PHILADELPHIA. Flowers larger, more double, do not fade white, more durable, brighter color, and not subject to mildew as Crimson Rambler is. 3^-inch, $12.00 per 100; $100 per 1000. 1-year field plants, cut back to 15 to 18 in., $35 00 per 100. 1-year field plants, 2^ to 3 feet, $4.00 per dozen: $30.00 per 100. 3-year field plants, 3 to 3?4 feet, bushy, $7.00 per dozen; $50.00 per 100. The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa.; Orchids! ^ We have the largest and finest stock of Orchids on this continent; also supplies, such as best live Sphagnum and Fibroua Peat and Orchid Baskets. , Lafler & Hurrell, summit, n. j. Orchid Growers and Importera. O.A.^KMT.A.S. 60 very fine Sorts. Dahlias, 35 very fine sorts. Gladioli, Ver^ fine selected: GrofC's Hybrids, Lemoinei, Gbildsii, Extra fine mixtures; Best named sorts. Madalni Vines, Oxalfs, named sorts: Cinnamon VInas. Peonies. Our collection is one of the most exten- sive and carefully selected extant, over 350 very finest named kinds. Geraniums, Carnallonai Roses, etc. We aim to have the very best. Everything true to name, very important. Write us for prices. C. BETSCHEI^ Canal Dover, Ohio. Alternantheras ! MAJOR and A. NANA... Strong rooted cuttings, SOc per 100; or $4.00 per 1000; same in 6000 lots, $3.50 per 1000. DAVIS BROS.. MORRISON, ILL. '903- The American Florist. 261 DAHLIAS We offer a cfioice lot of Dahlias in varieties suitable for cut flowers as well as the best bedding varieties. Dahlias being one of our specialties, we devote a large acreage of ground to their cultivation. Show Dahlias. ARABELLA. An early and profuse flowering vari- ety, large and perfect form; color, pale primrose shaded with rose and lavender. EMILY EDWARDS. Blush tipped lavender. ECLIPSE. A Fancy standard Dahlia, color, brilliant sc&rlct* DR. J. P. KIRKIAND. Dark velvety crimson, the largest on our list. JOHN WALKER. Pore white, very free bloomer, grand for cut flowers. LICY fAlJCETT. Straw color, mottled Magenta, large and free bloomer. Decorative Varieties. A. W. TATE. Deep yellow, an excellent bedding variety. PERLE DE TETE la d'OR. Pure white tinged purple, long stem, free flowering. OBAN. Rosy lavender, a free bloomer. WM. AQNEW. Large scarlet crimson, excellent for bedding or cut flowers. Pompon Varieties. CATHERINE. Yellow, long stems, excellent bedding variety. SNOW CLAD. White, good for bedding and cut flowers. ELEGANTA. Bright pink,' very free bloomer. RAPHAEL. Deep Maroon. EERN LEAF BEAUTY. Crimson, striped white. Mixed Single Dahlias, a choice lot consisting of distinct colors, also striped and blotched varieties, $5.00 per J 00. Mixed Double Dahlias, $6.00 per 100. WAGNER PARK CONSERVATORIES, All the above stock is strong field grown roots and cannot be compared with the small cheap roots oHered by some growers. Send your order at once and we will ship when desired. SIDNEY, OHIO. GEKANIUMS Rooted Cuttings FOR DELIVERY APRIL 10. 100 1000 HETERANTHE, 1 BUCHNER AND J- $1.25 $10.00 S. A. NUTT I CASTELLANE, VIAUD, 1 PERKINS, POITEVINE, )- 1.60 16.00 LANDRY, RICCARD... ) ACTEON.LA FAVORITE I BONNOT, LA PILOT, V 1.60, Not CASTRIS AND JAULIN.. ) enough for 1000 sales ALBERT M. HERR, r^A-JVO A ® TBJ^, X>.Al. irdy perennial for suiunicr cut tlowers. A healthy grower, long stem, continous bloomer; showy, color, red and yellow combined. Nice blooming size from fleld "at 14.00 per 100: $35.00 per 1000. Field-Grown Phlox, The Pearl, the finest for out fl.iwer^ $4.(«l pr-r Kill: $3v00 per llMO. Coreopsis Lanceolata. $5.00 per 109. Martin Kohankie, Fobes St., Painesvllle, Ohio. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI ^^'m^orS: 3-inch, $3.00. 4-inch, $6 00 per 100. ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS. 2M-inch, $3.00, 3-inch, $5.00 per 100. IVY CUTTINGS. 60c per 100. 2 inch and 3-inch. $3.00 .ind $5.00 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, 4-in. 15c; 5-in. 20c; 6-in. 36c. IMPATIENS SULTANI, 4-inch, $1.50 per dozen. J. H. BORNHOEFT, Tipton, Ind. SPECIALTIES ROSESi ie]V® for Ferneries, fine 2y2-inch stock, $3.00 per 100. Boston Ferns, 2-y2-inch stock, $3.00 per 100. Boston Ferns all sizes from 2V2-inch to 12-inch stock in splendid condition. Write for prices. Kontlas, 4-inch, very fine plants at $25.00 per 100. A full line of other palms and ferns in fine shape. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis. A FEW GOOD THINGS YOU WANT. Special low prices on palms to close out. Fine clean stock, cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, 4, b and 6-inob, '$25, $40 and $100 per 100. KENTIA Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 3, 4 5 anr 6-inoh'tl2, $25, $40, $100 per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 8-inch, $4 and $8 per 100. ASPARAGUS PlumoBUS, 3-inob, $«. Spiengeri, 3-inoh, $6, per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 3-iuch, $5.00 per 100; 4, 6-in., $iu, $25 per luu ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inch, $3 and $6 per 100 VINCA VAR., Z-in., $3.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutt, La Favorite, Bonnot, Poitevine, Riocard, Francis Perkins, 2-inoh, $2.50 per 100. AGERATUM, blue and white, 75 cents per 100. CARNATIONS, Rooted Cuttings, Wm. Scott, Portia, Prosperity, Queen Louise, Ethel Crocker, P. Ine, $1 per 100. GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50o per 100. PANSIES, ready to bloom, $1.00 per 100. Carnations, Portia, Scott, E. Crocker, Goode- nough, White Cloud, Mrs. L. Ine; Verbena, Scar- let Sage, Petunia, Coleus, mixed; Ageralum, Blue and White, Lobelia. All 2-inoh Pots, $2.00 per 100. CE O. M. EMMANS, NEWTON. N. J. Now Ready Rooted cuttings, S. A. Nutt and Double Grant Geraniums. Swainsona, Alba and Rosea. Fine selection double assorted Petunias. All at $1.35 per 100. Assorted Coleus, assorted Verbenas, Trailing Blue Lobelia, Ageratum Princess Pauline, Dwarf Blue and Dwarf White, all at 65c per 100. Bride and Bridesmaid Roses, fine 2)i-inoh stock, S3.00 per 100. S. A. Nutt and La Favorite Geraniums, fine 3-inoh, $5.00 per 100. Cash with order. R. I. HART, Hackettstown. N. J. Vinca Major Variegata Rooted Cuttings, 75c per VO. Hardy Garden Pinks, 2-inch, $1.50 per 100. Only a limited quantity. Speak quick ::;:::: CANNAS— Burbank, Allemania, Italia, Prim- rose and Alphonse Bouvier at $1.50 per 100. WILL AUSTIN, Geneseo, ill. PANSIES "^S^ Small plants, $4.00 per 1000, by express. Large plants, ready to bloom, $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000. Seed, $1 pkt.; $S per oz. Cash With order. E. B. JENNINGS, Locic Box 254, Southport, Conn. Grower of the Finest Fansies. Mease mention the American Florist when writing. Boston Ferns. i%-\ath strong S3.60 per 100 S-inch strong $1.00 per Doz. 8.00 per 100 FROM BENCH 5-in. 15c; 6-in. 86c. Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 2^-in. $3.50 per 100 Sprengeri, extra fine, 2^-inch $2. 50 per 100 Sansevieria Zeylanica, 3-inch, ready for 6-inch, 76c per dozen. GYCAS REVOLUTA. ALTERNANTHERA, red, pink, yellow VINCA MAJOR VAR., 2-inch CANNAS, Started ready for potting: Peachblow, Shenandoah Morning Star, L. E. Bally J. C. Vaughan, A. Bouvier, Bur- bank, Chas. Henderson Egandale, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, F. Vaughan Our selection The above varieties 3-inch pots... A liberal discount on large orders for May or June delivery. CARNATIONS. Queen Louise, the best white money maker to date Morning Glory Joost Cash please. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, 0, 3.60 2.60 6.00 2.00 1.60 1.00 THE NEW FERN Unqualified success. Quick seller. Very prolific, at $20.00 per 1(0, from S-inoh. KENTIA PALMS, $50, $75 and $100 per 100. RUBBERS, 5-in. pots, 18 in. high, $4 to $6 per doz ASP. SPRENGERI, 4-in., strong, $6 per 100. R. C. COLEUS, Mixed, $5.00 per ICOJ; 60c per 100; Red, Yellow, Black, $7.50 per ItOO; 8 c per 100. L. H. FOSTER, 46 King Strait, DoKhtstar, Man. Poinsettias... Five hundred fine old dormant stocks for sale. Price, $1S.OO per hundred. Apply to JOHN L. WYLAND, De Haven, Pa. JOSEPH HEAGOGK, WYNCOTE, PA. cKowtR ARECA LUTESCENS, ...or... KEIVYI4 BELMOREANA, ^ COCOS WEDDELLIANA. Please mention the American Florist when writing. igoj. The American Florist. 253 EASTER EFFECTS !! A FEW STYLES OF AUTOMOBILES. We at all times are first to have everything that is new and novel in the way of UP-TO-DATE novelties that are worth having; "here are a few in the fancy basket line. We illustrate a few of the newest and best ideas in Automobiles, hav- ing a line of them running from 50c to $1.00 each, depending on the size and make. Don't fail to send to us when you want novelties. We cannot begin to sample all we would like to, as our styles are constantly changing. We have novelties for EVERY OCCASION. Write to us to send a sample collection, mentioning amount, price goods, and styles wanted ^ ^ J- ^ ^ ^ M. Rice & Co., IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS. Qfft Filhppt ^t LEADING FLORISTS' yiO lliueil 01., sjjpp^y fiouSE and PHILADELPHIA, ribbon specialists CYCLAMENS OUR SPECIALTY.. Once transplanted trom flats No bettei" strain growing, J2.00 per ICU; $17.50 per 1000. Gold.n Gate, rooted cuttings, $1.50 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Sprengeri Seed, 15o per 100; $1.50 per 1000. C. WINTERICH, Defiance, 0. Piease mention the American Florist when writing, pAMfiA Special Price M ^>1 MM3 Until Closed Out. Must have the room. Eight best varieties for jardinieres, 2^-in. pots, very strong, stocky plants, $2.00 per 100. CASH OR c. o. Please mention the A Watertown, N. Y. Florist when writing. BEST QUALITY STOCK. 50,000 2s3'/.-inch Eoses all Teas. 20,(00 3H to ID-inch Boston Ferns. 5,0CO 3 -inch Mrs. Fisher Carnation. 5,000 3 to 4-inch Plumosus and Sprengeri, 10,000 V/i and 3-inoh Geraniums, 5,100 Canna Bulbs, Rooted cuttings of Roses, Carnations, Coleus, etc. GEO. A. KUHL. Pekln. III. "How to Make Money Growing Violets." by George Saltford, 30 years' practical experience. Price. 35c postpaid. Money order preferred. Agents Wanted. VIOLET CULTURE CO., 6 1 Quincy Street, BROOKLYN, N. Y. Vaviciioe WORTH RAISING. No more f MUSICS plants until they can be dug in the field. ctir. eiol-tau. 1 99 Grant Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. BOSTON FERNS. 2i-inch.. $ 3.0Oper 100 4-inch 10.00 per 100 6-inch 30.00 per lOO 7-inch 5-00 perdoz. From bench, ready for 5 and 6-inch pots, $2.00 per dozen; all nice stock. DAVIS BROS., Morrison, III. Rooted Cuttings. COLEUS. 48 var., 70o per 100; $6.00 per 1000 PETUNIAS, 20 var., $1.25 per 100; 110 per 1000 ALYSSUM. large, var., singleand db]. $1 per 100 HELIOTROPE, 14 var., JI.OO per 100; 18 per 1000 AGERATUIMS. 5 var., 60o per 100; $5.00 per 1000 SALVIAS, 6 var., $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000 PELARGONIUMS, rooted cuttinc^s, $3.35 per 100 VERBENAS. R. C , 60c per 100;' $5.00 per 1000 GERANIUMS, from 3>i-in. pots, $2.00 per 100; $1H per 1000. Good bedding sorts. ^^Express prepaid on R. C. Cash with order. Write S. D. BRANT, Clay Center, Kas. TRANSPLANTED CABN4TI0NS. ■ ^ ROOTED CUTTINGS. MERMAID Per lOO $1.00. Per 1000 $10.00 ELDORADO Per 100 1.00. Per 1000 10.00 Giant Flowering Pansy plants, mixed, $3.00 per 1000. Marie Louise Violets, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, fine stock, $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1000. Terms Cash.— We prepay express charges. If plants are not satisfactory, return at once and we will refund your money. LOOMIS FLORAL CO. LOOMIS, CAL. from Benary*s prize show flowers saved. CinCrdriSS u^^ers saved, giant flowered, finest colors and shades, dwarf or semi-dwarf, makes fine selling plants for Eas- ter; 3-in. ready for 5-in. pots, $4 00 per 100. Cash. Shellroad Greenhoutei. Grange P. 0., Balto., Md, rame, Bugnot, Cassier and Odier, prize strains, 60c per 100; $4.00 per 1000; extra large plants coming in bud, $1.00 per 100. Verbenas R. C, 60o per ItO; $6.00 per lOOO. Double White Daisies, large plants, 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000. Dwarf Blue, Red and White Lobelias, JI.OO per 100;$8.00 perlOOO; Asparagus, from Nats, ri'ii.ls for potting, Plumosus Nanus, $3.00 per 100 by mail; $18.00 per 1000; Sprengeri, $1.00 per 100; $7.00 per 1000 Cyclamens, from flats, $3.00 per 100; $15.00 per 10 0. 2H-inch $3.t0 per 100; 200 for $5.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100 Sweet Alyssum, rooted cutting, 75c per 1.00. Petunias, single, large flowering Stocks and Asters, 60c per 100. These prices are for cash. HILL TOP GREENHOUSES, 1 5 and 17 Cray Avenue, UTICA, N. Y. Will not last long at these prices. They are good plump roots, average 3 eyes: Alleraunia, Mile Berat, Defender, GloireLyoiinaise. Paul Marquant $1.00 per 100, JB.OO per 1000. Mrs. R. A. McKeanil, P. Vaughan and Mme. Crozy. $1.75 per 100. Beaute Poitevine, J, I>. Eisele.F. BillardandSouv. de A, Crozy, $3.00 per 100. Egandale, $;J..50 per 100. W. W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind. GINNAS, 2 to 3 EYES. Allemania. Austria, Crimson Bedder, Florence Vaughan, Madam Crozy. $1.00 a hundred. DAHLIA TUBERS. Clifl-ord W. Brulon, I'rcs. Feli\ Faure, Bla.-k Prince. $3.IJ0 a hundred. ALTERNANTHERA ROOTED CUTTINGS. Red and yellow, 30c a hundred. That cash please. JOHN ALLWOOD, Coninna, Mich. CANNAS Chas. Henderson, Chicago, Florence Vaughan, Queen Charlotte, Alphonse Bouvier. President McKinlev, Papa $3.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000; my selection, $15.00 per 1000. GERANIUMS. (Standard Varieties.) My selec- tion, $2.,50 per 100; $33.50 per 1000, All 314-in. pots. PAUL MAOER, East Stroudsburg, Pa. Please mention the American Florist when writing. 254 The American Florist. Mar. 14, Baltimore. CLUB ELECTS NEW OFFICERS AKD ENJOYS A BANQUET.— KETIEING PRESffiENT GETS A SILVER LOVING CUP. The Gardeners' Club at a largely attended meeting March 9 elected the following officers: President, Richard Vincent, Jr.; vice-president, John A. Cook; secretarj", John J. Perry; financial secre- tary, Phillip B. Welch; treasurer, Fred. G. Burger; librarian, John L. Wagner. Several members were elected and other candidates for membership were pro- posed. The announcement of the restora- tion of the old express rate was received with cheers. On March 23 the club will give a carnation show at Royal Arcanum Hall, which will be free to thepublicfrom 4 until 10 p. m. A banquet folio wed the annual meeting. Robert L. Graham presided as toast- master. The following responded: Messrs. John Burton, Robert Craig, George Moss, Robert Kift, D. J. Connor, William Gib- son and John Dunham, all of Philadel- phia; Fred. G. Burger, Isaac H. Moss, N. F. Flitton, Charles L. Seybold, R. Vin- cent and W^illiam Christie. At the open- ing of the banquet George O. Brown, on behalf of the club, presented Robert Hal- liday, the retiring president, with a hand- some silver loving cup. The Philadelphia delegation invited the Baltimore people to attend their ban- quet, on March 25. Rochester. GOOD STOCK IN COURSE OF PREPARATION FOR EASTER.— LILIES MAKE FINE SHOW- ING.— WINDOWS FULL OF BRIGHT COLORS. At J. B. Keller's Sons everything looks well and prosperous. Their bulbous stock is plentiful and they will have a fine lot in for Easter. Their longiflorums will be just in their prime for that busy season, and also pot-grown lilacs. The latter are specially fine. This firm can grow valley to please the most fastidious , and it is a sight worth seeing in their " forcing beds. The Lenten season has begun to show its effects by cut flower business dropping off, but it is always a good plan to keep up the displays in the show windows, as it keeps the stock before the public and what little is lost in display now will be money made by April 12. The Fry Floral Company has a very pretty window display and while the flower business is quiet they "make" on those good candies that are sold by their young ladies. Salter Brothers have some very fine large size azaleas and theirlarge show windows are resplendent with their pleasing hues. H. E. Wilson's stock all looks well, and he will have fine azaleas for Easter. Vick & HUl are doing a little building in their quiet moments. Wade. Benton Harbor, Mich.— A. E. Crooks says trade is good. Bulbous stock is fine and selling well. New Bedford, Mass.— E. S. Haskell says that the story of his • organizing a stock company to take over his. business is all wrong; he has no such intention. GALAX LEAVES, ITI: Bronze and Green Galax $ .SS Leucothoe Sprays, Bright Green fS.OO Bhododendron Sprays, bright glossy green.. .J5.00 Fancy Cut Ferns M-W Cold Storage Stock a Specialty. Ask lor prices on large lots. ' I originated this business here and am the oldest dealer. Send your order to me. Send cash with first order. J. NELSON PRITCHARD, ELK PARKr^N.-C. Order Direct From Headquarters. .A No. 1 DAGGER and FANCY FERN, $1.60 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. A No. 1 BRONZE and GREEN GALAX, $1.00 per 1000 in 6000 lots. LAUREL FESTOONING, good and full, 6c and 6c per yd. SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX, selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS, $100 per bbl. LEUCOTHOE bPRAYS, $1.00 per 100. ■We guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail, telephone or telegraph will receive our personal and prompt attention. "We can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO. 32-34.36 Court Sq., Boston, Mass. L. D. Telephone 2618 Main. Fancy or Dagger Ferns ^ Ifoo Discount on Larger Orders. First Quality Galax, Bronn or Sreen. $1 par 1000 LAUREL FESTOONING made fresh on receipt of order 4c, 5c and 6c per yd. Special attention given to Large orders. Tele- phone or wire us and your or- !der will have prompt dispatch 'Millington, Mass. TeL office. New Salem. Leucothoe Sprays! GREEN AND BRONZE W. A. DAVIS & CO., Marion, N. G. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Whera Quality Is First Consldaratlon.) Write, WIra or Phona tha Introducars, Catatweil Ths Woodsman Co., Evergrson, Ala. or their agents: L. J. Ereshover, New York; J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; W. F. Kasting, Buffalo; J. M. MoCullough's Sons, Cincinnati, Ohio; H. G. Berning, St. Louis, Mo. leucothoes. Selected, Bright and Brilliant Wholesale Trade Solicited...... J. L. BANNER & CO., Montezuma, N. C. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. MIctiigan Cut Flower Exchange. FANCY F.ERNS, $1-50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. Give ua a trial for Ferns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, $100 per 1000. 26 Miami Avo.. DETROIT, MICH. SHIPPING LABELS^" ...Cut Flowers Ptintad in two oototf on gummed paper; yont oaid, etc, In blaok and leal adopted by the S. .A. F. in red. Vsiy annonve. Prloe per 500,t3.86; per 1000, HM Bend tor »amplea..„. BKRO or ins lEAT, POSTPAID, SI.U. American Florist Co., HEADQUARTERS FOR Easter Plants. Blooming Easter Week, or From New on If Desired. I have the largest stock in Philadelphia, larger and in better condition than ever before. All my large greenhouses and frames are filled to their greatest capacity with the choicest plants at lowest cash prices. Azalea Indica. I have three large houses full of this best selling of all Easter plants. My customers known that I am agent for one of the" best growers (O. Van der Plas), at Ghent Belgium. If possible I go there myself each year and secure for my customers the best that can be had. I have only the leading American varieties, grown inpots all winter and not bunched in cold frames without pots, as some do. InwhitelhaveNiobe, Bernard Anorea Alba and Deutsche Perle; in pink Mme. Van der Cruyssen Simon Mardner. Or. Moore. M. Van Houtte (very large) and others; in variegated, Empress 0! India, Vervaeneana and about a half dozen more; I have also about a dozen of the new varieties, the best doubles and singles, about 25 varieties in all, in 6-inch and 7-inch pots. Prices, 60c, 75c, 8Fc, $1, $1.25 and $1 50 each. As a Special I must mention my Mme. Van der Cruyssen. They are unusually fine this year, round as an apple and covered with buds. Prices. 7Bc. SI and $1 25 each. Specimens in 10-inch and 11-inch pots, $4.00 to $5.00 each. AZALEA MOLLIS a novelty when in bloom, 6-inf'h pots, 60c to 75c each. LILIUM HARRISII and BERMUDA LONGIFLORUMS. raised from only the highest quality bulbs obtain- able (none costing less ihan $100 per lOCO). Plants in 6-inch pots, five to ten buds, fifteen to thirty-six inches high, at the rate of 10 Ceits per bud. Other plants must accompany the order. CINERARIA HY4RIDA. I have an immense quan- tity, about 2.000, all in fine shape. 5H to C-inch pots all shades, at »3.00 .and S4.00 per dozen. SPIRAEA COMPaCTA, 6-inch, 13.00 per dozen. HYDRANGEA OTAKSA. Have a house full this year, better advanced than ever before; 6-incii pots, S3.00, $4.00, J5.00 and $6.00 per doz. ; 7-lnch pots. 75c to $1.00 each. DAISIES yellow and white, 6-inch pots, 13.00 to $4.00 per "dozen. BEGONIA P'esident Carnot and Metallica, 6-incb pots. $3.00 per dozen. BEGONIA Vernon, red, 6-inch pots, $3.00 dozen; 4-inch pots, $1.50 per dozen. BEGONIAS, mixed, 4-inch pots. $1.50 per dozen. HYACINTHS, about 10,000 of my own importa- tion first sized bulbs, named varieties, all shades, at $10.00 per 100. TOURNESOL TULIPS, double red and yellow-, striped, best tulips in market, 3-inch and 4-inch pots, at $1.50 per dozen pots. VON SION DaFFOD LS, best double nosed. 3-inoh and 5-jnch pots, $2.00 per dozen pots, easily worth $3.00 a dozen. Cash with order please. All goods carefully packed and shipped at purchaser's risk. Buyers coming to Philadelphia are respectfully invited to visit my place and inspect my stock. Take Ger- mantovvn car on 13th street to Ontario, and walk one block east. Mention if pots are to be taken off to s.ave express charges. GODFREY ASCHMAN, Wholnali Grower and Imperiar of Pol Plantt, 1012 Ontario St., Station R, PHILADELPHIA. ALLi rfuraerymen. Seedsmen and Florists wishing to do busluesa with Europe should send for the "Horticultural Advertiser." This ia the Britiah Trade Paper, being read weekly by all the Horticultural traders; It la also taken by over 1000 of the beat continental hoaaes. Annual aubscription to cover cost of postage 75o. Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts. Addreas EDITORS OF THE "H. A." Chilwell Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notts. Enoland. THE AMERICAN FLORIST'S COLOR CHART PRICE 1 6 CENTS POSTPAID. AMEmCAN FLORIST CO.. 824 Dtailieni St., CMeii*. i EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS.! 1 1 List free on application. 1 (1 FRED. ROEMER.Seed Grower, ' guedllnburg, Germanr* ' ' igoj. The American Florist. 255 McKELLAfi & '^ WINTERSON. Supply Everything Used by riorists, Nurserymen, Oardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Etc. HEADQUARTERS on CUT FLOWERS 45-47-49 Wabash Ave. ^•■tt"..,, ...CHICAGO Please tnention the A merican Florist when uiritiiig. ASPARAGUS GOMORENSIS. A variety f:ir supi-rior to I'liiniosus for all cut flower amrdeconitive work. It is more tiraccrvil and much larger. Requires same treatment as Plumosus. Can be cut in long, heavy strings or large fronds. We have fine stock. 3^-in., $tO.OOper ICO; $4-in., $12.00 per tOO. FRED. DORNER S SONS CO.. LaFayene, Ind. ..CARNATIONS The Leading Novelties of 1903. The Best Varieties of 1908. All the Standard Varieties. Order your Rooted Cuttings NOW. GEO. HANCOCK & SON. GRAND HAVEN, MICH. Carnation Cuttings We are now booking orders for rooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens. Queens, L. I. ENGLISH and FRENCH Manetti Stocks Right size for indoor grafting, 1,000. Write quick L J.KRESHOVER,^''^^'?'^-?^-^?''"^'- l)Tal.Cill 697MldlsenSq. Mushroom Spawn fretii Importation FERTILE. PRODUCTIVE. in bricks, per 100 lbs., $6.60 f. o. b. New York, $7.00 f. o. b. Chicago. Write for prices on quantity. Vaughan*s Seed Store* CHICAGO. NEW YORK. English Foley's Floral Fotographs. Floral Album, size I2xii containing 24 different funeral designs. By express $7.00 c. o. d. 226-2261 BOWERY. NEW YORK. SOMETHIN G ENTIR ELY NEWc A Florists' Plate Book. You can't do business without It. VREDENBURG & CO., Rochester, N. Y. 7 %e mention the A merican Florist when writing Always mentton the American Flo- rist when you Ofder stock. ^ New CARNATION. THE MONEY-MAKER. The Most Prolific Carnation To Date. A pleasing and most popular shade of pink— the shade of La France rose. Large, well-formed llovvers on stout stems. Good keepers and .shippers. Plants strong and vigorous and easil.v handled. Has shown a marked improvement in si?.©, stem and productiveness every succeeding season for the past five years. The wonderful productive properties of ' Success" have not been exaggerated. It stands to-day without an equal in this respect. It you are raising carnations for profit, "Success" will pay you better than any other variety. Strong, heavily rooted cuttings. $1.50 per dozen; $2.50 per 25; $8.00 per 100; $70.00 per 1000. Immediate delivery. FOR SALE BY- HENRY F. MICHELL, Philadelphia, Pa. J. GAMMAGE S SONS, London, Ont., Canada. JOHN G. SHOLL, Dept. C, Burlington, N. J. Carnation Cuttings. ^JS^n "ir" ' ■ '^''""«"'-'='?p'''''''"- ."'^^'! ^i- '^"•'i' = Hi lono ?inbotham $5.00 $40 00 ' '' 30.f0 20.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 100 Mrs. Potter Palmer .5.00 America 1.50 Mrs. L. Ine 1.50 Evauston 1.50 Crane 2.00 Portia 1,60 Egypt 1.50 Wolcott 5.00 Murphy's White... 3.00 Cressbrook 3.50 Enquirer 2.50 Lawson 2.00 Joost 1..50 Genevieve Lord 1.50 Marquis 1.50 Melba 1.50 Ethel Crocket 1.50 10.00 Terms: Cash with order. Sold under express condition that if not satisfactory they ar( returned immediately, when money will be refunded. JOHN 8ROD, Nlles Center, ew houses. 1000 40.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 45.00 25.00 Cuttings well rooted. 100 Queen Louise 1.50 Mrs. Fislier 1.50 White Cloud 1.50 Norway 1.50 Hoosier Maid 1.50 Peru 1.50 Flora Hill 1.50 Roosevelt 2.0J Prosperity 3.00 1000 12 00 12.00 lO.OO 10.00 10.00 . 10.00 10.00 15.10 15.00 ) to be III. Rooted Cuttings Our Motto: "Not how Cheap, but how aood." Carnations— Thos. W. Lawson, $3.00 per 100; $2.M10 per 1000. Carnations— Flora Hill, $2.50 per 100. Carnations- E. Crocker, $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Carnal ions— Prosperity, $2.50 per 100; J20.00 per 1000. Verbenas— Dunlev's Giants, very best on the mar- ket to-day. Sure to please. All labeled. Per 100, 60o: per 1000. $5.00. 25,000 Verbenas, in 2-inch pots. Ready March 10th Let us book your order at $2.00 per 100. Daisies— Mme.Gailbert.at 25c per doz. $1.25 per 100 Salvias— Heboid \ Vincas-Major Var ■• -Elcgans I Per dozen, 20c. Feverfew— Little Gem ( Per 100, $1.00 Ageratium- P. Pauline Anthemis— Coronaria J Pansies— Giants. Fall planted, per 100, $1.00 Express prepaid on all Rooted Cuttings. We guarantee to reach you with No. 1 Stock. What more can you ask? S. T. DANLEY, MACOMB, ILL. Japan Easter Lilies. We make a specialty of growing Japan Lilies only and have one house in full bloom already. Customers are kindly invited for inspection. On Rutherford car from Hoboken. NINODE riORIST CO., County Road, SECAUCUS, N. J. Fine Grafted Bearing Sizes. CARNATION MURPHY'S WHITE If yr.i] w.int a commercial white buy it. Rooted Cuttings, immediate delivery, }6.00 par 100; SSO.OO pir 1000. Satisfac- tion guaranteed or money refunded. WM. MURPHY, 130 E. 3rd St., Cincinnati, 0. CARNATIONS. "cX. Late March and early April delivery. Per looo Mornlna Glory *i?-f5 Cressbrook ?i-52 Queen Louisa ' 5.00 Roosevelt (Gov.) If-OO Dorothy 15.00 ALBERT M. HERR, Lancattor, Pa. Oranges, Per 100 12-inch, bushy, from 4-inoh pots $20 00 15-18 inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots 30.00 Kin KanS 10-12 in., bushy, from 4-in pots 20.00 I nmnnn 12-15 in., bushy, from 4-in. pots. . 20.00 8-24 in., bushV, from 4-in. pots 30.00 Lemons, Limes, ^'^t^t^ plants, well-branched, 3-4 ft $2 to ^ each. Dnono Climbing Clothilde Soupert, strong nUoCO field-grown 10.00 Clematis Apiifolia thlT rit^r rs: Paniculata. but blooms earlier and lasts longer; strong plants from3-inch pota.... 8.00 Ficus Elastica io''-°.§i''nc'h".T': 20.00 Kentia Belmoreana ll.:le5'.!n.''pX.naoo Phoenix Reciinata and Farinifera 12-15 in., 4 in , pots 15 00 (Not less than 40 of a class at 100 rate.) Ommmaa (Dormant Roots). 2-3eyes toeach UalllldO division, best sorts, $15.(0 per 1000 PitriiC Trifnliofo (Best defensive hedge plant UlllUb I IllUlldld introduced). Strong, field- grown plants. 15-20 inch . . per 1000, $8.0 (Not less than 400 of a class at 1000 rate.) Lalanias, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE (Inc.) P. J. BERGKMANS GO. FRUITLAND NURSERIES, Ettabliahed 1856. AUGUSTA, GA. The Art ...of Floral Arrangement The only special newspaper in the world for floral arrangement. 200 ILLUSTRATIONS ANNUALLY. Specimen number free. Subscription, |2.40 yearly. BINDEKUNST-VERLAQ J. OLBERTZ. ERFURT. 6ERMANY. American Florist Advertisements Work Every Day. 256 The American Florist. Mar. 14, Montgomery, Ala. STORY OF A SOUTHERN SUCCESS.— GOOD STOCK AT A FLOURISHING PLANT. — TRADE BRISK. About nine years ago W. B. Patterson made a modest beginning in growing plants and cut flowers for market on a beautilul eminence near Highland Park in the suburbs of Montgomery. He had pre- pared himself for this special work by courses in agriculture and horticulture in the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn. To-day his place has seven- teen greenhouses, well constructed and provided with up-to-date hot water heat- ing apparatus. These seventeen green- houses now contain 10,000 carnation plants, 4,000 roses, and thousands of miscellaneous plants. Mr. Patterson made at Rosemont Gardens the first experiment in growing carnations as far south as Montgomery, and his success was most gratifying. The business at Rosemont Gardens, which was at first merely local, has grown until a very considerable field is covered — possibly only about one-third of the products of the gardens being used locally. Frequent shipments are made to Selma, Birmingham, Mobile, Pensa- cola, Jacksonville, Thomasville, Colum bus and many other cities and towns. Alexandria, Va. The sun has not been out for nearly a week but stock is plentiful and business fairly good. The close of a session of congress is supposed to leave an aching void in the lives of the florists of Wash- ington and vicinity but the calling of an extra session of the senate will help to while away the Lenten season. On the opening day some very fine floral pieces found their way to the desks of newly elected senators. J. Louis Loose, who has just returned from a business trip to Chicago, was favorably impressed with the push and enterprise of the florists of that city. Oswald Quaas, of the Mt. Vernon con- servatories, has been visiting here. Virginian. Kenton, O.— Sabransky & Son will this spring add to their facilities by erect- ing an iron frame house 25x128. Des Moines, Ia.— A conservatory 40x 70 and to cost $2,200 will be erected at the state fair grounds this season. HQRTieUliURAL [NGRAV1NG& PRINTING IT IS '''^ "particular" kind at work we ^^^•^~ like, the kind that everybody cannot do. JAS.M.BRYANT. 706 CHESTNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA PA. £< Wi: KOW OFFER Chemicals 55 for making LIQUID COMPOST., Dry powders all soluble in water. Uomposts cost less than Vfi per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 620 Atlantic Ave., Boston. VERBENAS We are the largest g:rowers of Verbenas in the country, and those who buy of us are sure to get plants and rooted cuttings perfectly healthy and free from rust. OO 'V^irl.^'U.es* Rooted Cuttings, 60 cts. per 100; $5.00 per 1000; $45 per 10,000. Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. Whita. Per 100 Queen Louise $2.00 Lorna 2.50 Norway 2.00 Good Enough 2.00 Hoosier Maid 2.00 ■White Cloud 1.50 Flora Hill 1.50 Red. Mrs. Potter Palmer 4.00 J. H. Manley 6.00 Oriole 4.00 G. H. Crane 2.00 Jubilee 1.60 Portia 1.26 Pink. Per 100 Floriana $2.00 Mrs. Higinbotham 5.00 Cressbrook 4.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 4.00 Mrs. Thos. Lawson 3.00 Dorothy 2.00 Irene 2.00 Sunbeam 2.50 Morning Glory 1.50 Marquis 1.25 G. Lord 1.26 Mrs. Joost 1.26 Daybreak 1.26 Wm. Scott 1.26 Crocker 1.25 Crimson Per 100 Harry Fenn $6.(0 Gov. Roosevelt 2.60 Gen. Maceo 1.50 Ysllow. Buttercup •... S.OO Gold Nugget 2.00 Eldorado 1.26 Varlagatad. Dorothy Whitney 6.00 Prosperity 2.60 Mrs. G. M. Bradt S.OO Armazindy 1.26 Our grafted roses are fine, bushy plants and grown in 3 and 3^-inch pots. Orders booked now for delivery in May, June and July. Bridesmaids, Brides, Golden Gate, Kaiserin, price $15.00 per 100,. Ivory, Liberty, price $18.00 per 100. Send fob Catalogue. J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. ^ESTABLISHED 1866 EMIL^STEFFEMSv SUCC."> nSTEFFEHS^. MuSTEFrEHSBHQSk PANSIES... Masterpiece) New Mammoth-flowered, curled and frilled ; finest strain. Roemer's Superb Giant Prize Pansies. Seed bought from Roemer, Ger- many. Bpst that money can buy. Plants now showing buds and bloom; strong, transplanted, 70c per 100; 86.00 per 1000. Express prepaid for 20c per 100; $1.50 per 1000. Smaller plants of above sorts from fall sown seeds and transplanted at 40c per 100; $3.00 per 1000. Prepaid for 15c per 100; $1.00 per 1000. ASTERS. Large assortrrent always on hand. CANNAS. Chas. Henderson best red. Colossal large bronze foliage, red flowers. Also a large lot of mixed cannas. all standard. Henderson, Florence Vaughan, Mme. Crozy, Queen Char- lotte. Bouvier, Etc. Will close out the above at 81.00 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Cash with order. DES MOINES PLANT CO.. 8»th St.. DES MOINES, IOWA, ^r„! ADJUSTABLE VASE HOLDER No. 1.— Brass, nickel, 4 feet long, 6 clasps to each rod. Price complete (with green or white tum- blers) $2^. Price complete (with green or white oornupopia vases) $2.60. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod, brassed and nickeled, with three claips for 6 to 6-inoh pots, each $1.75. KIFTS PATENT Rubbsr Capped FLOWER TUBES. IM-lnoh diameter, per 100, $3.50. lOSEPH KIFT & SON. 172S Chestnut St.. Phil*.. Pa. Fumi^atin^ Kind Tobacco r» I KIILS «LL APHIS IN ONE NIGHT U>.-. A r, II,. Iriali.kii. will.nst ii.ittuim if vnu iviU pay tli,- i-xpnss cliai-i.-tH on il. Dur booklcU.ll.sdf It. Write Dcjii. C forit. Till- II. A. STOOTIIOir COStl'ANY 110, 117,118 tVcst St., N. Y. City HOLLER'S DEUTSCHE GARTNER ZEITUNG. The most widely circulated German gardening Journal, treating of all departments of horticulture and floriculture. Numerous eminent correspon- dents in all parts of the world. An advertising medium of the highest class. Moller's Deutsche Gartner Zeitung is published weekly and richly illustrated. Subscription $3 00 per annum, including postage. Sample copies free. LUDWIG MOLLER'S^li^JA, NOTICE. THE MODEL PLANT STAKE COMPANY, formerly of Brooklyn. N. Y., has removed to 208 Jersey St., Harrison, New Jersey, and is now The Parker-Brtien Mfg. Co. The Model Extension Carnation Support. _^ M ' ^, Flashing, Long Island, r 1 I'^o- ll'fi- ISOl- ►.^ -^ Mr. Thbbok N. Pabksb, r" i % Brooklyn, N. Y. Dear Sir — I have used your Wire Carnation Sup- port the last two years, in all about 12,000. They fill the bill In every particular. Nothing oould be more satisfactory and would give me a great deal of pleasure if 1 can bespeak a good word for you to the trade and you are at liber- ty to refer to me at any time. Very truly, A. L. Thobhi. La Fayette, Ind., July 8th, 1902. Mb. Thbbok N. Pabkbb, Harrison, N. J, Dear Sir: —After using your Model Carnation Sup- port in two of our houses the past winter, we have come to the oonolusion that it is perfectly adapted to supporting carnations, and shall use them on all onr plants the coming season. We were much pleased with the simplicity, strength and neat appear- ance of the support Youra truly F. Dobiteb & Sons Co. Write for Circular and Price List. GALVANIZED STEEL ROSE STAKES. The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co. Inc. 208 Jersey 8t.« Harrison, N. J. please mention the American Florist when writing. THE KINNEY PUMP. For applying liquid manure It baa no equal. Suit prepaid for $2.00. THE HOSE CONNECTION CO., K;nK5toii.R.L. \ igo3. The American Florist. 257 FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS OF PECULIAR EXCELLENCE AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES. Exteriors of oa:k or tile. Interior Lining;s of HALF INCH PLATE GLASS OR CYPRESS. CATALOGUE 10 FREE. THE WILKE MFG. CO., ANDERSON, IND. WHY NOT BUT RED P0T5 OF U8? [Standard Sizej Qoallty— No Better. Carefully Packed In Small Crates. Easy to Handle. Price List Free. Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, X. T. [bkst pot in THE MABKBtJ KELLER BROS. Uanofactnreis of Standard Flower Pots, red In color, eqnal to the best on the muket; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec- tions. We give special attention to mail orders and make special sizes to order in quantitiei A. poiul will bring prices and disoomota FLOWER POTS STANDARD m%^&^^^ List and SAMPLES FREE. SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'Q CO., P- 0. Box 7& MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. ffgase mention the American Florist when -writing. Standard OnX^ Flower... ■ v^ * ^ If your greenhouses are within 600 miles of the Capitol, write us, we can save you money W. H. ERNEST. 28th and M Streets. WASHINGTON. D. C. Always mention the American Flo- rist whf n you order stock ^ Standard Flower Pols The WHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA. PA. JERSEY CITY, N. J. LONG ISLAND CITY. N. V. Travelling RepresenUtive. U. CUTLER RYERSON, 108 Third Ave.. Newark, N. J. STANDARD FLOWER POTS! Packed in small crates, easy to handle. 1500 2-in., i 1500 2H. 1500 2H 1000 3 800 ZM 500 4 320 5 144 6 ! per crate 1 crate, $4.88 5.25 4.50 4.51 3.16 Price per crate 120 7-in., in crale, $4.20 60 8 " 3.00 HAND HADE. 48 9-in.,in crate, $3.60 48 10 " 4.80 24 11 " 3.60 24 12 " 4.80 12 14 " 4.80 6 16 " 4.50 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of Cylinders for Cut Flowers, Hanging Has*, ets, Lawn Vases, etc. Ten per cent off for cash with order. Address HILFINGER BROS. POTTERY. Fort Edward N. Y. Or August Rolkeb A Sons. New York Agents, 31 Barclay Street. New York City. WRITE AF IfnUR 1821-23 N. LIAVITTST.< s Is KUnili OHIOAQO. ILL.. TOB FBIOIB OT Standard Pots whlob for strength and poroiity oombined are the beit on the marset RED P OTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Slk**""^^ GEO. KELLER & SON, MANDFACTUEERS OP FLOWER POTS. Before buying write for prices. 381-383 Herndon Street, near Wrightwood ,\ve., CHICAeO. ILL. Please mention the A merican Florist wlien writing. THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y, Please mention the A n Florist when writing. iDvalid Appliance Co., COLUMBIA P^LANT TUBS please mention the American Florist when writing. 258 The American Florist. Mar. 14, St. Louis. SUPPLIES INCREASE BUT DEMAND KEEPS PACE WITH THE RECEIPTS ON MOST ITEMS. — RETAIL TRADE GOOD. — WITH THE GROWERS.— VARIOUS NOTES. Stock is a little more plentiful owing to bright weather the fore part of the week, but the demand still keeps up to the sup- ply. Roses are somewhat better and still command top prices, as do white carna- tions, but colored carnations are now more plentiful. Lilies are coming in more abundantly every day, as is also bulbous stock. Thousands of violets are now in ■ the market and are sold in job lots. The prices are about the same as last week. Long Beauties are still scarce and bring $6 and $8 a dozen. The retail cut flower trade has been very uncertain, owing to the very dis- agreeable weather. The down town stores report a good run on cut stock and funeral work has kept white flowers pretty well cleaned up. C. Connon & Company have had several large decora- tions and M. Lufe & Company are doing well in their new stand. Mild weather has brought out the fakirs but they handle chiefly violets. A visittoC. Young & Son's greenhouses found them in excellent shape. They have thoroughly remodeled their large ship- ping and packing room, having put in a new granitoid floor and shipping bench the full length of the building. A large batch of longiflorum lilies have plenty of time to make Easter. Union Market is to be pulled down and with it goes an old landmark where many of our prosperous florists of to-day got their start. There is still a great deal of stock disposed of at the market. Fred. C. Weber had a fine display of lilacs and acacia in his window and a nice lot of azaleas are to be seen at Theo. Miller's. The "new St. Louis" idea has taken a firm hold and landscape gardeners are kept busy. Walter Young, son of James Young, has been laid up with chicken pox. Visitor: Mr. Henry, of Henry & Lee, New York. H.J.F. Fredericsburg, Va.— Charles Kaepper is a beginner in the trade here, growing violets in frames. He is planning to build greenhouses as soon as possible. I N S OTS re;d spider, aphis And all other Insecta killed by SULPHO-TOBAGGO SOAP, The Popular InsetsttcSde. SELL IT. PRICES LOW. SALES NET lOO PER CENT. PROFIT. Full partipulars and sample cake free, if this paper is mentioned. LwriinSosp C3. buffalo, n. y. K I I- L. Greenhouse Glazing. If you are going to build, let us give you our terms for glaziog ^ jf Jt A. F. LONGREN, Box 654, LOCKPORT, .ILL Please mention the American Florist when writing. Boston Florist Letter Go. MANTTFACTUBERS OF FLORISTS' LETTERS. This wooden box nicely stained and var- nlslied, 18x30x18 made In two sections, one for each size letter, given away witn lirst order of 600 letters. Block Letters, 1!4 or 2-inch size, per 100, $2.00. Script Letterr $4. Fastener with each letter or Used by leadinz florists everywhere and for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers. N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS. LENOX FLOWER ATOMIZER FLORISTS SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES EVERY FLORIST SHOULD SELL IT. JUST SEND 35c AND GET ONE BY MAIL, YOU WILL WANT MORE. A cake of Tobacco Soap and Booklet free with each. juE LENOX MFC. CO., 1 10 Chambers Slreei, NEW YORK- WESTERN FLORISTS... Scan save money in buying ^^^ upplieS FROM BARTELDES & CO., 1 52 1 1 5^ 615-621 Sheffield Ave. • DietSCn & Co. Chicago, m. isiStandard The lightest running, most rapid and powerful ventilating machin- ery in the market. DUPLEX GUTTERS Made of wrought or cast iron with self-adjusting sash bar clips. The only Drip Proot Metal Gutter offered to the public. Send for my cata- logue free. E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, 0. Holds Glass Firmly ••• th* Point AV PEERUSS I eUsllw PoiBta V. the ben. -,■; rigbu er .efti. Box «f I.OOOpolnU Tt «t«. poftpald. HEXBT A. DREER, 714 ClifwtiiBt 8*., Pkllk., Pa. IRON RESERVOIR VASES- Lawn Setteas Mannfactared by McDonald Bros. COLUMBUS, 0. The Largest Manufacturers of these Qoods in Amariea. Seod for Catalogue Please mention the A merican Flotist when writing. I™ Regan Printing House s™™ CATALOGDES riORISTS' ^"■"■■^^^■■^ 87-91 Plymoath Place, j»ji.^ CHICAGO J* J»J» 260 The American Florist. Mar.'i^, Index to Advertisers. Advertising rates.. ..231 Albany Steam Trap Co .III 00(1 John 253 Amling E C 317 Aschmann Godfrey 254 Austin Will 2,=i2 Baldwin A J ...253 Bailer FA 242 Banner J L &Co... 264 Barteldes & Co 268 Bassett & Washburn236 Baur S Alfred Co . . . I Bayersdorfer H & Co258 Beokert W C 240 Benthey & Co 237 Berckmans P J Co. .255 BergirH H&Co... II Berning HG 236 Betsoher C 250 Bindekunst 255 Birnstiel Franz 258 Bobbink & Atkins. 247 Boggs Caleb & Son. .24J Bonnot Bros 339 Bornhoeft JH 251 Boston Letter Co. . . 258 Brants D 253 Brod John 265 Bruns HN 237 Bryant Jas M 256 Buckley W T Plant Co. .251 Budlong J A 537 Burpee W A &Co... II Byer Bros 252 Caldwell the Woods- man Co 254 Calif Carnation Co. .249 Carmody J D S60 ChadwickChas 241 ChicagoCarnationCo247 Chicago House Wkg Co. Clark Wm A & Son.. 253 Cluoas & Boddington210 Coles W W 253 Conard & Jones Co. .250 Conley Foil Co 258 Cottage Gardens .... 265 Cowee Arthur 251 Cowee W J 258 Craig Robt & Son.. . . 250 Croom John F & Bro 11 Crowl Fern Co 254 Cunningham Jos H 251 Danlev ST 2f5 Davis "A B & Son.... 247 Davis Bros 250 253 Davis W A&Co 264 Deamud J B 236 Des Moines Plant Co256 Detroit Flower Pot Mfy 257 Dietsoh A & Co 369 Diller Caskey & Co. .269 Dillon J L 256 Dillon's MfgCo Ill Dorner F & Sons Co. .255 I DreerH A...249 259 II Dunne & Co 258 East'n Chemical Co .256 Eastern Nurseries. . .243 Emmans Geo M 253 Ernest W H 257 Evert Math 236 Farquhar B.&.l & Co250 Pick & Faber.. 247 Flower Growers Co. 236 Foley's Floral Foto-- graphs Ill Foley MfgCo 255 Ford Bros 239 For Sale & Rent 235 Foster Lucius H 253 Gardeners Chronicle2nl Gardening 250 Garland Frank 237 Garland Geo M IV Geller Slgmund 2S8 Ghormley Wm 239 Giblin &Co IV UoodaleBE 240 Grave E T 249 Greenhouse Mfg Co. .559 GrevThos J&Co.... 11 Gullett W H ASoDS.rso Gunther Wm H 239 Gurney Heater Co. . 260 Guttman Alex J 239 Hail Ass'n 259 Hancock G & Son . . 255 Hart R 1 252 Harvey Greenhouses 349 Heacock Jos 252 Herendeen Mfg Co.. IV Herr Albert M. . 251 255 Herrmann A 2.58 Hews AH&Co 257 Hicks & Crawbuck. .239 Hiianger Bros 257 Hill Tie E G Co I Hill Top Greenh's...253 Hinodc Florist Co.. .2.55 Hippard E 2.59 Hitohings & Co IV Holton & Hunkel Co 236 252 Hooker HM Co Ill HoopesBro&Thomas2.5I) HoranEdwC 239 Hort Advertiser 2c4 liort Trade Journal.. 247 Hose Connection Co. 258 Hunt EH 236 Invalid Apl'nce Co. .257 Jacobs S Si Sons Ill Jennings E B 35 2 Kasting W F 238 Keller Bros 357 Keller Geo & Son .... 257 Kellogg Geo M 237 Kennicott Bros Co.. 241 Kif t Joseph & Son. .. 256 KingConstructionCoI V Kohr AF 257 Kohankie Martin.. ..251 Kreshover L J 255 Kroeschell Bros Co. 269 KuehnC A 236 KuhlGA 253 Lager & Hurrell 250 Landreth D Sons 240 II Lang Julius 239 Langiahr A H 239 Larkin Soap Co 258 Lenox MfgCo 258 Limbach Casper Ill Little South Flo. Co.248 Livingston Seed Co.. 258 Lockland LumCo. . . 259 Lougren A F 268 Loomis Floral Co.... 253 Lord t& Burnham Co.I V Lucas J & Co Ill MaderPaul 253 Marlbaler J E 252 May John N I McCarthy N F ears' experience, greenhouses, lawns, trees, shrubbery, vegetables, etc. No. 1 references. 9yearsinone place. Address Mi care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By florist and gardener on private place. Good on flowers, lawns, trees and vegetables: 7 years on one place: 3 years in last position: German, age 33, married, no children; references; around Chicago or middle states pre- ferred Address H, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By first-class gardener and florist on private place; landscape gardener, car- pet bedding, roses, carnations, palo s, fernts, fruit and vegetables; German, 35yearsof age; married. two children; can lay out any plans; 30 years" experience. Address ' A B. care Am'rican Florist. Situation Wanted— By 15th of April, by expe- rienced florist and all around man thoroughly competent in all branches, also up in design work; four years with present employer; German. First- class references as to ability and character; mid- dle states preferred. State full particulars. E P," care American Florist. Situation Wanted— E, Holden, for the past 16 years head gardener to Mrs. M. F.Jacobs, formerly Mrs. Robt. Garrett, of Baltimore, Md.. is open to an engagement with any lady or gentleman requiring the services of a thoroughly practical man in all branches. E. HoLDEN, Uplands, Sta. D., Baltimore, Md. Help Wanted— Ciood all-around florist on com- mercial place. Wages 145 per month. Address S. M. Harbison, Danville. Ky. Help Wanted— At once, young man with some experience in general greenhouse work. Hugo Busch, Jefferson City, Mo. Help Wanted— Two good men for potting and general greenhouse work. Steadv position. J. F. WiLCOS, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Help Wanted— Three single men cNperienoed in growing roses and farnations; state wages, etc. \V. K. Partridge, i^ockland, Ohio. Help Wanted— Experienced ladv for store. State wages, rererouces. etc. Address A. Luwatsch, 856 \V. Division St., Chicago. Help Wanted- A good - all-around man for retail place; it35 and board. Steady place for steady man. W. J. Olus, Union City, Pa. Help Wanted— Experienced help for general greenhouse work, (iood wages to good men. Apply at once. McGregor Bros. Cohtany, Springfield, Ohm. Help Wanted— A young man to assist ia^rr^en- houses. Must have a good recommendation. Permanent place. George Corbbtt, Station K. Cincinnati, Ohio. Help Wanted— Assistant to foreman, as cut flower and plant grower, and propagator on large place, good chance for advancement. Address Jed, care American Florist. Help Wanted— Soon as possible, a No. 1 rose grower; prefer man with general knowledge of growing. Good wages to right man. Gesler it Drurv, Galesburg, 111. Help Wanted— Rose and carnation grower. Must nave good references. State experience and salary wanted. Address .1. McKERRtGUAN. Toi'onto, Canada. Help Wanted "A \ouug man with experience in general greenhouse work: German preferred; one who is not afraid to work. Address Chas- Koeppen, Frederickhburg. Va. Help Wanted— D:iy flreman who understands steam boilers and i)i|H' fitting. Steady employ- ment to sober and industrious man. State wages, experience, etc. Address W. K. Partridge. Lockland, O. Help Wanted — Two assistant florists who have had some experience growing cut flowers and plants; wages $35, room and board; wages increased if progressive. Address Sidney GiBBs, AVoodville, Allegheny Co., Pa. Help Wanted — A working foreman to take full charge of 30,0t0 feet of glass. A good grower of carnations, bedding and Easter plants. Must be sober and reliable: good wages to the right party. Place in Pennsylvania. Address Daniel E. Gorman, VVilliamsport. Pa. Help Wanted— First-;;lass rose and carnation grower to take charge of 32,000 snuare feet of glass; also assistant. Please state waees wanted with board and washing, your age and reference; also how soon you could come. Good position for two good men. Address John L. Wtland. DeHaven, Pa. Wanted— Partner with J3,000 to $5,000 to add to good paying greenhouse business. Address Box 433. Raton, New Mexico. Wanted to Rent— A small greenhouse establish- ment not farther than 10 miles from Philadelphia. Box 116 Kennett Square. Chester Co., Pa. For Sale Cheap— Prosperous up-to-date florist business; established 13 years; can easily make your monev back this spring. Write at once to "Mrs. S. N. Alkire, Greenview, 111. For Lease— On easy terms, a long established and paying greenhouse business in a good, live city. Address for particulars. Cashier, National Military Home, Kan. For Sale— New greenhouse at Fond du Lac. Wis., 35.000 inhabitants, first-rate location for florist, only cue other: easv terms. Address J. A. BoiLAY, 163 4th St., Fond du Lac. Wis. For Sale — Established greenhouse business of about 10,000 feet of glass, with or without ground. Good opening with small capital. Must sell by April I. 1903. Ohio, care American Florist. For Sale — Greenhouse property, business estab- lished twelve years; well located; transportation in everj direction; stock in good condition. Possession given at any time; easy terms. E B. care AmpricMH Ftori'it. Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Glilcago, Hi. Regular meetings held 2d and 4th Wednesday of each month at Jung's Hall. 106 E. Randolph St., Chicaeo. • Gardeners and Florists in other cities desiring to form a Union will receive full information from the Secretary. Send all communications to H. J. SPRINGER, Secretary, Wanted... Espprienci'd foreman, married man to take charge of retail place: mostly pot plants, bulbs and Easter stuff, also some outside work on private places; must bo a hustler, have thorough knowletige of the business and come veil rec ended. FOREMAN, care W. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass. Wanted... A grower of rosi'S, including lieaulies. who has unquestioned reputation and endorse- ment, to take charge of 'S.OO.l square feet ot glass. Must be sober and willing to work. Grod salary to right man. Married man pre^ ferred. Aild M. J., Ropers Park, Chicago, III. Wanted... Kor private pliirc in Chicago, an Al man who thoroughly understands growing gene- ral stock in grVenho\ise and conservatory; also gardening; must have references. E. M. HIGGINS, 206 La Salt. St., Chteago. care Armour (irain Co. Wanted... To buy or rent greenhouse establishment of about 5,000 feet of glass. Address Box 78, MILLBROOK, N. Y. At Woodside, L. I., within three miles Thirty- fourth Street P'erry. My entire Greenhouse Plant consisting of about seventeen thousand feet of glass, all Al. heated with seven IlitchiLgs boilers. Your personal inspection will convince vou that this is a snap. 4LEX. S. BIW^S. y oodside, N. Y. RARE OPPORTUNITY. For florist of special ability as a grower with sufficient capital to buy a subsiantial interest in one of Chicago's large, successful and modern greenhouse establishments, to whom would be given the growing bide of the business. Thor- oughly established. Demand far in excess of present large output. For full particulars address OPPORTUNITY, care American Florist. FOR SALE. 20 Greenhouses. About 26,001 square, feet of glass, steam heated, 80 H. P. tubular boiler, or will sell business and rent bouses* BROOKSIDE GREENHOUSES. 104 So. 5th St., READING, PA. FOR SALE. 8,000 feet of glass. located in a fine growing city; best of shipping facilities; good market for wholesale and retail trade. Address WHOLESALE, care American Florist. jSj If you want to get the want jgl you want to get, you want (gt to get your want ad into the I american I f L O R I S T ft " Try It now. ft Every advertisement represents 9 a genuine want. J^ It pays iA to answer them, jt Jt jt 6142 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. ' %^ee«ee6&&&66«66!&«: 272 The American Florist. Mar. 21, N9I. S2.50 PRICE LIST. Per Doz. American Beauties, extra select ....$3.00 to $4.00 18to24in 2.(.0to 3.50 " latolSiu l.OOto 1.50 Per 100 Brides, Bridesmaids and Ivory $5.00 to $ 8.00 Meteor, Golden Gates S.OOto 8.00 Liberty 5 00 to 12.00 Violets, Double. ..75cto$1.00 Violets Single. .75 to 1.00 White Violets $1.50 Carnations.... 2.0)to 3.00 Lily of the Valley 3.1.0 to 5.00 Narcissus, Paper White 3.01 Tulips, assorted 3.00 to 5.00 Adiantum 1 00 to 1.50 Princeps 2.00 Asparagus, Plumosus Strings Each 50c ^r;. " " Sprays 2.00 to 3.00 ^°^ " Sprengeri S.OOto 4.00 Smilax per doz. , $2.00 Common Ferns $3.00 per 1000 .20 Galax Green 1.00 ■' '■ .15 BronzeGalax 1.00 " " .15 Leucothoe Sprays 100 Orchids, Cattleyas per doz. $6.00 • Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. Kwality Kounts Brand nilax now on hand. J. B. DEAMUD, 51 and 53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. The P. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, Matoors. Carnations, Cut Adiantum, Galax, Common Forns and Florists' Supplies. Telephone Connections. GIJS&\r^T^A.^9T>^ OHIO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., "Wholesale Cot Fiotvers-- 457 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. iJ.M.McCULLOUGH'SSONS WHOLESALE i FLORISTS 5 ALSO SUCCESSORS TO 1 THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. 1 CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. "^ Special Attention Given to Sliipping Orders. 4 316 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO. H.G.BERNING Wholesale Florist 1322 Pine St., Please mention the A ST. LOUIS, MO. Florist when writinjsr SOMETHIN G ENTIR ELY NEWc * Florists' Plate Book. You can't do business without It. VREDENBURG & CO., Rochester, N. Y. Poehlmann Bros. Go. Wholesale Growers of Sailer, la Cut Flowefi A.11 telegraph and telephone orders _ given prompt attention. o5»-3/ Gbssnhouses: Randolph Stratb Morton Grove, IlL CHICAaO. ILL. Please mention the American Florist when writing The flower Growers' Co. 60 Wabash avenue. CHICAGO, Or to communicate with us with regard to space fjr selling their product. J. SINNER, Secretary. PittsburgGutFlowerGOiLtd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. -Pittsburg, Pa. C. A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, nSZ PINE STREET. — LOUIS, HO. HWA. complete line of Wire Designs. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. tImA^cb yoxsb, name and your speoialties before the purohaslng florists ot the entire country by aavertiaing in ^^ ^^ ^ENo Aovr. Noy*. THE AMERICAN FLOBIST. E. H. Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CIIICAGO. MATH. EVERT, Wliolesale Grower and Shipper of Cut Flowers 58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 'Plione Central 3037. Bassett&Washburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Bliolesale Dealers aad A-.l d^uxkHA Growers ol ||U1 T lOWOrS CKEEMHOUSES; HINSDALE. ILI.. Wbol^ale [fower/arK^ MiLWAtrKSS, March 19. Boses, Beauty, long, per doz. 4 00@ 5.00 med. " 2 00@ 3.00 " " short " l.OOOl 50 " Liberty 10.00®I2.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00® 8.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 6.00® 8.00 " Perle 6.00® 8.00 Carnations 2 00® 3.00 Violets 5C@ .75 Daffodils, Tulips 2.00® 3.00 Dutch hyacinths 4 CO® 5.00 Callas 10.00@12.00 Adiantum 75® 1.00 . Smilax 18.00 Asparagus 65.00 PiTTsBiTEO, March 19. Roses, Beauty, specials, per doz. 3 00® 5.00 " extras " 2.00® 2.50 " No. 1 " .75® 1.50 " " No. 2 per 100 2.00® 3.00 " Bride, Bridcsmaiu 2.00@12.oa " Meteor 4.00@10.00 Carnations 1.00© 4.00 Paper Whites, Romans, Freesia... 1.5C@ 3.00 Tulips 2.00© 5 00 Mignonette 1.50© 4.00 Lily ot the valley 4.00 Violets 50® 1.50 Lilac perbunoh, .50@1.CO Smilax 15.00@I8 00 Adiantum 1.00® 2 CO Asparagus, strings 30 00®50.00 " Sprengeri 3.00© 4.00 CntoiNiiATi, March 19. Roses, Beauty 6.00@50.00 " Bride.. 4.00® 8.00 " Bridesmaid 4.00® 8.00 " Meteor 4.00® 8.00 Carnations 1.60® 5.00 Tulips, Daffodils 3.00© 4.00 Violets 5C© .75 Lily of the valley 3.00© 4.00 Harrisii lilies, per doz, 1.50® 2 00 Romans, Paper Whites 2.00© 3.00 simfaxf."!'.'.'.'."'.".'.V.'.'.'.'.!.'.".'.".".".".'l2-50®15;00 Adiantum • l.OC® 1.50 St. Louis, March 19. Roses, Beauty, lone stem 20.00@BO.OO Beauty, medium stem 8 .00@15 .00 " Beauty, short stem 3.00® 8.00 Bride, Bridesmaid 4 00©10.00 " Golden Gate, Meteor 4.a0@10.00 " Perle 4.00© 8.00 Carnations 2.00© 4.00 Violets 3b© -40 Paper Whites, Romans S.OO Sweet Peas .re Lily of the valley 3.00 Smilax 12.60 Asparagus Sprengeri 2.60 " Plumosua. 75M 7pOJ. The American Florist. 273 There is no better decorative green than the very good article of ASPARAGUS which we arc offering; long heavy strings, well hardened off. It is just the light graceful green to use for spring millinery openings, etc. While Smilax is scarce, we still have large supp'ies. All cut flowers in season. "Right goods at right prices." Let us hear from you. E. €• AMLING, THE LARGEST. BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1 977 Central. AMERICAN BEAUTY V'-t Doz. H.OO 3.00 2.00 1..50 1.00 .75 5.00 rlOO 8.00 8.00 2.00 4.00 3.0C 1. 00 1.50 4.00 3.00 6.00 5.00 .25 .15 1.00 1.50 3"-inoh stem 12-inch stem Short stem, per 100, $4.00 to Pe Kridesand Maids, $3.00(SiJ Meteors and Gates S.OOfni " latKe and fancies, 3.00® Mipnonette, per doz, .SO® .60 (•alias, per doz., $1.2.5® Jl. 50 llnrrisii, per doz, $1.50® $2.00 VonSions ^'iolets 75® Eoraans, Paper Whites. . Tulips 3.00® .\sparagus, per string, 50o Asparagus Spreneeri .. 2.00® Ferns per 1000, $3.50 Galax per 1000, 1.00 Smilax... .per doz., $2. 00 Subject to change witliout no LILY OF THE VALLEY BRUXS' CELEBRATED BRAND for forcing, $12.50 per 1000: $30.00 per case of 2500; $1.50 per 100. FINEST CUT VALLEY IN QUANTITY. HM DDIIMC 1 409 W. Madison Street, I 111 DnUnO; CHICAGO, ILL. PETER REINBERG, Crower and Wholesaler of Cut flowers. 800,000 FEET OF CLASS. Headquarters for American Beauties. 51 WABASH AVE., • CHICAGO, ILL. FRANK GARLAND, Wliolesalo Grower of Cut Flowers GIVEN TO HARDY CUT S5-57 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284. OXIIC.A.OO. JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of «oont 221, 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Telephoite Central 3598. All telegrapk ta< telephone ordfa.'S given prompt attentioQ. Gut Flowers R ICE BROTHERS Wild Smilax. WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. ,^^. and Shippers ol CHOICE CUT FLOWERS. Special attention given to shipping orders. Send for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Minn. Al^A^ays mention the American Florist vhen you write to an advertiser. BENTHEY & CO, 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO F. F. BENTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and Consignments Solicited. Comniission FLORISTS J. A. BUDLONG Boses and Carnations • A Specialty. 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. GROWER of CUT FLOWERS Wbolfjale power/\arKjfe CHICASO, March 20. Boses, Beauty, 36-inoh stems 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 >) per lOD 00@I5.00 00® 8.00 00@ 8.00 40® 1. 00 00® 4.00 3 00 00® 5.00 .oo<3> i.eo 15 " 12 " " " Short stems $l@i9 " Liberty, Chatenay 5 '' Bride, Bridesmaid 3 " Meteor, Golden Gate 3 Violets Carnations 2. Romans. Paper Whites Tulips, Valley 3, Sweet peas 1 Callas, Harrisii per doz. 1.25® 2.00 Asparagus, per string, .50 Adiantum 1 .' Common ferns, per 1000, 2 50 Smilax. per dozen. 2.00 A. L. Randall, WHOLESALE flORiST. 4 WashlngtoB Street, CHICAQO Send for weekly price list and special quotations on 1000 lots. ...GEO. M. KELLOGG... '•'"«"' PnTeViii: Cut Flowers Give us an order and we will please you. Our Greenhouses at PLEASANT tllLL, MO. Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO I^^LONe BI8TANCB 'PHONE AT EITHER PLAOB. GEO. REINBERG, "rs:?« Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We win take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Please tnenlwn the American Florist when writing. N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26lh St., New York. Open f'lr Cat Flower Sales at 6 o'clock Every IVlornlng DESIRABLE 'wALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON, Secretary. Please mention the American Flohisi every time you write-to an advertiser. 274 The American Florist. Mar. 21, BEAUTIES! Samuel $.Pennock LIBERTIES! PHILADELPHIA. GEO. A. SUTHERLAND, 34 Hawley St., BOSTON. Telepbone liiTO Msln. BEST BOSTON FLOWERS. AU Supplies. An entite floof Devoted to Stock and Manu- facturing. Distributing Agent for United States for tiie wonderful LETTER, unequalled for design work. Script, any color, 3Hc a letter. Block letters, IV^ each. The most elaborate design work to order in a few minutes. QXHEBAL AesKTs: H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., Philidelphta. REED h KELLER. New York City. FOR EASTER WEEK casKsiik x^oxc pjRioe WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., FIFTY THOUSAND CARNATIONS.... FIFTY THOUSAND VIOLETS... TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ROSES.. ....BOSTON, MASS. Superiority. WE claim it for the flowers we dis- tribute. It is guaranteed by the high sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It is proven by the large number of florists throughout New England and elsewhere depending on us for their regular supply. Largest dealers east of New York in Baskets, Sheaves, Letters, Vases, Ribbons and all Florists' Requisites. OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6:00 O'CLOCK EVERY MORNING. N. F. MCCARTHY & GO,, Telephone 734 and 64 JFain. 85 Hawley Street, BOSTON. H. C. RiEDEL. F. D. Spiceb. RIEDEL & GO. WHOLESALE Commission Florists, 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Slrletly Wholasal*. Corraspondince InvKad. SIMON RODH, MAHUFACTUBBB OP Florist Ribbons Salesroom: 40 West 28th St., lUFW YODK i'ACTOET: Camden. N. J. ''•-" 'Unl* RIBBONS ACCORDING TO SEASON. Wholfjale [lower/\arK^ BoBTON, March 18. BoBes, Beauty, extra 30. " " medium 10 " " ouUs 8 " Bride. Bridesmaid, Meteor 2 " extra 6 " Liberty 4 Carnations : 1 '* Special 3. Lily of the valley 1 Violets Paper White narcissi. Hyacinths.. 1 . Trumpet narcissi 1 Tulips 1 Hariisii lilies 6. Adiactum Asparagus Smilax 8. Philadelphia, March 18. Boses, Tea 8 " " extra " Beauty, extra 40. " " firsts SO. " QueenofEdgely, extra.. ..40. " " " firsts... .26. Carnations 1 . Violets 1. Lily of the valley 3. Asparagus 25 Smilax 12 Adiantum Farleyense 8 . BUTFALO, March 19. Roses, Beauty ^ " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 6 Carnations 3. Violets Paper Whites, Romans 2. Lily ol the valley 00@2n.00 .00@I5.00 ,00® 5.00 .ro@ 4.00 00@ 8.00 00@ 8.00 .ou@ 2 no 00@ 4.00 .00® 4. no .353 .50 .5i@ 2. to 50® 2 00 0(@ 3.00 Of ©10.00 .75® 1.00 50.00 .0D@18.00 00@12 00 15.00 Of@")0.00 .CO@S0.0O ro®so.oo .00@30.00 .00® 4.00 .00® 1.50 00@ 6.00 .00@50.CO .S0@I6.00 00@10.00 .00€50.00 .00® 12.00 .0C@ 5.00 1.00 Xt® 4.00 CO® 4 00 .00@20.00 .00® 1.60 Milton W. Woodroffe, WHOLESALF fLORIST. 1344 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. GEORCIE SALTFORD, Wholesale Commission Florist, 46 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Fair dealing and prompt returns guaranteed. Correspondence solicited. Author ol "How to Mako Monoy Growing VIolott." Give Us a Trial. We Can Please You. Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock. WU F tfACTIIIIS Wholesale Com- nnli ri nnallllUi mission Florist, <>8I Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y. Dealer in Florists' Supplies and Wire Designs. Open Dar and Night. Please mention the American Florist when writin^^ Japan Easter Lilies. We make a specialty of growing Japan Lilies only and have one house in full bloom already. Customers are kindly invited for inspection. On Rutherford car from Hoboken. HINODE fLORIST CO., County Road, SECAUCUS, N. J. The Philadelphia Wholesale Flower Market. "Tn^Br""' 1224 CHERRY STREET. PHILADELPHIA. Is now open and ready for business. Consign- ments of good stock solicited, especially Valley. Violets and Carnations. Commission, 10 per cent and $50 annual stall rent, pa:i able monthly in advance. Flowers, choice of this market, care- fully packed and shipped at short notice NEW YORK GUT FLOWER GO. 55 and 57 West 26th St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Daily Reports. Weekly Payments. "^l^MSdiioaSq. J. A. MILLANG, 2034 Madisoa Sq. IIASASIB.. BEAUTIES, LIBERTIES, LcO. NieSSCn, «~o VALLEY. WHOLESALE FLORIST, 1217 Arch Sf., Philadelphia. jgo3. The American Florist. 275 JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Exclusively. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT Til. 2065 Madison Sq. NEW YORK. 42 Wost 28th SI Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWEK3 ever offered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, Bride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter f. Sheridanp Wholesale Florist , Telaphona 908 Hadlaon Bctnaxa. 39 West 28th St., NEW YORK. Talaphona~Nos. 2239 and 2034 Madison Squara, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 65 and 67 West 26th St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice ol sale note daily. Statement and check kly. All consignments. large or small, receive tha attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. VIOLETS. WILLIAM CHORMLEY VIOLETS. I Wholesale " ■■■■■■"■li iffiiwimitai- ■ 7 Commission i Daily Receiver and Shipper of Fresh Cut Flowers. * Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Valley, Chrysanthemums. Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY. • JOHN YOUNG tpaolal American Beauties, Surpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orohidi, »nd all Seaionable Floweri. <51 Weit 28tli St., NSW YORK. Tel. 1905 Madiion Sq. THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTEKS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR Violets and Garnations OROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It will be to your advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER. 80 West 29th St., New York. Telephone BSl Madison Square. Frank Millang from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. 5S-57 W. 26th St. NEW YORK. ■8TABLI8HEO 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consignments or Shipping Ordsrs. Satisfaction given In both. Td. 868 Midlwn S4. 118 West SOtli St.. New York. Cat Flower Exchange, Phone 399 Madison Square. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 66 and 67 W. 26th St. New YOfk. . Cut Flower Exchange, . l-2 STOCK SIZES CHICAGO. New York. Vaughan's Seed Store, CHAS. r. MEYER, 19 Barclay Street, NEW YORK. Wholesale Importer of LILY OF THE VALLEY, ROMAN HYACINTHS and PAPER WHITES, DUTCH BULBS, BERMUDA and JAPAN LILIES, AZALEAS and PALMS, NURSERY STOCK. AZALEAS from the Celebrated Nurseries of The Ad. D'Haene Co., Ltd., Ghent. 15 per cent each of the varieties Simon Mardner and Mme. Van der Cruyssen Guaranteed. MOTTO:— High Grade Queh'ty. Prices Rock Bottom. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Please mention the Ametican Florist whenwritine^ COMET EMPRESS FREDERICK. Dwarf an* compact, fine for pots. Flowers pure white, diameter 4 to 5 inches. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. SEMPLE'S BRANCHING. Home grown. White, shell pink and lavender. J oz., 30c; oz,, 75c. QUEEN OF MARKET. Best German. In colors, i oz., 25c; oz., 7Sc. LARGE VICTORIA. Best German. In colors. Packet, 25c; i oz., 65c; oz., $2.50. Write for wholesale catalogue now ready. Fresh Tobacco Stems, $1.50 per bale, cash. W. C. BECKERT, Allegheny, Pa. TREES, PLANTS, BULBS, &c. Our Illustrated and Descriptive Price List of FOR- I EIGN and Domestic Bulbs. Plants. Seeds. Shrubs, Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Grape-vines, etc.. all for igo3. The American Florist. 277 PaVS BEST. The adv. in the American Florist brought more than twice the orders of any other paper. PAGE SEED CO., Greene, N. Y. GOOD PEOPLE. The American Florist certainly does bring orders from good, reliable firms. F. R. WILLIAMS CO., Cleveland, O. MR. ADVERTISER: You know the excellence of the Special Issues which are a feature of this journal. You know that the American Florisf covers the trade, that its readers await these Special Numbers with keen anticipation, that they are highly prized, kept for months, read and re-read. That's what makes their particular advertising: value. The Spring Number for J 903 is to be issued next week. It will be in every way equal to the best of our splendid Special Issues. That's enough said. Advertising copy to be in time must reach us by noon on Thursday, March 26. It's to everyone's advantage if you are early. Very truly yours, AMERICAN FLORIST CO. 324 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. Please Mail Your Adv. Now. Easter Carnations need our liny carnation bands to malte every flower perfect. .. Prices— 10,01)0 forSI.OO; T.OtO for 7Scj 4,500 for 50c; -,0D» for 25c. Send for our Wholesale Catalogue. HENRY F. MICHELL. lois "«'"«« si., Philadelphia, Pa. RAFFIA VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, NATURAL COLORED NEW YORK. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Where Quality is First Consideration.) Write, Wire or Phone the Introducers, Caldwail The Woodtman Co., Evergreen, Ala. or their agents: L, J. Kreshover, New York; J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayetsdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; W, F. Kasting, Buffalo; -T. M. McCuUough's Sons. Cincinnati, Ohio; II, G. Berning, St. Louis. Mo. ALL rfurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists wishing to do business with Europe should send for the "Horticultural Advertiser." This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly by all the Horticultural traders; it is also taken by over 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual subscription to cover cost of postage 75c. Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts. Address EDITORS OP THE "H. A." Chilweil Nurteriet, LOWDHAM. NotU. England. For [aster Decorations. M.OO and $7.00 per case. Laurel Festooning, ; For Palm Sunday. Southern Wild Smilax, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. Laurel Festooning, 5c and 6c per yard. Clean stock. Will have large stock of Southern Cut Palm Leaves, Green and Bronze Leuco- thcie Sprays and other decoratives. Order early. We can supply your demand, HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., 32=34=36 Court Square, Boston, Mas9^ L. D. Telephone 2618 Main. GALAX LEAVES, ITI: Bronze and Green Galax $ .5.5 Leucothce Sprays, Bright Green 83.00 Rhododendron Sprays, bright glossy green.,. $5.00 Fancv Cut Ferns 11.00 Cold Storage Stock a Specialty. Ask for prices on large lots. 1 originated this business here and ;im the oldest dealer. Send your order to me. Send cash with first order. J. NELSON PRITCHARD, ELK PARK, N. C. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michigan Gut Flower Exchange. FANCY FERNS, 11.50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. Give us a trial for Ferns the year around. GALAX. Green and Bronze,Sl 00 per 1000. 28 Miami Ave.. DETROIT, MICH. THE AMERICAN FLORIST'S COLOR CHART PRICE 15 CENTS POSTPAID. AMERICAN rLMIST CO., aZ4 Diirbern St., Chleai*. Fancy or Dagger Ferns p.1 1oo» Discount on Larger Orders. First QualKy Galax, Bronza or Green. $1 P»r 1O0O LAUREL FESTOONING made fresh on receipt of order 4c. 5c and 6c per yd. Special attention given to Large orders. Tele- I phone or wire us and your or- II have prompt dispatch ** ■ '^ Millington, Maas. — Tel. office. New Saleni. Galax^Leucothoes. Selected, Bright and Brilliant Wholesale Trade Solicited J. L. BANNER & CO., Montezuma, N. C. 278 The American Florist. Mar. 21, The i^uRSERY TRaiiE. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Cbas. a. Ilsentbitz, Pres. ; D. S. Lass, Vioe- Pres.; Geprqe-C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Ifioh., June 10-13, 1903. The nurserymen's shipping season is on in earnest. The American Association of Nursery- men meets at the Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, June 10-12. The Dominion fumigating station at Niagara Falls, Ont., was opened March 16, to remain in operation until May 15. Luther Burbank has sold his May- inard plum to the Oregon Nursery Com- pany, of Salem, Ore., who will distribute it this season. The plan followed by several towns in the east of inducing the school children, by the oflfer of prizes, to collect and destrov browntail moth nests has met a decisive set-back in the death of a 15-year-old boy at Lynn, Mass., caused by a fall from a tree. It is probable that public senti- ment will now cause an abandonment of this method of moth destruction which, until this sad accident, was regarded as the best scheme yet devised. The Hartford Florists' Club recently appointed a committee to consider and report on the street trees of Hartford and their needs. An exhaustive report has been made and presented to the various departments of the city government recommending that a forestry depart- ment be created with power and sufficient funds to develop and maintain the tree planting along all highways in an efficient and practical manner. Messrs. Theo. Wirth, G. A. Parker, Robt. Karlstrom, H. J. Koehler and J. W. Phelps composed the committee. Largest Nursery. Ep. Am. Florist:— I would like infor- mation in a general way on the following points: What. is the largest annual cash business done with any one nursery in the United States? What is the largest investment of any one nursery in the United States? What nursery is the largest producer of rose plants? Inquisitive. A Unique Official. News of the resignation of Superin- tendent Falconer, of the Bureau of Parks, will be received with regret by the com- munity, which has formed a high esti- mate of his value as a public official dur- ing his seven years' service in Pittsburg. Mr. Falconer was unique among muni- cipal officials in that he was not a politician, that he did not owe his posi- tion to political influence and held it so'ely by conspicuous demonstration of superior qualification for the work ' entrusted to him. How much of the credit for the beautifying of the public pleasure grounds is due to him the people have judged for themselves. What he has done for floriculture in Pittsburg is familiar to the thousands who have thronged to the Easter exhibition and the chrysanthemum show. The lesson of his record is of timely interest just now, when an administra- tion under which appointments are to be made solely for competency is enter- ing office. Fulfilled to the letter, this would give to the city officials in every position as well qualified and as con- scientious in the performance of public duty as Mr. Falconer has proved him- self to be. But to secure that much-to- be-desired result it vrill be necessary to pursue the same policy which led to his selection. The supreme test must be fit- ness; not politics. — Pittsburg Dispatch, March 17, 1903. Syracuse, N. Y. LELIES LIKELY TO BE LATE FOR EASTER. — BEDDING FOR THE PARKS. — PLANT TRADE ACTIVE. The situation here in regard to Easter lilies is bad. Bermuda lilies have been so diseased that locally we have generally discontinued growing them, and the Japanese lilies are reported late, and they, too, show signs of disease. Next year Easter comes on April 3 and Harrisii may be tried again. Superintendent David Campbell, of the city parks, intends to accomplish floral results in the parks this year that will eclipse any previous efibrt. The city maintains two greenhouses, one in Burnet Park and the other on the estate of Major Alexander Davis. Social events are, of course, slow but plants, in consequence of the fine weather, are going well. The supply of carnations is somewhat limited and the chances are that there will not be enough for Easter. A.J.B. jr. "^^.^ ■^ ^^- "^^f-^^"' i 1 .,.>^V^^^stt((«» IHI ^%4faV. '4 K^^^^^i®^ E SSBMfe^-T^^Si j^"^' s HB Hi ^^* 1 ^^wS ^ww^^!^^' -'' ■""^r^ri 1 PIN OAK. Our Stock of Handsome Oaks of all Sorts is Lnsurpassed. The Glenwood Nurseries offer the finest trees both EVER- GREEN and DECIDUOUS. FLOWERING SHRUBS and VINES of all sizes in general assortment. New TRADE LIST Ready. Special quotations to large buyers. The Wm. H. MOON CO. 60 Miles from New York. 30 Miles from Philadelphia. Morrisville, Pa. Ampelopsis Veitchii and Engelmanni. strong 3-year, SI per Doz.; $7 per 100. CLEMATIS, strong 2 aud 3-year dormant, 25c and 35c each; 83.00 and $4.00 per dozen. CLEMATIS PANICULATA, 3-year, $1.00 per dozen. PEONIES, in strong roots, distinct kinds and colors lor florists, $1,50 dozen; $10.00 per 100. H. P. ROSES, own roots, 2 and 3-year, $1.25 per dozen; $9 per 100; 4-iucli pots, same price. STRAWBERRY PLANTS, from new plantings, War- field, Clyde, Bederwood, etc., 75c per lOil; $3.00 per thousand. r. A. BALLER, Bloomington, III, TREES FOR SPRING OF 1903. We offer a large and cbolce line of General NurserT Stock. Sneoial attention is called to the following: APPLE, CHERRY, Peach. Kieffer and Dwarf Pear, DOWNING GOOSEBEREY, Catalpa, Box Elder, Silver and Cut-leaved Maple, Mountain Ash, Carolina Poplar, Tulip Tree, Black Walnut Seedlings, Pecans, Clematis Paniculata, Wistaria, Norway Spruce, Hydrangea P. G., Barberry, Privet, Hybrid Perpetual and Climbing Mesa, Roses, Apple and Pear Seedlings and Root Grafts. For prices address F.S. PHOENIX, Bloomington, 111. i?poj. The American Florist. 279 VSS^ 333 933 333 333 933 333 3333 933 933 933 $93 9-<»9 333933333333333 933333333333333333333i£!^. Lilies for Easter FOR several years lilies have averaged of poor quality and undoubtedly a good many flower buyers through the country have been disappointed in their Easter supply. Good lilies have been scarce because of so much disease. Months ago we took steps to insure satisfaction to lily buyers for this Easter by arranging with a first-class grower to force a lot of special stock for us. For Easter we shall have 15,000 These arc all true longiflorutn and in perfect condition, to book your orJers at the following prices: We are now ready $2.00 per dozen $15.00 per 100. $125.00 per 1000. 500 AT 1 000 RATE. We shall have all other stack In quantity. See price list in the Special Number of this paper next week. E. C. SMLING, 32-34-36 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL. THE LARGEST. BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONES 1999 AND 1977 CENTRAL. Now Ready Rooted cuttings, S. A. Nutt and Double Grant <3eraniums. Swainsona. Alba and Rosea. Fine -selection double assorted Petunias. All at 81.2.5 per 100. Assorted Coleus. assorted Verbenas. Trailins; Blue Lobelia. Ageratum Princess Pauline, Dwarf Blue and Dwarf White, all at 65e per 100. Bride and Bridesmaid Roses, fine 2>i-inch -stock, J3.00 per 100. S. A. Nutt and La Favorite Geraniums, fine 3-inch, $5.00 per 100. Cash with order. R. I. HART. Hackettstown. N. J. Tree Seeds. Our new descriptive CATALOGUE OF SEEDS of American Conifers, Trees, Shrubs, Palms. Cucti, Herbaceous Plants, etc., has been mailed to the trade. A postal will bring it to you. PINEHURST NURSERIES, Pinehurst, N. C. otto Batzensteln. Mer. 1,000,000 STRAWBERRY AND OTHER PLANTS. Including Bubaoh, Gandy, Nick Ohmer, New York, Sample, Success. Tennessee. Sharpless, Wm. Belt, and 30 other best sorts. See our cata- logue and get the best. See our discounts and ^ft plants. CALEB BOGGS & SON, Cheswold, Del. PUase mention the A merican Florist when writing. Association "Flora" Nursery Co. BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Hoses, ClematJs.Peonias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, . Lilacs for forcing. Box Irees, Fancy Evergreens and other shrubs on hand at the packing phice in the season. Catalogue on application. Address P. OUWERKERK. i 123 Su mmit Ave., JERSEY CITY, N. J. Always mention the American Flo- rist when writing to advertisers. 10.000 OFT Liliuni LonQlflorum for [aster We have an exeei>tionally fine lot of these, and plants are in perfect condition, with tine, healthy foliage, and A No. 1 in every respect averaging from four to eight buds each. Via are now booking orders for Kaster delivery or earlier at the rate of I2C Per Bud or Flower. Cut lilies at same price. In ordering please state whether piiints in pots or cut lilies are wanted. Customers at a distance wishing to procure a supply will find it safer to order early, just before the flowers open, as plants can then be shipped cheaper and with greater safety. You will then have the plants on hand and avoid the rush at the last minute. A great many of our customers order in this way. ani find it a decided advantage. We can ship at any time now plants selected so that they will just come into bloom in nice shape the week before Easter. We should be g'ad to have buyers from near-by points call at our Scarborough greenhouses and inspect the stock. Plants can be selected and laid aside and reserved at any time and delivered when wanted. We have also an exceptionally fine stock of FICUS ELASTICA, KENTIAS, BOSTON FERNS. ARAUCARIAS, large sized LATANIA BORBONICA, lor decorating, etc., et<-. F. R. PIERSON CO.. Tarrytown-on-Hudson, NEW YORK. Order Direct From Headquarters. A No. 1 DAGGER and FANCY FERN, $1.50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. A No. I BRONZE and GREEN GALAX. $1.00 per 1000 in 50O0 lots. LAUREL FESTOONING, good and full, 5c and 6c per yd. SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX, selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS. $1.00 per bbl. LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS. $1.00 per 100. "We guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail, telephone or telegraph will receive our personal and prompt attention. We can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY M. FiOBiNSON & CO. 32-34-36 Court Sq., Boston, Mass, L. D. Telephone 2618 Maid. Pleas, ntion the A merican Florist whc ■iting. 280 The American Florist. Mar. 21, Our pasTiMEs. Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowlins;, shooting and ■•■>orting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.; Robt. Kift, 1735 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 334 Dearborn St., Chicago, II'. At St. Louis. At the bowling club Monday evening Some very good scores were made, as follows: Plavpr 1st 3d 3d 4t.h Av JohnKunz '30 1-3 124 128 13.5 Theo Mi°ler 173 170 m 158 165 Wm Ades IH 130 123 14' L-r F.C. Weber, Sr 135 '53 174 137 .47 John Young lib \f 118 30 F.C.Weber, Jr 161 131 j*'' l^^ H. J. F. At Milwaukee. During the session of the S. A. F. execu- tive committee here this week the follow- ing game was rolled: Plaver Score Player Score_ W Currie 76 J. C. Vaughan lOi Geo. Watson 149 P.J. Hauswirlh 110 JohnBu-ton 119 E. F. Tesspn 48 W.Kennedy 160 N. Zweifel 09 H. Hunkel 160 E. Zepnick 136 Gregory 107 G. Pohl im Total 771 Total 699 At Washington, The following is the record of the last session of the bowlers: Plaver 1st 2d 3d T'l WH Ernest 300 183 235 607 George Cook 168 334 196 588 r T, Rarbpr 176 193 156 524 J Shine .:... 158 179 HI 478 J.W. Freeman m 133 147 400 W S Clark 146 108 143 396 wlw.Kimmell 141 130 133 393 C. W. Wolf 113 139 130 371 W. F. Gude 113 "3 E Loeffler 135 130 151 406 A. Herold .■.'... ™ 80^08^358 At Cleveland. The following is this week's bowling record at Cleveland, O.: FLATEB 1st '^^ 3d Kennedy !™ p Aul 139 10b Wasson 14^ 131 163 Bartels l-j Jl? B.Hart 163 164 151 fjrav 1^' R,"i"" 153 184 149 Kelly 3« " 1^3 Kunz »8 67 Bond 113 125 Pouting 143 111 Warnke « 7> Utzinger 101 °' G. Schmitt 13' H. Hart 105 Gibson l\ Anderson '8 Graham ^^ r\ r^ Hartford, Conn. CLUB ELECTS NEW OFFICERS.— PRESIDENT GETS A GAVEL. — NOTES. The annual meeting of the Hartford Florists' Club was held March 11 and officers were elected as follows: President, Theodore Wirth; vice-president, J. F. Huss; treasurer, Robert Scrivener; secre- tary, A. Frey; board of trustees, T. J. McRonald, G. S. Osborn, J. F. Coombs. The retiring officers presented the newly- elected president with a block and gavel made from the Washington elm, recently cut down. Both block and gavel are handsomely mounted in silver and con- tain the names of the donors. A. C. Sternberg, of West Hartford, delivered an address on "Fruit Culture During the Last Fifty Years." Washington. The fine spring weather we have had for some time has changed to cloudy and cool, and from all appearance the hardy shrubs, such asforsythias, Lonicera odor- atissima, Jasminum nudiflorum and some of the magnolias that are nearly in full bloom will have their beauty spoiled. J. H. Small & Sons have a grand lot of Harrisii and longiflorum lilies coming on for Easter. Quite a number are now in bloom. Maybury & Hoover have quite a num- ber of orders booked for Easter. P. G. Verbenas, rooted cuttings. 75c per 100; Jo.OO per 100?. pot plants, $3.60 per 100; J30 per 10.0. Chpysarthemums, rooted cuttings, gooi sorts, $3.00 per 100. Coleus, $3.00 per 100: $25.00 per 1000. Cannas. good sorts, $3 00 per 100. rintrarias 3-inch. $5.00 per 100. Dracaena Indivisa. 4-inoh strong. $10.00 per 100. Feverfew. Little Gem. »3.00 per 100. Geraniums, finest sorts, $3.00 per ItO; $25.00 per 1000. Eose. Mt. Snow. Mme. Salleroi. Souv. Chas. Tur- ner, $3.00 per 100. Happv Thought. Mrs. Parker, Ivy Leaf, Le Elegante, $5.00 per 100. Heliotrooe. $3.00 por 100. , „ „„ Pelargoniums. Victor, Mme. Thihaud, $5.00 per 100. Begonias, in variety. $4.00 per 100. Vinca Var., S'/.-in., JS.OO per 100; 4-in. . $15.00 per 100. Giant Pansies, cold frame, $2.00 per 100. W. L. SMITH. AURORA. ILL. SHADE TREES, Etc. Per lOO lo:o Sugar Maple 8 to 10 ft, $15.00 Su^ar Maple 6 to 7 ft., 7.00 $60.00 SuSar Maple 4 to 5 It., .=i.00 40.00 Spira;a Van Houttei 1^ to 2 ft.. 7.00 Gladiolus Bulblets, from fine named sorts, all strains, mixed $8.00 per bushel, 3 bushels $15.00 Gladiolus Grofl's Hybrid Bulblets, choice strain -^ Ismene Calathina. (White Amary- llis) 2d size, will mostly bloom 3.00 Ismene Calathina, 3d size 1 .50 Madeira Vine, Ko. 1 1-50 10.00 Madeira Vine, No. 2 75 5.00 Well packed and in cars. Cash with order. List free. E. Y. TEAS, Csntarvllle, Ind. Please mention the A mertcan Florist when writing. MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA. 5 to 6 inches high at $ 5 00 per 100 8tol0inches high at 8.00 per 100 15 to 18 inches high at 18.00 per 100 20 to 24 inches high at 25.00 per 100 All pot-grown, in healthy and vigorous condition. LISCHY NURSERY and GREENHOUSES, J oe. Browne. Prop.. NASHVILLE. TEWN. American Beauty Plants. Parties wishing to secure healthy, strong plants will make no mistake in ordering from us. ^^ e have them in 3%, 3 and 4- inch pots. Prices on Application. M. TILDEN. Madison, N. J. EASTER. Anyone wishing extra fine EASTER LILIES and HYACINTHS, write to E.Wickersham&Go., Pottstown,Pa. Advertising in the American Florist has brought me plenty of orders. — J. Q. Loven, Monte-^ zuma, N. C. BOSTON FERNS For You want a few Specimen Plants for your show window. We have all sizes, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10-inch. Best values. Write GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, Ills. Please mention the A mertcan Florist when writing. SEND "COPY" NOW FOR THE QREAT SPECIAL SPRING NUMBER TO BE ISSUED NEXT WEEK. You can't Afford to Miss it. ED. AM, FLORIST:— I enclose $i.oo for renewal of my subscrip- tion to your paper, which is hard to beat and full of information, a paper I can not do without. Pittsburg. GEO. J. LEARZOF. igo3. The American Florist. 281 CARNATION CyiTINGS. 500 White Cloud $12.50 per 1000 1000 Genevieve Lord 12.50 per 1000 1000 Norway 12.50 per lOOO 1000 Guardian Angel 10.00 per 1000 1000 Marquis 10.00 per 1000 Kennicott Bros. Co., WHOUS\LE COMMISSION TLORISTS. 40-44 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL CURRENT CUT FLOWER PRICES. AMERICAN BEAUTIES, Per Boz. Extra loug $4.50 Lonsi-stcmTM.'d J3.00 to 3 50 Medium-stemmed 2.(0 to 2.60 Sliovt-stemmed 75 to 1..50 I'cr 100 llridc'S, Select $6.ori to $8.00 Ordiniirv 3.00 to 5 00 liridesmn ids, Select 6 00 to 8.00 Ordinary 3.10 to 5.00 Meteors, Select (i.ro to 8.00 Ordintirv 3.00 to 5.00 Golden Gates, Select 5 00 to 8.00 Ordinary 3.00 to 4 00 Perles, Select 4.00 to 0.00 Ord nary 3.00 to 4.00 Carnations, Fancy 3.00 to 5.00 Ordinary 3.00 to 3.50 Violets 40 to 100 Ciillas per dozen, $1.35 to $1.50 Hiirriaii.. .pet dozen, 1.50 to 2.00 Tulips 3 00 to 5.00 Dafrodils 3.00 to 4.00 Valley 3.00 to 4,00 Smilax per dozen, 13.00 Adiantura 1.00 to 1.50 Asparagus per string, 50c Asparagus Sprengi'ri 2.00 to 5.00 Kerns per 1000, $2.00 . 15 Galax per 1000, $1.25 to H..W 15 »♦♦♦♦•♦»♦♦♦♦»»*♦•♦♦♦♦< Fine Grafted Bearing Sizes. Per 100 13-inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots $20 00 15-18 inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots 30.00 Kin KanS 10-13 in., bushy, from 4-in pots 20.00 , bushy, from 4-in. pots.. 20.00 , bushy, from 4-in. pots 30.00 Oranges, Lemons. Limes, ^^t^ix plants, well-branched, 3-4 ft $2 to $3 each. Clematis Apiifolia th\T rfil^rr^: Paniculata, but blooms earlier and lasts longer; strong plants from 3-inch pots -12inch 20.00 Piioenix Reclinata and Farinifera 12-15 in., 4 in , pots (Not less than 40 of a class at 100 rate,) 3 to each (Not less than 400 of a class at 1000 rate,) Lalanias, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE P. J. BERGKMANS G0.«- > FRUITLAND NURSERIES, Eitablished 1866. AUGUSTA, GA. FOR ONE-YEAR-OLD SEEDLINGS OF Phoenix Roebelenii Per 1000 $50.00, and PHALAENOPSIS SCHILIERIANA pp > t HILDESHEIM. ; : GERMANY. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI 3. 3?4 and 4-inch pots, at $4.00. «5.00 ;ind $7.00 per 100 respectively. Ready to shift. Carnation Cuttings, as long as they last, cheap. Prices on application. JOHN BROD. NILES CENTER, ILL. from Benary's prize show flowers saved, giant flowered, finest colors and shades, dwarf or semi-dwarf, makes fine selline plants for Eas- ter; 3-iD. ready for 5-in. pots, $4 00 per 100. Cash. Shellroad Greenhouses, Grange P. 0.. Balto., Md. Cinerarias Easter Lilies. ON PLANTS OR CUT. From the same reliable source as in other years, in original cases of twenty to thirty-five plants at $12.50 per 100. Less than case lots 1 5c per bud and flower. ^ ^ tM ^ ^ Order early as Easter Lilies will be scarce. N. F. MCCARTHY i CO., 84 Hawley St., Boston, Mass. B ^UCCll Reaches highest standard in size, form, calyx, stem, productiveness and keeping quality. A sure winner where ever shown. Price per 100, $10.00; 250, $22.50; 500, $37.50; 1000, $75.00. Little South Floral Co., So. Natick, Mass. S. J . Goddard, Framinghani, Mass. Successful Growers are Wanted To kuow that they can dispose of all their surplus stock fay adver- ».„.«.M.tiiing in the American Florist. TRY IT NOV. 286 The American Florist. Mar. 2iy Worcester, Mass. SPRING EXHIBITION A GREAT SUCCESS.— MUCH GOOD STOCK ASSURED FOR EASTER. — SPRING ALREADY ATHAND.—LENTCUTS INTO THE FLOWER TRADE. The spring exhibition of the Horticul- tural Society was held March 5 and without question was the finest March show we ever staged. The feature of the show was a magnificent specimen of Coelogyne cristata, Chatsworth variety, shown by Geo. McWilliam, gardener for G. Marsten Whitin, which carried over 1,500 flowers. It was a grand sight and old gardeners said coidd not be equaled in thiscountry. Mrs. J. C. Whitin showed a fine table of cut orchids and was awarded first premium. The display of carnations w^as very fine and a large number of varieties were shown. H. F. A. Lange received first premium. H. F. Littlefield showed some fine azaleas and hyacinths, ■which captured premiums, and there were fine collections of cyclamens, ciner- arias and primulas from F. A. Blake, M. J. Whittall and E. W. Breed. E. A. Weeks took first for Dutch hyacinths. There will be one exhibition in April, two in May and then weekly until the chrys- anthemum show, November 12. According to present appearances there ■will be a large and well grown stock available for Easter. Lilies are looking fine and will be in on time without severe forcing. The Harrisii show up the best as a rule. Some of the Japanese longi- florums are very short in the stem, especially from the small-sized bulbs, but are fairly free from disease. Fine benches of Crimson Ramblers and acacias are to be seen and, while it has been difficult to hold back azaleas, the supply should be adequate. Bulbous stock -will be in in quantity. An early spring seems almost assured. Robins and blue birds are here, tulips are four inches above ground, crocuses are in bloom on southerly exposures and the buds of shrubs and trees have begun to swell and sap to flow. A severe frost now would do serious damage, especially to the fruit trees. Lent has had a depressing influence on trade but business is fairly satistactory in a general way. Flowers in all lines are plentiful and prices have dropped a peg, but there is no serious glut and the danger is now practicallv over. A. H. L. Orchids ! $^ We have the largest and finest stock of Orchids on this continent; also supplies, such as best live Sphagnum and Fibrous Peat and Orchid Baskets. Lager & Hurrell, summit, n. j. Orchid Orovers and Tmporters. BEGONIfl GLOIRE DC LORRAINE, 2^-!nch pots< $15.00 per 100. Write for prices on large lots. Stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease. THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass. I^ase mention ike A merican Florist when writing. IT WILL PAY YOU To grow FUCHSIAS and there are none better than the following: Little Beauty, $5.00; Lord Byron, $4.00; White Beauty, $4.00: Tener, $4.00. Also BEGONIA Double Vernon, $4.00; Pink Sport of Veinon, $10.00. HELIOTKOPE Mme. Bruant, M.OO Stock ready now, strong 2K-inch pots. ■ «■ wRIIICLaRT) PHILAOCLPHM, PA. YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti- vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. ^5.00 per doz.; $30 per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT ORAIG& SON, Market and 49th Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Souvenir de Pierre Nolling THE GRAND YELLOW FORGING ROSE. Spring Quotation, Hand Your Order, T:srs'2i°'oo ■:?.'.£' ^ SOUPERT & NOTTING, Luxembourg, Europe. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. A Magnificent P^m F'acitfkvi Forcing Rose ■ Or l,qaicr» Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 967, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from 3V2-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in 'rotation as received. 2S or 60 plants at 100 rate. R.&J.FAR0liHAR&CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. NEW PEDIGREE ROSES. Send for description and colored plate of our Six New Climbing Roses. These originated in our own collection by careful cross-fertilization and are unquestionably superior to anything of their cliass. ' EDWIN LONSDALE, pale lemon white. WIH. K. HARRIS, pale flesh color. WM. F. DREER, creamy white, pink edging. PROF. C. S. SARGENT, rich yellow and buflf. ROBERT CRAIG, yellow shaded with apricot. JOHN BURTON, delicate peach color. All fragrant, very double, undeniably hardy and strong growers. HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS, Maple Avenue Nurseries, Please mention the A WEST CHESTER, PA. florist when writing. Governor Wolcott Carnation Rooted Cuttings fiom Flowering Stems Only $5 per II 0; $45 per 1000. 100 1000 BOSTON MARKET, wliite $.5.01 $40.f0 LAWSON 4.00 3.00 Henry A. Stevens Co., East St., Dedham, Mass. New Rambler Rose PHILADELPHIA. Flowers larger, more double, do not fade white, more durable, brighter color, and not subject to mildew as Crimson Rambler is. 21^-inoh, $13.00 per 100; 8100 per 1000. 1-year field plants, cut back to 15 to 18 in.,. $35 00 per 100. 1-year field plants, 2i4 to 3 feet, $4.00 per dozen: $30.00 per 100. 2-year field plants, 3 to Z'ri feet, bushy, ^ J7.00 per dozen; $50.00 per 100. The Conard & Jones Co., West Broie, Ptr 30.000 DflflUflS. Fifty varieties, wbole field-grown roots, $4.00 per 100; $36.00 per 1,000^ Send for descriptive list. We can save you money. A.B.DAVIS&SON, PurGellville,Va. igo3. The American Florist. 287 j^^^^r^E>^^s n^oii E>^\.sarE>i« r stock is not only larger but finer tha ;s including 10 per cent of Mme. Van der Cruyssen ■ plants are shipped the less danger to the buds, before. We can supply standard Do not delay ordering, the Fine bushy crowns. 10 to 13 inches in diameter $5 OO 13 to 14 13 to l.T 16 to 18 18 to 30 20 to 24 6 00 9 00 IS 00 .to 00 43 00 $40 00 50 00 70 00 ARECA LUTESCENS. in. pots, 1 plant in pot. .6 to 8 In. high, $ 75 Her doz. $ 6 00 Per 100 jun 00 Per 1000 3 plants in pot. 12 to 45 3 •• 15 to 18 3 •• 18 to 24 5 to 6 " ^2 to 34 3 ■• 28 to 30 3 51 5 00 9 00 13 OJ 10 CO 20 00 40 00 TO 00 175 00 aso 00 KENTIA FORSTERIANA. 2!<-inch pots. 4 Leaves. 8 to 10 In. high, tl 25 Per doz. .$10 OO Per 100 $ 00 00 Per lOOO 3-iaoh pots 4-inch pots, h to 6 6-inch pots, 6 6-inch pots, 6 7-inch pots, 6 8-inch pots, 6 ■' 8-inch pots, 6 •■ 9-inch pots, 6 to 7 y-inch pots. 6 'o 7 10-inch pots, 6 to 7 lU-inch pots, 6 to 7 " TZ 13-Jn. tubs, 7 Leaves 7 to 8 ft' 48 to .52 ,52 to 54 54 to 58 140 00 34 00 30 00 48 00 5 00 7.50 10 00 1! !0 35 00 PHOENIX CANARIENSIS. Ferns for Fern Dishes. FOR IMMEDIATE USE. 2-inch pots, assorted varieties. . 3Vi to4 feet high, bushy and shapely }.5.(J0 Knch. . 4 to4!4 feet high, bushy and shapely." $6,00 Kach. LATANIA BORBONICA. Per 100 Per 1000 ...J3 00 $25 00 6 00 pots. Leaves, high. 5 to 6 12 to 15 5 to 6 15 5 to 6 15 to 18 5 to 6 18 to 20 20 00 30 00 50 00 KENTIA BELMOREANA. Pots. Leaves In. high. Per doz. Per 100 IVr 1000 2M 4 8 to 10 $1-25 $10 00 $90 00 3 5 12 to 15 2 00 15 00 140 00 4 5 to 6 15 to 18 4 50 35 00 5 6 18 to 20 7 SO 60 00 6 6 36 to 28...$! r5 Each; $15 00 Per doz 6 6 to 7 38 to 30 15) •■ 18 00 7 6 to 7 30 to 32 2 00 " 24 00 HENRY A. DREER. 714 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. PA. Rooted Guttinss. ROSES. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID $1.60 $12.50 BRIDE 1.50 12.50 PERLE 1.50 12.50 METEOR 1.50 12.50 i GOLDEN GATE 1.25 10.00 IVORY 2.50 20.00 i 212-INCH ROSE PLANTS. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID $3.00 $25.00 BRIDE 3.00 25.00 PERLE 3.00 25.00 GOLDEN GATE 2.50 20.00 METEOR 3.00 25.00 OLFVERAMES 4.00 35.00 IVORY 4.00 35.00 HELEN GOULD 4.00 35.00 All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave., ....CHICAGO. Booted Cuttings CARNATIONS. Norway $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000 Flora Hill 1.25 per iOO; lO.OO per 1000 G.H.Crane 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 Genevieve Lord 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per lOOO Guardian Angel 1.25 per IOO; 10.00 per 1000 The Harvey Greenhouse J. T. ANTHONY, Manager. GENEVA, • ILLINOIS PRESIDENT McKINLEY THE PRIZE WINNER. It's fine in September and improves as the season advances. It's a grand carnation, healthiy and free, and we realize that we are making a bold assertion when we say it is supe- rior in many respects to the famous Lawson. Better speak while there is yet time. Rooted Cuttings $2.00 per doz.; 12 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. We have a nice stock of other varieties ready to go. Also a limited amount of Am. Beauty, Golden Gate, Ivory and Perle roses. We guarantee quality. Asparagus Sprengeri NEW CROP SEED, J.OOO $1.00; 5,000 for $3,00. SIV1ILAX SEED, 25c per oz. HYBRIDIZED CARNATION SEED, MIXED. Seeds from Lawson, Governor Roosevelt, Wolcott, Violania, Apollo and Golden Beauty, 100 seeds, $i.00. From Standards, lOO seeds, 25:. CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO., LOOMIS, Placer Co., CAL. GLOIRE DE EORRAINE BEGONIA. JUNE DELIVERY. Two Inch, $15.00 per 100. Orders Filled in Strict Rotation. J. A. PETERSON, Wastwood— McHenry Ave. CINCINNATI. CARNATIONS. Rooted cuttings of ali the leading varieties now ready. Also rooted runners of Lfldy Campbell, Swanley White and Princess of Wales Violets. Send rne a list of what you want and get prices. Stock. in fine conditioo. Address Chas. Chadwick, l. Box ii. Grand Rapids, Mich. 288 The American Florist. Mar. 21, Providence, R. I. TRADE SITUATION SEES LITTLE CHANGE. — STOCK PLENTIFUL AND PRICES CHEAP. — VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. The business situation is steady, -with very little alteration in prices or demand. Carnations move readily at from $1.50 to $3 per hundred, and roses find a recep- tive market at $3 to $8 per hundred. Violets are about done as a surplus and now command our attention at 50 cents per hundred, with Princess of Wales a trifle scarce and Marie Louise plentiful. Bulbous stock and calla lilies are peddled about from store to store and finally secure a taker at some price, as they are very handy to have in case of hurry-up funeral orders. Azaleas find a quiet market and there is an abundance of potted flowering stock, except lilies. John Macrae was visited by the club last Wednesday to see his carnation houses and their present fine crop. J. B. Canning speaks in high terms of this range. The Florists' Club had the pleasure and profit of listening to Prof. Card, of Kings- ton, at the last meeting. N. D. Pierce reports an active demand for all nursery stock and is taking advan- tage of the fine weather. Giles Congdon, of Bristol, has filled a number of important funeral orders this month. Keller is now safely installed in his new and attractive store. St. Patrick's day saw many green pinks and no two alike. Does the present fair weather predict the same for April? Macnair has added four new carbon lights to his store. M. M. Hastings, Neb. C. W. Winkler, of the Hastings Green- house, who is also an extensive market gardener and Iruit grower, is this spring building what will probably be the largest range of greenhouses put up west of the Mississippi river this year. His present glass area of 15,000 square feet will be increased to 125,000 feet, devoted to growing cut flowers, plants and vegetables. He has had a very good season. Hamilton, Ont.— N. G. Foster & Son have made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors. Walter Anderson is assignee CINNAS, 2 to 3 EYES. AUemania, Austria, Crimson Bedder, Florence Vaughan, Madam Crozv- $1.00 a hundred. DAHLIA TUBERS. Clifford W. Bruton, Pres. Felix Faure, Black Prince. $3.00 a hundred. ALTERNANTHERA ROOTED CUTTINGS. Red and yellow. 30o a hundred. That cash please. JOHN ALLWOOD, Corunna, Mich. Gaillardia Grandiflora t'^l'^f;i^t, perennial for summer cut flowers. A healthy grower, long stem, continous bloomer; showy, color, red and yellow combined. Nice blooming size from field at 84.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. Field-Grown Phlox, The Pearl, the finest for cut flowers, $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. Coreopsis Lanceolata, $5.00 per 100. Martin Kohankle, Fobes St., Painesville, Ohio. SPECIALTIES ROSES, from 3-inch pots, m |««»c# CARNATIONS, for all delivery^ 111 ncai CHRYSANTHEMUMS, SMI LAX, VIOLETS. Varieties Prices Low. Send for List. WOOD BROTHERS, Fishkill, N.Y. HEADQUARTERS FOR Easter Plants. Blooming Easter Week, or From Now on If Desired. I have the largest stock in Philadelphia, larger and in better condition than ever before. All my large greenhouses and frames are filled to their greatest capacity with the choicest plants at lowest cash prices. Azalea Indica. I have three large houses full of this best selling of all Easter plants. My customers known that I am agent for one of the" best growers (O. Van der Plas), at Ghent. Belgium. If possible 1 go there myself each year and secure for my customers the best that can be had. I have only the leading American varieties, grown in pots all winter and not bunched in cold frames without pots, as some do. In whitelhaveNiobe, Bernard Anorea Alba and Deutsche Perle; in pink Mme. Van der Cruyssen Simon Mardner, Dr. Moore. M. Van Houtte (very large) and others; in variegated, Empress of India, Vervaeneana and about a half dozen more; I have alsD about a dozen of the new varieties, the best doubles and singles, about 25 varieties in all, in 6-inch and 7-inch pots. Prices, 60c, 75c, 86c, $1, $1.25 and $1 60 each. As a Special I must mention, my Mme. Van der Cruyssen. They are unusually fine this year, round as an apple and covered with buds. Prices. 76c. $1 and $1 25 each. Specimens in 10-lnch and 11-inch pots, $4.00 to $5.00 each. AZALEA MOLLIS, a novelty when in bloom, 6-inch pots, 60c to 75c each. LiLiUMHARRISM and BERMUDA LONGIFLORUMS. raised from only the highest quality bulbs obtain- able (none costing less than $100 per 1000). Plants in 6-inch pots, five to twelve buds, fifteen to thirty-six inches high, at the rate of 10 cents per bud. Other plants must accompany the order. CINERARIA HYBRIDA, I have an immense quan- tity, about 2,000, all in fine shape, 5^4 to C-inch pots, all shades, at $3.00 and $4.00 per dozen. SPIRAEA COMPACTA, 6-inch, $3.00 per dozen. HYDRANGEA OTAKSA. Have a house full this year, unusually fine, cannot be beaten, 6-inch pots, $4.00. $5.00, $6.00 to $9.00 per doz. Specimens, 7-inch, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 each. DAISIES, yellow and white, 6-inch pots, $3.00 to $4.00 per dozen. BEGONIA President Carnot and Metallica. 6-inch pots. $3.00 per dozen. BEGONIA Vernon, red, 6-inch pots, $3.00 dozen; 4-inch pots, $1.50 per dozen. BEGONIAS, mixed, 4-inch pots. $1.50 per dozen. ilYACINTHS, about 10,000 of my own importa- tion first sized bulbs, named varieties, all shades, at $10.00 per 100. TOURNESOL TULIPS, double red and yellow, striped, best tulips in market, 3-inch and 4-inch pots, at $1.50 per dozen pots. VON SIGN DAFFODILS, best double nosed. 3-inch and 5-inch pots, $2.00 per dozen pots, easily worth $3.00 a dozen. Cash with order please. All goods carefully packed and shipped at purchaser's risk. Buyers coming to Philadelphia are respectfully invited to visit ray place and inspect my stock. Take Ger- mantown car on 13th street to Ontario, and walk one block east. Mention if pots are to be taken off to save express charges. GODFREY ASCHMAN. Wholetala Grower and Importar of Pot Planti, 1012 Ontario St., Station R, PHiLADELPHIA. Please merition ike American Florist when writing. BOSTON FERNS. 2i-inch % 3.00 per 100 4-inch 10.00 per 100 6-inch 30.00 per 100 7-inch 5.00 per doz. From bench, ready for S and 6-inch pots, $2.00 per dozen; all nice stock. DAVIS BROS., Morrison, III. Please mention the Americayi Florist when writing. Will not last long at these prices. They are good plump roots, average 2 eyes; AUemania, Mile Berat, Defender, Gloire Lvohnaise, Paul Marquant $1.00 per 100, J9.00 per lO'OO. Mrs. E. A. McKeand, ?. Vaughan and Mme. Crozy, $1.75 per 100. Beaute Poltevine, J. D. Eisele.F. Billard and Souv. de A. Crozy, $3.00 per 100. Egandale, $3.50 per 100. W. W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind. SEASONABLE Stools:^ Per 100 ADLUMIA, Cirrhosa 3!4-inch pots $ 3.00 ANEMONE JAPONICA, Alba, Elegantissima, Lady Ardilaun, Queen Charlotte, Rosea Superba, a^i-inch pots 5.00 Strong field-grown 10.00 ARUNDO. Donax Variegata, strong divisions 15.C0 Macrophylla Glauoa, strong divisions 15.00 BEGONIA, Manicata Aurea, 3!4-iDch pots... 8.00 Rex, 3Vi-inch pots ^ 5.00 Gloire de Lorraine f.June delivery) 15.00 BOLTONIA, Latisquama, strong divisions — 5.00 CAMPANULA, Pyramidalis, 3!4-inch pots. .. . 3.C0 CANNASi 3-eye dormant roots, Chas. Hender- son 2.50 Florence Yaughan, Pierson's Premier, Mme. Crozy, Queen Charlotte and Robusta 3.00 Philadelphia 4.00 Golden Bedder and Mme. L. Druz 5.00 Mrs. Kate Gray 8 CO Pennsylvania 10.03 Also many other varieties both Novelties and Standard sorts. Send us a list of your wants for prices. CARNATIONS. A complete list of Novelties and Standard varieties. Prices on appli- cation. CAR EX. Japonica Var., 3i<-inoh pots 3.00 CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Our collection is unsur- passed in this country, containing all the desirable American and Foreign Novelties, as well as all the bost exhibition and com- mercial sorts. Descriptions and prices pn application. Maximum Triumph, 2Ji-'nch pots 3.00 COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA, 3K-inch pots 2.50 Strong clumps 5.00 DELPHINIUM, Formosum, 214-inch pots 3.00 Queen of Blues (dwarf) strong clumps — 6.00 DIGITALIS, Gloxiniffiflora, 214-inch pots 3.00 ERIANTHUS, Eavennffi, strong divisions 6.00 EULALIA, Gracillima, Japonica A^ar., and Zebrina, strong divisions 6.0Q EUPATORIUM. Ageratoides (Hardy Ageratum) strong clumps 5,00 GAILLARDIA, Grandiflora, 2'/4-inoh pots.... %.bO Strong clumps 5.00 HELIANTHUS, Afaximiliana. Miss Mellish, Mollis, Multiflorus, Plenus Multiflorqe Maximus, Orgyalis, Rigidus and Tomen- tosus, 2^-inch pots 3.00 Multiflorus Grandi- Plenus (Soleil d'Or), 2Jf-inch pots 3.00 Clumps 6.1 HONEYSUCKLE, Halleana, strong n Id-grown S.OO ISOLEPIS, Gracilis, 3)i-inch pots 3.00 MONARDA, Didyma and Fistulosa Alba, strong divisions .^ 4.00 MOONFLOWER, 2ii-inoh pots 3.00 ORIENTAL POPPY, 3V4-inch pots 3.00 PHALARIS. Arundinaoa Var., 3Ji-inch pots 3.50 Arundinaoea Var., strong divisions 5.0O PYRETHRUM. Hybridum, 2'4-inoh pots 3.00 Strong clumps 6 00 ROSES, Crimson Rambler, 3 feet, extra strong 13.(0 RUDBECKIA, Golden Glow, 2>4-inch pots .... 2.50 Golden Glow, strona divisions 5.00 Newmanii, 2i'i-inch pots 300 Newmanii, strong divisions 6.00 Purpurea, strong clumps 8.00 SALVIA, Splendens, Bonfire, Gigantea, Glory of Stuttgart. 3K-inch pots 3.00 Splendens Triumph (new) 5.00 SEDUM, Speotabilis, 3>i-inoh pots 4.00 SWEET WILLIAM, (Best English strain) fleld- grown 5 00 3V2-inch pots 3.50 TRIIOMA, Pfitzerii, strong divisions 19.00 VALERIANA, Officinalis (Garden Heliotrope) strong divisions 5.00 VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, from soil 3.50 Lady Campbell, from soil 2.50 Nathan Smith & Son, ADRIAN, MICH. igoj. The American Florist. 289 DAHLIAS We offer a choice lot of Dahlias in vatieties suitable for cut flowers as well as the bist bedding varieties. Dahlias being one of our specialties, we devote a large acreage of ground to their cultivation. $8.00 Per 100. Show Dahlias. ARABELLA. An early and profuse flowering vari- ety, large and perfect form; color, pale primrose shaded with rose and lavender. EMILY EDWARDS. Blush tipped lavender. ECLIPSE, A Fancy standard Dahlia, color, brilliant scarlet. DR. J. P. KIRKIAND. Dark velvety crimson, the largest on our list. JOHN WALKER. Pure white, very free bloomer, grand for cut flowers. LUCY fADCETT. Straw color, mottled Magenta, large and free bloomer. Decorative Varieties. A. W. TATE. Deep yellow, excellent bedding variety. PERLE DE TETE la d'OR. Pure white tinged purple, long stem, free flowering. OBAN. Rosy lavender, a free bloomer. WIVI. AGNEW. Large scarlet crimson, excellent for bedding or cut flowers. $8.00 per 100. Pompon Varieties. CATHERINE. Yellow, long stems, excellent bedding variety. SNOW CLAD. "White, good for bedding and cut flowers. ELEGANTA. Bright pink, very free bloomer. RAPHAEL. Deep Maroon. EERN LEAE BEAUTY. Crimson, striped white. S8.00 per 100. Mixed Single Dahlias, a choice lot consisting of distinct colors, also striped and blotched varieties, $5.00 per (00. Mixed Double Dahlias, $6.00 per 100. WmS. PARK CONSERVATORIES, All the above stock is strong field grown roots and cannot be compared with the small cheap roots offered by some growers. Send your order at once and we will ship when desired. SIDNEY, OHIO. VERBENA KING. HEADQUARTERS for VERBENAS. As we grow more than anybody, (the world beater), 45 of the best select Mammoth namtd vars., 60c per 100, J5.00 per 1000; 50 for $33.00; 10,000 for J40.00. HtllotrepH, ten best named vars., $1.00 per 100, $8.C0 per lOJO. OalilM, 4 of the win- ning varieties, named, $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per lOOO. Coltnt, 30 of the most popular named varieties, and thev are good ones. Plenty of Scarlet Ver- chatfeltii and Golden Bedder, 70c per 100, $6.00 per 1000. Pttuala, (Kansas) Double White; this is a grand bloomer and a very strong grower; a good one, $1.25 per KO, $10.00 per 1000. ikgaralumi, the only 4 varieties: Stella Gurney, Princess Pauline, Copes Pet, and Lady Isabel, the grand white one, 60o per 10). $5.00 per 1000. Salvias, 4 of the best select named varieties; they are winners. $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per 1000. Chiianthemums, 20 best named varieties rooted cuttings. $1.25 per 100, $10.00 per 1000, 5,000 for $45 00. Feverfew, Little Gem, rooted cuttings, $1.25 per ICO, $10.00 per 1000. Alternanthera. red and yellow, 2-in., strong. $3.00 per 100, $18.00 per 1000. Express prepaid on Rooted Cuttings. ^^Satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed in every respect. THAT CASH OE C. O. D., PLEASE. List ready Jan. 1st. Tht Hoattd Cutting Spwiallst.. CUY CEHTEH. KAN. CANNAS Chas. Henderson. Chicago, Florence Vaughan, Queen Charlotte, Alphonse Bouvier, President McKinley, Papa $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000; my selection, $15.00 per 1000. GERAMUMS. (Standard Varieties.) My selec- tion, $2.50 per 100; $22.50 per 1000. All 2!4-in. pots. PAUL IMADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa. OUR MOTTO: QUALITY FIRST. We have, however, a sufficent quantity to supply all demands. Send for Catalogue. ARTHUR COWEE, "Meadowvale Farm," Long Distance 'Phone 9x. Berlin, N. Y. United Statas Crowar and Raprasantaiive of CROFF'S HYBRIDS. GLADIOLI Geraniums. ■100 10 varieties, fine plants, 3i4 in. pots, $3.50 and $3.00 10 varieties, fine plants 3-in. pots 4.00 COLEDS, 16 varieties, 3-in. pots 2.00 DOUBLE PETUNIAS, 3H-inoh pots 3.00 VERBENAS, 2-inch pots 2.00 ASP. SPRENGERI, 2-in. pots, $18.00 per 1000; 3.(i() PANSY PLANTS $3.50 per luoo; .50 CASH PLEASE. JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, DELAWARE. OHIO. FOR EASTER FLOWERING. $l..=iO Azaleas, extra lar-e plants, full uf i-a.-h; goud sized plants $1.00 each. Genistas, in bud and bloom, large plants $3.00 per dozen; smaller plants $2.00 per dozen. Cinerarias, fine plants $1.50 per dozen. Fuchsias, all colors, 3-inch, $4.00 per 100; 4-inch, $6.00 per 100. UTICA FLORAL CO., Utica, N. Y. ROOTED CUTTINGS Of Petunias, Heliotrope, Alyssum, Salvia. Aperatum, Coleus, red, yellow and mixed. Be sure and write us about Boston Ferns, 30,000 pot-grown, 314 to 10-inch. GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III. ROOTED CUTTINGS. CERANIUIMS. The "SIX KINGS" for bedding, Jean Viaud (pink), Alphonse Riccard (scarlet), Beaute Poitevine, E. G. Hill (salmons), S, A. Nutt (crimson), Mme. Buohner (white), $1.50 per 100; $15,00 per 1(X)0. VERBENAS. Our 20th Century Collection, 30 new mammoth varieties, labeled, 60c per 100; $5.00 per lOiO. Per 100 PETUNIAS, Double fringed $1.25 ALYSSUMS, Double Giant 1.00 MARGUERITES, White and yellow 1.00 ACERATUMS, Stella Gurney 1.00 Pauline 75 SALVIAS, St. Louis, Bonfire 1.00 FEVERFEW, Little Gem 1.00 ASPARAGUS Sprengeri, S'A-in. $2; 3-in. 1..50 CASH WITH ORDER. The W.T.Buckley Plant Co., Springfield. III. Gardeners' Chronicle. A Weekly Illustrated Journal. Established 1841. The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE has been fob OVBB Sixty Years the Leadino Journal of its class. It has achieved this position because, while specially devoting itself to supplying the daily requirements of gardeners of all classes, the infor- mation furtiished is of such general and perma- nent value that the GARDENERS' CHRONICLE is looked up to as the btakdabd agtboritt od tke subjects of which It treats. Subscription to the United States, $4.20 per year. Remittances to be made payable to H. O. COVE. Office;— 4t Wellington St., CovanI Garden. London, England. 290 The American Florist. Mar. 21, San Francisco. BUSINESS CONTINaES SATISFACTORY.— SUP- PLY AND DEMAND ABOUT EQUAL.— PRICES RE.MAIN UNCHANGED. — VARIOUS NOTES. — VISITORS. Although in the midst of Lent, trade is keeping up very well, with sufficient stock coming in to meet all requirements. The past few days cloudy and rainy weather has somewhat reduced the cut of roses and carnations. Violets and bulbous Stock are coming to the market in great abundance and prices on those flowers have a downward tendency. Beauties, of which only a very few good ones are seen, bring from $3 to $5 per dozen. Tea roses fetch from 50 cents to $1 per dozen and other values are in proportion. The Pacific Coast Horticultural Society held a well attended meeting in the Mission Opera House March 7. A com- mittee was appointed to draft resolu- tions protesting against the proposed project of the park commissioners to authorize the superintendent of Golden Gate Park to donate seedlings and plants to the public. Sievers & Boland intend to move from their present quarters, where they have been doing business for over twenty years, having secured the premises at 33 Post street, now occupied by the Mutual Savings Bank. They will move some time in May. While O. P. Bassett, of Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, was here recently he {secured a number of California bred carnations for trial. He was much pleased with the stock here. A bill recently passed the state legisla- ture declaring the Calitornia poppy, Eschscholzia Californica, the state flower. A. Duham has embarked in the florist and nursery business in Napa, the name of the firm to be A. Duham & Co. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, of Pleasanton, has completed a house 20x100 for miscel- laneous plants. Ed. Schwerin is all smiles over a little daughter. Visitors: C. W. Scott, representing Vaughan, and Mr. Creighton, for Dreer. ROMNEYA. Kansas City, Mo.— The William L. Rock Flower Company filed articles of incorporation March 12; capital stock $50,000. The incorporators are W. L. Rock, Charles E. Heite, Louis Westervelt and Lucy B. Rock. ASPARAGUS GOMORENSIS. A variety far superior to Plumosus for all out flower and decorative worl^. It is more graceful and much larger. Requires same treatment as Plumosus. Can be cut in long, heavy strings or large fronds. We have fine stock. Syz-in.. $10.00 per ICO; $4-in„ $12.00 per 100. FRED. DOBN ER g SONS CO.. LaFayette, Ind. Alternantheras. P Major. Rosea and Yellow; flue strong rooted cuttings, 50c per 100; $4.00 per 1000. GERANIUMS. Single and double, best bedding varieties, including Jean Viaud; strong 3!4-inoh pots. $2.10 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Cash. C. G. NANZ, Owensboro, Ky. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Princess of Wales Violet Plants. Strong and healthy. Will exchange for carna- tion cuttings. Price J2.00 per 100. A. UNDERWOOD, Newport Pottoftlce, NEWPORT, KY. BOSTON FERNS S-in. pots, $3.00 per doz. 6-in. pots, 5.00 per doz. 6-in. strong 6.00 per doz. 7-in. pots, 7.20 per doz. !■" C? ^3 IV ■ ^a A I ■ ^> furnished with leaves, ntrllN DALLO $5.00perdoz. FERNS FOR DISHES 2-in. pots, good varieties, assorted, $4.00 per 100. WRITE FOR LIST. Tlie6E0.WITT60LDG0. 1657 Buckingham Place, Chicago. JE^E>ie]V® for Ferneries, fine 2y2-inch stock, $3.00 per 100. Boston Ferns, 2-y2-inch stock, $3.00 per 100. Boston Ferns all sizes from 2V2-inch to 12-inch stock in splendid condition. Write for prices. " Kentlas, 4-inch, very fine plants at $25.00 per 100. A full line of other palms and ferns in fine shape. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.. Milwaukee, Wis. A FEW GOOD THINBS YOU WANT. Special low prices on palms to close out. Fine clean stock cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, 4, 6 and 6-inch,'i25, 140 and $100 per 100. KENTIA Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 3, 4 5 an 6-mch'tl2. 125, $40, $100 per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 3-inch, $4 and $6 per 100. ASPARAGUS f lumosus, 3-incb, $r. Sprengeri, 3- inch, «&, per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 3-inch, $5.00 per 100; 4, n-m., 8IU, C25 per luu ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inch, $3 and $6 per 100. VINCA VAR., 2-in., $2.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutt, La Favorite, Bonnot, Poitevine, Riccard, Francis Perkins, 2-inoh. $2.50 per 100. ACERATUM, blue and white, 75 cents per 100. CARNATIONS, Rooted Cuttings, Wm. Scott, Portia, Prosperity, Queen Louise, Ethel Crocker, F. Ine, $1 per 100. GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50o per lOO. PANSIES. ready to bloom, $1.00 per 100. Carnations, Portia, Scott, B. Crocker, Goode- nough, White Cloud, Mrs. L. Ine; Verbena, Scar- let Sage, Petunia, Coieus, mixed; Ageratum, Ulue and White, Lobelia. All 2-inch Pots, $2.00 per 100. GEO. M. EMMANS, NEWTON, N. J. CYCLAMENS OUR SPtCIAlTY.. Once transplanted from flats "No better strain growing, $2.00 per ICO; $17.50 per 1000. Golden Gate, rooted cuttings, $1.50 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Sprengeri Seed, 15c per 100; $1.50 per 1000. C. WINTERICH, Defiance, 0. Pamvio Special Price M. ^1 MM {9 Until Closed Out. Must have the room. Eight best varieties for jardinieres, 2M-in. pots, very strong, stocky plants, $2.00 per 100. OABH OB C. O. D. ! Watertown, N. V: BEST QUALITY STOCK. 50,0C0 2s2H-inch Roses all Teas. 20,1 00 2H to 10-inch Boston Ferns. S.OiO 2 -inch Mrs. Fisher Carnation. 5,000 2 to 4-inch Plumosus and Sprengeri. 10,000 VA and 3-inch Geraniums. 5,C00 Canna Bulbs. Rooted cuttings of Roses, Carnations, Coieus, etc. GEO. A. KIHL. Pekin. III. Ax-WAYS mention the American Flo- BIST when writing to advertisers. Boston Ferns. 2H-inch strong 83.60 per 100 S-inch strong $1.00 per Doz. 8.00 per 100 FROM BENCH 5-in. 16c; 6-in.' 25c. Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 2i^-in. $3.50 per 100 Sprengeri, extra fine, 2^-inch $2.60 per 100 Sansevieria Zeylanica, 3-inch, ready for'5-inch, 75c per dozen. CYGAS REYOLUTA. Long Leaf variety, 3 and 4 fronds, 40c; 5 and 6 fronds, 80c; 7 and 8 fronds, 76c. Per 100 ALTERNANTH ERA, red, pink, yellow $2.00 VINCA MAiOR VAR., 2-inch 2.50 CANNAS, Started ready for potting: Peachblow, Shenandoah 2.00 Morning Star, L. E. Bally 2.00 J. C. Vaughan, A. Bouvier, Bur- bank, Chas. Henderson 8.00 Egandale, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, F. Vaughan 3.50 Our selection 2.60 The above varieties 3-inch pots... 5.00 A liberal discount on large orders for May or June delivery. CARNATIONS. Queen Louise, the best white money maker to date ■. . . . 2,00 Morning Glory 1.50 Joost l.OO Cash please. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, 0. THE NEW FERN Unqualified success. Quick seller. Very prolific, at $20 00 per 1( 0, from 3-inch. KENTIA PALMS, $50, 875 and $100 per 100. RUBBERS, 5-in. pots, 18 in. high, $4 to $6 per doz ASP. SPRENGERI, 4-in., strong, $6 per 100. R. C. COLEUS, Mixed, $.5.00 per IC0;1; 60c per 100; Red, Yellow, Black, $7.50 per llOO; 8 c per 100. L. H. FOSTER. 46 King Strael, Dorclintar, IWau. Poinsettias... Five hundred fine old dormant stocks for sale. Price, $15.00 per hundred. Apply to JOHN L. WYLAND, De Haven, Pa. JOSEPH HEAGOCK, WYNCOTE, PA. GROWER AREC4 IITESCENS, ...OF... KEivTiA BELMOREANA, ^. COCOS WEDDELLIANA. Please mention the American Florist when writing. I903- The a mer ica n Fl oris t. 291 ASPARAGUS In. pots. Doz. 11)0 Comorensis, strong 3 $100 J7.50 Plumosus 2 .611 4.00 ^ge'alum, 3 varieties 2 .50 3.0 i fnihericum variegatum 3 .75 5.00 Co'eus. Verschaffeliii, Golden Bed- Oer ^M .50 3.09 Cobaea Scandens 3 .75 5.00 Clamatis Paniculala. strong 4 150 Ui.ui Fuchsias, ]ii viiriety 2H .50 3.00 Fevarlew Little Gem 3 .50 Sou Geraniums, best standard sorts — 3 .60 4 U'1 Ivy Enslish, hardv strong plants. .4 1.50 lO.Oi) Ivy, Parlor ." 2 .50 3 00 P«iriwin«le. variegated 4 1.50 10 oo Petunias, double white 2 .50 3.o0 Pansies* strong plants in bud .35 2 50 Salv as. 3 varieties ?H .50 3.00 V-rbenas. named varieties 2M .50 3(jO Heliottepe 2 .60 300 lantan s UNaine 2 .50 3.0O Lobelias. 3 varieties i'A .50 3.00 Lemon Verbenas 2 .60 3.00 Hermosa noses, stvong 5 2.01 Primula Forbesi, in bloom 3 .OH 1.00 C. USELE, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 1 th and Jefferson Streets. PANSIES... Masterpiece, New Mammoth-flowerpd, curled and Trilled; finest strain. R. emer's Superb Giant Prize Hansies. Seed bougiit from Roemer. Ger- manv. B st that money can buy Plants now showins buds and blf^oiu; strong, transplanted, 70c per 100. ♦6.00 per 1000. Express pr- paid for 20o per 100: J1.50 per 1000. Smaller plants of above sorts from fall sown seeds and transplanted at 40c per 100; $3.00 per 1000. Prepaid for ISc per 100. $1.00 per 1000 ASTERS. Large assort eut always on hand. CANNAS. Chas. Henderson best red. Colossal larije bronze foliage, red flowers. Also a large lot of mixed cannas. all standard. Henderson, Florence Vaughan, Mme. Crozy, Queen Char- lotte, Bouvier, Etc. Will close out the above at (1.00 per lOJ; $10.00 per 1000 Cash with order. DES MOINES PLANT CO., 38th St.. PES MOINES, IOWA. pakicipc. Fine large plants, once transplanted r/lll9IL3. from cold frame. Bugnot, Gassier and Odier, prize strains, 60c per 100; $4 00 per 1000; extra large plants coming in bud, $1.00 per 100. Verbenas R. C.nOo per 1 0; $.5.00 per 10 0. Double White Daisies, large plants, 60c per 100: $5.0 1 per 1000. Dwarf Blue. Red and White Lobelias, $1.00 perl00:$8.00 per 10 0; Asparagus, from flats, ready for potting, Plumosus Nanus, $3.00 per 100 by mail; 118.00 per 1000; Sprengeri, $1.00 per 100; $7.00 per IOOj Cyclamens, from flats, $3.00 per 100: I15.0II per 10 0. 3H-inch $3. per 100; 200 for $5.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100 Sweet Alyssum. ruoted cutting, 75c per 1.00. Petunias, single, large flowering Stocks and Asters, 60c per 100. These prices are for cash. HILL TOP GREENHOUSES, 1 5 a nd 1 7 Cray Avenue. UTICA. N. Y. Rooted Cuttings. COLEUS. 48 var., 7ilc per 100: t6.00 per 1000 PETUNIAS. 30 var., $1.35 per 100 $10 per 1000 ALYSSUM large, var.. singleand dbl. $1 per 100 HELIOTROPE. 14 var.. $1.00 per 100; $8 per 1000 AGERAIUMS. 5 var., 60-, per 100; $5.0) per 1000 SALVIAS. 6 var., $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000 PELARGONIUMS rooted cuttings, $2.2o per 100 VERBENAS. R. C , 60c per 100; $5.(0 per 1000 GERANIUMS from 2'4-in. pots, $2.00 per 100; $18 per 1000. Good bedding sorts. ^"Express prepaid on R. C. 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The combined exhibition of the Penn- sylvania Horticultural Society and the American Rose Society was held in Horti- cultural Hall, opening Tuesday evening, March 24, at 6 p. m. There was the usual display of foliage and spring blooming plants in the various classes, some of the single specimens being very fine. The groups of foliage and flowering plants arraiiged for effect were well done and attracted considerable attention. The display of hyacinths and tulips was grand and much better than has ever been seen here. There were several entries for each prize and great care had evidently been taken in the handling of the stock, it was in such perfect condi- tion. Theseexhibits completely filled the lower foyer and made a good impression as the visitorsentered. Some fine rhodo- dendrons lined the staircase to the main hall, where the larger exhibits were staged and to the foyer promenade where the exhibits of the American Rose Society were arranged. A feature of the show in the main hall was the exhibit of orchids made by Lager & Hurrell, of Summit, N. J. These were tastefully arranged, and being very beautiful in themselves, were the center of attraction. The special feature of the American Rose Society's exhibits was a large vase of Breitmeyer's new pink seedling tea rose, a cross between Madam Testout and Bridesmaid. This variety is cer- tainly a wonder and was given the silver medal of the society. It was raised by Hopp &Lemphe, of Grand Rapids. Mich., five years ago and has been purchased by Breitmeyer Brothers, of Detroit. The blooms exhibited were as large as the best Beauties and borne on strong, stift" stems well clothed with foliage strikingly like Testout. The flowers are a Testout pink in color, but the form of the bud or open flower is distinctly cup-shaped with regular upright petals. It is quite double and opens without blemish, the petals not folding together, as is sometimes seen in Testout. It is clearly quite dis- tinct, and if it flowers at all freely will certainly be a great acquisition. Con- sidering that the blooms were packed Sunday evening and not placed on exhibi- tion until Wednesday morning, they showed the good keeping qualities of the rose, as they were in splendid condition. The same firm staged an assortment of varieties of popular sorts, all in excellent condition and showing high culture. Peter Crowe, of Utica, N. Y., entered some very fine Brides and Bridesmaids. John N. May, of Summit, N. J., staged a number of varieties of roses and a new carnation, the Bride, for which he received a certificate of merit and a first prize for a vase of his new rose Mrs. Oliver Ames. BenjaminDorrance, of Dorranceton, Pa., was awarded the first prize for the largest and best display of cut roses with a fine assortment of the popular forcing roses of the day. John Burton captured the Lord & Burnham challenge cup, a handsome silver trophy which was won last year by Adolph Fahrenwold of this city. His vase of Beauties was exceedingly fine. There were two fine vases of the Queen ofEdgely, Myers &Samtman winning the first prize. Ernst Asmus exhibited a vase of fine flowers of Franz Deegen, his new yellow. There were several entries for the group of roses in pots, all b^- private gardeners, the trade seemingnot to have their stock sufliciently advanced at this season. The ])ij|ft for the best display of roses from a dIKance of fifty miles from Phila- delphia was won by Peter Crowe, who would have had trouble to land the prize had the Breitmeyer collection arrived in time. The latter arrived nearly fifteen hours late and was in good condition but too late for competition. Henry A. Dreer's exhibit of Pandanus Sanderi was one of the plant features of the main hall, its striking appearance being constantly noticed by the visitors. The full list of awards will appear next week. K. Blind vs. Flowering: Wood for Rose Cuttings. HT PROF. L. C. CORBETT, WASHINGTON, P. C. [Presented to the American Rose Society at tlie annual convention, Pliiladelpliia March 24-26 1903.1 For many years discussion has been rife among commercial growers of roses in regard to the flower or bloom-pro- ducing power of plants grown from what is known as blind wood and those grown from flowering wood. These terms are familiar to all accustomed to the propagation and cultivation of the rose under glass; but in order that none may hold a misconception of the point in question, I herewith present a figure rep- resenting the two types of wood spoken of. The branch at (a) in the engraving represents a characteristic shoot of the so-called blind wood. This shoot, it will be noticed, is of slender growth, somewhat willowy in character, and is terminated by a leaf instead of a flower bud. Branch (b) is a flowering wood shoot, as is indicated by the termi- nal flower bud. As a rule flowering shoots are larger and more vigorous, but are also softer and contain a larger per- centage of pith in proportion to the woody tissues than blind wood shoots. In general, however, the flowering wood shoots are longer than the blind wood branches, and if the flowers are cut with short stems, then there is a con- siderable length of wood suitable for pui'- poses ot propagation at the base of each flowering shoot. This wood is harder and more mature than the wood close to the base of the bud, and for that reason is better suited for making cuttings. With plants which are blooming pro- fusely it not uncommonly happens that the whole length of the flowering shoot is needed to satisfy the market demand for long-stemmed roses, and the supply of suitable wood from which to propa- gate the next season's stock of plants is greatly lessened, or it may be entireh' cut off. But there is always a greater or less supply of blind wood, consequently why not use it for purposes of propaga- tion? If the plants grown from blind wood do not perpetuate the tendency of the parent shoot (which is non-flower- ing) then there can be no objection to its use for the purpose of propagating the next season's stock. But if it does perpetuate the tendency of the parent stem, then there is danger. In order that more definite statements might be made on this point, the writer has carried on a preliminary test with rose plants from the two types of wood above mentioned. Before stating the results of this experiment, however, I wish to call to mind a few of the experi- ments which have been made, which throw light upon the point in question. Do cuttings tend to perpetuate the peculiarities of the parent branch from which they are taken? To answer this I need hardly do more than call attention to the fact that propagation by cuttings is employed almost exclusively for the perpetuation of cultural varieties of all fruit and ornamental plants which are capable of being grown from cuttings. Many annual plants, however, come from seed, and varietal differences, while not so constant as in plants grown from cuttings, are, nevertheless, sufficiently close for all commercial purposes. If we were to go a step farther, we might be justified in considering the various pro- cesses of budding and grafting as identi- cal in their results with that of propaga- tion by cuttings. Budding and grafting are in reality processes of division the same as is the growing of plants from cuttings. In all three of these modes of reproduction the results are so constant that we never stop to question the fact, yet we con- stantly commit the blunder of ignoring qualities quite as important as the varie- tal peculiarity itself. In fruit growing nurserymen propagate from a Baldwin tree, whether it has ever borne fruit or not, simply because they know it to be a Baldwin. Yet, in the face of this we are being taught by our advance agents that each tree has an individuality, and, in fact, that each branch and bud is, in its peculiar way, different from every other branch or Ijud even upon the Same tree. If we accept these statements as true, and we have no good reason to doubt them, then the peculiar tendencies of the plant, or of a branch of a plant, may be expected to play a more or less important part in determining the behavior of the plant or plants propa- gated from it. Orchardists have observed these difierences and are slowly coming to exercise greater care in the selection of cions. This precaution not only influences fruit production, but it has been dearly pointed out by Smith, Fairchild and others that the health of plants from which buds or cions are taken measures to a very marked degree the health and longevity of the resulting tree. If we find these differences among plants grown from buds and cions, quite as marked peculiarities maybe anticipated in plants grown from cuttings. Upon this point recorded observations are exceedingly meager, but some light can be gathered from the work published by myself in the ninth annual report of the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. From these studies it is evident that varieties are perpetuated true to type through many generations, a single exception in the case of the tomato entering to break the constancy of the results. Not only are general varietal differences retained, but acquired characters also, temporarily at least, as is shownin cuttings of grape, poplars, currant, etc., grown in northern and southern latitudes. For a specific example of this, nothing could be more conclusive than the results shown by New York grown potatoes, given one season's outing in Maine, lor, when brought back to New York the next year, they retained their Maine tendency toward increased vigor -and yield. See ninth annual report of West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. Trees propagated from fruitful trees are themselves morefruitful. Potatoes grown a year in the north become more prolific. Plants grown from cuttings, taken from northern and southern grown parents of the same species, retain the character- istics of their parents. What, then, should be expected from plants grown ^9o.?- The American Florist. 299 from blind and flowering wood? To anticipate the results of the test I will state that they justify and accord with the logical conclusion which would follow from the particular instances above set forth. In this preliminary test, plants propagated from flowrring wood gave on the average 29 4-9 blooms per plant for the season, while the blind wood plants produced 11' l> flowers per plant. DETAILS OF THE EXPERIMENT. In the spring of 1897, when the time for making rose cuttings had arrived, cuttings were made from both flowering and blind wood for each of the varieties of roses then in the house. The cuttings were all made on the same day, placed in the same cutting frame in contiguous rows. In all respects the conditions for the several cuttings were as nearly the same as it is possible to obtain in a greenhouse. On February 16 the cutting plants were examined and potted with the following results: \arietj. Nurabcr. Rooted Calld. Deiid Bride, flower 15 9 6 Bride, blind 21 » 9 i Bridesmaid, flower 9 5 4 Bridesmaid, blind 23 15 8 Perle, flower 15 2 11 'I Perle, blind 17 7 7 3 Mme. Hoste. flow'r 13 5 8 Mme. Hoste. blind 9 1 8 Meteor, flower 18 II 3 4 Meteor, blind 5 4 1 From this it would appear that there is little difference in the tendency to form roots between the cuttings made from flowering and blind wood. From this time until the plants were set in their permanent places upon the greenhouse benches (August 19, 1897) they were given like treatment. They were grown in pots in a sunny green- house, and all received the same number of shifts, and like attention in regard to soil, water and food supply. As the plants were planted upon the benches August 19, the following note was made: "At this time there is little difference in the size and general vigor of the plants from the blind and flowering wood cuttings." As soon as the plants become estab- lished in the soil on the bench growth on all was vigorous, and while there was a marked diSerence in the growth and general behavior of different varieties, there was no notable difference in vigor between the blind wood and flowering wood of the same variety. The bloom record of the several lots is quite different, however, as is shown in the accompanj'ing table, which gives the total number of flowers produced between December 1, 1897, and July 1, 1898: Variety. y^°{^^ v^oin^. Average. Bride, flower 13 2t3 18 8-13 Bride, blind 18 32 1 7-9 Bridesmaid, flwr 8 192 24 Bridesmaid, bfd. 3 66 18 2-3 Perle, flower 8 141 17 5-8 Perle, blind 14 224 16 Mme. Hoste, fl'wr 7 204 39 1-7 Mme. Hoste. bl'd. 9 176 19 5-9 Total No. blind.. 44 488 111-11 Total No. flower.. ■ 35 779 22 9-:« As is seen from the table the product of the flowering wood plants in this one year's test was more than double that of the blind wood plants, amounting in this particular instance to 156 per cent gain in favor of the flowering wood plants. During the forcing season of 189s and 1899, extending over the same period as in 1897 and 1898, i. e., from December 1 to May 31 inclusive, the two varieties retained in the experiment produced bloom as follows: FLOWERING AND BLIND ROSE WOOD. 1898-1899. p,--3 Blooms. Average. Bride, blind 13 113 8 9-13 Bride, flower 15 253 16 13-15 Bridesmaid, blind 8 119 14 7-R Bridesmaid, fl'wr.. 13 310 17 13 The results here recorded show the superiority of the flowering wood over the blind wood plants. But strange as it may appear the difference between the flower producing power of the plants grown from flowering wood and from blind wood is less than in the first genera- tion, and this despite the fact that the plants used in this test were grown from cuttings selected from plants used in the previous year's tests. HISTORY OF THE SECOND YEAR'S PLANTS. The flowering wood plants used in the tests of 1.S98 and 1899 were grown from cuttings selected from the base of flower- ing shoots produced by the plants pre- viously grown from flowering wood. This course was followed in order to test the effect of constant selection in one direction, the idea being to secure plants with the maximum blooming capacit}'. The experiment was to test a theorv' which maybe stated as follows: If flowering wood from commercial plants is capable of producing plants able to produce more thanthe number of blooms produced from similar plants grown from blind wood, is it not possible by selecting flowering wood from plants grown from flowering wood to increase the flower producing tendency in a distinct strain of forcing plants? Beginning with blind and flowering wood from good commercial plants of Bride and Bridesmaid in the spring of 1897, plants were grown and flowered in the winter of 1897 and 1.S98, from these, as above stated, cuttings were taken and flowered during the winter of 1898-1899, and from these the flowering plants for 1.S99 and 1900 came, and so on for five years, the flowering plants being from flowering plants of the previous season in each and every case. The blind wood plants were treated in exactly the same way, lilind wood cut- tings from blind wood plants produced the blind wood plants for the succeeding season, and so on for the five years over which the experiment has now extended. The following records for each of the years 1S99-1900, 1900-1901 and 1901-1902 serve to show how con- stantly the flowering wood plants retain their suprehiacy over those grown from blind wood. Record from December 1 to Mav 31 inclusive: liride, blind Bride, flower Bridesmaid, blind Bridesmaid, fl'wr. 300 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Record from December 1 to May 31 inclusive: No Plants. No. Blooms. Avenig... 50 3 8-ir ll'l 37 1-3 67 4 3-16 lBOO-1901. Bridp, blind.... 17 Bride, flower.. . -1 Bridesmaid, bl'd 16 Bridesmaid, fl'wr 14 80 5 3-7 Record from December 1 to May 31 inclusive. Cutting plants set on bench in July: 1901-1902 pj^„°t3 Blooms. •'^^^''Se. Bride, blind 14 80 5 5-7 Bride, flower 16 134 7 3-4 Bridesmaid, bl'd. 16 98 6 1-8 Bridesmaid, fl'wr 13 136 11 1-3 Records ot the plants the second year they stood on the bench; record from December 1 to May 31, inclusive: 1900-1901. pN°-t3, uio'Sms. Average. Bride, blind 14 193 13 1-14 Bride, flower 8 223 27 7-8 Bridesmaid, bl'd. 10 138 13 4-5 Bridesmaid ll'wr. 13 183 15 2-4 But strange as it may seem there is no apparent cumulative effect from the selec- tion of cuttings from flowering wood plants. Neither is there any marked deterioration from the continuous use of blind wood. True, there is a constant falling off in the average number of flowers produced per plant from the first season to the close of the experiment, but the result is not more marked in the case of the blind woud plants than with the flowering wood plants. The following table which summarizes the results for the five years is of interest in that it shows but a single departure from the rule that flowering wood pro- duces plants which are more floriferous than those grown from blind wood. Average number of flowers per plant for season December 1 to May 31 inclusive: ,. Bride. Bride. Bridesmaid. Bridesmaid. ^<'"- (blind) (flower; (blind) (flower) 1897-98.. 1.88 19.84 19 88.83 1898-99.. 8.68 16.86 14.87 17.50 1899-00.. 13.66 10.66 7.63 13.33 1900-01.. 12.21 37.87 13.80 15.35 19.11-03.. 5.71 7.75 6.13 11.33 Av5yrs 8.26 16.59 12.39 16.98 This is seen in the case of the Wind wood plants of Bride grown during the forcing season of 1899 and 1900, in which year this particular lot of plants pro- duced an average of two blooms per plant more than did the flowering wood plants oi the same variety. The table is of interest also in showing the ratio of the flowering wood plants to the blind wood plants based on the average number of flowers produced per plant during the season. In the case of the Bride the blind plants averaged 8.26 blooms per plant while the flo wering wo od plants produced 16.59 blooms per plant, or a little more than twice as many. In the case of Brides- maid the difference is very decided, but not so great as with Bride. Bridesmaid blind produced an average of 12.29 blooms per plant while the flowering wood plants of the same \ ariety pro- duced 16.98, or one and one-third times as many as the blind wood plants. FraST AND SECOND YEAR PLANTS. In the course of these observations a cultural problem of some moment pre- sented itself, and as it could be brought under observation without deranging the observations on the production of bloom from blind and flowering wood plants the experiments were planned to admit of retaining a number of plants upon the benches a second season in order to compare their flower producing power with plants grown from cuttings and placed on the benches in July for the succeeding winter's flower supply. Accordingly fourteen blind and eight flowering wood Bride together with ten blind and twelve flowering wood Brides- maid plants wereretained on the middle bench of the house used continuously in this test. These plants were severely pruned in August after haying been kept quite dry and inactive during July. After pruning at least one-half of the soil of the bench was replaced by fresh compost. The earth was removed from on top the roots and between the plants and replaced with iresh earth. After this treatment they were slowly started into growth and the record' of flower production begun in October. The following table will serve to show the bloom record of these plants: -r ,. Bride. Bridesmaid. Month. Blind. Flower. Blind. Flower. October 57 49 51 49 November 25 29 15 20 December 39 36 33 33 .Tanuary 14 18 9 19 February 28 26 18 29 March 46 47 26 41 April 39 47 34 33 May 27 49 18 28 Total 2% 301 204 252 Av. per plant. 19.6 37.6 20.4 21 In the case of plants grown from cut- tings struck March 11 and planted on the benches in July the record was as follows: -- ., Bride. Bridesmaid. Month. Blind. Flower. Blind. Flower. October 4 10 7 5 November 6 5 1 10 December 3 5 3 .Tanuary 4 8 3 7 February 7 13 7 7 March 8 11 12 16 April 19 40 23 29 May 21 37 18 19 Total 69 125 75 95 Av. No. per pl't. 4.05 31.25 4.68 6.7 From the comparison of the average number of flowers produced per plant from October 1 to May 31 inclusive in each of the two sets it is evident that there is little difference between the two, but upon comparing the monthly flower product of the two it at once becomes apparent that the two-year-old plants produced their crop in the fall and early winter while the cutting plants pro- duced the heaviest bloom later in the season. One must therefore be guided by the demands of the market. If a heavy crop before the holidays is the end to be achieved then year-old plants are desir- able, but if the rose market is more profit- able from the first of February to the first ot June the cutting plants will give best return. While these results are inter- esting in showing the value of strong year-old plants we do not consider that the recorif of the one season during which this comparison was made is sufficient to be taken as a basis for extensive commer- cial undertakings. With the tests of blind and flowering wood plants, how- ever, the case is diflerent and the results may be considered conclusive. DEDUCTIONS. It is clear from the results of these tests that the tendencies manifest in a branch are perpetuated irom generation to gen- eration in plants propagated by asexual processes. It is equally demonstrated that cumu- lative results are not to be expected by selecting parts showing like tendencies through successive generations. The flowering habit of plants which them- selves had been produced irom flowering wood was not increased even in the fifth generation over what it was in the first. On the other hand plants repeatedly pro- pagated from blind wood through five successive generations were not markedly less floriferous in the fifth than in the first generation. In both plants propagated from blind and from flowering wood there was a slight tendency toward lessened flower production. This may be accounted for in that the stock from which the plants were propagated each season had been grown and forced under artificial condi- tions, and no attention was given to selecting cuttings from the strongest plants. The commercial side of this experiment is of course the most import- ant one from the standpoint ot the prac- tical grower. It is clearly more economi- cal for the florist to produce his plants each season from blind wood, and since there is no cumulative effect firom such a procedure the plants so produced are not necessarily less floriferous than the parent stock. But where bloom rather than stock plants is the end sou|;ht the tests above recorded are emphatic in declaring the superiority in this respect ot plants grown from flowering -wood. A rose grower can well afford to send short-stemmed roses to market during the months of January and February if by so doing he can secure sutEcient flowering wood for propagating purposes to insure a stand of flowering wood plants for the pro- duction of the succeeding crop. The Work of the American Rose Society. BT ROBERT CRAIG, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ' [Presented to the American Rose Society at the annual convention, March 34-26, 1903.] . I am asked to say something to you of the work of the American Rose Society, which is still in its infancy and not yet organized for very effective service. In the month of March, 1899, about twenty- five individuals interested in the cultiva- tion of the rose met together in New York to organize a society, some'svhat on the lines of the National Rose Society of England, which has been in existence since 1876 and now has a membership of about 1,000. Our young society now numbers about 300. The president of the British national society has been for many years the Dean of Rochester, and is known in many parts of the world as an enthusiastic and very capable cultivator of the rose. Its vice-president is the Duke of Portland, and it has an executive committee of forty. Among its members are many of the most distinguished and cultured peo- ple of Great Britain, who find in the cul- tivation, study and development of the rose in its many types a most delightful occupation for their leisure time. Of all the forms which beauty takes in the floral kingdom, none is so altogether charming and lovely as the rose, and when more people can be brought to know that many beautiful varieties of roses are entirely hardy in this climate in the open garden and many more flourish with slight protection in the winter, the membership of this society should grad- ually increase until we, from membership dues, have sufficient funds to effectively carry on the w^ork which we have set out to do. With details of the work I need not take up your time. These have been admirably stated in the address of the president at the last annual meeting in New York. The society is to "exercise a watchfiil eye over the production, intro- duction and distribution of the rose;" to hold exhibitions, to look after synonyms and nomenclature, and in these and other details we may have the benefit of the experience of the older societies in Europe, which are now doing very effective work. In London the growth of the National Rose Society is likely to be stimulated by '903- The American Florist. 301 EASTER PLANTS AT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF McMULKIN & COMPANY, BOSTON, IN 1908. the fact that the British Royal Horti- cultural Society is to construct a new building especialh- adapted for floral exhibitions. Hitherto their shows, while very important and well patronized events, have been held in more or less unsuitable and inconvenient buildings, and great benefit is therefore expected from the use of a place especially con- structed for their purpose. We can con- gratulate ourselves here in Philadelphia that we have a beautiful h<-dl which is always to be had for any creditable hor- ticultural exhibition. Now I want to emphasize one branch of the work of our young rose society which I take it is of the greatest moment. The most necessary work for the mem- bers to do is to first get more members. Instead of 300 members as we have now, in a country like this we should have a membership of at least 1,009 and 5,000 would be proportionately better. These members should be largely drawn from the amateur ranks, and what can the socict}' offer them as a fair return for the time and money they invest? Obviously, the best that can be done is to issue fre- quent bulletins, say, at least four times a year, with the latest facts about roses; of the new sorts which make their appear- ance from time to time; of the progress that is being made In- the crossing of dif- ferent types, thus producing new shades of color, modifications of form and greater and more delicious fragrance, as well as adding to the hardiness of certain varie- ties and types, and similar information along all the lines of rose culture. The varieties which do well in the out- door garden in our climatic conditions are quite few in number. We want more roses, for instance, in the ever-blooming class like Maman Cochet, white and pink; Gruss an Teplitz, brightcrimson; Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, white; Clothilde Sou- pert, pink cluster; Papa Gontier, coral red; Etoile de Lyon, yellow; and in the hj'brid perpetual class, Mrs. John Laing, pink; Clio, blush; Baron Bonstettin, crimson; Capt. Haywood, bright red; Rodochanachie, bright cerise; Mile. Gabriel Luizet, clear pink; and Paul Neyron, deep rose. Now this and kindred information about roses is not so accessible as it should be, and in the collecting and dif- fusing of such facts the most useful work of the society consists. But v\x are as yet too feeble financially to accomplish much. To properly do this would be sufficier»t work to occupy the entire time of a competent secretary. Allow me, by way of illustration, to read an extract from a bulletin issued by the South Dakota Experiment Station in 1901: "Roses. — The list of roses sufiiciently hardy for this state without winter pro- tection is decidedly short. Many varie- ties of hybrid remontant or hybrid per- petual roses have winter-killed at this station, although given winter protec- tion with earth and mulch. Magna Charta, Crimson Rambler and D.-iwson also proved tender. The hybrid jjerpetu- als must be given very careful winter protection in the larger part of the state. Of jellow roses, the Harrison Yellow is very hardy and a profuse bloomer through June; a white double variety evidently of the same species (Rosa lutca), name undetermined, obtained in a local garden, is equally hard3'. Of climbing roses, the multiflora with dark red double flowers has proved hardy for a number of years in a private local garden. Queen of the Prairies, with rose red double flowers, stands fairly well with good winter pro- tection. Of double white roses, Mme. Plantier is probably the hardiest; at present it is not in the collection. "Of single roses the Siberian Rosa rugosa is perfectly hardy. Plant breeders have been busy of late years in Europe and America hybridizing this rose with various cultivated double roses. We imported several of these later produc- tions last fall. Two rugosa hybrids imported from Germany and planted in the spring of 1896 at this station have proved sufficiently hardy to blos- som freely without winter protection, although not perfectly hardy. One is Madame Georges Bruant, with semi- double pure white fragrant flowers; the other is Madam Chas. Frederic Worth. This variety produces beautiful double flowers in terminal clusters all summer, beginning about July first. The thick, leathery, wrinkled leaves show the influ- ence of Rosa rugosa. Plants of this variety secured for Prof. Budd in Ger- many in lS9-t by the writer, have proven hardy and very desirable at the Iowa Experiment Station. "It now appears probable that most of the future hard}' doul)le roses lor the prairie northwest will have Rosa rugosa as one of its ancestors." This interesting information about J02 The American Florist. Mar. 28, roses is published in a pamphlet devoted also to notes about trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants and to be put in con- venient form for rosarians should be pub- lished with other similar notes in bul- letins devoted strictly to matters con- cerning the rose. Let us therefore devote a large share of our energy to the acquisition of new members, to the end that we may have sufficient income to properly pursue the work, and let us, in addition to our own work, bespeak the hearty co-operation of the journals devoted to horticulture for the amateur. 1 allude to such publications as "Country Life," "Floral Life," "Gar- dening, and "American Gardening," etc. What better service can they render to' horticulture, to the advancement of which they are pledge.d, than to help us get new members. I doubt not, if the matter be properly brought to their attention, their cordial co-operation will be secured. Our annual exhibition should also have careful attention. This year we might have had a good exhibition of hybrid roses in pots if our schedule had been issued three months earlier. A dozen of our private gardeners and several pro- lessional florists have told me that if they had known sooner they would have willingly entered the competition and have procured in time a collection of hybrid and other roses to be shown in pots. Enough have been grown this season to show us how desirable these pot roses are at exhibitions of this kind. In England the principal exhibition is held in June, because at that time, in the cool and moist climate of Great Britain, the outdoor roses are at their best, and roses may be brought to the show in good condition from all parts of the United Kingdom, while in this country the weather is usually so hot and dry that roses cut even on the morning of the show are wilted before night, and the rose-growing centers are so widely apart that the blooms cannot be had at the same time. For instance, the time of blooming in Boston is fully a week later than in Philadelphia. But while we can not hope to equal the superb shows in England in June, we can have roses in superb form in March under glass, which for lack of sun, the growers of England can not do. In America the roses under glass in winter and spring are the finest in the world. Recently in the neighbor- hood of London one of the largest and most expert growers there expended several hundred pounds in an experi- ment of growing roses under glass for winter bloom, somewhat after the American method, but the experiment was a failure, as was a similar one in Belgium. They have not the bright sun- shine in winter which here enables us to produce fine blooms, so that, while we can seldom have fine shows in June, with outdoor roses, we can excel in winter or early spring with roses grown under glass. Some official catalogue is necessary to prevent confusion. Occasionally a rose will be known by two or more names, and the society could do good and neces- sary work in determining which is the original and authentic one. This branch of the work has been very well done by the English society. I have here their very creditable official catalogue with pictures of fine examples grown by members and photographed by them for the book. (Book exhibited and extracts read). What a delightful and useful pastime for those having country homes, and well worthy imitation on this side of the water. I hope the national society will arrange to hold their next exhibition here in Philadelphia. In my judgment the exhilDitions should always be held in the the same city, for at least two successive years, so that the growers may profit by their experience of the first year. We can see here in Philadelphia where we have fallen short this year and I am sure we can, next year, have a more inter- esting and creditable exhibition. Now, ladies and gentlemen, in conclu- sion I will say, that although the progress of our young society has seemed slow, we must earnestly work for' its success. One of the surprising and Freesias Over Two Feet High. lamentable facts in connection with this young society has been the apathy and indifference of most of the professional growers of the country. They should join this society and contribute to its work as a matter of duty. Lord Bacon says, "I hold every man to be a debtor to his profession." There is no doubt as to the soundness of this sentiment. I think every florist, wholesale or retail, should join this society at once and induce as many amateurs to join as pos- sible. This would be a small sacrifice compared to the amount of good that would be accomplished. ^ * » New Bedford, Mass. — The New Bed- ford Horticultural Society had a large attendance at its meeting on March 10. There was a general discussion on aster growing under glass. The meetings of this society are held on the second Tues- day in each month. ROSES. SEASONABLE NOTES. Judging from the weather which we have already experienced, and also from all indications, we are reasonably safe in expecting an early spring. This condi- tion should be taken advantage of by the proper handling of our roses now, both young stock and old. We should be able to have the plants thoroughly hardened and in a vigorous condition at an early date. I would emphasize again that plenty of ventilation is very essential at this time. Of course on a very windy day care should be taken not to have a draught in the houses,as this is more detri- mental to the stock than a high tempera- ture. It often happens that immediately following a spell of cloudy weather we have a day when the sky is clear and the sun shines very brightly. On such an occasion it is advisable to syringe in the middle of the day, as well as in the morning. By so doing you will avoid burning the young growth which is just starting and has not become hardened at all. Another important thing to attend to is the tying. If this is allowed to become neglected the plants will not dry out properly after syringing and if such is the case a bad dose of mildew is likely to be the result. It is well to keep at least one small pipe in each house well painted with sulphur. I believe this to be the best method of removing milSew, as well as the best way to avoid this dreaded evil. Most of the houses by this time should have been ready and received a miilch and those which have not will, in all probability, be greatly benefited by a top-dressing of well-rotted cow manure. From time to time this mulch should be worked over and loosened until the roots get into it. Any houses which were mulched early and where the roots have worked well into the mulch, should be treated with liquid manure. You must bear in mind that the plants at this time, if healthy, are making a rapid growth and need nourishment. How- ever, care should be taken in regard to thC' handling between crojjs, as at this time there is not so much need of moist- ure or feed. The grafting should now be about com- pleted, as the sun is getting too strong to make a very large percentage of good strikes. In making a success of grafting a great deal depends upon the handling of the grafts after thej' have started as well as before. They should be brought into the air very gradually until well hardened, and they will also need a little shade during the hottest part of the day. Syringe these young plants twice a day for the first few days after they come out of the case, and under no consideration allow them to become dry, as this is almost certain to ruin a great many by drying up the sap at the union, causing them to break apart. R. I. Milwaukee, Wis.— At Mitchell Park the showing of bulbous stock in flower has attracted thousands of visitors. They have 22,000 bedding plants ready for use. Sioux City, Ia. — William Smith, florist and seed dealer, believes the city should build a greenhouse in which to raise bedding stock instead of buying it. He says that if the structure were erected adjoining the city pumping plant it could be heated by ^exhaust steam practically without cost. igo3. The American Florist. 303 FREESIAS AS GROWN BY THOMAS HARTNETT, GARDENER TO DE WITT S. SMITH, LEE, MASS. Good Freesias. Tlie illustrations herewith show a group of seventy-eight pots of freesias grown bj Thomas Hartnett, gardener to DeWitt S. Smith, Lee, Mass., also a single pot. The 2-foot rule in the latter shows the length of the stems. Mr. Hartnett starts his freesias in August, using a compost ot leaf mould and sod. The bulbs are thoroughly watered when potted, and water is then withheld for three or four weeks. The plants are grown on a side bench in a cool house until the first week in October, when they are placed in a slightly warmer house close to the glass until they commence to bloom. The plants are then given more room and arranged for effect on a center bench. Mr. Hartnett has occupied his present position for seventeen years and the freesia bulbs were on the place betore he was engaged. The stock is increased annually by means of offsets, and while the bulbs of the original stock are not large, they produce good flowering plants every year. It is Mr. Hartnett's opinion that the long-continued healthy charac- ter and free-flowering quality of the bulbs are due to the fact that they are grown without the aid of manure, liquid or solid. Ether and Chloroform for Forcing;. At a recent meeting of the Royal Horti- cultural Society, (Eng.) a paper by Emile Lemoine, of France, on the use of ether and chloroform in the forcing of shrubs was presented. M. Lemoine commenced by referring to the original experiment that Claude Bernard made with ether and chloroform in order to prove that the protoplasm of vegetables is essen- tially the same as that in animals. Both are affected similarly by anjesthetics. The sensitive plant when subjected to the fumes of ether became insensible, and would no longer droop, when touched, as it did before, but when removed from the influence of the ansesthetic, the shoots and leaves slowly regained their normal sensitiveness. In 1890, Dr. Johannsen, professor ot vegetable physiology at Copenhagen, commenced experiments with a view to ascertaining the effect of ether in respect to forcing the plants into flower; and on November 17, 1893, Dr. Johannsen showed for the first time before the Academy of Sciences, at Copenhagen, a lilac that had been forced by means of etherization. The professor had noticed that if a tree lost its leaves in summer, the buds upon that tree would occasion- ally open in the autumn, although simi- lar buds upon trees that retained their leaves were ripening and going to rest. This led to the statement of a theory in which the repose or resting period in trees was divided into three stages: — (1) the initial stage when the development that has been going on is diminished; (2) complete rest, when the development has ceased; (3) final period, during which development is in process of recommenc- ing — the rest now being made com- pulsory by the conditions of air and tem- perature to which the plant is exposed. In the case of the lilac, the first stage occurs naturally in August and Septem- ber, complete rest is reached at the end of October, and the final stage commences at the end of December. It was only after the final stage of rest had com- menced that the shrubs could be forced into flower satisfactorily. Dr. Johannsen found that these processes could be forwarded materially by the use of ether, which has a similar result upon the plants to that which follows if the leaves are removed early, as remarked above, namely, the development of abnormal and precocious growth. By etherization, the third stage may be reached by the beginning of October, or three months earlier than under normal conditions. Proceeding to describe the process of etherization, the lecturer said the plants should be put into a box that can be hermetically sealed, in dry sand, and the interior of the box, as well as the plants themselves, should be dry, so that they will not absorb the ether. The tempera- ture of the air in the box should be 62° to 66° Fahr., but the higher the tempera- ture, the less quantity oi ether is required. Under the lid of the box there should be a small bottle, into which the ether may be poured through the lid. It is important that the ether should be applied from the top, because being heavier than the atmosphere, it falls to the bottom by gravitation. The opera- tion should be done during the daytime, and no light, or even a cigar, must be permitted to be brought near the box, because ether fumes are exceedingly inflammable and when mixed with air become dangerously explosive. The quan- tity of ether required is approximately about 300 grammes weight for every 100 cubic metres of air, and the plants may be subjected to the treatment for a period of forty-eight hours. It may be advan- tageous to repeat the process with the same plants after a few days. Pure sulphuric ejther was used, which boils at 95° Fahr. The plants are removed to a cool house, and the forcing process after- wards is simple. Plants of lilac Charles X., etherized early in August by Dr. Johannsen, were in full flower in the middle of September. M. Lemoine proceeded to say that the 304 The American Florist, Mar. 28, German florists subsequently took an interest in the subject, and one of them from Hamburg went to Copenhagen and studied Dr. Johannsen's experiments there. It had been admitted by these florists that the great firms would be obliged to use ether for early forcing, especially so as the economy of fuel in forcing etherized plants covers the cost of etherization itself, and also because lilacs may be forced into bloom in eighteen days after removal to a warm atmosphere. One of the principal firms in Hamburg had proved:— (1) Thatether- ized lilacs force most rapidly; (2) Some varieties that are known to be difficult of forcing may be forced after etherization as successfully as the variety Charles X.; (3) That some lilacs not specially pre- pared for forcing had been lifted from the open, etherized, and subsequently forced with capital results. M. Lemoine described experiments that had been made in France last year with chloroform as well as ether, and although it is probable that chloroform may be used in some cases in place of ether, the results were not altogether satisfactory or conclusive. They, however, appeared to show that the amount of chloroform which was used was excessive, and that its influence is of much greater degree than that of ether, probably to the extent of three parts in four. Reference was next made to the results obtained by Mr. Jannoch, a nurseryman at Dersingham, Norfolk, whose experi- ences have been "quite beyond anticipa- tions." It is obvious that the import- ance of the vapor of ether in relation to the forcing of shrubs is only applicable to very early forcing, that is, at a season previous to Christmas, for after the com- mencement of January, when the plants have reached the third stage of rest described by Dr. Johannsen, forcing by ordinary means may be done successfully. M. Lemoine, after again urging the importance of making the ether chamber air-tight, and of doing the operation during daylight, in the absence of any artificial light whatever, proceeded to discuss the probable reasons for the effect upon plants, that it is now known ether is capable of exercising. It was certain that the vital powers of the plants became latent under its influence, and repose or rest became deeper. It is also known by the cultivator that the deeper the rest to which a plant is driven, the more quickly may the vital powers be brought again into life, under proper conditions. It had been said that ether acted as an aneesthetic and abolished sensation; also that it acted in a similar manner to frost. It seemed pretty certain that ether, like frost, was capable of expelling water from the tissues of plants, and it might be asked if the effect of ether or chlo:o- form upon a plant was due to their dry- ingpo wer? Such an effect would be similar to that which follows extreme cold or great drought, and everyone knows that an alpine plant hidden away by a covering of snow, springs into growth and flowers in an amazingly short space of time after exposure to the sunlight. If the ether acted as a stimulant in remov- ing the water from the plants, then it was just possible that the same results might be obtained from the use of less dangerous materials, as chloride of potassium or quicklime. — Gardeners' Chronicle. Chestnut Hill, Pa.— The next exhi- bition of the Chestnut Hill Horticul- tural Society will be held April 14. William Warner Tracy. From his boyhood days William Warner Tracy has centered every thought and every act on those subjects which have to do with horticulture and the great and unknown forces of nature which are aroused by the plant breeder. Born at Hudson, Ohio, in 1845, his father was a physician who early removed to New England, where the boy was reared amid social surroundings which could not but result in the development of his faculties of thought, of research, of assimi- lation and deduction. The social con- nections of the family were wholly with professional people, a matter of greater importance and influence in those days than now, and in that region than at the west, but the lad resisted all efforts to make him a lawyer, doctor or minister, and from the first insisted that he was going to be a gardener. When only 9 ^^m. Warner Tracy. years old he was given money to sub- scribe to a boys' paper but preferred a journal of gardening, horticulture and rural life. From the time he was 12 all efforts failed to keep him in school during the spring and summer months; his choice was the labor and the learning of the farm, the garden or the nursery. After a year in the army the soldier boy vyas brought home to die, but, as Mr. Tracy himself has said in speaking of his early life, it was with characteristic obstinacy that he refused to succumb, although he never fully recovered from the effects of that experience. In 1864 he went to Michigan to enter the Agricultural College at Lansing, which at that time was the only insti- tution of the kind in the country. Gradu- ating in 1868, he at once assumed a posi- tion as instructor and the next year became the first professor of horticulture of the college, a chair which has since been occupied by many distinguished men. It was while acting here that Prof Tracy proposed and developed the plan of migratory meetings of the State Horticultural Society. As arranged and conducted by him these meetings w^ere practically identical in character with the farmers' institutes which are now so popular in many states but w^hich were then unknown. Leaving the college because of impaired health. Prof Tracy removed to Old Mission, Mich., where he planted large orchards. While here he became greatly interested in the work of the Peninsula Farmers' Club, which grew to be one of the most energetic and useful farmers' clubs in the state. Its reports on apple culture and several other kindred subjects are good models for horticultural bulle- tins. In 1879 Prof Tracy removed to Detroit to take a connection with D. M. Ferry & Company in w^hich he was afforded the opportunity for the research and experiments which have given him his principal fame. His duties related to the seed growing and crop inspection for his firm, and for years he has been quoted as the best authoritv in America on the influence of individual character and environment upon the reproductive facul- ties of plants. His essay on '"Individual Prepotency" read at the International Conference on Plant Breeding and Hybrid- ization, at New York last summer, was among the most important of the large number presented by leading men in this branch of science throughout the world. Prof Tracy is a most original thinker and he has the faculty of setting forth his ideas most lucidly. He was a mem- ber of the committee in charge of the World's Fair Horticultural Congress of 1893, and as such wrote the preface to the invitation to all prominent horti- culturists at home and abroad. In elegance of diction and powerful logic, this brief preamble was a gem and prob- ably the most perfect and undeniable appeal ever written for horticulturists to meet in conference. His contributions to the literature of seed breeding have frequently been a feature of this journal. A few weeks since Prof. Tracy severed his connection vrith D. M. Ferry & Com- pany to take up important work in the bureau of seed and plant breeding of the Department of Agriculture at Washing- ton, w^here he may be relied upon to avail himself of the very many oppor- tunities to accomplish valuable results in behalf of the trade with which he has so long been prominently identified. English Plant Notes. FERNS. The absence of anything new in ferns has caused growers to fall back on older introductions and to try their merits under more modem treatment. Some have proved fully worthy. I believe I previously alluded to the platyceriums and Asplenium nidus. We rarely get anything quite new in aspleniums. The latest which is of any value for florists' work is A. Hillii, which is well shown in the suspended pots in the accompanying illustration. It has now become a gen- eral favorite with growers. The large specimen of Asplenium caudatum in the center of the house shows what a splendid 'plant this makes for suspended baskets. Other aspleniums represented are foeniculaceum and intequalifolium, both of which, though old introductions, are well worthy of the attention of growers. Nephrolepis, the culture of which has so much extended during the last few years, still commands good prices, the demand having increased fully in propor- tion to the extra supply. Hill & Son have made some grand exhibits during the past season. Their nursery is almost exclusively in ferns, a feature of the houses being that instead of an ordinary purlin, hot water pipes are used. These of course are regulated by values and in sunny weather the heat is shut off. The advantage of the roof-heat is quite evi- igo3. The American Florist. 305 HOUSE OF ASPLENIUMS AT HILL & SON'S, EDMONTON, ENGLAND. dent in the success achieved. It materi- ally assists in the development of the bright, rosy red tints in such sorts as have a tendency that way. It is disappointing that Pteris Childsi still refuses to produce spores, for it is certainly one of the most elegant ferns we have. Pteris Suramersi, a seedling from P. Wimsetti.is anotherbeauty which also refuses to produce spores. Polypodium Mayi and P. Schneideri have proved equally disappointing. It is slow work propagating any of the above by divi- sions, j-et they are worth persevering with, tor they will always command high prices. GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA FLORE PLENO. This is now being oifered by the raisers, D. S. Thompson, of Wimbledon. We all know the value of its parent, but to some a double variety may not seem desir- able; however, this has been pronounced by all who have seen it to be of excep- tional merit. The tiny, pure white flow- ers are borne on light, branching panicles, in every way as graceful as in its parent, and the pure whiteness is the great merit. As a pot plant tor groups it is most elegant, and its value for cut- ting is even greater. LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS G'FLORUS ALBUS. J. Green, the enterprising director of Hobbies, Ltd., has had great success in the improvement of many florists' flower?, but the above is certainly his greatest achievement. It would be diffi- cult to say to much in favor of this beautiful pea. The large, pure white flowers are produced in long racemes. At the sweet pea society's show last season it created quite a sensation, and was not only regarded as a great tri- umph, but one that would prove invalu- able to the florist. I am atiraid it may take some time to work up a stock, but it will be worth the attention of all growers of cut bloom. Fig. page 307. CACTUS DAHLIAS. Many beautiful varieties have eman- ated from the Dereham nurseries, one of Mr. Green's latest being Winsome, a pure white with slightly incurved florets. It is very free, and the flowers stand up well. It gained an award of merit from the Royal Horticultural Society, and four other first-class certificates last season. I may mention that dahlias are a great feature of Hobbies. They not only do a very large home trade, but also grow specially for export, doing a large busi- ness in America and South Africa. They have lately shipped a large consignment to the States and have already booked many orders for delivery at the fall of the year. Fig. page 308. MOSCHOSMA RIPARIDM. This is a recent introduction from Cen- tral Africa, which promises to become a useful winter flowering plant. It belongs to the labiatee, the same family as Coleus thrysoideus, which now has a first class certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. It flowers very freely at mid-winter. The flowers are white, with a shading of pink and are produced in terminal branching panicles, somewhat in the same way as the salvia, but the small flowers give it more the appearance of a spiraea. It may be grown into a large, branching plant by propagating early and stopping two or three times, or late struck cuttings will flower when about nine to fifteen inches high, grown in the cool greenhouse until late in the season, and then given a little extra warmth to bring into flower. It forms a good companion to Coleus thyrsoideus, but the flowers do not drop so soon. ST. bridgid anemones. These are coming from Ireland, and are very pretty. They are really an improved strain of Anemone coronaria and most of the flowers are semi-double. When cut before the flowers are quite fully developed they last for a long time in water, and if they are a bit with- ered when they come to hand, they soon revive after they are put into water and, placed in a warm room or in the sun, the flowers expand. Although they take up a lot of water through the stems, the flowers last better if kept dry. I may add that the colors vary from white, pink and various shades of red, up to deep crimson and purple, the latter being the prevailing color, but with care in saving seed, the brighter colors may be perpetuated. Seeds germinate freely, but is is only in a cool, rather moist soil that they succeed well. Fig. page 308. CHRYSANTHEMUM MILDRED WARE. Among the many new varieties offered this season the above is specially worthy of note. It is a flower of immense size, with large, narrow, drooping florets. The color is somewhat similar to Lady Hanham, but of a more decided pink shade. It is a difficult color to describe, being a mixture of brown, yellow and pink, yet yery clear and fresh looking. I hear there has been a larger demand for this than any other new variety; it cer- tainly attracted the attention of every- one when exhibited last autumn. PRIMULA STELLATA. When visiting Cannell & Sons' nur- sery, Swanley, I was suprised to see the improvement made in this type of prim- ula. The profusion of flowers and bright colors of decided shades fully com- pensate for the flowers not being so large as in the more advanced types of P. Sinensis. - MAGNOLIA CAMPBELLU. Although it is about thirty-five years ago that this beautiful magnolia was introduced, it was not until the last meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, March 10, that it received the distinction of a first class certificate. H. 306 The American Florist. Mar. 28, The Value of Judicious Planting;. [Read by Samuel C. Moon, of Morrisville, before the J'armer's Institute at Philadelphia, February 11, 1903.] If any proof were needed that the judicious • planting of trees and shrubs about suburban homes increases their value, it is found in the public advertise- ments of such property. When we see suburban homes advertised for sale, if the facts in the case will warrant the statement, mention is pretty sure to be made, as one of the important recom- mendations of the place, that it is well supplied with shade and fruit trees. Here is a practical demonstration of the truth of the subject assigned to me. It is a fact generally recognized that the tastefal and judicious planting of fruit and ornamental trees enhances the value of real estate more than an equal amount of money invested in any other way. The question then arises how to plant tastefully and judiciously. By tasteful and judicious planting we mean such selection of trees and plants, and such arrangement of them in the grounds, that the comfort, convenience and landscape effect will be most pleas- ing'to those who occupy the premises and must view them most. Pleasing to thekn from various view points; pleasing to their eyes under varying conditions of season and weather; pleasing to them as onlv room for rudimentary efforts in garden work. But there is scarcely any dooryard so small but it may have at least a lilac or a box bush in a corner, or a bed of herbaceous plants along a path, or a clump of hardy ferns on the shady side of porch or house. Such work necessarily involves more knowledge of trees an3 plants and of gardening work than many owners of suburban homes possess. To these I wish to extend at the outset a word of encouragement, and tell them that they will find the study of their own home grounds, and of trees and plants, and of garden work as related to their indi- vidual needs, pleasant and profitable. It will necessarily lead them into closer observation of tree and plant life and into more intimate acquaintance with the ever changing appearance and devel- opments of vegetable growths from month to month and from year to year. I wish to encourage the idea that the adornment of the home grounds, whether large or small, should be a continued object lesson in nature study, and the out- growth of this study should be worked out in the home grounds and become an expression of the personal tastes of those who occupy them. Home makers should be as far as practicable their own head gardeners. If they have any taste for rural beauty or any knowledge, be it CACTUS DAHLIA WINSOME. soon after planting as may be practicable, and continuing to satisfy with increas- ing pleasure as the plants grow and develop througli a long period of years. This, of course, recognizes that there must be varied styles of planting to suit different tastes, temperaments and habits of life. Some prefer to plant their grounds with fruits while others would plant for shade, or ornamental eftect; while in some suburban grounds there is ever so little, about gardening work, let them cultivate their gift by exercising it. Let them learn all they can from nur- serymen, gardeners and professional men but learn still more from what they see in the world around them. The planting of a lawn is not a job to be commenced and finished in a week, or even in one season, but may with advan- tage be the work of years. It must be a growth and must be watched and studied and treated as development pro- gresses. It is impossible to designate one tree or plant or any list of trees or plants as the best for any use or position without knowing the conditions involved and even then the question of best is often a matter of personal taste or opinion. There are desirable and objectionable features connected with almost every tree, rendering it valuable or unsuited to certain localities or situa- tions. From a study of neighboring lawns much can be learned of the right and the wrong of garden designs and garden work. Visits to public and private parks and nurseries will show some of the possibilities of natural and of arti- ficial gardening. Watchful observation of trees and shrubs in lawns and woods throughout the year, from the first bursting of buds in spring till the fall of the leaves in autumn, will disclose new \ points of advantage or disadvantage of one tree or plant over another for a sjjec- ial use for some particular location which needs improvement. Observation will show which trees are long-lived and retain their beauty and increase in value through long series of years or centuries, and the advantage of such trees over short-lived species which sprout up quickly and in a fewyears begin to decline or disfigure the grounds which they should adorn. A wonderfully instruc- tive object lesson of this kind is seen in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, along Elm avenue, where the Centennial Expo- sition buildings stood in 1876. On these grounds there are now growing thousands of trees ot from twenty-five to thirty years' growth, which were planted in their present positions about 1882. In this collection are found a score or more of different species of oaks, with elms, lindens, maples, planes, poplars, beeches, birches and other less common species. The opportunity here afforded for a comparative study of the growth of trees is invaluable and should be appre- ciated by all who have to do with tree planting. Here we see that oaks that were formerly considered to be too slow of growth to be available for street plant- ing or for general use in lawns, have in twenty years outclassed the lindens, maples and poplars which have been so largely employed in suburban districts because they grow vigorously, develop- ing rapidly soon after transplanting. But it has been found that any advant- age which these quick growers may show^ at first is but for a few years in their early life and that in the long run longer- lived trees are decidedly preferable for use about suburban homes. I would, in the strongest terms, encour- age a more general planting of oaks, particularly those of the white oak class, including the white, sw^amp white, burr or mossy cup and red oak. The tulip poplar, Kentucky coffee, beech and elm are also desirable, Jong-lived species, which will grow and improve in char- acter and beauty for centuries. Such trees afford pleasure to their planters through life and will be left as valuable assets to their children and to their children's children for generations to come. Great loss is sustained in many country homes today because the plantings about them made from thirty to sixty years ago, were so largely of silver and ash-leaved maples and other soft- wooded trees, which have passed their prime and are rapidly declining or are already dead and gone. Too many of our octogen- /poj. The American Florist. 307 arian neighbors who planted trees about their homes when they were young men, instead oinow having splendid, vigorous trees in the prime of life to shade their old heads, trees which they could bequeatli with pride to posterity, can look only into the straggling tops of feeble trunks, whose lives, like their own, are nearly spent. While the silver-leaved maple is a good tree, in its way, it is comparativeh- short-lived and after it passes beyond the youthful beauty of its first twenty-five years of growth, it usually assumes a homely, sprawling shape and gradually declines. Before reachmg fifty years of growth, it presents such an appearance that almost every planter would rather have any one of the trees named in the above list in preference to it. But much worse than silver maples are those rank weeds, the Carolina poplars, which are today disfiguring so many streets and lawns where some- thing more suitable, prettier and better adapted to the purposes intended, should have been introduced. Therefore I say do not plant silver maple without first ascertaining whether it is the best tree for the position, and never plant Caro- lina poplars about suburban homes; that is, hardly ever,except it may be as a tem- porary makeshift to fill up space while something better is getting under way, and then do it with that sense of shame which you would feel in using any kind of inierior goods which you feel is beneath your true dignity, and then by all means cut them out before they injure or ruin more valuable permanent plants. Trees and shrubs with evergreen foliage should enter prominently into the plant- ing about suburban homes. In many sections this feature has been too much neglected. They afford an enlivening tone of color amid the sombre hue of winter landscapes which is very pleasing to the eye. Perhaps the first plant to be named in the list of evergreens for suburban home grounds, whether large or small, should be our native hemlock spruce. It is an excellent tree, suitable for a great variety of positions. When allowed full room for development it forms a large tree, but it will endure shearing so well that it is one of the best hedge plants in use and can be kept of any desired size or shape for many years, thus adapting it to yards of modest proportions. The Nordmann and Aphaloman silver firs and the eastern spruce from Europe are admirable evergreens, forming some of the most symmetrical and beautiful speci- mens to be found in the best collections, retaining their massive foliage longer than most other conifers and attaining heights of from forty to sixty feet in as many years. The Douglas, concolor and Colorado blue spruces and some other evergreens introduced within the past thirty or forty years from the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific slope, are valuable acquisitions. Among them are some exquisite blue shades which enter splendidly into color combinations with other foliage. The Japanese evergreen cypress, called retinospora, is a family of evergreens with several beautiful varieties of various shades of green, yellow and silvery hues, which are admirably adapted for enter- ing into combination groups or shearing into formal specimens or set figures of any shape desired. The variety men- tioned in nursery catalogues under name Retinospora obtusa nana is one of our best evergreens in almost every way. Junipers and arbor vitass are among the LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS GRANDIFLORUS ALBUS. cheaper evergreens, mostly of small or medium size, and are often useful for fill- ing in to produce immediate effects or to obscure temporary defects in designs which will require time to develop their full beauty. The study of color effects among the foliage of plants is an important feature in ornamental planting and in no class of material is it more important than among the evergreen conifers. There are at our command varieties of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs which can be combined so as to produce ever varying results of contrast and harmony in form and hue, changing with the pro- gress of the season, ever presenting some new attraction ofgrowth, foliage, flower or fruit. The study of such combina- tions and the rearranging of beds and grounds from time to time, are among the charms to be realized by those who enter upon the work of suburban adorn- ment. Several features combine to give hardy flowering shrubs an important place in the adornment of suburban homes. They transplant easily, develop rapidly, produce results quickly and pretty cer- tainly and most of them are so cheap that they can be indulged in freely. Forsy thias, cydonias,dogwoods, spiraeas, lilacs, snowballs, rhododendrons and hydrangeas each in turn become a huge bouquet of bloom. Then there are the brilliant foliage plants to keep a show of bright color throughout the summer. The dainty Japanese maples, with such exquisite shapes and shades in form and foliage, the golden-leaved elder and dwarf mock orange, the purple-leaved plum and barberry are all conspicuous objects. By the judicious use of vines, nature's drapery, most pleasing results are pro- duced, even under adverse conditions. With these it is possible to transform unsightly features into objects of beauty. A blank wall, with its monotonous rows of bricks and mortar, is an ideal home for grape vines, or for the Japanese ampelopsis or the hardy evergreen ivy or trumpet vine. A dilapidated building, an unsighily stable, an abandoned quarry, a desolate embankment or even the public dumping ground may be easily, quickly and cheaply enshrouded with greenness and with bloom by planting near them abundantly of five- finger or Virginia creeper, honeysuckles, 308 The American Florist. Mar. 28, or the numerous hardy rambler roses, thereby changing a forlorn prospect into a scene that the eye will delight to rest upon. Clematis, honeysuckles and akebia seem as if they were intended for adding a finishing touch of grace to the porches of many a suburban home. In rural districts, where hotnes are isolated, each lawn may be treated as a garden complete in itself, but in many suburban neighborhoods the small yards call tor more composite treatment, where attention must be given to the general effect of a combination of indi- vidual plantings. If one lawn blazes forth in early spring with beds of tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and pansies, in others may follovir banks of bloom in masses of early shrubbery. Roses in abundance will be enjoyed by all and a profusion of herbaceous plants can keep up a succession of flowers when bulbs, shrubs and roses are out of bloom. After leaves have fallen and flowers are dead a mass of crimson-berried plants may be the pride of the town. Clumps of evergreens here and there and a wind break of pines or spruces will at times be looked upon as blessings to the com- munity. Thus there may grow up in an unpretentious village a notoriety for always having within its borders prom- inent features of conspicuous beauty. Such a study and treatment of the grounds in a neighborhood of rural homes by a community of intelligent residents must produce results which will afford not only pleasure to the property owners and their families, but will develop a common interest in the improvement and beautifying of the neighborhood. Each one will feel a wholesome pride, not only in his own holdings, but in the beauties of all the trees and shrubs and flowers on all the properties in his street or village, creat- ing a sentiment which must be seen and felt in property values. It is the growth of this desire for civic improvement and the lull development of all the possi- bilities of adornment in a neighborhood that I would encourage. Spring: Pruning:. The exceptionally mild weather experi- enced during the month has hurried vege- tation, and everywhere is life and anima- tion. At this date, March 20, the forsythia is aglow with its golden bells, with the fragrant lonicera and Daphne Cneorum its companions. Many hardy perennials are seen earlier than these, especially the pink saxifrage, S. crassi- foUa. But the first heralds of spring are the crocuses and snowdrops, which appeared early in the month. The surroundings of the water-lily pond demand our early attention, the careful pruning of flowering shrubs, plant- ing or transplanting where necessary. The art of pruning may soon be consid- ered one of the lost arts, unless a change for the better is soon effected, judging from some examples seen in many sub- urban grounds and even in gardens where a gardener is employed. Most flowering shrubs require little or ho pruning at this season; the proper season for pruning is immediately after flowering. To prune now is to cut off the greater part of the flowering wood but, now that the bushes are bare of foliage, misplaced and weak branches are readily discerned. These should be removed, as well as dead branches. Late flowering shrubs such as altheeas. Hydrangea paniculata, etc., should receive their annual pruning now, if not already done. The latter may be pruned hard, leaving but two joints of last sea- son's growth, unless it is desired to increase the size of the bush. The dead culms should be cut ofi' the arundos, and eulalias, and such like grasses, and where necessary divide and replant the clumps, but such treatment will not apply to bamboos. The past year has been the most trying for bam- boos that I have noticed. The memora- ble sleet storms that were so disastrous to trees, shrubs, and so forth in February, 1902, and again in January, 1903, laid these noble plants almost level with the ground and in all directions. At intervals we had spells of mild weather followed by a severely cold period with piercing winds. While the clumps have a sere and weather-beaten appearance, there is not St. Bridgid Anemones. a dead cane to be seen. They have stood the most severe test and have come through zero weather without the least protection, not even a mulching, and nothing on the margin of the pond or as an isolated specimen can approach a magnificent clump of bamboo in its graceful foliage, beauty of form, etc., apart from color. Wm. Thicker. Corydalis Thalictrifolia. While closely allied to dicentra (of which D. spectabilis is the noblest repre- sentative) the species of corydalis are not so frequently seen in cultivation, or they, at least, receive less marked atten- tion. Some of the oldest are C. solida, C. cava and C. lutea. All these take care of themselves when once planted and, under favorable conditions, they estab- lish themselves in fresh ground, either by means of their tuberous or fleshy roots, or, on the other hand, by means of seeds. C. lutea is the most enterprising in this respect, and is happy if it can find an old wall in which the seedlings can spring up and estabhsh themselves. Corydalis thalictrifolia gives promise oftakingcare of itself in a similar way, for the plant first placed on the rockery atKew, says the Gardening World, stood out the winter of 1901-1902, and in the spring a colony of seedlings sprang up around the mother plant from self-sown seeds. The old plant continued healthy and strong, so that it is evidently a true perennial. The seedlings were transplanted into a bed on the grass and very soon attained flowering size, after which they contin- ued in bloom till late in October. This proves that it may be utilized either as a rock garden plant or a subject for bed- ding. A very appropriate use for it would be as a' plant for carpeting the ground beneath or among taller subjects that would not ofier too dense shade. Another use, and one which we should least suspect of this class of plants, is as a winter flowering subject for a cool, well-lighted greenhouse. By cool, we mean in contradistinction to a stove house. The genial warmth is just suffi- cient to keep the plant growing slowly and flowering freely. Last year it was flowering by January in the nursery of Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, and was still as floriferous at the beginning of June. The species was introduced by them from Ichang, in Central China, where it was picked up by their collector, E. H.Wilson, growing at low elevations on the ledges of limestone clifis and rooting deeply into the crevices. The plant is not particular in the mat- ter of soil and situation under cultiva- tion. Any good garden soil, if well drained and free from stagnant moisture in the winter will suit it. For pot work some fibrous loam and one-third of leaf mould, in conjunction with sand, will furnish all the necessaries it requires. The pinnately-divided leaves have ovate and cuneate divisions, of a light green above and glaucous beneath. They are also remarkable for the thick texture of the tissues, which one would hardly have expected in a plant of this natural order. The flowers are yellow, with a green blotch on the back of the outer petals and are borne in long, lateral racemes from the axils of the leaves. Whether it will withstand the rigors of a severe win- ter in this country remains to be seen, but if it will its value will be greatly enhanced. Grass. Lying in the sunshine among the but- tercups and the dandelions of May, scarcely higher in intelligence than the minute tenants of that mimic wilderness, our earliest recollections are of grass; and when the fitful fever is ended, and the foolish wrangle of the market and forum is closed, grass heals over the scar which our descent into the bosom of the earth has made, and the carpet of the infant becomes the blanket of the dead. Grass is the forgiveness of nature— her constant benediction. Fields trampled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow green again with grass, and carnage is forgot- ten. Streets abandoned by traffic become grass-grown like rural lanes and are obliterated. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal. Beleagured by the suUen hosts of winter, it withdraws into the impregnable fortress of its subterranean vitality, and emerges upon the first solic- itation of spring. Sown by the winds, by the wandering birds, propagated by the subtle horticulture of the elements which are its ministers and servants, it softens the rude outline of the world. Its tenacious fibers hold the earth in its place, and prevent its soluble components from washing into the wasting sea. It invades the solitude of deserts, climbs the igo3. The American Florist. 309 IDEAS ON PLANTING AROUND A CITY HOME. inaccessible slopes and forbidding pinna- cles of mountains, modifies climates and determines the history, character and destiny of nations. Unobtrusive and patient, it has immortal vigor and aggression. Banished from the thor- oughfares and the field, it abides its time to return, and when vigilance is relaxed, or the dynasty has perished, it silently resumes the throne from which it has been expelled, but which it never abdi- cates. It bears no blazonry of bloom to charm the senses with fragrance or splen- dor, but its homely hue is more enchant- ing than the lily or the rose. It yields no fruit in earth or air, and yet should its harvest fail for a single year, famine would depopulate the world. John J. Ingalls. Ideas on Planting Around a City Home. The photograph reproduced shows a city home where the lawn is limited, although the house is of good size. The entrance can be seen to the right, leading to the front walk within six feet of a neighbor's fence. This strip is covered with vines and embellished with hardy perennials. Notice the drooping birch used to screen the porch and at the same time break the straight line of the house corner about the porch. The roots of the trees are where the sun never strikes them directly; neither are they trampled on. I call particular attention to this point because the use of trees in such decorations is not generally appreciated. The balance of the planting need not be spoken of in detail, any more than to call attention to the one fundamental effect which was constantly in the mind of the gardener w^ho did the work. This was to have the planting on both the right and left sides come closer together at the back than in front, thereby creating a per- spective. This makes the house appear farther from you than it really is. Another point of interest is that there is no time of the day when the sun shines that shadows do not fall over the law^n; .there is constant change of form. These shadow lines are very important and are more and more appreciated as you study land- scape art. C. B. W. Notes On Aquatics. Where nymphaeas are grown in tubs and boxes it will, in most cases, be neces- sary to renevsr the soil. This should receive early attention and everything should be in readiness for planting. Where hardy and tender nymphaas are grown in the same pond it may not be neces- sary to renew the soil and replant the hardy varieties; they will continue to grow in the same boxes for several sea- sons, but if you want specimen flowers, the best that can be procured, renew the soil, divide the stools, select a few of the strongest crowns and transplant every spring as soon as new growth is in evi- dence. All hardy nymphseas that are crowded should be taken up, divided and replanted as early as possible. Nym- phaeas may be dug, divided and heeled in like nursery stock, but must be kept under water. Seed of tender nymphseas may still be sown indoors. They will germinate readily and grow freely under the now prevailing conditions. The aquatic house will require no shading, but will necessarily require free ventilation. Seeds of nelumbiums may be planted. These should be filed through the hard shell at the base, to allow the water to reach the kernel. In planting, place the filed end of the seed uppermost and about an inch below the surface, and place in water at a temperature of 65°. The seed will be up in from seven to ten days. The young plants will require potting at intervals of two or three weeks, and the plants may be grown in large pans or be planted in tubs about the Fourth of July. Seed- lings, when given the right of way, will occasionally flower the first year, but they can most certainly be flowered the second year. Tubers of all tender lilies should now be started and will make excellent plants by the middle or end of Maj'. The night flowering species require a higher tem- perature or a longer season to furnish the same standard of plant at a given time. In a temperature of 75° the night bloomers should be started two weeks ahead of the day-flowering varieties. Where there is an absence of stock of this kind, intending purchasers will obtain much better results from tubers, provided they can furnish suitable acco- modation to grow the plants, than to wait until the planting season and then purchase plants. Under the most favor- able conditions the plants will receive a check and, unless the weather is most propitious, some losses will occur. Another point in favor of tubers is the saving of express charges, as tubers are small and can be forwarded to all parts of the world by mail. There is an ever increasing demand for cut water lily flowers, especially of the night flowering species, as these are so well adapted for decorations and the flowers are large and of exquisite beauty by artificial light. The plants should be grown by no means "scimpy." They require ample space, a depth of frojn one 310 The American Florist. Mar. 28, to two feet of water, a rich alluvial soil, such as is found in an old pond, or, where artificial means are used, the richer the soil, the better, as it must of necessity be restricted. This should be a rich, mellow loam, composted, if possible, in the fall and consisting of two parts good sods, top soil inclined to be heavy, and one part cow manure, kept in a soil-shed or covered with boards or other covering to throw off heavy rains. This soil is adapted for growing all kinds of aquatic plants, in fact almost all kinds of plants, with the addition ot some peat or leaf- soil and sand for a few species. Wm. Thicker. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. PROPAGATING AND NOVELTIES. Propagation of stock intended for early planting should commence without delay, particularly several of the short-jointed, slow-growing varieties like Nellie Pockett, Mrs. Coombes, Mrs. Jerome Jones, its sports, and many others of similar growth, also all varieties which are slow in making roots. Place the stools in a light, airy place where they will get plenty ot ventilation and a cool tempera- ture, keeping them a little on the dry side to encourage a strong, stocky growth. Take the cuttings as soon as large enough to handle and place them in the propagating bed, consisting of clean, fresh sand, maintaining a temperature of about 50°. Water thoroughly at the start and afterwards spray the cuttings once in a while to prevent wilting. They will then root readily in about ten days. The main thing to consider from now on to insure success is to keep the young stock cool and growing steadily right along, never allowing the temperature to get too high or the soil to get too wet. Give a fumigating once a week to keep down the green fly. Catalogues from firms offering novel- ties are now mostly to hand and a big array of fine things is being ofiered, both American and foreign, and progress demands that if we want to keep up to date we shall have to speculate a little. Among the American novelties which came under my observation last fall, I was favorably impressed with Columbia, A. B. Richardson, Yellow Eaton, Con- vention Hall, Mrs. J. J. Mitchell, Globosa Alba, H. W. Buckbee and F. J. Taggart. Foreign introductions will be quite a feature at the shows this season and the grower who does not stock up with a tew will be at a disadvantage, particu- larly in collections, where size and striking colors count so much. In selecting these we shall have to depend largely on the descriptions of the introducers, but we had the pleasure of noting a few last fall as follows: Mile. Marie Liger, extra fine incurved pink; Mrs. Greenfield, fine yellow; Mrs. E. Thrikell, yellow, reflexed, large size; Mme. Paslo Radaelli, combi- nation pink and yellow, fine; Silver Queen, light pink, grand; Mile. M. Douillet, white; W. R. Church, fine incurved "any other color." Lily Mountfort looks like a fine commercial pink. When sending in your orders do not forget to add a plant or two of the three great Australian yellows, Mrs. T. W. Pockett. C. J. Salter and Mrs. Harry Emmerton. These are dark horses as yet, but they will need watching. On receiving the young stock, if in good con- dition, they can be planted on a bench in some light soil and a cutting or two obtained from them before they are planted in their permanent quarters. C. W. Johnson. Daboecla Pollfolia Alba. The very pretty Daboecia polifoliaalba has been made a specialty of late by a number of European firms, who find that it attracts a great deal of attention and is a favorite with the buying public. It blooms from June until late in the fall, and its dainty appearance attracts every flower lover. It looks best in small pots, which present a very pleasing appear- ance when in bloom, especially if conifers are used as a background. It is advisa- ble to cover the soil with sphagnum or common vrood moss while the plants are still small, to prevent the soil from drying out too quickly and also to prevent it from warming up too easily. The small, pointed leaves are green on the upper and grayish white on the lower side. The cut stalks are splendidly adapted for fine cut flower work, for Dabcecia Polifolia Alba. (From Moller's Gartner-Zeitung.) which purpose these plants can be raised to good advantage. The plants are particularly free bloom- ing w^hen planted out. They prefer a location which is partially shaded, where the hot sun of mid-day does not strike. They like a loose, sandy soil, a mixture of peat, leaf mould and turf. It is advis- able to lift the plants with a ball of earth every three or four years and to renew the soil. Propagation may be by cuttings or by layers. If cuttings, they should be made like those ot any other Hollander plants, that is, put in pots which are filled w^ith sandy leaf mould and covered with a layer of sand. A glass globe should then be put over these pots in such a way that there is a space between the edge of the pot and the globe, which space will admit moisture into the inner side of the globe, without touching the cuttings. These globes must be cleaned daily. The pots should be placed in a iairly warm, shaded hotbed. These dabcecias can also be raised from seeds, but the seed- lings will have to be cultivated in pots for a time and wintered over free from frost. Another writer in Moller's Deutsche Gartner-Zeitung says that during the growing period the application of strong liquid manure every week is necessary. The flowering period is between July and September, but it can be lengthened until November by repeated pruning of the young shoots. Bees are very fond of the flowers and puncture the little bells from the side in order to get at the honey, and in that manner sometimes render the plants unfit for sale. The propagation should take place in August. The blooming of the plants can be regulated. If the flowers are wanted earlier than September the plants should be cut back early in the spring; if for November or December blooming they should be cut back about the middle of M^. If the plants are grown in pots they have a sort of poor and starved appear- ance and for that reason it is advisable to plant ihem out. When the flower spikes are perfected the plants can easily be lifted and put into pots and the plants are not disturbed if this work is done carefully. One of the faults of the flower spike is that the whole spike is not always in bloom at one time, and they have to be sold quite often when only the lower five or six bells are open. Daboecia polifolia alba is found in the Azores, the north of Spain, in southwest- ern France and in Ireland. A common name for it is Irish heather. Besides the white form there is a reddish and purple variety, also one that is reddish with white stripes. A Private Place at Cleveland. J. C. Kelley is the florist in charge of J. H. Wade's private place at the corner of Euclid and Case avenues at Cleveland, one of the best city establish- ments in the country. There is a large palm house where the plants are grown in large tubs to be removed to the lawn in summer. The stock includes some fine specimens of latania, phoenix, kentia, ficus, pandanus and Boston fern. The next house is full of plants for Easter, a fine lot of azaleas and lilies. Lilium auratum, rubrum and album, callas, amaryllises, also a fine lot of Dutch bulbs, are grown in this house, with shelves for bedding stock. The next house is in carnations, mostly Lawson. They are in fine health and full crop. The side bench is occupied by Roosevelt, Crane, Hill and Bradt. The other side was young plants ready for plaating out. Then there is a house devoted to bed- ding plants, such as geraniums, coleus and altemantheras. A small house was full of young chrysanthemums. In the rose house they grow some fine flowers, mostly Bridesmaid, Bride, Wootton and American Beauty, with a bench ot plants in pots for planting out during summer. The mushroom house has three beds, English spawn being used. They are nearly off crop but have given good results all season. The vegetable garden is still bare, but there are many hotbeds for lettuce, radishes and plants for the open ground. There is a splendid lawn and the arti- ficial lake and rustic work add much to the grounds. The tulips and hyacinths are just coming through the ground. After the bulbs are through blooming the beds are filled with other stock. One bed alone takes 1,500 Mrs. Perkins geraniums. The greenhouses are built of iron and stone with'cement walks. The heat is by hot water. The place consists of fifteen acres. W. igoj. The American Florist. 311 A NOTABLE SILVER WEDDING DECORATION RECENTLY EXECUTED BY A. EHMANN, NEW YORK CITY. Spring Exhibition at Boston. The spring exhibition of the Massa- chusetts Horticultural Society March IS to 22 was not a large one, but the quality of the exhibits generally went far to atone for any deficiency in extent. A number of exhibitors who have taken a prominent place in previous shows were conspicuously absent. Whether or not they stayed out because of a knowledge of the unapproachable competition that they would have to face, we are not informed. The star performer was James Stuart, gardener to Geo. F. Fabyan.who staged a set of forty cyclamens which were a revelation in the possibilities of cyclamen culture and broke the records in this country or probably elsewhere. Boston's cj'clamen shows in the past have always received extravagant praise, but this eye-opener starts a new epoch. The cinerarias from the samegroweralso distanced all competitors. Mr. Stuart is a young man of unassuming mien, and was a pupil under \Vm. Donald when that expert was making his record at J. S. Bailey's. Another feature which helped redeem the exhibition was the group of twelve trained specimens of the Farquhar rose, artistically set ofiF by a large collec- tion of bays, palms and so forth, the display filling one end of the hall. Two plants of the rose trained to a height of upwards of twenty feet on the wall well illustrated the decorative effect of the Farquhar rose as a climber. This exhibit was made by R. & J. Farquhar & Co. M. H. Walsh showed a plant in bloom of his new climbing rose, Hiawatha. This is a cross between Crimson Rambler and Carmine Pillar. It is simply charm- ing, the flowers single, carmine, fading to almost white in the center, and borne in remarkable profusion. Mr. Thatcher, gardener to Mrs. J. L. Gardner, sent a group of specimens of a seedling aspara- gus exceedingly dainty and feathery, which promises to outclass all known varieties as a decorative pot plant. From Walter Hunnewell, T. D. Hatfield, gardener, came a fine hybrid imanto- phyllum (I. miniatum X Amarj'llis John- sonii). From Mrs. A. W. Blake, Henry Wild, gardener, came a group of showy seedling araaryllises. W. P. Winsor, Peter Murray, gardener, was represented by a new variety of Adiantum cuneatum very graceful in character. J. S. Bailey, A. J. Newell, gardener, showed a plant of Cypripedium Rothschildianum bearing nine flowers, pronounced by the orchid experts to be something extraordinary. .\ plant of Cyclamen Sutton's Salmon Pink from Bancroft Winsor attracted special attention for its fine rare color. Mrs. Q.A.Shaw showed Crinum Macow- anii iu three large showy plants. Geo. E. Buxton showed a seedling pink car- nation of more than ordinary promise, named Marion Fatten Buxton. The above includes all the notable novelties on exhibition. Several fortu- nate enthusiasts got a peep at some of E. O. Orpet's seedling cattleyas, of which that gentleman brought some blooms, which, however, were not publicly shown. Special awards were made as follows: Silver gilt medals to H. A. Dreer for a group of Pandanus Sanderi; to Lager & Hurrell for exquisite display of orchids; to Peter Fisher for four vases of Enchant- ress, Mrs. M. A. Patten, Gov. Wolcott and Boston Market carnations. Silver medals to Jas. Stuart for superior culti- vation of cyclamens; to Col. Charles Pfaff, George Melvin, gardener, for a pretty display of orchids. Certificates of merit to M. H. Walsh for rose Hiawatha; to Wm. Thatcher for seedling asparagus. Honorable mention to W. P. Winsor for new adiantum and to Bancroft Winsor for Cyclamen Sutton's Salmon Pink. The Bussey Institution made a most beauti- ful and interesting exhibit of wild and cultivated spring flowering hardy plants. L. H. Ff)stcr contributed good specimens of Nephrolepis "Anna Foster." In the regular prize competitions many classes were untouched. The displays of spring flowering bulbs were limited to the general collections of W. S. Ewell & Son and the Bussey Institution, which were of the usual high order of excellence, and a number of special entries from Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Azaleas were limited to less than half a dozen specimens, Geo. E. Buxton's Empress ot India taking first prize. In greenhouse plants there was nothing specialh- noticeable except Mrs. J. ly. Gardner's Acacia heterophylla, a plant seven feet high, and J. S. Bailey's 312 The American Florist. Mar. 28, group of palms. W. Whitman, Mr. Sulli- van, gardener, won on hardy poly- anthuses and jonquils. Geo. F. Fabyan, Mrs. Gardner and E. J. Mitton were suc- cesslul on cinerarias in order named. In the cut flower section carnations predominated and were excellent through- out. Peter Fisher's four vases, above noted, were a ceater of attraction. Of equal merit were M. A. Patten's Pros- perity, Manley, Dorothy Whitney, Gov. Roosevelt and Gov. Wolcott,' all of which took first prizes in their respective classes. A. Roper won first prize in the light pink class. L. E. Small, Stevens & Co. and S. J. Reuter were also among the prominent exhibitors. In violets N. F. Comley made a fine showing, winning three first prizes, H. F. Calder taking one for Lady Campbell. Roses were confined to vases of fine Beauty and Liberty from W. H. Elliott and Golden Gate from Waban Rose Conservatories, all of which won first, and Queen of Edgely from the Floral Exchange and Ivory from Waban, both of which won second. The Dreer Azalea Houses. The accompanying illustration shows the range of plant houses erected at Riv- erton, N. J., last summer by the H. A. Dreer Company, of Philadelphia. Some idea of the magnitude of the hard- wooded forcing plant business of this firm maybe gained from the fact that this range is used solely for the shelter of stock of this character, principally azaleas. There are no benches in any ot these houses, which are twelve in number, 14x150, running from northwest to southeast, in which direction the ground slopes gently. Before deciding on this short-span style of construction, which is known in the trade as the "Dietsch Patent," J. D. Eisele, the manager of the greenhouse department, made a trip to Chicago, where there are several similar ranges used for cut flower growing. The advan- tage which appealed most forcibly to him was thesuperiorventilation afforded, but he has only one run of continuous ventilation on his houses. There is forty- two inches of glass in the side wall shown and 14x16 glass was used for glazing. Mr. Eisele now states that the plants have been easier handled in these houses and that light, air and heat have been well ui.der control. With reference to azaleas, ,Mr. Eisele says: "We find the stock in even better demand than last year. The leading varieties, of course, always have been and will remain, Mme. Vander Cruyssen (unfortunately this variety has been very scarce in Belgium for the past two years) followed by Vervseneana, Empress of India, Bernard Andre alba and Simon Mardner, with a small proportion of other varieties. I believe our entire trade in this country would be perfectly satisfied to receive nothing but the sorts which I have named above. All other varieties seem to be in limited demand." Easter Plants in Philadelphia. The stock of plants being brought on for the Easter trade is from ten to fifteen per cent greater than that of any previous season. For the most part it is of very good quality and in variety quite equal to that of last year. The quality of the lilies is particularly good, being much better than last season, when so many of the plants were crippled. The plants are a good height, with foliage to the pot and but little of it showing brown at the tips. Quite a number of growers complain of the light percentage of flowers carried to the plant, many stocks having only set from two to three buds, but others point with satisfaction to stock which runs from four to eight. Hugh Graham has probably one of the largest stocks of lilies, which consists of the red-stemmed Japs., floribunda and Harrisii. They all look well. Many of them will beexcellent for cutting, as they are not heavily budded. There is a fine stock of azaleas in all sizes, some 5,000 of them, and all seeming to be just about right for the season. A house of fine Brunners looks very promising; I never saw better. They are all in boxes, carry- ing one to three buds to a plant, and will make Easter week all about the same time. Several houses of carnations are in the pink of condition and apparently flowering themselves to death, as six to eight good flowers open were counted on many plants. Robert Craig & Son have auimmense stock of plants and all in fine condition. The lilies are hard to beat. Nearly 50,000 bulbs are coming along in pots and pans containing from one to eight bulbs each. They are a very clean and healthy lot, the best all-around lot Mr. Craig has ever had, which is saying a good deal. Other stock consists of house after house of azaleas, large blocks of spirEea, hundreds of Crimson Ramblers, a house of heavily flowered hydrangeas, tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, by the ten thousand in pots and pans, in fact one of the best all-around stocks in the country. W. K. Harris is a man of specialties, and a trip around his houses shows that his reputation as a first-class grower is still without blemish. His house of bougainvillea is a wilderness of bloom and the specimens are probably the most conspicuous of all Easter plants. His genistas are in a class by themselves and some low pans closely trimmed and covered with bloom should be grand sellers. Large hj'drangeas, both pink and blue, are particularly well done. I have never seen so many good plants together; some carry twenty-eight large heads of bloom. There are 5,000 azaleas in various sizes and a strong feature is that eighty percent are Vander Cruyssen. The man who had the good luck to raise this variety should have a shaft erected to perpetuate his memory. A house of Deulzia gracilis and D. Lemoinei as well as a well- budded lot of rhododendi-ons and a house of Crimson Ramblers com- pletes the special features, although there are still many small lots of special things that might be mentioned. There is also a house of 3,000 lilies. In this neighborhood Samuel J. Bunt- ing has a large block of lilies, some 8,000, which are in fine shape, also a lot of bulbous stock in pots and a quantity of hydrangeas. J. W. Colflesh has a nice variety of plants, daisies, hydrangeas, about 1,500 lilies, geraniums and a lot of bulbous stock, all in nice condition, and a house of Jacqueminot roses from which he is just commencing to cut. George Anderson has his usual stock of especially well grown lilies, about 3,000. George has carried off the palm for general excel- lence tor several years. RANGE OF PLANT HOUSES BUILT LAST SEASON BY H. A. DREER, RIVERTON, N. J. igo3. The American Florist. 313 Robt. Scott & Son. of Sharon Hill, have a block of 7,000 pots of lilies which run very even; they are a fine looking lot and well flowered. The stock ot Ramblers is not (|uite as large as last season, there being about 700 fine plants, which look as if timed exactly right. There will be some choice gardenias in pots, also alot ofazaleasand hydrangeas and some spir,-pas. Yates, of Chestnut Hill, has 7,000 lilies, 500 azaleas, Acacia paradoxa, a lot of deutzias and Spira'a Gladstone. His stock is in good shape. Koehler & Son, of Frankford, have 3,000 choice lilies, some nice azaleas, a house of medium-size'l hydrangeas that are hard to beat, a lot of soira^as and a large assortment of what they call pan good:;, tulips and hyacinths. A house of Clothilde Soupert iti pots is fine. Griffin Brothers, also of Frankford, keep up their reputation as careful growers and their stock of lilies, azaleas and bulbous flowers is fine. The azaleas are particu- larly well-budded plants and a large per centage are Mme. Vander Cruyssen. They have also two houses of roses in pots that are looking well. At W'estcott's, at Laurel Hill, there are 2,000 lilies, a house of spinxa, cinerarias and some choice rhododendrons. Win. Leonard, of the Model Farm, has a house of about 3,000 lilies that is pushing hard for first place, the stock all through being first class. The Faust Nurseries, at Merion, show a house of medium azaleas, very neat plants which run largely to Vander Cruyssen. The stock of lilies consists of 3,000, nicely grown and well budded. Some very large spira;as are to be seen here, also a lot of pots and pans of bulb- ous stock. The H. A. Dreer Company has an, immense stock of azaleas in all sizes, which are well in hand and look exactly risht in point of time. Jacob Becker has some choice lilies, about 3,000, and an immense stock of pot roses, which latter are his specialtj'. The stock here looks verj' fine. James Cole is also in it with a fine batch of lilies and azaleas as well as geraniums and heliotropes, for which latter he finds good sale at this time. George Carpenter has his usual two houses of well grownlilies and a batch of 6-inch hydrangeas. The Floracroft Gardeners of Walter P. Stokes have azaleas, a lot of 3,000 choice lilies, some white hydrangeas, a scarce article, and pot roses. Zimmer, of CoUingswood, New Jersey, has lilies, hydrangeas, spirjea, bulbous stock, pansies and geraniums, all in good shape. There are many more, but they will have to wait until next week. Robt. Kift. Viburnum Opulus Sterilis. Viburnum opulus sterilis as shown in the accompanyingreproduction of a pho- tograph is a plant allowed to grow for fifteen years without having been pruned. This plant is in the garden ot Mrs. Edward King, at Newport, R. I., and the gardener in charge is Andrew Ramsay. When Mr. Ramsay assumed charge of Mrs. King's place he found the plant mutilated by over-pruning. He has allowed it to grow unchecked by the knife, with the result shown. J. K. M. L. Farquhar. Thomas H. Douglas, of Waukegan, Ills., calls attention to the fact that Salisburia adiantifolia is supposed to be the only broad-leaved tree which has no mid-rib in its leaves. VIBURNUM OPULUS STERILIS. Florists' Plant Notes. If any of your azaleas are too forward the best place to retard them is in a cool lean-to on the north side of a house where plenty of air can be given. Keep them shaded from the bright sun and allow plenty of room between the plants. The backward ones can be quickly forced out by placing them in a temperature a few degrees warmer with full sun exposure and plenty of water at the roots. HYDRANGEAS. Your hydrangeas ought to be showing color now to be on time for Easter. If the flowers are fully developed by this time remove them into a temperature tea or fifteen degrees cooler and give each plant plenty of space so as to allow a free circulation of air to all. Hardening them off in this wayfor two weeks before the plants are sold will greatly enhance their lasting qualities and will give greater satisfaction to your customers. Water copiously, but allow no water to touch the flowers after they are developed. ASTILBE. The flowers of the astilbe do not last very long after they are out, so if yours are too early place them in as cool a house as you have and keep them shaded. As near to 40° at night as possible will hold them back to some extent. Never wet the flowers by overhead syringing. Those for Memorial day should be brought in and potted up at once. They will commence to grow almost as soon as you have them watered, so to save handling it is better to give them bench room as soon as you bring them in, if you have it to spare. No hard forcing is necessary to bring them into flower for Memorial day. If you placed your bulbs under a bench because you were short of room at the time you brought them in, you must get them into a good light place as soon as possible. Keeping them in semi-darkness will draw them up too much and weaken the stem, and nothing is more unsightly than a Dutch hyacinth in a 4-inch pot, sixteen to eighteen inches high, with a crooked stem supported by a cane. Give them a support in the shape of a neat little green match stick to each flo wer, tied with green string o/ raffia, for no matter how straight and strong you may grow them, unless you stake them you will surely have some of them broken off when the men get to handling them before they are finally delivered at the buj-er's house. The buds on the lilies ought to be pop- ping open pretty lively now. If a high forcing temperature is being maintained you should as soon as two or three flowers are open on a plant remove it to a cooler temperature to harden them 314 The American Florist. Mar. 28, off before they are sold. Belated ones can stand a high temperature; 75° at night and 15° warmer in the day time is not too high it this extreme temperature is necessary to force out the buds on time, for after Easter thejr will beof Uttle use. Ifyou have the lacilities for giving them manure water heated to the same as the forcing temperature, it will drive them along all the faster. Plenty ot syringing is necessary under these con- ditions, but after the flowers are open overhead syringing must cease. OTHER PLANTS. Rhododendrons should be slightly shaded from the bright sun and require copious waterings at the root to prevent the flowers from wilting. Cinerarias, genistas, primulas and geraniums in flower also find ready sale with those whose purse is limited. Crimson Ram- blers will give best satisfaction when grown in a temperature of 56°. If a much higher temperature is given it will weaken the plants. Give them plenty of manure water and syringe daily. G. CARNATIONS. THE LARGEST GROWER. Ed. Am. Florist:— Can you tell me who is the largest carnation grower in New England? J- E. B. CULTURAL REMINDERS. We are just now entering a very try- ing season in the routine of our year's work. The changable weather of April will have a very debilitating effect upon our plants if we do not exercise our skill to the utmost to regulate things. The season of profit is by no means over with most varieties, and it will be time and pains well spent to carry our plants safely through the next few weeks. The slump in the market that always comes after Easter is felt most keenly by those whose vigilance in the greenhouse relaxes with the reawakening of outdoor life. There is no time when skill and atten- tion to details are better appreciated and more quickly rewarded by the plants than now. If we expect our work to count for anything from now on we must have quality, and as quality and quantity oiten go hand in hand and both spring from the same source, those who succeed in making the most of both in the next four months will add greatly to the net income of the place. The gross income per square foot after Easter, and until time for replanting the houses, will realize a percentage of profit almost as great as it did in mid-winter, when coal bills and cost of handling stock were apt to leave the item of profit a small mat- ter to worry over. , Just now our chief aim should be to gradually accustom our plants to the changed conditions that they are to be rather suddenly plunged into. March is still a month of hard firing, with nearly all the conditions of winter, while in April the conditions are likely to be changed to all the evils that accompany our almost torrid summers, which are greatly augmented by the fact that the plants are not inured to them. And then, after a few days of one extreme, a quick change to the other is almost cer- tain, and so it may go until the more settled weather of May gives the plants a chance to become accustomed to their new surroundings. At this time the plants are accustomed to evenness of temperatore, etc., or at least to very gradual changes. Such a thing as a warm and windy day, after a few days of close, damp weather will require close attention. Rather than put on every inch of air to keep down the temperature, and thereby cause the plants to wilt badly, open the ventilators only partially, syringe the plants lightly once or twice before noon and guard against strong draughts even at the risk of running the temperature a little above normal. A wilted plant is not always a sign that the conditions sur- rounding it are not conducive to its health, but just now it is more often an indication that the plants have been softened by dull weather and a close atmosphere than otherwise. Therefore, we should try to maintain conditions as nearly as possible between a dull, moist- ure-laden atmosphere, on the one hand, and the diametrically opposite extreme on the other. Careful watering and ventilating will be necessary to carry out this idea. Dur- ing cloudy weather it is often well to have a little heat and a few inches of air on the house, thus avoiding the danger of softening the plants and making them less able to stand a bright and airy day •without wilting, when it does come. At such times watering should be avoided as much as possible, for evaporation from the leaves is very slow, and a very wet soil will only overcharge the tissues with moisture and cause that bloated condition which does not readily adjust itself to changed conditions in the atmos- phere. There is very little nourishment left in the soil, so feeding must be kept up regularly. Whatever fertilizers are used from now on should be such as do not require a long time to become available. Bone meal should not be used unless it is very fine, almost as fine as flour. Sheep manure is a very good fertilizer to use as a top dressing from now on, and it can be used stronger than in mid-winter. A cubic yard to ahouse 20x150 feet willnot be too strong. I refer to that, kind that is taken directly from the sheep pens and has more or less foreign matter mixed with it, making it weaker. It should be old and well decayed. Soot, wood ashes and air-slaked lime should also be used occasionally in weak doses. When liquid feeding is practiced a good watering with liquid manure should be given about once a week. Of course in this matter of feed- ing, as in all others, the peculiarities of varieties must be taken into considera- tion, some varieties having a strong appetite and others requiring compara- tively little food. Feed lightly and at short intervals, and you will not go far wrong with any variety. All varieties will be benefited by a light shading now, just enough to break the s trong ray s of the sun . Whether you put it on with a brush or with a syringe matters not, so long as you get it the right strength. It should be put on with the view of increasing the strength later on. Naptha and white lead make a good mixture to use. Whitewash is cheaper, but does not stick so well and is apt to damage the paint on the woodwork. You will be safe in running the houses that have a good crop of buds ready to open at about 60°, night temperature, for a week before Easter. Let the tempera- ture be raised gradually, a degree or two each night, and lowered gradually, and no harm will be done. A corresponding raise in the day temperature is implied in the above. A good market is assured all first-class stock this year. J- VIOLETS. violet growing. Violet culture may be divided in two classes, the slipshod and the viloet grower proper. The slipshod very often start into the business with the poorest kind of equipment and no experience. They succeed for a few years in a truly marvelous way and then trouble comes upon them in one form or other and their flowers commence to rank and afterward stay classed with the inferior blooms. The violet grower proper, however, has also many trials and the temptation will be strong at times to give up and grow some other crop less wearing to the nerves. But he plods sturdily on, endea- vors to profit by his experience, and in the end succeeds. With love for the work and appreciation of every need of the plants, success will crown all difficulties. Success really means ability to see, to grasp, and to utilize all the little items in the business, and this faculty will help even the large growers to improve their product. propagation. In selecting plants for propagation, much care should be taken to choose those that are positively free from all disease. The method generally used in Rhinebeck, N. Y., consists of cutting the side shoots from the main plant. These . cuttings should be taken any tiipe from the first of March to the middle of April. Bv propagating this way the main plant is' retained in usefulness, very often pro- ducing flowers until the first of May and in cool seasons a little longer than that. These cuttings should be trimmed and placed in shallow boxes with good drain- age, the soil composed of one-third rich earth on the bottom of the box and two- thirds sand on top. Firm the soil well about them, keep shaded a few days and see that they are constantly moist. We make it the invariable practice to use the same sand but once. The cuttings should be looked after carefully every day; never allow them to wilt, and keep all diseased or bruised leaves picked off. Practical. New York. IMPROVEMENT I.S THE MARKET. — THE WEATHER A BIG FACTOR IN EASTER SUPPLIES. — MANY VISITORS. —JOTTINGS OF THE TRADE. Cut flower business shows a slight improvement this week. The princi- pal solicitude at present is the effect of the advanced spring on the Easter supply. Bulbous flowers are about to bloom out of doors and the usual stock of greenhouse flowers in this class seems now^ out of the question. Much depends upon the weather of the next two weeks. The plant growers are not idle and have so many visitors now-a- days that the time is too short in which to attend to business. Their main soli- citude is also the weather, which is driving azaleas, lilies and rhododendrons into bloom prematurely. A large number of visitors have been in town this week. The list includes Fred R. Mathison, Waltham, Mass, W. W. Edgar, wife and daughter, Waverly, Mass., Mrs. Aug. Gaedeke, Nashua, N. H.,T. Ulamand wife, Pittsburg, Pa., J. H. Rebstock, Buffalo, N. Y., Fritz Breit- meyer, Detroit, Mich., Walter Breiten- stein, Pittsburg, Pa,, C. Schoenhut, Buf- falo, Robert Craig, Philadelphia, J. T. Butterfield, South Framinghara, Mass., H. H. Battles, Philadelphia. rgos. The American Florist. 315 Chas. Alaynard, recenth' with Schlegel, Bay Ridge, N. Y., will succeed Mr. Totty as manager of the greenhouses under Mr. Herrington at Florham Farms, Madison, N. J., Mr. Totty having pur- chased greenhouses to go into commer- cial business in Madison, X.J. Mr. Bond, recently at the Ames place in North Baston, Mass., will succeed Mr. May- nard. J. J. Perkins is now running the old store at 4-8 West Thirtieth street, form- erly conducted by James Purdy, as a branch, and has placed his son R. \V. Perkins in charge. Wm. Plumb will locate in Madison, N. J., and enter the ranks of the rose growers, having secured the greenhouses of P. Connolly in that place. A. VVarendorff is about to open a wholesale-retail store at 37 WestTwenty- eighth street as soon as alterations to the building are completed. Willard Kervan has severed his con- nection with the Kervan Co. James Purdy talks of making a trip to Europe about June 1. Chicago. MARKET MOVING ALO.NG AT A GOOD PACE. — RECEIPTS WELL CLEANED UP EACH DAY. — LOW GRADE ROSES ACCUMULATE. —CARNATIONS STILL IN MOST ACTIVE DEMAND. — CONFLICT OF OPINION .^S TO EASTER CUTS. — MANY LILIES WILL BE READY. — NOTES OF DOINGS OF GROWERS, WHOLESALERS AND OTHERS. The local retailers report business as not unusually active, but the out-of- town demand is continuing very strong, and the market is well cleaned up each day. General conditions show very little change from last report. There is still a lack of quality in the long Beauties cut by many growers and the extra lengths are not moving so briskh' as might be desired. There are small receipts ot medium-stemmed Beauties, but too many shorts, the accumulation remain- ing until Saturday, when the Greeks dispose of whatever is in the market. Select tea roses are still scarce, but for two weeks or more there have been enough of the lower grades to leave some in wholesalers' hands at the close of business nearly every day. The result has been, as usual, that while top figures prevail for good grades, the average is pulled down by the short and soft stock. Carnations are holding up right along. A number of orders have had to be refijsed each day because of the impossi- bility of supplying the goods at the figures named by the buyers. White is still in greatest demand. It is doubtful if the receipts of carnations are as large as is usual at this season of the year, even with the increased glass area now producing, but the quality of the general cut for this market was never before so high for any considerable period. Bul- bous stock is diminishing in quantity, with the single exception of callas, which were never so plentiful in this market as during the past three or four weeks. Tulips are not now received in quantity and the other items ot bulbous stock are fairly well cleaned out each day, although moving a great deal slower than the staples. Violets have seen better days. They have deteriorated in quality with nearly every producer, and the quantity received is not very heavy, although one house reports having handled 40,000 one day this week. Prices are not what the growers would like to see, but fairly well in keeping with the quality of the goods and the season of the year. Most of the smilax growers are pretty well cut out on this specialty and it is bring- ing a good price, considering that most of the strings are light. Asparagus plumosus is more plentiful and is selhng well. It is a green which has not been so extensively used as should be the case, but it seems to be coming into its own this season. Opinions vary decidedly as to the pros- pects for Easter. Some of the growers are confident of fair cuts of roses, while others believe the receipts will show very little increase over those of the present time, even with the most favorable weather. They say there is no good wood on the plants to make blooms within two weeks. It seems to be gen- erally accepted that the carnation crop will be decidedly under the requirements and the wholesalers are not inclined to accept large orders, believing that they will have to divide up the stock to give each customer a share, without meeting requirements in full. However, the growers have been known to dig up con- siderable quantities of stock at the last moment. There are certain to be large supplies of lilies, good, bad and indiffer- ent, but it is not likely that there will be enough good stock to go around, which will help the market for callas. There does not seem to be any large quantity of flowering plants in course of prepara- tion, but Chicago has never called for this stock in the quantities in which it is required in the eastern cities. There was a good attendance at the meeting of the Florists' Club Wednesday evening, due no doulit to the prospect of exhibits ot Easter stock, which failed to materialize. Fred G. Hunt, of Mt. Greenwood, was admitted to member- ship and John Hoeft, Geo. C. Hartung and Walter Kreitling were appointed a committee to arrange for smoker at the second April meeting. Weiland & Risch are cutting some very good Harrisii, but they are running only about three flowers to the stalk. This is such stock as the retailers like best, but there is little profit to the grower, and where the man comes out who is only getting one or two flowers to the stalk is quite problematical, and there are many such. J. L. Raske, who has conducted a flower stand in the rotunda of the Board of Trade for several years, on March 23 opened a very attractive store at the ladies' entrance of the Grand Pacific Hotel, on Jackson boulevard. Chas. A. Samuelson says one of the most efl'ective window decorations he has ever had was that of last week, con- sisting of shamrocks, green ribbon and a harp of leucothce. J. A. Budlong says that he cannot see anj-thing but prosperity ahead of the trade and he expects to keep right on building as long as his real estate holds out. E. E. Pieser thinks that there is no possibility of enough Easter stock except of the lower grades, which arc ordinarily not wanted at a holiday. J. B. Deamud ventured into the horse market at the Stock Yards one day this week in search of a team for his farm at Cairo, Mich. When C. W. McKellar, of McKellar & Winterson, returned from the south he lelt Mrs. McKellar there for a several weeks' visit. L. Coatsworth, of Benthey & Com- pany, has been on a trip to St. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans in the past two weeks. Some of the best lilies in town are those of Damm Brothers, who say that they find the stock perfectly healthy this year. The Dearborn Floral Company has opened a very neat store at 215 Dear- born street, opposite the new postoffice. C. M. Dickinson, of Hunt's says the call for Easter novelties, particularly pot coverings, exceeds all previous records. ■ Peter Reinberg is having a very nice cut of Mme. Chatenay and Liberty is coming along nicely also. Wietor Brothers say that the carna- tion to grow for blooms and profit is the pink sport ot Armazindy. Basssett & Washburn will enlarge their list of roses for next season, adding probably Sunrise and Chatenay. E. C. Amling is showing asparagus strings twelve and fourteen feet long. A. Lowatsch is opening a store and greenhouse at 170 Mozarl street. F. Beu is building a new house. Visitors: Geo. M. Kellogg, Pleasant Hill, Mo.; Jacobus Keur, of C. Keur & Sons, Hillegom, Holland; A. Billings, Cudahy, Wis.; H. V. Hunkel, Milwaukee, Wis.; H. E. Philpott, Winnipeg, Man.; A. Peterson, Paxton, HI.; W. C. Cook and Chas. A. Maxon, Kalamazoo, Mich.; R. J. Mohr, St. Louis.; J. A. Evans, Rich- mond, Ind. St, Louis. TRADE VERYGOODANDSTOCK RUNS SHORT. — WHOLESALERS REFUSING ORDERS. — SOME GOOD DECORATIONS. — VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. An abundance of funeral work keeps the local market fairly well cleaned up, and in roses and carnations there has even been a scarcity at times. Last week the thermometer touched 85°, but a cold wave has now shortened the supph- con- siderably, and a great many shipping orders have been turned down by local commission men. Bulbous stock is quite plentiful, but moves very quickly. Lilies have taken a drop to $10 and $12 per hundred. Very few violets came in this week and these were of very poor quality. J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, is send- ing in some very good Beauties. A great many blooming plants are coming to this market. All the stores are showing fine azaleas, rhododendrons, acacias and lilies. Bulbous stock in pans is also seen in quantity. There is some fear expressed among the store men that there will be a shortage in blooming plants for Easter, especially azaleas and rhododendrons. Some very fine decorations were done in honor of the return from Europe of D. R. Francis, of the World's Fair. The Ellison Floral Company did one at the St. Louis Club that surpassed even the Prince Henry decoration. American Beauties were used in great quantities. At the reception in the Stock Exchange the Reissen Floral Company did the work, which was also quite elaborate. Michel's greenhouses are all well stocked, chiefly with bedding plants, among which is a house of very fine Jean Viaud geraniums in 5-inch pots, covered with blooms. Mr. Michel will have a fine lot of bulbous stock and flowering plants for Easter. This firm has a force of fifty men under Mr. Hetheringtoh, doing landscape work in the different parts of the city. R. F. Tesson is rapidly cjisposing of his stock and preparing to turn over his range of houses to the World's Fair. The Plant Seed Company and the local department stores are havmg quite a run on dormant roses. The Ellison Floral Company opened their store at 3568 Olive street March 23. 31j6 The American Florist. Mar. 28, The Connon Floral Company had a large decoration for the Schraf Cafe opening. Stowell Tesson has charge of the Tesson store on Grand avenue. Miss Maggie Lupe has returned from a visit to Arcadia, Mo. Visitors: L. Van Leeuwen, Hillegom; Jac. Smits, Sassenheim; Mr. De Nijs, Hillegom, and others. H. J. F. St. Paul. STOCK SCARCE.— EASTER PROSPECTS. — CALLS UPCS GROWERS. — LILIES DIS- EASED. — CLUB ROOT IN TOMATO HOUSE. — MANY TRADE VISITORS. The range of Fred Busch, the vegetable grower in Minneapolis, has been fully described in these columns several times the past few years, so I will not attempt further description at this time. But his methods are so thoroughly sensible and business-like and the whole place so thrifty that I cannot forbear a word of praise in passing. This year he is grow- ing lettuce, parsley and radishes forearly crop and cucumbers and tomatoes for late. All vegetables, like flowers, have their enemies in disease or insect pests and the successful counteracting of these is the most important part of vegetable growing. Lettuce was badly affected with stem rot until air-slaked lime mixed with the soil in large quantities was found to be the panacea for this ailment. In the large house — the largest in the state, 60x300 feet in size — tomatoes were planted in October. Soon after club root developed to such an extent that the plants were becoming worthless and the steam was turned off entirely and the ground frozen solid for several weeks. This etfectually killed the club root, for plants put in a few weeks since are in very fine condition, without the least trace of the old disease. A swarm of bees is kept in each house to fertilize the blooms. Plants affected by club root will not fertilize properly and fruit will not set on such plants. In lean-to sheds on the north side of these houses, mush- rooms and rhubarb are grown. These are both profitable, as they always com- mand a good price in the market. The spawn used tais year is a home-grown product, being prepared by Mr. Lambert, of this city, an enthusiastic mushroom grower. Rhubarb is grown in the dark as the stalks then grow straight and crisp. A few days of light before cutting colors them to just the right tint for market. Mr. Busch has always been prominently identified with the florists' clubs and societies, both local and national, and his adyice is always wel- comed by all in the trade. Incidentally it might be mentioned that by closing his large house during the coldest weather he not only disposed of club root but also avoided an extremely heavy coal bill. Others might profit by the same methods. Aug. S. S wanson has a fine lot of azaleas for Easter trade, also standard sno wballs, grafted wistarias and other novelties. His roses are looking well though they show the effects of continued dark weather. A bench o) Kaiserin was par- ticularly fine, showing hundreds of buds in all stages of development. The same plants produced an average of ten blooms each during the fall months, so that it is profitable even though it blossoms spar- ingly during the winter. He is growing three houses of Beauties which are com- ing on in fine shape. Lady Campbell violets are in fine condition and produc- ing a nice lot of flowers. Mr. S wanson is one of the most successful bulb growers in the state and has a bench of 9,000 Spanish iris which should be just right for Easter trade. He grows alliums quite extensively and considers them profitable. In the carnation house a fine lot of sweet peas in full bloom attracted attention and are certainly very pleasing at this season of the year and sell very readily. He has some peonies coming into bloom for Easter which should make his stores very attractive. Bad weather the past week caused a shortening up of stock all along the line. From a full supply of most flowers and a surfeit of some the dealers were brought face to face with a scarcity in many lines. Bulbous stock which went beg- ging ten days ago would be highly priz ;d to-day. The dark weather has upset all Easter plans and stock that was carried to the cool pit a week ago is given the warmest place to-day. From present indications Easter stock will not be over- plentiful. Lilies are scarce. Disease, dark weather and other causes have cut down and kept back fully fifty per cent of the bulbs planted. Azaleas are plentiful and will be on time. Hybrid and Ram- bler roses will be scarce. Cheap bulb stock will be abundant. Cut flowers should be quite plentiful. Inquiries are frequent and all incications point to a very successful Easter trade. A steady stream of travelers has been passing through the town tor two weeks past, all intent on capturing orders for fall shipments. \V. H. Greisinger, repre- senting Louis Van Houtte, Ghent; P. J. Van Heiningen, of New York, ol P. Loef Az & Company, Boskoop, Holland; J. McHutchison, of New York; J. M. Jans^n, representing C. Keur & Sons, of Hille- gom; Jos. Rolker, of New York; M. J. Weppner, with The Geo. Wittbold Com- pany, Chicago; J. Vander Mey, of Van Zanten & Sons; H. Van Zonneveld, of Van Zonneveld Brothers & Philippo, Sassenheim; Mr. Graver, of Shotwell & Graver, Fargo, N. D.; H. E. Philpott, of Winnipejf, and many others. Felix. Cleveland. CLUB HOLDS A VERY SUCCESSFUL CARNA- TION SHOW.— MUCH GOOD STOCK FROM LOCAL GROWERS. — GOOD VASES OF NOVELTIES. — CLUB PROSPERS. — VARIOUS NOTES. The Cleveland Florists' Club held its carnation show March 23 and it was a pronounced success. It was a purely local affair, a friendly rivalry existing among the growers to show their best stock. However, the Chicago Carnation Co., of Joliet, 111., sent a box of superb floweis which arrived perfect condi- tion. The report of the judges is as fol- lows: An exhibit by Bate Brothers, of a vase each of Lawsou, Crane and Joost, was considered by the committee as especially fine. A splendid vase of Bride and Bridesmaid roses exhibited by the same firm was much admired and gave evidence of the best culture. The J. M. Gasser Company exhibited a vase each of Lawson, Marquis, White Daybreak, Genevieve Lord, Scott, Daybreak and White Cloud, all of which were very creditable. James Wilson showed two vases of mixed carnations, well-grown flowers, all the latest and improved vari- eties. A. Schmitt exhibited a fine vase of Lawson. Herman Hart showed two vases of mixed carnations of high quality. Merkel & Son, of Mentor, O., exhibited a vase each of Lawson and Queen Louise and one of mixed varieties, showing evi- dence of very good culture. The same firm also showed a very fine vase of Bridesmaid and Golden Gate roses. H. R. Carlton, of Willoughby, exhibited a remarkably fine vase of Prosperity car- nations, which were favorably com- mented upon. Smith & Son showed a vase of fifty blooms of their seedling car- nation Magdalene which, in color and quality, give Lawson a close race and were a creditable addition to the general display. G. M. Naumann exhibited his seedling, Louise Naumann, which was very much admired. A seedling from Wm. Dilger, of Detroit, seems to be a fine flower of good size and form, but did not show up well under gaslight. The Chi- cago Carnation Company exhibited a vase each of Harlowarden, Marshall Field, Mrs. Potter Palmer and Her Majesty, all of which were perfect flowers of these splendid varieties. The judges were Adam Graham, A. L. Brown and A. M. Coe. The club continues to increase its mem- bership steadilj', new members being pro- posed at nearly every meeting. There were over fifty members present at the carnation show and a goodly number of visitors. Jay Andrews, one of our mem- bers, has been elected to the council in Lakewood. With the approach of Easter the prices on flowers are gradually settling down to the old market quotations, notwith- standing the fact that bulbous stock is coming into flower so rapidly. William Smith is sending in someof the best Brides and Bridesmaids to be seen on the market. O. G. Lowell, Mass. WEATHER FORCES ALONG THE CROPS. — FEAROF SCAR CITY FOR HOLIDAY.— STATE OF SUPPLY. — VARIOUS NOTES. During the past two weeks we have been treated to all kinds of weather; one day the thermometer would run up to 75° in the shade, then on the next drop to 40°, which has caused a lot of worry to the greenhouse men, especially those who are trying to guide their crops to be in for Easter. Everyone is hustling, anticipating a very busy time. There is talk of a strike of 20,000 mill operatives. Should this take place it certainly would be very disastrous to the florists, espe- cially at Easter. Business continues to keep up in good shape, even if it is Lent. Plenty of funeral work has kept us on the jump most of the time the past two weeks. With the supply of cut flowers such as it is at present, no trouble has been experienced in filling orders, no matter how large they were. The only shortage is single violets. The double ones have stood the weather a little bet- ter. The prices realized for them have dropped to hard pan, violets of good quality selling for $2 per thousand. The way carnations are coming in makes it look as if at Easter they would be shy. Prices are down. The lily supply is in first-class condition, especially callas. Roses have been in heavier supply the past week than for a long time. The Exeter Rose Conservatories, up at Exe- ter, N. H., are sending to us some fine Golden Gates and Madame Chatenay. The latter variety seems to have found a warm place in some of the customers' hearts. Brides, Brisesmaids and Meteors of good quality range in price from $2 to $8 per hundred. The supply of green goods is getting back into shape. The entire trade offers its sympathy to A. C. Tingley, down in Tewksbury, on the death of his father. He was a man of sterling qualities. A. M. igoj. The American Florist. 317 Eighteenth Year. 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The American Rose Society 297 —Fourth annual meeting (illus.) 297 —Secretary's report 297 —The exhibition 39S —Blind vs. flowering wood for cuttings (illus.). 298 — Work of the American Rose Society 300 Faster plants at McMulkin's (illus.) 301 Freesias over two feet high (illus.) 302 Roses — Seasonable notes 302 Good freesias (illus.) 303 Ether a ad chloroform for forcing 303 William Warner Tracy (portrait) 304 English plant notes (illus.) 301 House of asplenlums (illus.) 305 (iypsophila paniculata fl. pi 305 Moschosma riparium 305 The value of judicious planting 306 Cactus dahlia Winsome (illus.) 3:6 Lathyrus latifolius grandiflorus albus (illus.). 307 Spring pruning 308 St. Bridgid anemones (illus.) 308 Corvdalisthalictrifolia 308 Grass 308 Ideas on planting around a city home (illus.) . 309 Notes on aquatics 309 Chrysanthemums— Propag>iting and novelties. .310 Daba?eia polifolia alba (illus.).." 310 A private place at Cleveland 310 Kotable silver wedding decoration (illus.). ... 311 Spring exhibition at Boston 311 The Dreer azalea houses 312 Easter p'ants at Philadelphia 312 Viljurnumopulus sterilis (illus.) 313 Florists' plant notes 313 Carnations— The largest grower 314 — Cultural reminders 3H Violets— Violet growing 314 — Propagation 314 New York 314 Chicago 315 St. Louis 315 St. Paul 316 Cleveland 316 Lowell, Mass 318 Greenhouse building 317 American Carnation .Society 317 Cold storage for lily of the valley 317 Society of American Florists. 317 Laundry soaps as insecticides 317 Building a new range 317 Heating house and frames 318 Obituary- .\. J. Wengerter 318 — \Vm. Schulz ; 31S Catalogues received 318 Pittsburg 318 The seed trade 324 —The state of trade 324 The nursery trade 3.'6 — New England park superintendents 326 — A nurs-ryman's linbility 326 — Location of street tr^-es 326 Our pastimes- At St. Louis 328 — AtCleveland 338 —Baltimore at Philadelphia 328 —At Washington '. 328 The traveling man --^ Minneapolis ; 334 Springfield, .Mass 3;i4 Baltimore 344 Columbus, 344 Albany.N. Y 346 New Orleans 348 Salt Lake City 3.=i0 Buffalo S54 Toronto 356 Grand Rapids 3^8 Boston ?62 "Widths for greenhouses 362 Council Bluffs, la a64 A Philadelphia plantsman 366 Montreal 37 j Tobacco stems are a scarce article in the west. The modem .\donis has proved to be a channiug deceiver. An Arctic garden for polar plants is among the latest suggestions. The Lenten bogey has lost its terrors for the florists; business has been good this j'ear. There is every indication that Easter business will be better this year than ever before in the history of the trade. The lilj- disease is still with us but the conviction is spreading that the grower is as much to blame as defective bulbs, if not more. To kill thrip burn a double handful of insect powder in three pans for a house 20x100 feet. Put some paper under the powder, light it and let it smoulder like punk. The boiler makers report florists' orders coming in more slowly than usual, one leading firm having booked only one- third last year's business in January and February. Nearly every large rose growing establishment in the west will plant some grafted stock this spring and many will carry over Brides and Bridesmaids for a second year. The postal appropriation bill provides funds for the establishment of 15,00(3 new rural free delivery routes in the year beginning July 1, practically doubling this branch of the service. Greenhouse Building:. Peoria, 111. — Cole Bros., five houses 1.5x256. Closter, N. J. — E. G. Asmus, house 55x 400, propagating house 11x200. Council Bluffs, la.^. F. Wilcox, range of eight houses. Northboro, Mass. — T. C. Woodward, house 14-.X40. Braintree, Mass. — Geo. H. Arnold, house 30x175. American Carnation Society, J. E. Krayer, Villa Nova, Pa., registers Vorkston, a sport from Lawson, color blush white shaded light pink toward the center; grown beside Lawson, with the same treatment, it burst only about two per cent of the calyxes; is as free a bloomer, has same habit and stem, with flowers three and one-half inches in diameter; has kept its color fir two years. Albert M. Herk, Secy. Cold Storagfe for Lily of the Valley. Ed. Am. Florist:— Can lily of the val- ley pips be kept in an ice house for sum- mer forcing? The ice house is to be built especially for that purpose and will be arranged so that but little moisture reaches the pips? H. Lil3' of the valley can be kept in an ice house for summer forcing it the proper temperature is maintained, liut unless the pips are frozen outside and perfectly dormant, it is too late to put them into cold storage this season. The best time to do this is as soon as possible after the pips arrive the latter part of November, or not later than the first of the year. Pack them standing upright in boxes of convenient size to handle, covering the bottom ot the boxes with damp sphag- num moss, and between each row of bundles pack moist sand. Then cover the pips with a couple of inches of damp moss and nail strips over the top of each box so as to permit the storing of the boxes on top of each other to save room in storing. Allow them to freeze hard for a few days in a temperature of about 20°, and after that keep them at an even temperature of 28° to ;!0°. The best pips should be selected for the purpose of cold storage. G. Society of American Florists. In a recent communication from this office the address of the Misses Wilson, who made an exhibit of American grown bulbs at Asheville, N. C, last year was given as Sorrento, Florida. This was a mistake, the address of the Misses Wil- son being Montgomery, Alabama. The following named state vice-presi- dents have accepted the office for 1903, in addition to those recorded heretofore: Western Pennsylvania, S. Alfred Baur, Brie; Western New York, Chas. A. Keitsch, Buffalo; District of Columbia, Geo. C. Shaffer, Washington. Wm. J. Stewart, Scc'y. Laundry Soaps as Insecticides. Ed. Am. Florist:— I have been making experiments with three brands of laundry soap on diflerent kinds of plants, and am pleased to report that I have noticed no burning of the foliage when the soap was used at the rate of a pound to ten gallons of water. Carnations and some other flowers were burned at the edges of the petals, showing that the solution should not be used on blooming plants if it can be avoided. Some flowers, however, were not burned. I think that this works the thing down to such a shape that it will be safe to recommend a certain strength without discriminating in favor of any particular brand of soap. I note that someone has experimented with ivory soap and burned his plants. This is because he did not wash the soap off after a few hours. Carnation foliage is not burned by leaving the soap on, but I believe it is best to wash it oti' anyway, for it is apt to leave a disagreeable odor. J- Building- a New Rang:e. Ed. Am. Florist: — My present city greenhouses have been entirely built up around on all four sides, so that I get but three or four hours of sun a day. I am now about to build six houses 20x150 out in the country about three miles. I can purchase land on either side of a country pike, running north and south, at a low figure. The ground is very level and very good. I wish to grow nothing but roses and carnations. On which side of the pike would it be best to purchase the land, the east or west side? How- should I build the houses, running north and south, or east and west? VVhatst3-le would be best, longspan-tothesouth or ridge and furrow? How wide should the walks be? At which end should the boiler be placed tousehot water underpressure? To grow carnations with best results should one use solid beds or raised benches? How many 2-inch pipes should be used in each house, both flow and return? H. So far as the houses are concerned it will make little difference on which side of the road they are located. I would pre- fer to place the boiler house at the north- 318 The American Florist. Mar. 28, east corner, and for such a range as described would use even-span houses running east and west. Twenty-three or sixteen feet make the houses divide up best if six-foot benches, with ei^hteen- inch walks are used. Built in this way there will be a bed under each gutter, and one or two through the center of the houses. Both beds and benches have advantages lor carnations. The latter will give best results for the fall and the former for spring flowers. For a twenty- foot house ten 2-inch pipes will be desir- able. L- R- Taft. Heating House and Frames. Ed. Am. Florist:— I want to build a greenhouse 17x100 for bedding plants. The walls will be three andahalffeethigh, of matched boards, bars ten feet long, glass 16x24, ventilators on south side of ridge. There will be a sash lean-to six feet wide on each side, that on the south side to be started up early in March each year for growing stock to harden off. The north frame will be used for propa- gating. With a good boiler and in Massachusetts climate, how many 2inch hot water pipes will be required to main- tain 55° without a night fireman? Burn- ing good hard coal, about how many tons would be required in an average season? ^ M. H. B. There will be no difficulty in maintain- ing a temperature of 55° with nine 2-inch pipes in zero weather. Three at least should be flow pipes. For the south frame two pipes will answer, but if 60° or more is desired in the north frame, three pipes should be used. The coal con- sumption will be about three tons per month. L- R- Taft. OBITUARY. A. J. WENGERTER. The demise is announced of A. J. Wen- o-erter, gardener to Selmar Hess, Sea- bright, N. J. WILLIAM SCHUL2. William Schulz died March 21, aged 21 years. He was the eldest son of Jacob Schulz, one of the leading florists of Louisville, Ky., and was with Walker & McLean, of Youngstown, Ohio, learning carnation growing, when he was taken with typhoid fever, which resulted in his death. He took a great interest in the business and would have been a great help to his father had he lived. His parents feel his loss keenly and they have the sympathy of all. Mr. Walker, of Walker & McLean, came to Louisville to attend the funeral, but the train was delayed and he arrived too late. Catalogues Received. ThaddeusN. Yates & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., nursery stock; H. Den Ouden & Son, Boskoop, Holland, nursery stock; C. L. Brunson & Co., Paducah, Ky., cut flowers and plants; Samuel C. Moon, Morrisville, Pa., nursery stock; South- wick Nurseries, Southwick, Mass., per- renials; StateNursery Co., Helena, Mont., nursery stock; John Sharpe & Sons, Bardney, Eng., seeds; P. Loef Az. & Co , Boskoop, Holland, nursery stock; I. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Rapids, la., seeds and flowers; Walker & Pratt Mfg. Co., Boston, Mass., boilers; Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., plants; The Reading Nursery, Reading, Mass.,_ nur- sery stock; D. M. Andrews, Boulder, Col., plants, shrubs, etc.; Thompson & Mor- gan, Ipswich, Eng., seeds; Frederic J. Rea, Norwood, Mass., herbaceous per- renials; C. E. Baldwin & Co., Augusta, Mich., trees; Soupert & Notting, Luxem- bourg, Europe, roses; W. E. FuUerton, Whitman, Mass., dahlias; Dan'l B.Long, Buftalo, N. Y., florist's tags, etc.; Rail- road View Fruit Plant Farms, Bridgman, Mich., plants; H. W. Buckbee, Rocklord, 111., seeds; The Yokohama Nursery Co., Yokohama, Japan, nursery stock; Wilbur A. Christy, Kinsman,: O., gladioli; Cen- tral Michigan Nursery, Kalamazoo, Mich.; trees and roses; Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas, West Chester, Pa., roses; Phoenix Nursery Co., Bloomington, 111 , trees and plants; Heiurich Henkel, Darm- stadt, Germany, palms, seeds, etc.; Goos & Koenemann, Neider-Walluf, Germany, dahlias, etc. Pittsburg. BREEZY BATCH OFJOTTINGS OF DOISGS IN THE STEEL CITY. — TRADE GOOD. — PROS- PECT OF SCARCITY OF STOCK FOR EASTER. — OTHER NOTES. Randolph & McClements put up a novel St. Patrick's day dinner decoration on a round table set for 24. The center piece was a harp made of leucothoe leaves, reclining on a round centerpiece of lilies of the valley. Between the service and the centerpiece rubber snakes and frogs were used. The favors for the ladies were lilies of the valley and gardenias tied with green ribbons. The advanced state of the blooming stock makes it necessary to draw on the east for a supply of this stock to a much heavier extent than usual. A scarcity of Boston and cibotium ferns has prevailed for some time and heavy buying in this line is also necessary. The market stands are made brilliant by the gorgeous display ol Dutch hya- cinths, cinerarias, spiraea and lilies in pots, and a heavy sale is reported. In regard to bedding plants I am given to understand that a big deficiency in supply may be looked for. Trade is slow. Roses of all grades are good values. Carnations are exception- ally fine, especially Lawson, Goethe and Marquis. Whites are more plentiful. Sweet peas, marguerites and lilies of the valley are fine. Greens are very scarce. One of the many achievements of Super- intendent Perring, of the Allegheny Cem- etery, was the construction of a range of houses that cost $35,000. The newspapers are urging Wm. Fal- coner to withdraw his resignation as superintendent of parks. They represent the public sentiment. A. W. Smith will decorate the Americus Club and banquet tables on April 25 for the exercises in honor of the birthday of General V. S. Grant. Blind Brothers have received a new iron tower fifty feet in height on which is to be placed a water tank with a capac- ity of 300 barrels. H. W. Britenstein is visiting New York and Philadelphia to purchase Easter supplies. Thos. Ulam is in New York for the same purpose. On Tuesday Britenstein & Flemm received a special shipment of Catherine Mermet roses from New York. They are seldom seen here. It is reported that the sale of the Smith- field street building occupied and ovv'ned by J. B. Murdoch & Company brought $135,000. Frank Wolf will return to Colorado next week. He cannot stand this climate. The friends of P. S. Randolph are strongly urging his appointment for superintendent of Schenley Park. A. M. Murdoch makes an attractive display of lawn grass seed done up in neat green bags. L. I. Neff' is having an exceptionally big demand for sweet peaandnasturtium seeds. W. C. Beckert, of Allegheny, reports business to be remarkably good. E. L. M. New Haven, Conn. — Mrs. John Doughty will sail April 8 for a visit with relatives at Liverpool. England. Calumet. Mich.— The Lutey Floral Company is spreading out over the copper country. They have now opened a branch at Lake Linden, in the Trathen block. Riverside, Cal.— F. P. Hosp is pre- paring to remove his range of glass from this city to Oceanside, which he thinks a more favorable location for cut flower gro wing. Bluffton, Ind.— Myers & Company are the only florists in this flourishing little town. They have recently pur- chased land adjoining the cemetery and have erected three modern houses, each 100 feet long, for carnations, roses and so forth, also a spacious packing shed. Stock looks well and they report heavy funeral business recently. SITUATIONS, WANTS, TOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be inserted at the rate of ten cents a line (six words) each insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plaot advs. NOT admitted under this head. Every paid subscriber to the American Florist for the year 1903 is entitled to a five-line want ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time during the year. Situation Wanted— As rose grower, with fifteen years' experience. K, care American Florist. Situation Wanted—By first-class florist and gardener; carnations and bedding plants a specialty; age 30, single; near Chicago preferred; state wages. E E, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— As foreman in a large place by a practical grower of roses, carnations, 'mums and other florists' stock. Many years' experienc*'. Good references. O P, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— Ky reliable competent gar- dener and florist; private place, estate or public institution; 3 years' experience; good all-around man; six years in present place, Address J C H, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By young man, age 23. German; May I, or sooner: 9 years' experience in growing roses, carnations and general stock. Central states or middle Atlantic states preferred. J. F. SAER4NSKT, Kenton, Ohio. Situation Wanted -May first or sooner, by experienced grower of roses, carnations and 'mums for the wholesdle market; competent to take full charge; married; references. Address Business, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— As first-class gardener either to take entire charge or as second man o» hir.e estate. Unquesiionable references. Slate perticulars; German, age 30; married, small family. H U, 102 Nassau St., Orange, N. J. Situation Wantod-By youni man, 6 years' experience in general greenhouse work. Cycla- mens a special y. Cau speak German and Eng- lish; worked 6 years at one place. Want to com- mence about April 1 or 10. Address S P H, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— As gardener on private place; 13 years' experience, in all brauches: Scotch, married, no children. Wages required $60 a month and house. Can furnish best of references. Address J C S. Mosley street, Dorchester, Mass. Situation Wanted— As head gardener on private place. . Over 5 years in same capacity at one of the largest places in the country. The reason of leaving is that the place is to be closed. No. 1 references; age 36;, married, two children. Address C A, 13 Atrastrong place, E. Bridgeport, Conn. i()03. The American Florist. 319 Situation Wanted— By competent \vorkiDK foreman, to raise cut flowers, pot plants and bed- ding stock; good propagator, hustler; good place wanted; references. Central stales preferred; married, no children; German, age 31. Address V V, cure American Florist. Situation Wanted— As working foreman to raise cut flowers, palms ferns, blooming plants and bedding stock; good propagator, quick worker, decorator, some experience in designing. Central or western states preferred; German, age 32; references. Ple.-ise state wages. Address W, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— l{y 15th of April, by expe- rienced florist and all around man thoroughly competent in all branches, also up in design work; four years with present employer; German. First- class references as to ability and character; mid- dle states preferred. State 'full particulars. E r, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— Hy first-class gardener and florist on private place; landscape gardener, car- pet bedding, roses, carnations. paliLS, ferns*, fruit and vegetables; German, 35yearsof age; married, two children; can lay out* any plans; 20 years' experience. Address A B. care American Florist. Situation Wanted— E. Holden, for the past 10 years headgurdenerto Mrs. M. F.Jacobs, formerly Mrs. Robt. Garrett, of Baltimore, Md., is open to an engagement with any lady or gentleman requiring the services of a thoroughly practical man in all branches. E. HoLDEN, Uplands, Sta. D., Baltimore, Md. Help Wanted— Experienced rose section man. Call or address Brant ifc Noe, Forest Glen, Chicago, 111. Help Wanted—Good all-around llorist on com- mercial place. Wages $45 per month. Address S. M. Harbison, Danville, Ky. HolpWanted-An all around florist for general greenhouse work; state wages. Address F. BEr, 37aO No 40th Ave., Chicago. Help Wanted— Three single men experienced in gruwing roses and carnations; state wages, etc. \V. K. Partridge. Lockland, Ohio. Help Wanted— Experienced lady for store. State wages, references, etc. Address A. LowATSCH, 856 \V. Division St., Chicago. Help Wanted— A good all-around man for retail place; $25 and board. Steady place for steady man. W. J. Olds, Union City, Pa. Help Wanted— Experienced help for general greenhouse work. Good wages to good men. Apply at once. McGregor Bros. Company, Springfleld, Ohio. Help Wanted— Immediately: young man for gene ul greenhouse work. State wages wanted a id experience. Address Geo. Bischoff, Ann Arbor, Mich. Help Wanted— At once, man for general green- house work. Wages $3i) per month, board and room. Gaertner & Grusendorf, W. Touhy ave.. Rogers Park, Chicago. Help Wanted— Day fireman w-ho understands steam boilers and pipe fitting. Steady employ- ment to sober and industrious man. State wages, experience, etc. Address W. K. Partridge, Lockland, O. Help Wanted— Single man experienced in general greenhouse work; give reference from last place. Steady position to right man: $25 per month with board and room. German or English correspondence. Address .ToHN B. GoETZ. Saginaw, W. S., Mich. Help Wanted— First-class rose and carnation grower to take charge of 22,000 square feet of glass; also assistant. Please state wages wanted with board and washing, your age and reference; also how soon you could come. Good position for two good men. Address John L. Wtlaxd, DeHaven, Pa. 'For Sale Cheap— Prosperous up-to-date florist business; established 12 years; can easily make your money back this spring. Write at once to Mrs. S. N. alkire, Greenview, 111. For Lease— On easy terms, a long established and paying greenhouse business in a good, live city. Address for particulars. Cashier, Jiational Military Home, Kan. For Sale— New greenhouse at Fond du Lac. Wis., 25,000 inhabitants, first-rate location for florist, onlv one other; easv terms. Address J. A. BorLAT, 163 4th St., Fond du Lac, Wis. For Sale — Established greenhouse business of about 10,000 feet of glass, with or without ground. Good opening with small capital. Must sell by April 1, 1903. Omo, care American Florist. For Sale— In a natural gas city of 13,000, four greenhouses, stock and fixtures, 5 lots. 7 room house, barn, etc. Fuel costs only 13.50 per month. Will tuke in a reliable partner with st>me money. A. S. Harmon, lola, Kan. X RARE CHANCE. For a successful grower of Koses and Carna- tions, with $5,000 or more to buy an interest in one of Chicago's large, modern greenhouse establish- ments. A splendid opening for an energetic flor- ist to enter a big concern, where large quantities are grown and sold direct, thus reaping the full profits. It is probable such a grand oflFering was never before made in these columns. Address OPPORTUNITY, Care Amer ican Florist. Wanted... A partner or will si-lhill the maleriiil of arti- flcml tlo«er manufactory: tubs, machines to cut the flowers and leaves, two "golTer" presses and 200 collections of leaf and flower cutters. Price $7,000. The best bargain in the United States. Address H. DESroWTES, 709 lloy«l St.. Htw OrlMn<, La. HELP WANTED. 3 growers, 1 for carnations, 2 for roses. One must be an American Beauty spe- cialist. None but first-class men need apply. Good wages in the most up-to-date establishment in America. DALE ESTATE, Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Wanted... A grower of roses, including Beauties, who has unquestioned reputation and endorse- ment, to take charge of 75,000 square feet of glass. Must be sober and willing to work. Good salary to right man. Married man pre- ferred. Address M. J.| Rogers Park, Chicago, III. FOR SALE. 20 Greenhouses. About 36,00J square feet of glass, steam heated. 80 H. P. tubular boiler, or will sell business and rent bouses. BROOKSIDE GREENHOUSES. 104 So. 5th St., READING, PA. FOR SALE. 8,000 feet of glass, located in a fine growing city; best of shipping facilities; good market for wholesale and retail trade. Address WHOLESALE, care American Florist. Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Giiicap, HI. Regular meetings held 2d and 4th Wednesday of each month at Jung's Hall, 106 E. Randolph St., Chicago. Gardeners and Florists in other cities desiring to form a Union will receive full information from the Secretary. Send all communications to H. J. SPRINGER, Secretary, 6142 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. For Sale. A vegetable gardening business Including residence, consistingof 10,000 feet glass of which 7,000 feet is suitable for rose houses. The business is an old established one and in i s best running condition, has the best and most reliable trade in its city. Owing to its location between Omaha and South Omaha (population 150,000) one and one-half miles from either postofflce it shows a good demand for its production. It is equipped with steam heat, with two boilers, a stable, a storage building, three horses, one spring wagon and a coal wagon; it is well equipped in every respect. Address A. BORTENLANGER, 2125 Bancroft street. OMAHA, NEB. > '^^^Seg-it At Woodslde, L. I., within three miles Thirty- fourth Street Ferry. My entire Greenhouse Plant consisting of about seventeen thousand feet of glass, all Al. heated with seven Ilitcbings boilers. Your personal inspection will convince you that this is u snap. 4 LEX. S. BIR^S, Woodside. N. Y. A Business Opportunity. 20,000 feet of glass, well stocked and in good condition; also i city retail store with a well established, profitable trade, for sale at a bargain. Owner would prefer to sell the houses and keep the store, taking, if desired, the output of the houses; or would sell an interest in the business to a competent, pushing grower. This is an opportunity f6r a grower to establish himself near to one of the best mar- kets in the country, or for a store- man and a grower to mutually acquire, on favorable terms, a desirable plant and a store with an established, profitable trade. This is a proposition that will bear careful investigation. Address, Frank Huntsman, CINCINNATI, OHIO. For Sale... Established retail flower store in World's Fair City, fully equipped and doing a paying business. Fullest investigation in- vited. Best of reasons for selling. Must be disposed of at once. Price moderate. Address Robt. F. Tesson, St. Louis, Mo. ^ If you want to get the want j§ you want to get, you want g to get your want ad into the J AMERICAN I F L Q R I S T Try It now. Every advertisement reprocati a genuine want. J* It payf to answer them. J^ Jt jt r«6«e6««'&«6«8«e>i 320 The American Florist. Ma J. B. Deamud, 51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO_^^ Smilax, Asparagus, Fancy Ferns, Smilax, Adiantum, Lilies Roses, Carnations, Tulips and everything in the line for EASTER. L. D. 'Phone 3155 Central. Send for Price List. The r. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, Meteors, Cernatlons, Cut Adiantum, Qalax, Commoa Ferns and Florists' Supplies. Telephone Connections. or-»'VB>r*iVP«:>j OHIO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., "Wholesale Cut Flowers— 457 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. |J.M.McCULLOUGH'SSONS| WHOLESALE I FLORISTS ^ ALSO SUCCESSORS TO \ THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. \ CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. ^ Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders. 1 316 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO. H.G.BERNING Wholesale riorist 1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO, SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW. ft Florists' Plate Book. ISO Plates and nearly 300 varieties foi ; (3 60 or three for tlO.OO. <\ You oan'< do busines* wjlbout li. t^EDfENfiURG & CO., Rochester, H. Y. Poehlmann Bros. Co. Wholesale Growers of s^ « Cut Flowers All telegraph and telephone orders -_ given prompt attention. oO^oJ QBEENHonsBs: Randolph Strati Morton Grove, IlL CHICAQO, ILU Please mention the American Florist when wriling The flower Growers' Co. 60 Wabasli avenue, CHICAGO, Or to communicate with us with regard to space for selling their product. J. SINNER, Secretary. .Ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. -Pittsburg, Pa. C. A. KUEHN, Wholesale Florist, I1BS PINE STREET. ITA. eomplete line of Wlr« DeclgiM. E. H. Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. MATH. EVERT, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of Cut Flowers 58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO- 'Phone Central 3067. Greenhouses, 35.5 Devon Av. Bassett&Washburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Gut Flowers gliolesale Dealers and . Growers of I CREENHOUSES: HINSDALE. ILL. Wbol^ale pbwer/arKgfe MrLWAUKEB, March 26. Roses, Beauty, long, perdoz. 4.00© 5.00 med. " 2.00® 3.no short " 1 00@1 50 Liberty in.0(@)2.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00® 8.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 6.00® 8.00 Perle 6.00® B. 00 Carnations 2 00® 3.00 Violets 60® .75 Daffodils. Tulips 3.00®' S.OO Dutch hyacinths 4.00® 5.00 Callas 10.00@13.00 Adiantum 75® 1.00 Smilax 18.00 Asparagus 65.00 PiTTSBTJRO, March 25. Roses, Beauty, specials, per doz. 3.00® 5.00 " " extras " 3.00® 3.50 No. 1 " .75® 1.50 " " No. 2 per 100 3.00® 3.00 " Bride, Bridesmaiu 3.00@13.0fl " Meteor 4.00@10.00 Carnations 1.00@ 4.00 Paper Whites, Romans, Freesia. . . 1 . 50@ 3 .00 Tulips 2.00® 5.00 Mignonette 1.50® 4.00 Lily of the valley 3.0O@ 4.00 Violets 50® 1.58 Lilac perbunch, .5C@1.C0 Smilax 15.00®18.00 Adiantum 1.00® 2.00 Asparagus, strings 30 00®50 .00 " Sprengeri 2.00® 4.00 CraoDTOATi, March 26. Roses, Beauty 6.00@40.00 Bride 4.00@ 8.00 Bridesmaid 4.00@ 8.00 Meteor 4.00@ 8.00 Carnations 1.50® 4.00 Tulips, Daffodils 3.00® 4.00 Violets 6r® .75 Lily o( the valley 3'. 00® 4.00 Harrisii lilies, per doz, 1.5C® 2 00 Romans, Paper Whites 2.00® 3.00 Asparagus 50.00 Smilax 12.50@15.00 Adiantum l.OC® 1.50 St. Louis, March 26. Roses, Beauty, lone stem 20.00@50.00 " Beauty, medium stem 8.00@15.00 " Beauty, short stPm 3.00® 8.00 Bride, Bridesmaid 4 00@10.00 " Golden Gate, Meteor 4.00@10.00 " Perle 4.00® 8.00 Carnations 2.00@ 4.00 Violets 25® .40 Paper Whites, Romans 8.00 Sweet Peas .75 Lily of thevalley 3.00 Smilax. . Asparagus Sprengeri. " Plumosus.- 12.50 2.50 75.00 IQOJ. The America A' Florist. 321 CURRENT PRICE EIST... WE endeavor to so conduct our business that we shall' merit the every- day patronage of cut flower buyers. With large sup- = plies of stock, we can meet each buyer's daily needs. "Right goods at Right prices." Send for our weekly price list, full of information on the market and mailed free on request. See special Easter offer on page 327. E. C. AMLING, THE LARGEST. BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1977 Central. AMERICAN BEAUTY Per Do/,. :W inch sti'm....r $4.00 ao-uirli su>in it.OO ;;4-inoh stem 3.00 20-inch stem 1.50 1.5-inch stem l.oo l--inch stem .7.5 Sliort stem, per 100, $4.00 (o 5,110 l>er 100 Uriclesiind Maids $i(.00(n>$ K.OO Meteors and Gates 4.00(st.... 6.00@ 8.00 " " '■ medium 4.00® 4.00 culls.... 2.00® 3. CO " Meteor, Golden Gate 2.M@ 6.00 Liberty, best. 5.00@10.00 ordinary 2 00® 3.00 Carnations, fancy 2.1X1® 4.00 ordinary 50® 1.00 Violets 20® .40 Lily of the valley. Tulips 1.00® 2.00 Trumpet narcissi 50® 1 00 Romans, Paoer Whites 55® 1.00 Cattleyas 35.0C®50.00 Li'acs per bunch .35 @ .50 Lilies 5.rr® 6.00 Dendrobiums 5.03® 8 00 Sweet peas per bund, bun 2.0C@8.0O Smilax 10 00@16.00 Adiantum 50® 1.00 Adiantum Croweanum 1.50 Asparagus 35.00@50.00 " Sprengeri, doz. bun. 2.C0@3 00 Charles Millang WHOLESALE aORIST. Conservatory connected from which can ship ferns and decorative plants promptly 50 West 29th St. NEW YORK Tsl. 2230 Madison Square. Please mentmn the Ame> icon Fnr,,i 7< A-" ify.lim FORD BR05. Receivers and Shippers of FRESH FLOWERS, lU West SOtli St., NEW TOKK. Telephone 157 Madison Square. REPRESENTING EMINENT GROWERS. JuSiusLang 53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK. COMMISSION DEALER in FLOWERS Telephone 280 Madison Squakb. ALEX. J. GUTTMAN, Wholesale Commission Florist, A full supply dally of the cholcMV New York and New Jersey FLOWERS. S2 W. 20th Street, NEW YORK CITY, Telephone 1738 Madison Square. fl. H. immm, Wholesale Commission Florist, BEST FLOWERS SHIPPED AT LOWESt NEW YORK PRICES. 18 Boarum Placa, Brooklya, N. Y Telephoke 939 Main. Hicks & Grawbuck, WHOLESALE riGPISTS NEW YORK: BROOKLYN. N. V.. 46 West 29th Street 108 Livingston Street. Tel. 2798 Madison So. Tel. 3660-3661 Main. EDW. C. HORAN, 55 WEST 28TH STREET, .NEW YORK. Cyi F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE. 324 The American Florist. Mar. 28, The ^eed TaabE. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Walter P. Stokes, Pres.; C. N. Page, First Tice-Pres.; S. F. Willabd, Wethersfleld, Conn., Seo'y and Treas. Twenty- first annual convention, Philadelphia and Atlantic City, June 23-85, 1903. Visited Chicago: S. P. Willard, Wethersfleld, Conn.; W. Langbridge, Cambridge, N. Y; W. L. Murray, of J. Murray & Sons, Deptford, London, S. E., Eng. The high prices asked by tuberose growers in the early fall have not been maintained and there is a tendency to easier rates in closing up the last end of the crop for the season. About 100 men and 175 girls, who sort seeds for the Albert Dickinson Co., Chicago, have been thrown out of employment through union labor troubles of carpenters engaged at the place. There is a tendency to accept lower prices for sweet corn, especially stocks in which samples show variation from true types and where tests are low. The lower offers are mainly made on western stocks. Fowler, Col., March 13.— The West- ern Seed and Irrigation Co., has estab- lished a local agency at Fowler and another at Rocky Ford and has so far contracted the product of about seventy- five acres at Rocky Ford and about 200 acres at Fowler. The company expects to build a warehouse at Fowler. The cucumber blight is so serious in New England, says S. F. Willard, that seed growing in his section, Connecticut, is practically a failure. The blight affects the under sides of the leaves and fungi- cides are hardly applicable and do not prove elRcient. The crop is attacked when the young fruits are just forming. James O'Neill, formerly with Land- reth, of Philadelphia, later at Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, and finally at the New York house of the latter firm, was found dead in bed at 55 West Twelfth street, New York, March 26. He had been in poor health for a number of years. The corporation known as J. A. Ever- itt, seedsman, has been reorganized, new members admitted and an increase of capital stock ordered from $10,000 to $150,000. The stockholders of the new corporation are J. A. Everitt, W. H. Everitt, W'. A. Eshbach. R. P. Hamilton and E. G. Haspel. The last four are the new members. In a recent lecture, delivered before the Worcester Horticultural Society, Wor- cester, Mass., John Parquhar, of Boston, said among other things: "Certain seeds do not deteriorate for practical purposes with age, such as cucumbers, squashes and melons. I have known of cucumber and melons producing excel- lent crops after the seeds were in envel- opes ior thirty years." The onion seed demand is evidently affected by the stagnation of the market for onion bulbs. Both eastern and west- ern growers who store these stocks for spring trade report demand absolutely flat and in some cases warehouse men have either dumped their stocks or sold as low as 15 cents per bushel. Good growers know that such a condition pre- vailing one year is liable to bring about a reverse the year following. The State of Trade. Steele, Briggs Seed Company, Toronto. — Our mail trade is considerably in advance of previous years and owing to the better times all around there is not much complaint made regarding higher prices. L. L. May & Company, St. Paul.— Cat- alogue seed trade has so far been about up to the average of the past ten years and is improving very day. February and the flrst ten days of March showed a falling off of ten toflfteen per cent. J. M. Thorburn & Company, New York. — In both mail and counter trade, owing to the earh' spring weather, we are overwhelmed with orders many of which in ordinarj' seasons would not come till later. We have not noticed anj' tendency towards a reduction in prices. On the contrary we could get for the scarce items considerably higher prices than we have thought it good policy to ask. THEUNIONHORTICOLE, of Hyeres, the largest French bulb growers' association, begs to inform the trade that Messrs. Clucas & Boddington do not represent them any more. Apply for orders and information directly to THE UNION HORTIOOLE, HYERES. FRANCE. Warnaar & Go. Headquarters lor the new Spiraeas Superba and Blondlne. Special growers o( Von Sion and Golden Spur. Address until May 15th care SASSENHCIIVI ) HOLLAND. Messrs J. W. 41 Broadway, , Jr.,& Co.. NEW YORK. Association "Flora" Nursery Go. BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Roses. Clematis.Pffionias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas Lilacs for forcing. Box trees, fancy [vergreens and other shrubs on hand at the packing place in the season. Catalogue on application. Address P. CUWERKERK. 1 1 23 Summit Ave., JERSEY CITY. N. J. CLUCAS & BOODINGTON CO. ImDorters and Exporters of Steds, Bulbs ^Plants 8 1 2-S 1 4 Creanwich SIreat, NEW YORK CITY. Send for quotations on all Florists' Bulb Stock. BULBS! BULBS! Kxcelsior Pearl Tuberose and Caladium EsL-uIeatLim Bulbs and Canna Roots, lead- ing varieties. Write to JOHN r. CROOM& BRO., Magnolia.N.C. Mushroom Spawn FERTILE. PRODUCTIVE. Cnivlich in bricks, per 100 lbs., $6.B0 f. o. b. LllgllOll New York, $7.00 f. o. b. Chicago. Write for prices on quantity. Vaughan's Seed Store, CHICAGO. NEW YORK. Georgia Seed Contractors. Big amounts. Get prices on present deli- veries and future contracts for Georgia seeds on Collards; Pearl Millet; Teosinte; Velvet Beans; Sorghums; Asparagus Seed and Roots; Chufas; Okra; Bar Clover; Water Melons; Cotton Seed; Peanuts; Mexican June Corn; Mustard; Turnips; Soja Beans; Upland Rice; Cow Peas; Beggar Woed; Bokhara Clover; Johnson Grass; Japan Clover; Wh. Mult. Onions. N. L. WILLET DRUG CO,, Augusta, Ga. VEGETABLE SEEDS. Below I quote prices, for orders booked now, on ICO lb. lots or more of Cabbage Seed and 15 lb. lots or more of Cauliflower and Sprouts Seed, crop 1903. f. o. b. cars Calverton in double seeds bags. Per lb. Premium Late Flat Dutch $ .60 Selected Late Flat Dutch 60 Early Flat Dutch 65 Succession (Henderson's) 60 Drum Head (Large Late) 60 All Head Early (Burpee's) ,.65 Charlesto^vn Wakefield 65 Early jersey Wakefield 65 Early Summer (Henderson) 65 Early Spring (Henderson) 65 Danish Ball Head 175 Danish Bald Head (L. I. grown, 65 Brussel Sprouts, Dwarf, (L. I. strain Euro- pean gro\vn) 4.00 E.'itra Early Erfurt Cauliflower Seed 17.00 Early Snowball Cauliflower Seed 19.00 Great Dane, originated from the Erfurt . . 17.00 I have a surplus of about 100 lb. lots or less of 19U2 crop of Cabbage Seed for immediate orders, to be shipped at once, at the toUowing prices : Lb. Charlestown Wakefield $ .60 Early Summer 60 All Season 55 Fottler's Brunswick 55 Drum Head 65 Late Flat Dutch 65 Autumn King 56 Premium Flat Dutch 60 B. E. COODALE, Calverton, L. I. Orders for Oxalis should be sent without delay to be sure of securing the genuine OXALISVARIABILIS first sent East in 1897 by mistake for Oxalls Bowiei. This rare sort has about revolutionized the trade in Winter Oxalis, especially since white and lavender colors were added. The first few sample bulbs after blooming were named GRAND DUCHESS by party to whom sent. They are truly grand, both in color and size being about 2 inches in diameter and will bloom from August until Spring. They are more popular than ever, hence our advice to old customers and the trade generally, to put in orders early or they will not get what they w.int. Ford Tropical Nursery, San Diego, California. ASTER SEEDS Double, tall, all colors, mixed. Oz. 30c; Vi lb. $1; 1 lb. ,$3.50. German Iris plants in six varieties. Per doz., 50c; per 100, $3; per 1000, $25. By Express. Cash with Order. Address, MRS. ISRAEL FRANTZ, R. P.Np.l, Springfield, 0. ms- The American Florist. 325 ^^miiiiiimiiiiUiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^^ OSCAR F. KOSCHE, Prop. Cable Address Crastone, A. B. C. Cable Code. 4r^ ii£K nop mnn soo at $125.00 per 1000. 500 AT 1000 RATE. We shall also have large supplies of all other seasonable flowers. Our Brides and Maids are averaging quite the best coming to this market and we are marketing a good steady cut. Plenty long Beauties (medium always scarce at a holi- day.) Choice Carnations in liberal supply. All bulbous stock in best grades. Asparagus and Smilax are specialties with us. Plenty of Asparagus; long heavy strings, just the thing for Easter decorations. Better write us to-day. Let us have your order as soon as you get a line on your needs and add to it as you book your orders. E.C.AMLING, 32-34-36 Randolph St. CHICAGO, ILL. The Largest, Best Equipped and Most Centrally Located Wholesale Cut Flower House in Chicago. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONES 1999 AND 1977 CENTRAL. 328 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Our pasTiMES. Announcements of coming contests or other eveuts of interest to our bowling, shooting and 'porting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence tor this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston. Mass.: Hobt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St., Chicago, II'. At St. Louis. At tlie meeting Monday night the fol- lowing scores were made: Player 1st Sd 3d 4th Av FC.Weber.Jr 95 108 140 96 110 Theo. Miller 113 105 137 131 133 John Young 106 132 119 Herman Weber 133 105 144 116 134 H.J. F. At Cleveland. The following is the record of the play after the last club meeting: Player. Score. Player. Score. Bartells 123 Kelly 133 Warnke 83 Stade 150 A. Hart,Jr 139 Hoffman 103 F.Aul 109 Coe 81 B. Hart 174 H. Bate 135 Brown 138 Stanley 133 C.Graham 143 Truman 93 M. Bloy 144 Kunz 173 Geo. Bate 157 Utzinger 91 Gray 104 Wilson 116 C.Schmitt 139 A.Hart 136 Guv Bate 152 Wasson 143 O. G. Baltimore at Philadelphia. The Baltimore Florists' Bowling Club played a return match on the Central alleys in Philadelphia March 25 and were defeated by 131 pins. Their steady old reliance, "Bob," was unable to be with them, and this was probably the cause of their defeat. The New York boys had been invited to come over' and make it a three-cornered contest, but were unable to get a team together in time. The three straight games gave each club a victory, as Baltimore won recently on her home alleys, so a single game was rolled to decide the champion- ship, Philadelphia winning by 199 pins. The figures follow: Baltimorb. 1st 2d SdRub'r Seybold 157 144 203 188 Biider 120 138 184 151 Lehr 163 140 161 116 Boone 140 164 139 116 Welsh 87 103 103 83 Richmond 181 151 156 190 Totals 847 839 945 843 Philadblphia. 1st 3d SdRub'r Moss 163 183 160 167 Gibson 164 163 131 179 Starkey 175 215 Yates.. 196 170 135 180 Connor 157 135 127 183 Kitt 123 133 Harris 122 ,„ Adelberger 124 156 Dunham 177 Totals 975 988 789 1042 At Washington. The following is the latest record of the Capital City florist bowlers: Player 1st 2d 3d T'l W H.Ernest 152 168 199 509 G. H. Cook 148 150 182 480 Willie Clark 169 137 173 479 C.L.Barber 132 171 171 474 W.S.Clark 156 158 157 471 J.Shine 187 118 12i 439 J. W. Freeman 169 130 126 425 E. Loeffler 139 120 139 398 C.Pritchard 105 124 164 393 W. W. KimmoU 117 107 156 380 G.C. Shaffer 125 128 116 369 G.Smith 84 135 141 360 C W Wolf 117 118 117 352 A.Esch 131 108 118 347 J. Minder 132 105 105 342 A.Herold 120 102 120 342 F H. Kramer 120 91 128 339 K Davis 93 IC9 111 313 P. G. The Traveling Man. The average traveling man is a jolly, energetic hustler and can take care of himself better in more puzzling situations than any other man on earth, says a contemporary. He seldom looks for any- one else to help him with his difficulties, because he has learned that there is seldom anyone who can or will help him when he is stuck. He is a fellow who must always fall right side np, no matter how far the descent or how violent the force that sent him. He must never be angry and always be pleasant; sacrifice his time, his health and his temper; protest seldom; object never; be a diplomat always. He is the fellow who can find the good in every- thing and tell it to the people who need it most. He is the fellow who sees the bright side of everything. Bad weather, bad treatment, bad luck and bad prospects make little difference to him, for he knows that its not a bit of use to be pessimistic or discouraged. The next town on his route must make a good showing on his order book. What- ever may be his private opinion or his inner sensibilities, no one but himself knows. He has to be the frank and at the same time the most secretive man in business. He is a confidante who seldom asks, never pries and refuses to gossip, yet is the confidante of both sides of busi- ness because he can't help it. The man is the laborer, who generally does more than double work and seldom receives the proper amount of credit. He works Jor more than he knows he can get, because he wants less than he is actually working for. To sum it all up the traveling man is a trade pioneer who is always hewing out a clearing for the firm he represents and nine times out of ten succeeds in his undertakings because he has no such word as fail in his vocabu- lary. He wins success by deserving it. May the snappy, gingery knight of the grip and order book always find them "coming his w^ay." Edgebrook, III. — The George Witt- bold Company is pushing the work on its two new houses. They are nearly ready for glazing. Japanese Easter Lilies 30,000 Pots for EASTER, 12c per Flower or Bud. We make a specialty of growing Japan Lilies only and have one house in full bloom already. Also CRIMSON RAMBLERS. Customers are kindly invited to inspection. On Rutherford car from Hoboken. HINODE nORIST CO., county Road, SCCaUCUS. N. J. CHOICE AND STANDARD GHRYSflNTHEMUMS WHITE Per 100 PINK Per 100 Mme. R. Cadbury.... $20.00 Mrs. Coombes. . S4.00 Mme. Ch. Diederichs. 20.00 Kansas City Star 3.00 Adrian 3.00 Yanariva 2.00 Polar Queen 3.00 Lavender Queen 2.00 Calvatof'99 3.'0 Viviand-Morel.. 1.50 Timothy Eaton 2.00 YELLOW Mrs. H. Robinson ... . 1.50 Robert Halliday 2.00 Nellie Pockett 2.00 Col. Appleton. .. 1.50 W. H. Chadwick 2.00 Mrs. Bassett.... 1.50 WHITE FLUSHED Mrs.P.J.Taggart 4.00 Colette 3.00 Golden Wedding 2 00 Mrs. J. F. Trantor... 3.00 Gold Mine 2.00 RED AND BRONZE Kate Broomhead J3.00 Lady Anglesey. .J2.C0 Edgar Sanders 3.00 LadyHanham.. 2.00 MaTcomLamond 2 00 Mme. Phil. Roger 3.00 Prices are for rooted cuttings. Five of a variety furnished at the 100 rate, but no order filled for less than $1.00. W. A. CHALFANT, Springfield. Mo. "Pink American Beauty" The New Rose Queen of Edgely. "It has come to stay." "It is becoming more popular every day." ' Cannot get enough of it to fill orders." Etc. $12 per 100, Zi-in. pott. $1 10 par 1000. $500 par 5000. EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor.ChutnirtHIII, PHIUDELPHU. 10,000 R.G.GIirysantliemums. EatoD, Appleton, Hallidaj', Monrovia, Intensity. Shaw, white and yellow Bon- naffon pink and , white Pacific, Golden Wedding. Yanariva, etc.. $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1000. Ready no w. Cash with order. GUNNARTEILMANN, Marion, Ind. 2,000 EASTER LILIES. Harrisii and Longiflorum, 5 -in pots, 1 1-2 to 3 ft. high, foliage from top to bottom, 3 to 6 flowers per plant, 10 cents per bud or flower. Hydrangeas, 5 and 6-in. pots, 25, 35 and 50 cents each. Spiraeas, 6-in. pots, 30 cents each. Marguerites, 5 -in. pots, 20 cents each. CASH WITH ORDER 178-80 Be»liman Slwt. MHATOB* SPHWeS, H. Y. Gape Jasmine and Roses. Especially Marechal Niel. Correspondence invited from responsible wholesale dealers who can handle this stock to advantage. BEAR HEAD FARIVI, ORLANDO. FLA. Please mention the American Florist when Tvnttng. NEW YORK CUT FLOWER CO. 55 and 57 West 26th St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Daily Reports. Weekly Payments. ^^i°^tUn sq. I. A. MILLANG, 2034 Madiroa Sq. Makasbb . N.Y. CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26th St., Niw York. Open for Cut Flower Bales at 6 o'clock Every Morning DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON^ Secretary. Please mention the A merican PJorist when iiinUne, igo3. The American Florist. 329 WRITE, TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE— WE DO THE REST. KENNICOTTBROS.CO. WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS z m N o Q m Q. ic o o Of LU Q. o Q. < o LL U QQ Q UJ o o 02 c« U J z o U O AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 42 and 44 E. Randolph St. CHICAGO, ILL, Give Us Your EASTER ORDER IVOW^ and rest assured of getting what you want. Stock promises to be short for Easter, but we have a record for filling orders when others fail. EASTER PRICE LIST Subject to Change Without Notice. PACKING AND DELIVERY AT COST. Per Dozen. Am. Beauties, 30 to 40-inch $5 00 to $6 00 Am. Beauties, 24 " 4 00 Am. Beauties, 20 " 3 00 Am. Beauties, 15 " 2 00 Am. Beauties, 12 " i 50 Am. Beauties, 8 " 1 00 Am. Beauties, Short 75 Price per Hundred Meteors, select $10 oo Brides, Maids, select $8 00 to io 00 Meteors, Brides, Maids, good average 5 00 to 6 00 Perles, extra select 6 00 to 10 00 Roses, our selection 5 00 CALLAS 15 Cents. Price per Hundred Violets $ 75 to $1 00 Carnations, special fancy varieties 5 00 to 6 00 Carnations, good average 3 00 to 4 00 Valley, our specialty — the best 3 00 to 4 oo Smilax 20 00 Tulips, single and double 3 00 to 5 00 Daffodils, single and double 3 00 to 4 00 Adiantum 1 00 to 1 50 Asparagus per string, 50c to 75c Galax perM, $1 25 to J 50 15 Common Ferns per M, $2 50 25 CALLAS 15 Cents. We Represent more Glass than any other House in Chicago. 330 The American Florist. Mar. 28, ! 1SST = 10O3 During the past sixteen years, hundreds of florists in city and country have learned by practical experience that J. K. ALLEN'S LABEL on a box of Easter Bridesmaids, Jacqs, Tulips, Violets, Mignonete, Valley, Lilies or anything else, stands for QUALITY, FRESHNESS and CAREFUL PACKING, and that the bill inside stands for FAIR PRICES. I am prepared to supply all Easter demands, again this year in a reasonable and satisfactory manner. What Do You Say? . rVt yVLLLil^ NEW YORK CITY. Price Lists are ready. :: Telephone \ 67 Madison Square. SOME OF THE SPECIALTIES AT HINT'S CUT LILIES- MURILLO TULIPS- SUPERIOR VALLEY- In quantity, , $12.50 to $15.00 per They will be in suijerb condition Hunt's best, over 50,000 to draw 100. These are the long trumpet and sure to please you. $4.00 to from. $4.00 to $5.00 per 100. Our Multiflorum variety. $5.00 per 100. supply.of general stock will be ample. ' $EAUTIES DALLAS ROMANS ROSES TULIPS VALLEY CARNATIONS HYACINTHS PAPER WHITES VIOLETS DAFFODILS SNIILAX ASPARAGUS WILD SMILAX ADIANTUM CALAX COMMON FERNS SPRENCERI LEUCOTHOE 500,000 FINE STOCK I Price List Mailed March 28th. SEND FOR IT. EH, HUNT vvaba's^W CHICAGO igo^. The a mer i c^ n Fl orj st. 331 WIETOR BROS., Growers and Wholesalers of CUT FLOWERS 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. EASTER Price List. AM. BEAUTY, extra long. 24- 20. 15-in 12-in. Sin. short n. stem. Per doz. ..00 to $6.00 4-. 00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 Per 100 BRIDE, Select $8.00 to $10.00 " good average 5.00 to 7.00 BRIDESMAID. Select 8.00 to 10,00 " good average 5.00 to 7.00 IVORY, Select 8.00 to 10.00 " good average 5.00 to 7.00 GOLDEN GATE, Select 8.00 to 10.00 ' good average. 5.00 to 7.00 LIBERTY, Select 15.00 " good average.. 10.00 short ("..00 METEOR, Select 8.00 to 10.00 " good average.... 5.00 to 7.00 PERLE, Select S.OO to 10.00 " good average 4.00 to 7.00 CARNATIONS. Fancy 5.00 to 6.00 " good average. 4.00 HARRISIl LILIES 15.00 .\11 other stock at lowest market prices. No charge for packing. Prices subject to change without notice. IVE US your Easter order now and rest assured of getting what you want. Good lilies will be scarce, (there will be plenty of rubbish) but we grow all our own stock and know our goods are right. We are forcing 5,000 true Harrisii, cutting fine lilies every day, and for Easter we shall have 10,000 Send your order early and you will not be disappointed. BEAUTIES! ROSES! CARNATIONS! These are ou-" Specialties. With one of the largest ranges of glass in the United States and large cuts now on, we are able to handle a a big volume of business with promptness and satisfaction. If you want high-grade stock for Easter and for your daily needs, book your order with us. We Will take care of you at reasonable prices. See Our Advertisement of Rooted Cuttings Elsewhere in this Paper. 332 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Good Easter Lilies. w E ARE receiving and can ship for Easter or earlier, the same high grade of Lilies that has given so much satisfaction to those who have bought from us during the last four years. All are guaranteed Longiflorums. In prices we are prepared to meet competition. Price the same in pots or as cut blooms. Careful packing. In case lots of from 20 to 35 plants, averaging 5 flowers to plant, $12.50 per J 00 buds or blooms. Send orders at once. You will buy cheaper than by waiting till the last moment. All other seasonable cut flower stock to suit every demand. Watch for announcement of our opening Spring Plant Auction Sale, which will take place on April 4th. andfuppiyPeaie)^!'^ N. F. McCartHy&Co. WOBIir.mTUBU AtlCTIONtERS. 84 Hawley St., Boston, Mass. j JULIUS LANG. I ! Wholesale Commission Florist, j • 53 WEST 30th street, NEW YORK, • # Will have a full supply of the best grade of Lilies, in pots and cut ; fine Roses and # Carnations, best market varieties; Tulips, Freesia, Valley and Daffodils; Violets, S Lilacs, Mignonette, and all other seasonable flowers. Top quality, from well-known # growers. Also blooming Azaleas, a superb selection of the most brilliant and popular S sorts. Violets and Lily of the Valley in pots. # Plant orders shipped direct from growers* establishment, if so ordered. S SEND YOUR ORDER NOW AND GET FIRST CHOICE TELEPHONE 280 MADISON SQ. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. igo3. The American Florist. 333 EASTER CUT FLOWER LIST OFFERED AT THE Chicago Flower Growers' Market 58-60 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO. JOHN SINNER, Sec'y. BEAUTIES, 30 to 40 inch stem Per doz. 24 " " 20 " " " 15 " " short 1 Special . Per 100 Select Good Average " BRIDES, HAIDS, HETEOR, GATES, PERLES, Fancy " Medium LIBERTY, ROSES, Our Selection CARNATIONS, Extra " Good Average 9.00 to 7.00 to 5.00 to 8.00 to 5. CO to 5.00 to 5.00 to 3 00 to $6, 00 4.00 3-00 2.00 1.50 1. 00 •75 12 00 8 GO 6.00 10.00 7.00 15.00 5.00 6.00 4 GO BULB STOCK. EASTER LILIES, Select Per i go " " Seconds " TULIPS, Double and Single DAFFODILS DUTCH HYACINTHS LILY OF THE VALLEY GREEN STOCK. ASPARAGUS Per String TOO, 1,000, 100, 1,000, 100, 100, 100, PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. Sprengeri Per COMMON FERNS Per Per GALAX LEAVES Per SMILAX Per LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS Per ADI ANTUM Per $15 00 10.00 to 12.50 3.00 to 5.00 3.00 to 4 00 4.00 to 6. GO 3. GO to 5.00 $0.50 to $0 75 4.00 to 6.00 3.00 • 25 1. 00 to 1.50 18.00 to 20.00 1. 00 I. GO to 1.50 STANDHOLDERS JOHN ASSA FRANK BEU DES PLAINES FLORAL CO. B. ELDREDCE A. B. EVERETT MATH. EVERT MRS. C. S. FOOTE F. R. HILLS JOHNSON & CARLSON JOHN KRUCHTEN J. W. LYONS J. E. MARTHALER JACOB MYER POLISH FLORAL COMPANY MRS. A. M. SCHAFER SINNER BROTHERS STOLLERY BROTHERS J. A. SWANSON MRS. J. P. TONNER C. WIFFIN M. WINANDY CEO. WITTBOLD CO., Palms and Flowering Plants VAUCHAN'S SEED STORE, Palms and Ferns 334 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Minneapolis. STOCK SCARCE AND DEMAND CONTINUES BRISK. — BULBS IN COLD STORAGE. — LOCAL NOTES. The market has had a very short sup- ply of all stock the past week. The weather conditions are bad and growers who were cutting in large quantities two weeks ago are hardly picking anything. The plants show plenty oi buds but there is no sun to bring them out. Violets are the only flowers which are plentiful. Some fine azaleas, cinerarias and other pot plants are adorning the windows of a good many stores. With a shortage of cut stock they sell rapidly. Northrup, King & Company and Wm. Donaldson & Company have a large number of lily and narcissus bulbs in A. Booth & Company's cold storage house. They find they are able to hold the bulbs in good shape. The Greek flower men are appearing on the street, but the limited supply of stock makes hard going. Dalrymal Brothers have opened a flower stand in the Pillsbury building on Nicollet avenue. E. Nagel & Company have been show- ing a white sport of Mrs. Lawson car- nation. R. Wessling has had a choice display of azaleas the past few days. The reduced express rate shows an increase in shipping trade. C. F. R. BBMiaaBag^SgHSgaH^BB^SgaZ8agSagBBMaHBgBHiMi»iWB«Me^ggHi Springfield, Mass. WEATHER FORCES STOCK TOO FAST. — GOOD CUT FLOWER SUPPLIES BUT ALL j STOCK USED UP. I The weather for the past week has I been very warm, hastening azaleas and bulbous stock along. There will have to be some careful handling to have them just right lor Easter. Bulbs outdoors have pushed right through the soil and will cause a deal of trouble in handling. Store men are on the move, looking up stock for Easter, of which there will be a good supply, with prices about the same' as last year. Roses, carnations and violets are plen- tiful, of good quality and there is a steady demand, funeral work helping to use up any surplus stock. I am sorry to hear this city has a "crape chaser" going the rounds. A. B. Boise, Idaho.— The Boise Floral Com- pany has been incorporated with$10,000 authorized capital. The following are named as directors: Hugh Connor, C. A. Johnson, Elise Connor, W. S. Walker and W. E. Palmer. They propose to do a general florist and nursery business. Cinnamon Vine Business Given Away. My Wholesale Trade in Cinnamon Vine Roots. \^^^^iJ!!'CL W'Vir^E. BIG DEMAND. BIG SALES. IMMENSE FRONTS. I will give the entire business, good will, full list of customers, etc., Free to first purchaser of my 150,000 Bulblets for planting at $2.00 per 1000, which is far below wholesale price. Address A. T. COOK, Seedsman, HYDE PARK, NEW YORK. p. S. — I can furnish splendid strong Cinnamon Vine Roots at only $14.00 per 1000. We are doing a large and CONSTANTLY GROWING shipping business in wholesale CUT FLOWERS without making any great fass about it. Probably this is because we are giving the buyers better satisfaction than they can get elsewhere. WE WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE YOUR EASTER ORDER. A. L. Randall, 4 Washington Street, The Most Important Thing To consider in buying Cut Easter LiliCS is quality, not the price. Poor Easter Lilies are dear at any price. As in former years we will again have A No. i Easter Lilies. It is still too early to set a price on Lilies, but you may be sure that we will bill them at the right price, as we do with everything. Of course you understand that we have every- thing in the flower line, such as Roses, American Beauties. Carnations, Valley, Violets (our violets are the finest grown), Smilax, Daffodils, Tulips, Sweet Peas, Romans, Paper Whites, Asparagus, etc., etc. FA VOR us WITH YOUR EtSTER OBDER. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis. §gggg@ggg3g3g3Sggg GALAX LEAVES, ETC, Bronze and Green Galax $ .55 LeucothcB Sprays, Bright Green J3.00 Rhododendron Sprays, bright glossy green. ..J5.00 Fancy Cut Ferns 11.00 Cold Storage Stoolj a Specialty. Ask for prices on large lots. I originated this business here and am the oldest dealer. Send your order to me. Send cash with first order. J. NELS ON PRITCHARD. ELK PARK, N. C. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michigan Gut Flower Exchange. FANCY FERNS. »1.50 per 1000. " Dis- ■ count on large orders. Give us a trial- for Ferns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze. $1.00 per 1000. 28 Miami Ave.. DETROIT, MICH. Please mention the American Florist when writing. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (When Quality Is FIrat Consldaratlon.) Write, WIra or Phone the Introducers, CaMwall The Woodsman Co., Evergreen, Ala. or their agents: L. J. Kreshover, New York; J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayersdorter &, Co., Philadelphia; W. F. Easting, Buffalo; J. M. McCuUough's Sons. Cincinnati, Ohio; H. G. Berning, St. Louis, Mo. ALL Nutset^en, Seedsmen and Florists wishing to do business with Europe should send for the "Horticultural Advertiser." This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly by all the Horticultural traders; it is also taken by over 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual subscription to cover cost of postage 75o. Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts. Address EDITORS OP THE "H. A." Chilwell Nuneries. LOWDHAM. Notts. England. igo3. The American Florist. 335 EASTER FLOWERS... We offer a large and complete stock of all leading varieties of cut flowers at lowest market quotation. LILIUM LONGIFLQRU/VV, choice. AMERICAN BEAUTIES, the best in market. TEA ROSES in variety. CARNATIONS, extra fancy and medium quality. BULBOUS STOCK in great variety. VIOLETS and everything else in season. Give us your order early and avoid being disappointed, at ^JJJ* Lilies are extra fine. .^^^^ j^vt^**' ^ ^^ all the standard sorts. ^m\^^ VIOLETS, VALLEY. \^^^^ ^"^^ ^C^ ASPARAGUS. ^^^k\^^ft^^ ^> ADIANTUM. ^^W SMILAX. ^ W^i^ y^ \,<\^ shipping orders. We can fill ADIANTUM. ^T^^^^^"^^^^ •** SMILAX. ^ ^(^.xv^ FERNS. ^I^^# ^^"^^^^ik ^^^ ^ ^ u^* Special attention given to .^L r- ^^ VcJ^ shipping orders. We can fill ^^ ^^ ^6^ ^°"^ orders when others fail. When ^^ ^^3^ y°^ ^^^^ *° 8^^* satisfaction elsewhere, just cSlf^ give us a trial. You'll find our service prompt. /-»^^-^ Remember we make no charge for "P. & D.'* <^ * ON ORDERS OVER $3.00. Store open from 7:30 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. Sundays and holidays to 12:00 m. '903- The American Florist. 337 51 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. Largfest Grower of Cut »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Flowers in the World. Headquarters for Carnations and Choice Roses of All Varieties, INCLUDING BESIDES THE STAPLES, Liberty, Chatenay, Sunrise ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»♦♦♦♦»•♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦ BEAUTIES. Per doz. Extra select $6.00 36-inch stems 5.00 30-inch stems 4.00 24-inch stems 3.00 20-inch stems 2.50 IS-inch stems 2.00 12-inch stems 1.50 Short stems 1.00 Bride $6.00to$l2.00 per 100 Maids 6.00 to 12.00 per 100 Meteors 6.00 to 12.00 per 100 Golden Gate 6.00 to 12.00 per 100 EASTER Price List. SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. Per 100 Chatenay $8.00 to$l 5.00 Sunrise 4.00 to 10.00 Liberty, long 1 5.00 to 20.00 medium 8.00 to 12.00 short 4.00 to 6.00 Ivory 8.00 to 10.00 Perle 4.00 to 8.00 ALLOTHEROODDSAT CARNATIONS 300 to 4.00 MARKET RATES. Fancy... 5.00 to 6.00 THIS VIEW SHOWS ONLY A PART OF OUR RANGE OF 800,000 FEET OF CLASS. 338 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Easter Flowers A large crop of the finest grade Japanese Longiflorums; unexcelled as to quality. Tlie Gottage Gardens' Carnations; simply perfection. The most complete stock of bulbous flowers; grown by Carl Jurgens, Newport. Orchids; the best supply and choicest varieties offered in this country. Prize-winning Violets; number unlimited. Roses, Callas, Sweet Peas, Asparagus, Smilax and Ferns. WRITE. TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH. John Young, NEW YORK. ■PHONE 1905 MADISON SQ. 5 1 West 28th Street, Send Your Easter Orders Early. We have the best stock in the Market A No. 1 In every respect. Fancy or Dagger Ferns, $1.25 per 100\ Galax. bronze or green, 75o per ICOO in 5,000 lots; $1.00 per 1000 in sniiiller quantities. Use Laurel Festooning for your decorations, fresh made from No. 1 stocK 4c, 5c and 6c per yard. Moss, 50c per sact:. Prin- cess Pine, $5.00 per 100 pounds. Pine Festooning, 4o nnd 6c per yard. Try our $5.00 BARGAIN OFFER for EASTER. Every Florist Should Have Them. 1000 Dngger Perns, 1000 Fancy Ferns, irOO Bronze, 1000 Green G»lax 10 yds. Laurel Festooning. 5 lbs. Princess Pine, 1 saclj Moss, all for $5.05. Greatest bargiin ever offered for Easter. Long distance telephone connection. Send ^ your orders early and you will i and yourselves, too. Miliinston, Mass. Tel. office, New Salem EASTER. Anyone wishing extra fine EASTER LILIES and HYACINTHS, write to E. Wickersham & Co., Pottstown, Pa. BOSTON FERNS For ;You want a feW; Specimen Plants for your show ^ndow. We have all sizes. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10-inch, Bjest values. Write ; GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, Ills. 10.000 Lilium Longiflorum tor [aster We have an exceptionally fine lot of these, and plants are in perfect condition, with fine, healthy foliage, and. A No. 1 in every respect, averaging from four to eight buds each. We are now booking orders tor Easter delivery or earlier at the rate of I2C Per Bud or Flower. Cut lilies at same price. In ordering please state whether plants in pots or cut lilies are wanted. Customers at a distance wishing to procure a supply will And it safer to order early, just before the flowers open, as plants can then be shipped cheaper and with greater safety. You will then have the plants on hand and avoid the rush at the last minute. A great many of our customers order in this way, and And it a decided advantage. We can ship at any time now plants selected so that they will just come into bloom in nice shape the week before Easter, We should be gad to have buyers from near-by points call at our Scarborough greenhouses and inspect the stock. Plants can be selected and laid aside and reserved at any time and delivered when wanted. We have also an exceptionally fihe stock of FICUS ELASTICA, KENTIAS, BOSTON FERNS, ARAUCARIAS, large sized LATANIA BORBONICA, for decorating, etc., etc. F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, NEW YORK. Order Direct From Headquarters. A No. 1 DAGGER and FANCY FERN, $1.60 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. A No, I BRONZE and GREEN GALAX. $1.00 per 1000 in 6000 lots. LAUREL FESTOONING, good and full, 6c and 6c per yd. Mease mention the A SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX, selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS, $1.00 per bbl. LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, $1.00 per 100. We guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail, telephone or telegraph will receive our personal and prompt attention. We can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO. 32-34-36 Court Sq., Boston, Mas*. L. D. Telephone 2618 Main. Florist when writing. igoj. The American Florist. 339 WnOLESME GI?0WER5 AND SHIPP&RS OF- CiT H^EB om Flowering Stems Only $5per no, $45 per 1000. lUO 1000 BOSTON MARKET, white $.5.01 MO.CO LAWSON 4.00 3;.00 Henry A. Stevens Co., East St., Dedham, Mass. 342 The American Florist. Mar. 28, FOR ESSTER We ofifer the same quality of flowers as in past years. Prices fair, packing careful, delivery prompt. Violets by the million, Fancy Carna- tions, Prize-winning Roses, Tulips, Daffodils and Lilies, all from expert growers upon whom we can depend. Send in your order and you will get satisfactory service without extra cost. Ford Brothers, WHOLESALE FLORISTS Telephone 157 Madison Square, iii W. 30th Street. Pf^-W -S-OIiBC OITTY 40,000 "^esi^igp FOR EASTER. 3,000 Crimson Ramblers, Unique designs, extra fine plants, $i .00 to $25.00 each. 2,000 Hydrangeas, the finest in the mar- ket, $1.00 to $5.00 each. 10,000 Lilium Longlfiorum, I2cand I5c per bloom. A large assortment of Hyacinths in pans, $12.00 per dozen. - Azaleas, 75c to $1 5-00 each. Hybrid Roses, $5.00 per doz. and up. Spiraea, $4.00 and $6.00 per doz. Rhododendrons, $1.00 to $1 5.00 each. Also a large assortment of Palms and other ornamental plants. HERMAN C. STflNHOrr, WEST nOBOKEN, N. J. A. :N^e>?*r :Boo1s:. "How to Make Money Growing Violets." by George Saltford, 30 years' practical experience. Price, 25c postpaid. Money order preferred. Agents Wanted. VIOLET CULTURE CO., 61 Quincy Street, BROOKLYN, N. Y. A^s-p. ®i>i?e>»:»een,OurSpecialt5'. 3Ji-in., $2.00 per 100; 3-in., J3.00; 4-iD., $7.00; 5-in., $15.00; 6-in., $26.00 per 100. ASP. PLUM0SUS,3y.-in., $3.00; 3-in., $5.00 per ICO. IVY, 2M-in.. 3.C0; 3-in., $5.00 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, 5-in., $25.00: 6-in., $40.05 per 100. IMPATIENS SULTANI, 4-inch, $1.50 per dozen. Cuttinss, $2.00 per li 0. ROSES, 1000 Maids, cuttings. $12.60. 1000 Brides, 2M-in., $22.50. J. H. BORNHOEFT, Tipton, Ind. "Never be in Doubt." PLACE EASTER AND LATE SPRING ORDERS NOW 50 lb. cases Wild Smilax, $2.50. 30 lb. cases, $1.50. Magnolia Foliage, same price as Smilax. Long Needle Pines, (for church decorations,) $2.00 per dozen. Grey Moss, $2.00 per (large bbl.) sack. Green Sheet Moss, $2.00 per (large bbl.) sack. Large cut Palm Leaves, (for Palm Sunday or Easter) $2.50 per 100. Palm Crowns, 4 to 10 leaves, per dozen, $2.00. Very fine for church decorations. 10,000,000 Ferns ready May 1st. GEO. M. CARTER, " "°- Evergreen, Ala. For Easter Decorations. Southern Wild Smilax, $4.00 and $7.00 per ase. Laurel Festooning, 5c and 6c per yard. Clean stock. For Palm Sunday. Will have large stock of Southern Cut Palm Leaves, Green and Bronze Leuco- thCE Sprays and other decoratives. Order early. We can supply your demand. HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., 32=34oj6 Court Square, Boston, Mass. * L. D. Telephone 2618 Main. Please mention the American Florist to advertisers. igo2. The American Florist. 343 IX. C SeiECZ>EMU. FT. I>. »E>IOE>ie. RIEDEL & CO. WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS, 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK CITY. WE CONTROL A SPLENDID SUPPLY OF Easter Flowers. Lilies, Roses, Carnations. Violets, Lily of the Valley, Tulips, Daffodils. A SPECIAL CROP OF FINE EASTER JACQS. HEADQUARTERS for the best line of FANCY MATERIAL in the New York Cut Flower Markets. All the tid-bits as well as all the standard every-day goods. Send to us for any or all. We are in close touch witli the best growers and can supply you at short notice at prevailing market prices. Strictly Wlinlesale. We deal with Floritti only. • •• The Newest and Best. New Jersey 6ui Flower Gompanu. A. WARENDORFF, Mgr. 37 W. 28th St., NEW YORK. With long experience and ample facilities, can make good returns to growers for flowers consigned i-> our care ;: :: :: :: :: Correspondence witli Growers Solicited. Please mention tke American Florist when writing. Established 1872. John J. Perkins, Wholesale Commission Florist, Jt5 W. 30th Street, NEW YORK. Headquarters for good Roses. Shipping Trade a Specialty. For Easter A full supply of fine Roses, Violets, Carnations, Lilies and other desirable flowers. A big line of Easter Plants; Ramblers, Azaleas, Hydran- geas, Lilies, Etc , at branch store, R. w. PERKINS, Mjr. 48 W. 28th street. Please jnentton the American Florist when writing. B <& A SPECIALTIES Trained Fruit Trees. Bay Trees, Bunus in all We .ire pleased at all times to receive visitors at forms. Evergreeos. Herbaceous plants. Rhododen- quj Nurseries. We have 60 acres planted with the drons. Clematis. Hardy Azaleas, II. P. Standard „ . . . .. > i • iv „..,. a.i. f„, and Climbing Roses, in addition to quantities of most interesting stock in the country. Ask for fancy Nurserv. stock. Spring catalogues. BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford, N. J. iHease meniton the American Florist when writing. 344 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Baltimore. CLUB HOLDS VERY SUCCESSFUL CARNATION SHOW. — MANY EXHIBITORS. — STOCK IS PLENTIFUL. — VARIOUS NOTES. The Gardeners' Club held its annual free carnation show March 23. The exhibits were fine and the show a great success. From 10,000 to 15,000 carna- tion blooms were staged, the principal exhibitors being: I. H. Moss, Halliday Bros., E. A. Seidewitz, Jno. Rider, Lehr Bros., F. Bauer, F. G. Burger,Jno. Cook, Wm. Christie, Robt. Graham, C. E. Ake- hurst and others. Amateur exhibits were made by C. M.Wagner, gardener to Chas. Diffenderfer, and E. Holden, gardener to Mrs. Robt. Garrett. The weather has been unusually warm lor this season of the year and there is a glut threatened in the market. The peach trees in the lower counties of Maryland will be in bloom in a few days and everything has put on an appear- ance of spring. Late frosts, which are sure to come, will do untold damage. Cut flowers are accumulating fast, and the Lenten season is noticeable in decreased receipts by most of our local people. Halliday Brothers, Seidewitz, I. H. Moss and others have their bulbous stock in fine shape for Easter. A number of our local club members are attending the rose show in Phila- delphia this week. Columbus, O. FUNERAL WORK MAKES BRISK BUSINESS. — GOOD PROSPECTS FOR EASTER.— NOTES. In the history of local trade there has never been such a demand for funeral work as that of the past two weeks. Bulbous stock being plentiful during this time, the orders were not difficult to fill, notwithstanding the tact that the home- grown stock of roses and carnations was not sufficient to supply the demand. Prices on all stock were very firm till this week, when there is a slight decline on some items. The weather is causing some stock to advance rather rapidly, but there will be plenty of good stock lor Easter. Those who attend market are in their glory just now, the weather encouraging a fine display in the market square. Walter Mott was among the callers this week. Carl. NEW. ALL Prices: l00LBS.@8''i^ i200LBS.@8r STOCK SIZES Vaughan's Seed Store, CHICAGO. New York. Plumosus Nanus Seeds Now Ready. SAMUELS. PENNOCK, Philadelphia. Doz. Xmanfllil FormosltslnM, brilliant scarlet. $ .30 Begonias, Tuberous rooted, IM to 2-inch white, rose, red, yellow and orange separate 40 Double BOBOiiias, 1^ to 2-inch separate colors 70 Begonias, single and double, mixed, \hi to 3-inch, very tine 50 Caladlum, (Elephant's Ear) 6-8 30 8-10 .'.. .40 " " 10-13 85 " " Monster 1.75 Caladlum, fancy-leaved. We handle only the choicest brilliant colored Brazilian Sorts to name, in 35 rarest varieties 1.25 Mixed stock does not pay to grow. Cannae. All Florists' sorts (Send for list) J2.00 to $4.00 per liO Dahlias. Novelllee Best for Florists' cut flowers. Gtrmania Giant, beautiful rose, Show Dahlia, long stiff stems, (lowers brought $3.00 per 100 last summer in New York market. Sun of Berlin, show, flocst lemon yellow. ErnsI Giassa, enormous flower, red with purple shading. Send for general list. Koveltles, strong field grown clumps, each Every Bulb we send out is Sound and of best quality Doz. lOO 1000 5.00 3.50 2.00 3.25 6 00 10.00 Gladioli, clean smooth stock, American Hybrids, 60 per cent light and white $.'5 ! May, Florists' favorite forcer.. .30 Choicest white and light 25 Rose 20 Grofl's Hybrids 40 All other mixed and named sorts. Cloxlnias, Hybrida Ereota Crassi- folia. separate white, blue, red, violet and tigered 50 Mixed 40 Liiium luratum, 8-9 65 Lillum Rubrum, 7-9 70 Liiium album, 9-11 ; 85 Lillum Tigrinum, single or double ... .£0 18.00 15.00 10.00 25.00 TUBEROSESJiat and up . 3-4 incti and up.. ilxcelsior Double 4-6 iuch Fresh Palm Seeds. I^CMTIA Belmoreana and For- 100 lOOl 5000 M.I1 I IH) steriana $.50 $4.09 $15.00 Latania Borboniea, about 185 seeds to lb 30 3.5() Pandanus Ulills 1.00 8.0() Smilax Seed oz. 25c; lb., $2.50 Shasta Daisy. Best payingcut flower .25 2.Cd Asparagus, Plumosus nanus, true... .85 7.00 Asparagus Sprengeri 20 l.OJ 3.00 Cycas Revoluta Stems. ADDRESS ^ H g^Hfigp ^ QQ^ ^^ ggypjay g^^ ,jg^ yOftK. RICHflRDIfl flETHIOPIGfl A grand everblooming Calla giving five flowers to one, compared with the old ytthiopica Calla. May be had in flower from the first week of November until April. Floi#ers very large, well shaped, pure white; foliage large, beautiful; dwarf and compact. The Best paying Calla for cut flowers. The finest plant for decorative work. Orders booked now for October Delivery. Showy plants, $4.00 per Doz.; $25.00 per 100. DE GRAAFF BROS. Ltd.. LEIDEN, HOLLAND. Who will be glad to send their Wholesale Catalogue of all sorts of Bulbs and Plants poJt free on application. BUCKBEE'S FAMOUS PANSY PLANTS Extra fine, stocky, September transplanted and wintered in cold frames. Our special Giant Trimardeau, Rainbow, International, Peacock. Butterfly, and fifty named sorts, all in grand assortment, in bud and bloom, 81.50 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Low special express rates and light packing. Seedlings, $4.00 per 1000. Beautilul roots, just started. Our own growth. Burbank, Florence Vaughan, Grand Rouge, Austria, Allemania, Souv. Du. Pres. Carnot, Mile. Herat, Chas. Henderson, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Packing free. Low special express rates. H. W. BUCKBEE, Rockford, 111. ROCKFORD SEED FARMS. FOREST CITY GREENHOUSES. more than double your money 03ted. Will make good GERANIUMS. GERANIUMS. Glegant S-inch stock, in choice bedding kinds, on which you ( in a short time. $5.00 per 100. Rooted Rose Cuttings. ftlTforlaM/pU^nting"'"^^' ^'""^'^ Maids, Brides $1.60 per 100 $12.60 per 1000 Perles $2.00 per 100 $17.60 per 1000 Meteors, G. Gates.. 1.60 per 100 12.60 per 1000 Ivory, fine 3.00 per 100 26.00 per 1000 Boston Ferns. F'°e cool-grown stock, 6-inch, $2S.O0; 6-inch, $40.00; 7-inch, $60.00 per 100. Good profits in this stock. SPRENGERI, 4-inch, $8.00 per 100. VINCAS, varie- gated, strong 2-inch, $2.60 per 100. W. H. GULLETT & SONS, Lincoln, III. igoj. The American Florist. 345 .-^ '^'^'^'^'^t^^^'^ti'^'^t^t^^t^'^^^t^t^'^t^t^'^t^'^tit^t^t^Tit^.t^^'^ t^ , ¥> f ¥> ¥> ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ SOME DESIRABLE NOVELTIES EEsm Watson's NEW ESCHSCHOLTZU (California Poppy). (Brecta Compacta). A new selection of this valuable annual of very good, upright and compact habit, showing its bloom up far better and more free flowering than the old varieties. Two colors are offered this year — Rose Queen, rich rose, and Mandarin, rich, deep orange, shaded crimson. Each, per pkt. 15c. ALLEGHENY HOLLYHOCK (Wohlert's Strain). This strain is the result of a number of years' careful selecting and crossing of this favorite form of the Holly- hock. Highly recommended. Pkt. 25c; ounce $1.50. LIN4RIA ''White Peari." (Maroccana.) A strong growing and free flo.vering annual with pure white snapdragon-like flowers; very useful for cut- ting, the buds opening well in water. Pkt. 25c. POPPY "May Campbell." A dwarf form of "Snowdrift" 15 to 18 inches high, with lovely pure white flowers, very double and freely produced. The petals are gracefully laciniated. Excel- lentforcuttingif gathered beforefuUy expanded. Pkt. 25c. NEW YELLOW PARIS DAISY 'HELIOS." A remarkable novelty from Europe with pure golden- yellow flowers 3 inches diameter; fine for outside culture as it stands wet weather well, the petals remaining firmly extended, rain or shine; also a capital substitute for "Etoile d'Or," the yellow Marguerite so much used for cutting and with the advantage of requiring only the treatment of an ordinary annual. Pkt. 25c. ST. BRIDQID'S ANEMONE. A selection of the spring flowering Anemone (Coron- aria) from Ireland; very large flowers and fine colors. Pkt. 25c. DAHLIA "Clifford W. Bruton." The finest clear yellow Dahlia in existence. Five to six inches across. Full and double like a chrysanthemum. Long stems. Strong roots. 25c each; $2.50 doz. We call special attention to "Our Best Ten" Dah- lias, described on page i6of our Spring Trade List for 1903. These are In our opinion the best in their respect Ive classes, either new or old, and will give grand results. 15c each, $1.50 doz ,$8.00 per 100. SEND FOR OUR SPRING TRADE LIST FOR 1903 FOR FULL PARTICULARS AS TO OUR OTHER CHOICE OFFERINGS IN SEEDS AND BULBS. The Watson Seed Store, ^u:iS,l » J* 346 The American Florist. Mar, 28, Albany, N. Y. EXCEPTIONALLY EARLY SPRING CAUSES RUSH OF GARDEN WORK.— TRADE PRIN- CIPALLY FUNERAL FLOWERS.— VARIOUS NOTES. The topic of greatest interest in this sec- tion at present is the exceptional earliness of the season, which is from three to four weelcs earlier than usual. Farmers and market gardeners were plowing their land by March 15 and several market gardeners on the Schenectady turnpike have planted peas, potatoes, onion sets, radishes and spinach. The crocus is in bloom in many places and tuHps are well above ground. The effect of this excep- tionally early season was to cause an an extraordinary demand for seeds, which the local merchants had not antici- pated for several weeks yet. Funeral work is quite heavy. One of the largest funerals held in some time in this locality was that of Bernard Stark, late member of the state board of media- tion and arbitration, whose funeral took place from the Temple Beth Emeth on Monday afternoon, March 23. Eyres had orders for about eighteen pieces, among which was a large pall of lilies, roses and smilax contributed by the trustees of the Temple. W. C. King & Company had charge of the decorations at the reception given by the local lodge of Independent Order Free Sons of Israel to William Bookheim, who was lately elected Deputy Grand Master of the national organization. The recep- tion was held in Odd Fellows' Hall and was largely attended. The Dutch bulb men are calling upon the local trade in large numbers. E. S. Hazeltine has succeeded Hazeltine & Hare at 32 Central avenue. R. D. Haverhill, Mass.— On the morning of March 14 fire did $755 damage at the greenhouses of Frank W. Abrams. Ampelopsis Engelmanni. strong 3-year, S I per Doz.; $7 per 1 00. CLEMATIS, strong 2 and 3-year dormant, 25c and 35c each; 43.00 and $4.00 per dozen. CLEMATIS PAN'CULATA, 3-year, $1.00 per dozen. PEONIES, in strong roots, distinct kinds and colors lor florists, $1.50 dozen; $10.00 per 100. STRAWBERRY PLANTS, from new plantings, War- fleld, Clyde, Bederwood, etc., 75c per lOJ; J3.00 per thousand. r. A. B4LLtR, Bloomington, III. SHADE TREES AMERICAN ELMS, t to 2-inch diameter CAT ALP AS, J to li-inch diameter BOX ELDERS, J to Ji-iach diameter FINE AND CHEAP. WRITE. WILLIAMS & SCNS CO.. Batavia. III. Tree Seeds. Our new descriptive CATALOGUE OF SEEDS of American Conifers, Trees, Shrubs, Palms, Cacti, Herbaceous Plants, etc., has been mailed to the trade. A postal will bring it to you. PINEHURST NURSERIES, PInehurst, N. G, Otto Hatzenstpin. IMet. 1,000,000 STRAWBERRY AND OTHER PLANTS. Including Bubach, Gandy, Nick Ohmer, New York, Sample, Success, Tennessee. Sharpless, Wm. Belt, and 30 other best sons. See our cata- logue and get the best. See our discounts and gift plants. CALEB BOGGS & SON, Cheswold, Del. Please mention ike A merican Florist when writing. "CALIFORNIA PRIVET." View of one of our blocks of Cali- fornia Privet. 1-year old, 1 to 2 1-2 feet, $15.00 to $25.00 per thousand. The Glenwood Nurseries offer the finest trees both EVER- GREEN and DECIDUOUS. FLOWERING SHRUBS and VINES of all sizes in general assortment. New TRADE LIST Ready. Special quotations to large buyers. The Wm. n. MOON CO. 60 Miles from New York. 30 Miles from Philadelphia. Morrisville, Pa. Azalea Amoena. One of the choicest, dwarf, hardy, flowering shrubs. 2, 3 and 4-year plants from open ground, $30.00, $50.00 and $75.00 per 100. A few larger specimens $3.00 to $5.00 each. 1-year plants, from 3-inch pots, rooted cuttings, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. AMPtLOPSIS VEITCm field grown seed- lings, $3.00 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. DAHLIAS, strong dormant roots, plenty of white, yellow and pink. SAMUEL C. MOON, Morrisville, Pa. TREES FOR SPRING OF 1903. We offer a large and choice line ot General Nursery Stock. Special attention is called to the following; APPLE, CHERRY. Peach, Kieffer and Dwarf Pear, DOWNING GOOSEBERRY, Catalpa, Box Elder, Silver and Cut-leaved Blaple, Mountain Ash, Carolina Poplar, Tulip Tree, Black Walnut Seedlings, Pecans, Clematis Paniculata, Wistaria, Norway Spruce, Hydrangea P. G., Barberry, Privet, Hybrid Perpetual and Climbing Moss Roses, Apple and Pear Seedlings and Root Grafts. For Diices address F. S. PHOENIX, Bloomington, III. Fine Grafted ORANGES Bearing Sizes. Per 100 SSOOO 15-18 inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots 30.00 Kin KanS 10-12 m., bushy, from 4-in potsJJ I amnno 12-15 in., bushy, from 4-in. pots..^^ * LClllUIIO 18-24 in., bushy, from 4-in. pots ' y Oranges, Lemons. Limes, iTJiu plants, well-branched, 3-4 ft $2 to $3 each. Clematis Apiifolia thlT ssra Paniculata, but blooms earlier and lasts longer; strong plants from 3-inch pots .... 8.00 ^Top Cuttings). 10-13inch 20.00 Kentia Belmoreana L';fe^rdn°.'V"tT.%.oo Phoenix Reclinata and Farinifera division, best sorts, $15.10 per 1000 (Not less than 400 of a class at 1000 rate.) Latanias, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE (Inc.) P. J. BERGKMANS GO. FRUITLAND NURSERIES, Established 1856. AUGUSTA. GA. Please mention ike American Florist when writing. igo3. The American Florist. 347 Harrisii Bulbs FOR AUGIST DELIVERS Good straight stock of Harrisii are not plentj'. We have the sale of as large a supply of carefully grown and well rogued stock as can be found on the Island of Bermuda. There is no more profitable forcing bulb in the whole list than true Harrisii. Place your order with us now and you will get the best bulbs produced this year. Our arrangements for high grade bulbs of French Romans, Paper White Crandiflora, Callas, Japan Longifiorum, London Marl(et Valley and picked bulbs of all Dutch Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus and Spiraea are unexcelled. Bulbs secured from us will be subject to careful inspection and approval on arrival, and if any way unsatisfactory, will be made good at once. By combining your order for a full line of this stock with us, you get each in season and all at the closest cost for high grade stock. Economy in carload freight shipments and large importations supply half our profits. WRITE FOR PRICES BEFORE CLOSING ANY FORCING STOCK ORDERS.... Vaughan's Seed Store, NEW YORK: 1 4 Barclay St. CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. COMET EMPRESS FREDERICK. Dwarf and compact, fine for pots. Flowers pure white, diameter 4 to 5 inches. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. SEMPLE'S BRANCHING. Home grown. White, shell pink and lavender. \ oz., 30c; oz., 7Sc. QUEEN OF MARKET. Best German. In colors, \ oz., 25c; oz., 75c. LARGE VICTORIA. Best German. In colors, Packet, 25c; i oz., 65c; oz., $2.50. Write for wholesale catalogue now ready. Fresh Tobacco Stems, $1.50 per bale, cash. W. C. B[CKCRT, Allegheny, Pa. Gladiolus Bulbs AT YOUR OWN PRICE. To clear out surplus. 25.000 Light Mixture. Fine bulbs to the highest bidders per 1000 until all are'taken. These bulbs usuallv sell for JIO.OO per lOOO. CISHMAN Gladiolus Co., Sylvania, Ohio. 100,000 PANSIES Thi Jennings Strain. Slock the Finest. Good strong plants, $4.00 per 1000. Fine cold frame plants in bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100; smaller size, Jl.OO per lOO. Above by express. Small plants bv mail, 75c per 100. .Seed, $1.00 per packet of 300.'." Cash with order. E. B. JENNINGS, Lock Box 254, SOUTHPORT, CONN. GROWER OF THE FINEST PANSIES. Early Bird TOMATO. The earliest, smoothest and largest Early Tomato we ever introduced. Resists the rot and does not sunburn; wonderfully produc- tive, of fine flavor. Every florist should have some plants in the spring for his par- ticular and appreciative trade. i oz., 50c; i oz., 95c; Oz., $1.75; postpaid. FLORIST DEPARTMENT, D. Landreth & Sons, l2l7MarketSt., Philadelphia, Pa. f AlpiiC ROOTED tUltUd CITTINGS VERSCHAFFELTII, ) ^„ _„j ( 60c per 100. """ ( S5.00 per 1000. GOLDEN BEDDER, ) »='•""'•" Ready For Immediate Shipment. Frank A. Pierson, CROMWELL CONN. GERMIAN PANSIES The Ne Plus Ultra strain is the best that money can buy. We have them in large quantities: grown in cold frames, and all transplanted. Fine plnnts in hud and bloom, $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Cash with order. ANDREWS BROS.. 2794 Detroit St., LAKEWOOD, 0. (near Cleveland). CHAS. r. MEYER, 19 Barclay Street, NEW YORK. Wholesale Importer of LILY OF THE VALLEY, ROMAN HYACINTHS and PAPER WHITES, DUTCH BULBS, BERMUDA and JAPAN LILIES, AZALEAS and PALMS, NURSERY STOCK. AZALEAS from the Celebrated Nurseries of The Ad. D'Haene Co., Ltd., Ghent. 15 per cent each of the varieties Simon Mardner and Mrtle Van der Cruysten Guaranteed. MOITO:— High Grade Quality. Prices Rock Bottom. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Always me nlion the American Flo- rist when you order stock ^ 348 The American Florist. Mar. 28, New Orleans. THE TRADE SOCIETY DECIDES TO HOLD SPRING SHOW NEXT YEAR. — COMMITTEES APPOINTED. — PLANT TRADE VERY GOOD. We are to have a flower show during the spring of 1904, so it was decided at our last meeting. If we can arrange it SO that it will be held at the time of our Mardi Gras it will be a success, giving an opportunity to many visitors to see our Louisiana plants and flowers. A committee of nine was appointed by Presi- dent R. Panter, as follows: Paul Abele, chairman; P. A. Chopin, J. R. Newsham, G. St. Marc, M. M. Lapouyade, E. Valdejo, H. Papworth, J. Steckler and Chas. Ebele. The question of exhibiting at the St. Louis "World's Fair was talked over at the meeting. Some members seem willing to send the best specimen plants they have just to help the Louisi- ana exhibit, where others seem to insist on having some return in compensation for their trouble. Other objections were also made, so it was found advisable to form a committee of three to confer once more with Prof. Stubbs about the sub- ject. J. R. Newsham, E. Valdejo and Chas. Ebele were appointed. A proposi- tion was made to keep the money appro- priated annually by the society for the celebration of our anniversary and with a small amount paid monthly by each member form a fund to defray at least part of the expenses of going in a body to the St. Louis Fair. The idea is cer- tainly very good. It will bring us in contact with firms that we deal with and will be an opportunity to increase and improve our business in many ways. Plant business is very brisk at all the markets. The winter has been mild and plants have been made early and success- fully. We are having too much rain now and a good deal of garden work is delayed on that account. Prices are not high but not lower than other seasons and good plants find an early sale. Visitor: L. Coatsworth, of Benthey & Company, Chicago. M. M. L. PANSIES... Masterpiece, New Mammoth-flowered, curled and trilled ; finest strain. Eoemer's Superb Giant Prize Pansies. Seed bought from Roemer, Ger- many. Best that-money can buy. Plants now showing buds and bloom; strong, transplanted, 70o per 100; 86.00 per 1000. Express prepaid for 2O0 per 100; J1.50 per 1000. Smaller plants of above sorts from fall sown seeds and transplanted at 40o per 100; $3.00 per 1000. Prepaid for 15o per 100; $1.00 per 1000. ASTERS. Large assortment always on hand. CANNAS. Chas. Henderson best red. Colossal large bronze foliage, red flowers. Also a large lot of -mixed cannas, all standard. Henderson, Florence Vaughan, Mme. Crozy, Queen Char- lotte, Bouvier, Etc. Will close out the above atJl.OO per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Cash with order. DES MOINES PLANT CO.. 3Blh St., DES MOrNES, IOWA. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing, PANSIES. An exceptionally fine strain. Plants wintered over in cold frames. Price per 100 by mail 60c. Strong plants by express, $3.00 per 1000. Eng. Dalilu in colors. $2.00 per lOOO. Sweet Williamt, strong plants, bloom this season, $1.00 per 100; $5.00 per 1000. Cash with order. Address J. P. IR>ER, care J. M. Nash, 98 E. 55th Street, CHICAGO, ILL. (Roemer's.) Wintered over in fine shape: coming in bud; fine stocky plants; $2.50 per 1000; 5000 for $11.00. Cash. ■BT^^^i. :b:ro s . , CHAMBERSBURC, PA. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. 100,000 at Hitititmtiiit iiiiitii iiiiiiitttiiitiiiitiitu itmm inititiitititiiititiiuituumiumiiiiiiiu Seed Packets ....UTH06RAPHED IN COLORS. We carry in stock eight hundred varieties of Flower and Vegetable Designs for Seed Packets, and issue a catalogue in colors. BRETT LITHOGRAPHING CO. Art Lithographers, Established 1844 409=411=413 Pearl Street, NEW YORK, U. 5. A. af nrnm rmmT»TmnTnmmfnmn»mm?mmn»nnniimm?mnmimin»mnminnm* WATER LILIES. HARDY AND TENDER Nelumbiums^ Victorias, Etc. We are Headquarters for Water Lilies and Aquatic Plants of all kinds. Intending planters will gain a long start and early blooms by procuring dormant tubers of the tender Nymphieas now, and starting same Indoors, thus securing strong plants for planting at proper season, and also save the expense of heavy express charges. We shall be pleased to furnish estimates and offer practical suggestions to those intending planting either large or small ponds. SOW NOW Seeds of Victorias, Nelumblums 8 Nymphaas, HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St.. PHILADELPHIA. THE PRINCESS OF WALES VIOLET.... Violet growers cannot afford to be without this grand and popular variety. Growers in the vicinity of Boston know that this Violet is rapidly and surely becoming more popular and sells for higher prices than any other variety, either double or single. Growers in other sections have a great opportunity for taking up and growing this variety. I have the largest and healthiest stock in the country and am booking orders NOW for strong young plants for April and May delivery, at $2.00 per hundred; $1 5.00 per thousand. 500 at thousand rates. if , WILLIAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. | OUR MOTTO: QUALITY FIRST. We have, however, a sufficent quantity to supply all demands. Send for Catalogue. ARTHUR COWEE, *'Meadowvale Farm/* Long Distance 'Phone 9x. Berlin, N. Y. United states Grower and Representative ol CROFr'S HYBRIDS. GLADIOLI igoj. The American Florist. 349 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I GRAFTED ROSES. \ ♦ ♦ This stock is all grafted on Manetti after the wood has been carefully selected. We recommend these plants as being very choice stock all carefnlly handled ready to ship April 15. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ ^ Liberty, 3* iuch pots, per 100 SfO.OO Brides and Maids, 3i inch pois, per loo, $lo.OO CARNATIONS ROOTED CUTTINGS. Prosperity, Tor 100 $1.50 Crane, Per lOO $2.00 Floriana, " 2.00 Lawson, 2.00 Marquis, " I.OO White Cloud, I.50 America, I.50 Cold Nugget, 2.00 No order for less than 50 of one variety filled at these prices. All cuttings and plants shipped from Hinsdale. EASTER FLOWERS. We grow all the flowers we sell and shall have a fine stock of Beauties, Roses, Carnations, Lilies, Asparagus and all bulb stock. Buy your flowers of the growers and save the rehandling of flowers. We guarantee our stock all fresh and well packed. BASSETT & WASHBURN STORE: GREENHOUSES: 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago. Hinsdale, III. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Madame Chatenay... A superb, pink rose, freer and stronger than Bridesmaid, easy to grow and an ideal shipper. Will cut 40% selects. See ihicago cut flower quotations Chatenay is sel- ling for more than any other tea rose. Supply limited. Cash with orders. Fine healthy stock, $10.00 per 100. EMIL GLAIBER, Mont Clair, Colo. Meteors, Brides, Bridesmaids, Kaiserin, Pres. Carnot, Pedes, Beauties, Liberty, Golden Gate, La France, Belle Siebrecht, Ivory, \Voottons. Fine stock in 2 and 21/3- inch ready for shift. Write GEO. A. KUHL. Pekln. III. Roses Dormant Field-Grown, W. F. HEIKES, Manager, Huntsvllle Wholesale Nurseries, Cor. Lewis and O'Fatlon Streets, ST. LOUIS, MO. IN FINE STOCK. NOW READY. ON OWN ROOTS. I Liberty, Bridesmaid, Golden Gate, Mme. I Hoste, Mrs. P. Morgan, Perle des Jardins, I The Bride, Mrs. Oliver Ames, American Beauty, f Etc., Etc. In 2 and 3-incli sizes. Write for I prices. I John N. May, I SUMNIT, N. J. I GRAFTED STOCK ALL SOLD FOR THIS SEASON. American Beauty Roses. First crop now ready. Strong plants from 2i4-inch pots, J6.00 por 100; 150.00 per 1000. Our young plants of American Beauty are exceptionally flne this year, and we extend a cordial invitation to intending; planters to inspect our stock. Orders booked now for Spring delivery, and will be niled in rotation. ROBERT SCOTT & SON, Sharon Hill, Del. Co. Pa. 350 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Salt Lake City. TWO LEADING CONCERNS CONSOLIDATE.— WILL RETAIL MOST OF A LARGE PRODUC TIO.M. — VARIOUS OTHER MOVEMENTS OF THOSE IN THE TRADE. There have been several changes in the firms here. The most notable and largest is the consolidation of the Salt Lake Floral Company and the Huddart Floral Company, which will hereafter be known as the Salt Lake-Huddart Floral Com- pany, J. S. Bransford, president and P. T. Huddart, general manager. Mr. Brans- ford is a wealthy mining and stockman. He purchased Senator Clark's interests in the Salt Lake Floral Company. Mr. Huddart was the founder of the Hud- dart Floral Company and had built up a fine business. The new firm has about 100,000 square feet of glass. It intends to make the retail department the main feature. The State street estab- lishment, with 90,000 square feet of glass, is new and modern in every respect. Messrs. Swartz and Hennekey have drawn out of The Sugar House Floral Company and opened a store on 2nd South street for cut flowers, plants and seeds. Business has been rather dull the past month or so, with flowers of all kinds plentiful for the demand. Mr. Poole has quit business and gone to work for the Salt Lake-Huddart Com- pany. John Mitchell, late with the Salt Lake Floral Company, has gone back to Butte, Mont. James King, of Butte, paid us a visit last week. P. T. H. Springfield, Mass.— A tenement house is to be built this spring on the site ot Wm. Paul's greenhouses. Rooted Guttin6[s. ROSES. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID $1.60 $12 60 BRIDE 1.50 12.60 PERLE 1.60 12.50 METEOR 1.60 12.60 GOLDEN GATE 1.25 10.00 IVORY 2.60 20.00 2y2-INCH ROSE PLANTS. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID J3.00 $25.00 BRIDE 3.00 26.00 PERLE 3.00 25.00 GOLDEN GATE 2.60 20.00 METEOR 3.00 25.00 OLIVERAMES 4.00 35.00 IVORY 400 35.00 HELEN GOULD 4.00 36.00 All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. Booted Cuttings CARNATIONS. Norway $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000 Flora Hill 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 G.H.Crane 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 Genevieve Lord 1.26 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 Guardian Angel 1.25 per 100; 10.00 per 1000 The Harvey Greenhouse J. T. ANTHONY, Manager. GENEVA, - ILLINOIS Souvenir de Pierre Mki THE GRAND YELLOW FORGING ROSE. Spring Quotation, Hand Your Order. Tssriz'i^So'r.c'ir ■■" SOUPERT & HOTTING, Luxembourg, Europe. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. f."1SS"RJs"e For Easier. Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 957, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from aVs-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received. 25 or 50 plants at 100 rate. R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. PRESIDENT McKINLEV THE PRIZE WINNER. It's fine in September and improves as the season advances. It's a grand carnation, healthy and free, and we realize that we are making a bold assertion when we say it is supe- rior in many respects to the famous Lawson. Better speak while there is yet time. Rooted Cuttings $2.00 per doz.; 12 per lOO; $100.00 per 1000. We have a nice stock of other varieties ready to go. Also a limited amount of Am. Beauty, Golden Gate, Ivory and Perle roses. We guarantee quality. 2=inch Stock Now Ready. Clean, Healthy and free from Black Spot. First-class in every respect. $6.00 per 100; 350 per 1000. 37 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. AM. BEAITIES J. 3. BUDLONG, NEW PEDIGREE ROSES. Send for description and colored plate of our Six New Climbing Roses. These originated in our own collection by careful cross-fertilization and are unquestionably superior to anything of their class. EDWIN LONSDALE, pale lemon white. WIH. K. HARRIS, pale flesh color. WM. F. DREER, creamy white, pink edging. PROF. C. S. SARGENT, rich yellow and buff. ROBERT CRAIG, yellow shaded with apricot. JOHN BURTON, delicate peach color. All fragrant, very double, undeniably hardy and strong growers. HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS Maple Avenue Nurseries, ) WEST CHESTER, PA. Strong 2-Year Old Roses. 500 2-year old Kaiserin, 400 2-year old Liberty, $15.00 per hundred. Extra fine stock. J. G. MURRAY, Peoria, III, New Rambler Rose PHILADELPHIA. Flowers larger, more double, do not fade white, more durable, brighter color, and not subject to mildew as Crimson Rambler is. 214-inoh, $13.00 per 100; $100 per 1000. 1-year field plants, cut back to 15 to 18 in., $25 00 per 100. 1-year field plants, 2i« to 3 feet, $4.00 per dozen; $30.00 per 100. 2-year field plants, 3 to 3% feet, bushy, $7.00 per dozen; $50.00 per 100. The Conard & Jones Co.. West Brove. Pa. Carnation Cuttings We are now booking orders for rooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens, Queens, L. I. igo3. The American Florist.' 351 Mrs. M. A. PATTEN AND NELSON FISHER CARNATIONS. Were awarded the American Carnation Society Silver Cup at Brooklyn. Orders booked now for \ 904 delivery and cuttings sent direct from either PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass. OR J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO. Price $3 per dozen; $12 per 100; $J00 per J, 000; $95 per J, 000 in lots of 2,500; $90 per J, 000 in lots of 5,000; $80 per J, 000 in lots of 10,000. book: 'STGXJlei. ORr>:G]RtS IVO^\2V. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co., JOLIET, ILLINOIS. 352 The American Florist. Mar. 28, We Invite Yoar Inspection OF OIR EASTER STOCK. Lilies. Azaleas. Hydrangeas. Rhododendrons. Genistas. Crimson Ramblers. And our usual fine assortment of TULIPS, HYACINTHS, Etc., in pots and pans. Send for Price List. Or better still come and look us over. ROBERT CRAIG & SON, 4900 Market St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. CARNATIONS. Well Rooted Cuttings Now Eeady. Per 100 1000 QUEEN LOUISE $2.60 $80.00 NORWAY 1.60 18.60 FLORAHILL 1.60 18.60 WHITE CLOUD 1.86 10.00 PROSPERITY 8.00 16.00 MRS. LAWSON 8.00 16.00 AMERICA... 1.60 10.00 MARQUIS 1.86 10.00 JOOST 1.85 10.00 GUARDIAN ANGEL (The Sport) 1.86 10.00 MATH. EVERT, 58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. CARNATIONS From Two-inch Pots, Clean Healthy Stock. 100 1000 PROSPERITY $4.00 $35.00 LAWSON 4.00 36.00 FLORIANA 5.00 45.00 LORNA 4.00 36.00 NORWAY 4.00 35.00 ROOSEVELT 4.00 VIOLA ALLEN 6.00 TERMS:— Cash with order. A. V.D.SNYDER, Ridgewood.N. J. Carnations V^^^s Per 100 Per 1000 CRESSBROOK $500 $40.00 CHALLENGER 5.00 40.00 FAIR MAID 6.00 50.OO 500 at 1000 rates. Other vars., prices on application C. WARBURTON, Tall River, Mass. Carnation Cuttings. WELL ROOTED, CLEAN, HEALTHY STOCK. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $10.00 White Cloud 1.50 10.00 Norway 1.50 12.50 Per 100 Per lOOO America $1.50 $10.00 Marquis 1.50 10.00 Elma 1.50 10.00 Guardian Angel (The Sport), per 100, $1.50; per lOOO, $10.00. 2^-INCH ROSE STOCK. Ivory- Bride.. Per 100 Per 1000 $4.00 $35.00 , 3.00 25.00 Ivory, rooted cuttings, per 100 $2.50; per lOOO, $20.00. strong, healthy plants, for early benching Per 100 Per lOOO Bridesmaid $3.00 $25.00 Gate 2.50 20.00 Rooted Chrysauthemum Cuttings. WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 TIMOTHY BATON $2.00 $15.00 GEO. S KALB l.BO 13.50 lYORY 1.50 12.50 LADY PITZWYGEAM 1.0) 8.00 MME. BEEGMANN 1.50 12.50 MAYPLOWEE 150 12.50 MINNIE WANAMAKER 1.50 12.60 MES. H. EOBINSON 1.50 12.50 MEEEY CHRISTMAS 1.50 12 50 WHITE BONN* FPON 2.00 15.00 W. H. CHADWICK 1.50 12.50 RED. DEFENDEE 1.50 12 50 OAKLAND 1.60 12.50 YELLOW. Per 100 Per 1000 YELLOW PITZWYGEAM $1.00 $8.00 COL. APPLETON 1.50 12.50 MAJOE BONNAPPON l.BO 12.50 H. W. EIEMAN l.-?0 12.50 OCTOBER SUNSHINE 1.50 12.R0 GOLDEN WEDDING 1.50 12.50 YELLOW MiYPLOWEB 1.60 12.50 W. H. LINCOLN 1.50 12.50 PINK. GLOEY OP PACIFIC 1.50 12.50 MES. PEREIN 1.50 12.50 MES. S. T. MDEDOCK 1. 13.50 PINK IVORY 1.50 12.50 VIVI AND-MOREL 1.50 12.50 MAEION NEWELL 2.00 15.00 All cuttings and plants sold with the express condition that if not satisfactory when received they are to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. WIETOR BROS., watafb'Ave.. Chicago. i^^M^w wii«)n wiW>raranMMaaB ia»aa^^»p>wi»»i*wTOg«M TELL THEM WHERE YOU SAV THE AD. igo3. The American Florist. 353 CHICAGO CARNATION Co ^^ JOLIET. ILL. ^^ HER MAJESTY FOR EASTER. You saw how these varieties looked for Xmas. These pictures were taken last week to show what they have been doing since and what they are doing for Easter. We cannot afford to grow other varieties of their respective colors, neither can you when you get these. We have never seen a bursted calyx of Her Majesty in the Ave years we have grown it, nor has any of our employes. MARSHALL FIELD FOR EASTER. There is nothing in sight that can touch Marshall Field as an exnibition and com- mercial variegated. We never fail to exhibit our varieties and reports we receive each week from various cities are most nattering. Our batch of cuttings now ready are the finest we have sent out. Harlowarden, Blight crimson, frei^ aud never .splits. HONORS WON : Last year at Chicago, S. A. F. Silver Medal and 1st Prize for best crimson, and Cer- titicate. Kansas City, Gold Medal, 1st Prize on best in show, any color; 1st Prize best crimson. Chicago, Florists' Club, Certificate, Honors won this year: Kansas City, 1st Prize, 100 crimson. Chicago, 1st Prize, 100 crimson. New York, scored 94 points. St. Louis, Sweep- stakes, best vase in show. Brooklyn, 1st Prize, best 100 crimson. Cin- cinnati, 1st Prize, best crimson, and highly commended. Mrs. Potter Palmer Is taking the lead in a scarlet. It is the largest and best shipper in the Chicago market and the freest of any. Mrs. Higinbotham Is everyone's favorite, the color sells it and cannot be beaten as a bloomer. PRICE LIST. Per 100 Per 1000 Lawsou $3.00 $15.00 Prosperity 2.00 15.00 Gov. Roosevelt 3.00 15.00 FloraHill. 3.00 15.C0 America 2.00 15.00 White Cloud 2.00 16.00 Marquis 2.00 15.00 Norway 2 00 15.00 Bon Homme 2.00 15 00 Queen Louise 2.50 20.00 Lorna 2.50 20.00 Estelle 4.00 30.00 Gaiety 4.00 35.00 Stella 5.00 40.00 Cressbrook 4.00 35.00 Nelson 5.00 40.00 Mrs. Palmer 5.00 40.00 Mrs. Higinbotham 5.00 45.00 Wolcott 5.00 45.00 Murphy's White 0.00 50.00 Tiger 10.00 V5.00 Her Majesty 10.00 80.00 Marshall Field 12.00 100.00 HarlowarJen 12.00 100.00 Sibyl 12.00 100.00 Pres. McKinley 13.00 100.00 Gov. Lowndes 12.00 100.00 354 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Buffalo. CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS AND HOLDS A BAN- QUET. — LARGEST ATTENDANCE IN YEARS. — THE SPEAKERS. — STATE OF TRADE. The Florists' Club held its annual election March 24, with the following result: President, Wm. Scott; vice-presi- dent, C. H. Hewson; treasurer, C. H. Keitsch; secretary, Wm. Legg; financial secretary, E. C. Brucker. After the elec- tion all adjourned to the EUicott Club, where the banquet was served. It was the greatest success that the club has ever had, about sixty being present. W. F. Kasting acted as toastmaster. The following responded: Jas. Braik, C. H. Keitsch, L. H. Neubeck, Henry Wise, C. H. Guenther, J. F. Cowell, F. G. Lewis, D. B. Long, Thos. Mansfield, Wm. Legg and Wm. Scott, while the younger mem- bers were represented by D. J. Scott, Roland Cloudsley and Jos. Sangster,who stated what the younger men want to bring them to a meeting.. Harry Bun- yard was one of the guests. The mem- bers were very much pleased to have W.. J. Palmer, Jr., with them. Now that he has started to attend I think that J. H. Rebstock, S. A. Anderson and the other retailers can be induced to give the club the benefit of their presence. Trade the past week has been as good as could be expected. The weather has been about like June, which many fear will be detrimental to early stock, as we always have a cold spell in April. All stock is equal to the demand except car- nations, which are not plentiful. Store openings have given some florists plenty of work. One store is giving away roses for three days for their opening, while several flower stores are selling roses at 5 cents each, making a rapid sale but only good for an advertisement. Bison. Wellesley, Mass. — Donald Carmi- chael has a suit in the supreme court against the Waban Rose Conservatories for damages from overflow of water caused by a dam upon land owned by the defendant. Murphy's White... is the commercial white carnation to grow for profit. As a continuous bloomer it has no equal. Not a fancy but will give you white when others are off crop. Will more than pay for itsejf in the field as a Summer bloom- er. 1 sold you Estelle last year for a Commercial Red. So try this white in the Commercial class. You can get it from J. a^MHAGE & SONS, PETER REINBERQ, VaUQHAN'S, CHICAGO CARNATION CO., E. Q. ULL CO., S. S. SKIDELSKY, or FROn THE ORIGINATOR. Strong cuttings from sand or soil, $6 per 100, $50 per 1000, 250 at 1000 rate. Satisfaction guaranteed on all stock 1)oug:Iit from the above Arms. 130 E. Srd Street, CINCINNATI, 0. CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Now Ready. PINK. Per too Per 1000 Lawson $2.00 $15.00 Guardian Angel 1.25 10.00 Marquis 2.00 IS.OO Genevieve Lord 1.25 10.00 Nelson 5.00 40.00 Cressbrook 4.00 35.00 Triumph 1.25 10.00 Higinbotham 5.00 40.00 Dorothy 2.00 15.OO VARIEGATED. Per 100 Per 1000 Bradt , $2.50 $20.00 Gaiety 3-00 25.00 ROSE PLANTS From 2 1-2-inch Pots Per 100 Per 1000 SOtlV. DE PIEERE NOTTING. .$8.00 $75.(0 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 55.00 KAISEEIN 4.00 35.00 BRIDESMAID 4.00 35.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY, 3-in. Pots $7.00 per 100; «65.l per 1000. All stock sold under express condition that if not Satisfactory it is to be returned immediately when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, RED. Per 100 Per 1000 Estelle. $3.00 $25.00 Adonis 14.00 120.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Crane 2.50 20.OO Palmer 4.00 30.00 Mrs. L. Ine 1.25 10.00 Chicago (Red Bradt) 2.50 20.00 WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $12.50 Queen Louise 2.50 20.00 Peru 1.25 10.00 Murphy's White 6.00 50.00 HoosierMaid 1.25 10.00 White Cloud 1.25 10.00 Per 100 Per 1000 SUNRISE $7.00 $6500 LIBERTY 8.00 76.00 BRIDE .. 400 35.00 GOLDEN GATE 4.00 35.00 PERLE 4.00 35.00 51 Wabash Ave., .CHICAGO. Rooted Carnation Cuttings Get tbe best, cheap cuttiogs are dear at any price. Early orders 'will be furnished from sand, later orders est standard varieties. Seiid for price list; I WILLIAM SWAYNE. |oldi. Ijiirge lavender flowers. Doz. 100. $40 00 30 OO :» 00 ■25 00 30 00 Purchaser's selection, strong 3 year $5 00 Purchaser's selection, strong 2 year i 00 Purchaser's selection, pot-grown. 2 shoots 4 00 Our selection, assorted kinds, 2 year old :i 50 Our selection, assorted kinds, 3 year old 4 00 Clematis-Paniculnta. The best of all. Extra large and tine stock. Doz. Per 100. Per 1000. Strong, I yr. old plants from 2)4 in. pots $0 50 $4 00 $30 00 2 year old Held plants 150 10 00 tO 00 3 year old very .strong fleld plants 2 00 15 00 120 00 AMPELOPSIS. Ampelopsis Veitchi Robiista Purpurea. New. An Ampelopsis of very strong, robust growth. The foliage is different than Veitchi or Boston Ivy The leaves are a blue purple with a .shining gloss finish turning to a brilliant purplish red early in the fall. It will make double the growth of the Veitchi and stands our winters better. Get it now and work up a stock. Each, Price, 1 year old dormant plants $0 75 2 year old dormant plants. 3-4 feet long 100 " 3 year old, very strong, 4-5 feet 125 Ampelopsis Veitch all orders for these. Doz. 1st size, 3-1 feet, with many branches $2 00 Per Doz. $ 7 60 10 00 12 00 Carrying a heavy stock we can take care of 2nd size, 2-3 feet, strong. „ 8rd size, 18-24 inches, strong 1 50 4th size, 6-8 inches, seedlings 50 Per 100. $16 on 14 00 10 00 4 00 OTHER DORMANT STOCK. MATRIMONY VINE, LYCIUM CHINENSE. Strong, 3 year old vines, each, 15c.; dozen, $1.50; per 100, $10.00, WISTARIA MAGNIFICA. Doz 100. Dormant roots, I year old, 3 to Sin $100 $8 00 2 ■' " 8 to 16 in 160 12 00 vines, 3 " " strong, 16 to 24 in 2 00 15 00 4 ■• " " 4 to 6 feet 3 00 Wistaria Alba. Flowers pure white. Doz. 100. Dormant roots, 1 year old, 3 to 5 Inches $0 10 $1 00 vines, 4 " " 4 to 6 feet 50 5 OO PAEONIA CHINEN.SIS. Fine, strong roots with from 3 to 5 eves. Put up in cases containing 67 Double White, 66 Double Red, 67 Double Pink Per case of 200, $20 00 Hydrangea PanicnIataGrandiflora. Large, bushy, Doz. ' 1.00 field-grown plants, 2 to 3 feet high (these retail at 60c. each).. $1 50 $12 Oo Second size. 12 to 18 inches, strong lOO 80O Standard Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora. Each, Doz. 2 feet clean stem and 24 inch bushy top 30 3 00 Lilacs. Pot grown for forcing. Strong, well branched, Chas. X, Marie LeGraye, Mme. Lemoine, Souv.de Spath doz., $600 GREENHOUSE PLANTS. In fine condition for immediate orders. Asparagus Plumosus, Dnz inn 2>^ inch, bushy stock $ 5 00 800 IB 00 30 60 ' $200 very flne 4 00 " " 6 00 Cannas. Best list, all inferior kinds discarded. See Book for Florists. Carnations. From soil. All new and standards. See Book for Florists. Boston Ferns. None better. Doz. 5 inch, bushy stock $5 oO 6 800 7 •■ •' •' 12 00 8 18 00 24 00 100. Geraniun>8, E. H. Trego Little Pink : 75 Wm. Langguth | 50 All standard sorts, strong plants, 2Hin., pots. Hibiscus Peachblow. 2J^ inch .■ ; 8 00 600 10 00 4 00 3 00 Doz. . Fine stuff in bloom now, 5 in. pots $2 00 n. pots, 24 in. high 6 00 Primula Obeoni Ficus Elastica, PALMS. Kentias Belmoneana and Forsteriana, Arecas, and Phoenix, in all sizes. ^ VAUCHAN'S SEED STORE NEW YORK, 14 Barclay St. 84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO Greenhouses, Western Springs, Illinois 358 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Grand Rapids, Mich. DISASTER AT THE SMITH ESTABLISHMENT. — FIRE DESTROYS MUCH OP THE BIG RANGE. — FIREMAN LOSES LIFE. — ESTI- MATE OF THE PROPERTY LOSS. Henry Smith suffered a loss of practic- ally his season's work and many thou- sands of dollars besides in a fire on March 22 which cost the life of Daniel McQueen, his night fireman. The fire originated at an early hour in the morning in the boarding house adjoming the green- houses, from which many of the employes were rescued with difficulty. The water was cut off at an early stage of the con- flagration and made the work of fight- ing the flames very difficult. The pack- ing house and boiler house quickly foUowed the boarding house and the fire was thence communicated to the green- houses. Fourteen houses were totally destroyed. One of the houses contained a valuable stock of palms, another a lot of azaleas, hardy roses, hydrangeas and other Easter stock all in prime condition. Two houses of ferns went, three rose houses, a house of callas, a house of young roses for spring planting, the propagating house and others. The damage from heat and smoke was severe in the houses which were saved by the efforts of employes and neighbors. McQueen, the fireman, was missed soon after the fire started, but it was not until the next morning that his body was found, just inside the boiler room door. Mr. Smith states that he carried no insurance and the loss is difficult to esti- mate, probably from $35,000 to $50,000. He states that he vrill rebuild at once. S. Champaign, III. — C. C. Ferdinandsen has completed another greenhouse 30x75. FOR EASTER FLOWERING. Azaleas, extra large plants, full of buds, $1.50 each: good sized plants 81.00 each. CanlslaSi in bud and bloom, large plants $3.00 per dozen; smaller plants $3.00 per dozen. Cinerarias, fine plants $1.50 per dozen. Fuohslas, all colors, 3-inch, $4.00 per 100; 4-inoh, JSOO per 100. UTICA FLORAL CO., Utica, H. Y: FOR ONE'YEAR-OLD SEEDLINGS OF Phoenix Roebelenii Par 1 000 $50.00, and rnAL4CN0PSIS SCniLLERIANA appiy to HILDESHEIM, ! ; GERMANY. ASPARAGUS SPRCNGFRI 3, 3H and 4-inch pots, at $4.00, (5.00 and 17.00 per 100 respectively. Ready to shift. Carnation Cuttings, as long as they last, cheap. Prices on application. JOHN BROD. NILES CENTER, ILL. ASPARAGUS COMORENSIS. A variety far superior to Plumosus for all cut flower and decorative work. It is more graceful and much larger. Requires same treatment as Plumosus. Can be cut in long, heavy strings or large fronds. We have fine stock. 3Vi-in., $10 00 per 10O: $4-in.. $12.00 per 100. FRED. DORNER S SONS CO. UFayotto, Ind. Alternanfheras. p. Major, Bosea and Yellow; fine strong rooted cuttings, 50o per 100; $4.00 per 1000. GERANIUMS. Single and double, best bedding varieties, including Jean Viaud; strong 2}4-inoh pots. $2.00 per lOO; $15.00 por 1000. Cash. C. G. NANZ, Owensboro, Ky. HEADQUARTERS FOR Easter Plants. Blooming Easter Weok, or From Now on If Desired. I have the largest stock in Philadelphia, larger and in better condition than ever before. All my large greenhouses and frames are filled to their greatest capacity with the choicest plants at lowest cash prices. Azalea Indica. I have three large houses full of this best selling of all EasttT plarits. My customers known that I am agent for one of the best growers (O. Van der Plas), at Ghent Belgium. If possible I go there myself each year and secure for my customers the best that can be had. I have only the leading American varieties, grown in pots all winter and not bunched in cold frames without pots, as some do. In whitelhaveNiobe, Bernard Anarea Alba and Deutsche Perle; in pink Mme. Van der Cruyssen Simon Mardner. Dr. Moore, M. Van Houtte (very large) and others; in variegated. Empress of India, Verveeneana and about a half dozen more; I have also about a dozen of the new varieties, the best doubles and singles, about 25 varieties in all, m 6-inch and 7-inch pots. Prices, 60c. 75c, 8&c, SI, $1.26 and $1 50 each. As a Special I must mention my Mme. Van der Cruyssen. They are unusually fine this year, round as an apple and covered with buds. Prices, 75c. Si and $1 25 each. Specimens in lO-inch and 11-inch pots, $4.00 to $5.00 each. AZALEA MOLLIS a novelty when in bloom, 6-inch pots, 60c to 7fic each. LILIUMHARRISIIand BERMUDA LONGIFLORUMS. raised from only the highest quality bulbs obtain- able (none costing less than $100 per lOOO). Plants in 6-inch pots, five to twelve buds, fifteen to thirty-six inches high, at the rate of 10 cents per bud. Other plants must accompany the order. CINERARIA HYBRIDA, I have an immense quan- tity, about 2.000, all in fine shape. 5^4 to C-inch pots all shades, at *3.00 and $4.00 per dozen. SPIRAFA COMPACTA, 6-inch, $3.00 per dozen. HYDRANGEA OTAKSA. Have a house full this year, unusually fine, cannot be beaten, 6-inch pots, $4.00. *5.00, $6.00 to $9.00 per doz. Specimens, 7-inch, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 each. DAISIES, yellow and white, 6-inch pots, $3.00 to $4.00 per dozen. BEGONIA President Carnot and Metallica, 6-inch pots. $3.00 per dozen. BEGONIA Vernon, red. 6-inch pots, $8.00 dozen; 4-inch pots, $1.50 per dozen. BEGONIAS, mixed, 4-inch pots, $1.50 per dozen. HYACINTHS, about 10,000 of my own importa- tion first sized bulbs, named varieties, all shades, at $10.00 per 100. TOURNESOL TULIPS, double red and yellow; striped, best tulips in market, 3-inch and 4-inch pots, at $1.50 per dozen pots. VON SIGN DAFFODILS, best double nosed. 3-inch and 5-inch pots, $2.00 per dozen pots, easily worth $8.00 a dozen. ■ Cash with order please. All goods carefull}' packed and shipped at purchaser's risk. -Buyers coming to Philadelphia are respectfully invited to visit my place and inspect my stock. Take Ger- mantown car on 13th street to Ontario, and walk one block east. Mention if pots are to be taken off to save express charges. GODFREY ASGHMANN, Wholual. Srawtr and Imptrtir .1 Pat Plnli, 1012 Ontario St, Station R, PHILADELPHIA. Please mention the American Florist when writing. NOW READY. Booted cuttings, S. A. Nutt and Double Grant Geraniums. ' Swainsona, Alba and Bosea. Fine selection double assorted Petunias. All at 11.35 per 100. Assorted Coleus, Trailing Blue Lobelia. Agera- tum Princess Pauline, Dwarf Blue and Dwarf White, all at 65c per 100. Bride and Bridesmaid Roses, flue 2)i-inch stock, $3.00 per 100. Dbl. Grant, S. A. Nutt and La Favorite Gera- niums, fine 3-in., $5 00 per 100. Cash with order. Trailing Blue Lobelia, 2-in. pots, 12.00 per 100. R. I. HART, Hackettstown. N. J. Vinca Variegata. Large plants, long vines, $8.00. Mteniiiilli(ra,red and yellow, stock plants, lots of cuttings, $4.00. Colwn, fine assorted. $3.50. Bouvardlai, Neuner, Garfield, Cleveland, $3.00. Giranlunii, 2!^-inch, $3.00. LEVANT COLE, Battle Creek, Mich. SEASONABLE Stools:. Per 100 ADLUMIA, Cirrhosa 2!4-inoh pots $ 3.00 ANEMONE JAPONICA, Alba, Elegantissima, Lady Ardilaun, Queen Charlotte, Bosea Superba, 2^-inch pots ,.. 5.00 Strong fleld-grown 10.00 ARUNDO, Donax Variegata, strong divisions 15.00 Macrophylla Glauoa, strong divisions 15.00 BEGONIA, Manicata Aarea, 2^-inch pots... 8.00 Rex, 3V4-lnch pots 5.00 Gloire de Lorraine TJune delivery) 15.00 BOLTONIA, Latisquama, strong divisions 5.00 CAMPANULA, Pyramidalis, 3/j-inoh pots .... 3.0O CANNASt 2-eye dormant roots, Chas. Hender- son 2.50 , Florence Vaughan, Pierson's Premier, Mme. Crozy, Queen Charlotte and Bobusta 3.00 Philadelphia 4.00 Golden Bedder and Mme. L. Druz 5.00 Mrs. Kate Gray 8 00 Pennsylvania ; 10.03 Also many other varieties both Novelties and Standard sorts. Send us a list of your wants for prices. CARNATIONS. A complete list of Novelties and Standard varieties. Prices on appli- cation. CAREX. Japonioa Var., 2M-inch pots 3.0O CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Our collection is unsur- passed in this country, containing all the desirable American and Foreign Novelties, as well as all the ti**st exhibition and com- mercial sorts. Descriptions and prices on application. Maximum Triumph, 3)i-inch pots 3.00 COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA, 2y2-inchpots....: 2.50 Strong clumps 5.00 DELPHINIUM. Formosum, 2^-inch pots 3.00 Queen of Blues (dwarf) strong clumps 6.00 DIGITALIS, Gloxiniaeflora, 2S4-inch pots 3.00 ERIANTHUS, Ravennae, strong divisions 6.0O EULALIA, Gracillima, Japonica Var., and Zebrina, strong divisions 6.00 EUPATORIUM, Ageratoides (Hardy Ageratum) strong clumps. ., .5.00 GAILLARDIA, Grandiflora, 214-inch pots.... 2.50 Strong clumps : 5.00 HELIANTHUS, Maximiliana. Mis^ Mellish, Mollis, Multiflorus, Plenus Multifl' rus Maximus, Orgyalis, Rigidus and Tomen- tosus, 2^-inch pots 3.00 Multiflorus Grandi-Plenus (Soleil d'Or), 2M-inch pots 3.00. Clumps ...............,.,...:.. «.0Q HONEYSUCKLE, Halleana, strong fi 'Id-grown 5.00 ISOLEPIS, Gracilis, 2Jf -inch pots 3.00 MONAttOA, Didyma and - Fistiilosa Alba, strong divisions .' 4.0Q MOONFLOWER, 2K-inch pots 3.0O ORIENTAL POPPY, 2M-inch pots 3.00 PHALARIS, Arundinacea Var., 2}i-inch pots 2.50 Arundinacea Var. , strong divisions 5.0O PYRETHRUM. Hybridiim, 2)4-inoh pots 3.00 Strong clumps , 6.00 ROSES, Crimson Rambler, 3 feet, extra strong 12.00 RUDBECKIA. Golden Glow, 2H-inch pots ... . 2.50 Golden Glow, strone divisions 5.00 Newmanii, 2i4-inch pots 3.00 Newmanii, strong divisions 6.00 Purpurea, strong clumps 8.00 SALVIA. Splendens, Bonfire, Gigantea, Glory . of Stuttgart, 2X-lnch pots 3.0O Splendens Triumph (new) 6.80 SEDU M, Spectabilis, 2 Ji-inch pots 4.00 SWEET WILLIAM, (Best English strain) fleld- grown.... 5.00 2i4-lnch pots 2.60 TRIlOMA, Pfitzerii, strong divisions.... 19.00 VALERIANA, Officinalis (Garden Heliotrope) strong divisions 5.00 VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, from soil 2.60 Lady Campbell, from soil 2.50 Nathan Smith k Son, ADRIAN, MICH. I903- The American Florist. 359 Wholesale Nurseries of Jaekson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y. List of Special Surplus. For complete Price List, get our April "Bulletin/' sent free on application, but only to the trade. Use printed stationery to show you arc entitled to it. Boxes and bales charged at cost. Roses. Field-grown, on own roots, strou2. Por 100 Cwrlei, La Rtbii, Magna Charia, Victor Vaidlar, $10.00 Mmt. WiirtHr. oxira stronj; 7.50 CrlmionRamblir, il-30inohe.s3to4brttQche3.. 7.00 Climbing Vines. ikmpiloptii Qulngotlollt, 3 vears, strong 4.00 Ampilopilt Vaitchil, 3 \ turs, strong 10.00 Amptloosis ViHchll. : .V' ars ».00 tmptlODaii Vailchll, ^'ood medium grade 6 0<> Aktbia Quinata, struni.- plants 5.0O CLEMaTU, Sy.arsstronK Doubia tiua and Karmatlna, 'red) 15.00 Jackmanni and Mma. Valllard, (pink) 18.00 Jackmannl, good medium grade 13.00 Panlealaia, strong per 1 00, (55.00, 6 00 Hantyll and Mma. Ed. Andn 33.00 Ornamental Shrubs. *Jttta, variegated leaved, 18 to 34 inclies H.OO Oaabiaa, assorted, 3 to 4 feet 6.00 Otirtllaf, ssotted, 3t 3 feet. - 5.00 CIdar, Soldan Ltavad, 3 to 4 feet 8.00 Hydrangaa PanlculaU Grandlllora, 3 to 4 feet,. 10.00 3 to 3 feet - 8.00 Standards 3H to 4 feet, flne 16.00 frlvat, CalHanila, 13 to 18 in., bushy... 1000 113 1.60 We have a large stoi k of this valuable hedge plant and ate prepared to make attractive figures for considerable quantities. ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS, Conlinuad. Per I'O Japan Quinca. -' to 3 fi.t i 5.0O Japan Snowball, 3 to 3 feet 16 00 Japan Snowball, 18 to 34 inelies 13.00 Spiraa A. Watarar, 34 to 30 inches 10.0 1 13 to IH inches ... 6,i Bumalda a nd Calloaa Alba, 13 to 18 inches . . , 4.00 DauilaaiaodRaavaal, 3to3 feet 5,00 Syrlnga. (Fhila"eiphus) Dianthus-floWered, 18to3l inches BOO Lamoha'a, 34 to 30 inches 6.00 Common, 3 to (feet 6.00 Walgala Varlagata, 3 to 3 feet 8,00 18tj34incnps 6,00 Ornamental Trees. Aldar, European 8 to 10 feet IS,"© Aah, European, 8 to 10 feet 12,00 Baaeh, Purple-leaved, 3 tu 4 feet 3,5,00 3to3 feet 30,00 Birch, Yellow, 8 to 10 feet 15.00 Calalpa Spacioaa, 8 to » feet 10.00 6 to 8 feet 7.00 5to6feet 6,00 Elm, American, 8 to 10 feet 16,00 American. 7 to 9 feet 12,00 English StolOfeet 15.00 English 6to8feet 13 03 Horsa Chaatnul, Red-tlowered and Dbl, white 3 til 4 feet 13.00 LIndan, Broad-leaved and European , 8 to 10 ft. 35.00 6to8 feet 30,00 ORNAMENTAL TREES, Conlinuad. Per 100 Mapla. Ash-leaved, (Negundo) 8 to 9 feet ,...110,00 6 to 8 feet 8.00 English Cork-barked, 6 to 8 feet 30,00 bto6feet 15,00 14 00 10,00 8.0O 6,00 6 to 8 feet Mulbany, Russian 8 to 10 feet Poplar, Carolina, 10 to 13 feet, scarred 8 to 10 feet scarred These ' scatred" poplars are some that have small rough places near the roots. They are, except for these marks, good, smooth trees and the scars will grow over wi hin a few years after planting. Strawberry Trca (Euonymus), 5to7 feet 10,00 Florists' Plants and Mis- cellaneous Stock. Asparagus Sprangari, from deep 2i4-inch pots, 100 per jOOO, ♦3.5.00 3,00 Cannas, dormu nt roots, 2 to 3 eyes, 1000, tl8.00, 3,00 Austria, yellow; Cai>tain Drujon, orange; Ros-* Unique, rose Kaiitia Saads, fresh importUioi', $3.50 per 1000; $30 per 10,000, (Helmoreana, Forsteriana). Japanasa Fam Balls, 7 to 9 inches diameter,. 17 5 to 6 inches diameter. 13.00 25 of a variety will be supplied at 100 rates and when the total order amounts to $25 or more we will supply 10 of akind atlOO rates, but we cannot under- take to supply long and much assorted lists of stock for only small numbers of each kind, save at an advance of 15 per cent above our printed rates. Jackson & Perkins Co.. 'trvoRK. The New NephrolepisFern "The Anna Foster" The only Fern Kovelty of the year ready for immediate delivery. The demand for large plants has far exceeded the supply, all this win- I have 10.000 beautiful plants now ready, at $30.00 per 100, from 3-inch pots. For quickness of growth and reproduction it has no equal. I have 30,001 growing. Will be ready to cut out about April 15, at J35.00 per 100. Place your order now, Boston Ferns will be in short supply this spring. Orders booked now for delivery as ready, for small plants at 15.00 per 100; $40.0 1 per 10 m. 100 000 Bedding Plants of best kinds. Geraniums Salvi9 Until Closed Out. iWusI liavs the room. Eight best varieties for jardinieres, 3Jf-in. pots, very strong, stocky plants, $2.00 per 100. OUR SPECIALTY.. CASH OB 0. O. D. HeOiC mention the A Watertown, N. Y. Florist when writings EASTER PLANTS. KENTIA BELMOREANA. 2f-inch pots, strong plants, $6.00 per lOO; $50.00 per lOOO. 3-inch pots, $12 per 100; $100 per lOOO. EVERBLOOMING ROSES, from 2i-inch pots, $20.00 per 1000. COLEUS, leading varieties, $2.50 per 100. FUCHSIAS, best market sorts, $3.00 per 100. HYDRANGEAS, Otaksa and Hortensis, $3.00 per 100. CANNAS. All standard varieties, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. Strong seedlings from flats, $2.00 per 100. I The STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, 0. \ TO MAKE ROOIVi.. Per 100 1000 Shasta Daisy, 2-in. plants.; $3.50 $20.00 CHRYSANTHEMUMS. AppletoS, 2-inch $1.00 $10.00 Robinson, 2-inch 1^00 10;00 Shasta, new, 3-inch bloom, white, good for designs, 2-inch 2.00 10.00 We are booking orders for Calla Bulbs. Express prepaid. CALIFORNIA CARNATION COMPANY, LOOIS/ilS. CAL. To reduce stock we offer Phoenix Canariensis, 5-inch, $25.00 per 100 Arecas and Pandanus, 4-inch, 25.00 per 100 ALL CLEAN AND HEALTHY. WILLIAMS & SONS CO... Batavia, III. Mention the American Florist when writing to advertisers on this page. Rooted Cuttings. COLEUS. 48 var., 70c per 100; «6.00 per 1000 PETUNIAS. 20 var., 81.25 per 100; $10 per 1000 ALYSSUM, large, var., single and dbl. $1 per 100 HELIOTROPE, 14 var., $1.00 per 100; $8 per 1000 AGERATUMS, 5 var., 60a per 100; $5.00 per 1000 SALVIAS. 6 var., $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000 PELARGONIUMS, rooted cuttings. $2.25 per 100 VERBENAS. B. C, 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000 GERANIUMS, from 2M-in. Pots, $2.00 per 100; $18 per 1000. Good bedding sorts. ^^Express prepaid on H. C. Cash with order. Write S. D. BRANT, Clay Center, Kas. igoj. The American Florist. 361 Palms FOK Easter. •l-iuch pot, 3 plants i I have a superb stock of PSLMS in all sizes for Easter sales, and growing on for fall trade. They are good value at prices quoted below. The favor of a trial order is requested. ARECA LUTESCENS. 1 pot 18 to 20 inches hij 24 to 28 88 to 30 .$2.50 each. .610 each. . 7.50 eacb. 12.50 each. COCOS WEDDELLIANA. 6 to 8 inches high 'ISSXp^JSS 8 to 10 inches high 15 00 per 100 KENTIA BELMOREANA. Per doz. Per lOO 3 to 4 leaves, inches high M-BO 4to5 " 12 to 15 inches high fw 5to« " 15tol8 " 5 to e " 18 to 20 " 5tr)6 " 24 " 6to7 " 24to28 " ■• 6to7 ■' 28to30 " 4.50 6 00 2.0U 1500 18.00 112.00 20.00 35 CO 60.00 100 00 12.^00 150.00 MADE UP KENTIA BELMOREANA. 6-inch pots, 3 plants, 24 inches high $1.25 each MADE UP KENTIA FORSTERIANA. 6-inoh pot, 4 plants, 24 to 28 inches high $1.25 each JOSEPH HEACOCK, Wyncote, Pa. 3mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmn Blooming Plants for Easter. LILIES, HYDRANGEAS, AZALEAS, SPIRAEA, Etc. CUT ROSES and CARNATIONS. ^"^^ GEO. A, KlHi, Pekin, III. GLOIRE DE LORRAINE BEGONIA. TUNE DELIVERY. Two Inch, $15.00 per 100. Orders Filled in Strict Rotation. J. A. PETERSON, W—tw oed— MeHenry Av«. CINCINNATI. BEGONIA LORRAINEf 214-iBch pots, $15.00 per 100. Write for prices on large lots. Stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease. THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass. PUase mention the A merica n Florist when writing. SPECIALTIES HOSES, from 3-inch pots, |_ RAgf CARNATIONS, for all delivery, ! CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Vari<>4i(>« sMiLAx, VIOLETS. varieiies Prices Low. Send for List. WOOD BROTHERS, Fishkill, N. Y. VIOLETS FOR SALE. , ^ California, Princess of W.iles and Russian, $150 per 100; »10.00 per 1000. The "Southern Beauty" a new violet large as a pansy. ■\\hitH variegated with blue, a perfect beauty 12.00 per 100- $15.00 per lOCO. Jessamine Scented Honey- suckles, Jl.tO per ICO. Address Mrs. 0. J. Crabb, Cedartown, Ga. • • if We do not grow or sell everything, but we do collect, grow and sell ORCHIDS. YOD cannot afford to be without this class of plants in your business. The demand for ORCHID f LOWERS is increasing every day to such an extent that the supply is no longer equal to the demand. Our stock of Orchids is not the cheapest, but the BEST that can be produced under superior culture, and we have them in all stages, such as established, semi-established and freshly imported. Of the latter we have large quantities coming this spring. We also have a full line of materials, such as Orchid Baskets, Live Moss and soft, fibrous Peat. If you want ORCHIDS it will pay you to write us. Also ask for our Catalogue. LAGER & HURRELL, - Summit, N. J. ORCHID GROW ERS AND IMPORTERS. T^ TjV ~C> "T^^ ^^ ^or Ferneries, fine 21/2-inch stock, $3.00 Boston' Ferns, 2-V2-inch stock, $3.00 per' 100. Boston Ferns all sizes from 21^'o-inch to 12-inch stock in splendid condition. Write for pnces. ^ . . , „„, „ Kontlas, 4-inch, very fine plants at $25.00 per 100. A full line of other palms and ferns in fine shape. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.. Milwaukee, Wis. PLEASE MENTION US TO OUR ADVERTISERS. 362 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Boston. MARKET SHOWS IJTTLE IMPROVEMENT. — KOSES DOING A LITTLE BETTER. — MANY VISITORS. Market conditions have not materially changed since last liveek. Spring comes on apace and unless a great modification in weather is quickly experienced, out- door bulbous material will be in fiill, bloom before Easter. Violets are more] than plentiful, with indications of w^aningi quality, and are sold at very low figures. Roses are doing fairly w^ell, better in fact than any other line of flowers. Carna^ tions are abundant. All bulbous mate- rial is very druggy. Visitors: Winfried Rolker, New York; P. R. Quinlan, Syracuse, N. Y.; H. Hurrell, Summit, N. J.; Mr. Creighton, of Dreer's, Philadelphia; Messrs. McWUliam, How- den and Robb, Whitinsville, Mass.; E. O. Orpet, South Lancaster; A. J. Loveless, Lenox; John Ash, Pomfret, Conn.; Peter Murray. Fairhaven, Mass.; Robt. Pater- son, Portsmouth, N. H.; Robert Laurie, Newport, R. I. Widths for Greenhouses. Ed. Am. Florist:— Will you kindly state the most economical widths for greenhouses, from the narrowest up? M. B. L. The widths depend upon the uses to w^hich the houses are to be put. A house nine or ten feet wide will answer for a center walk and two side benches, but lor ordinary greenhouse crops it will be better to have them at least eighteen or twenty feet. From this the widths go to thirty-five or forty feet, and there are so many variations in the widths of walks and benches that almost any of them can be divided up economically. As a rule six to seven feet for wide benches, and three to three and one- half for side beaches, with walks eighteen or twenty inches, except in show rooms, •where they may be twenty-four inches, are preferred. L. R. Taft. CANNAS. Our stock is true to Name. Extra Selected 2, 3, 4-eyed roots. Per 100 Per 100 Alphonse Bouvier $S.OO Florence Vaughaii$2.60 Austria 1.50 Italia 2.50 Allemania 3.00 John Wnite. 2.00 Alba Rosea 2 00 Mme. Crozy. 1.50 Burbank 1.50 Mrs. K. Gray, new 6.00 Black Prince 2.00 Paul Marquant 1.50 Black Beauty, new 8.00 Pres. McKioley... 2.60 Coronet 1.60 Pres. Cleveland... 2.00 Comte deBouchaud 2.50 Robusta, bronze leaf 2. D. of Marlborough 3.00 Sec'y Chabanne . 2.00 Egandale, red leaf 3.00 Finest Mixt. $10 M; 1.00 DAHLIAS — Field-grown, all leading kinds best for cut flowers, named, $3.00 per 100; $25 per 1000. SHELLROAD QReENHOUSES, Orange P. O.. Ba'to., Md. ftease mention the A merican Florist when writing. Poinsettias... Five hundred fine old dormant stocks for sale. Price, $15.00 per hundred. Apply to JOHN L. WYLAND, De Haven, Pa. IT WILL PAY YOU To grow FUCHSIAS and there are none better than the following: Little Beauty, $5.00; Lord Byron, »4.00; White Beauty, $4.00; Tener, $4.00. Also BEGONIA Double Vernon, $4.00; Pink Sport of Vernon, $10.00. HELIOTROPE Mme. Bruant, t4.00 Stock ready now, strong 2H-inch pots. Si St SKIDELSKYi PHIUDILPHU, pa. IHease mention the American Florist when writing. >»*:; M tki" {// 1 ^ ^^m 1 M^^B ■ I*. O. Boac Iga. FUCHSIA "Autumn Leaves." This is a remarkable fancy variety which we con- sider one of the most di^tinct and beautiful of its class. It isimpossible for one not fara liar with our eastern' forests in autumn, to imagine the beauty of its foliage. In habit it droops, and is most charming: when staked and the branches allowed to fall naturally and gracefully down, forming streamers of {*reen. red, bronze and gold, terminating with its beautiful clusters of flowers. Color, tube and sepal, rosy scarlet corolla, violet- crimson. Flowers and foliage blending in per- fect harmony. The coloring of its foliage like fancy Geraniums is highest during late winter and spring and ess so during the hot season. Price postpaid 25 cts; $1.00 per doz. By express $5.00 per 100. KEENE. N. H. CANNAS i^: ' Per 1000 CHAS. HENDERSON $7 00 AUiTRl A 8.00 M ARQUAN r 8 00 Mixed iine varieties 6 00 CaJadium Esculentum. 5 to 6-inch bulbs and souiid..$1.75 per 100. All well packed in light boxes, lined heavily with paper. Will carry safely. Cash or C. O. D. if one-fourth of amount accom- panies order. JESSE T. ELLIS. GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. CARNATIONS. "JSSinV Lata March and early April delivery. Per 1000 Mornlna Clory $12.60 Creskbrook 25.00 Quean Louisa 16.00 Rooaavelt (Cov.) 15.00 Dorothy 1 6. 00 ALBERT M. HERR, Laneaster, Pa. TiieHorticultural Trade Journal THE LARGEST, BRIGHTEST AND BEST Hortionltursl i rude naper in the British Islea. It oonteini HOSE ADVERTISEMENTS, MOBE ILLTISTRATIONS and MOBE NEWS ttan any of its oontemporanes. Read bjr the whole o{ the British trade and all the best European houses every week. Annual subscription, 75 cents. Specimen copy post tree. Publisued weekly Her l hi mu r i l Trade Jewnal Ce- Padlham. Lanee^ Cna. Mention the 4merican Florist when writing to advertisers cm this page. nORIDA PREPARED PALMS. Leaves of all kinds. Dry leaves in large quantities. Best Goods and Lowest Prices Peter Mack, k FEW 800D THINGS YOU WANT. Special low prices on palms to close out. Fine clean stock cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS. 3 plants to pot, 4, & and 6-inoh,'t23, (40 and 1100 per 100. KENTIA Belmoreana and Forsterlana, 8, 1 5 an 6- n -h VZ. 125, NO, tlOO per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 8-inch, |4 and 16 per 100. ASPARAGUS PlumosuB, 3-inoh. t>-. Sprengeri, 3- inch. 15, per 100. DRACAENA INDIVtSA, 3-inch, $5.00 per 100; i, !<-in.. t" , 125 per lu ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inoh, |3 and $6 per lOa yiNCA VAR , 2-in., «'>.C0: 3-in., H.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutt, La Favorite, Bonnot. Poitevine, Kicoard, Francis Perkins, 2-inoh. $2.50 per 100. AGERATUM, blue and white, 75 cents per 100. CARNATIONS, Rooted Cuttings, Wm. Scott, Portia, Prosperity, Queen Louise, Ethel Crocker, P. ine. $1 perlOii. GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50c per lOO. PANSIES. ready to bloom, $1.00 per 100. Carnaltons, Portia, Scott, E. Cror^ker, Ooode- nough. White Cloud, Mrs. L. Ine; Varbena, Sear- let. Sage, Petunia, Coleus, mixed; Agaralum, Blue and White, Lobelia. All 2-inch Pots, $2.00 per 100. GEO. M. EMMANS, NEWTON, N. J. Geraniums. Per 100 10 varieties, fine plants, 2M in. pots, $2.50 and $3.00 10 varieties, fine plants 3-in. pots 4.00 COLECSr 16 varieties. 2-in. pots 2.00 DOUBLE PETUNIAS 2!4-inch pots 3.00 VEEBENiS 2-inch pots J 2.00 ASP. SPRENGERI, 2-in. pots. $18.00 per 1000; 2.00 CASH PLEASE. JOS. H. CUNNINCHAM, DELAWARE. : : OHIO. ROOTED CUTTINGS. PETUNIAS. Double fringed. Our Petunias are world beaters. Ten varieties selected from Henderson's and Dreer's latest sets, all labeled, $1.25 per 100; $10.(10 per 1000. VERBENAS. Our 20tb Century Collection, 20 new mammoth varieties, labeled, 75c per 100; $5.00 per 1000. Per 100 MARGUERITES, White and yellow 1.00 ACERATUMS, Stella Gurney I.OO Pauline. 75 SALVIAS, St. Louis, Bonfire 1.00 FEVERFEW. Little Gem ....1.00 ASPARAGUS Sprengeri, 2^-ln. |2; 2-in. 1.50 CASH WITH ORDER. Tlie W. T. Buckley Plant Co.. Sprlngfielil, III. THE KINNEY PUMP. For applying liquid manure It has no equaL Seal prepaid (or $2.0a THB HOSB CONNBCTION CO.. K;aiErtaa. R.L igoj. The American Florist. 363 CAN N AS Strong dormant roots, two to three eyes, until April 15; after that date pot plants at $2 per hundred advance In price. The culture of Cannasisoneof our leading specialties, and we olfer stock that cannot be procured from the average dealer. Our stock is carefully handled and is positively true to name. These facts should be considered when comparing prices. l'.>r 100 America, - $6 00 Allemania, - 6.00 Alsace, - - 3.00 Austria,- - 300 Burbank, - 3 00 Chas. Henderson, 3 GO Cinnabar, - 7 00 Duke of Marlbor'gh,4.00 Flamingo, - 6 00 Florence Vaughan, 3 50 L. E. Bally, - 3 00 Mme. Crozy,- 3.C0 Martha Washington,7.00 Mme. Berat, - 3 00 Paul Marquant, 3.00 President Cleveland, 3.50 President McKtnley,4 00 Premier, - 4.00 Queen Charlotte, 4.00 Secretaire Chabanne,3 00 Shenandoah, - 5.00 Warner Park Conservatories, This B(d of Cannat will b* Shown in Full Bloom In Our Noxl Wook't Advartliement. SIDNEY, OHIO. Will not last long at these prices. They are good plump roots, average 3 eyes: Allemania, Mile Berat, Der.-nder.Gloi re Lvohnaise. Paul Marquant 81.00 per 100 »9 00 per 1000. Mrs. R. A, MoKeand, F. Vaughan and Mrae. Crozv, $1.75 per 100. Beaute Poitevine. .1. D. Eisele, F. Billard andSouv. de A. Crozy, J3.00 per 100 Egandale, J3.50 per 100 W. W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind. CANNAS Chas. Henderson. Chicago, Florence Vaughan, Queen Charlotte. Alphonse Houvier, President McKinley, Papa +3.00 per 100; JI8.00 per 1000; my selection, iflS.OO p.T 1000. GERA-IUMS. (Standard Varieties.) My selec- tion, 12.50 per 100; $32.50 per 1000 All 3!4-in. pots. PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa. KENNEPODIUN Fine new plant. Packet 500 seeds, 10 cents. Twenty varieties, best Canna Bulbs, $1 per 100. Red Foliage, $2 perlOO. ;; CASH WITH ORDER. H. D. SEt LE, 1 14 Coruna St , E Ikhart, Ind. N. B. Gardener to Ex-Cougreasman Hon. C. G. Conn, the largest band musical instrument manu- facturer in the world. eiadio'l, timtt mUod, }6.00 per 1 00. Primu a Auricula, fluest mixture, $15.00 per 100. Primula Acaulia. aud Polyantha. mixed, are all the choicest garden varieties, J4.00 per 100. Delphiniums. 13 varieties, $4.00 per lOO. Lobe ias. Cardinalis. finest oT all, $6.01 per 100. Sweet Williams. Hunt's H\brids. $4.00 per lOO. Mvosotis Palustris. true t'orget-me-not, $4.00 per iOO. All the above are large flowering plants. CHAS. L0N6, 277 Jotterson Ave., Roehutar, N. Y. GERANIUMS Red, 'Vhitr, Pink and Salmon 2 I 2, 3 and 4 inch. Seedling Asparagus Sprengeri and Smilax. "^"'^ GtO. A.klHL, Pekin, III. ASPARAGUS In. pots, Doz. IOO Plumosus 2 $.60 J4.00 Sprengeri 3 3.00 Comorensii, 2 4.00 ^ge'atum, 3 varieties 2 .50 3.01 tnihe'icum variegatum 3 .75 5.00 *lyssum, Giant 2^ 3.00 Cvieus, Verschaffeltii, Golden Bed- der 2H .60 3.00 Cobffii Scandent 3 .W 5.00 C'omatis Paniculala. strong 4 1.50 lO.iO Fuchsiat, in variety 2H .50 3.00 Fevetlew Little Gem 2 .50 30U Geraniums, bei-t standard sorts — 3 .60 4.00 Ivy F.nglish, hardy strong plants. .4 1.50 10.00 Ivy, Parlor 2 .50 3 00 Periwin«le. variegated 4 1.5U 10 OO Petunias, double white 2 .50 3.00 Pansies, strong plants in bud .35 2 50 Salv as. 3 varieties ?H ..M 3.00 V rbenas, named varieties VA .50 3 00 Heliotrope 2 .60 3 00 Lantans. LeNaine 2 .50 3.00 Lobelias. 3 varieties 2% .50 8.00 Lemon Verbenaa 2 .50 3.00 Primula Forbesi, in bloom 3 .60 4.00 C. tlSElE, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 1th and Jefferson Streets. Verbenas, rooted cuttings, 75c per 100: $5 00 per 1003. pot plants, $2.50 per 100; $20 per 10 0. Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings, gooa sorts, $3.00 ' I IX). Coleus $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Cannas. good sorts. $2 00 per 100. cinerarias .Vinch, $5 00 per IOO. Dracaena Indivisa 4-inch strong. $10.00 per 100. Feveriew. I.itile Gem, $3.00 per IOO. Geraniums, finest sorts. $1.00 per IiO; $25.00 per lOOfl. Rose. .Mt. Snow, Mme. Salleroi, $3.00 per 100. INqipy Thought, Mrs. Parker, Ivy Leaf, Le i;i.-t;ante,J5 00per 100. Heliotro'e. $3.00p-^r IOO. Pelargoniums, Victor, Mme. Thibaud, $5.00 per 100. Begonias, in variety. «4.00 per 100. Vinca Var., 2i/2-in,.«3.00 per 100: 4-in.. $1.5.00 per 100. Giant Pansies, cold frame, 12.00 per IOO. W. L. SMITH. AURORA. ILL. New Carina WEST VIRGINIA New Geranium MRS. GOVERNOR JACK ON To introduce this magnificent Canna and Geranium to the trade, 1 will now offer a limited quantity for sale at following low prices: CANNAS— $2 50 psr doz . $15,00 per JOO-3-in, Pots. GERANIUMS— $1,50 per doz., $10.00 per I00-2i in Pote. Cash. Orders filled in rotation. Gus. Obermeyer, Parkersburg, W. Va. Dahlias and Gladioli From EAST BRIDBEWATER Dahlia Bardans. If you are looking for something new and wibh to Iceep up-to-date, send for my spring catalogue. J. K. ALEXANDER. EAST BRIDGtWAItR, MASS. 30,000 DAHLIAS. Fiftv varieties, whole fleld-grown roots, $4.00 per 100; $36.00 per l.OOJ. Send for descriptive list. We can save you money. A.B.DAVIS&SON, PurGellville.Va, Please mention ihe A merican Florist when writing. 364 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Council Bluffs, la. J. F. Wilcox is preparing to make another big addition to his plant this spring. It has been his best season and the rapid development of the florists' business throughout the west seems to assure that the demand lor greenhouse products will continue unabated. Mr. Wilcox is no w preparing for the immediate erection of four rose houses 30x275 and a side house 16x275, these to be followed by four carnation houses 29x150. Mr. Wilcox also does a large business with vegetables grown under glass and he w^Ul also enlarge his capacity in this department before the new season is at liand. He gets his material from the Moninger people, at Chicago. Polo, III. — H. D. Davis reports a very good plant trade. Kalamazoo, Mich.— W. C. Cook says that there is a big call for geranium cut- tings and a few insertions of a 2-inch advertisement in the Florist served to pwamp him with orders. LILLY'S OREENHOUSE FlIVIIGATING POWDER is the newest and best article on the market to- ^ay for the complete destruction of all insects that infest Greenhouses and Conservatories and a special boon to Rose or Beauty growers and is pre- pared particularly for the destruction oC Green Fly and Thrip. There is nothing injurious in it to plant life, even the most delicate fern. It is especially recommended for Beauties, Roses, Car- nations, Chrysanthemums, Lilies, Srailax, Aspar- agus, Palms,"Ferns, etc., and we claim that insects will never be as troublesome when your houses ^re thorouahly fumigated with this powder. It is put up as follows: 1 lb. Tin Can $ .25 51b. •' " 1.00 25 lb. Sealed Box 4 50 1001b. " " 15.00 Send for copy of testimonials and for reference we refer to Messrs. Bassett vt Washburn, Hins- dale, 111. Prepared by the Lilly-Lilly Chemical ■Co. and sold by E. H. HINT, 76-78 Wabash Avenue. CHICAGO. WHEN IN WANT OF Raffia; Gape Flowers, Reeds,etc. Write to the Importers, CH4S. W. JACOB & ALLISON, <8i Cedar Street, NEW YORK. NOVELTIES IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Pranz Birnstiel, COBURG, GERMANY. Saskets, Puerto Rico Mats, Cycas, Waterproof L.i^ Paper, Class, China. FOR THE WHOLESALE TRADE ONLY. A. HERRMANN, J- Cape Flowers, all colors, ^ Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs, ^ and All Florists' Supplies. Send fop Prices. 404-412 East 34«h St. NEW YORK. Excursions to Boston. For the N. E.A. meeting at Boston. July 6—10, 1903. the Wabash road will sell tickets at one fare plus 83.00 for the round trip. Choice of routes, Write for handsome illustrated folder giving full particulars. f-XPALMER, A.G.P.A., 97 Adams St , CHICAGO. »#^#%#%^%#^#^#%^»^^# % #^#^^^^^^#^#»#^#^#»^^i#^^>#^#^#^] DON'T LET TOTTB BOSES MILDEW. PEERLESS SULPHUR BLUWER. USE THE EVERY GROWER SHOULD HAVE ONE. Saves time and money. Distributes equally well Lime, Slug Shot, Tobacco Dust, Paris Green or any powder. "A great improve- ment over the bellows."— Emil Buettner, Park Pidge, 111. If your seedsman does not handle it, order direct. Price $4.00 F. O. B. Chicago. EDW. E. McMORRAN & CO., '= ^i N.f'|g»^f««2^c^o. ,ESTABIJSH£D 1866 EMIL^STEFFEMSv S0CC« tlSTEFFEHS. «w>STEFrEIISaMI& TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounted, Uanofitctnred by Tiie Conley Foil Co. 681 to 641 West S6th St., HEADQUABTXiBS FOB HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES Of Every Description. When ;ou oan't get what ^ou want anywhere else, send here, we will send it to yoo. "If It's used In Horticulture, we have It." DUNNE &CO..64W.S0tttt..NiwY«k. Telaphone Call. 1700 Madiion Square. WESTERN FLORISTS... Scan save money in buying ^^^ upplieS FROM BARTELDES&CO.. 15211 5th SIreat, DENVER, COLO. SIGIVIUND GELLER Importer and Manufacturer of FLORISTS' SIPPLIES. A line of Porto Rican Mats, Water Proof Crepe Paper, New style Pot Covers, Fancy Baskets and various novelties for Easter, just arrived. 108 IV. 2Sth Hireet, INiCW VORK. Mease mention the American Florist when writing. Boston Florist Letter Go. MAinjrAOTUBERS OF FLORISTS' LETTERS. Tbln wooden box nicely stained and var- nished, 18x30x13 made In two sectlong, one for each size letter, given aivay wltb first order of 5U0 letters. Block Letters, t!^ or 2-inch size, per 100, $2.00. Script Letter,'' {4. Fastener with each letter or word. Used by leadina florists everywhere and for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers. N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON, IMASS. SIMON RODH, MANUFACTUBER OP Florist Ribbons Salesroom: 40 West 2Sth St., NFW YODK Factoet: Camden, N. J. • '"•" "v"!* RIBBONS ACCORDING TO SEASON. HOLLER'S DEUTSCHE OaRTNER ZflTUNG. The most widely circulated Grerman gardening Journal, treating of all departments of horticulture and floriculture. Numerous eminent correspon- dents in all parts of the world. An advertising medium of the highest class. MoUer's Deutsche Gartner Zeitung is published weekly and richly Illustrated. Subscription $3 00 per annum, including postage. Sample copies free. LIDWIG MOLLER'S:i"JAy 1903. The American Florist, 365 M.RICIi & CO. IJEADING l-LORISTS SUPPLY l-IOUSIi j IMPORTERS &i llvlAMUrACTURERSJ ;9l8l"II.Bi:RTSTi i PHII.AIDI:I-P|-|IA| ! PA. • I i RIBBONS i For EASTER We offer an Unexcelled Collection Of the Choicest Productions From all over the World RIBBONS Of delicate and attractive siiades to decorate plants and baskets. Velvet Two-Toned Paper Is the handsomest ever offered to the trade for covering plants, boxes and for decorative purposes. PORTO RICAN MATS The largest ■ssortment In all colors, to harmonize with planta. With these use Chip Ribbon, it looks better than Silk Ribbon and costs but a trii^e. M. RICE & CO. 918 Filbert St., PHILADELPHIA. FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS OF PECULIAR EXCELLENCE AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES. Exteriors of OAK OR TILE. Interior Lining;s of HALF INCH PLATE GLASS OR CYPRESS. CATALOQUE 10 FREE. THE WILKE MFG. CO., ANDERSON, IND. 366 The American Florist. Mar. 28, A Philadelphia Plantsman. In these progressive days the idle greenhouse has long been a thing of the past, but the economical use of the space is a matter that cannot have too much attention. A visit to Mr. Aschmann's establishment at Tenth, and Ontario streets, Philadelphia, shows him to be a past master in this art, as every inch of room is taken up and pulling for the proprietor. The grounds are in a built- up portion of the city, where space is very valuable and necessity has no doubt forced Mr. Aschmann to adopt his sys- tem. It is wonderful the amount of stock he turns out, all of it well grown and seasonable. Easter plants, lilies, aza- leas, spiraeas, hydrangeas, cinerarias and bulbous stock now crowd all the table space, which will give place immediately after this holid ay to spring bedding plants and a few specialties to which he gives attention, notably moonflowers. Smith's Hybrid is the variety grown, it being the best strain of this popular vine. Thousands of this plant are shipped all over the country, many growers depend- ing on him for their stock. Salvia Kent- ish Fire is also a favorite and much in demand. Mr. Aschmann also grows large quantities of bedding begonias of the Vernon type, improved strains grown from imported Swiss seed. The stock to follow the Easter plants is packed close together on hanging shelves and on narrow ledges next the walks. The borders of the walks under the tables are also full and all have a healthy appearance and are just right for a shift. All the Easter plants look well, a house of hydrangeas and another of cinerarias particularly so. On Wash- ington's biithdayeach year the hydran- geas are sorted over and those that will not make Easter are set into a cool house and come in nicely for Decoration day. In the summer, as soon as the bedding plants are sold, the houses are filled with stocks of imported rubbers, araucarias and palms. Mr. Aschmann is very care- ful in his importations. A large number of chrysanthemums are grown for the fall trade. K. STANDARD FLOWER POTS! Packed in small crates, easy to handle. 1500 2-in Price per crate , in crate, $4.88 1500 2)i 5.25 1500 2>^ 6.0J 1000 3 5.00 800 3« 5004 320 5 144 6 5.80 4.50 4.51 3.16 Price per crate 120 7-in., in crate, iM.2() 60 8 3.00 HAND MADE. 48 9-in., in crate (fcrw) 48 10 4.H() 24 11 " :h.Ki) 21 12 4.80 4.50 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price listof Cylinders for Cut Flowers, Hanging Has- ets, Lawn vases, etc. Ten per cent off for cash with order. Address HILFINGER BROS. POHERY. Fort Edward N. Y. Or August Rolkbb & Sons, New York Agents, 31 Barclay Street, New York City. Standard POX^ Flower... V VJ V \D If your greenhouses are w^ithin 600 miles of the Capitol, write us, we can save you money W. H. ERNEST. 28th and M Streets. WASHINGTON. D. C. KELLER BROS. Mftnnfaoturers al Standard Flower Pots, red In color, equal to the best on the market; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec- tions. We give special attention to mat; orders and make special sizes to order in quantities A postal will bring prices and discoants. ■GALVANIZED-- WIRE • FLOWER • STAKES. ....ANY LENGTH OR SIZE DESIRED. JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS CO. tcri liable 7a MINNEAPOLIS MINN. Please mention the American Florist when writing. THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" PtJLL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT MTHT, Please mention the A merican Florist when writine. Invalid Appliance Co., COLUiBU PLANT TUBS please mention the American Florist when writing* tgo3. The American Florist. 367 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X Here are Sure Sellers for Easter x X AND AFTERWARDS X X Plant Baskets, Ferneries and Hampers witli Tin Pans. All sizes, hean- ^ X tiful new patterns and colors. - ^ : Heavy Sheet Foil, a novelty ; for lining plant baskets ; a substitute for ^ the tin pan, always ready and fitted instantly. ^ ^ Rush Braid Pot Covers. Special Receptacles for Tulip Pans. ^ J Water Proof Paper is having a tremendous sale for Easter. Evei-ybody ^ J likes it. l^seful and cheap. ^ J Twig Baskets and Birds' Nests of Birch Brush. These are taking nov- ^ ^ elties. ▲ J Violet Hampers, new patterns, made with Hlier ribbon; the most tasty, ^ X up-to-date thing on our shelves. Several sizes. ^ X Porto Rican Mats, endless variety of patterns. Fiber Ribbon, Auto- ^ X mobiles, Violet Cords and Tassels. These goods are all strictly up-to- ^ ^ date and desirable in every way. ▲ ▲ New Catalogue enlarged and revised last month. Fully illus= ^ '4^ trated. Send for it. ♦ X H. BAYERSDORFER 2t CO. : 4 50-56 North Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. # ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ KILL THOSE BUGS! Then You Will Have MORE FLOWERS! BETTER FLOWERS! MORE MONEY! KILL THEM WITH BETTER TIMES! Spray N I C T I CI D E Small Cost. or Easy, Fumigate, you light the lamp-* Nic" docs the rest. The Best Spray, ALL UP-TO-DATE Seedsman KEEP IT. THE TOeaCCO WAREHOUSING AND TRADING CO., Lousiville, Ky. 368 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Sheep Manure Endorsed by all the most successful growers of GREENHOUSE STOCK. When you buy Dunne's you get the pure, unadulter- ated article. Any quantity at lowest prices. SEND TO US for any and all Horticultural Supply Goods. Nursery Stock, Implements, Rustic Work, Plant Tubs, Insecticides. Spraying Outfits, etc. ALL ORDERS FILLED AT LOWEST MARKET PRICE. DUNNE & CO., "DUNNITE" Exterminates Insects and Black Spot. Horticultural Supplies of Every Description. OFFICE AND SALESROOM, 54 West 30th Street, NEW YORK. .%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%v%^%^v%^%^%^v%^v%^^ IRON RESERVOIR VASES- Lawn Settees Manofactared by McDonald Bros. COLUMBUS, 0. The Largest Manufacturers of tiiese Goods in Ameriea. Seod for Catalogue The Art ...of Floral Arrangement The only special newspaper in the world for floral arrangement. 200 ILLUSTRATIONS ANNUALLY. Specimen number free. Subscription, |2.40 yearly. BINDEKUNST-VERLAG J. OLBERTZ. ERFURT. GERMANY. The Florists' Hail Asso'n Pays Losses Promptly. Reierve fund $10,000. For particular! address JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J. Cut Flower Boxes. WATER PROOF. Corner Look Style. The best, strongest and neatest folding cut flower box ever made. Cheap, durable. To try them once is to use them always. Size Per lOO lO'O Size Per 100 1000 No. 0. 3x4s30..$2.00$18.00 No. 5. 4x8x22..$3.00$27.00 No. 1. 3x414x161.75 15.00 No. 6. 4x8x28 . 3.75 35.00 No. 2. 3x6x18.. 2.00 18.00 No. 7. 6x16x20 5.50 53.l!0 No. 3. 4x8x18.. 2.4D 22.00 No. 8. 3x7x21.. 3.00 29.00 No. 4. 3x5x34.. 2.75 25 00 No. 9. 5x10x35 6.50 60.00 Sample free on application. No charge for printing on orders above 250 boxes. Terms cash. THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., BOX 102. COtUMBUS. OHIO. Tree f Plant Labels riorlsts' Supplies Sphagnum Moss Twines and Paper Paper Boxes Knives and Shears Printed Stationery, Etc. SEND FOR COMPLETE LIST. WILLIAMS & SONS CO., Batavia, III. Foley's Floral Fotographs. Floral Album, size I2xii containing 24 different funeral designs. By express $7.00 c. 0. d. 226-226i BOWERY, NEW YORK. The Model Tomato Support. Also For PEONIES, DAHLIAS, PHLOX, ETC. Price, $1.60 per Dozen. Patented July 27, 1897, and May 17, 1898. By Thepon N. Parker, inventor and patentee of The Model Extension Carnation Support. Address all inquiries to The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co., Ine. 2Q9 J*r««y SI., HARRISON, N. J. igo3. The American Florist. 569 REED & KELLER FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. 122 West 25th Street. NEW YORK. EXTENSION POT HOLDER AT REST. PATENT PLANT PATENT PLANT SAUCER AND LIFTER. Designed to facilitate the lifting of a potted plant from a Jardiniere or pot cover. A lifter and saucer combined. Made of galvanized iron and vpire. 11 12 $2.25 $3.00 10 P|-|Qe SIZES 6 7 8 9 1 per dozen $1.25 $1.40 $1.50 $1.75 $2 SATIN ADJUSTABLE POT COVERS. PATENT APPLIED FOR. Sizes to fit Pot and Saucer. SIZES 6 in. Sin. 10 in. 12 in. Price $1.00 $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 Each Easter Novelties. — Swans, Frogs, Jard- inieres, Japanese Pot Covers, Porto Rican Matting, Waterproof Crepe Paper, Sheet Moss, etc., etc. SAUCER AND LIFTER. NEW EXTENSION POT HOLDER. ^M (PATENT APPLIED FOR.) Can be extended to extended and various heights 'and the angled. part holding the pot can be angled in any posi- tion, making a very effective display where potted plants are used. The stand is made of malleable iron, is very strong, durable and light. Its effectiveness makes it an indispensable article for florists and growers. SIZES, to hold. Sin. pots 10 in. pots 12 in. pots Each $1.50 $1.75 $2.25 BARKINE POT COVERS. A perfect imitation of white birch bark to fit standard pots. SIZES 5 (i 7 « !) 10 Per Doz $0.35 $0.40 $0.55 $0.65 $0.80 $0.90 370 The American Florist. Mar. 28, Montreal. BUSINESS FAIRLY ACTIVE AND STOCK IN ABOUT THE RIGHT SUPPLY.— DOINGS OF THE CRAFTSMEN. — LOCAL NOTES OF INTEREST. Trade is keeping up quite well, with sufficient stock to meet all demands. From all appearances there will be a good supply for Easter, except lilies, which may be very scarce if the days keep cloudy as at present. In roses. Bride, Bridesmaid and Ivory are in excellent shape and sell quite readily. Few good Pearles and Beauties are seen. Carnations are plentiful enough but the demand is rather toobriskfor the supply. Violets are ]ilentiftd and of good quality. Lily of the valley and other bulbous stock is selling fairly well. Many bloom- ing plants are seen at the retailers'. A number of the members of the Mon- treal Gardeners' and Florists' Club sur- prised Fred. Bennett with a token of their friendship, before his departure from this city. He carries the best wishes from the boys. E. Guerney, formerly assistant secre- tary of the Lachine Horticultural Society, has been elected secretary treasurer for the same in place of Fred. Bennett. C. Derynck, who owns an establish- ment near the Mount Royal Cemetery, has rented the houses of Mr. Smith, on Main street. Lucas & Burrows have dissolved part- nership, Mr. Lucas keeping the run of the greenhouses at Lachine. G. Vreugde, formerly with P. McKenna & Son, is moving to Lachine to be with Jos. Bennett. B. T. Graves will move his retail place a little further west on the same street. Rumors are current of another store in the west end of St. Catherine street. G. V. Janesville, Wis. — August Meyer, of the Janesville Floral Co., was married at Fond du Lac on March 17 to Miss Mabel Case. I IM S EOT RED SPIDER, APHIS And all other Insects killed by SULPHO-TOBAGGO SOAP, The Popular Insecticide. SELL IT. PRICES LOW. SALES NET lOO PER CENT. PROFIT. LtuHaSoap G>, buffalo, n. kC I L- L- Dedication Ceremonies "'°'"-''' FAIR... On 1 account of the dedication ceremonies Louis- iana Purchase Exposition. St. Louis, Mo., the Wabash Railroad will sell round trip tickets to this point for one fare. Tickets sold April 29 to May 1, 1903, o:ood to return not later than Maj' 4, 1903. For further information write, F. A. PALMER, A.G,P.A., 97 Adams St. CHICAGO. Holds Glass Firmly ••• th* Point Ja* Alutnc Point! •» tlid beat. Ho rlghu n Itfti, Box sf 1,000 potato T6 ito. poitpald, EIEirRT A. DREER, Steam Traps SAVE COAL This is the Return Steam Trap used by the Up-to-date Greenhouse men to return the con- densed water from the heating coils in their greenhouses. Have been in use for this purpose over thirty years. Insures an Even Temperature. Send for Red Catalogue. Albany Steam Trap Co. ALBANY, N. Y., U. S. A. RiPPLEY'S MPROVED 1903 COMPRESSED JIIR SPRAYERS have fine Vermorel Spray Nozzle; made of heavy copper abd galva- nized steel; has safety valve. Strongly riveted and double seamed. Guaranteed tobeas rep- resented and to he the strongest sprayer manufactured. Fine for spraying young orchards. Trees 2a feet high by usJn^ extension 4 and 5 galloi per, J7. Fln„„,tt33|iuuipnium ■. SoltiUoncnally agitated. Wo •Isoflclllargw orchard Bpravera. ~6 GaL ' Galranlicd. 85.60, 6 C Send to-day for «ur Dpmjcr ana BroedorSiipplyCaiaIog.^j7ffnea WanUd. , Rlppley Hdw. Co., Box 19 .Grafton.lll. [ Superior to diamond; turre.t holder: 6 cutters; sample 50c; $4.00 per dozen,' postpaid. Send for wholesale quotations on paints. GEORGE N. HOLLAND, Factory Distributor, Washington, D. C. SHEEP MANURE Dried, Pulverized and Unpul- verized. in carload or ton lots. WRITE FOR rRICES TO MONTANA FERTILIZER CO. Box No. 153. ELGIN, ILL. ii frx: NOW OFFER Chemicals jj formaking LIQUID COMPOST. Dry powders all soluble in water. Lom posts cost less than >6o per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 620 Atlantic Ave.. Boston. Wired Tootlipicics 10,000, 11.60; B0,000, (6.25. Manufaotured by W. J. COWEE. BERLIN. N. Y. Sample Free. For sale by dealers.. ruminating Kind Tobacco n I KILLS ALL APHIS IN ONE NIGHT r OWUCr in a. liou.ie 100x25 tt., at a co.st of 10c. k 5 111. trial pkg. will cost nothiDK if you will pay tho express charijcs on it. Our booklet tells of it. Write Depl. C. for it. The H. A. STOOTHOFF COMl'ATTi' 116, 117, 118 Tl'fist St., N. Y. City Please mention the A I Fiorist when writine* LENOX FLOWER ATOMIZER FLORISTS SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES LdipiJiasiri 1>ERY riORIST SHOULD SELL IT. JUST SEND 35c AND GET ONE BY MAIL, YOU WILL WANT MORE. A cake of Tobacco Soap and Booklet free with each. jn£ LENOX MFC. CO., 1 I O Chambers Streal, NEW YORK. THE "Model" Glazing Point ZINC. DURABLE, PRACTICAt.. Designed for Plorists' use to supersede the "Van Rvper" and all tacks that rust out quickly. Ky the inventor of the "Model" Extension Carnation Support. Patented Nov. 25th, 1902. Price per lb., 1040 points, 40c. One lb. by mail 45c. Address The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co., 208 Jersey St., HARRISON, N. J. HORTIGULfURAL ENGRAVING 8.FRINTING IT IS ^"^^ "particular" kind of work we ■H^^HM like, the kind that everybody cannot do. JAS.M.BRYANT. 706 CHESTNUT STREET pniLADELPHIA PA. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Patent Ko. 1. — Brass, nickel, 4 feet long, 6 clasps to each rod. Price complete (with green or white tum- blers) 82 'Si, Price complete (with green or white cornucopia vases) $2.60. No. 2.— Heavy 4 tt. rod, brassed and nickeled, with three olaips for 6 to 6-inoh pots, each tl.75. KIFTS PATENT Rubber Capped FLOWER TUBES, IH-tnoh diameter, per 1(X), tS.SO. JOSEPH KIFT & SON. 1725 Cheitnut St., Phlll., Pa. igo3. The American Florist. 371 Mr. Editur: I rite tew let u no i got threw the \yinter a live, but it left me in bad shape, as u kin se by mi fotograf witch i send u. i am out uvklose an out uv everything but det, an i needs everything, even tew galluses, i tied up the dorg with them one knite an he broke loose and went orf with tuther Vi of em, an as i had the bad luck to git into a argument with mi mother-in- law, she sewed me fur throwin her out in the windo an brakin her leg, an i hed to pa i7 dolers an a 'i jist fur i leg, it do beet awl how onreezonable sum folks is, the hul uv the old gal aint worth that mutch, wel now ime broke, an "Samanthe Jane", thats mi wife, wants a nu easter bunnet an a brest pin, and the kids must hev a lot uv klose and 3 dols and 6 tops to keep a fus out in the fambly. So if i hev any frenz tel em to sho up rite quick an send in ther orders for wat tha need fur ther green houses. Plese sa i have the BEST BILER AN VEHTIUTIM CONTRAPSHIN AN SASH HINfiESwotis, anif tha dont believe it tha kin by a lot uv em an be konvinced. Send fur a Kat- a-log. Mi name ez My Fotogral In hard tlmii. J. D. CARMODY, an i live in THE EVERLASTIN HINGE. EVANSVILLE, IND.. witch is klose to Posey Kounty. OUR PACKING IS DONE UNDER the DIRECTION OF EXPERIENCED and COMPETENT EMPLOYES^ J* .^ GLASS AT POPULAR PRICES Our Glass trade is easily now one of the largest in the country. Selling strictly high grade Glass at popular prices has brought us the business. If you are in the field for Glass we would be pleased to hear from you. Prompt shipments guaranteed. Price lists and illustrated pamphlets gladly furnished on application. JOHN LUCAS & CO., 320 Race St., Phila., Pa. LUCAS PUTTY IS POPULAR WITH FLORISTS Guaranteed Wrought Iron Pipe ILLEN IIR VILVES, QUIRINTEED AUTOMATIC. Please mention the A r. t Florist when writinjt WHETSTONE & CO., Incorporated, 911 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa GREEN- HOUSE SIZES A SPEC- IALTY. GLASS ...PAINT, PUTTY, ETC. Casper Limbach, Pittsburg, Pa. 60 Washington Ave., 31st Ward. 1929 Carson St.S.S H. M. HOOKER GO. Window Glass, Paints and Putty, Greenhouse Glass a Specialty. 69 West Raadolph St., CHICAaO. lO YEARS GUARANTEE on all our new improved machines now built in four sizes. The WOLF Improved System GREENHOUSE VENTILATORS Send for new descriptive catalogue, which shows our improved machines. We have over 300 houses, 150 to 368 ft. long, equipped with our long distances machines. One machine will operate houses 50 to 400 ft. long. It will pay you to investigate our system. Best of References Furnished. A.. Q. wotri^ s& :bico. Offloei 3£S& Klveir Street: - - I>A.-VTOI«, OHXO Please mention the American Florist when "writing. 372 The American Florist. Mar. 28. Koropp'sGrecnhoMscHangcr (PATENT APPLIED FOR.) Can be attached to any rafter or frame work. No nails or screws, no injury to wood work, no weakening of rafters. Easy to attach and quickly removed. Will carry any size of pot, also baskets or shelves. Write for descriptive particulars. Price, $1.25 for 25. $5.00 per 100. $50.00 per 1000. FOR SALE BY ALL SEEDSMEN OR ORDER DIRECT FROM THE INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER, 252 W. Ravenswood Park Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. LEOPOLD KOROPP, USED SUCCESSFULLY 22 YEARS. KillsCurrantWorms, Potato Bugs. Cabbage Worms, Sow Bugs, Slugs on Roses, Aphis, Ourculio on Plums, Cati>rpillars, (fugs on Melons. Lice on Fowls and Calves, Tobacco and Tomato Worms. CRAPE DUST. Kills Mildew and Rust. COPPER SOLUTION. 1 Gallon makes 100— for Blight of various sorts. BORDEAUX MIXTURE. Butter fine in pulp— for immediate use. CATTLE COMFORT. Keeps cows and mules comfortable in fly time. SOLD BY THE. SEEDSMEN. For Trade Lists address HAMMOND'S PAINT AND SLUG SHOT WORKS. FIStlKILL-ON-nUDSON, N. Y. ►♦^♦'^♦♦♦•♦••♦■•'♦^♦■••♦^ I GRjENHq0|SES. MAIEtALFURN AN D - meiKosuperintInd $ ERB|r{ON IF DESEED. ANY LENobt up T0^2FT.4r LONGER "»'S+eam5 [umblr (b. SET. BrsTCN Mass. ^♦♦♦'•♦♦■^♦•♦^^♦♦^•^ Self-Balancing Ventilator. Made of galvanized or cast-iron. Awarded CERTIFICATE Of MERIT at Asheville S. A. F. Convention 1902, Correspondence Solicited. A. RASMUSSEN3 NEW ALBANY, IND. DILLON'S GREENHOUSE MFG. CO. Sf AjnTFAOTUREBS OF HOT BED SASH, AIB DRIED OUI.F CTFBESS SASH BABS Bloomsburg, Penna. AND OTHER OREEMHOUSE MATERIA!.. BUILDERS of DURABLE and PRACTICAL Greenhouses at a LOW COST. ^^Our descriptive oircnlar contain! valuable informatloD for every florist. Send tor it AiiWAYS mention the American Fi.o* HIST when vrritlng to advertisera. Gardeners' Chronicle. A Weekly Illustrated Journal. ESTABLISBED 1841. The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE has been POB ovSB Sixty Yeabs the Leabisq Joubnai. of its class. It has achieved this position because, while specially devoting itself to supplying the daily requirements of gardeners of all classes, the infor- mation furnished is of such general and perma- nent value that the GARDENERS' CHRONICLE is looked up to as the btandabd authobitt on the subjects of which it treats. Subscription to the United States, ti 20 per year. Bemittanoes to be made payable to H. Q. COVE. Office:— 41 Wellington St., Covent Garden. London. England. SHIPPIII6UBELS!!! -Cut Flowers Printed in two oolori on gummed paper; 70111 oud, etc. In black and Im3 adopted by the S. A. F. in red. Yen- atcraoave. Price per 500, $2-85; perlOOOtHML Send tor samples..^. UKin or THB iE«r. postpaid, si.u. American Florist Co., ^^_^___CHICAaO. Please mention the A merican Florist when writings Always mention the.. American Florist when you write to an advertiser. Tgo3. The American Florist. 373 Improvement is the Order of the Day, We don't ride in ox carts simply because others did 50 years ago. Now it is trolley cars, 20th Century Limited and soon it will be airships. So it is in greenhouse construction. You must hi up-to-date or the other fellow will leave you behind — as the trolley leaves the ox team. Did You Ever Meet Foley? IF NOT you surely have missed something! Write them for their new FREE illustrated catalogue of all PPCEN||n||GC kinds of wood and iron UHtEllllUUOE MATERrtL. ASK FOR FULL PARTICULARS ABOUT THEIR NEW IRON GUTTER. FOLEY MFG. CO. 471 w. 22nd street, Chicago. No rotting at the ends of bars. The end wood is not punctured. The bars always have perfect bearing and the drip falls free into drip conductor. Your bars will last 5 years longer than on old style gutters. The lugs through which the screws fasten the bars are cast on the gutters. ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»»»♦»•♦»♦•♦♦♦♦ ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦•»♦»♦♦♦♦»♦»♦ Yes You Have Seen The New Duplex Gutter By the way you are placing your orders. If you one* have it you will never build without it. I am filling orders for some of my first customers, and when they bought, it was in a very crude form. How will it be after the new improvement is estabhshed? A boy can erect it with ease. "It is bound to set all others in the rear," was said by an expert government architect. The U. S. government is using it in preference to others. Two short yean ago you were told that the life of THE DUPLEX GUTTER was only about five years; now that same worried individual tells you it will last about fifteen years. If hb judgment fails this time as bad as his first guess, he will never see the day it will seek the scrap pile for its final rest. None of it has been sent there. How is it with cast iron gutters? Have you as much to say? Read testimonials in my catalogue, they are not only six months users; that is a very short time to testify to a gutter. Never mind, THE DUPLEX will march right along and is not afraid of spooks. Hal ha! Our capacity is only 500 feet per day and it keeps us busy getting them out. Write for catalogue. E. HIFFABD, Youn^stown, Ohio. I ♦♦♦»»♦»»♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦»♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦»»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦»»♦♦♦»♦»»»♦♦♦ GREENHOUSE. CYPRESS! ) FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE GROWER. S Construction the Latest, > Materia.1 the Viest, eacia ( Prices R.easonable. ^.^^ ^ TV^UTE FOR BOOKLET, 1 \ THE GREENHOUSE MFG. CO., \ I 32 E, Third St., Cincinnati, O. \ Hease mention iAeAmeriean Florist when writing. Use our Patent IRON BENCH FITTINGS and Roof Supports. >^ JENNINGS"" IRON GUTTER IMPROVED VAPORIZING PANS For Tobkooo Extract*, Etc. Send for Clrcnlsn. SnOCZSBOBS TO JENNINGS BROS., Sta.. PHILADELPHIA. OHLER. GASKEY & CO., S. W. Cer. Sixth and Bark Bti Please mentionthe American Florist tuhtniuriting. VENTILATma APPARATUS. 374 The American Florist. Mar. 2S, Bargains FOR Florists. We are headquarters for a general assortment of the necessary material and supplies that you are looking for. If you are about to improve or con- struct, consult us. In connection with the dismantling of the Pan-American Exposition, ye have for sale: 20,000,000 FEET of fine seasoned lumber, practically new, consisting of all sizes of joists, timbers, dressed and matched boards and flooring; also sash and doors. 50,000 FEET of roofing glass. PIPE. We are headquarters for pipe. We offer you . 100,000 FEET of 2 to 4-inch wrought iron, lap welded boiler tubes, second-hand. We can furnish this material in three ways: Either with sleeve or jacket couplings, screwed ends and threaded couplings or with expanded cast iron flanges with bolts and nuts. 1,000,000 FEET of standard black wrought iron pipe, size ^ to t2-inch. It is second-hand but has new threads and couplings and is in first-class condition. 1,000 TONS of galvanized wire 9, 10, li, 12, 13, 14 and 15 guage. 50,000 FEET of 2, 3 and 4-inch cast-iron soil pipe and fittings. 100,000 FEET of garden hose, ^ and l-in. 75,000 FEET of cotton rubber-lined fire- hose, (rubber-lined in and outside), rang- ing in sizes 1 to 2}^-inch. VALVES and fittings of every kind. BOX COILS for heating purposes. RADIATORS, new and second-hand. We also offer the following bargains in Heating Boilers 50 CAST-IRON sectional heaters, capacity from 4S0 to 5,000 feet. FOUR 36x10 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 36x12 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x10 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x12 Horizontal Tubular. SIX 48x14 Horizontal Tubular. TWO 54x16 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 60x16 Horizontal Tubular complete with all fittings. PUMPS of all Descriptions. A carload of shovels and spades that we are selling at $5.00 per dozen. We carry a complete stock of hardware and farm implements, besides plumbing material of every kind. Write for Catalogue No. 47. Chicago House Wrecking Co., W.35tb ami IRON STSm CHICAGO, ILL. %ftfillltiltiiliilitt Our old customers can tell you about our Greenhouse Material. There are probably seve- ral in your vicinity. Write to us about it and we will tell you who are nearest to you. CM IM We rest our reputation upon the work we have already done. Ask the owner about the lasting quality of our Cypress. Ask him if he wasn't perfectly satisfied with our material and our workmanship. Our large numbsr of satisfied customers is our strongest indorsement. We would like to add you to the number. Jo^ sTcHIC/lCOi^. I11to115BLACKHAWK SELLIMG AGE.NTS FOR GAF^LAMD IRON GUTTERS Vl!fl!lf!*f!*lifli*% Please mention the A « in Flo-yist ivhen ivyiting. Lockland Lumber Company. ALL HEART CYPRESS LIMBER For Greenhouses. We have a larger stock than ev( lumber. Any stock bought of \ nly free of sap, but knots and other serious imperfections as wi of open-air dried i we guarantee to 1. Our guarantee Hot-Bed Sash Posts. L^. These are spot clear, strong and well Wa have had twenty years' axpsrience In the Greenhouse business and our plans and estimates are worth writing for. OFFICE AND FACTORY, LOCKLAND, OHIO. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»< ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< Clear Gulf Cypress GREENHOUSE MATERIAL. Hot-Bed and Ventilator Sash. S. JACOBS & SONS, «^^^ 'I 1365 to 1373 Flushing Avenue, BROOKLYN, N. Y. Send 4c in Stamps for Catalog, TWInTeCTIo" BOILERS. «I-^SS ^^ ^WHOI^BJ® AI,B;. ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Please meniion the American Florist' when writing, ' ■ '.' j^ igo3. The American Florist. 375 f- f RANGE OF TEN DIETSCH PATENT SHORT-SPAN GREENHOUSES BUILT LAST SEASON BY GEORGE REINBERG. CHICAGO. louses adjo r. Reinberg found these houses at all times from 9° to 16" cooler than old-style wi H. A. Dreer, Riverton, N. J., has a similar range. Write us for list of other pi new style of construction may be examined. You can prove ou that it includes the foUov lining, due to better i popular fst 2d 3d Advantages Not Possessed by Any Other IVfethod: Least shade possible with any meth- od of roof and wall construction. Ease of construction; greatest dura- bility at minimum of expense. Every requi'ement of modern con- struction fully prov dcd for. Largest bench room obtainable; all benches equally good. Safe construction; roof a pjrfect truss; n-> high peaks. Best ventilation; a run of ventilators to every two bjnches. 4th 5th 6th These advantages appeal to every one and this style of constructioa has the endorsement of many prominent growers. Let us give you an estimate; the figures will be so low they'll surprise you; the work is so good it will please you. A. DIETSCH & CO., 615-621 Sheffield Ave., CHICAGO. High Grade Heaters (ALL CAST IRON.) In our STANDARD BOILERS the castings con- taining water have numerous shallow chambers that hang over the Are and immediately receive all beat and allow none to pass wasted to the chimney. The Boiler contairs only three cored castings and is quickly erected. NO WATER CASTINGS Are exposed to outside air, but protected by cast iron asbestos 1 ne) casing which effectually prevents the radiation of the beat and causes the water chambers to be enliiely surrounded by the heat. SIMPLICITY OF OPERATION WITH ENORMOUS EFFICIENCY IS THE CLAIM WE MAKE FOR THIS BOILER. P. B. MAGRANE, Florist, Lynn, Mass., says: "Your Standard Hot Water Boiler No. 32 is all that you recommend it to be. It does tlie worli for me nicely that other boilers have failed to do. It heats a greenhouse 80x18 and also a large two-atory barn and makes them quite comfortable in the co'dest weather I highly recommend it to any one as a flrst-cIass heater both from point of efficiency and economy." We make a special price on the first Boiler going to a place where we have none in use Our Catalogue B contains Informa- tion valuable to Florists and will be •ent with prices on application. GIBLIN <& CO.. 376 The American Florist. Mar, 28, Index to Advernsers. Advertising rates. . . 318 Albany Steam Trap_ Co 370 AlfexandcrJ K S63 Allen J K 330 Aipline EC 331 327 Andrews Bros. . . 317 Ajchmann Godfrey 358 Baldwin A J 36 1 BallerF A 3i6 Banner J L &Co... 340 Barteldes & Co . . 384 B^ssett & Washburn , 320 349 Baur S Alfred Co . . . I BSyersdorfer H * Co367 Bfjar Head Farm . . . .3.'8 Baoltert W C . . . . 347 Benthey&Co. 321 3i5 Berckmans P .T Co. .316 BBrscrH H&Co. ...341 Berning H G 320 Bindekunst 368 ^irnstiel Franz 364 Bobbink & Atkins.. 343 Boffgs Caleb* Son.. 34rt Boiinot Bros 323 Bornhoeft.JH 3)2 Boston Letter Co... 364 Brants D 360 Breit Lithos^aphin^i Co. Bred John S58 Bruns H N 321 Bryant .ras M 370 BuckbeeH W 344 Buckley \V T Plant Budlong'j A 321 336 3 Burpee W A 9 Giblin A Co .... 375 Glaub-r Rmil 349 Goodale BE. 324 Good * Reese Co.. .355 Grave E T 350 Greenhouse Mfg Co.. 373 Grey Thos J &Co.... II Gullett W H & Sons 344 Gunther Wm H 3 3 Gurney Heater Co 376 Guttman Alex J. 323 341 Hail Ass'n 368 Hammond Benj 372 Hancock G A Son.. 356 Hart RI 358 Harvey Greenhouses 350 Heacock Jos. ....". 361 Heikes W F 349 He W .358 Herendeen Mfg Co.. Ill Herr Arbert M .363' Herrmann A 364 Hews A H &Co.. ,. 366 Hicks & Crawbuck. . 323 Hilfinger Bros 366 Hill The E G Co I Hinode Florist Co.. .338 Hippard E 373 Hitch ingsA Co ..4th special cover IV Holland Geo N 370 Holton & Hunkel Co 320 334 361 Hooker H M Co . . .371 HoopesBro&Thonias350 HorauEdwC. .. 323 Hort Advertiser.... 334 Hort Trade Journal. .3^13 Hose Connection Co.362 Hunt EH. ..320 SSO 364 Invalid A pi 'nee Co. 366 Jiioob A Allison 364 Jacobs S A Sons, . 374 .lackson A Perkins. .359 .Tennings E B 347 Kasting W P 322 Keller Bros 366 Keller Geo A Son.... 366 Kellogg Geo M.. .. 321 Kennicott Bros Co.. 3 '9 Kift .Joseph A Son... 370 K ingConstructionCol V KohrAP 366 Koropp Leopold 372 Kramer IN A Son. 3«6 Kreshover L J. . . 340 II KroRschell Bros Co. IV Kuehn C A . . 321 Kuhl G A 338 349 331 sei Lager A Hiirrell.... 3dl Landreth D Sons 347 II Lang Julius — 323 332 Langlahr A H 3->3 Larkin Soap Co 37 1 Lenox Mfs.' Co 370 LimV)aeh Casper 371 Little South Flo. Co.3.i4 Livingston Seed Co.. 368 Look! and LumCo. . . 374 Long Clias SO! Lonsdale Hdwin. .. 3-28 Loomis Plor Lord ABurnhamCo. 2nil special cover IV Lucas J A Co 371 Mack Peter S62 MaderPaul 363 May John N ... .349 I May L. L A Co... 326. II McCarthy N P 1 Myers A Co IV NanzCG 368 I^aiiz A Neuner . .II N JCut Flower Co.. 313 N Y Cut Flower I ■•>. . 338 336 N Y Cut Flower Ex.328 Niesspn Leo . .333 Obermeyer Gus 363 Ouvierkerk P.. 334 Parker-BrueuMfffCo 368 370 Pennock Sani'l S 323 344 ?54 Perkins John J. .323 313 Peterson J A . 361 Philadelphia Whole- sale Flower Mkt. ..333 Phillips Mfg Co IV Phoenix PS 346 Piei-son Frank \... 317 Pierson F RCo 338 Piersou-Sefton Co. . 376 Pinehurst Nurseries 346 Pittsburg Cut Flo Co320 Poehlmann -Bros Co. 32 ' Pollworth CC Co ...366 Pritchard J N 334 Quaker City Machc.olll Randall A L 321 334. Rasmussen A 372 Rawson W w jt Co. 11 Raynor J I 323 Reed A Keller 319 Regan Print House. . 3rd speciill cover Reinberg Geo 321 35i) ReinbergPetei331 337354 neuter S J 326 Rice Bros 321 Rice MAC" 365 Richardson .Mrs CN II Riedel Henrv A Co 322 313 Ripplev H dwarc- Co 370 Kodh Sinou 364 Robinson H M-A Co 338 342 Roeblings John A Sons Co 366 Roemer Pred I[ Roland Thos 361 Rolker A A Sous.. II Saltford Geo .322 Schillo Adam IV Scott Robt A Son.. .349 Seelc H D 363 Sharp PartridgeACo 376 Shellroad Gr'houses :-62 Sheridan W P...323 34) Sholl John G ... 356 Siebrecht A Son I Sim Wm 318 Situations A Wauts.3I8 Skidelsky S S 3® Smith H J 32! Smith Nat.h&Sou... 3.5R Smi h W L 3« Smith W A TCo.... [ Snyder A V D 352 Si.itau.C II Soupert A Netting. ..3.50 Sprague Smith Co . 376 Stearns Lnmher Co.. 373 Steinhoff H C 343 Stelteu Emil 364 Stevens Henry A Co. 34 1 Stone Chas D A Co. .325 Storrs A HarrisonCo ^61 Stoothoff The H A Co3;0 Styer J J II Superior Machine A Boiler Works IV Sutherland G A 322 Swahn Pot Mfg Co.. 366 Swayne Wm 356 Syracuse Potterv Co.i:66 Teilmann Gunnar.. .328 Thompson J U Car- nation Co 351 I ThorburnJ M A Co If Tilden M 340 Tobacco Warehouse A Trading Co .. ..367 Traendlv A Schenok323 I'liion Hort'coli- ....334 Utica Floral Co 358 Vandegrif t P B A Co 325 Vauqhan'sSeed Store 334 314 3,7 354 357 I II Vesev W J A M S....340 Vick sSonsJas.. 11 Violet Culiure Co. ...342 Vredenburg A Co H20 WaVasli R R.... 364 370 Waruaar A Co 334 WagnerParkCons...36.i Warburton C 3.i2 Watson GeoC 315 Weber H A Sons.... 356 WeeberADon.. II Weiland A Risob32I 339 Welch Bros 322 Whetstone A Co.... 371 Wbilldin Pot Co. . 36fe Wickersham E A f!o33S Wietor Bros ... 331 ?53 Wilke Mfg Co 365. Wilks S Mfg Co... . 372 Willet WLDrugCo34 Williams F RCo. 32J Williams A Sons Co •ii46 36J 368 Winterich C 36() Wittbold GeoCo....J56 Wolf A Q A liro 371 Wood Bros 361 Woodrolfe Milton W32i! . Wyland Jno L.. ..ar a Young John.... 323 318 Young A Nugent... .328 GLASS. GOOD BRANDS. QUICK SHIPMENTS. LARGE STOCK. Warehouse on railroad switch. Be sure and get our prices. Sharp, Partridge SCO. 22nd St. and Union Place, CHICAGO. It is good business policy ^* .* .* to mention the •^ ^ *^ American Florist When you write to an advertisen 'DORIC" HEATER, CROP INSURANCE. Life insurance is valuable because it guarantees the outcome. Ourncy Heaters "BRIGHT IDEA," "DORIC" and "400 SERIES" do the same thintj for your hothouse: THEY GUARANTEE THE CROP. First oC all they save 20 ppr cent oq the coal bul *iud so keep expense at a minimum. Next, they produce au even beat and so do not imperil the life of the plant. Next, they are simple to operate and so require least attention. Lastly, they wear longer than others and thus percRptibiy reduce the cai^ital invested. Don't buy or exchange until you've inves- tigated them. GIRNEY HEATER MFG. CO. 74 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON. 1 1 1 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK CITY. Western Selling Agents, JAMES B. CLOW & SONS, Franklin and harnson Street, Chicago, III. "PIERSON" BOILERS WAT ER AND jTE iM. The Most Complete and Perfect line of Horticultural Boilers OVER 100 SIZES AND STYLES. Iron Frame Conservatories, Palm Houses and Green'- houses, Red Gulf Cypress Greenhotise Material, Ventilating Apparatus, Plans, Specifications and Estimates. Prompt Shipments. THE PIERSON-SEFTON CO. West Side Ave., South, Jersey City, N. J. RmETica is "the Prow of the Uessel; there may be more com fart JlmiJships, but we are the first to touch Unknau/a Seas," Vol. XX. CHICAQO AND NEW YORK. APRIL 4. 1903 No. 774. ITlHIiE Al»iI@9@Mi IFlL@@l!@7 ElOHTBENTH YBAR. Published evert Satubdat bt AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 334 Dearborn St., Cblcago. Eutera Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Subscription. $1.00 a year. To Europe,! 2 00. Subscriptions accepted only from the trad . Volumes half-yearly from August, 1901. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS. OrpicERS — John Burton, Philadelphia, Pa." president; C. C. Pollworth, MilwauKee, Wis., vice-president; Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Beattt, Oil City, Pa., treasurer. Nineteenth annual meeting at Milwaukee, Wis., August, 1903. THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. Annual convention at Detroit, Mich., March 2, 1904. Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa., secretary. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. Annual meeting and exhibition, Philadelphia, March, 1904. Leonabd Barron, 136 Liberty St., New York, secretary. CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Annual convention and exhibition. New York, November 10-13, 1903. Fbed. Lemon, Riclunond. Ind., secretary. THIS ISSUE 44 PACES WITH COVER. CONTENTS. New roses ' 377 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (illus.) 378 Queen" of Edgely rose (illus.) 378 Amercan Rose Society 378 Florists' plant notes 379 St. Louis World's Fair buildings (illus.) 381 Carnations — Indoor culture 381 About gladioli 382 Breitmeyer's new rose (illus.) 382 Asparagus myrioo'adus (illus.) 383 New York 383 Chicago 384 Philadelphia 384 Boston 384 St. Louis 385 Toronto 385 San Francisco 385 Society o( .\merican Florists 386 Obituary— Charles Allemeyer 386 — E. B. .Joseph 386 - -Lawrence Sader 386 —Dennis Salter 386 — ,L Frank Greene 387 The seed trade... 392 — European seed crops 392 — French bulb crops 392 The nursery trade 394 — Duty on evergreens 394 Our pa-stimes 396 Los Angeles, Cal 396 Newport, R. 1 396 The allied trades 398 Minneapolis 402 Cleveland 401 Pittsburg 408 Baltimore 410 New Roses. BY E. G. HILL. RICHMOND, IND. [Presented to the American Rose Society at the annual convention, Philadelphia, March 24-26, 1903.1 There is little to chronicle relative to the new additions to the rose family, and especially is this true concerning new varieties suitable ior forcing purposes. Ivory, introduced last year, is a splendid producer of buds and flowers during the winter months, in fact is considered of unusual merit and value as a white forc- ing rose. This variety is thought highly of by nearly all the growers who have given it trial this year and we hear of large increase to be planted. This would seem to indicate its popularity and standing. The variety is lacking in foli- age, and this is a very pronounced defect; nevertheless it has so many good qualities that they more than counter- balance this weak point. Souv. de Pierre Notting — This variety was supposed to have attributes and qualities which would commend it as a forcing variety. The flower is a beauti- ful combination of yellow and pink, with the yellow suffusion predominating; it is of good size, produces finely formed buds, but unfortunately so many of the outer petals are defective and lacking in texture that it practically disqualifies the rose for winter work. This variety should make a fine outdoor bedder in sections where summer bloom is desired. It should also make a fine rose for massing; its fine foliage, with its deep coloring, lends a charm that is possessed by few varieties. Franz Deegen — My prediction is that this variety will grow in favor as its winter forcing qualities become better and more generally known. It is a good vigorous grower, producing long canes not unlike those produced by Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, and is remarkably free in producing its buds during the winter months. It likes good culture and thrives with good feed and plenty of it. The color is a charming tint of yel- low, which has a depth seen in but few roses — would certainly advise a trial of this rose on at least a limited scale, so that it may have a universal test over the country. This variety has grown in our estimation as we have noted its behavior the past few months. Perle Von Godesburg— This was her- alded as a yellow sport from Kaiserin Augusta 'Victoria, but only one bloom out of a great number shows any pure yellow in coloring. It, in fact, has so few flowers that differ from the variety from which it sported, that it will hardly pass as a distinct sort. There is, how- ever, a sufficient number of yellow flow- ers xo show its tendency to sport into a distinct variety. Sa.xonia— This is a variety from Ger- many. It is claimed to be a seedling from Golden Gate. The growth and general makeup of the flower shows its relationship to its American parent. It has not been tested sufficiently to determine its winter blooming qualifica- tions but we are inclined to think well of the variety. It has finer coloring than Golden Gate and is somewhat on the order of Mme. Pierre Guillot in its mark- ings and the bud has a much betterform. Duchess of Portland — This is one of Alex. Dickson's seedlings and a most mag- nificent rose it is. It is larger and of heavier te,\ture than our famous Kaiserin — a truly noble flower, but its neck is so weak that its flowers look down at mother earth. This is most unfortunate, for it has many charms to its credit. Mildred Grant — Another of Dickson's fine hybrid teas, showing its hybrid blood in its growth and form of flower to a most remarkable degree. It is pearl pink in color, a choice, refined flower. This won the English Rose Society'sgold medal. In favored places we think this variety will certainly be heard from, esDCcially for garden purposes. Prince de Bulgaria — This is a valuable new color in the hybrid tea class, buff yellow shaded with apricot. The form ofthe bloom is not unlike many of the hybrid perpetuals, its flowers being very prettily shaped, quite full and double This should make a fine pot variety as well as a choice bedding subject. The petals are too short for its use as a cut flower and we hardly think it would force were it tried. William Askew — The plant is of sturdy growth, producing freely its fine large flowers. This is a variety well worth a trial for garden or pot culture. It is one of Mr. Guillot's productions and is possibly the very best of his later varie- ties. Laura Wattine — This is a Soupert pro- duction, and, we think, here at Rich- mond, one ofthe very best that this firm has produced. It is a brilliant dark red, with a fine long bud and a good double flower. It is across between Marie Bau- niann and Caroline Testout. This should make a valuable addition for garden purposes. The above mentioned varieties have all been flowered here in considerable num- bers and we believe them to be promis- ,378 The American Florist. April 4, ing roses in their respective classes. They are the pick of over a hundred new intro- ductions ot the past two years and are worthy of trial by all lovers of garden roses. The prospect of some new American seedling roses is fairly promising and we anticipate that a few good novelties will be introduced in 1904. The varieties will be grown in considerable quantity and if past experience is duplicated by these varieties when grown in large num- bers, we anticipate a pleasant surprise for American rose growers. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The following is the complete list oi awards made at the combined exhibition of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the American Rose Society at Phila- delphia, March 24-26, to which extended reference was made in our issue of March 28, page 298: Orchids, display ot plints and out flowers arranged for eCfeot. First, Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J. Ferns, apeoimen plant. First. Thomas Long, gardener to George W. Childs Drexel, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Ornamental foliage plants, specimen plant First, Otto Triebwasser, gardener to J. B. Stetson, Ashbourne, Pa.; second, John Qaynor, gardener to John Wanamaker, Jenkintowp, Pa. Palms, one pair in pots or tubs. First, Joseph Hurley, gardener to James W. Paul, Jr. , Radnor, Pa. Palms, specimen plant in pot or tub. First, Joseph Hurley. Azaleas, four plants in bloom, four varieties, in notover 10-inch pots. First. John Gaynor; second, John Hobson, gardener to E. A. Sohmi it, Radnor, Pa. Azaleas, specimen plant, any color. First, Wra. Kleinheinz, gardener to P. A. B. Widener, Ogontz, Pa.; second, John Gaynor. Genistas, two plants. First, Wm. Roberlson, gardener to John W Pepper, Jenkintown, Pa. Genistas, specimen plant. First, Ernst Schrei- ber, gardener to W. L. Eikins, La Mott, Pa.; second. Wm. Robertson. Hydrangeas, three plants. First, Ernst Sohrei- ber. Hydrangeas. First, Wm. RDbertson; second, Ernst Scbreiber. Marguerites, three plants, in not over 12-inch pots. First, Wm. Robertson. Zonale geraniums, six plants, six varieties, in not over 8-inch pots. First, Wm Robertson. Zonale geraniums, specimen plant. First, George Morrison, gardener to Curwen Stoddart, Jr., Rydal, Pa.; second, Wm. Robertson. Rbododendrons, three plants. First, John Gaynor; second, Joseph Hurley; third. John McCleary, gardener to Wm. Weightman, Ger- maotown. Pa. Begonias, flowering varieties, six plants. First, Ernst Sohreiber; second, John Hobson. B°gonias, flowering varieties, specimen plant. First, Ernst Sohreiber. Acacia, specimen plant. Second, Wm. Robert- son. nAnthurium, two plants, any varieties. First, John McCleary; second, John Hobson; third, John H. Dodds, gardener to H. S. Hopper, Nar- berth, Pa. Callas, one pair of pots or pans. First, Wm. Robertson. Spiraea, six plants, three varieties. First, John McCleary; second Ernst Sohreiber. Cineraria hybrida, six plants. First, Wm. Kleinheinz, Cineraria stellata. First, Georcje Morrison; seoend. John Gaynor; third. Wm. Morton, gardener to Cra'ge Lippinoott, Meadowbrook, Pa. Cyclamen, six plants. First, Joseph Hurley. Primula obconlca grandiflora, six plants. First, THE FLORAL EXCHANGE VASE OF QUEEN OF EDGELY ROSES AT THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW, MARCH 21-86. Wm. Kleinheinz; second, Wm. Robertson; equal third to John H. Dodds and Wm. Morton. Primroses, Enelish hybrid, two pans, not ovf r 10-inch. First, Wm. Robertson; second, John H. Dodds. Pansies, two pans, not over 10-inch. First, John McCleary. Lilum longiflorum or Harrisii, six pots or pans, three bulbs to pot or pan. First, Joseph Hurley; second, Robert Craig & Son, Philadelphia. Lilum longiflorum or Harrisii, three plants, in not over 10-inch pots. First, John Gaynor; seconi, John McCleary. Flowering plant, best specimen. First, John Gaynor; second, Samuel Batchler, gardener to Clement B. Newbold, Esq., Jenkintown, Pa. Display ot palms and flowering plants or bulbs, to be arranged on space ot fifty square feet and to occupy all of said space, for the "Lindenhurst" pri2es, offered by Mrs. John Wanamaker, Jenkin- town, Pa. First, Joseph Hurley; second, John Gaynor. Decoration of growing plants to occupy 100 square feet of space. First, John Hobson; second, John Gaynor. Vegetables grown under glass, best general dis- play. First, John McCleary. DREER PREMIUMS. Anthurium Scherzerianum, or variety of same, best plant. First, John H. Dodds; se3ond, John Hobson. Azaleas, three plants, in bloom. First, Samuel Batchler; second. Joseph Hurley. Clematis indivisa, best cut spray. First, John H. Dodds. Flowering begonias, six plants exclusive of Gloirede Lorraine. First, John McCleary; second. Otto Triebwasser. Geraniums, sis new varieties, in flower. First, Wm. Robertson. Hydrangea hortensis Mariesii, best plant in flower. First, Ernst Sohreiber. Primula veris tuperba, best pot in flower. First, John H. Dodds; second, Wm. Robertson. Thalictrum'aquiiegiaefolium, specimen plant in bloom. First, Wm. Robertson; second, John McCleary. MICHBLL PREMIUMS. Hyacinths, natural grown, three 10-inch bulb pans, three varieties. First, John Mo31eary; S'cond, Jaseph Hurley. Tulips, single, three 10-inch bulb pans, three varieties. First, Joseph Hurley; second, John McCleary. Narcissus, three lO-iech bulb pans, three varie- ties. First, Wm. Robertson; second, Joseph Hurley. Spira5i Gladstone, four plants. First, Ernst Sohreiber. Hyacinths, natural grown, twelve potc. one bulb to a pot, any variety. First, Wm. Klein- heinz; second, Joseph Hurley. Calceolaria bybrida, two best plants in bloom. First, Ernst Sohreiber; second, W. H. Carey, gardener to G. H. Heyl, Rosemont, Pa. Cineraria hybrida, two best plants in bloom. First, Wm. Kleinheinz; second, Wm. Robertson. WATBBBR PRIZES, Hyacinths, sis 10-inch pans, six bulbs to a pan, sis varieties, natural grown. First, Francis Canning, gardener to Samuel T. Bodine, Villa Nova, Pa ; second, Wm. Kleinheinz; third, Ernst Sohreiber. Haycinths. sis pots, six varieties, natural grown, three bulbs to a pot. First, Wm, Robert- son; second, Ernst Sohreiber. Narcissus, single, six pans, six varieties, not over 10-inch pans. First, Joseph McGregor, gardener to Edgar T. Soott, Darby, Pa,; second, Joseph Hurley. Tulips, six pans, six varieties, not over 10-inoh pans. First, Joseph McGregor; second, Wm. Kleinheinz. Lily, specimen plant, longiflorum or Harrisii. First, Wm. Kleinheinz; sfcond, Albert Fenton, gardener to E. L. Welsh, Chestnut Hill, Pa. Tulips, two pans, variegated I'aves, two varie- ties, not over 10-inch pans. First, Joseph McGregor; second, Wm. Kleinheitiz. Specimen standard rhododendron. First, Joseph Hurley. Largest and b^st specimen rhododendron. First, Wm. Kleinheinz. LANDRETH PRIZES. Hyacinths, one 10-inch pan of anv white variet y six blooms to a pan. First, Wm. Robertson. Hyacinths, one 10-inch pan of any blue variety, six blooms to a pan. First, Wm. Robertson. Hyacinths, one 10-inch pan of any red variety, six blooms to a pan. First, Joseph Hurley. Hyacinths, six pots, one bloom to a pot, any color, any varieties. First, Joseph Hurley. OARNATIONS. Best display of not less than four vases, four named varieties, twenty-five blooms each, for the prizes offered byC. Hartman Kuhn, Philadelphia. First. Wm. Duokham. gardener to D. W. James, Madison, N. J.; second, George Morrison. American Rose Society. TEAS AND HYBRID TEAS— TWENTY- FIVE CUT BLOOMS . Queen of Edgelv.— First. Myers & Samtman, Wyndmoor, Cbestnut Hill, Pa,; second. The Floral Exchange, Philadelphia. igo3. The American Florist. 379 VIEW IN THE MAIN HALL AT THE PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITION, MARCH 24-26. Upsal, Bride.— First, Peter Crowe, Utica, N. Y.; second, .lames Cooroy, Plainfleld, N. J. Bridesmaid. --first. Peter Crowe; second, John N. Mav Summit, N. J. Mrs. Pierpont Morgan —Second. John N. May. Mme. Hoste.— Second. John K. Mav. Mme. Curoline Testout.— Second, John N. May. Golden Gate.— First, Peter Crowe; second, .John Burton, Wyndmoor, Chestnut Hill, Pa. Papa Gontier.- Second. John N. May. Bon Silene.— Second, John K May. Mrs. Uliver Ames —First, John N. May. Ivory.— First. John Burton. Liberty.- Second. John N. May. Sunrise.— First, John Welsh Young, Germanlown, Pa. \nv other named disseminated variety. — First, The Floral Exchange. TWELVE CUT BLOOMS. Bride.— First, James Conroy; second, John E. Andre, Doylestown, Pa. Bridesmaid -First, John E. Andre. Souv. de Woottoi-.— Secoid. George Morrison. Sunrise.— First, John Welsh Young. TWELVE cur EL005IS, GARDENERS. Bride.- Second, Robert Forrest, gardener to Clement B. Newbold, Jenkintown, Pa. Bridesmaid. — Second. Samuel Batchler. Souv. de Wootton —First, George Morrison. GROUPS, POT PLANTS, ETC. Group of roses in pots, arranged for effect and covering twenty-five square feot of space.— First. Wm. Kltinheinz; second. Joseph Hurley. Fifty blooms American Beauty Rose.— First, John Button; second, Adolpn FahienwalJ, Roslvn, Pa. Anv variety of rose (American Beauty and Queen of Edgely excluded) fifty blooms.- First, benjamin Dorrance, Dorranceton, Pa.; second, Benjamin Dorrance. The largest and best display of cut roses, not more than twenty-five blooms nor less than six blooms of any one variety to be staged. — First, Benjamin Dorrance; third, Wm. Kleinheinz. CLOIBtNG ROSES IK POTS. Crimson Rambler.- First. Ernst Schreiber. SPECIAL PRIZES. Hybrid perpetual roses, twenty-four plants, six each of four varieties, iu not over 8-iiich pots. Silver cup offered byH. Bajersdorter A Co., Phila- delphia. Awarded tj Joseph Hurley. Roses, out flowers. Liberty, one vase of fifty blooms. Silver cup offered by Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, Pa. Awarded to Adolph Fahren- wald. Stove and greenhouse foliage plants, twelve plants, palms or ferns not admissible. Silver pitcher offered by Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Phila- delphia. Awarded to John Hobson. The largest and best display of roses grown over 160 miles iroin Philaoelphia. Silver cup offered by Benjamin Dorr«nce, Dorranceton, Pa. Awarded to Peter Crowe, U'icu. N. Y. The Lord A liurnham challenge cup present°d by the Lord .V liurnham Co.. Irvington on- Hudson. N. X. Awarded to John Burton for American Beauty roses. The following special prizes were awartJed by the Pennsylvania Horti- cultural Society: Special prize to Westcott's Laurel Hill Nurseries, Philadelphia, for group of decorative plants. Certificate of me v. to Henry A. Dreer, Inc., for variegated scarlet sage. CertiflC'te of merit to \. H rrington, gardener to H. McK. Twombly, Madison, N. J., for new carnations Phtcbus and Una. C'rtiflcate of merit to John N. May, Summit, N. J., for new carnation The Bride C-rtificate for culture to Ernst Schreiter for a collection of flowering plants. Certiflcate for culture to Wm. Robertson for marguerites. Special mention to Henry A. Dreer, Inc., for Pandanus Sanderi. Si ecial mention to George Morrison for speci- men flowering plant. Sppcial mention to Jobn E. Haines. Bethlehem, Pa , for collection of seedling carnations. Soeoial mention to Samuel Batchler for a light piiik seedling carnation. Special mention to C. W. Cos, Philadelphia, for a group of hydrangeas and spir^as Special mention to Robert Crai^ A Son, Phila- delphia, tcr .Japanese cherry trees in bloom. Florists' Plant Notes. EASTER PLANTS. By the time this article gets into print it will be just one week until Easter, and as the rush usually commences about three days before that time it is best to be well prepared for it. Small pans or low pots of tulips, daffodils and hyacinths are made up now, and will last just as well as though they had been planted up a week earlier. The 5-inch and 6-inch sizes are mostly in demand. Lift them from the boxes with all the roots you can and keep them shaded from the sun for a few days after transferring to prevent wilting, and give them plenty of water. Staking with neat green match sticks and tying with green string or raffia should be done immediately after transplanting. Even if you grew some of your tulips or hyacinths in pots or pans they will require staking and tying, else the frequent handling they will get during the rush will result in much loss by the flowers breaking off. Plants of violets can also be lifted from the beds and transferred to small pans. Select those with the cleanest foliage and the most flowers. We have found Lady Hume Campbell to be the best for this purpose; it blooms later in spring, and right now is in full crop, while Marie Louise and Imperial are running to foliage. These pans, of course, should have the coolest place you can give them and should be slightly shaded from the sun's rays. Lily of the valley can also be lifted fram theframeor boxes in which it is being forced and given 5-inch or 6-inch pots. They will stand the transfer all right while in bud or flower if you keep them well shaded and watered. See that the pots on all your Easter plants are washed, and the plants given a goo*d cleaning with respect to yellow leaves, and so forth. All these are little details which, if looked after now, will save much time and trouble later on. The packing and shipping of plants and cut flowers is also an important item to be considered now. Such plants as 380 The American Florist. April 4, THOS. HOBSON'S GROUP OF PLANTS AT THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW, MARCH 24- azaleas, genistas, hydrangeas and spireeas will ship all right if each plant is wrapped in newspaper after covering the flowers with tissue paper, cleating them in the boxes and using plenty ol excelsior between the pots to prevent breakage. But the lilies present quite a difficult problem to handle and ship without crushing and bruising the flowers. In shipping the plants we wrap each open flower in a small sheet of soft tissue paper, pack them in the box and cleat them in well, and then tie a whole bunch of perhaps eight or ten stalks together with heavy twine, being careful to fit the flowers and buds into each other. This will prevent the flowers from swinging against each other and bruising. A skeleton frame is then built around them and heavy express paper tacked around the frame to protect the plants from the elements. In packing cut lilies the same principle is carried out. Each flower is wrapped in soft tissue paper, a bunch of five or six stalks is tied together and packed in a box, the stems a few inches from the flowers being tied to a cleat nailed a foot from the end of the box and six or eight inches away from the bottom. This will allow the flowers to swing in a bunch without bruising each other. Now this may seem to be a lot of extra work to some who prefer to do things in a slipshod way, but when we consider that lilies are worth $15 per hundred whole- sale, and 25 cents per flower at retail, the loss even of a few by bruising will soon run up into dollars that might as well have been saved had a little extra pains been taken. Cut tulips, hyacinths, narcissi and lily of the valley should be tied in bunches of twenty- five and packed in wooden boxes, commencing at each end and working toward the center, placing a strip of tissue paper between each row, and cleat- ing every third row. Wrap each bunch of valley separately in a sheet of tissue paper and they will stand shipping all the better. G. Hartford, Conn.— Joseph F. Coombs, retiring secretary, was presented with a handsome Masonic watch charm at the meeting of the Florists' Club March 24. G. S. Osborne read an essay on red spider. Street Trees. The list of trees adapted to city con- ditions is a limited one, according to a recent report of the street tree com- mittee of the Hartford Florists' Club, Hartford, Conn. The ailanthus is pre- eminently the tree which stands more adverse city conditions than any other. Smoke and gas do not seem to afiect it, apparently no insects attack it, and it will live and grow in a dry location amid asphalt and other pavements. Although for beauty it is not of the first order, it ought, for the foregoing reasons, to be quite extensively used. Others similarly constituted are the cotton- wood, white poplar, and some forms of willow. Next are the European linden and the English elm, both of which are tougher in this respect than the American species. All things considered, the best tree for the semi-urban and the suburban parts of a city, where it will have enough room and where the soil is at least fairly good, is the American elm. Its advantages are a high but not too dense shade, the ease with which wires can be passed through its branches, its rapidity ol growth, and the beautiful gothic way in which its limbs overarch a street. Its disadvan- tages are its lateness in putting out its leaves, its habit of shedding them con- tinuously from about the middle of the summer onward, its earliness in losing them altogether, and its liability to attack by the elm leaf beetle. Although the habitat of the American elm is a moist locality, it does well even if planted where the ground is somewhat dry, seemingly having the power to send its roots a great distance in quest of water. The English elm, however, has proven in other cities to adapt itself much better to unfavorable city conditions such as smoke and gas, and excessive dryness of the soil. It also holds its leaves dur- ing a longer period. Its worst fault is its greater attractiveness for the elm leaf beetle than even the American elm. Nevertheless it can be ■ highly recom- mended as a street tree for the city of Hartford. Some other trees for the suburban por- tions of the city are red, scarlet, black and pin oaks, horse chestnuts, hackberry, silver and red maples and black walnut. Of all the trees frequently planted, the rock maple is probably the worst, although as a park tree it is one of the first merit. It is one of the first trees to succumb to urban conditions as the city reaches out into the country. If it is planted thickly along a street, and thrives, its shade is too dense. The smallness and multitude of its branches make it difficult to treat it to allow tele- phone wires to pass through. Linemen say that it is absolutely essential that not the least twig be allowed to touch such wires. In order to prevent this in the case of the rock maple there is no other way than to cut a great hole in the heart of the mass of branches, and this, if left to the average lineman, usually results in ugly and injurious mutilation. If used at all as a street tree it ought to HOUSE OF DEUTZIAS WITH AZALEAS ON PEDESTALS. (See Easter plants in Philadelphia, issue of March 38, page 318.) igoj. The American Florist. 381 GROUND PLAN OF THE HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS AT THE WORLDS FAIR, ST. LOUIS. be planted only sparingly on the side streets of the more rural portions of the city. The Norway maple is often planted, and stands city conditions quite well, but it has some of the objectionable leatures of the rock maple, namely, the denseness of its shade and its branchi- ness, and consequent uasuitableness for electric wires. Judging from the some- what limited data furnished by experi- ence in other cities the ginkgo promises well as a street tree. CARNATIONS. INDOOR CULTURE. When it was first proposed by a grower who strove to be always a year or two ahead of the times in cultural methods, to grow carnations under glass all sum- mer, as is practiced with roses and chrys- anthemums, suggesting that high grade blooms on long stems would be cut earlier and that profits the year around would be greater, there was considerable disa- greement as to whether the practice would be successful or not. The theory has been well tested and the points advanced by both sides to the case have been compromised, so that the general practice at the present time is to plant carnations into the houses from July 1 on, thus obtaining all the advantages that accrue from both indoor and out- door culture. The change from the old way, of trans- ferring the plants to the benches after September 1, to the present practice of early planting, has been very gradual, and as each year the date was set a trifle earlier, growers had a chance to learn the necessary treatment required under the new method. It would be rash to claim that we have reached perfection in this particular, but with most varieties nothing better has been suggested, and we will probably adhere to the general practice of planting early and thereby reap the benefits of both indoor and out- door culture. But it seems plausible that, as there are exceptions to all rules, there must be some to this, and that sterling variety, Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson, has proven itself to be an exception to that rule. Here is a variety with a remarkably strong constitution and yet is weak in the one particular of the disturbance of the roots and shows its weakness in short-stemmed flowers many months after transplanting. To overcome this difficulty and cut long-stemmed flowers early, indoor culture is necessary and may be followed with a certainty of success. G. H. Crane also takes well to this treatment and these two varieties can be planted in the same house, if a whole house cannot be devoted to each, as they both want about the same temperature. The latter variety seems less subject to stem rot when kept indoors all summer. The old variety Hector never was any good treated any other way. Under this treatment it held its own even alongside of Jubilee on some places, which variety also did well under this treatment, as did also Olympia. The result of the indoor culture is usually seen in a more uniformly high grade of blooms, which are less apt to be produced in crops than those produced bv plants that have been lifted from the field. Stock to be devoted to this purpose will need some extra attention from now on. It should have the lightest possible place, no shade of any kind at any time, and in no case should it be allowed to sufier for root room. Everything should be done to encourage a free and active growth. The soil must be properly aerated, and this can only be accom- plished by having plenty of drainage in the bottom of the pot and by frequently stirring the surface. Stock that is fit for 4-inch pots now is just about what is wanted for this purpose. Shifted now it will do well in these pots until the mid- dle of May or the first of June, the latter date preferred, if you grow a general line of bedding stock and use up every inch of room at this time of the year. The thing to be considered with Law- son is not to disturb the roots, and if you have the plants in pots, which is the only place they should be from now on, they may be placed in cold frames after the first ot May. These few w^eeks in the open air, just at the time when the plants should be breaking from every eye, will be a great benefit to them. After planting on the benches the glass should be perfectly clear above them, even in the hottest weather. The full sun is necessary to the perfect develop- ment of the plants. To shade plants in bloom is another thing entirely; there it is done for the flowers' sake; the plants themselves do not need it. The syringe should be freely applied, both to keep red spiders in check and to keep down the temperature, and the full air should be left on day and night when the weather permits. Side ventilation is Earticularly valuable here, and if the ouse does not join onto another house, it will pay to cut a hole about 1x2 feet into the side walls about every eight or ten feet and provide it with a sliding door, so that it may be opened and closed at will. With some varieties there is but little difierence whether they are planted on solid beds or on benches, but Lawson is unalterably opposed to solid beds in winter. Its inclination to split is lessened by planting on benches with no more than four and one-half inches of soil. The soil should be only of a moderate degree of heaviness, as a very heavy soil will increase the tendency to split. In filling the benches place some of the coarsest soil over the cracks, which should be no less than three-fourths of an inch wide and not more than six inches apart; four inches apart is better. Scant- lings 2x4 inches make an excellent bot- tom for a bench and if a crack one inch wide is left when the bench is put up, which will be reduced to three-fourths of an inch after the wood swells, the drain- age and aeration of the soil will be per- fect. For Lawson 10x12 inches will be about the right distance apart to plant and Crane will do in a space of 8x10 inches. It will be an easy matter to figure out just how many plants will be required to fill the space that you intend to devote to indoor culture. It is well to have about twenty-five per cent more plants than are actually wanted at the start, *as there is sometimes a tendency for many plants to die ofi' during the hot weather, and if you have a lot of good plants coming along in pots these can be replaced. If the loss happens to be small these extra plants will make ideal stock 382 The American Florist. April ^, to plant by themselves later. If space is no object after the young stock is planted in the field, the benches occupied by the young stock can be planted as soon as they are empty. Be especially careful with early planted stock not to sour the soil by improper watering. Leave a little basin around each plant and water only in this for the first six weeks, keeping the bulk of the soil dry until the roots take posses- sion of it. Work the surface of the soil with a hand weeder at least once a week to keep it open and to kill weeds as they germinate. A line of heating pipes should also be kept going on chilly nights and a little air should be left on every ijight. J. About Gladioli. I am not very much afraid The Florist will turn that into "gladiola," as printers have done for me ere now, making me feel as my circulars looked, simply ridiculous. Neither am I suffering anxiety lest it be "improved" into "gladiolia," to rhvme with magnolia, as about one-half of my flower-loving visitors affectionately speak it. This, however, merely goes to show the truth of Mr. Groffs repeated assertion, that we United States growers "do not knowthe flower." No doubt this is true in more than one sense. Many do not know it by name, others do not know it by sight, and even professional growers do not know the possibilities in its future. As an instance of the popular lack ot familiarity with this flower, I might mention the amusing remarks of passers- by, whose attention was attracted by the magnificent display of bloom in the midst of which, busily engaged in polli- nating or some other timely work, I could not help overhearing, though prob- ably unnoticed: "What in thunderation is that stuff, anyhow?" "Say, is that BREITMEYBR'S NEW ROSE AT THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW, MARCH 84-1 good to eat? What do you do with it, anyway?" "Say, Bill, this is the first time I ever saw onions in blossom," and so on. It is quite evident that many of us, even those who "know beans," do not know the gladiolus. But we are learning, and very soon those who last year did not know "what that stuff was," will be satisfied with nothing short of the very latest importations. That is what we growers are working for — to make our specialty familiar and popular, and, as we go on, to improve it in every way possible, so as to render it more and more deserving of the popu- larity we seek to gain for it. The last season began most inauspici- ously, as the prolonged spring floods delayed planting for many weeks after the ordinary period, besides leaving the soil in most unfavorable condition. After a late and hurried planting, the continued rains impeded cultivation, and on undrained soil affected the plants most injuriously. My own plot of black soil, weU under-drained, did not suffer materially, and at the close of the rainy season a period of rapid growth ensued, giving fine, smooth corms of good size, so that at digging there was no cause for complaint. I have not been in the habit of weigh- ing or measuring gladiolus bulbs, being usually content to take them as they come, after doing everything I can to make them come as I want them, but last year, lor the first time, I used scales and rule. I measured and weighed only a few out of many hundred of apparently equal size, so that these are not excep- tional, even if not the rule. Several measured eleven and one-half inches in circumference and w^eighed five, five and one-half, six and six and one-half ounces each. A pair of corms on the same root aggregated twenty-one inches circum- ference and ten and one-half ounces weight; another pair eighteen and one- half inches circumference and nine ounces weight. A set of three from one root made twenty-six inches circumfer- ence and ten and one-half ounces weight; another trio twenty inches circumference and nine ounces w^eight. These weights and measurements were taken after the bulbs were thoroughly seasoned and trimmed ready for market and w^ould no doubt have been somewhat greater when the bulbs were freshly dug, but at that time it did not occur to me to take them. At first thought this attainment of size would seem desirable, but a little consideration will show that it has drawbacks. Prom some points of view and for some special purposes no doubt such large corms are desirable, but for other uses their very size and weight unfits them, for instance if the mail order trade were restricted to this class, catalogue dealers would soon be obliged to revise their price lists or peti- tion for a reduction of the present rates of postage. I made a brief calculation in regard to this matter of postage, based on abusiness of 10,000 bulbs which showed that the difference in postage between that number of the large size and the size (second) ordinarily used for this purpose would amount to more than $200. When we remember that in addition to this the first cost of the large bulbs would be at least twice that of the smaller ones, it vrill be seen that to con- fine the mail order business to bulbs of this large size would be simply a short method of abolishing it altogether. In reply to inquiries from "E. Y. T." and others, I will say that pruning, igos. The American Florist. 383 when properly and seasonably done, can not fail to be beneficial to the gladiolus. At the same time a little common sense as well as knowledge of the habits and needs of the plant, and of the end desired, must be used. The only pruning advis- able is the removal of the flowering spike soon after the bloom has faded, so as to prevent expenditure of vital energy in the production of worthless seed and thus to concentrate the entire iorce of the plant upon the growing corm. The stem should be cut just below the flower, so as not to remove any of the foliage from the plant. It is a great mistake to suppose that cutting the spike, as is done for marketing the flowers, is in any sense an equivalent lor such pruning. Fashion now demands that flowers be cut with stems as long as possible and in gladioli this means the sacrifice of a considerable portion of the foliage, all of which is absolutely needed to enable the plant to do its best in growing the corra for the future life of the varietj'. Indeed, I do not think it possible for a grower of cut flowers of gladioli to also furnish first-class corms for sale or even to keep up his own stock without growing small stock to replace that worn out in the attempt to produce both flowers and bulbs from the same plant. We can not eat our cake and have it, too. C. Asparag:us Myriocladus. Attention has been called to the decora- tive species of asparagus on several occa- sions, but it apparently takes a longtime to establish a plant firmly in the afiec- tion of cultivators, and especially those who grow for market purposes. The now well known Asparagus Sprengeri was growing luxuriantly in the French and Belgian nurseries several years before the British growers would take it up. Even when one or two tried it, it did not catch on quickly, but gradually its beauty and usefulness became more appa- rent and were at last generally recog- nized. A. myriocladus, the species now under notice, will probably go through the same process before it becomes thor- oughly well known. It is a distinct and ornamental species, andlike many others, a native ol South Africa. It grows three to five feet high, and even more, perhaps, the stems becoming woody, and of a soft, pale brown hue, with sturdy spines at the base of the branches. These latter are wiry looking, and from them arise other wiry-looking but more slender branchlets, from the joints of which spring dense whorls of feathery, slender leaves or cladodes. In a young state they are of a soft bright green and very attractive, but become of a deeper and more sombre hue with age. Small plants, in 5-inch pots, such as I recently saw at Mr. Bull's nursery, at Chelsea, (England) are decidedly ornamental and should prove useful for the table or con- servatory. The cultivation ol Asparagus myrio- cladus presents no particular difiiculty. It flourishes in a greenhouse temperature and likes abundance of air when well established. Sandy loam and leaf soil, with good drainage seems to suit it well. Propagation is effected by cuttings of the fairly well ripened side shoots with a heel ot the old wood, inserted in a close frame or under a bell glass. As numerous shoots spring up from the rootstock, this species apparently can also be increased by careful division just as the season's growth is about to begin. W. ASPARAGUS MYRIOCLADUS IN A 5-INCH POT. The Year in Denmark. In connection with the Royal Horticul- tural Society, the society of Danish gardeners and florists has commenced to hold several shows each year. A spring show was held last May, audit was really astonishing to see the florists' depart- ment. It was very commendable to the skill of the florists that they were able to stage such plants and flowers in spite of the dark, cold and rainy weather, when for weeks at a time we hardly saw a glimpse of the sun. The rose and strawberry show to be held in the beginning of July had to be abandoned, the season playing such pranks with the respective crops that it was impossible to get a decent show together at that time. At the autumn show the fruit dominated, being of fair size but of poor color. The chrys- anthemum show was two weeks ahead of the flowers, or rather the flowers were two weeks behind their time this year. Otherwise the show was as good as usual and the recent novelties were well represented. These shows seem to be a step in the right direction, a hyphen between the trade and the public. As to personal records, the only one of importance is the retiring of the head gardener of the botanical garden, Th. Fredrichsen, after thirty years' service in this position. Though more than 70 years old he is yet hale and hearty. He was subjected to fetes and honors by his brethren in the practical lines of garden- ing and by the whole biological faculty. His successor is Axel Lange, son of the late professor in botany, quite a young man, who, however, has spent his time well in the largest botanical gardens of the continent, and he seems to be well equipped for the place. A carnival and flower corso, the first of its kind, for the benefit of a home for aged gardeners met with great success and is to be followed by a more elaborate afiair of the same kind this summer under the auspices of Princess Maria. Several small parks are being laid out in the suburbs of Copenhagen. They are intended to be rambling and breathing places for the surrounding population and will be more planted commons than fine parks without leaving the ornamen- tal phase out of sight altogether. H. Hansen. Alabama Inspection Law. The State of Alabama now has an inspection law. The insects against which an embargo is raised are the San Jose scale, the new peach scale and the woolly aphis. The fungus diseases declared seriously injurious are the black knot, peach yellows, peach and plum rosette and crown gall. R. S. Mackin- tosh, professor of horticulture of the Ala- bama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, is charged with the administration of the act. New York. MARKET BADLY DEMORALIZED. — NO ACTIV- ITY IN DEMAND.— PLENTY OF LILIES.— SMILAX THE O.VLY SCARCE ITEM.— NOTES. Business the past week is in pretty deplorable shape, according to the testi- mony of the cut flower wholesalers. Whatever life it had last week seemed to 384 The American Florist. April 4, expire on Saturday, and since that time stock has accumulated and there are no indications of relief until the Baster call is on, when undoubtedly there will be a sufficiency of the immediate crop to fill demands without the help of any held- over stock. It is in the air that this will be, like its immediate predecessors, a "plant Easter." The plant men are in fine spirits, order books full and good material well sold out in advance. Lilies promise to be abundant. They are unusually plentiful now and are neces- sarily sold at a disadvantage. All green material is abundant, with the single exception of smUax. Cattleyas are the only orchids that are finding any sale. All the others are sidetracked at present. Carnations and roses bring very low figures. C]ilcas:o. MARKET WEAKENS AND ROSES LOSE THEIR VALUE. — RECEIPTS INCREASE AND DEMAND IS STATIONARY. — PROSPECTS FOR GOOD SUPPLIES AT EASTER. — CAR- NATIONS LIKELY TO BE THE ONLY SHORT- AGE.— NEW STORES.— VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. The rose market has weakened decidedly during the past week. For some time the receipts of short and soft stock have been a problem for the whole- salers, even in the face of a brisk demand, which called for nothing but high grade stock, but now it has come to be a question of the satisfactory disposal of even the higher qualities. At the end of the week it is likely to be found that averages are not more than two-thirds what they were in the previous week, this with receipts increased probably fifty per cent. The cut of carnations shows only a slight increase and values in this department are holding up fairly well, although there are now adetjuate supplies of everything, unless it is for some late calls for white or special fancy sorts. Other items in the market con- tinue in about the same status as in the last few weeks, except that the weaken- ing of the rose market has had its effect all along the line, violets, bulbous stock and the miscellaneous items all moving more slowly. It now seems reasonably certain that there will be large supplies of roses with which to meet the heavy Easter demand, and it seems likely that on this item requirements will be more nearly met than has been anticipated. There are those who even fear that the supplies will be so great that the value of the lower grades will be a disappointment to the growers. But as to carnations, there seems little chance of adequate supplies of fresh stock and most of the whole- salers are declining to book orders except on a contingent basis. The one item which seems likely to be most plenti- ful in this market is lilies. An;y buyer, it seems, may rest safe in booking orders for Baster lilies and relying on his local wholesaler for supplies. They are all figuring on big receipts in this depart- ment. The Floralia is the name chosen by A. Lange for the elaborate new store which he is opening today at 47 Monroe street, in the same building with his old stand. Lee "Walz is manager. This makes four flower stores in the block. Walter Retzer has petitioned for dis- charge in bankruptcy and the hearing has been set for April 6 in the United States district court, this city, at 10 a. m. Mr. Retzer has opened up in business again at Seattle, Wash. Brant & Noe are contemplating grow- ing carnations again, planting about 25,000 of the newest popular sorts. For the past fevv years their place has been devoted entirely to roses. Johnson & Swan, Forty-seventh street and Lake avenue, have opened an attrac- tive store at 182 Michigan avenue. Phil Hauswirth supplied the decora- tions for the presidential luncheon and dinner at the Auditorium April 2. John Potts has taken a position with James Jensen, the landscape architect. E. B. Pieser has been at home this week with the grippe. Philadelphia. BANQUET TO ROSE SOCIETY VISITORS.— MANY SPEAKERS OF PROMINENCE. — PREPARATIONS FOR EASTER RUSH. — STOCK IN GOOD SHAPE. — TRADE NOTES. The banquet given by the Florists' Club in honor of the American Rose Society Wednesday evening, March 24, was a great success. The room was nicely decorated with palms and smilax and the tables with spring flowers, roses, bougainvUlea and potted plants. After the coffee and cigars. President Westcott welcomed the guests in a short address and introduced as toastmaster ex-Mayor Smith of this city. Mr. Smith, whom it has been the club's good fortune to have act in the same capacity at times before, is a past master in the position and keeps his audience in a roar with his brilliant and witty remarks in introducing the various speakers. Should any one be bold enough to reply to these thrusts he quickly gives up, as he only gets a lot more with interest added. The first speaker, H. A. Siebrecht, of New York, responded to the toast, "The American Rose Society." The rose, he said, will always reign supreme, no matter what flowers are introduced. He gave Boston credit as being the first commercial rose center, and said that smilax was also introduced to the trade from there. President John Burton spoke for the national society and Irom the enthusiasm shown at the recent executive meeting he predicted one of the grandest meetings the society has ever had. W. J. Stewart responded for the press and made a good address in his usual vigorous style. Robert Craig was at his best in his response to the toast, "The Rose." We wish we could give it word for word, but as this is not possible we can only say it was a gem and most thoroughly enjoyed by those fortunate enough to be present. At the conclusion of his remarks "The Last Rose of Summer" was sung by the entire party. F. R. Mathison, of Wal- tham, Mass., was happy in his remarks about Boston and the business of the present day. George C. Watson spoke of the great pleasure he experienced from the inspiration received when mingling with such a goodly company, while H. Michell told about matters of the seed trade, both here and in Europe. Peter Crowe, ot Utica, N. Y., was full of remini- scences after an experience of forty-four years. Ex-MayorSeidewitz, of Annapolis, Md., told among other things how they collected dog taxes while he held the reins. Chas. Eimerman spoke for the ladies and said that of all the beautiful things that had been said about the loveliness of the rose, anything was not half good enough for the subject of his toast. Hughey Hughes, of Norristown, sang a bass solo in splendid voice, while Edwin Lonsdale rendered his famous song about the Duke of York as only he can. There were other songs and music by the orchestra and the exercises closed with all singing"AuldLangSyne." Lilies in the pot or cut are quoted at from 10 cents to 12 cents per bud for the best stock. One of the department store buyers said a day or two ago that he could get all the lilies he wanted for $6 per hundred flowers. In spite of the unusual weather most stocks appear about right as to time and show that careful handling of the venti- lators and furnaces can beat the weather man out every time. Everything seems to be in order, or is rapidly getting so, for the grand rush of Easter. The advance orders have been great and all predict one of the best Easter trades on record. S. S. Pennock is handling plants in a wholesale way for his out of town trade and reports large sales. Orders aretaken from samples or purchasers are taken to the houses and select the stock them- selves. Jacob Becker is ready as soon as the Easter rush is over to commence on his new plant, and will erect two large houses on his ground at Forty-ninth and Chestnut streets. Leo Niessen is now feeling quite at home in his new quarters and says he doesn't care how large the Easter trade will be, he can handle it better than ever before. K. Boston. STOCK COMING ALONG RAPIDLY BUT THE DEMAND CONTINUES VERY BRISK. — POS- SIBILITY OF SURPRISES AT EASTER. — VARI- OUS NOTES OF DOINGS OF THE PLANTS" MBN. W. W. Edgar, the Easter plant wizard at Waverley , has a stock of Acacia armata the equal of which has never been seen here. The brown, discolored flowers so generally associated with this otherwise beautiftd acacia are entirely absent, every plant being a veritable cloud of yellow. Lilies here are so perfect that one is forced to the conclusion that much of the trouble complained of by many growers of Japan longiflorums is attributable to the incompetency and inexperience of the grower rather than to the disease in the bulbs. The precocious weather has pushed everything along rapidly and Mr. Edgar's big cool storage house is already a garden of brilliant-hued azaleas, acacias, genistas, peonies, wistarias, astilbes, and so forth. This house is the most valuable adjunct to the estab- lishment, something which every grower of Easter plants shotdd see and copy. One of the nicest things Mr. Edgar has for Easter this year is a lot of American Beauty roses in pots, with from three to five blooms on each. These were plants that had been thrown out last spring after a year's forcing in the greenhouse. They were cut down close to the stump and have come up beautifiil, little, low, bushy specimens, such as customers are always ready to buy. Another attrac- tive novelty is lily of the valley grown in moss in reversed' wire baskets, fifty pips forming a handsome mound. When the flowers begin to open the mound is set into an earthen saucer of corresponding size and a little fringe of selaginella planted around it. This roots into the moss by the time the blooms are fully expanded. The flower market is well stocked with seasonable material. The number of lilies and other Easter favorites in market two weeks ahead of the festival would indicate that the early spring had igo3. The American Florist. 38^ been attending to business and suggests that there may be some surprises in store for the great event. The country demand continues to be remarkably good, every- thing considered. Good average roses move in afairly satisfactory manner, leav- ing the wholesalers' refrigerators each night with plenty of room for the fresh cut in the following morning. Carnations hang back somewhat and so does bulbous stock of all sorts. Mayflowers are seen in abundance on the street corners, encroaching upon the ground held by the violets until now the latter are vyaning, in quality as well as popularity, and will soon go into retirement. As heretofore, the Crimson Ramblers at Anderson & Williams' rose factory in Waltham are very fine. Most of their plants have been grown for one year under their own supervision and have received the proper care to bring the foliage and bloom out uniformly all over the plant rather than in a bunch at the top, thus producing those low, bushy specimens so much preferred in this market. .\ house of grafted Kaiserins, now in their seventh year in the bed, is a show in itself at present, thickly set \\'ith white buds ready to burst. One of Carnots, tied down, is also in full crop for Easter. H. Thieman came to town the other day with his face badly disfigured, the result of a successful effort to save the horses in a burning stable on the estate of the late Senator McMillan, of which Mr. Thieman is superintendent. T. E. Waters has removed from Milk street to 37 Arch street. Visitors: Martin Reukauf, represent- ing Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; Prof J. F. Cowell, Bufialo, N. Y.; L. J. Renter, Westerly, R. I.; A. Dimmock, of Sanders', St. Albans, England. St. Louis. PLENTY OF MATERIAL AND LOWER PRICES. — BULBOUS STOCK POOR IN QUALITY. — VIOLETS NEARLY OVER.— PLANT TRADE QUIET. — VARIOUS NOTES. There has been an abandonee of stock this week and this is about the first time we have had a glut this season. Prices con- sequently dropped a couple of cents all around. Roses and carnations are moving fairly well, but bulbous stock is coming along in very large quantities and a great deal of it is of very poor quality. Harrisii lilies are very poor for this season of the year and from all appearances will not hold out for Easter. Hyacinths, tulips and Von Sions are not as good as we have seen them. A few violets are still coming in, but it the present warm spell of weather holds out they will be out of the market for Easter. A nice clean stock of flowering plants is to be seen at A. Jablonsky's place in W'ellston. Among them are some fine azaleas and rhododendrons, also a nice lot of Harrisii that will be in fine lor Easter. Mr. Jablonsky lost nearly his entire stock of pansies, of which he gen- erally has an extra fine lot. The loss, he says, was due to the open and change- able weather we had this winter. The plant trade has also been quiet this week. !Most of the plants that were handled were used in decorations. The retail stores all have a good supply on hand and the stores are putling on a holiday appearance. The Florists' Club will hold the next meeting at Belleville as guests of Mayor Halstead. It will beheld April 16 instead of April 9, as the members will all be too busy to attend on the latter date. The Southwestern Florists are erecting a range of houses on Minnesota avenue. They will grow cut flowers and a general stock of stove plants. A. E. Billington is building a new store at 5410 Easton avenue. It will be com- pleted in time for an Easter opening. The local seedsmen are all very busy, most of them putting in overtime to catch up. Fred. Weber will open his store on Boyle street and Maryland avenue this week. Fred. Ostertag has secured a divorce from his wife. Hy. Edmonds, of Belleville, was a caller this week. H. J. F. Toronto. TRADE UNPRECEDENTEDLY BRISK AND STOCK USED UP VERY CLOSELY.— NOTES OFATOURAMO'NG THE GROWERS. — MUCH GOOD EASTER STOCK. — PLENTY OF FLOWERING PLANTS. Business in all lines has been phenom- enal. There is not a flower of any kind with which the market is oversupphed. The past week provided plenty of work and the supply is so well cleaned up that it is noticeable in the appearance of the stores. Beauties are better and much more plentiful than at any time since last fall. Tea roses are improved in quality and supply. There has been a continual demand on carnations all through the season and they are consequently picked so close that the blooms are not allowed time to develop properly. Lily of the valley is plentiful and some very good sweet peas are coming in. Bulbous stock in all lines is not in sufficient quantity to go around. Easter prices have been in effect since March 29. At J. H. Dunlop's roses are in the pink of condition, the last few days' sun having been very beneficial. Balduin and Ivory, as here grown, are splendid acquisitions to the list. Beauties have come along nicely. In the propagating house the new rose stock has a very healthy appearance and is making vigor- ous growth. The result in grafting has been so successful that it is difficult to find a graft that has not knitted. Car- nations are all presentable and many of the newer varieties have done exceedingly well. In plants there are a fine lot of lilacs, not less than five varieties. Unfor- tunately, he has missed it on longiflorums and they will be a fortnight too late. Walter Muston. of the North Toronto Floral Co., says roses have done well all season but are now a little off crop. Carnations are kept picked close to fill orders. He has some nice pot plants of Beauties, which have been lifted out of the benches and will be in fine shape for Easter. Harrisii have done well with him but longiflorums have not been suc- cessful. He has received a shipment of Nephrolepis Piersoni which arrived in good condition. In Eglinton W. J. Lawrence is busily engaged in his propagating house. The tea roses in his new range are on tile benches, all own root stock which has made good strong breaks. Meteor has been very successful with him and Ivory has passed all expectations. In flowering plants there will be a fine lot of hydran- geas and a batch of very healthy and well- flowered longiflorums, some of'^the black- stemmed variety, being the best I have seen. Manton Brothers make a specialty of orchids, Thomas Manton being the grower. A few nice Azalea mollis and specimen ferns will constitute the larger portion of his Easter stock. At the other establishment, where George Manton presides, a nice lot of hybrid perpetual roses will be just right. Crimson Ram- blers are in very nice shape but will hardly be on time. At Miller & Sons' there were about 5,000 longiflorums, all very fine and just right, the healthiest lot seen. The car- nations looked promising, being very well set with buds, but roses are off crop. A pink seedling carnation with large flower and strong stem looks very meri- torious. Wra. Gamraage, of London, came to the city recently to ride the goat at the Mystic Shrine. Business has been very good with him the past season and he will put up additional glass. H. G. D. San Francisco. TRADE CONDITIONS UNCHANGED. — FAIR SUPPLY OF LILIES FOR EASTER. — FLOWERING PLANTS.— LOCAL NOTES. — VISITORS. Business for the past week has moved along pretty much on the same lines as indicated in my last report. Beauties and Bridesmaids remain very scarce. Carnations are a little more plentiful, with prices for standard varieties 35 cents to 50 cents per dozen, Prosperity 75 cents, Spreckels 75 cents, Hobart $1. The receipts of lilies have considerably increased and quality is far ahead of those grown last year. All indications point to a sufficient supply for Easter. Flowering plants are much in evidence and greatly add to the attractiveness of the stores. The unusually cold spring weather has retarded outdoor flowers, which are not nearly as plentiful as usual for this time of the year. Domoto Brothers, of East Oakland, have received a large lot of young rose stock to be used for their new range of glass, which they will shortly commence to erect on their recently acquired prop- erty at Elmhurst. This firm has about 30,000 lilies, mostly longiflorums, remarkably free from disease. The Hortensia Horticultural Society, of Oakland, owing to a constantly increasing membership, has secured more commodious quarters at Baker's Hall, 918 Washington street, Oakland. B. Flossman and H. H. Lillienthal addressed the last meeting. John Carlson, 500 Haight street, will close out his florist and nursery business, being unable to secure a new lease. A trip to Europe is contemplated. He reports a very active demand for bedding plants. J. Gillmore, of Elmhurst, is very much pleased with the Liberty rose. He says it is the best paying variety with him, and will be more extensively grown next season. James Bell, 1546 Dwightway, was run over by the Oregon express on March 17, fracturing a hip, besides receiving other severe injuries, which may prove fatal. Mr. Rudisell is up from Los Angeles, where he has lately purchased a tract of land for the production of outdoor car- nation blooms for the market. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Dreer, of Phila- delphia, were in town recently from Santa Barbara, where they spend the winters. W. H. Waddington has accepted a position as gardener for W. R. Dinge. J. R. Fotheringham, representing F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., was a recent caller. Romneya. ' 386 The American Florist. April ^, Eighteenth Year. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, 82.00. Subscriptions accepted only from those in the trade. Advertisements on all except cover pages, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; $1.00 per inch. Cash with Ci'der. No Special Position Guaranteed. Oisoounts are allowed, only on consecutive Inser- tions, as follows — 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent; 53 times, 30 percent. Cover space sold only on yearly contract at $1.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to the back pages. The Advertising Department of the American Plobist is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only. Orders for less than one-half inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to secure insertion in the issue for the following >aturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Cliicago. It is rumored that American Gardeaiag will shortly undergo another change. Fred. Lemon, o( Richmond, Ind., assumed the secretaryship of the Chrys- anthemum Society ot America, April 1. In Bassett & Washburn's advertise- ment in last issue, grafted Liberties from 2y2-inch pots were priced in error at $10 per hundred; it should have been $15. Nephrolepis "Anna Foster" is rapidly gaining in popularity among those care- ful growers who have been watching its progress during the past few months. Large specimens are exceedingly graceful. Among the best of the new cannas are King Humbert, with bright red flowers in large, erect heads, and bold, dark foli- age; and Papa Crozy, with orange-red flowers six inches in diameter and petals two and one-fourth inches wide. McCarthy's Auction Sale. In the advertisement of N. F. McCarthy & Co., issue of March 28, the date of that firm's opening auction sale was given as April 4 when it should have been April 17. Troublesome Insect. Ed. Am. Florist: — You will find enclosed some pelargonium leaves infested with a troublesome insect, which is also found on such plants as coleus, violet, etc. Water and fumigation are ineffective, and I wish you would inform me how to get rid of the pests. F. B. S. The insect which you send is the com- mon greenhouse white fly (Aleurodes vaporiorum, Westw.). It is found on many plants in conservatories and other houses in which plants are grown under glass, but I have not at hand any avail- able records of its having been destructive to the violet, hence this note is of some interest. The correspondent states that fumigation is ineffective, but does not state whether fumigation was by means of hydrocyanic acid gas, sulphur, tobacco or other means. Hydrocyanic acid gas has been found quite effective by some persons, and not by others, in the treat- ment of this insect in its occurrence on tomatoes. Circular 37, second series of the Division of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, Washingto'n, D. C, gives fuU instructions for the use of hydro- cyanic acid gas. Where it is possible to reach the plants and where they will not be injured, kerosene or resin wash can be used. Since the white fly lives on the under side of leaves almost exclusively, it is of greatest importance that the lower surface be thoroughly wet with whatever wash or spray is used. F. H. Chittenden. The Shipment of Orans:e Blossoms. Ed. Am. Florist: — I fully agree with what Reasoner Bros., of Oneco, Fla., say on page 162 of the issue for February 28 about the difficulty of shipping orange blossoms, but I know for a fact, and have seen it done, that orange blossoms shipped from Paris to Breslau, Germany, packed in wadding, that is to say an air tight wooden box, on the bottom w^ad- ding, a layer of blossoms, more wadding and then blossoms, and so on until filled, arrive after two and three days' travel- ing in a perfect state of freshness. I should Idc glad to hear further details as regards this matter. In Brussels, Belgium, we receive quantities of orange blossoms packed close and they do not suffer in any way whatever. Thomas Knight. Society of American Florists. meeting of executive board. The executive board held its regular spring meeting at Milwaukee, Wis., March 17 to 18, 1903. They found a degree of enthusiasm prevsdent in Mil- waukee and in Chicago that promised well for a record breaking convention next August. The Exposition building, which the local club had recommended for the meet- ings and exhibition, was found to be admirably adapted for the purpose and with an area of available exhibition space such as the society has never before had at its command. The building is centrally located, occupying the block bounded by Fifth, Sixth, State and Cedar streets. The facilities for the bowling tourna- ment and similar pastimes, which are a prime attraction formany of the society's members, were found to be unprecedent- edly ample and well adapted, there being sixteen fine alleys in the building which will be secured for the exclusive use of the bowlers on the day of the contest. The programme, as far as completed, provides for the opening session of the convention to take place at 3 p. m., Tues- day, August 18; the president's reception on the evening of the same day; an illus- trated lecture on the evening of the sec- ond day; papers and discussions at the various sessions upon the following sub- jects: "Decorative Planting About Sub- urban Homes;" "A System of Accounts for Greenhouses and Forms for Determin- ing Cost of Production;" "Latest Advances in Greenhouse Construction;" "The Humorous Side of the Florists' Business;" "Promising Substitutes for Coal and their Record to Date;" "Cool- ing Processes and their Value in Keeping Cut Flowers;" "Violet Culture in the West" and "Modern Methods in Floral Decoration;" bowling tournament on Wednesday afternoon; shooting contest on Thursday afternoon and a good time with the local brethren on Friday. It was voted that another opportunity be given growers and dealers in American- grown forcing bulbs to exhibit their pro- duct without charge, as at Asheville, the bulbs to be retained by the society for testing purposes. It was decided to continue the offering of silver and bronze medals for new and meritorious plants and flowers through the agency of other societies holding regular floral exhibitions, as in recent years, but hereafter no medal can be issued more than once for any one thing. Should a duplication in awards occur, as has happened several times in the past, the secretary shall issue but one medal, priority of notification from the award- ing society securing this, and all duplica- tions being covered by the issuance of certificates of award. The problem of how to keep members interested in the work of the society while in session received special atten- tion and it was finally decided that the president be authorized to appoint a sergeant-at-arms with two assistants, whose duty it shall be to enforce the the rules regarding the management of the trade exhibition to insure, as far as possible, prompt and full attendance at the sessions and maintain order in and about the convention. Appointments were made by the pres- ident and confirmed by the board, as fol- lows: Superintendent of trade exhibition, F. H. Holton. Legislative committee, J. N. May, Robt. Craig, J. K. M. L. Farquhar. Botanist, Dr. N. L. Britton. Entomologist, Prof L. O. Howard. Pathologist, Prof. A. F. Woods. Committee on sports, P. J. Hauswirth, C. C. PoUworth, F. Schmeling. The following final resolutions w^ere adopted by an unanimous vote: We the members of the executive committee oi the S. A. F. in annual meeting assembled in Milwaukee, March 18, 1903, desire to express and hereby put on record our hearty appreciation of the courtesies extended to us by the Florists' Club of Milwaukee, by the management of the Plankinton and Pfister hotels, by the daily press of Milwaukee, and also to acknowledge the hospitality shown us by our brethren while passing through Chicago and the courtesies extended by the American Florist Company. Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y. OBITUARY. CHARLES ALLEMEYER. Charles AUemeyer, a landscape gar- dener of Meriden, Conn., died suddenly of hemorrhage of the lungs, March 26, aged 65. He was born in Germany and settled in Meriden a number of years ago. E. B. JOSEPH. E. B.Joseph, father of Miss Rosajoseph, the florist, passed away March i at his home in Pataskala, Ohio, aged 86 years, after being an invalid twelve years. He was for many years a gardener and small fruit grower of considerable local note. LAWRENCE SADER. Lawrence Sader, the well known market gardener of Bowling Green, Ohio, expired suddenly early March 27. He had been in his usual health up to within a few hours of his death. He was 76 years of age, a native of Germany and had resided in America for forty years. DENNIS SALTER. Dennis Salter, aged 77 years, a resident of Pittsford, N. Y., for forty years, died March 22, after an illness of fourteen weeks, although he had been confined to his bed only ten days. He was bom at Sufiblk, Eng., and was the son of John and Martha Salter. In 1850 he married Miss Sarah King, of London, and one year later they emigrated to America and igo3. The American Florist. 387 located in Rochester. They remained there until 1S64, with their family, then removed to Pittsford, where Mr. Salter continued his business of market gardener and florist. Thirty-nine years ago he purchased the property where he died and since that time had not resided else- where. He was the father of nine chil- dren, seven ot whom, with his widow, survive. J. FRANK GREENE. J. Frank Greene, of the firm of Greene & Underhill, Watertown, N. Y., died March 29, aged 46 years, 6 months and 6 days. Mr. Greene had been suffering from poor health for several years, but his last sickness was of very short duration. He was the son of the late W. W. Greene and was engaged in the florist business dur- ing his life. He was with his father under the firm name of Greene, Son & Sayles, and later and up to the time of his death with G. H. Underhill. Mr. Greene was a member of Watertown Council, No. 157, Royal Arcanum, and of Corona Lodge, No. 705, I. O. O. F. He was a man highly respected by all with whom he came into contact in business relations and had a host of friends. He leaves a wife, two daughters, Miss Florence and Miss Bessie Greene, and one son, Westel Greene, all of Watertown. He also leaves his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Greene, two sisters, Mrs. George Sayles, ot Watertown, and Mrs. F. P. Trench, of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., and one brother, William Greene, of Water- town. SITIATIONS, WANTS, FOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be inserted at the rate of ten cents a line (six words) each insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant advs. NOT admitted under this head. Every paid subscriber to the American FLORieT for the year 1903 is entitled to a five-line want ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time during the year. Situation Wanted— As foreman, roses and car- nations a specialty. Married, no children; sober and reliable; state* wages. Address E S, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By a single, middle aged man; life experience in cut flowers, pot plants; able to take charge. Please state wages. C B, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— As working foreman by first-class rose grower; No. 1 references; only first-class place wanted; 33 years of age single. D A, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By a single, experienced gardener and florist, sober and industrious; com- mercial or flrst-class private place. Address W 41, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— As foreman in a large place by a practical grower of roses, carnations, 'mums and other florists' stock. Many years' experience. Good references. O P, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By an all-around grower and florist; 20 years' experience in commercial greenhouses; sober and not afraid of work; either private or commercial. Address M A H, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By sober, trustworthy man, 14 years' experience with leading firms, especiallv in France and in England. Thoroughly com- petent in all branches: near big cities preferred. Frenchman, a^e 38: single. Address 8 Coburg Villa. Upper Teddington. England. Situation Wanted— In private place as head gardener; thoroughly practical in all branches of horticulture. Graduate of Veitch »fe Sons, Lon- don: 10 years' experience in England and 16 in United States. At present in charge of 360 acres. Best of references. Address Gardener, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— E. Holden, for the past 16 years head gardener to Mrs. M. F. Jacobs, formerly Mrs. Robt. Garrett, of Baltimore, Md.. is open to an engagement with any lady or gentleman requiring the services of a thoroughly practical man in all branches: hothouse fruit and vegeta- bles a specialty. Address E. HOLDEN," Uplands, Sta. D., Baltimore, Md. Help Wanted— Throe single men experienced n growing rosea and carnations; state wages, etc. \V. K. Partridge, Lockland, Ohio. Help Wanted— A good all-around man for retail place; 1:25 and board. Steady place for steady man. W. J. Olds, Union City, Pa. Help Wanted— At once, good all around florist; German; ma-ried preferred. Wages $l('per week. Steady position. E. J. Bolanz, Akron, Ohio. Help Wanted— Young man for assistant in rose houses. Board and room furnished Address The J. M. Gasser Co., Euclid Ave., Cleveland, O. Help Wanted— Two young men as assistants in greenhouse work; state experience. Wages $9 per week. Address J. A. Petkrson, McHenry Ave., Westwood, Cincinnati, O. Help Wanted— Da)' flreman who understands steam boilers and pipe fitting. Steady employ- ment to sober and industrious man. State wages, experience, etc. Address W. K. Partridge, Lockland, O. Help Wanted— A man that can grow choice carnati()ns:some experience in general green- house stock: $25 or $30 per month, board and room; good reference. Address Elbon, care American Florist. Help Wanted— Single man experienced in general greenhouse work. Give reference from last place; steady position to sober and indus- trious man; $35 per month with board and room. Junction City FlobalCo., Junction City, Kan. Help Wanted— Single man experienced in general greenhouse work; give reference from last place. Steady position to right man: 825 per month with board and foom. German or English correspondence. Address John B. Goetz, Saginaw, W^ S., Mich. Help Wanted— First-cluss rose and carnation grower to take charge of 32,000 square feet of glass; also assistant. Please state waces wanted with board and washing, your age and reference; also how soon you couldf come. Good position for two good men. Address John L. Wtland, DeHaven, Pa. Wanted to Rent— By May Ist or 15th, I3,C00 to 15,C00 feet of glass, suitable for growing cut flowers. Must be in good condition. Address F W B, care American Florist. For Sale Cheap— Florist business. Address 1317 N. Michigan Ave., Saginaw City, Mich. For Sate or Rent— Greenhouse stocked, eight room house, at a bargain. 3181 Elston avenue. Dr. G. a. Bangs, 554 N. Robey St., Chicago. For Sale Cheap— Prosperous up-to-date florist business; established 13 years; can easily make your money back this spring. Write at once to Mrs. S. N. Alkiee, Greenview, 111. For Rent— Twelve acres of ground and about 35,00j feet of glass, near Chicago. Buildings and stock in good condition; finest soil for carnations and roses. A B, care American Florist. For Sale— Established greenhouse business of about 10,000 feet of glass, with or without ground. Good opening with small capital. Must sell by April I, 1903. Ohio, care American Florist. For Sale— In a natural gas city of 13,000. four greenhouses, stock and fixtures, 5 lots, 7 room house, barn, etc. Fuel costs only $3.50 per month. Will take in a reliable partner with some money. A. S. Harmon, lola, Kan. For Sale— 14,000 feet of glass, fine trade, near large citv, two street car lines, three railroads, fine rose soil on property. Owner wants to retire. Only florist in town of 8,000. Small payment. K P, care American Florist. Situation Wanted. First-class carnation grower and prop- agator wishes situation by May 1st. Best of references. H. A. MEYER, care Ihe J. D. Ihonpsoii Carnation Co., Joliet, III. Wanted... A grower of roses, including Beauties, who has unquestioned reputation and endorse- ment, to take charge of 75,00^ square feet of glass. Must be sober and willing to work. Good salary to right man. Married man pre- ferred. Address Rogers Park, Chicago, 111. S RARE CHANCE. For a successful grower of Uosi!s and Carna- tions, with $5,000 ormore to buy an interest in one of CiiicHj^'o's large, modern greenhouse establish- ments. A splendid opening for an energetic flor- ist to enter a big concern, where large quantities are grown and sold direct, thus reaping the full protlts. It is probable such a grand offering was never before made in these columns. Address OPPORTUWITY, Care American F lorist. Wanted To Rent. For 5 years with privileu'O of buying, 15,000 to 25,000 square feet ot glass: everything must be in good condition; good railroad connec- tion necessary. Possession wanted May 1st. Address with particulars F B, cara American Florist. At Woodslde, L. I., within three miles Thirty- fourth Street Ferry. My entire Greenhouse Plant consisting of about seventeen thousand feet of glass, all Al, heated with seven Hitchings boilers. Your personal inspection will convince you that this is a snap. 4LEX S. BIRNS, W oodside. N. Y. FOR SALE. 8,000 feet of glass, located in a fine growing city; best of shipping facilities; good market for wholesale and retail trade. Address WHOLESALE, care American Florist. FOR SALE. 20 Greenhouses. About 26,003 square feet of glass, steam heated, 80 H. P. tubular boiler, or will sell business and rent bouses. BROOKSIDE GREENHOUSES. lot So. 6th St., REA DING. PA. Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Chicago, III. Regular meetings held 2d and 4th Wednesday of each month at Jung's Hall, 106 E. Randolph St., Chicago. Gardeners and Florists in other cities desiring to form a Union will receive full information from the Secretary. Send all communications to H. J. SPRINGER, Secretary, 6142 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. A Business Opportunity. 20,000 feet of glass, well stocked and in good condition; also a city retail store with a well established, profitable trade, for sale at a bargain. Owner would prefer to sell the houses and keep the store, taking, if desired, the output of the houses; or would sell an interest in the business to a competent, pushing grower. This is an opportunity for a grower to establish himself near to one of the best mar- kets in the country, or for a store man and a grower to mutually acquire, on favorable terms, a desirable plant and a store with an established, profitable trade. This is a proposition that will bear careful investigation. Address, Frank Huntsman, CINCINNATI. OHIO. Always mention the American Flo- KiST when writing to adTertiaera. 388 The American Florist. April 4, J. B. Deamud, 51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO ^ Smilax, Asparagus, Fancy Ferns, Smilax, Adiantum, Lilies, Roses, Carnations, Tulips and everything in the line for EASTER. L. D. 'Phone 3155 Central. Send for Price List. The P. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, Mataors. Carnations. Cut Adiantum, Oalax, Commoa Ferns and Florists' Supplies- Telephone Connections, oi B^vpi:^A.Tyr>, otiio. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., "Wholesale Cut Flowers— 457 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. IJ.M.MCCULLOUGH'SSONS WHOLESALE 1 FLORISTS \ T ALSO SUCCESSORS TO £ \ THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. r \ CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. f i Special Attention Given to Sliipping Orders. p \ 316 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO. [ H.G.BERNING Wholesale florist 1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO. WM. MURPHY, Wholesale FInrist and Commission Dealer in Gut Flowers I Florists' Supplies, WIRE WORK. 'Phono Main 980. Wireor write 120 E. Third St., CINCINNATI, O. Poehlmann Bros. Go. Wholesale Growers of Klorsin Cut Flowers A.11 telegraph and telephone orders ._ given prompt attention. 3^o7 Qbxehhouses: Randolph Strati Morton Grove, lU. CHICAOO, ILL; Please mention the American Florist when virilivg HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCV CUT FERNS. Michigan Gut Flower Exchange. FANCY FERNS, tl.50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. Give us a trial for Ferns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, tl.OO per ICOO. 26 Miami Ave.. DETROIT, HICH. PlttsburgGutFlowerGo.Ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. » PHIsburg, Pa. C. A. KUEHN, Wholesale Florist, naa rine street. fc ST. LOUIS, HO. ■VA oomplata line of Wire Oeslsna. E. H. Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut riowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. MATH. EVERT, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of Cut Flowers 58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 'Phone Central 3067. Greenhouses, 255 Devon Av. Bassett&Wasiiburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Wholesale Dealers and A.aAdAu.jkHA Growers of bill MOWOrS OREEWHOUSES; HINSDALE. ILL. Wbolfjale flower/\arK^ MiLWATTKSE, April 2 Boses, Beauty, long, perdoz. 4 00@ 5.00 " " med. " 2.00© 3.0O " " short " 1.00@1 50 " Liberty 10.00@12.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00@ 8.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 6.00@ 8.00 " Perle 6.00® 8 00 Carnations 2 00@ 3.00 Violets .50© .75 Daffodils Tulips ^T.., 2.00© 3.00 Dutch hyacinths 4.00© 5.00 Callas 10.00@12.00 Adiantum 75© 1.00 Smilax 18.00 Asparagus 65.00 PiTTSBtJBG, April 2. Roses, Beauty, specials, perdoz. 5 00© 6.00 " " extras " 3.00® 4.00 " " No. 1 " 1.00® 2.00 " " No. 2 per 100 2.00© 6.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 2.00@15 00 » Meteor 4.00@10 00 Carnations 2.0(i© 6.00 Paper Whites, Romans, Fieesia... 1.60® 3.00 Tulips 3.00® 6.00 Mignonette 1.50® 4.0O Lily of the valley 4. CO® 5.00 Violets 60® 1.60 LUao perbunoh, .50®1.CO Smilax 18.00@20 00 Adiantum l.OC® 2 CO Asparagus, strings 30 00®60.00 " Sprengeri 2.00® 4.00 CiHonfKATi, April 2. Bases, Beauty 6.00@40.00 Bride 4.00© 8.00 •■ Bridesmaid 4.00© 8.00 " Meteor 4.00© 8.00 Carnations 1.50© 4.00 Tulips, Daffodils 3.00© 4.00 Violets 50® .75 LUy of the valley 3.00® 4.00 HarrisU lilies, per doz, 1.50® 2 00 Romans, Paper Whites 2.00© 3.00 Asparagus 50-00 St. Loins, April 2. Boses, Beauty, lone stem 20.00@60.00 " Beauty, medium stem 8.00@15.00 '■ Beauty, short stem 3.00© 8.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 4 00@10.00 " Golden Gate, Meteor 4.00(310.00 " Perle 4.00© 8 00 Carnations 2.00© 4.00 Violets 25© .40 Paper Whites, Romans 8.00 Sweet Peas .75 LUy of the valley 3.00 Smllaz 12.50 Asparagus Sprengeil 3.E0 " Flumoaiu 75.00 igo3. The American Florist.- 389 [ASTER PRICE UST... STOCK will be of good quality for Easter, but carnations will be scarce and the better grades of roses short of the demand. We shall have plenty of lilies of best grade and large supplies in all other lines. Whatever your requirements, call on us by mail, telegraph or, better yet, on one of our two long distance telephones. E. C. AMLING, THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St., .•.- CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1977 Central. AMERICAN BEAUTY 36^ inch stem Per Doz. $6.00 4.00 Short stem, per 00, $6.00 to 8.00 Per 100 Meteors and Gates. " large and fancies, 5.00© 6.00 Mignonette, per doz, .50® .75 Callas, perdo?.., »1.50@ J3.00 Harrisii, per doz $3.00 15.00 Violets 1.00® 1.50 Valley Paper Whites ..... S.OOlu) 4.00 Asparagus, perstrin Asparagus Sprenger Ferns per 1000, Galax per 1000, g,50c. .75 i.... 3.00(5) 5.00 n-W .26 l.ii .15 Adiantum Smilax — per doz., Subject to change 1.00® 1.50 $2. .50 without notice. LILY OF THE VALLEY BEUNS' CELEBRATED BRAND for forcing, $12.50 per 1000; $30.00 per case of 3500; $1.50 per 100. HNEST CUT VALLEY IN QUANTITY. HU DDIIMC <40e W. Madison Streat, ■ Hi DtlUnO) CHICAGO, ILL. PETER REINBERG, Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 800,000 FEET OF CLASS. Headquarters for American Beauties. 51 WABASH AVE., • CHICAGO, ILL FRANK GARLAND, WiMleuIe Orower Of Cut Flowers Gut Flowers SS'57 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284. OEXIO.A.OO> JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of »oo« 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Tklephojte Centbal 3598. All telegr»pk •■< telephone orders given prompt attention. ICE BROTHERS WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. U/llil Cmllav Receivers and Shippers ot nllQ snillaX. CHOICE cut flowers. Special attention given to shipping orders. Send for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Minn. mention tlie American Flo- R Always rist when you order stock. .^ BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. F. F. BEMTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and Consignments Solicited. Commission FLORISTS J.RBUDLONG Boses and Carnations • A Specialty. 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. GROWER of CUT FLOWERS Wbolfjale flower/\arK^ CHicAao, April 3. Bosei, Beanty, 36-inch stems IB 12 4.00 3.00 2.00 I.M 1.00 Short stems $4(a$b per 100 " Liberty, Chatenay 5 00@15.00 Bride, Bridesmaid 2 00@10.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 2.00@10.00 Violets 40@ 1.00 Carnations 1.50@ 4.00 Romans. Paper Whites 3.00 Tnlips, Valley 3.00® 5.00 Sweet peas 1.00® 1.60 Callas. Harrisii per doz. 1.25@ 2.00 Asparagns, per string, .50 Adiantum 1.00® l.BO Common ferns, per 1000, 2.60 .25 Smilax. per dozen. 2.00 A. L Randall, WHOLESALE fLORIST. 4 Vashingtoa Street, CHICAaO Send for weekly price list and special quotations on 1000 lots. Cut Flowers The J. M.GASSER COMPANY, Wholesale Growers. Euclid Avenue, CLEVELAND, O. ...GEO. M. KELL066... '•'"•'PnTeV.it Cut Flowers Gi76 ns an order and we will please you. Our Greenhouies at PLEASANT HILL, MO. Our Store. 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO IflT'LOire DIBTAUCB 'PHONI AT EITHBB PLAOS. GEO. REINBERe, "SS:?.. Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Please mention the American Florist every time yon write to an advertiser. 390 The American Florist. April ^, BEAUTIES! Samuels. Penoock LIBERTIES! PHILADELPHIA. GEO. A. SUTHERLAND, 34 Hawley St., BOSTON. Telephone 1870 MBln. BEST BOSTON FLOWERS. AU Supplies. An entife floor Devoted to Stock and Mana- {actaiing. Distribtiting Agent for United States for the wonderful LETTER, unequalled for deil(|B work. Script, any color, 3Vic • letUr. Block letters, (V^ each. The most elaborate design work to order in a few minutes. GXITEBAL AexHTs: H. BAYERSDORFER k CO., Phlladalphla. REED h KELLER. New York Cih. r£\n TACTrD ii/rn/ fifty thousand carnations... r UK LAo I Lit YV LLK fifty thousand violets... - TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ROSES. WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. Superiority. WE claim it for the flowers we dis- tribute. It is guaranteed by the high sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It is proven by the large number of florists throughout New England and elsewhere depending on us for their regular supply. Largest dealers east of New York in Baskets, Sheaves, Letters, Vases, Ribbons and all Florists* Requisites. OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6:00 O'CLOCK EVERY MORNING. N. F.! MCCARTHY & CO., Telephone 734 and 64 Main. 85 Hawley Street, BOSTON. H. C. ElEDEL. F. D. Spicer. RIEOEL & GO. WHOLESALE Commission Florists. 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Strictly Wholetala. Correspondanee Invitad. Wbol^jale [lower/\arH^ Boston, April 1 Bosea, Beauty,eztra " " medium *' '• oulls " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 2 " extra 6 Liberty 4 Carnations 1, " Special 8. Lily of the valley 1 Violets Paper White narcissi. Hyacinths. Trumpet narcissi 1 Tulips 1 Harrisii lilies 6 Adiantum Asparagus Smilax 8 Philadslphla., April 1. Roses, Tea 8 " " extra " Beauty, extra 30. " " firsts 10 " Queen of Edgely , extra. . . .30. " " firsts... .10, Carnations 1, Violets 1. Lily of the valley 3. Asparagus 35 Smilax 12 Adiantnm Farleyense 8. BnrPAi.0, April 2. Roses, Beauty 2 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 2 Carnations 1, Violets Paper Whites, Romans 2. Lily ol the valley 2 Smilax Adiantnm 00@35.00 .00@1S.OO .00@ 5.00 .00@ 4.0O 00@ 8.00 .00® 8.00 ,O0@ 2.00 ao@ 4.00 .00@ 4.00 .353 .50 .50@ 2.00 .50@ 2 00 .00@ 3.00 .00@10.00 .75@ 1.00 50.00 .oa@i8.oo .00@12.00 15.00 .00@40.00 .0O@20.0O .00@40.00 .oo@sa.oo .00® 4.00 .oo@ i.eo 00® 6.00 .00®SO.OO .60@I5.00 00®10.00 .00@40.00 .00@I0.00 .00® 4.00 .30® .50 (0® 4.00 .00® 5 00 15.00 .60® 1.00 Milton W. Woodroffe, WHOLESALE fLOWIST, 1344 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. 6lve Us a Trial. We Can Please You. Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock. llfU C VACTINfS Wholesale Com- nnii ri nnOllllUi mission Florist, aB\ Washinston St., Buffalo. N. V. Dealer in Floriati' Supoli*''* and Wire Designs. Open from 7:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M. NEW YORK GUT FLOWER GO. 55 and 57 West 26th St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Daily Reports. Weekly Paymanta. 2239 Madiaion Sq. ^' ^ MILLANG, 2034 MadiMB Sq. Uahasbb , Please mention the A merican Florist when writing, N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXGHANGE Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26th St., New York. Open far Cot Flower Sales at 6 o'clock Every Morning DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON,, Secretary. PSease wteniion the American. Florist ivh^** «fW/*«e^. Always mention the American Flo- rist when yog order stock <^ Our Growers will have Everythiugf in the way of FLOWERS and PLANTS for EASTER. Fine Lily and Azalea Plants. Give us a Trial Order. The PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKET, BEAUTIES, LIBERTIES, Leo. Nlcssen, AND VALLEY. WHOLESALE FLORIST, 1217 Arch St., Philadelphia. igo3. The American Florist. 391 JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum P« Sold here Exclaslvely. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT T«L 2065 Madison Sq. NEW YORK. 42 West 28th St Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWEKS ever offered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, Bride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and MendelUi. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter f. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , T«I«phone B02 K&dlson Sqoure. 39 West 28th St., NEW YORK. TslaphoneoNos. 2239 and 2034 Madison Square, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 66 and 67 We$t 26lh St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice ot sale note daily. Statement and check weekly. All consignments, large or small, receive tho same attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. I VIOLETS. WILLIAM GHORMLEY VIOLETS. 1 Wholesale " i^fciri™ wiiviimtai- ■ ^Commission j Daily Receiver and Shipper ot Fresh Cut Flowers. * Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Valiey, Chrysanthemums. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY, j Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. JOHN YOUNG Sptolal Anerloan Beauties, Sarpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orohlds, And all Seaionable Floweii. 61 Wert 28tli St., HXW YORK. TeL 1806 Madlion Sq. THK RKCOCNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN HEW YORK CITY FOR Violets and Carnations flROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thit. It will be to your advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER. 80 West 2gth St., New York. Telephone B&l Madison Square. Franic Nllllang from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. 55-57 W. 26th St. NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consignments or Shipping Orders. Satisfaction given in both. Tel. 956 Madison Sq. Its W. 3BIII St., Htw York. Mn «» W. 3CHi St. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 65 and 57 W. 26th St. New Yotk. Cut Flower Exchange. .'^'^** ■«»■*» OPEN 6:00 A. M. Hfi Unequalled Outlet for Consigned Flowert. Cat Flower Exchange, Phone 399 Madison Square. Choice Carnations. Selected Roses. Traendly&SGhenck NEW YORK aTY, 38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange. Mew Telephone Mo. 788 A 799 Haditon Sq. I^ase Tnention the A merican Florist when writing. Wbol?5ale power/larKjfe Mkw yoBK, April 1. RoseB, Beauty, Edgel;, best I5.00@25.00 ■■ " medium 6.00@10.00 " culls 50® 3.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid, best,... 6.00® 8.00 " " " medium 4.00® 4.00 " " " culls.... 2.00® 3.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 2.0C® 6.00 " Liberty, best. 5.00@10.00 " " ordinary 2.00® 3. CO Carnations, fancy 2.00® 4.00 " ordinary 60® 1.09 Violets 20® .40 Lily of the valley. Tulips 1.00® 2.00 Trumpet narcissi 50® 1.00 Romans, Paoer Whites 50® 1 .00 Cattleyas...'. 35.00®50.00 Lilacs per bunch .36 @ .60 Lilies 5. OP® 6.00 Dendrobiums 6.00® 8.00 Sweet peas per bund. bun.2.00@8.00 Smilai 10.00®16.00 Adiantum 50® 1.00 Adiantum Croweanum 1 .60 Asparagus 35.00@50.00 Sprengeri, doz. bun. 2.00®3.00 Charles IVIillang WHOLESALE FLOBIST. Conservatory connected from which can ship ferns and decorative plants promptly 50 West 29th St. NEW YORK Tel. 2230 Madison Square. Please mention the Ame>ican Florist vjhen writinz- FORD BR05. Receivers and Shippers ot FB.ESH FLOWERS, 111 West 30tli St., NEW TOBX. Telephone 157 Madison Square REPRESENTING EMINENT GROWERS. JuHusLang 53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK. COMMISSION DEALER in FLOWERS Telephone 380 Madibon Squabe. ALEX. J. GUTTMAN, Wholesale Commission Florist, A full supply dally of the cholcesf New York and New Jersey FLOWERS. S2 W. 20tli Street, NEW YORK CITY. Telephone 1738 Madison Square. fl. H. LflNGJflHR. Wholesale Commission Florist, BEST eXOWERS SHIPPED AT LOWE8V NEW YORK PRICES. 18 Besrum Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. TELEPBoiTE 939 MAra. Hicks & Grawbuck, WHOLESALE FLORISTS NEW YORK: 46 West 29th Street Tel. 2798 Madison So. BROOKLYN, N.y.i 108 Livingston StreeL Tel. 3600-3661 Main. EDW. C. HORAN, 55 WEST 28TH STREET, Madison Square. ••■•■NEW I ORK^ Cyj F LOWERS Al W HOLESALE. 392 The American Florist. April ^, The gEEb Trsde. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Waltbk p. Stokes, Pres.; C. N. Pa9B, First Tioe-Pres.; S. P. Willakd, Wethersfleld, Conn., Sec'y and Treas. Twenty- first annual convention, Philadelphia and Atlantic City, June 23-35, 1903. Caladium ESCtJLENTUM bulbs are in good supply this season and the demand is good. Visited Chicago: Frank T. Emerson, of Waterloo, Neb., east-bound with a carload of sweet corn. Visited Boston:— F. Henry, of Henry &Lee; Ralph Ward, of Wm. Hagemann & Company, and Mr. Adams, of Thorburn's, New York. E. J. Deal, general manager of the firm of W. W.Johnson & Sou, Boston, Eng., sailed for New York on the S. S. St. Paul, March 28. Drought is reported in Southern France. Interesting comment on the French bulb situation wUl be found on this page from our Paris correspondent. Onion sets have shown no improve- ment in price but show a steady decline. Whites are down to about $1.50, reds at about 60 cents to 75 cents and yellows at buyer's price. Sweet com prices are less firm. Offers are freely made by canning concerns who must have changed their plans since con- tracting or purchasing. Evergreen is offered at $6 per bushel. Farmer growers may modify their contract views a little on the coming season's crop. Philippe de Vilmorin, who in com- pany with Mrs. de Vilraorin visited the United States last year, is now making a tour around the world with his wife and recently cabled that a male heir to the name and traditions of the Vilmorin family was born at Yokohama, Japan. The state of Trade. John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y. — Catalogue trade the best in seven years and wholesale trade in spring bulbs good. Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia. — Mail trade is showing a nice increase and counter trade much ahead of former sea- sons, perhaps on account of the remarka- bly early season. -Prices are holding up ■well. European Seed Crops. Paris, March 16. — The seed business has so far been very satisfactory and mail orders are from fifteen to twenty per cent ahead of last season. This may be due to the fine weather which we have enjoyed during January, February and March. It is, however, quite possible that, orders having come in earlier, the busy season may not extend well into April, as usual. We are just now at the turn of the year when everybody is anxious to know the harm which has been done to the roots stored for seed purposes. We shall have to wait a few more weeks, until the planting is completed, before we can fur- nish reliable data regarding the pros- pects of the seed crops for next fall. We can, however, say that large quan- tities of beets, mangels and carrots which were exposed to the hard early frosts may be considered as totally lost. In one or two instances the frost set in so suddenly, the thermometer falling from 41° to 21° in twenty-four hours, that the growers failed to afford the required protection and lost large quan- tities of roots. Many blanks caused by the hard November and December frosts are found in the w^estern turnip plantations. In Holland, too, turnips and parsley suffered a good deal from the cold waves. Growers in Southern France are com- plaining bitterly of the drought which has continued for many weeks and is checking the crops. Some good showers at the present time would be a real boon. Cabbages are so far looking well and prospects are for a good crop, which vre shall need very much, stock's being very low. Parisian. French Bulb Crops. Paris, March 16. — A good heavy rain would benefit the Roman hyacinths and increase the size of the bulbs. Growers and jobbers of Romans are expectant, none being desirous of giving in. The former claim not to be willing to sell at the limit fixed .by the syndicate and expect to get better prices somewhat later on, while the jobbers pretend not to be disposed to buy o'n the conditions imposed by the growers. Up to the present date few deals worth mentioning have been transacted except one of half a million bulbs said to have been made by the representative of the growers' former syndicate at a high price. But it is safe to ask whether the latter transac- tion ought not to be considered as a kind of bluff to induce the jobbers to follow in buying. The arrogance of the growers increases with every season. The jobliers lost money last year and their business is rendered still more annoying and unsatis- factory by the probable suppression of the five per cent of bulbs which vyas usually allowed to replace the diseased and deformed ones, and by the new stipu- lation compelling the dealers to take delivery of the goods at the growers' place. The disposition of the jobbers to resist these unreasonable demands seems therefore to be quite natural. Will the jobbers, however, all have the patience to hold back their orders until about June, instead of ordering several months ahead of delivery? It they should do so, and for once all stick together, instead of yielding to the sharpest competition, there is every likelihood of prices drop- ping later on when growers get aware that the bulbs might be left ' on their hands. Such a drop, however, is liable to occur only in case the crop does not suffer from protracted drought or dis- ease, circumstances which nobody can forecast. The buying of some large lots at the present date would oh the con- trary probably provoke an immediate advance and encourage the growers in the attitude they have taken during the last few years. It is impossible to learn exactly whether the acreage planted this season is larger or smaller than last year, but with favorable weather and an early and plentifid fall of rain, the crop pros- pect would be pretty good. Parisian. Helped Him To Success. Am. Florist Co.:— I enclose my sub- scription for another year. Yours is a paper no florist should be without. It has helped me to success in my business, both by its advertisements and its valu- able reading matter. I would not be without it if it cost $5 a year. Albany, N. Y. John Berberick. Georgia Seed Contractors. Big amounts. Get prices on present deli- veries and future contracts for Georgia seeds on Collards; Pearl Millet; Teosinte; Velvet Beans; Sorghums; Asparagus Seed and Roots; Chufas; Okra; Bar Clover; Water Melons; Cotton Seed; Peanuts; Mexican June Corn; Mustard; Turnips; Soja Beans; Upland Rice; Cow Peas; Beggar Weed; Bokhara Clover; Johnson Grass; Japan Clover; Wh. Mult. Onions. N. L. WILLET DRUG GO., Augusta, Ga. Vaughan's Asters. Sow the BEST Varieties and you can always sell the flowers. ^ ^ ^ ^ Trade Pkt. MOz. Oz. Vaughan's Upright Whits Branch- ing, pound, $10.00 $ .10 S .25 t .85 Vaughan's Upright Pink Branch- ing, pound, $10.00 10 .25 .85 BRANCHING OR SIMPLE, White, pound, $6.50 10 .SO .60 Eose-Pink 10 .35 .85 Lavender, pound, $8.50 10 .25 .85 Red 10 .25 1.00 Purple 10 .25 .8.i Daybreak-Pink 10 .25 .75 Mixed, pound, $6.00 10 .20 .50 VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, NEW YORK: CHICAGO: 14 Barclay St. 86 Randolph St- Warnaar & Co., %?' Headquarters for the new Spiraeas Supsrhs and Blendlns. Special growers of Von SIsn and Boldtn Spur. Address until May 15th care Messrs. J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co,, 41 Broadway, NEW YORK. Association "Flora" Nursery Go. BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Roses. Clematis.PsoniaSi Rhododendroos, Azaleas, Lilacs for forcing, Box I rees. Fancy Evergreens and other shrubs on hand at the packing place in the season. Catalogue on application. Address P. OUWERKERK. 1 1 23 Summit Ave., JERSEY CITY, N. J. CLUGAS & BODDINGTON GO. ImDOrters and Exporters of Steds, Bulbs ^Plants 8 1 2-8 1 4 Craenwioh Street, NEW YORK OITY. Send for quotations on all Florists' Bulb Stook. Always mention the American Flo- rist when writing to advertisers. igo3. The American Florist. 393 ESTABLISHED 1802. Send for our prices, stating number niul size required... J.M.THORBURN &CO. 36 Cortlandt St., NEW YORK. Pearl Tuberoses Per 100 1000 3 to 4 inches $ .60 % S.OO 5 to 6 inches 1.25 10.00 Galadium Esculentum Per doz. 100 6 to 7 inches % .25 $2.00 6 to 9 inches 50 4.00 9 to 11 inches i.OO 7.00 All Sound Stock. L. L. MAY & CO., St. Paul, Minn. Early Bird TOMATO. The earliest, smoothest and largest Early Tomato we ever introduced. Resists the rot and does not sunburn; wonderfully produc- tive, of fine flavor. Every florist should have some plants in the spring for his par- ticular and appreciative trade. i oz., SOc; i oz., 95c; Oz., $1.75; postpaid. FLORIST DEPARTMENT, D. Landreth & Sons, l2l7MarketSt., Philadelphia, Pa. GERMAN PANSIES The Ne Plus Ultr.i strain is the best that money can buy. We have them in large quantities; grown in cold frames, and all transplanted. Fine plants in bud and bloom, »1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Cash with order. ANDREWS BROS.. 2794 Detroit St., LAKEWOOD. 0. (near Cleveland). THE BEST ASTER SEED VICKS WE devote acres to the growing and selecting of the finest florists' strains. The seeds will come true to name because each variety and color is entirely isolated. The blooms are large and perfect, because the seed is saved from only the most perfect flowers. If you want the best seed in the world come to Headquarters. Vick's Branching, in six colors and mixed. Vick's Daybreak, Vick's Purity, Vick's Snowdrift (Comet.) Vick's Lavender Qem (Comet.) Branching Comet, in five colors. Queen of the Early or Early Market, in five colors. Write for Florists' Special Prices. [JAIVIES VICK'S SONS, I ^ ROCHESTER. N. Y. | •j^ttttiitumntiimiitititiimtiiiimnntitimuuitiiiiuiiimmtitintumimtumtuintiiq HARRISII BULBS For August Delivery... Good straight stock of Harrisii are not plenty. We have the sale of as large a supply of carefully grown and well rogued stock as can be found on the Island of liermuda. There is no more proQtable forcing bulb in the whole list than true Harrisii. Place your orders with us now and you will get the best bulbs produced this year. Our arrangemonta for high grade bulbs off French Romans, Paper White Grandiflora. Callas, Japan Longifflortm, London Market Valley and picked bulbs of all Dutch Hyacinths, Tulips, Nar- cissus and Spiraea are unexcelled. liulbs secured from us will be subject to careful inspection and approval on arrival, and if in anyway unsatisfactory, will be made good at once. By combining your order for a full line of this stock with us, you get each in season and all at the closest cost for high grade stock. Economy in car- load freight shipments and large importations supply half our profits. Write for prices before closing any forcing stock order Vaughan's Seed Store, NEW YORK: 14 Barclay St. CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. CONIET EMPRESS FREDERICK. Dwarf and compact, fine for pots. Flowers pure white, diameter 4 to 5 inches. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. SEMPLE'S BRANCHING. Home grown. White, shell pink and lavender, i oz., 30c; oz., 7Sc. QUEEN OF MARKET. Best German. In colors, J oz., 25c; oz., 7SC LARGE VICTORIA. Best German. In colors. Packet, 25c; i oz, 65c; oz., $2.50. Write for wholesale catalogue now ready. Fresh Tobacco Stems, $i.50 per bale, cash. W. C. BCCKERT, Allegheny, Pa. Gladiolus Bulbs AT YOUR OWN PRICE. To clear out surplus. 3.5.000 Light Mi.\ture. Fine bulbs to the highest bidders per 1000 until all aretaken. These bulbs usually sell for JIO.OO per 1000. CISHMAN Gladiolus Co., Sylvania, Ohio. 894 The American Florist. April 4, The Nursery T^ai^E. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Chab. a. iLeEirFBiTZ, Pres.; D. S. Lake, Vice- PieB.; Gbobsb C. Sbasee, Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mich., June 10-12, 1903. D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la., has been making 100,000 apple graits a day this season. The bill for the protection of public parks and boide-rardsfrom disfigurement by advertisements has passed both houses of the Massachusetts legislature. The New York City Tree Planting Association makes the encouraging announcement that as a result of the society's activity over 8,000 trees have been planted and that most of these are flourishing. Amherst, Mass.— Prof R. E. Smith, assistant in botany atthe Massachusetts Agricultural College and Experiment Station, has accepted the position of pathologist and assistant professor of botany in the University of California. There is rapid development in orchard- ing in the Pecos valley of New Mexico and there are those who say this will be the apple growing region of the future. The elevation is 4,000 feet and the fruit produced there superlatively fine. It is a long way from market, 1,250 miles from Chicago. The park commissioners of Worcester, Mass., have voted to instruct the city forester to spike labels on all highway trees within the city warning against any mutilation or abuse and prescribing the penalty for violation of the law in regard tg such acts. The scarcity of coal the past winter has caused the cutting off of immense tracts of woodland all through Worcester county and much beautiful scenery has been obliterated. Duty on Evergreen Seedlings. In the matter of the protests, 4711 h and 5151 h, of August Rolker & Sons, against the decision of the collector of customs at New York, as to the rate and amount of duties chargeable on certain merchandise imported and entered April 4 and April 8, 1902, the following opinion was given by General Appraiser De Vries, before the United States general appraisers at New York, March 21, 1903: This merchandise consists of evergreen seedlings of different varieties. They were assessed for duty at the rate of $1 per thousand and fifteen per cent ad valorem under the provisions of para- graph 252 of the act of July 24, 1897, which reads: Stocks, cuttings or seedlings of Myrobolan plum, Mahaleb or Mazzard cherry, three years old or less, fifty cents per thousand plants and fifteen per centum ad valorem; stocks, cuttings or seedlings of pear, apple, quince and St. Julien ■plum, three years old or leas, and evergreen seed- lings, one dollar per thousand plants and fifteen per centum ad valorem; rose plants, budded, grafted or grown on their own roots, two and one- half cents each; stocks, cuttings and seedlings of all fruit and ornamental trees, deciduous and evergreen, shrubs and vines, Manetti, multiflora andbrier rose, and all trees, shrubs, plants and vines, commonlv known as nursery or greenhouse stock, not specially provided for in this act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. The importer claims the merchandise dutiable at twenty-five per cent ad valorem under the provisions of the same paragraph as "evergreen trees or plants," m that they have been transplanted before importation, upon the contention that when an evergreen seedling has been transplanted that fact removes it from the category of seedlings and it becomes a tree or plant. As to the Buxus suffruticosa (case 293, protest 5151 h), the claim is made that these are cuttings and not seedlings, and it is so admitted by the collector. This question has been raised in previ- ous protests and decided adversely to the Protestants. In support of the protests in these cases there have been filed by the importers numerous afiidavits, letters from botanists and catalogues from nur- serymen. It may be stated generally that these catalogues, letters, etc., relate to the years 1901 and 1902, confining the proofs made to those years. For that reason they are incompetent to establish trade designation as it existed at and prior so the time of the enactment of the present tariff law. An examination of the evidence sub- mitted, however, discloses a lack of uniformity among the dealers in this trade as to the designation in question. The contention of the importers in brief is that a tree propagated from a seed, after having been transplanted, ceases to be a seedling and becomes a tree; and that the term "evergreen seedling" as used in the tariff act for that reason is applicable only to those seedlings which have not been transplanted and which remain in the locus of germination. This board has previously held that the word "seedling" as used in the tariff act w^as used in the sense and as defined by the recognized authorities. In that sense it is defined in the "Standard Dic- tionary" as "a plant grown from a seed as distinguished from one propagated by a cutting, budding or grafting;" and in the "Century Dictionary" as "a plant reared from a seed as distinguished from one propagated by layering, or from the bud or grafted tree or shrub." This seems to be the sense in which these words were used by congress. It will be noted in the paragraph quoted that in three places are used in the same order the words "stocks, cuttings, or seedlings." It is manifest from the repeated use of the words thus phrased that it was intended by congress that these descriptive words should embrace every possible kind of plants or trees of the kinds subsequently enumerated however, and by reference to the manner propagated in the first instance. It is equally manifest that the word "seedlings," as used in this phrase, is intended to be used as descriptive of the manner of the generation of the plant as to whether from a cutting, stock, or seed, and not with reference to its subsequent conditions, growth, or transplanting. The further fact that in two places in paragraph 252 the word "seedling" is qualified by the phrase "three years old or less" makes it evident to our minds that the word "seedlings," as thus used, was not intended to be descriptive of a plant which had or had not been trans- planted, but was intended to be descrip- tive of a plant in some particular, without reference to whether or not it had been transplanted; for this language embraces all seedlings and characterizes them such for a period of three years whether transplanted or not and totally ignores and negatives any such distinction. The w^ords "evergreen seedlings" in para- graph 252 have not this qualification as to age, and, if we give the same meaning to the words in all parts of the para- graph, it follows that as thus used the words w^ere intended to cover such trees or plants as were germinated from the seed irrespective of their age or condition or whether or not transplanted. In this view it would seem that congress has used the word "seedlings" in paragraph 252 in the same sense in which it is defined by the lexicographers cited — that is to say, with reference to the method of germination or generation of the plant in the first instance, and not with refer- ence to whether or not it had been trans- planted subsequently. In this view of the case, that v/hich is a seedling vyill ever continue to be such, irrespective of the fact whether or not it has been trans- planted, and it will be so distinguished throughout its entire life. Whatever value or lack of value may be imparted to it throughout its life and bearing period, by reason of it having been grown from a seed rather than from a cutting or a stock, coidd be correctly character- ized solely by its continued designation as a seedling. That such values exist is within the common knowledge of all. That there is no uniform trade under- standing in this country that a seedling which has been transplanted ceases to become such is made evident by some of the evidence submitted by the importer. In Samuel C. Moon's trade list submitted is catalogued, under "Deciduous orna- mental trees," "Purple leaved seedlings, two or three feet, twice transplanted;" and on page 8 of the same catalogue are described "Cydonia Japonica seedlings, 18 to 24 inches, transplanted." And so, in the letter of September 19, 1902, sub- mitted by F. E. Olmstead, acting chief of the Bureau of Forestry of the United States Department of Agriculture, Wash- ington, D. C, it is stated: I do not know of any acknowledged classifica- tion of seed bed and nursery, evergreen stock. My opinion and practice in the matter are as follows: One, two and three year old plants in the seed bed are seedlings; one, two, and three year old stock transplanted from seed bed to nursery rows are transplanted s'eedlings up to four years; nur- sery stock older than four years, transplanted any number of times in the nursery, are nursery trees. From this evidence it wotild appear, and we find as a fact herein, that neither in the understanding of botanists nor in the trade .was there a general and uni- form understanding at and prior to the passage of the present tariff act that a seedling which has been transplanted ceases to be a seedling. It may be noted with reference to the repetition of the term "evergreen seed- hngs" in the paragraph, bearing different rates of duty, first, that the former is the more specific designation extending to "evergreen" seedlings only, whilst the lat- ter extends to seedlings "evergreen and deciduous;" and, secondly, that the for- mer provision levies the higher rate of duty of the two, $1 per thousand and fifteen per cent ad valorem, as against twenty-five per cent ad valorem, both of which reasons make applicable the former, more specific and higher rate of duty. The protests are therefore overruled, as to all the merchandise except the Buxus suffruticosa (case 293, protest 5151 h), and as to that item that protest is sus- tained. The collector will be governed accordingly. summary. Commercial designation. — There is no uniform and general commercial usage which changes the designation of a seed- ling which has been transplanted from that of a seedling to that of a tree. Seedling. — A seedling is germinated from the seed as distinguished from a plant propagated from a stock or cut- ting, irrespective of whether or not ithas been transplanted. Evergreen seedlings are properly dutiable at the rate of $1 per thousand and fifteen per cent ad valorem, under the provisions of para- graph 252, Act of July 24, 1897. jgoj. The American Florist. 395 OIR Hardy Scottish Crown Specialties. Awarded 60- Gold Medals. Roses. One of the finest Collections in Europe and the hardiest grown plants in the World. Hardy Perennials. The best and most complete collec- tion in Scotland, including Phloxes, Delphiniums, Pyrethrums,Potentillas, Trollius, Montbretias, Etc., Etc. Dahlias and Summer Flowering Chrysanthemums Best Kinds for Florists. ROSE AND PRUT TREE STOCKS FOR AUTUMN DEUVERY. Prices and terms on application. JAS. COCKER & SONS, Rose Growers and Nurserymen. Aberdeen, Scotland. Ampelopsis Engelmanni. strong 3-y6ar, SI par Doz.; S7 per 100. CLEMATIS, strong 2 and 3-vear dormant, 25c and 35c each; 13.00 and $4.00 per dozen. CLEMATIS PAMICULATA, 3-.vear, $1.00 per dozen. PEONIES, in strong roots, distinct kinds and colors Jor florists, $1.50 dozen; $10.00 per 100. STRAWBERRY PLANTS, from new plantings, War- field, Cl.vde, Bederwood, etc., 75c per 100; $3.00 per thousand. f. A. BALUR, Bloomington, III. RAFFIA We are Headquarters and make lowest Import prices Vaugtian's Seed Store, l^S. Strawberries.. Forty varieties, from $1.00 to $3.50 per 1000. AcnaPanilC strong, one-vear, 50c per 100; nSfiai ayUS $2.00 per 1000. Two-year, 75c per 100; $3.00 per 1000. Varieties— Palmetto, Barr's and Giant Argentina. Also other Small Fruits, Plants, etc. Send for price list. CHAS. BLACK, HIghtslown, N. J. Tree Seeds. Our new descriptive CATALOGUE OF SEEDS of American Conifers, Trees, Shrubs, Palms, Cncti, Herbaceous Plants, etc., has been mailed to the trade. A postal -will bring it to you. PINEHURST NURSERIES, Pineburst, N. G. Otto Eatzen8t«in. Mst. ALWAYS MENTION THE AMERICAN fLORIST WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS. EVERGREENS As grown at Qlenwood the Best in the United States. The Glenwood Nurseries offer the finest trees both EVER- GREEN and DECIDUOUS. FLOWERING SHRUBS and VINES of all sizes in general assortment. New TRADE LIST Ready. Special quotations to large buyers. The Wm. II. MOON CO. 60 Miles from New York. 30 Miles from Philadelphia. Morrisville, Pa, MINNESOTA CROWN Hardy Ornamental Stock. 3,000 SYRINQAS (Philadelphus). 18 to 30 in. and up, 8 cts. In the following varieties: Opulifolia, Zeyheri, Grandiflora, Lemoinei, Golden. 4,000 SPIR/EAS, 24 to 30 in., strong, 7 cts. In the following sorts: Douglasi, Van Houttei, Anthony Waterer, Billardii, Pruni- folia. 500 CLBTHRA. or SWEET PEPPER BUSH, 2 feet and up, 7 cts. 1,000 FLOWERINQ CURRANTS, 24 to 30 io. 7 cts. 1,500 ALTHEAS, 18 to 30 inches, 10c. Choice Named Sort*, single and double. 2.000 CLIMBINO HONEYSUCKLES, strong, 2 years old, 8 cts. Scarlet Trumpet, Hall's Japan, Chinese Twining, Monthly Fragrant. a.ooo MATRIMONY VINES, extra strong and heavy, 5 cts. 500 aOLDEN ELDER, 2 feet, strong, 8 cts. 1,000 DEUTZIAS, 18 to 24 inches and up, strong and stocky, 7c. Candidissima, Cren- ata. Gracilis, Pride of Rochester, Waterer. 500 UPRIGHT HONEYSUCKLES, red and white, 3 to 6 feet, 10c. 1,000 HYDRANQBAPANICULATAQRAND- IPLORA, 18 to 24 inches and up, 10 cts. HARDY HBDOINQ- Slberian Pea Tree, 4 to a, 200 Russian Olive, 4 to 8 inches, Ic The above stock is dug and cellared ready for immediate shipment. FINE FOR LANDSCAPE WORK. LLMAY&CO.. Nurttryman, Saidsmen and Floristt, St. Paul, Minn. 396 The American Florist. April 4, Our pasTiMEs. AnnouncemeDta of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and 'TX)rting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.; Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. At St. Louis. The regular meeting ot the bowling club on Monday evening was poorly attended; the following scores were made: Player 1st 3d 3d 4th 5th Av. Theo. Miller 146 120 178 183 1«9 .165 Frank Ellis 135 134 111 131 140 130 F. C.Weber, Sr 130 146 163 146 F. C. Weber, ,Jr 143 120 131 . H.J. F. At Washington, The following is the record of the last session of the Capital City bowlers: Player 1st 2d 3d T'l W.H.Ernest 180 318 170 !)68 G. Cooke 180 169 147 498 C. Wolf 160 165 136 461 .T. W. Freeman 142 160 140 442 .1. Shine 159 102 170 431 E. Leoffler 185 108 132 425 A.Esoh 152 143 130 424 J.Davidson 153 143 119 415 WillieClark 160 113 143 416 C.L.Barber 124 143 140 407 W. W. Kimmell 115 121 166 402 W.S.Clark 116 140 131 387 W.Smith 131 118 134 383 P. H. Kramer 106 134 125 355 J. Minder 117 95 140 353 K.Davis 110 WJ 120 337 A.'Herold 70 84 120 374 P. G. It Is to Laugfh. AN ODD WANT. Wanted — A young man to deliver and and care for horse in a florist store. Colorado avenue. HE FOOLED HER. She — "What is your favorite tree?" He— "Chestnut." P. S. — She thought he would say"Yew." THE ORIGINAL BANANA JOKE. "What fruit was it that caused Eve to fall?" asked the Sunday school teacher. "De banana peel, mum," answered the the new scholar from Clancey's Lane. — Chicago Tribune. Los Angeles, Cal. TRADE GOOD AND ALL STOCK MOVING RAP- IDLY.— MUCH MATERIAL SHIPPED IN. — GOOD PRICES REALIZED.— VARIOUS NOTES OF LOCAL DOINGS. The Central Park Floral Company has sold on an average 700 indoor-grown carnations daily at retail. Two years ago all the florists in this city would not have disposed of that amount in one day except on some special occasion. Good Lawson, Roosevelt, Bradt and other varieties bring trom $1 to $1.50 per dozen and none are wasted. Harrisii lilies are quoted at $6 per dozen at sev- eral Spring street stores and move rap- idly. Horsfieldi and Trumpet Major narcissi have been great favorites for several weeks past and quantities have been shipped in irom northern points. "Choice Beauties are selling at $5 per •dozen, Bridesmaids and Brides at $2 to :$3 per dozen. Azaleas bring about $2.50 for 14-inch heads and are sold as fast as Ijrought to the store. Had there been no frost the florists woidd have been very liappy and all would have smiling faces. .As it is, profits wiU be eaten up by help at the gardens, whose salaries go right along though they produce no flowers. I venture to say that the Los Angeles florists will send $3,000 to San Francisco for the flowers and ferns purchased there in March. The February bill was, I think, about half that. Prospects are pretty lair for a good Easter trade. San Francisco has long been considered the home of the Princess of Wales violet on this coast, but Elmo R. Meserve has this winter produced on an average daily 200 bunches containing eighty-five violets each that will compare favorably with the northern flowers, and on one certain patch I have seen violets that are better in every way than those at San Francisco. He says that next winter he wiU have 1,000 bunches daily and, from the knowledge gained through experi- ments this winter, that they will be larger and longer-stemmed. Florists and nurserymen generally are rejoicing in the manner Jupiter Pluvius has treated us this winter. Rains have been plentiful and have invariably come at the right time. Splendid crops of all kinds are assured. Poppy. Newport, R. I. DEMISE OF AMATEUR GROWER. — VARIOUS LOCAL AND TRADE NOTES. Miss Bluck, an amateur but successful grower, died March 25. She was an enthusiastic grower of cactus dahlias, and much credit was due her for furnish- ing cut flowers of Katherine Duer, the favorite cactus dahlia of Newport last season. Messrs. R. and J. Farquhar w^ere in town March 18 giving a very interesting lecture on Japan with stereopticou views. Easter lilies are very scarce in this city. The growers will either have them too early or too late lor Easter this year. Wadley & Smy the have the Vanderbilt- Nielson wedding, w^hich takes place three days after Easter in Newport. F. L. Ziegler has a fine lot of Crimson Rambler roses just coming right for Easter. Z. ' Tacoma, Wash.— R. K. Bradshaw has two greenhouses at 5223 South N street and will add to them this summer. for Easter Decorations. 54.00 and $7.00 per case. Laurel Festooning, ; For Palm Sunday. Southern Wild Smilax, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. Laurel Festooning, Sc and 6c per yard. Clean stock. Will have large stock of Southern Cut Palm Leaves, Green and Bronze Leuco- thoe Sprays and other decoratives. Order early. We can supply your demand. HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., 32=34=36 Court Square, Boston, Mass. L. D. Telaphons 2618 Main. GalaxifLeucothoes. Selected, Bright and Brilliant. Wholesale Trade Solicited J. L. BANNER & CO.. Montezuma. N. C. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Where Quality Is First ConslderatlonO Write, Wire or Phone the Introducers, CaMwell Tha Woodsman Co., Evorgreon, Ala. or their agents: L. J. Kreshover, New York; J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayeradorier & Co., Philadelphia; W. F. Kasting, Buffalo; J. .M. MoCullough'a Sons. Cincinnati, Ohio; H. G. Berning, St. Louis, Mo. IHease mention the A metican Florist when writing. GALAX LEAVES, |TG^ Bronze and Green Galax $ .55 liBucothoe Sprays, bright Green $3.00 Rhododendron Sprays, bright glossy green. ..85.00 Fancy Cut Ferns «1.00 Cold Storage Stock a Specialty. Ask for prices on large lots. I originated this business here and am the oldest dealer. Send your order to me. Send cash with first order. J. NELSON PRITCHARD, ELK PARK, N. C. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing, PANSIES. An exceptionally fine strain. Plants wintered over in cold frames. Price per 100 by mail 50c. Strong plants by express, $3.00 per 1000. Eng. DaltlH in colors, $3,110 per lOCO. Swaat Wniiimi, strong plants, bloom this season, $1.00 per 100; $5.00 per 1000. Cash with order. Address J. P. IR1ER, care J. M. Nash, 98 E. SSUi Street, CHICAGO, ILL. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Send Your Easter Orders Early. We have the best stock in the Market A No. I in every respect. Fancy or Dagger Ferns, $1.25 per 1003. Galax. bronze or green, 75c per ICOO in 5,000 lots; $1.00 per 1000 in smaller quantities. Use Laurel Festooning for your decorations, fresh made from No. i stock 4c, 6c and 6c per yard. Moss, 50c per sack. Prin- cess Pine, $5.00 per 100 pounds. Pine Festooning, 4c and 6c per yard. Try our $5.00 BARGAIN OFFER for EASTER. Every Florist Should Have Them, 1000 Dagger Ferns. 1000 Fancy Ferns, ICOO Bronze, 1000 Green Galax. 10 yds. Laurel Festooning, 5 lbs. Princess Pine. 1 sack Moss, all tor $5.00. Greatest bargain ever offered for Easter. Long distance telephone connection. Send your orders early and you will us and yourselves, too. Millington, Maaa. Tel. office, New Salem. As%»m Sx»^^>^&;^''l'» Oil'' Specialty. 2M-in., $2.00 per 100: 3-in., $3.00; 4-in., $7.00; 5-in., $15.00; 6-in., I35.0O per 100. ASP. PLUM0SUS,3Vi-in., $3.00; 3-in., $5.00 per 100. IVY, 2H-in.. 3.0O; 3-in., $5.00 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, 5-in., $35.00: 6-in., $40.00 per 100. ■MPATIEIIS SULTANI, 4-inch, $1.50 per dozen. Cuttings, $3.00 per llO. ROSES, 1000 Maids, cuttings. $12.50. 1000 Brides, 2M-in., $23.50. J. H. BORNHOEFr. Tipton. Ind. AL'WAYS MENTION THE AMERICAN FLORIST WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS. igo3. The American Florist. 397 McKELLAR&WINTERSON 45-47-49 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. O OP Specialties -IN- Blooming Plants, Lily Plants, Spiraea, Lilac, Hyacinths, Tulips, Lily of the VaUey, Daffodils, Roses, Biauties, Crimson Ramblers, Teas and Hybrids and a great variety of Miscellaneous Blooming and Decorative Plants. Prices quoted on Application. Send us a List of Your Wants. ■RIDES MAIOS METEORS SATES ... Easter Price List ... Takes Effect, Monday, April 6, 1903. PBR DOZ. AMERICAN BEAUTIES, 30 to 40 inches $6.00 to $ S.OO 24 inches 4.00 aoinches S.OO 16 inches 2.00 12 inches 1.50 " S inches I.IO Short .76 TEB 100 Special A Stock $9.00 to $10.00 Select 6.00 to 8.00 Qood Average 6.00 to 6.00 PERLES, Fancy 6.00 to 8.00 Medium 4.00 to 6.00 ROSES, Our Selection 3.00 to 6.00 UBERTT 10.00 to 16.00 CARNATIONS, E.xtra Fancy 6.00 to 6.00 Good Average 3.10 to 4.00 EASTER ULIES, Select 16.00 Seconds 10.00 to 12.00 CALLAS 10.00 to 16.00 TULIPS, Double 4.001O 6.00 Single a.OOto 4.00 DAFFODILS, Double, Extra Fine 3.00 to 4.00 DUTCH HYACINTHS 4.00 to 6.00 VALLEY 3.00 to 4.00 ASPARASUS, Per String, 60c to 76c ■' Sprays 3.00 to 4.00 Sprengeri 4.00 to 6.00 COMMON FERNS, per 1000, $2.00 .30 GALAX l.OOto 1.60 SMIUX, Extra Heavy 16.00 to 18.00 LEUCOTHOE 1.00 ADIANTUM l.OOto 1.60 SINGLE JONQUILS 60 to 1.00 FORGET-ME-NOTS 1.50 PANSIES 1.00 VIOLETS, Single 40 to 1.00 " Double 60to 1.60 SWEET PEAS 1.00 to 1.60 WILD SMILAX. No. 1 Case, 26 lbs 3.76 No. 2 Case, 36 lbs 4.60 No. 3 Case, 60 lbs 6.00 Place Your Order Now. We will protect your interests. Remember early ordering is advantageous to both buyer and seller. Staples -IN- Supplies Doves, Baskets, Pot Covers, Plant Stands, Jardinieres, Crepe Papers, Ribbons, Silk Cords, Chiffon, Tin Foils, Wired Picks, Wire Designs, Moss, Bitch Bark Ware, Flower Vases, and great numbers of newer novelties. Send for Complete Price List on all Supplies & Novelties o C/) McKELLAR & WINTER80N jn nnn blooming 4U,UUU PLANTS. FOR EASTER. 3,000 Crimson Ramblers, Unique designs, extra fine plants, $i .00 to $25.00 each. 2,000 Hydrangeas, the finest in the mar- ket, $1.00 to $5-00 each. 10.000 Lilium Longlflorum, 12c and 15c per bloom. A large assortment of Hyacinths in pans, $12.00 per dozen. Azaleas, 75c to $1 500 each. Hybrid Roses, $5-00 per doz. and up. Spiraea, $4.00 and $6.00 per doz. Rhododendrons. $1.00 to $i 5.00 each. Also a large assortment of Palms and other ornamental plants. HERMAN C. STEINNOrr, WEST nOBOKEN, N. J. Always mention the American Flo- rist when writing to advertisers. BOBEE'S FAMOUS PANSY PLANTS Extra fine, stocky, September transplanted and wintered in cold frames. Our special Giant Trimardeau, Rainbow. International, Peacock. Butterfly, and fifty named sorts, all in grand assortment, in bud and bloom, 81.50 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Low special express rates and light packing. Seedlings, $4.00 per 1000. Beautiful roots, lust started. Our own t^rowth. Lturbank, Florence Va Austria, Allemania, Souv. Du. I'res. C^irnot, Mile. Herat, (Jhus. Ilender CTozy, $2.00 per 100; *1.5.()U per I(X)0. Packing tree. I,ow special express rates. H. W. BUCKBEE, Rockford, 111. ROCKFORD SEED FARMS. FOREST CITY GREENHOUSES. B <& A SPECIALTIES. Trained Fruit Trees, Bay Trees, Buxus in all forms, Evergreens, Herbaceous plants. Rhododen- drons. Clematis, Hardy Azaleas, H. P. Standard and Climbing Roses, in addition to quantities of fancy Nursery stock. We are pleased at all times to receive visitors at our Nurseries. We have 60 acres planted with the most interesting stock in the country. Ask for Spring catalogues. BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford, N. J. PUase menUon the American Florist when wriling. 398 The American Florist. April 4, The ^llieE) Tmdes. Descriptive particulars — with drawings or pho- tographs, if possible— of any new apparatus or d«vice which may prove helpful to the trade are solicited for this department. Leo Wellenreiter has a little tin device for stringing smilax which appears to be a labor saver. The string is fas- tened in one turned end and the other turned end is hooked upon the wire top or bottom as the case may be. Zinc, we think, would be an improvement over the tin. A Magazine Sectional Boiler. The Herendeen Mfg. Co., makes a magazine sectional boiler which is said to be the only thing of' the kind manu- factured. The advantage of a boiler of this character can be readily appreciated as it enables greenhouse men to carry a fire the longest night without attention. Galvanized Iron Bench Frames. The Lord & Bumham Company announces that a galvanizing plant has been nearly completed at the firm's works and that in future nearly all its iron- framed tables and beds will be galvan- ized. It is stated that the galvanized frame work will not require painting and that the additional cost over and above the cost of painting is not a large item. Dillon's Greenhouse Building Specialties. Dillon's Greenhouse Mlg. Co., con- siders its composition gutter plate the best for florists' use. It is made in sec- tions over eight feet long, of some com- position, and is re-enforced with iron. The sash bars can be nailed to it the same as on wooden plate. It is said to be indestructible, does not waste the heat, and will not rot the sash bar. The eave plates of this firm are made of the same material and also their posts. Koropp's Greenhouse Hanger. L. Koropp, a practical grower, knows what it is to be pressed for room in his greenhouses and he also knows the expense and, most of all, the destructive- ness of the many hangers nailed or screwed to the rafters and other wood- work. This has led him to apply his inventive genius to the problem of devis- ing a hanger virhich shall be quickly attached or removed and which does not puncture the woodwork, and which shall at the same time be cheap. He has applied for a patent on such a hanger and is putting it on the market through the seedsmen and supply dealers. Albany, N. Y. — The secretary of state has licensed the incorporation of Karl Wehn to do a general florists' business at New York, capital $1,000, directors Karl Wehn, Marie Wehn and Felix Arnold. Washington, Pa.— Joseph Seaman has sold his flower store at 117 South Main street to Lloyd Swarthout, w^ho w^ill combine it with his own, removing to a better store at 60 South Main street, where Mr. Seaman wiU be in charge. Mr. Swarthout will devote himself to the management of the greenhouses, which are being greatly enlarged this spring. New Bedford, Mass. SEASON THE EARLIEST ON RECORD. — MUCH GARDEN WORK IN HAND. — FUNERAL FLOWERS WANTED. — EASTER PROSPECTS. New England never saw, in the month of March, such mild weather as we have been having. Florists and working gar- deners have been busy for some time roll- ing lawns and seeding and trimming trees and shrubs. It is wicked the way some people trim shrubs. Deutzias, for- sythias, spirseas, and so forth are all sheared ofi" alike. How much more beau- tiful they are when left growing almost naturally. On a lawn near me is a for- sythia ten feet high and often feet spread, with the branches trailing on the ground, and when in bloom it is a most magnifi- cent picture of yellow. It is difiicult to keep bulbous stock in good condition until Easter. There js a lot of it now in bloom stored away in cellars, cold frames and in barns and much of it will be worthless at Easter. There is to be a meeting of the Florists' Club this week and the subject ior discus- sion is "Why don't the florists of New Bedford grow lilies enough to supply the town?" Funeral work has been heavy. H. A. Jahn had his force at work all day last Sunday and Sunday night to get his orders filled for the next day. R. H. Woodhouse has secured a store for the sale of Easter plants and flowers. James Ricketson is recovering iirom a severe attack of pneumonia. A. B. H. Grand Rapids, Klich. SMITH SAVES CUT FLOWER STOCK.— PLANTS A TOTAL LOSS. Henry Smith is very busy trying to get water and steam through his remaining houses. He saved four rose houses, all the carnation houses, some Easter lilies and violets and two new houses just being planted. The houses destroyed by the recent disastrous fire contained nearly all of the blooming plants, smilax, asparagus, adiantums, ferns, palms, callas and Beauties. The propagating house and one house of Kaiserin and La France roses just coming into bloom were also destroyed. He will be able to supply all his customers with cut flowers, but the large Easter trade for plants will this year be an entire loss. HARRISII ALL YOU CAN USE. NO LIMIT TO SIZE OF ORDER. METEORS WE HAVE MORE METEORS (good flowers we mean) THAN ANY HOUSE IN TIIE WEST. NO ORDER TOO LARGE FOR US. VAIEEY WILL FILL ANY ORDER. ROSES, CARNATIONS, TULIPS, CALLAS, VIOLETS, DAFFS, ASPARAGUS, ADIANTUM. Enough to go around. SMILAX, SEND IN YOUR EASTER ORDER. nOLTONJilliltElCO.,lwauket,Vi$. A grand everblooming Calla giving five flowers to one. Compared with the old yEthiopica Calla. May be had in flower from the first week of November until April. Flowers very large, well shaped, pure white; foliage large, beautiful; dwarf and compact. The best paying Calla for cut flowers. The finest plant for decorative work. Orders booked now for October Delivery. Showy plants, $4.00 per Doz. ; $25.00 per 100. DE GRAAFF BROS. Ltd.. LEIDEN, HOLLAND. Who will be glad to send their Wholesale Catalogue of all sorts of Bulbs and Plants post free on application. 2=inch Stock Now Ready. AM. BEAITIES Clean, Healthy and free from Black Spot. First-class In every respect. $6.00 per 100; $50 per 1000. 37 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. J. A. BUDLONG, igo3. The American Florist. 399 6- ¥> ¥> ¥> ¥> KENNICOTT BROS. CO. WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS TL^rol^rr FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 42 and 44 E. Randolph St. CHICAGO, ILL. EASTER PRICE LIST. aS:?,K.SS."" Price per Hundred Violets $ 75 to $1 00 Carnations, special fancy varieties 5 00 to 6 oo Carnations, good average 3 00 to 4 oo Valley, our specialty — the best 3 oo to 4 oo Smilax 20 00 Tulips, single and double 3 00 to 5 00 Daffodils, single and double 3 00 to 4 00 Adiantum 1 00 to 1 50 Asparagus per string, 50c to 75c Galax : perM, $1 25 to i 50 15 Common Ferns perM, $2 50 25 Per Dozen. Am. Beauties, 30 to 40-inch $5 00 to $6 00 Am. Beauties, 24 " 4 00 Am. Beauties, 20 " 3 00 Am. Beauties, 1 5 " 2 00 Am. Beauties, 12 " 1 50 Am. Beauties, 8 " 1 00 Am. Beauties, Short 75 Price per Hundred Meteors, select $10 00 Brides, Maids, select $8 00 to 10 00 Meteors, Brides, Maids, good average 5 00 to 6 00 Pedes, extra select 6 00 to 10 00 Roses, our selection 5 00 HARRISII LILIES, 1st quality, 15c; 2nd quality lOc - 1 2c. CALLAS 15 Cents. CALLAS 15 Cents. •9 Rooted Guttinss. ROSES. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID $1.60 $12.60 BRIDE 1.60 12.60 PERLE 1.60 12.60 METEOR 1.60 12.60 GOLDEN GATE 1.2S 10.00 IVORY 2.60 20.00 2y2-INCH ROSE PLANTS. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID »3.00 $26.00 BRIDE 3.00 26.00 PERLE 3.00 26.00 GOLDEN GATE 2.50 20.00 METEOR 3.00 26.00 OLIVERAMES 4.00 36.00 IVORY 4.00 35.00 HELEN GOULD 4.00 35.00 All dean, healthy stock and well rooted. Rooted Carnation Cuttings PINK. Per 100 Per 1000 LAWSON $2.25 $20 00 GUARDIAN ANGEL 1.25 10.00 JOOST 1.25 10.00 CROCKER 1.25 10.00 VARIEGATED. PROSPERITY 1.60 12.00 WHITE. FLORA HILL 1.26 10.00 PERU 1.25 10.00 HOOSIER MAID 1.26 10.00 BON HOMME 1.25 10.00 RED. CRANE 2.25 20.00 EVANSTON 1.25 10.00 INE 1.25 10.00 GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. Souvenir de Pierre Nolling THE GRAND YELLOW FORGING ROSE. Two-year-old pot plants per 100, $20.00 net cash. Spring Quotation, Hand Your Order, SOOPERT & NOTTING, Luxembourg, Europe. PRESIDENT McKINLEY THE PRIZE WINNER. It's fine in September and improves as the season advances. It's a grand carnation, healthy and free, and we realize that we are making a bold assertion when we say it is supe- rior in many respects to the famous Lawson. Better speak while there is yet time. Rooted Cuttings $2.00 per doz.; 12 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. We have a nice stock of other varieties ready to go. Also a limited amount of Am. Beauty, Golden Gate, Ivory and Perle roses. We guarantee quality. :rioh:ivioivi:>, ijvd. CARNATIONS MORNING GLORY $12.50 per 1000 QUEEN LOUISE 16.00 per 1000 Will have others April 27th to May 11th. Watch my add. ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, PA. Strang 2-Year Old Roses. 500 2-year old Kaiserin, 400 2-year old Liberty, $15.00 per hundred. Extra fine stock. J. C. MURRAY, Peoria, Hi, 400 The American Florist. April ^, Syracuse, N. Y. COOL WEATHER WELCOMED AS HOLDING BACK EASTER STOCK. — A VISIT TO UTICA. — A VARIETY OE NEWS NOTES. A few more days of the sunshine and ■warm weather which prevailed here a •week ago would have put everything too far ahead for Easter. Tulips, hyacinths, cinerarias and azaleas are in great demand, partly because of the high prices of cut flowers. Violets will be in great demand at Easter and will sell for $3 a hundred. Most of the florists will have to get stock outside of the city, as their own supply is limited. Acacia is becoming popular. This is something of a novelty for this city. Smilaxis not used as much this season as Asparagus Sprengeri and the florists are getting good prices for all the "green" they can raise. There is no "Just put in a little 'green', please" on the part of the customers; they know that "green" is worth money and are willing to pay for it. A delegation oi florists went to Utica about a week a^o and did up the Utica florists at bowlmg. The total score of the Syracuse aggregation was 4,954 and of the Uticans 4,749. The best work for Syracuse was done by Heller and Brandt and for Utica by Baker, Spencer, Pfeiffer and Day. Among the out of town florists present were Benjamin Evans, of Sche- nectady; Harry Brandt, of Madison, N. J.; M. Powers, of Canajoharie, and Stewart Hakes, of Ilion. The visitors inspected the greenhouses of Messrs. Crowe, Rowlands, Pfeifler and Mathews. Supper was served at the Arcanum Club. The Bool Floral Company, of Ithaca, is doing a good business in cut flowers and potted plants. J. M. Boden, ot Oneida, has begun work upon the enlargement of his greenhouses. ROSE ST06K. Per 100 Per 100 Perles, 2K-inch. ..$4.00 Kaiserins,2H -inch 4.00 Woottons, 2H-inch. 4.00 " 3-inch... 6.00 " 3-inch 6.00 Bride and Bridesmaid, 2-in., $3.00; 2^-in. $4.00. Soupert and Hermosa, extra fine, 2^-inch, $3.60. American Beauty, 2-inch, $4.60; 2i4-inch, $6.00. All stock A Na. 1 from 2 and 3-eyed cuttings, repotted from 2-inch. Special prices on large lots. ^^"= J. C. MURRAY, Peoria, III. ]Rof^e^* Meteors, Brides, Bridesmaids, Kaiserin, Pres. Carnot, Perles, Beauties, Liberty, Golden Gate, La France, Belle Siebrecht, Ivory, "Woottons. Fine stock in 2 and 2Vi- inch ready for shift. Write GEO. A. KUHL, Pekln. III. Dormant Field-Grown, ll 11 Q R Q Hybrid Parpetuals, MosseSi ********^^ Crimson Rambler. A large stock in Cold Storage for delivery during March and April. Address W. F. HEIKES, Manager, Carnation Cuttings We are now booking orders for rooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens. Queens, L. I. Always mention the American Flo KIBT when writing to advertiBcrs. Grafted Roses. This stock is all grafted on Manetti after the ■wood had been carefully selected. We recommend these plants as being very choice stock, all carefully handled, ready to ship April 15. LIBERTY, 2yo-in. pots, per 100.. .$15.00 BRIDES and MAIDS, 2 y2-in. pots, per 100, $10.00 Carnations, Rooted Cuttings. PROSPERITY, Per 100 $1.50 CRANE, Per 100 $2.00 FLORIANA, " 2.00 LAWSON, " 2.00 MARQUIS, " 1.00 WHITE CLOUD, " 1.50 AMERICA, " 1.50 GOLDEN NUGGET, " 2.00 No order for less than 50 of one variety filled at tliete prices. All cuttings and plants shipped from Hinsdale. Easter Flowers. We grow all the flowers we sell and shall have a fine stock of Beauties, Roses, Carnations, Lilies, Asparagus and all bulb stock. Buy your flowers of the growers and save the rehandling of flowers. We guarantee our stock all fresh and well packed. Bassett & Washburn, STORE: GREENHOUSES: 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago. Hinsdale, III. I Easter Ramblers... I Fine, bushy Crimson Ramblers, well-furnished with large trusses of bloom, foliage clear to pot. From $1.50 to $6.00 each. No balloons, crosses or other monstrosities, but full round bushes. ANDERSON & WILLIAMS, ft miiiiiimuu iiaitmntitHtimntmnitiiniitiiitiHiitmiiiiitimmuumiiiiiiiuiumuia THE FARQUHAR ROSE. r.?c1S;"R.%"e* For Easter. Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 957, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from 3V2-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received. 25 or 50 plants at 100 rate. R.&J.FAR0l)HAR&CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. MME. CHATENAY. A superb, pink, rose, freer and stronger than Bridesmaid, easy to grow and an ideal shipper. Will cut 40% selects. See Chicago cut flower quota- tions. Chatenay is selling for more than any other tea rose. Supply limited. Cash with orders. Fine healthy stock, $10.00 per 100. EMU GLAIBER, Montclair, Colorado. igo3. The American Florist. 401 *T ™ EXHIBITION or ™ American Rose Society HELD IN PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 25, 1903. riRST PRIZE rOR BEAUTIES WAS AWARDED TO JOHN BURTON. (QUEEN ST. PLACE.) SECOND PRIZE FOR BEAUTIES WAS AWARDED TO A. FAHRENWALD. FIRST PRIZE FOR LIBERTIES WAS AWARDED TOA. FAHRENWALD.(SCORING 95 POINTS.) FOR BEST EXHIBITION OF 50 BLOOMS. We are handling the entire stocl( of these prize-winning roses. If you want the BEST you can get them by ordering from w«oiESA« '217 Arch St., rioRisT. philadelpiiia, pa. nc aic iiaiiuiiiig iiic ciiiiic aiubn ui iiicac |iiiic-niiiiiiiig luaca. ii Leo Niessen, NEW PEDIGREE ROSES. Send for description and colored plate of our Six New Climbing Roses. These originated in our own collection by careful cross-fertilization and are unquestionably superior to anything of their class. EDWIN LONSDALE, pale lemon white. WIW. K. HARRIS, pale flesh color. WM. F. DREER, creamy white, pink edging. PROF. C. S. SARGENT, rich yellow and buff. ROBERT CRAIG, yellow shaded with apricot. JOHN BURTON, delicate peach color. All fragrant, very double, undeniably hardy and strong growers. HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS, Mapfe Avenue Nuweries. WEST CHESTER. PA. New Rambler Rose PHILADELPHIA. Flowers larger, more double, do not fade white, more durable, brighter color, and not subject to mildew as Crimson Rambler is. 2>4-lncb, SI2.00 per 100; HOC per 1000. 1-year field plants, cut back to 15 to 18 in. , $25 00 per 100. 1-year field plants, 2H to 3 feet, M-OO per dozen: $30.00 per 100. 2-year field plants, 3 to %Vt feet, bushy, 17.00 per dozen; $50.00 per 100. The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa. Perle Roses... You want fine ones. Get them now. 2 x 3i4- inch at J25.00 per ICOO; 2V4 x 3-inch at $35.00 per 1000. In fine condition to shift Send orders now and we will ship when you say. Have all other kinds of Teas. GEO. S. KUHL, Pekin, III. Roses the Coming Season. IN FINE STOCK. NOW READY. ON OWN ROOTS. Liberty, Bridesmaid, Golden Gate, Mme. Hoste, Mrs. P. Morgan, Perle des Jardins, The Bride, Mrs. Oliver Ames, American Beauty, Etc., Etc. In 2 and 3-incli sizes. Write for prices. John N. May, SUMMIT, N. J. GRAFTED STOCK ALL SOLD FOR THIS SEASON. please mention the American Florist when writing. American Beauty Roses. First crop now ready. Strong plants from 2i4-inch pots, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. Our young plants of American Beauty are exceptionally fine this year, and we extend a cordial invitation to intending planters to inspect our stock. Orders booked now for Spring delivery, and will be lUled in rotation. ROBERT SCOTT & SON, Sharon Hill, Del. Co. Pa. 402 The American Florist. April/}., ' Minneapolis. BUSINESS BRISK AND STOCK SHORT OF THE DEMAND. — BULBOUS MATERIAL IN UNPRE- CEDENTED SCARCITY. Last week witnessed a shortage in all classes of stock. The carnation was the only flower which appeared in any supply and the decided shortage of roses and bulbous stock caused a heavy demand on them, which brought the price up to $4 per hundred. There never was such a shortage of bulbous flowers as last week. Every grower was cleaned out. Tea roses advanced from $6 to $8 per hundred. Violets, which sold the first part of the ■week for 50 cents per hundred, could not be obtained the latter part at $1. R. J. Mendenhall has his mammoth azalea on exhibition in his store window. It is fully four feet across and profusely in bloom, Mme.VanderCruyssen variety. John Monson, of the Minneapolis Floral Company, says he will have 3,000 choice Harrisii tor Easter. Spring is upon us and the warm weather is welcomed by the coal con- sumers. Walter Kerridge is again attending to his old duties, "beautifying the parks." C. F. R. North Yakima, Wash. — Arthur Judges, William Wilson and Rupert Card, of Helena, Mont., are here to build a range of 50,000 feet of greenhouses, operating as the State Floral Company. They have bought a five-acre tract at the foot of Nob hill. NEW, ALL Mi'i Prices: IOOLBS.@8''i* ;200LBA@8r 500Lls.@7> STOCK SIZES Vaughan's Seed Store, CHICAGO. New York. Plumosus Nanus Seeds Now Ready. SAMUELS. PENNOCK, Philadelphia. AXl. ..CARNATIONS The Leading Novelties of 1903. The Best Varieties of 1902. All the Standard Varieties. Order your Rooted Cuttings NOW. GEO. HANCOCK & SON« GRAND HAVEN. MICH. There Are Buyers For all kinds of good stock advertised in THE AMERICAN FLORIST WATER LILIES. HARDY AND TENDER Nelumbiums, Victorias, Etc. We are Headquarters for Water Lilies and Aquatic Plants of all kinds. Intending planters will gain a long start and early blooms by procuring dormant tubers of tbe tender Nympbsas now, and starting same indoors, thus securing strong plants for planting at proper season, and also save the expense of heavy express charges. We shall be pleased to furnish estimates and offer practical suggestions to those intending planting either large or small ponds. SOW NOW— - Stedt of Victorias, Nolumfalums ft Nympbau, HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA. BOSTON FERNS 6-!n. pots, $3.00 per doz. 6-in. pots, G.OO per doz. 6-in. strong 6.00 per doz. 7-in. pots, 7.20 per doz. C? ^? ^^ 1^ I ^^ Ji I I ^> furnished ivith leaves, rCril^ DALLO $5.00perdoz. FERNS FOR DISHES 2-in. pots, good varieties, assorted, $4.00 per 100. WRITE FOR LIST. TheGEO.WITTBOLDCO.- 1657 Buckingham Place, Chicago. OUR MOTTO: QUALITY FIRST. We &ave> however, a sufficent quantity to supply all demands. Send for Catalogue. ARTHUR COWEE, "MeadoWvale Farm,** Long Distance 'Phone 9x. Berlin, N. Y. United Slaiss Grower and Representative of CROFF'S HYBRIDS. GLADIOLI PANSIES... Masterpiece, New Mammoth-flowered," curled and frilled ; finest strain. Eoemer's Superb Giant Prize Pansies. Seed bought from Roemer, Ger- many. Best that -money can buy. Plants now showing buds and bloom; strong, transplanted, 70o per 100; $6.00 per 1000. Express prepaid for 20o per 100; JI.50 per 1000. Smaller plants of above sorts from fall sown seeds and transplanted at 40o per 100; $3.00 per 1000. Prepaid for 16o per 100: $1.00 per 1000. ASTERS. Large assortment always on hand. CANNAS. Chas. Henderson best red. Colossal large bronze foliage, red flowers. Also a large lot of mixed cannas, all standard. Henderson, Florence Vaughan, Mme. Crozy, Queen Char- lotte, Bouvier, Etc. Will close out the above at (1.00 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Cash with order. DES MOINES PLANT CO., 38lh St., DES MOINES, IOWA. 100,000 (Roemer's.) Wintered over in fine shape; coming in bud; flue stocky plants; $2.50 per 1000; 5000 for $11.00. Verbena, Giant, E. 0. 10 kinds, 50o per 100; 3-in 2c. Petunia, double, 15 sorts E. C. $1 per 100; 2- in. l?ic. Chrysanthemums, R. C. 20 standards, $1 per 100. Rex Begonia, Rooted Cuttings, $1 per 100. Coleus, 10 sorts R. C, 60c per 100; 2-in. 2c. Cash. CHAMBERSBURC, PA. Mention the American Florist when writing to advertisers on this page. THE PRINCESS OF WALES VIOLET. I have the largest and healthiest stock in the country and am booking orders now for strong young plants for April and May delivery, at $2,00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. 50J at thousand rates. WILLIAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. Alternantheras. p. Major, Rosea and Yellow; fine strong rooted cuttings, 50o per 100; $4.00 per 1000. CANNAS. A few thousand mixed Cannas, can be given under color, $8.00 per ItOO. Cannas under name, ten to fifteen varieties, $1.25 per 100; $13.50 pep 1000. Cash. C. C. NANZ, Owensboro, Ky. BOSTON FERNS. We have them. The right 'Stock at the right price. Wi, 3. 4. 5, 6. 7, 8 and 10-inch. To make room. Have a few thousand extra fine Sprengeri; will close out as follows: 2 x 2^-inch at $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 3 x 3-inch at $3.50 per lOJ; $30.00 per 1000. Order of GEO. A. KLHL. Pekin. III. THE AMERICAN FLORIST'S COLOR CHART PRICE 15 CENTS POSTPAID. UHEmCMI FLOmST CO., 324 OMiton SI.,eilloi|*. igo3. The American Florist. 403 H^mm^m^^mmm^^^^m^mmm^^mmmmmmm^^^^^offlmHffl A Full Line of Selected Easter Plants Longiflorum Lilies, Azaleas, Crimson Ramblers, Spiraeas, Hydrangeas, Genistas, Lilacs and Heather. ALL UP-TO-DATE FLORISTS MUST HAVE THESE THINGS FOR THEIR EASTER SALES. THEY CAN BE PACKED AND SHIPPED IN PERFECT ORDER DIRECT FROM GREENHOUSES. NO BETTER SPECIMENS HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED. j» jt CIT FLOWERS Lilies, Roses, Carnations, Bulbous Flowers of all kinds and Violets by the million. Now is the time to order. Prices ready. Wm. Ghormley, Wholesale Cominission Dealer in Gut Flowers and Choice Pot Plants, TELEPHONE 2200 MADISON SQUARE. 57 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. 100,000 PANSIES Til* Jtnnlngt Strain. Stock th* Finest. Plenty of Pansie< in Bloom Now. Good strong plants, $4.00 per 1000. Fine cold frame plants in bud and bloom, 81.50 per 100; smaller size, Jl.OO per 100. Above by express. Small plants by mail, 75c per 100. Seed, $1.00 per packet of 3000. Cash with order. E. B. JENNINGS, Lock Box 254, S0UTI1P0RT, CONN. GROWER OF THE FINEST PANSIES. Orchids ! i^ We have the largest and finest stock of Orchids on this continent; also supplies, Lager & Hurrell, summit, n. j. OrcUd Growers and Importers* THE NEW FERN Unqualified success. Quick seller. Very prolific, at 830 00 per IfO, from 3-inch. KENTIA PALMS, 850, 875 and 8100 per 100. RUBBERS, 5~in. pots. 18 in. high,8i to 86 per doz ASP. SPRENCERI, 4-in., strong, 86 per 100. R. C. COLEUS, Mixed, .15.00 ptr 1C03; COo per 100; Bed. Yellow, Black, $7.50 pr-r KOO; 8.c per 100. L H. FOSTER. 46 Kkig SIrMi, Doroiintor. Mau. TheHorticulturai Trade Journal THE LARGEST, BRiGIITEST AND BEST Horticultural Trade paper in the British Isles. It oontaina MORE ADVERTISEMENTS, MORE ILLUSTRATIONS and MORE NEWS than any of Its contemporaries. Read by the whole of the British trade and all the best European houses every week. Annual subscription, 75 cents. Specimen copy post free. Published weekly. Ho rt lD un i iti l TrMit Jaaraai Ct_ Pidlham. Lanei. Ena- Elegant 3-inch stock, in choice bedding kinds' on which you can more than double your money in a short time. $.5.00 per 100. Rooted Rose Cuttings. Select 3 and 3-eye cut- tings, strongly rooted. Will make good stock for early planting. Maids, Brides, Meteors, G. Gates, 81.50 per 100; $12.50 per 1000. Perles. $3.00 per 100; $17.50 per 1000. Ivory, fine, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1009. Boston Frrnt. Fine cool-grown stock; 4-inch, 815.00 per ICO; 5-inch, $25.(0; 7-inch, $60.0) per lOJ: Sand 10-inch, $1.00, $l.ijD and $2.00 each. Good profits in this stock. Sprengeri, 4-inch, $8.00 per 100. Vincas, variegated, strong, 2-inch. $2.50 per ^<^ W. H. GULLETT & SONS. Lincoln, III. OLOIRE DE LORRAINE BEGONIA. J. A. PETERSON, Wastwood-MoHenry Ave. CINCINNATI. Please mention the A mertcan Florist when writing. BEGONIA SSK 2^-inch pots« $15.00 per 100. "Write for prices on large lots. Stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease. THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass. SPECIALTIES ROSES, from 3-inch pots CARNATIONS, for iilldflive CHRYSANTHEMUMS. SMILAX, VIOLETS. I*rices Low. Send for List. WOOD BROTHERS, FishkHI, N. Y. In Best Varieties Please mention the A n Florist when writing. VERBENA KING. HEADQUARTERS for VERBENAS. As we grow more than anybody, (the world beater), 45 of the best select Mammelh namtd vars., 60c per 100, 85.00 per 1000; 50t0 for $23.00; 10,000 for uo.m. Hlllotropu, ten best named vars., 81.00 per 100, $8.C0 per lOJO. DllilM, i of the win- ning varieties, named, $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per 1000. Coitus, 30 of the most popular named varieties, and they are good ones. Plenty of Scarlet Ver- chaffeltii and Golden Bedder.TOc per 100, 86.00 per 1000. Pttunia, (Kansas) Double White; this is a grand bloomer and a very strong grower; a good one, $1.25 per ICO, $10.00 per 1000. Agiralums, the only 4 varieties: Stella Gurney, Princess Pauline. Copes Pet, and Lady Isabel, the grand white one, 60c per 10), 85.00 per 1000. Salvias, 4 of the best select named varieties; they are winners, $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per 1000. Chysanthemums, 20 best named varieties rooted cuttings, 81.25 per 100, 810.00 per 1000, 5,000 for 845 00. Feverfew, Little Gem, rooted cuttings, $1.25 per ICO, $10.00 per 1000. Alternanthera. red and yellow, 2-in., strong, $2.00 per 100, J18.00 per 1000. Express prepaid on Rooted Cuttings. ^^Satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed in every respect. THAT CASH OR C. O. D., PLEASE. List ready Jan. 1st, Tht RMttd CuHIni SgaolalUI.. CUT CENTER, KAN. FUast tnrntinn theAmrriran Flnri'^t iiihrn iiirHins:. VIOLETS FOR SALE. California. Princess of Wales and Russian, $1.60 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. The "Southern Beauty" a new violet large as a pansy. White variegated with blue, a perfect beauty $2.00 per ICO; 815.00 per lOCO. Jessamine Scented Honey- suckles, 81. tO per lOO. Address Mrs. 0. J. Crabb, Cedartown, Ga. 404 The American Florist. April 4, Cleveland. LITTLE CHANGE IN LOCAL CONDITIONS.— WEATHER HASTENING ALONG ALL BULB- OUS STOCK. — TRADE GOOD. — VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. The cut flower market seems to con- tinue at the same steady pace, no abnor- mal fluctuations being apparent. Indi- cations point to an increase in the price of bulbous stock for Easter, owing to the rapidity with which the stock is coming in. There is no holding it back and there will be a perceptible shortage. Bulbous stock of all kinds is the accepted Easter flower, in preference to better grown flowers of other varieties. Har- risii are showing up fine, full of buds and very healthy. There will be plenty of potted plants of all kinds, genistas, spiraeas, ramblers, cinerarias and prim- roses. Beauties with long stems are quite plentiful, bringing good prices. Medium- stemmed Beauties, Brides, Bridesmaids and Meteors find ready sale, while short stock is eagerly bought up for design work. While violets are decidedly off color, the fine fragrance more than com- pensates and they find a ready sale. All the members are very enthusiastic over the success of the Cleveland Florists' Club's first carnation show. When one takes into consideration the conditions under which the florists of this city labor, namely, less sunshine and bright \reather than other places, their stock compares well with that grown under more favorable conditions. Many pretty window displays are seen. Westman & Getz have an attractively arranged showing with a lot of little ducks, quite naturally placed around a basket of broken eggs and sporting on a mirrored lake. Willard Calhoun has added more houses to his plant and erected a store facing Euclid avenue in East Cleveland township. It makes a nice appearance and no doubt will lead to increased busi- ness. A. L. Brown, florist on the private estate of R. R. Rhodes, expects to build an entirely new range of houses. Wm. Brinker is showing some Japanese fern frogs which are very attractive and sell fireely. O. G. Mitchell, S. D.— E. C. Newbury has the material on the ground lor four new greenhouses 20x60 feet, this being the fourth successive year' upon which he has extended his range. FOR ONE-YEAR-OLD SEEDLINGS OF Phoenix Roebelenii Par 1000 $50.00, and PHAUENOrSIS SCHIUERIANA apply to HILDESHEIM, ! i GERMANY. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI 3, 3H and 4-inoh pots, at $4.00, J6.00 and S7.00 per 100 respectively. Ready to shift. Carnation Cuttings, as long as they last, cheap. Prices on application. JOHN BROD. NILES CENTER, ILL. ASPARACUS COMORENSIS. A variety far superior to Plumosus for all cut flower and decorative work. It is more graceful and much larger. Requires same treatment as Plumosus. Can be cut in long, heavy strings or large fronds. We have fine stock. 3^-in.. $10.00 per 10O; $4-in., $12.00 per 100. FRED. DORNER & SONS CO.. LaFayette, Ind. HEADQUARTERS FOR Easter Plants. Blooming Easter Week, or From Now on If Desired. I have the largest stock in Philadelphia, larger and in better condition than ever before. All my large greenhouses and frames are filled to their greatest capacity with the choicest plants at lowest cash prices. Azalea Indica. I have three large houses full of this best selling of all Eastt^r plants. My customers known'that I am agent for one of the" best growers (O. Van der Plas), at Ghent Belgium. If possible I go there myself each year and secure for my customers the best that can be had. I have only the leading American varieties, grown in pots all winter and not bunched in cold frames without pots, as some do. In whitelhaveNiobe, Bernard Anarea Alba and Deutsche Perle; in pink Mme. Van der Cruyssen Simon Mardner. Dr. Moore. M. Van Houtte (very large) and others; in variegated, Empress of India, Vervaeneana and about a half dozen more; I have also about a dozen of the new varieties, the best doubles and singles, about 25 varieties in all, in 6-inch and 7-inch pots. Prices, 60c, 75c, 86c, $1, $1.25 and $1 50 each. As a Special I must mention my Mme. Van der Cruyssen. They are unusually fine this year, round as an apple and covered with buds. Prices. 75c. SI and $1 25 each. Specimens in 10-inch and 11-inch pots. $4.00 to $5.00 each. AZALEA MOLLIS a novelty when in bloom, 6-inch pots, 60c to 75c each. LILIUMHARRISM and BERMUDA LONGIFLORUMS, raised from only the highest quality bulbs obtain- able (none costing less than $100 per lOCO). Plants in 6-inch pots, five to twelve buds, fifteen to thirty-six inches high, at the rate of 10 cents per bud. Other plants must accompany the order. CINERARIA HYBRIDA, I have an immense quan- tity, about 2,000, all in fine shape. 5^ to C-inch pots ail shades, at $3.00 and $4.00 perdozen. SPIRAEA COM PACTA, 6-inch, 83.00 per dozen. HYDRANGEA OTAKSA. Have a house full this year, unusually fine, cannot be beaten, 6-inch pots, $4.00, 115.00, $6.00 to $9.00 per doz. Specimens, 7-inch, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 each. DAISIES, yellow and white, 6-inch pots, $3.00 to $4.00 per dozen. BEGONIA President Carnot and Metallica, 6-inch pots. $3.00 per dozen. BEGONIA Vernon, red. 6-inch pots, $3.00 dozen; 4-inch pots, $1.50 per dozen. BEGONIAS, mixed, 4-inch pots, $1.50 per dozen. HYACINTHS, about 10,000 of my own importa- tion first sized bulbs, named varieties, all shades, at $10.00 per 100. TOURNESOL TULIPS, double red and yellow, striped, best tulips in market, 3-inch and 4-inch pots, at $1.50 per dozen pots. VON SIGN DAFFODILS, best double nosed. 3-inch and 5-inch pots, $2.00 per dozen pots, easily worth $3.00 a dozen. Cash with order please. All goods carefully packed and shipped at purchaser's risk. Buyers coming to Philadelphia are respectfully invited to visit my place and inspect my stock. Take Ger- mantown car on 13th street to Ontario, and walk one block east. Mention if pots are to be taken off to save express charges. GODFREY ASCHMANN, Wholasala firowar and Impartar of Pel Plania, 1012 Ontario St., Station R, PHIUDELPHIA. Please mention the A merican Florist when writirtf;. NOW READY. Rooted cuttings, S. A. Nutt and Double Grant Geraniums. Swainsona, Alba and Rosea. Fine selection double assorted Petunias. All at $1.25 per 100. Assorted Coleus, Trailing Blue Lobelia. Agera- tura Princess Pauline. Dwarf Blue and Dwarf White, all at 65c per 100. Bride and Bridesmaid Roses, fine SM-incti stock, $3.00 per 100. Dbl. Grant, S. A. Nutt and La Favorite Gera- niums, fine 3-in., $5 00 per 100. Cash with order. Trailing Blue Lobelia, 2-in. pots, $2.00 per 100. B. I. H*WT. Hackettstown. N. J. Vinca Variegafa. Large plants, long vines, $8.00. Alternanthara,red and yellow, stock plants, lots of cuttins^s, $4.00. CoIbus. fine assorted, $3.50. Bouvardlat, Neuner, GarBeld, Cleveland, $3.00. Garanluma, 2'/i-lDch, (3.00. LEVANT COLE, Battle Creek, Mich. SEASONABLE Per 100 ACALYPHA BICOLOR COMPACTA, new, 35a. each, per dozen $3.50 ADLUMIA. Cirrhosa 2i/2-incli pots $ 3.00 ANEMONE JAPONICA, Alba, Elegantissima, Lady Ardilaun, Queen Charlotte, Rosea Superba, 3!^-inch pots 5.00 Strong field-grown 10.00 ARUNDO, Donax Variegata, strong divisions 15.00 Macrophylla Glauca, strong divisions 15.00 ASPARAGUS, Sprengeri, 4-inch pots 6.00 BEGONIA, Manicata Auiea, 3>4-inch pots... 8.00 Rex, 3!^-inch pots 5.00 Gloire de Lorraine (.Tune delivery) 15.00 BOLTONIA, Latisquama, strong divisions.,.. 5.00 CAMPANULA, Pyramidalis, 2V4-inch pots . . . . 3.0O CARNATIONS. A complete list of Novelties and Standard varieties. Prices on appli- cation. , CAREX. Japonica Var., 2>i-inch pots 3.09 CHRYSANTHFMUMS. Our collection is unsur- passed in this country, containing all the desirable American and Foreign Novelties, as well as all the best exhibition and com- mercial sorts. Descriptions and prices on application. Maximum Triumph, 3M-inch pots 3.00 COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA, 3'/2-inch pots 3.50 Strong clumps 5.00 DIGITALIS, GloxiniiEflora, 2!4-inch pots 3.0O ERIANTHUS, Ravenna;, strong divisions 6.0O EULALIA, Gracillima, Japonica Var., and Zebrina, strong divisions 6.00 EUPATORIUM, Ageratoides (Hardy Ageratum) strong clumps 5.0O GAILLARDIA, Grandiflora, 3^-inch pots..... 2.50 Strong clumps 5.00 GERANIUM, Mme. Salleroi,3i^-inch pots.... 3,50 HELIANTHUS, Maximiliana. Miss Mellish, Mollis, Multiflorus, Plenus MultiBorus Maximus, Orgyalis, Rigidus and Tomen- tosus, 3Ji-incli pots 3.00 Multiflorus Grandi-Plenus (Soleil d'Or), 3Ji-inch pots 3.00 Clumps 6.0O HONEYSUCKLE, Halleana, strong field-grown 5.00 ISOLEPIS, Gracilis, 3J^-inch pots 3.00 MATRICARIA, (Little Gem,) 2M-inch pots .... 3.50 MONARDA, Didyma and Fistulosa Alba, strong divisions 4.00 MOONFLOWER, 2M-inch pots 3.00, ORIENTAL POPPY, 3V4-inch pots 3.0O PELARGONIUMS. Large list of varieties, strong plants from 3J4-inch pots.. .$6.00 to 15.00 According to variety. PHALA8IS, Arundinacea Var., 2M-inch pots 2.50 Arundinaoea Var. , strong divisions 5.00^ PYRETHRUM. Hybridum, 2«-inch pots 3.00° Strong clumps 6.00 ROSES, Crimson Rambler, 3 feet, extra strong 12.00 RUDBECKIA, Golden Glow, 3H-inch pots.... 2.50 Golden Glow, strong divisions 5.00 Newmanii, 2'/4-inch pots 300 Newmanii, strong divisions 6.00 Purpurea, strong clumps 8.00' SALVIA. Splendens, Bonfire, Gigantea, Glory of Stuttgart, 2Si-inoh pots 3.00 Splendens Triumph (new) 5.00 SEDUM, Spectabilis, 3M-inch pots 4.00' SH ASTA DAISY, strong plants 10.00 SMILAX, 2M-inch pots, strong 2.50 SWEET WILLIAM, (Best English strain) field- grown 5.00 2i4-inch pots ■ 2.50 TRIIOMA, Pfitzerii, strong divisions 10.00 VALERIANA, Officinalis (Garden Heliotrope) ' - strong divisions 5.00 VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, from soil 3.50 Lady Campbell, from soil 3.50 Nathan Smith & Son, ADRIAN, MICH. ig03. The American Florist. 405 We Invite Your Inspection OF OIR EASTER STOCK. Lilies. Azaleas. Hydrangeas. Rhododendrons. Genistas. Crimson Ramblers. And our usual fine assortment of TULIPS, HYACINTHS, Etc., in pots and pans. Send for Price List. Or better still come and look us over. WE ALSO OFFER A FINE QUALITY O F L. Longiflorum, CUT FLOWERS. $12.00 PER 100. ROBERT CRAIG & SON, 4900 Market St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. FOR EUTER FLOWERiNQ. Azaleas, extra large plants, full of buds, 11.50 eiich; good sized plants 81.00 each. Genistas, in bud and bloom, large plants $3.00 per dozen; smaller plants $2.00 per dozen. Cinerarias, fine plants $1.50 per dozen. Fuchsias, all colors, 3-inch, $4.00 per 100; 4-inch, $6.00 per 100. UTICA fLOBAL CO., Wlca, N. Y. 30.000 DflHUflS. Fifty varieties, whole field-grown roots, $4.00 per 100; $36.00 per 1,000. Send for descriptive list. We can save you money. A.B.DAVIS&SON, Purcellville Va. ALL, nuiBer^meu, d'-edsmen and Florists wishing to do business with Europe should send for the "Horticultural Advertiser." This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly by all the Horticultural traders; it is also taken by over lOCX) of the best continental houses. Annual subscription to cover cost of postage 75c. Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts. Address EDITORS OF THE "H. A." nhilwAll NuriArins. LOWRHAM Nntts. Enaland. SHIPPING UBELSiS! -Cut Flowers Printed In two oolori on gammed paper; joor cud, etc. In black and leaf adopted by the S. .A. F in red. Vsrj attraoave. Price per 500, 12.85; per 1000, I1.5CI Bend tor samples.... lUBin or im lEAf, postpaid. si.2i. American Florist Co., SPECIAL OFFER. SURPLUS STOCK. Per 100 300 PROSPERITY ...$2.85 bOO BR ADT 200 SOO QUEEN LOUISE 2.00 700 JOOST 1.00 225 POTTER PALMER 3.00 Sand rooted cuttings. Guaranteed. If not satisfactory send back at our expense. A. LAUS & SONS, Hughsonville, - Dutchess Co., N. Y. TRANSPLANTED CABNUiONS. I - ROOTED CUTTINGS. MERMAID Per 100 $1.00. Per 1000 $10.00 ELDORADO Per 100 1.00. Per 1000 10.00 Giant Flowering Pansy plants, mixed, $3.00 per 1000. Marie Louise Violets, $3.00 per 100; $26.00 per 1000. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, fine stock, $1.00 per 100; $7.60 per 1000. Terms Cash.— We prepay express charges. If plants are not satisfactory, return at once and we will refund your money. LOOMIS FLORAL CO. LOOMIS, CAL. Gardeners' Chronicle. A Weekly Illustrated Journal. Established 1841. The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE has been foe OTBB SisTT Years thb Leadinq Joubnal of its class. It has achieved this position because, while specially devoting itself to supplying the daily requirements of gardeners of all classes, the infor- mation furnished is of such general and perma- nent value that the GARDENERS' CHRONICLE is looked up to as the standard authobitt on the subjects of which it treats. Subscription to the United States, t4 20 per year. Remittances to be made payable to H. G. COVE. OFncu:— 41 Wellinston St.. Covent Garden. Londnn. England. Please mention the American Florist every time yon write to an advertiser. CARNATIONS From Two-inch Pots, Clean Healthy Stock. lOO 1000 PROSPERITY $4.00 $36.00 LAWSON 4.00 36.00 FLORIANA 6.00 46.00 LORNA 4.00 36.00 NORWAY 4.00 36.00 ROOSEVELT 4.00 VIOLA ALLEN 6.00 TERMS:— Cash with order. A. V.D.SNYDER, Ridgewood,N. J. CARNATIONS. Rooted cuttings of all the leading varieties now ready. Also rooted runners of Lady Campbell, Swanley White and Princess of Wales Violets. Send me a list of what you want and get prices. Stock in fine condition. Address Chas. Chadwick, l. Box ii.Grand Rapids, Mich. GARDENING This is the paper to recommend to your customers, the leading horticultural journal in America Tor amateurs — $2.00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free. Liberal terms to florists who take subscriptions. THE GARDENINS CO. ggfcVo^.'.ra.s.A. Governor Wolcoti Carnation Rooted Cuttings f cm Flowering Stems only $5 per i< 0; $45 per 1000. 100 1000 BOSTON MARKET, white $5.0 ' ^.i LAWsON 4.00 3.00 Henry A. Stevens Co., East St., Oedham, Mass. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. 406 The American Florist. April 4, Lowell, Mass. BIG STRIKE MAKES THE COURSE OF BUSI- NESS A PROBLEM.— PRICES ON THE RISE. — VARIOUS NOTES. While everybody was anticipating a big rush at Easter and planning how to get through it without any trouble, we are brought face to face with the tough- est labor problem that Lowell has ever known. With 20,000 mill operatives out on strike for an indefinite period the prospects are anything but bright for Easter, although at present business con- tinues to hold up well. The supply of cut flowers is good, but with the approach of Easter the prices have gone up a little. The usual cry is heard that lilies are going to be scarce and high, but there are always enough to go the rounds. However, one thing is sure, and that is there will be no cutting the price; 25 cents per bud is little enough. Geo. Page, who has been gardener to Fred. Ayer for the past fifteen years, has been looking up land outside of Brook- line, Mass., to build a range of houses for the Ayer Estate, where they use a tre- mendous supply of flowers during a season. C. C. Marshall, who has been conduct- ing a retail establishment for the past five years, has discontinued his store and hereafter will devote his time to his greenhouses and wholesale the product. One would have to travel a long way to find better pelargoniums than those grown by Peter Healy, gardener to the estate of the late Wm. Hull. They are the finest ever seen in Lowell. Frank Sladen has been cutting some very handsome dendrobiums, which always find a customer. Wadter Morse was in town the other Sunday, seeing his old acquaintances. •A. M. Booted Cttttings CARNATIONS. Norway $1.60 per 100; $12.60 per 1000 Flora Hill 1.60 per 100; 12.60 per 1000 Genevieve Lord 1.60 per 100; 12.60 per 1000 Guardian Angel 1.60 per 100; 18.60 per 1000 The Harvey Greenhouse J. T. ANTHONY, Manager. GENEVA, - ILLINOIS Ghicap Carnation Co. Joliat, Illinois. ELECTROS... ig> For Catalogoe Purposes. WE have a large assortment of strictly hlgh-olass halltones ot which we can supply electros suitable ior catalogue lllusttation. If you need anything In this way, state your re- qmrements and we will submit rtooti ot the UluBtratione in stock Price for cath only 15 cents per square Inch. THE AMERICAN riORIST CO^ ♦ 324 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. 2 ^s2H«a^aBaE»aa2S!^naHH»BBB8 Carnation Cuttings. WELL ROOTED, CLEAN, HEALTHY STOCK. PeriOOPer lOOO Flora Hill fi.SO $10.00 White Cloud 1.50 10.00 Norway 1.50 12.50 Per 100 Per 1000 America $1.50 $10.00 Marquis i.SO 10.00 Elma 1.50 10.00 Guardian Angel (The Sport), per 100, $1.50; per lOOO, $10.00. 2^-INCH HOSE STOCK. Ivory.. Bride.. Per 100 Per 1000 ....$4.00 $35.00 .... 3.00 25.00 strong, liealthy plants, for early benching Per 100 Per 1000 Bridesmaid $3.00 $25.00 Gate 2.50 20.00 Ivory, rooted cuttings, per 100 $2.50; per 1000, $20.00. Rooted Chrysanthemum Cuttings. WHITE. Per 100 Per lOOO ESTELLE, new $5.00 TIMOTHY EATON 2.00 $15.00 GEO. S KALB 1.50 12.50 IVORY 1.50 12.50 LADY PITZWYGEAM 1.03 MME. BERGMANN 1.50 12.50 MAYFLOWER 150 12.50 MINNIE WANAMAKER 1.50 12.50 MRS. H. ROBINSON 1.50 12.50 MERRY CHRISTMAS 1.50 12 50 AVHITE BONN^FFON 2.00 15.00 W. H. CHADWICK 1.60 12.50 YELLOW. Per lOO P YELLOW FITZWYGEAM $1.00 COL. APPLETON 1.50 MAJOR BONNAPFON 1.50 H. W. RIEMAN 1.50 OCTOBER SUNSHINE 1.50 GOLDEN WEDDING 1.50 YELLOW M\YFLOWER 1.50 W. H. LINCOLN 1.50 PINK. GLORY OF PACIFIC 1.50 MRS. PERRfN 1.50 MRS. S. T. MDRDOCK 1. PINK IVORY 1.50 VIVIAND-MOREL 1.50 MARION NEWELL 2.00 $12.50 12.50 12.50 12..50 12.50 12.60 12.50 12.50 12.50 13.50 12.50 12.50 15.00 All cuttings and plants sold with the express condition that if not satisfactory when received they are to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. I WIET OR BROS., 51 Wabash Ave., %oted Carnation Cuttings! Get the best, cheap cuttiiigs are dear at any price. Early orders will be furnished J from sand, later orders from cuttings transplanted into soil at same rate Per 100 Per 1000 Harlowarden $12.00 $100.00 Fragrance 12.00 100.00 White Bradt 14.00 President McKinley 13.00 100.00 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt 12.00 Marshall Field 12.00 100.00 Lillian Pond 10.00 75.00 HerMajesty 10.00 80.00 Murphy's White 6.00 60.00 Apollo 6.00 60.00 Cressbrook 6.00 40.00 Dorothy Whitney 6.00 60.00 Enquirer 6.00 60.00 Floriana 5.00 46.00 GoldenBeauty 6.00 40.00 J. H.Manley 6.00 50.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 6.00 60.00 Mrs. H. N. Higinbotham 6.00 46.00 Mrs. Potter Palmer 6.00 46.00 VAUSHAN'S SEED STORE, Per 100 Per 1001 America $ 1.76 $15.00 Chicago or Red Bradt 8.00 26.00 Estelle 4.00 30.00 Ethel Crocker 1.75 16.00 Flora Hill 1.75 16.00 Genevieve Lord 1.76 16.00 G.H.Crane 1.75 16.00 Gov. Roosevelt 4.00 30.00 Guardian Angel 1.76 15.00 Lorna 4.00 80.00 MorningGlory 2.60 20.00 Marquis 1.76 16.00 Mrs. F. Joost 1.76 16.00 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson '. 3.00 26.01) Norway 1.7S 16.00 Prosperity 2.60 20.00 Queen Louise 3.00 26.00 White Cloud 1.76 16.00 W^m. Scott 1.50 12.00 14 Barclay SL, NEW YORK. 84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO. GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL Carnations Rooted Cuttings Per 100 Per 1000 CRESSBROOK $5-00 $40.00 CHALLENGER S.OO 40.00 FAIR MAID 6.00 50.00 500 at 1000 rates. Other vars., prices on application G. WARBUBTOW, fall River. Mass. SOMETHIN G ENTIR ELY NEWo ft Florists' Plate Book. You oan'l do buslnasa without II. VREDENBURG & CO., Rochester, N. Y. Tlie Art ...of Floral Arrangement The only special newspaper in the world for floral arrangement. 200 ILLUSTRATIONS ANNUALLY. Specimen number free. Subscription, |2. 40 yearly. BINDEKUNST-VERLAQ J. OLBERTZ, ERFURT, GERMANY. igo3. The American Florist. 407 Pla 4 ^ 1^ m f»|v <* 1 Palms for Easter Decoration We are giving exceptional values at the present time both in Plants for immediate use as well as stock for growing on. ARECA LUTESCENS. Ferns for Fern Dishes. FOR IMMEDIATE USE. 2-inch pots, assorted varieties 2-iii. pots, I plant in pot. .6 to 8 In. liitrh, $ 75 Per do 3 " 3 plants in pot. 13 to 15 " 1 35 " 4 " 3 '• 15 to 18 " 3 50 5 " 3 " 18 to 34 " 5 00 « " 5to6 " 22 to 34 " 9 00 " 6 ■■ 3 ■■ 88 to 30 ■• 13 00 .« 6 00 Per 100; $40 00 Per 1000 10 00 " 70 00 20 00 " 175 00 40 00 " 350 00 75 00 100 OO KENTIA FORSTERIANA. 3ii-iuch pots. 4 Lea' 3-inch pots. 5 4-inch pots, 5 to 6 6-inch pots, 6 " 6-inch pots, 6 7-inch pots, 6 *' 8-inch pots, 6 8-inch pots 9-inch pots, 9-inch pots, 10-inch poti 10-inch poti 12-in. tubs, 6 to ■ , 8 to 10 In 13 to 15 15 to 18 48 to 52 .52 to 54 M to 58 high, 11 35 Per doz. $10 (X) Per 100 $ 90 00 Per 1000 15 00 35 00 SI 35 Each. 15) " 200 " 2 ,50 " 4 00 " 6 to 7 • 6 to 7 • 7 Leaves 7 to 8 feot. 140 00 $15 00 Per do/.. 18 00 34 00 30 00 48 00 " . 5 00 Each. .7 50 . 10 00 " . li 60 . 25 00 PHOENIX CANARIENSIS. •inch tubs, 3H to 4 feet high, bushy and shapely js.oo Each. 11-inch tubs, 4 to 4^ feet high, bushy and shapely $6.00 Each.' Per 100 Per 1000 ..$.') 00 $25 00 6 00 LATANIA BORBONICA. pots 2M Leaves high. Per doz. $0 50 60 Per 100 $ 4 00 500 3 5 to 6 12 to 15 1 00 8 00 4 5 to 6 15 2 50 20 00 h 5 to 6 15 to 18 4 00 30 00 6 5 to 6 18 to 20 6 00 50 00 KENTIA BELMOREANA. Pots. Leaves In. hiRh. Per doz. 8 to 10 5 13 to 15 5 to 6 15 to 18 6 18 to 20 6 26 to 38.. 6 to 7 28 to 30 6 to 7 30 to 33 $1 25 2 00 4 50 7 BO Jl E5 Each 1 .50 " 2 00 " Per 1000 $90 00 140 00 Per 100 $10 00 15 00 35 00 60 00 ; $15 00 Per doz 18 00 34 00 HENRY A. DREER. 714 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. PA. Gov. Lowndes The finest white Carnation to date. Awarded Certificate of Merit at Brooklyn, scoring 91 points; the highest number awarded to any seedling. It was also recently awarded First Prize and Medal over all other whites at Cin- cinnati. Extra fine cuttings for delivery in April, $2 50 per doz. ; $12 per 100; $100 per 1000. Enchantress, Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt, Harlowar- den, Sibyl, Marshall Field, Pros. McKinley, White Bradt, Fragrance. $2.50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100; $100.CO per 1000. Per Doz. Per 100 Per 1000 ADONIS $3.01 $14.00 $120.00 HER MAJESTY 2.00 10.00 80.00 LILLIAN POND 2.00 10.00 75.00 INNOCENCE 6.00 60 00 Other Leading, New and Standard Varieties. H. WEBER & SONS, OAKLAND, MARYLAND. "Pink American Beauty" The New Rose Queen of Edgely. Here is what some of the leading retail florists say about it; "It has come to stay." "It is becoming more popular every day.'' ' Cannot get enough of it to fill orders." lUc $12 per 100, 2Mn. pott. $110 ptr 1000. $500 per 5000. EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Chestnut Hill, PHIUDELPHIA. Alternantheras strong rooted cuttings, 60c per 100; or $4.00 per 1000; same in 6000 lots, $8.60 per 1000. DAVIS BROS.. MORRISON, ILL. P. MAJOR and NANA., CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Now Ready. PINK. Per 100 Per 1000 Lawson $2.00 $15.00 Guardian Angel 1.25 Marquis 2.00 Genevieve Lord 1.2S 10.00 15.00 10.00 40.00 35.00 10.00 40.00 15.00 RED. Per 100 Per 1000 Estelle $3.00 $25.00 Adonis 14.00 120.00 Harlowarden 12.00 lOO.OO Crane 2.50 20.00 Palmer 4.00 30.00 Mrs. L. Ine 1.25 10.00 Ctiicago (Red Bradt) 2.50 20.00 WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $12.50 20.00 Queen Louise 2.50 Peru 1.25 Murphy's White 6.00 Hoosier Maid 1.25 White Cloud 1.25 10.00 50.00 10.00 10.00 Nelson S.OO Cressbrook 4.00 Triumph 1.25 Higinbotham 5.00 Dorothy 2.00 VARIEGATED. Per 100 Per 1000 Bradt $2.50 $20.00 Gaiety 3.00 25.OO ROSE PLANTS From 2 1-2-inch Pots Per 100 Per 1000 SOnV. DE PIERRE NOTTING. .$8.«0 $75.(,0 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 55.00 KAISERIN •1.00 35.00 BRIDESMAID 400 35.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY, 3-in. Pots $7.00 per 100; $65.(0 per 1000. All stock sold under express condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Per 100 Per 1000 SUNRISE $7.00 $65.00 LIBERTY 8.00 75.00 BRIDE 4.00 35.00 GOLDEN GATE 4.00 35.00 PERLE 4.00 36.00 Order Direct From Headquarters. A No. I DAGGER and FANCY FERN. $1.60 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. A No, 1 BRONZE and GREEN GALAX. $1.00 per 1000 in 6000 lots. UUREL FESTOONING, good and full, 6c and 6c per yd. SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX, selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS, $100 per bbl. LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, $1.00 per 100. ^Ve guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail, telephone or telegraph will receive oar personal and prompt attention. \Vc can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY M. ROBINSON &. CO. 32-34-3S Court Sq., Boston, Masa. L. D. Telephone 2818 Main. 408 The American Florist. April 4., Pittsburg. TRADE FAIR AND PROSPECTS GOOD FOR THE WEEK TO COME. — STOCK RETARDED FOR EASTER. — NOTES OF DOINGS OF THOSE IN THE TRADE. Business is fair, enougii to keep stock moving. The week of cool weather just past has been very beneficial to blooming stock. It looked like a glut in lilies last week but it happened that an unexpected demand arose. Roses maintain their high standard and the market is well balanced. Carnations have been in sur- plus for a long time. The scarcity of whites is still in force. Two weeks before Easter last year our efforts were all directed to forcing the growth of flowers as fast as possible. It is quite the reverse this season. But if there is any shortage in blooming plants it will be in the inexpensive grades. Crimson Ramblers vyill probably be as popular as last year. J. H. Orth & Company, will move to a larger and better adapted storeroom. They report a heavy trade in funeral work and a very large seed trade. Mrs. B. A. Williams has received a very large shipment of southern smilax, of which she probably consumes more than any other Pittsburg decorator. F. P. Beckert, of Glenfield, will soon have a fine lot of Spanish irises in bloom. He will also have a fine collection of bougainvillea for Easter. Archie Elliott, late of the Butte Floral Company, Butte, Montana, will be with George Elliott during the planting season. Blind Brothers are cutting some fine Harrisii. They only planted about 2,000 bulbs and are letting them come at will. Breitenbaugh Brothers will have a good supply of Harrisii lilies for Easter, also a large quantity of Dutch hyacinths. One of our large department stores has opened a bulb department and advertises extensively and sells cheap. The regular monthly meeting of the Florists' Club has been postponed until Tuesday, April 21. The flower show in Schenley Park two weeks hence will be the greatest in its history. James Dell has entered the service of L. I. Neff at the Sixth street store. E. L. M. Lexington, Ky. — Honaker has just finished a carnation house 30x150. His glass area is now 65,000 square feet. Azalea Amoena. One of the choicest, dwarf, hardy, flowering shrubs. 2, 3 and 4-year plants from open ground, $30.00, $50.00 and $75.00 per 100. A few larger specimens $3.00 to $5.00 each. 1-year plants, from 3-inch pots, rooted cuttings, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. AMPELOPSIS VEITCm. field grown seed- lings, $3.00 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. DAHLUS. strong dormant roots, plenty of white, yellow and pink. Ask for descriptive catalogue and spring trade list of MORRISVIUE ^URSERT... SAMUEL C. MOON, Morrisville, Pa. JOSEPH HEACOCK, WYNCOTE, PA. 6R0WER ARECA IITESCENS, ..OF.. ^tm\k BELMOREANA, ^-ft^ft^ WEDDELUANA. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing Easter Acacias The finest specimens of Acacia Armata ever ofiered. Shapely and covered with perfect bloom. From $2.00 to $7.00 each according to size. AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSES, "^^^PVo^c'r/inV^^c^ntseach. HYDRANGEAS, LILIES, SPRENQERI BASKETS, ETC. Wm. W. EDGAR, .WAVERLEY, MASS. ra'^nsr^rsrsrs'^r' TO MAKE ROOM.. Per 100 1000 Shasta Daisy, 2-in. plants , $2.50 $20.00 CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Appleton, 2-inch $1.00 $10.00 Robinson, 2-inch 1.00 10.00 Shasta, new, 3-ioch bloom, white, good for designs, 2-inch 2.00 10.00 We are booking orders for Calla Bulbs. Express prepaid. CALIFORNIA CARNATION COMPANY, LOOMIS, GAL. F^EJI^JVS for Ferneries, fine 2Vtinch stock, $3.00 per 100. Boston Forns, 2-%-inch stock, $3.00 per 100. Boston Ferns all sizes from 21^-inch to 12-inch stock in splendid condition. Write for prices. Kentlat, 4-inch, very fine plants at $25.00 per 100. A full line of other palms and ferns in fine shape. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wit. Boston Ferns. 2>4-inch strong S3. 60 per 100 3-inch strong $1.00 pel Doz. 8.00 per 100 FROM BENCH 6-in. 15c; 6-in. 26c. Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, VA-'va. $3.60 per 100 Sprengeri, extra line, VA-mzti $2. 60 per 100 Sansevieria Zeylanica, 3-inch, ready for 6-inch, 76c per dozen. CYCAS REVOLUTA. Long Leaf variety, 3 and 4 fronds, 40c; 6 and 6 fronds, 60c; 7 and 8 fronds, 76c. Per 100 ALTERNANTHERA, red, pink, yellow $2.00 VINCA MAJOR VAR., 2-inch 2.60 CANNAS, Started ready for potting: Peachblow, Shenandoah 2.00 Morning Star, L. E. Bally 2.00 J. C. Vaughan, A. Bouvier, Bur- bank, Chas. Henderson 8.00 Egandale, Souv. de Antoine Crozy , F. Vaughan 8.60 Ourselection 2.60 The above varieties 3-inch pots... 6.00 A liberal discount on large orders for May or June delivery. CARNATIONS. Queen Louise, the best white money maker to date 2.00 Morning Glory 1.60 Joost 1.00 Cash please. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, 0. Please mention the American Florist when writing. CYCLAMENS OUR SPECIALTY.. Once transplanted from flats No better strain growing, $2.00 per 100; $17.50 per 1000. Golden Gate, rooted cuttings, $1.50 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Sprengeri Seed, 15c per 100; $1.50 per 1000. C. WINTERICn, Defiance, 0. Please mention ike A merican Florist when writing. ASPARAGUS In. pots. Doz. 100 Sprengeri 2 $ $3.00 Ageratum, 3 varieties 3 .50 3.00 Anthericum variegatum 3 .75 5.00 Alyssum, Giant '. iVa 3.00 Carnations, Wm. Scott, McGowan, from soil, hardened-off in cold frames per 1 00, 15.r0, 2.00 Coleus, VerschaJTeltii, Golden Bed- der 2!4 .50 3.00 Cobaea Scandeni 3 .75 5.00 Clematis Paniculata, strong 4 1.50 10.00 Clematis Paniculata 3 .75 5.00 Clematis, large-flowering varieties, 2 years old 4.00 Fuchsias, in variety 2^ .50 3.00 Feverfew Little Gem a .50 3.00 Geraniums, best standard sorts — 3 .60 4.00 Ivy English, hardy strong plants. .4 1.50 10.00 Ivy, Parlor 2 .50 3.00 Periwinkle, variegated 4 1.50 10 00 Petunias, double white 2 .50 3.00 Salvias, 3 varieties .'...- 2^ .50 3.00 Verbenas, named varieties VA .50 3.00 Heliotrope 2 .60 3.00 Lantanas. LeNaine 3 .50 3.00 Lobelias. 3 varieties 2i4 .50 3.00 Lemon Verbenas 3 .50 3.00 C. tISELE, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 1th and Jefferson Streets. Rooted Cuttings. COLEUS, 48 var., 70e per 100; $6.00 per 1000 PETUNIAS, 20 var., $1.26 per 100; $10 per 1000 ALYSSUM. large, var., single and dbl. $1 per 100 HELIOTROPE, 14 var., $1.00 per 100; $8 per 1000 AGERATUMS. 6 var., 60i! per 100; $5.00 per 1000 SALVIAS. 6 var., $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000 PELARGONIUMS, rooted cuttings, $2.25 per 100 VERBENAS. R. C , 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000 GERANIUMS, from 2H-in. Pots, $2.00 per 100; $18 per 1000. Good bedding sorts. EP"Express prepaid on R. C. Gash with order. Write S. D. BRANT, Clay Center, Kas. igo3. The American Florist. 409 CAN N AS Strong dormant roots, two to three eyes, until April 15; after that date pot plants at $2 per hundred advance in price. The culture of Cannas is one of our leading; specialties, and we offer stock that cannot be procured from the average dealtr. Our stock is carefully handled and is positively true to name. These facts should be considered when comparing; prices. Per 100 America, - $6.00 Allemania, - 6.00 Alsace, - - 3.00 Austria,- - 3.00 Burbank, - 3.00 Chas. Henderson, 3.00 Cinnabar. - 7.00 Duke of Marlbor'gh,4.00 Flaming;o, - 6 00 Florence Vaughan, 3 50 L. E. Bally, - 3 00 Mme. Crozy, - 3.C0 Martha Wash in gton, 7.00 Mme. Berat, - 3 00 Paul Marquant, 3.00 President Cleveland, 3.50 President McKtnley,4.00 Premier, - 4.00 Queen Charlotte, 4 00 Secretaire Chabanne.3 00 Shenandoah, - 5.00 Warner Park Conservatories, SIDNEY, OHIO. 1 M fe M l^^^jfr ''"^A^^^B HPjK • ••!!■, t.-iW ij r^H 1 A BED OF AMERICA CANNAS IN FULL BLOOM ON OUR GROUNDS. Geranloins. Per 100 10 varieties, fine pLints, 2=7^ in. pots, $3.50 and J3.00 10 varieties, fine plants 3-in. pots 4.00 COLEDS, 16 varieties, 3-in. pots 2.00 DOUBLE PETUNIAS, 2!4-inch pots 3.00 VERBENAS, 3-inch pots 2.00 ASF. SPRENGERI, 3-in. pots, $18.00 per 1000; 2.00 CASH PLEASE. JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, DELAWARE. OHIO. Dahlias and Gladioli From EAST BRIDGEWATER Dahlia Ganlans. If you are looking for something new and wish to keep up-to-date, send for my spring catalogue. J. K. ALEXANDER. EAST BRIDGtWAIER, MASS. Poinsettlas... Five hundred fine old dormant stocks for sale. Price, $15.00 per hundred. Apply to JOHN L. WYLAND, De Haven, Pa. IT WILL PAY YOU To grow FUCHSIAS and there are none better than the following: Little lieauty, $5.00; Lord Byron, $4.00; White lieauty, $4.00; Tener, $4.00. Also BEGONIA Double Vernon, $4.00; Pink Sport of Vernon, $10.00. HELIOTROPE Mme. Bruant, $4.00 Stock ready now, strong 3^-inch pots. Se CVIlici Cirv tosn. leuiStrMt, 1 da aKIUCLORIl PHIUDELPHU, PA. Please mention the American Florist when lutiling. CANNAS. Our stock is true to Name. Extra Selected 2, 3, 4-eyed roots. Per 100 Per 100 Alphonse Bouvier $2.00 Florence Vaughan$2.60 Austiia 1.60 Italia 2.60 Allemania 3.00 John White 2.00 Alba Rosea 2.00 Mme. Crozy 1.60 Burbank 1.50 Mrs. K. Gray, new 6.00 Black Prince 2.00 Paul Marquant 1.60 Black Beauty, new 8.00 Pres. McKinley. . . . 2,60 Coronet 1.60 Pres. Cleveland... 2.00 ComtedeBouchaud 2.60 Robusta, bronze leaf 2. rO D. of Marlborough 3.00 Sec'y Chabanne. . 2.00 Egandale, red leaf 3.00 Finest Mixt. $10 M; 1.00 DAHLIAS— Field-grown, all leading kinds best for cut flowers, named, $3.00 per 100; $25 per 1000. SHELLROAD GREENHOUSES, Orange P. O., Balto., l>Id. Gladioli, tinttt mlxad, $6.00 per ICOO. Primula Auricula, finest mixture, $15.00 per 100. Primula Acaulis, and Polyantha, mixed, are all the choicest garden varieties, $4.00 per 100. Delphiniums, 12 varieties, $4.00 per lOO. Lobe'ias. Cardinalis, finest of all, $6.0D per lOO. Sweet Williams, Hunt's Hybrids. $4.00 per 100. Myosotis Palustris, true forget-me-not, $4.00 per iOO. All the above are large flowering plants. CHAS. LONG, 277 Jaffarton Ave., Roehattar, N. Y. Will not last long at these prices. They are good plump roots, average 2 eyes: Allemania, ftllle Berat, Defender, GloireLyonnaise. Paul Marquant $1.00 per 100; $9.00 per 1000. Mrs. R. A. McKeand, F. Vaughan and Mme. Crozy. $1.75 per 100. Beaute Poitevine, J. D. Eisele, P. Billard and Souv. de A. Crozy, $3.00 per 100. Egandale, $3.50 per 100. W. W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind. CANNAS Chas. Henderson. Chicago, Florence Vau(»han, Queen Charlotte, Alphonse Bouvier, President McKinley, Papa $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000; my selection, $15.00 per 1000. GERANIUMS. (Standard Varieties.) My selec- tion, $2.50 per 100; $22.50 per 1000. All 2^-in. pots. PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa. A FEW GOOD THINGS YOU WANT. Special low prices on palms to close out. Fine clean stock, cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, 4, K and 6-lnch,'$25, $40 and $100 per 100. KENTIA Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 8, 4 5 snn 6-inch $12, $25, $40, 1100 per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and S-inch, (4 and 16 per 100. ASPARAGUS PlumosuB, 3-inoh, $». Sprengeri, 3- inch, $5, per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 3-inch, $5.00 per 100- 4, 6-in., $10, $25 per loo ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inch, |3 and $8 per 100. VINCA VAR,, 2-in., •$•2.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutl, La Favorite, Bonnot, Poitevine, Riccard, Francis Perkins, 2-inch, $2.50 per 100, AGERATUM, blue and white, 75 cents per IOO. CARNATIONS, Rooted Cuttings, Wm. Scott, Portia, Prosperity, Queen Louise, Ethel Crocker, F. Ine, $1 per 100. GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50c per IOO. PANSIES, ready to bloom, $1.00 per 100. Carnations, Portia, Scott, E. Crocker, Qoode- nough. White Cloud, Mrs. L. Ine; Vsrbena, Soar- lot Saga, Petunia, Coleus, mixed; Ageratum, Blue and White, Lobelia. All 2-inch Pots, $2.00 per 100. GEO. M. EMMANS, NEWTON, N.J. ROOTED CUTTINGS. PETUNIAS. Double fringed. Our Petunias are world beaters. Ten varieties selected from Henderson's and Dreer's latest sets, all labeled, $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. VERBENAS. Our 20th Centurv Collection, 20 new mammoth varieties, labeled, 75c per IOO; $5.00 per 1000. Per 100 MARGUERITES, White and yellow 1.00 ACERATUMS, Stella Gurney I.OO Pauline 75 SALVIAS, St. Louis. Bonfire 1.00 FEVERFEW, Little Gem 1.00 ASPARAGUS Sprengeri, evi-in. 12; 2-in. 1.50 CASH WITH ORDER. The W. T. Buckley Plant Co., Springfield, III. Please mention the American Florist when writing. 410 The American Florist. April 4, Baltimore. DOUBLE OCTETTE OF GARDENERS VISITS THE ROSE SHOW. — ENJOYABLY ENTER- TAINED. — SPRING BUSINESS ON THE INCREASE. Sixteen members of the Baltimore Gar- deners' Club attended the rose show at Philadelphia. Coupled with the spring exhibition of the Pennsylvania Horticult- ural Society it was a great show in every sense of the word. The banquet was a very pleasant affair and was much enjoyed by the Baltimore contingent. Ex-Mayor Smith, as a toast-master is a grand success, and it was a treat to listen to the eloquence of the speakers, most of whom are known to be among the brightest lights in American horti- culture. We visited a number of estab- lishments in and around Philadelphia. Mr. Eisele, of H. A. Dreer's, at Riverton, showed us through his immense plant. Messrs. Craig, Burton, Lonsdale, Harris and others were visited by some of our boys and everywhere they met with a hearty welcome. A vote of thanks is due the Philadelphia bowling team, for they were untiring in their efforts to please and entertain us, and every min- ute of our two days' stay was made exceedingly enjoyable. Of course we suffered several defeats on the bowling alleys, but we expected that, for Phila- delphia has shown at conventions how she can beat the other fellows. Mil- waukee will now be the Mecca and the eyes of all the bowlers are turned toward the next convention. We hope those western fellows will rule the loaded ball off the alleys,.for all easterners are solidly opposed to the loaded ball. We were glad to see Messrs. Westcott, Harris and others still in the game and putting up such excellent scores. The unusually warm weather has caused considerable activity in outdoor work, the nurserymen are rushed and many orders are now being placed for landscape work, but mostly on a small scale. Fine Grafted Bearing Sizes. Per 100 12-inch, bushy, Irom 4-inoh pots $20 00 15-18 inch, bushy, Irom 4-inch pots 30.00 Kin KanS 10-12 in., bushy, irom 4-in pots 20.00 I nmnnn 12-15 in., bushy, from 4-in. pots. . 20.00 LeiHOnO 18-24 in., bushy, from 4-in. pots 30.00 Oranges, Lemons, Limes, ^„rm^Pn plants, well-branched, 3-4 ft. $2 to $3 each. CiematisApiifoiiathrsi^rrs: Paniculata, but blooms earlier and lasts longer; strong plantsfrom3-inch pots,... 8.00 fTop Cuttings). 10-12inch 20.00 12-15 in., 5 character leaves, 3-in. pots. . 18.00 Plioenix Reclinata and Farinifera 12-15 in., 4in, pots 1500 (Not less than 40 of a class at 100 rate.) Pannqp (Dormant Roots). 2-3 eyes to each Udniluo division, best sorts, $15.00 per 1000 ' (Not less than 400 of a class at 1000 rate.) Latanias, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE (Inc.) P. J. BERGKMANS GO. rnUITLAND NURSERIES, Eitabtiahed 18E6. AUGUSTA^ GA. Please mention the American Florist when writing. • ♦•♦••••▼VW W W VVVVVVW WWWW WWWW WWWW W J I KENTIA BELMOREANA. 1 t 2i-inch pots, strong plants, $6.00 per 100; ♦ $50.00 per 100O. X 3-inch pots, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000. 1 EVERBLOOIWING ROSES, from 2i-inch J pots, $20.00 per 1000. ♦ COLEUS, leading varieties, $2.50 per 100. FUCHSIAS, best marketsorts,$3.00per 100. f HYDRANGEAS, Otaksa and Hortensis, I $3.00 per 100. ♦ CANNAS. All standard varieties, $2.00 per ♦ 100; $15.00 per 1000. X ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. t Strong seedlings from flats, $2.00 per 100. J V, The STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, 0. VERBENAS We are the largest growers of Verbenas in the country, and those who buy of us are sure to get plants and rooted cuttings perfectly healthy and free from rust. &0 "V^rl^-tles. Rooted Cuttings, 60 cts. per 100; $5.00 per 1000; $45 per 10,000. Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. OOr^ECUS* Verschaffeltii and Golden Bedder, 75c per lOO; $6.00 per 1000. Our grafted roses are fine, bushy plants and grown in 3 and 3^-inch pots. Orders booked now for delivery m May, June and July. Bridesmaids, Brides, Golden Gate, Kaiserin, price $15.00 pep 100. Ivory, Liberty, price $18.00 per 100. Send for Cataloqub. J. L. DILLON, Ploomsburg, Pa. "EUREKA" Weed KiUer DESTROYS ALL WEEDS, MOSS, BJXO., On Garden Paths, Carriage Drives, Parks, Cemeteries, Cinder Tennis Courts, Stable Yards and Railway Depots, with- out disturbiog the gravel. EASILY APPLIED. SAVES MUCH LABOR. Large tins sufficient for 100 square yards of path 75c each, prepaid $1.00; small tin, sufficient for 50 yards of path 50o each, prepaid 75c. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO: 84.86 Randolph St. NEW YORK: 14 Barclay SI. TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounted. UannfiictnTed by Boston Florist Letter Go. MAHtrPACTURERS OP FLORISTS' LETTERS. ThiR 'wooden box nicely stained and Tar- nished, 18x30x18 made in two gectiong, one for eacli size letter, g:iven away ^Ith first order of 500 letters. Block Letters, IM or 2-inch size, per 100, $2.00. Script Letter."- i{4. Fastener with each letter or word. Used by leadinz florists everywhere and for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers. N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS. 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There is nothing injurious in it to plant life, even the most delicate fern. It is especially recommended for Beauties. Roses, Car- nations, Chrysanthemums, Lilies, Srailax, Aspar- agus, Palms,'Ferns,etc.,and we claim that insects will never be as troublesome when your houses are thoroughly fumigated with this ponder. It is put up as follows: 1 lb. Tin Can $ .26 5 1b. " " 1.00 25 lb. Sealed Box 4.50 1001b. " " 15.00 Send for copy of testimonials and for reference we refer to Messrs. Hassett & Washburn, Hins- dale, 111. Prepared by the Lilly-Lilly Chemical Co. and sold b\' L H. HUNT, 76-78 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. TO KILL ALL Greenhouse Bugs USE u NICOTICIDE Qean and harmless as famlgant or Spray. "To be obtained by Dealers only. Kindly advise manufacturers of any diffi- culty you may have in procuring it." The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1000 Magnolia Ave., • Louiiville, Ky FRIEDMAN'S Tobacco Dust. This high-grade mixture, especially pre- pared for Florists' and Farmers' use, is for sale at all leading seed stores. 2c per pound, sold by bag, ton or carload. MANUFACTURED BY J. J. \mm\% Ts^isT. 285-289 Metropolitan Ave., strong Tobacco Stems for Fumigating. JBEAJOQCABTEBS FOB HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES Of Every Description. When you can't get what you want anywhere else, send here, we will send it to yon. "If it's used In Horiloultare, we have It." DUNNE &CO..B4W.>0tk«t,Nmr Ytifc. Telephone Call, 1700 Madlion Square. When writing to any of the adver- tisers on this page please mention the American Florist HERE are SURE SELLERS for EASTER Plant Baskets, Ferneries and Hampers with Tin Pans. All sizes, beautiful new patterns and colors. Heavy Sheet Foil, a novelty; for lining plant baskets. Rush Braid Pot Covers. Special Receptacles for Tulip Pans. Water Proof Paper. Useful and cheap. Twig Baskets and Birds' Nests of Birch Brush. Violet Hampers, new patterns, made with fiber ribbon. 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Lastly, they wear longer than others and thus perceptibly reduce the capital invested. Don't buy or exchange until you've inves- tigated them. GIRHIEY HEATER MFG. CO. 74 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON. I 1 I FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK CITY. Western Selling Agents, JAMES B. CLOW & SONS, Franklin and Harrison Street, Chicago, III. "PIERSON" BOILERS WAT ER ANDiTE iM, The Most Complete and Perfect line ef Horticultural Boilers OVER 100 SIZES AND STYLES. Iron Frame Conservatories, Palm Houses and Green- houses, Red Gulf Cypress Greenhouse Material, Ventilating Apparatus, Plans, Specifications and Estimates. Prompt Siiipments. THE PIERSON-SEFTON CO. West Side Ave., South, Jersey City, N. J. RmBTica is "ihs Prom at the I/essel; thsre may be more comfort Rmidships, but we are the first to tanch Unknown Seas," Vol. XX, CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, APRIL ii, 1903. No. 775. '^^E l^mEmmm fmmm^ Eighteenth Year. Copyright 1903, by American Florist Company " Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter. 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THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER. CONTENTS. Palms and ferns 417 Lilac forcing in Paris 418 Wm A Peierson (portrait) 418 Manures for i-hrvsantheniums 418 Field of Harrisifin Bermuda (illus.) 419 Florists' plant notes 4 Cvtisus racemosus (illus.) 420 Paris (illus.l 420 Display by Vilmorin (illus.) 421 Carnations— Cultural reminders 422 — Seedlings of John E. Haines (illus.) 422 House of Pandanus utilis ( illus.) 423 Chicago 423 A Mount Clemens plant (illus.) 424 Boston 424 Storage house of W. K. Harris (illus.) 43.5 New York 425 Detroit 435 Philadelphia 426 St. Loui, 436 Brampton. Ont '. .. .42^ Pittsburg 427 Meetings of florists' clubs 427 The glass situation 428 Best keeping red rose 428 Hotbed for spring plants 4'IS The seed trade 434 The nursery trade 43^ Cincinnati*. 436 Our pastimes 438 San Frincisco 438 Indianapolis 440 Buffalo 442 Minneapolis 446 Orange, N. J 448 Palms and Ferns. TREATMENT OF PALM SEEDS. As has been already noted, the seeds of Cocos Weddelliana are usually the first among the common trade palms to appear in the market, these seeds lieing offered for sale in January and Feliruary in most seasons, though an occasional shipment will appear as early as the latter part of December. The best of the seeds of this cocos are usually gathered in Brazil, and in most instances have had the outer husk or fiber removed before being sent to market, for this nut is a cocoanut in miniature, and has much the same shape as the cocoanut of commerce and the same three eyes at the germinat- ing end, from either of which the radicle may emerge. The seeds of Cocos Weddelliana vary in size from that of a large pea up to nearly three-quarters of an inch in length, and soon lose their vitality when exposed to the air or allowed to get very dry, such a condition being readily ascertained by cutting open a few of the seeds, when, if they are fresh and in good condition, the germ will be found to be plump and white, while in the case of old or defective seeds the germ will appear shrunken and will not fill thecell in which it is enclosed. Palm seeds are also quite susceptible to cold and, even though they may not have been really frozen, it is quite possible for them to have been so much chilled in transit as to injure their vitality and thus to considerably lower the percent- age of germination. The cocos seeds having been received in good condition it is in order to plant them at once and not to open the pack- age and let them lie around in the pot- ting shed for a week or two, for the probable failure that might result could not then be charged against the seeds- man. The first growth of a seedling cocos is in the form of a stout radicle that pushes downvi'ard with force enough to' raise the seed, and when the radicle has reached a length of perhaps two inches a leaf will push out from it, this first leaf starting from a point some distance below the seed. The radicle being very stiff and brittle, we find it better to sow the seeds of this cocos in pans not more than four inches in depth in order that this first root growth may be turned and curled around by striking the bottom of the pan, thus enabling one to pot oft the seedlings in small pots more conveniently than is the case where the seeds have been sown in deep pots or pans. The seed pans should be well drained by the use of crocks, cinders or other open material, and as a compost for this particular palm I prefer peat only, this material retaining the moisture and yet remaining sufficiently open to allow the tender seedlings to come through readily. The soil should be pressed down firmly and the cocos seeds covered to a depth of about one inch, the seed pans placed in a house in which a temperature of 70° to 75" can be maintained, and kept continu- ally moist. Under these conditions it is usually from four to five months from the time the seeds are sown until they are ready to be potted off, and owing to the diffi- culty of getting those stiff roots into a small pot, there is always more or less loss after the seedlings are potted off, and a percentage of forty to fifty is a good final result from cocos, a smaller percentage than this being not uncom- mon when the seedlings are potted ofl' late in the season. The second of the trade palms to be offered by the seed dealers is usually Livistona Chlnensis, better known as Latania Borbonica, the seeds of which are to be had in February and March. This palm has frequently fruited in this country and is also grown for seed in Cuba and it is therefore easy to get seeds that are fresh and of good quality. The fresh seeds of Latania Borbonica are somewhat like small olives, the outer skin being a peculiar bluish green, while the thin layer of pulp that surrounds the stone or nut is bright orange. Many of the seeds of this palm are cleaned of the outer skin and pulp before being sent out, and in that case the seeds are nearly white and slightly larger than an ordi- nary bush bean. As a matter of choice I prefer to have the seeds of this palm in their natural condition, there being less likelihood of their being dried out and spoiled than there is with the cleaned seed. Latania seeds will germinate in any light soil, provided they are placed in a warm greenhouse, and they arc among the quickst to come up, the process of germination often beginning under favor- able circumstances within three weeks and the seedlings being ready for potting in about three months. The roots of the seedling latania are comparatively thin and pliable and there is much less diffi- culty in potting them off, this character- istic of the seedlings permitting the seeds to be sown in either 6-inch pots or 8-inch or 10-inch pans, as may be most con- venient, the seeds to be covered to a depth of not more than an inch. 418 The American Florist. April II, Areca lutescens is the next to appear in the seed form, the best crop being that which arrives in May in most seasons. Fresh areca seed has quite a good deal cf the outer, fibrous covering still adhering to the shell of the small nut, so much so that when a handful of the seed is taken up it seems to hang together, and this is just a little more inconvenient to sow than the smooth seeds that have been already noted. In testing areca seeds do not attempt to find the germ of the seed at the end, where one would be most likely to look for it, the germ being located on the side, as is also the case with the latania. Pure peat is a good material in which to sow arecas, though not an absolute essential if one has a nice open, light soil, but they should have a temperature of 75° in order to germinate quickly, and all seedling palms are benefited by hav- ing moderate shading. Kentia seeds are also offered in the spring, but these are frequently a portion of the crop of the preceding season and as such have been.on the market forsome time and may not be very reliable in ger- minating. There may be an occasional lot of iresh kentia seed offered in the spring, but an experience of many sea- sons leads me to favor the fall crop of seed. Kentia seeds may either besown broad- cast in a bench or planted in pots orpans and covered to a depth of one to one and one-half inches with light soil, and always kept moist, but in either case they germinate very irregularly, some seed- lings appearing in two months while others may defer their public appearance for nearly a year. Livistona rotundifolia seeds ripen in the latter part of the summer or early autumn and, when planted promptly and given a rather strong heat, germinate quickly, though making a plant but slowly after potting off. Phcenix seeds are an uncertain quan- tity in regard to species, the different species of phoenix being quite subject to seedling variation, but phoenix in general germinate quite readily when treated in the same manner as the kentia seeds. It is poor economy to place the seed pots among the other palms unless it may be in one of those favored establishments where no insects are found, as the seed- lings are very liable to catch some ot the insects that are syringed off the plants above them, and thus acquire a stock of pests in their early life that will be hard to eradicate. W. H. Taplin. Lilac Forcing in Paris. The lilac enjoys for forcing the same extensive culturein Paris as the Bermuda lily on your side. I understand that the American florists are going more and more into lilac forcing and the plant well deserves it. Such nice pots, well fur- nished with beautiful trusses, as those staged by Boucher at the recent agricult- ural exhibition, would certainly find a ready sale in America. The forcing is pretty easy when the right variety is is selected. I shall comeback on the sub- ject in a subsequent letter and give the leading points necessary to success. For the present I can only advise beginners not to try any other sort than the Marly, which is most generally employed by the -Parisian forcers, whether the flowers are to come white or colored. In Paris the plants are dug from the open ground in the autumn, with the flower buds prominent but in a quiescent state, taken to the forcing houses and planted somewhat closely together in deep beds, after having been previously reduced by pruning to the shoots which are to bloom. Under proper treatment the flower buds expand in the course of twenty to twenty-five days. When the plants are shipped from here to America, they should be placed in a covered shed after having been removed from the cases and should not be planted until the forcing is under way. During the first five days the temperature ought to range from 70° to 80° Fahr. The plants must be syringed pretty often and should be given a little light, one or two hours daily, after the first flower buds are expanded. The Charles X and Persian lilacs are but rarely forced; the3^ do not give the slender, light and graceful trusses required by the florist, which are obtained with William A. Peterson. the Marly lilac. The latter variety when treated by our best growers acquires a whiteness, lightness and grace which render it incomparable. Parisian. William A. Peterson. Among the young men of the pro- fession, William A. Peterson stands as an example of that spirit of enterprise and application which is fast transforming horticulture beyond the realm of recog- nition for the fathers of the profession, who laid foundations broad and deep for the development of the trade in America far beyond the grandest dream of the most optimistic of the old guard. Mr. Peterson is the only son of P. S. Peterson, who grew up with the west and gained a place in the front rank through sheer hard work and the shrewdness which turns to profit the lessons of the hard school of experience. Of this sound stock, Mr. Peterson was born in Jefferson, now a part of Chicago, in 1867. He obtained his schooling and fitted for college at Evanston, 111., riding horseback to and from school, twelve miles a day. At eighteen, a young giant of six feet four inches, he became actively connected with his father's forces and applied him- self to such good purpose that in 1895 he became a member of the firm and its manager. Mr. Peterson, senior, died a few months ago. The young man was endowed with not only a strong constitution and a capacity for labor, but a studious habit, a faculty for close application and a retentive memory. He has a thorough technical knowledge of his business and one of his chief treasures is a library of some 4,000 volumes, including old manuscripts and rare first editions in English, Latin, French, German and the Scandinavian languages. To this booklore he has sup- plemented extensive travels, gaining a familiarity with the best examples of European landscape art through visits to the court gardens at Potsdam and St. Petersburg, the men in charge of which were associated with his father in the earl}^ days at Louis Van Houtte's, at Ghent. Possibly Mr. Peterson's work with the peony has contributed as much as any one thing to his reputation for horticultural erudition. Possessed of abundant means, Mr. Peterson has acquired a large museum of Indian and other relics, his arrow heads being oneof themostcomplete collections in the country, many of them picked up on the nursery grounds, which were the site of an old Indian village. In 1892 Mr. Peterson brought home a wife, who has since aided the mother in making the old manor house the center of much social life. He is a member of the Union League, Chicago Athletic, Caxton and other clubs and is an enthusiastic Sunday school worker and identified with many philanthropic movements. Manures for Chrysanthemums. A committee of the National Horticult- ural Society of France was appointed in 1901 to act with a similar committee of the French society of chrysanthemists to ascertain by practical experiment what are the best artificial manures to employ in the culture of chrysanthemums. A report was presented to the National Horticultural Society in December last by M. Georges Truffaut giving the prin- cipal results ot the experiments carried out for these objects. Of these we pro- pose to give a brief summary, says the Gardeners' Chronicle, based on the report published in the journal of the society. Nine cultivators scattered over as many districts of France, first all submitted for analysis samples of the soil they intended to use, no manure of any kind being added. Each of the nine growers experi- mented with a single variety, Mme. Gus- tav Henry, a variety of moderate vigor, and with pure white flowers. M. Nonin alone chose two varieties, viz., Mme. Gustav Henr3' and Mile. Laurence Zede, a more vigorous variety. The plants were all grown in three dif- ferent ways— first, plants allowed to form three stems; second, plants with six stems; third, plants grown without any disbudding. Twenty-four plants were' grown in each of these three ways. Each grower thus had seventy-two plants under observation, the total number being about 1,000. Of the twenty-four observed by each cultivator in each of the three sections, four received no manure, and served as control plants; four received a complete manure; four a similar manure, but in double quantity; four a complete manure with no nitrogen; four a complete manure with no potash; four a similar manure from which the phosphoric acid was eliminated. The manures were mixed with the pot- ting soil in April, and, from August onwards, they were given in the form of solution. The "complete" manure had the follow- ing composition: Fish guano, twenty- igo3. The American Florist. 419 FIELD OF HARRISII LILIES PHOTOGRAPHED AT W. H. CONYERS', WEST MEATH, BERMUDA. five per cent; dried blood, sixteen per cent; sulphate of potash, twenty -four per cent; double superphosphate, thirty-five per cent; the analysis of which gave four- fifths nitrogen, eleven-twelfths potash, fifteen-sixteenths phosphoric acid. The soluble manure consisted of phos- phate of potash, fi(ty-lour per cent; nitrate of soda, forty-six per cent; or nitrogen, 6.9 per cent; potash, 14.04; phosphoric acid, 20.52. The quantity used was at the rate of 900 grammes to 100 kilogrammes of soil. The liquid solution was used in the pro- portion of two grammes to one litre of water. Each experimenter undertook to ■present to the congress at Angers, in November, 1902, at least eighteen plants, that is to say, one specimen illustrative of the mean result obtained in each series, and each experimenter acted up to his obligation. There were thus shown at Angers 180 plants arranged in three rows, and each appropriately labelled. The principal object of these experi- ments was to show by growing in sterile soil (white sand), the influence of nitro- gen, potash and phosphoric acid respect- ively. The object of the other experi- ments was: First, to show the influence of the complete manure in soils of varied character, but of known composition; second, to study the influence of climate or season on the action of the manures, and the cultivation of one and the same variety. •We cannot give the full details of this most interesting and important series of experiments; suSice it here to say, that the most successful result, as tested at the end of the experiment, was obtained where a double dose of the manure was emploj'ed; then came the plants treated to a single dose of complete manure; next in descending order, plants grown without potash, without nitrogen, and the worst of all (except, of course, the unmanured plants), were those plants which had no phosphoric acid. Phosphoric acid is thus shown to be of great importance to chrysanthemums, and as necessary to the formation of chlorophyll. Plants deprived of this ingredient had yellow foliage and a weak habit. Without potash, the plants produced long, weak stems, broad, thick but flabby leaves, falling off from the least cause. The flower stems were large, hollow, but limp, the flowers large, but of bad shape. When nitrogen is absent the plants are feeble, chlorotic, the leaves small and thick, the stems of small diameter, the flowers few in number, hollow in the cen- ter and of small size. M. Truffaut, in summing up the results of this grand series of experiments, advises cultivators to prepare a good compost of two-thirds sandy loammi.xed with leaf mould, and to submit the com- post to a chemist for analysis. The chemist will then be able to ascertain if the requisite elements are in due propor- tion or not, and to advise accordingly. Nitrogenous manures, it is found, should only be applied in small propor- tions, as plants grown with an excess of nitrogenous manure are more subject to the attacks of rust. Nitrogen is most conveniently applied by means of dried blood, horn shavings, or guano in the requisite proportions; potash is best applied in the form of sulphate; and bone phosphate yields the necessary phosphoric acid. Soluble manures are requisite in the case of plants cultivated in pots from the middle of August. As to climate, there was a difference of three weeks in the growth of plants grown at Lille and at Avignon respectively. M. Truft'aut rightly says, that so far as prac- tical details of cultivation are concerned, a series of well-conducted experiments is of more value than ten years of discus- sion at congresses. But it must not be forgotten that congresses are necessary, in order to secure that the knowledge obtained from the experiments shall be disseminated among a class of persons not given to trouble themselves to read technical papers. M. Truffaut may be warmly congratu- late'd on the successful results of the experiments, and a debt of gratitude is due to him and his collaborators. We may suggest, in conclusion, that the experiments be now extended, and that an analysis of the plants themselves be made at the beginning, in the middle period, and lastly at the flowering stage. 420 The American Florist. April II. We have accumulated a good deal of knowledge of the chemical composition of the soil, and also of the dead plant when cremated. What we want now is, a fuller and clearer knowledge of what the living plant does in the several stages of its career, and to this end an analysis of the plant as grown under varied con- ditions, and at different periods in its life history, is requisite. M. Truffaut, who knows so well the requirements of the case, might be solicited to undertake or supervise these further experiments, and the resources of the several chrysanthe- mum societies could not be put to better use than by furnishing the requisite finan- cial assistance. Florists' Plant Notes. POINSETTIAS. Stock plants of poinsettias which are now resting under the bench should be shortened back to sound wood and have the soil shaken from the roots and be repotted in as small pots as possible, 4-inch or 5-inch preferred. Give them a good, medium-heavy loam to which a quarter well-rotted cow manure and some bone has been added. Drain each pot with a piece of broken potsherd and after the first watering be a little more sparing with water until growth com- mences. They should have a tempera- ture of not less than60°,plenty of syring- ing to start them into growth, and the full light at all times. In about four weeks a batch of cuttings will be ready to put in the sand. Select only good, substantial cuttings, leaving the weaker ones for the next batch. If possible have an eye at the end of the cutting below the sand, being care- ful, however, in taking the cutting to leave an eye on the stock plant for another cutting. Do not trim the leaves very much, but give each cutting plenty of room in the sand, at least two inches in the row, with the rows three inches apart. Shade the glass of the propagat- ing house lightly and keep the cuttings covered with newspaper or cheese cloth during the hot hours of the day not only for protection against the sun, but to keep the air from wiltingthem. Sprinkle the cuttings every day and give them as much water as the sand wiU naturally retain in a well drained propagating bench. As soon as rooted give them 2y2-inch pots, keep well shaded for a few days, and shift them along as needed. These young plants require plenty of syringing to keep down red spider and mealy bug, regular fumigation, and plenty of fresh air during the summer time. Eye cut- tings made of the wood taken from the old plants can be rooted in sand it they are not given too much water, but for the hustling florist it takes them too long to root to make it worth while fussing with them. CYCLAMENS. Young cyclamens in small pots, sown last September ought to be ready for a shift to 3-inch by this time. In potting them be careful not to pot too deeply, but have the top of the little bulb just even with the surface of the soil. Give them a good soil with a quarter leaf mould and a little sand added if the soil is not naturally porous, and drain the pots with a little charcoal. They require a good, light place, but as the sun gets stronger a light shading will become J\ ^ ■^^;, "^ %^SSlBt^^li'M£'' ' '^'' . '^B^^^^^^^^^^BKHk^^- ?f'jji '•* - *..■ .-. ■■^«0^ 1 ^M^ r- ■.:.■Vi■■:«^V■■ ' "^'^W^KK^^P^ fpM-^ ' ^>^ ^^. » '. 'J*"^ necessary during the hottest hours of the day. Give them a temperature of 55° at night, sprinkle them every bright day, and ventilate freely. Keep a sharp look- out for greenfly, which is best kept down by scattering tobacco stems between the pots, w^hich should be renewed every four or five weeks. If you have any old plants left from last season's sales that you wish to carry over, they can now be set close together on a bench and water partially withheld from them. Later on they can be placed outside in a frame, but do not dry them off too much or the bulbs will shrivel. About the middle of July, shake off the old soil and give them smaller pots according to the size of the bulb, drain the pots well and shift them along as needed. These old bulbs will makelarger plants and more flowers than the young plants sown the previous fall; but the flowers will be smaller and plants less perfect, and the busy florist had better depend upon the young plants raised every year from seed. G. CYTISUS RACEMOSUS— A W. K. HARRIS SPECIALTY. (See Easter plants in Philadelphia, issue of March 28, page 312.) Paris. GREAT AGRICULTURAI- SHOW IN PROGRESS. — TREMENDOUS ATTENDANCE.— EXHIBITS STAGED BY HORTICULTURISTS. — SEED AND PLANTSMEN MAKE FINE SHOWING. — FLOWER TRADE DULL.— STOCK A GLUT AND VALUES VERY LOW. The Concours General Agricole, which is just now open in Paris, is always a great event. It is the largest annual agricultural and live stock show. I may say a national institution. Here noble- men and farmers in their country cos- tumes meet hand in hand and exhibit their finest products. The show has elements which none other possesses, and foreigners wishing to stucgr the agricul- ture of France should not fail to visit it. But the show not only interests the agricultural and live stock world, it also furnishes entertainment on a large scale to the general public. It is held in the big Machinery Hall builtforthe Universal Exposition of 1889, used again for the World's Fair in 1900, and which is, as many of your readers know, of a colossal character, certainly the largest structure of its kind in the world. But, although the building is so immense, over 20,000 people had to be refused admittance March 15 for lack of room. For the florist, too, there is plenty of interesting matter. Ranking first is the beautiful display of the old firm of Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., which for over 150 years has been administered by the same family. Their exhibit, including complete collections of grasses, cereals, medicinal herbs and agricultural plants, is a real museum. Here one can see all matters interesting the agriculturist, from the seed, which is shown first in its natural state, then sprouted on blotting paper, afterwards growing in pots as young plants, to the nicely bunched, dried specimens of natural size, all of which is very attractive and furnishes much instruction. The firm also con- tributes a varied selection of vegetable and agricultural roots, of forced vege- tables, salads, radishes, strawberries, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, asparagus and of mushrooms grown from their new virgin spaw^n. Their group of seasonable plants grown from bulbs, hyacinths, tulips, narcissi, jonquils, and so forth, displayed around a dome-like structure with four angles, on which are set up splendidly grown plants of the large- flowering Primula obconica, creates quite a sensation. Worthy of mention also are igoj. The American Florist. ■421 DISPLAY MADE BY VILMORIN-ANDRIEUX & CO., AT THE RECENT AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION AT PARIS. their beds of large-flowering hybrid cinerarias surrounded by a row of Cin- eraria maritima candidissima and their bed of mixed wallflowers, with a row of Myosotis alpestris around it, the whole finished ofi" with a row of yellow- leaved Pyrethrum parthenifolium aureum, a large phoenix standing in the center of the bed adding to the taste of the arrangement. Next to Vilmorin in beauty of display come H. Defresne, of Vitry, and Croux & Son, of Sceaux, the two great nursery- men, who show us splendid collections of flowering shrubs. Among the most con- spicuous of them I may mention Cerasus Japonica in the following varieties: Seki no Yama, Shiro Fugen, Shiro Fagu, J. H.Veitch and others; Amygdalus Persica camelliEeflora, A. Persica Clara Meyer, Prunus triloba, Malus flori- bunda, Cratagus Oxyacantha punicea plena, ForsythiaFortunei, F. intermedia, F. viridissima and F. suspensa, Genista scopariaAndreana, G. Canadensis and G. alba prtECOx, Spir;ea multiflora arguta, S. Thunbergi and S. Van Houttei, Chio- nanthus Virginica, Viburnum Tinus, Amelanchier spicata, Azalea Japonica Seighai, A. Japonica Shiro Yave, A. mollis Mr. Arthur de Warelles, Robinia hispida rosea, Rhododendron Erato, R. Chevalier Felix de Sauvage, Magnolia Soulangeana and varied tree peonies and Japanese maples. Boucher, of Paris, is represented, as usual, by a beautiful group of clematises and pot-grown lilacs in dwarf and standard forms. The lilacs comprise such popular sorts as Marie Legraye, Alba Magnifica, Mme. Moser, single white; Ville de Troyes, single rose; Macros- tachya, single rose, very fine; Louis Van Houtte, single violet red; President Camot, double lilac; Senateur Volland, double violet red; Emile Lemoine, double rose; Mrs. Lemoine, Mrs. Casimir Perier, double white; Michel Buchner, President Grevy, double violet mauve, and a new cream-colored variety, not yet named, obtained from seed, with large, fine trusses. From Millet, of Bourg-la-Reine, comes a remarkable collection of violets, embracing the large flowering La France, Princess of Wales, Mr. Arene, Baroness Rothschild and Countess E. Dutertre, the yellow-flowered Viola sulphurea and pubescens, the striped-leaved Armandine, the pink Perle Rose and Double Rose, and a lot of others. Remarkable are also Millet's tree-trained violas, some of which are over a foot and a half high and are looked upon with surprise by the people. Dugourd, of Fontainebleau, continues to be the best grower of hellebores, or Christmas roses, and shows a fine collec- tion of them. Moser, of Versailles, staged a good collection of coniferse comprising cupressus, retinospora, abies, juniperus, sciadopitys, thuiopsis, taxus and some splendid specimens of euonymus, Pernet- tya mucronata alba and coccinea. Compoint, the asparagus forcer, pre- sents a tasteful display of that popular vegetable, from its earliest stages, or plants a few days old, to the fully grown roots and seed-bearing plants. Quite a strongfeature is the fruit show, which reflects great credit on the exhibi- tors. The most admired kinds of pears are Doyenne d' Hiver, Tasse Crassanne and Belle Angevine; of apple, Calville Blanc, Grand Alexandre, Reinette Blanche du Canada, Belle Dubois, De Pontoise, Calville St. Sauveur, Calville Rouge d' Anjou and Roi d' Angleterre. These apples and pears were kept by the ordinary method and look much better than the imported cold storage apples, of which several barrels are shown. The splendidly preserved grapes of the variety Chasselas Dore de Fontainebleau are also much more admired than the forced big Colman, Alicante and Black Hamburg and far outrival them in quality. Noticeable, also, are some fresh peaches coming from South Africa and the fine pot-grown strawberries from Lauris, Southern France, a district well known for its early vegetables, especially asparagus. The florists' trade has been very poor and everybody interested in it is com- plaining bitterly of the bad times. Flowers do not sell and Southern France is sending us twenty times as much stock as is needed. Flowers are a real glut and cannot be disposed of at any price. Roses which usually fetch 15 cents a dozen can be had for 4 cents, American mo'ney; violets ordinarily sold at $1 per hundred small bunches do not find buyers at 40 cents; medium-sized violet bunches for which the grower usually gets $1.60 are sold at 80 cents, and the large bunches are sold at one-third the price. The Parme violet, which in normal seasons finds a ready sale at 60 cents per bunch 422 The American Florist. April II, of from 100 to 150 flowers fetches scarcely 30 cents. Twelve trusses of lilacs are sold at from 15 cents to 20 cents, which scarcely pays for the plants, the work of forcing, coal, and so forth being a total loss. Some of the shop-keeping Parisian florists confess to having lost from $2,000 to $3,000 this season. They claim that flowers are not so mtich used now at funerals, the money formerly spent lavishly on flowers being used for cele- brating masses. Parisian. CARNATIONS. CULTURAL REMINDERS. Easter is very late this year and there will be very little fire heat needed trom now on. The abundance of sunshine that we are sure to have after this date will do much to lessen the effect of cool nights. Some split calyxes will result from these cool nights, but beyond this no particular damage will be done and if the day temperature is kept well in hand, splitting will be reduced to a mini- mum. On exceptionally cool nights keep a pipe hot for a few hours after midnight and a crack of air in the house. From all indications we will have an early spring and may expect to com- mence planting about April 25. A light frost will not do any harm if the stock has been well hardened off. Of course that which is in the cold frames should be the first to go out. It will be well to keep the young stock just a little on the dry side for a week or ten days before transplanting. Syringing should be done as little as possible, to give the foliage a chance to harden up and be in condition to endure the check that will resnlt from blooming plants in the same house. If there are, the treatment must be some- what modified in this particular. If any of the young plants need top- ping, do it now, as it is not well to do this work very close to the time of trans- planting, and it is better to do it before than after, for in the latter case the plants will be top-heavy and there will be more danger of heavy rains wash- ing them over, which will result in a crooked lot of plants. Those wanted for summer blooming should also have proper attention in regard to topping. Any shoots that have advanced greatly should have the center removed. Those that are just about the size of a good cutting may be left to develop into flow- ers; the longer ones will only lop over and never make a good flower. You may, perchance, have a house of carnations that you wish to plant to roses or some other crop soon. If the varieties are good summer bloomers, such as Flora Hill, Morning Glory, G. H. Crane, Ethel Crocker, and so forth, you need not discard these plants, but planted into the field they will bring you a great crop of flowers late in the summer. Cut these plants back sharply now, removing the centers of all shoots that are far advanced and removing entirely all straggly growth. After ten days or two weeks of keeping them cool and on the dry side, plant into the field with a good ball of soil attached and give good car- nation treatment and they will well repay you for the trouble. Stock for summer blooming should, if possible, be planted within reach of run- ning water, as a drought in July and August will destroy the possibility of .'-r. aSH -^kj^ fi " '"U 1" k ^ • ^.■\ % \> ■-• i X^jOv ' yt^tttL'^^^m ■ ' .^ &~ '^4fe flpH^^i^i^v ^m ^Pk^ ''.'<-'■' J^^^ fc^a^L \ \ ■ "-^ 1 ^' SEEDLING CARNATIONS GROWN BY JOHN E. HAINES, BETHLEHEM, PA. the destruction of many roots. Have the full air on day and night, unless actual frost is threatened, and keep the atmosphere as dry as possible, except when it is necessary to sprinkle in order to keep down the temperature. This is, of course, assuming that there are no cutting good flowers early. Irrigation is a good thing lor all carnations in the field if the summer happens to be dry, otherwise no good will resultfrom it. It is well, therefore, to have the ground laid out with this in view in case it is needed. Three months is about the average length of time for carnations to be grow- ing in the field, and if we want to get a growth on them that is at all worth while, we must give them every possible encouragement. Every week that we can gain by getting them out early will add just that much to the chance of hav- ing good plants by housing time. The thorough preparation of the soil is in order just now. Plow the soil down to the subsoil and harrow it thoroughly, then leave it alone until the very day upon which you begin to plant. Then plovsr it again, just as much at a time as you can plant that day, and harrow well once more. In this way you will be able to work your way through that spell of showery weather during which the plant- ing should be done and have always a patch of newly prepared soil to work with. The ideal weather for planting is when we have a good shower about every other day. II the soil is well drained, as it should be, it will be in fit condition to plow a few hours after a shower, and then the planting should proceed imme- diately, losing no chance to work at this job, for you have only about two weeks time to do it in. After the first week in May the chance of having the right kind of weather to start the young plants properly becomes more uncertain. Just now is a good time to make a vigorous campaign against all weeds that may be among your young stock and make any preparations that will expedite the work when you begin to plant. J. SEEDLINGS OF JOHN E. HAINES. The vase of cut blooms of carnations shown in the accompanying illustration is that recently exhibited at Philadelphia by John E. Haines, of Bethlehem, Pa., for which special mention was given. These are blooms from two-year-old seedlings and are of several colors. The flower near the center, marked with the "x," is known as No. 532, a scarlet measuring three and one-fourth to three and three- fourths inches in diameter. It is said to be a free bloomer and Mr. Haines now has a stock of 3,000 plants in 3-inch pots. He will exhibit it widely next winter, with a clear yellow and a fine pink, each of which will eventually be distributed in the trade. The other illustration shows the house in which the seedlings are growing. There is a quantity of Jubilee on the left bench, but the balance of the structure is given over to seedlings. A close inspection shows the original method of supporting the plants employed by Mr. Haines for the past six years. Cypress stakes are set at each side c[ the bench and wires run across. The stakes show no sign of decay and the wires can be unhooked from them and the whole stored con- veniently. Waco, Tex. — A spring flower show is now an assured fact. Mrs. M. B. Davis is secretary of the association. Amherst, Mass.— Francis Canning, of Villa Nova, Pa., has taken charge of the department of horticulture in the Agri- cultural College as florist and assistant in landscape gardening under Professor Waugh. Brocton, Mass.— At the funeral of an esteemed citizen of Brocton last week there were no less than fifty-two floral tributes, although the services were of a semi-private nature. The majority of the pieces were flat bunches and panels of long-stemmed flowers. igo3. The American Florist. 423 HOUSE OF PANDANUS UTILIS WITH LIVISTONA ROTUNDIFOLIA ON PEDESTALS. (See Easter plants in Philadelphia, issue of March 38. page 313.) Chicago. EASTER RUSH G1VE5 EVERYONE HIS HANDS FULL.— LARGE RECEIPTS ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT CARNATIONS.— LILIES ABUNDANT AND EVERYONE ANXIOUS TO SELL. — RETAILERS BUY MANY LILIES IN POTS. — PLENTY OF ROSES. — VIOLETS MOVING WELL. — WHOLESALER TO MOVE. — A VARIETY OF TRADE ITEMS. Writing in the thick of the rush of the Easter shipping, it is impossible to more than estimate the season's business. The loads of boxes of cut flowers going out on every train Thursday and Friday assure a very handsome total for the week's operations, and supplies have developed beyond the early expectations of many liouses, with the result that orders in most lines will be met very satisfactorily and the week's business will be likely to exceed the record ot even the banner Easter of 1902. The receipts of roses are showing a volume which makes it certain that buyers will find their requirements well met in this department. The stock grades prob- ably better than ever before for Easter and the average returns to the growers should be excellent unless a quantity ot pickled stock should develop to break down the market. Theexpected shortage of carnations is in evidence. Out of town dealers who have come to the city per- sonally to buy goods, found the whole- salers reluctant to accept an order for shipment later than the day of sale, and prices are probably higher than were ever known before at this season of the year. However, the growers will undoubtedly be disappointed in the net returns, because there is a decided price line beyond which it is impossible to force carnations. When rates go up beyond a certain limit the stock simply refuses to move, and particularly is this condition in evidence this week, with large supplies of roses and all the whole salers anxious to sell lilies. There are a great many short-stemmed, small- flowered, bruised and unmarketable lilies in the market, but this does not in any way deter most of the dealers in their anxietv to find an outlet for their good stock. However, not all are of one mind as to the final outcome of the lily situation, as the local retailers have been out among the growers early this week buying up stock in pots which has ordin- arily found its way through the market as cut flowers. The removal of a great deal of this material, although it will reduce the demand for cut lilies, may result in shortening the supplies at the last moment, and where most of the jobbers are looking for low prices at the end, one or two are expecting to see good lilies in strong demand by Saturday afternoon. Prices this week have ranged down from 15 cents per flower to as low as 6 cents, and some stock even, has not been moved at all. Violets have devel- oped into very good property. In the first days of the week everything cleaned up at good prices, and it looks as though the receipts would all find a profitable outlet. Several of the houses are hand- ling from 75,000 to 100,000 in the last three days of the week, at prices ranging from ()0 cents to $1.50 per thousand, the better grades of goods finding the readiest sale. Bulbous stock is not so heavily in evidence as usual at Easter, either cut or in pots. There are also fewer azaleas than usual, because of the lateness of the season, but most of them are exceed- ingly well flowered. Hydrangeas are shown, some excellent white lilac, a few Crimson Ramblers, spirjeas andgenistas, with plenty ot primulas; in fact, there is no dearth of stock in any line this season. The Geo. Wittbold Companj' has been busy this week with decorations for the spring openings of the State street stores. A great part of their palms and ferns have been on duty down town and they have used large quantities of wild smilax. The railroads recently lost, for three weeks, a carload of wild smilax con- signed to them, and its non-arrival caused them no little inconvenience in executing their orders. A. L. Randall has made a lease on the second floor of the new building at 19 to 21 Randolph street, giving him approxi- mately four times the floor area of his present quarters, and close to "the bunch." He expects to move directly after Easter and may sub-let part of the floor. The fine weather of the past week brought a great rush of business to Vaughan's Seed Stoie, which has been crowded every day, notwithstanding the fact that the space for clerical assistants on the first two floors has been increased about one-third by the addition of gal- leries. C. S. Stewart, formerly at Frank Gar- land's, is building a neat store and fifty- foot show house at 1571 Ogden avenue, and expects to open for business in about three weeks. John Muno is usually the first grower to begin the season's replanting and this year put in his first house of young Beauties on April 3. HOUSE OF CARNATIONS GROWN BY (.Jubilee on left bench, two JOHN E. HAINES, BETHLEHEM, PA. •year seedlings on the right.) 424 The American Florist. April II, The members of the Florists' Club were so busy with Easter preparations this week that the regular meeting did not take place April 8. Walter Kreitling, of the committee on smoker for the meeting of April 22, states that arrangements are w^ell under way. McKellar & Winterson have marketed practically 600,000 narcissi and daffodils for W. H. Arendt, who will shortly be along with peonies and gladioli. Will Kyle, of Kennicotts', has put in the busiest week of the season oppressed by anxiety for his two-year-old boy, who is very ill. Monday evening will see installation at the city council, and an unusual floral display because of the closely contested election. J. D. Thompson, who made a business trip to Minneapolis and St. Paul, returned April 4. The bowlers will begin regular practice at Anson's alleys next Tuesday evening. Herman Fortmann is building an addi- tion of two houses 28x160. Nick Reading, in Rogers Park, is adding two houses 28x160. Visitors: C. Dallwig, Miss Olga Dall- wig and Miss Ida Becker, Milwaukee; John Smith, Evansville, Ind.; M. F.Kyle, Kalamazoo, Mich.; W. A. Hartman, South Haven, Mich.; M. Willius, Minne- apolis; J. M. Gasser, Cleveland, O. • A Mount Clemens Plant. James Taylor built his first greenhouses at Mt. Clemens, Mich., five years ago, commencing with three houses 20x150 feet. He has since added tbree more houses the same size, and is now about to build another. The place is heated by steam from two boilers, one sixty inches by thirteen feet, the other forty-eight inches by twelve feet. , Cypress lumber is used for bars, ventilators and gutters, and the bottoms of all the tables, with 3-inch tile. The glass used is 16x16, double strength throughout. Mr. Taylor's specialties have always been violets and some of the Easter stock, which in this locality was ripening at a rapid rate with the thermometer 60° to 65° all night. Now it is different, since at this writing the night temperature is down to 28°. Mr. Hellenthal can well feel proud of his Ramblers for Easter, which are among the finest of specimens. Mr. Ludwig, of the Livingston Seed Com- pany, speaks highly of Dorothy Perkins, and thinks, if such can be possible, it is even more valuable as an Easter rose than the Rambler. This firm has a lot of them in fine shape. The Fifth Avenue Floral Company is supplying the market with a fine lot of hydrangeas and rhododendrons. Mr. Seibert, the manager, is quite a hustler and consequently always gets there on time. John D. Imlay, of Zanesville, made a call recently and reports his Easter stock as being in fine shape, excepting Harrisii, which did not do so well for him. Carl. Boston. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY RATIFIES LONG DEBATED NEW CONSTITUTION.-RENEWED USEFULNESS NOW ASSURED.— EXHIBITS AND OTHER NOTES.— STATE OF THE EASTER MARKET.— A VARIETY OF LOCAL AND TRADE JOTTINGS. Easter week starts'out with hopeful prospects and all indications favorable for the heaviest Easter business ever experienced. Wholesalers are having an unusually brisk advance inquiry. At present, the early part of the week, there is a slight shortage in the supply, which is attributed to the usual cause, the hoarding up of flowers by the growers. In other and probably wiser markets there seems to be an abundance ot material, and this is being sent to Boston to relieve the stringency, bringing fair prices and scooping the money which local growers might have had for the stock w^hich is presumed to be in their cellars. Whether the presumption is correct or not will ESTABLISHMENT OF JAMES TAYLOR. MT. CLEMENS, MICH. carnations, and his success with the for- mer .earned for him the title of "Violet King." He grows but few varieties of carnations, with which he is constantly successful, particularly with Lawson. J. F. S. Columbus, 0. CHANGE IN WEATHER OF GREAT VALUE TO THE GROWERS OF EASTER STOCK. — VARIOUS TRADE NOTES. A cold snap'came just in time to. save have been demonstrated by the time these lines are in print. Lilies are generally better in quality than has been the case for several years, the crop being mainly longiflorums, and they have evidently benefited much from the favorable weather of the past month which made excessive forcing unnecessary. As to the plant industry, it is booming as never before and all the retailers of high and low degree have made extensive prepara- tions to handle this most important branch of modern Easter trade. At the quarterly meeting of the Mass- achusetts Horticultural Society on April 4, the new constitution was finally ratified by a unanimous vote. Thus happily ends the long agitation for a modern system of government for the society. The most important business now ahead is the selection of an efficient and progressive board of ofiicers. That accomplished, an era of enhanced useful- ness is assured. It was voted that the sum of $100 be appropriated for aspecial prize to be offered at the exhibition of the Chrysanthemum Society of America in New York next November, in such man- ner as the flower committee may arrange. The original manuscript of the address by the first president of the society, Gen'l Dearborn, delivered on September 19, 1829, was presented to the society by M. H. Norton, on behalf of Mrs. R. M. Bailey, a great-granddaughter of Presi- dent Dearborn. On the exhibition table were blooming plants of the new climb- ing roses, Hiawatha and Minnehaha and cut blooms of Urania, from the origina- tor, M. H. Walsh, of Wood's Holl. Urania is a seedling of American Beauty crossed with Mile. Suzanna de Rodocan- achi. In size and build it resembles Beauty, but the color is lighter and much brighter. It lacks the characteristic per- fume of the Beauty. The expected and much dreaded freeze came on the nights of Saturday and Sun- day, April 4 and 5. The thermometer indicated 16° above zero on Monday morning. Fortunately but few trees and shrubs were far enough advanced to suffer permanent injury, although it may transpire later on that more damage was inflicted than is at first apparent. Florists are thankful that it did not come a week later and hopeful that the worst is now over. All bulbous stock is very plentiful in the cut flower market this week, narcissi especially so, and unprecedentedly fine. I saw a dinner basket made of double and single daffodils and genista sprays at Galvin's and must say that if the possi- bilities of beauty in these golden flowers were generally understood among florists and their customers, as displayed in the aforesaid basket, there would be thou- sands of narcissi sold where now a hand- ful suffices. The Co-operative Flower Growers' Association opened up business on Mon- day morning, April 6, at their new mar- ket on Columbus avenue. It is a very spacious, light and convenient place, there being nearly 8,000 square feet of space on the street floor and 7,000 feet in the basement. The crowd in attendance atthe opening was very large anditlooks like a big success from the start. A refrigerator 12x30 feet is being built. Italian truck farmers are rapidly taking up the small abandoned larms in eastern Massachusetts and seem to be making a success of it. The Farquharrose is having a phenom- enal sale this spring, every day bringing in heavy orders from widely separated points. D. F. Roy, gardener at the Converse estate in Maiden, has a fine crop of luscious strawberries now ripe in pots. Visitors: Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; V. Van Zanten, Lisse, Holland. A NEW park is to be constructed at the junction of Broadway and Fulton streets in the Bushwick district of Brooklyn, N. Y. It will be called Jewell Square. The cost, including damages, will be in the vicinity of $200,000. igoj. The American Florist. 425 New York. EASTER PREPARATIONS.— COOL WEATHER SAVES VIOLETS.— GOOD PLANTS PLENTI- FUL. — L. C. KNICKMAN DEAD. — NOTES. The first half of holy week, which is all that concerns the present report, finds the market in a very unsettled condition with verv little being done beyond Easter preparations. But flowers will bloom, whether wanted or not, and regardless of the necessities of Easter or any other event of the future, and so we see the Greeks carrying oft' American Beauties today at $12 a hundred, such as are promised with fear and trembling lor three or four times that price for Satur- day, and Brides and Bridesmaids piled up helter skelter on the counters v^aiting in vain lor a purchaser. Predictions regarding an event which will be already a back number by the time the predic- tions are read, are suggestive of foolish- ness, and hence we will not indulge. But it is safe to say that the cool, rainy weather of the past few days has saved the violet crop and changed the Easter complexion in one important direction, very materially. It is also fair to pre- sume that after such a long siege of bad weather we can look for favoring skies for the latter and most important half of the week. Should this hopeful prediction prove correct then we can promise an unprecedented Easter for the cut flower men. As for the plant industry, it is already safe. Lilies are far better than ever before, and there is an enormous supply of them. Azaleas are in full bloom, in fact a little too full. Genistas, rhodo- dendrons, acacias and the usual run of Easter specialties are seen in customary abundance and quality. Heaths are noticeably few in number, and those that do appear are far behind the record as to quality. Crimson Rambler roses are evervwhere, in profuse bloom and dis- playing a depth of color heretofore unknown in forced plants. Next week we will be able to tell what became of them all. The next regular meeting of the Florists' Club will be held Monday evening, April 13, at 7:30 o'clock. This is the night that exhibits of roses and novelties in plants and flowers are called for. Vases will be provided and the com- mittee will see that the blooms are properly staged. Mrs. A. S. Burns will do honor to Easter Sunday by appearing in the family dining room for the first time since her accident. John H. Taylor has been drawn on the jury and Twenty-eighth street must cele- brate Easter without his help, "more's the pity." Louis C. Knickman, of Brooklyn, died on March 31, aged 53 years. His busi- ness will be continued by his son. The establishment of C. J. Marc, at Woodside, L. L, has been sold and will be cut up into house lots. The campaign of the Dutchmen is over for this season. The number visiting New York was forty. Among the Easter visitors: Mrs. J. N. Champion, New Haven, a good customer and a shrewd buyer. C. B. Knickman, lately with Bobbink & Atkins, has gone on the road for Aug. Rhotert. East Oakland, Cal.— Domoto Broth- ers are preparing to build a range of ten houses each 25x300 for roses. This will give them 220,000 feet of glass, one of the largest places on the coast. They grow a general stock. STORAGE HOUSE OF W. K. HARRIS, PHILADELPHIA. (See Easter plants in Philadelphia, issue of March 28, page 312,) Detroit. SEVERE AND DAMAGING HAIL STORM.— MANY GREENHOUSES WRECKED. — NO INSURANCE.— CLUB MEETING.— VISITORS. A most destructive hail storm struck the western part of this town Thursday, April 2, just before noon. The storm was of short duration, but quite violent. Many of the hailstones measured one and one-fourth inches in diameter and they completely covered the ground. S. Taplin's place on West Fort street, which was struck a few years ago with hail causing great damage, was again in the path of the storm, but the damage was not very serious. At Beard Broth- ers', farther out on Fort street, the destruction was great. A carefrd esti- mate showed a loss of about one-fifth of their entire area. The stock inside, how- ever, was but little injured and a large force of men was put to work at once to make the repairs. At Woodmere, Chas. Warncke places his loss of glass at about 100 boxes, which includes expensive bent glass on his show house. His stock was seriously injured throughout the place, including extensive Easter stock of all kinds. Gustave Knoch, of the same place, loses about forty boxes of glass and his stock was damaged to a great extent. A. Kaler's place, operated by Chas. Keller, and consisting of about 16,000 square feet, received a heavy blow. Mr. Keller places his glass loss at about two- thirds of his total area. His stock, which was nicely prepared for Easter, was much injured. A. Stencke & Son, close by, escaped with less loss than either of their neighbors but their glass loss will amount to twenty-five boxes, the stock being damaged considerably. Theo. Hirr, a half mile distant, lost nearly every light of his three houses and' his stock was greatly damaged. Thos. Browne, at Greenfield, lost about 300 lights. In all cases the glass destroyed was double strength and it seemed to make little difference whether the size was small or large, the most of it being 16x16 and larger. There was no hail insurance in any of the cases. The Florists' Club meeting, Wednesday evening, April 1, was largely attended. No subjectfor consideration was assigned for the evening and only business of a miscellaneous character was transacted. Vice-president John Dunn, James Taylor, Robert Flowerday and Frank Beard, who had visited the floral establishments of Toronto the week before, returning home Sunday morning, made a report of their visit to the club. Their interest centered upon the vast place of the Dale estate and that of John Dunlop. The description of the places named was the result of the closest observations while there. They were loud in their praises of the excellence of all the stock seen and of the durable character and completeness of those places and spoke particularly of the kind hospitalities extended them dur- 42G The American Florist. April II, ing their visit by John Dunlop, who was untiring in his efforts to entertain them. Two piore applicants were received as members of the club. Visitors: Wm. Hagemann and James McHutchinson, New York. J. F. S. Philadelphia. ALL IN READINESS FOR EASTER BUSINESS. — DEPARTMENT STORE PRICES. — HEAVY SHIPPING IN PLANTS.— rCLUB MEETING. Francis Canning, late gardener for Samuel T. Bodine, Villa Nova, Pa., has been appointed gardener at the Massa- chusetts Agricultural College at Amherst, Mass., and left to assume his new duties on April 6. Mr. Canning is well known as a successful exhibitor, and has for many years been a valued contributor to the American Florist and Gardening. For so young a man he has achieved quite an enviable reputation in practical and scientific gardening and his future is full of promise. In the wider field which is now opening for his abilities, we have no doubt but that he will do ample jus- tice to the hopes of his many friends and well-wishers in this locality, which he calls his home, although he spent his boyhood days in England. He is a brother of the well known Edward J. Canning, of the Smith College Botanic Garden, at Northampton, Mass. Everything at this writing is at its very best except the weather, which has been very wet for the past two days. All the stocks, or nearly all, have been transferred to the stores, which look like minature horticultural shows. In spite of the forward season, stocks of lilies and azaleas are in good shape, as is also the bulb stock. Prices of lilies run from 10 cents to 12 cents per bud. The depart- ment stores are all carrying larger stocks than ever, and all advertise lilies at 10 cents to 12 cents per flower, while almost all the stores are asking 25 cents. They make it up on the other stock, which is sold at a good profit. The April meeting of the Florists' Club was rather slimly attended, everybody having plenty to do on their farms just at present. A very interesting paper on ' 'A few noteworthy new and compara- tively little known hardy plants" was read by Herbert Greensmith. An immense shipping trade in plants to near-by out-of-town points was done by all the large growers. Mr. Bunting, of Elmwood avenue, sent a wholesale order of lily plants all the way to New Orleans. His reputation can certainly be called national. There was an immense display of flowers at the opening of the city council and the installation of anewmayorlast Monday. The cost must have run into the thousands. K. Chattanooga, Tenn. trade good all through the season. — early spring hastens bulbous stock. — an opening. Business here has been very good the past season. Everyone reports a brisk demand for roses and carnations; supply about equals demand. Violets are small, with little demand. Bulbous stock is plentiful, more than equal to the probable demand at Easter. We have had an exceptionally mild spring here, and con- sequently tulips, hyacinths, narcissi and all bulbous stock that is practically grown outdoors here, and which w^as intended for Easter trade, has bloomed a week early. Mrs. J. W. Crouch advertised her annual spring opening last Sunday. She has several thousand tulips, narcissi and Dutch hyacinths, 2,000 pots of Harrisii and a plentiful supply of miscellaneous Easter stock. Chas. A. Heard, until recently florist at the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, has been in town for the past few days but left on Sunday for Birmingham, Atlanta and other southern points. C. A. H. St. Louis. BIG demand DEVELOPS AND ALL LINES OF STOCK ARE WANTED.— CUT FLOWER MARKET BARE. — RETAILERS HAVE BIG STOCKS OF FLOWERING PLANTS. — NOTES OF A VISIT TO VARIOUS LEADING PLACES. Easter week brought a big change in the market. The weather has been exceedingly fine and it seems that every- body wants flowers, and prices are no object. On Monday top prices werepaid for everything and stock was picked up on sight. Roses were in big demand and brought as high as $10 per hundred; $4 was paid for short stufl". Carnations were scarce at $6. Bulbous stock and lilies also took a jump and by evening everything was cleaned up. On Wednes- day, the day of this writing, the market was a little easier but stillstiff enough to keep things on the move. Harrisii lUies are in big demand and are very short at $18 and $20. Von Sions move slowly at $2.50 and $3. Bulbous stock in gen- eral is a little slow, but indications are good for a big demand by the end of the week. Some very fine lily of the valley is coming in and moves nicely at $4 and $5. Violets are still coming in and go readily at 50 cents. If they hold out until the end of the week prices will move up con- siderably, as a good many orders are booked for Sunday delivery. Taken alto- gether the outlook is very bright for an increase in Easter trade over former years. Among the retailers Ihere is already much activity, as a great many church decorations were made for Thursday and orders are piling up everywhere. At George Waldbart's store things are one big mass of bloom. Every nook and corner is filled with blooming plants. Among some 200 azaleas, specimens of Mme. Vander Cruyssen are seen measur- ing three feet across, also some fine large rhododendrons. About 600 lilies were on the tables. Mrs. M. M. Ayres has a very pretty and attractive window display, consist- ing of an eight-foot cross made of "capes" and violets and trimmed in tulle and ribbon, surmounted by four snow- white doves with an Easter greeting worked in purple ribbon on white tulle. She also has a fine stock of flowering plants and bulbous stock. Fred. C. Weber had to put in some extra benches to hold his big stock of plants and had them neatly and artistic- ally arranged. In general appearance his place is one of the prettiest in the city. Miss Mary Ostertag has a splendid stock of flowering plants. She is carry- ing a much larger stock than in former years and still she will run short. Theo. Miller carries a select stock of azaleas, rhododendrons and lilac and an extra fine lot of hydrangeas and bulbous stock, having forced the latter himself. At Fred. W. Weber's new store every- thing looks as bright as a new dollar and a well selected stock will give him a goodly portion of the trade. The Ellison Floral Company has as fine a lot of Easter lilies as one could wish to see and everything looks pros- perous for the new firm. Wm. Kalish & Sons have their green- houses and store crowded with plants and orders booked for everything they carry. H. J. F. Brampton, Ont. GROWERS ALL BUSY IN THE DAYS BEFORE EASTER. — CUT FLOWER SUPPLIES INADE- QUATE. — EXTENSIVE BUILDING PLANNED. This has been a very busy week in the "glass city." The heavy demand for flow- ers continues but only about fifty per cent of the orders are being filled. At the Dale Estate all are hustling. Long dis- tance shipments started Tuesday and the rush increased as the week advanced. In the greenhouses Brides and Bridesmaids are of good quality, Morgan has picked up considerably and Meteor shows much improvement. American Beauty has acted perversely all season and there are few good flowers to be seen. This is the home of the new rose, Canadian Queen, and as it is here grown it is a beautiful shade of pink which makes it desirable and adaptable for all classes of work. In the carnation houses there are some very fine blooms, most conspicuous of whicfi are Gov. Roosevelt and a large bench of Marquis. Most of the varieties have been picked so close that there are not a great number showing. A bench of the new fern, Adiantum Croweanum, has done very well. There are over 500 of these plants, well filled with good long fronds, which are all promised for the Easter trade. Quite an extensive addition will be made to the plant this season, when twenty-seven of the latest modern houses will be erected. The Jennings place is in the best of shape. Carnations, as he grows them, must be very profitable. He stays by the standard varieties, and Morning Glory, Glacier and Scott all do well with him. One of his best houses is planted with Van Home, a Canadian seedling, which is in full crop and all good blooms. Violets are holding out well, and he will pick quite a number for Easter. He is iDUsy putting up another housefor carna- tions, which will soon be ready for the glass. Wm. Fendley is busily engaged shaping material for several new houses. He has had a very good season on violets and still has about 20,000 for the holiday. Carnations show a good crop and with good mignonette he will have an exten- sive stock for Easter. Stroller. Nashville, Tenn. STOCK IN GOOD SHAPE FOR EASTER.— PLENTY OF FLOWERING PLANTS. — OUT- DOOR FLOWERS GONE. The florists all report a full supply of flowers for the Easter trade. Blooming plants of every kind are on hand in abundance and in all varieties, grades and prices. There are plenty of Easter lilies in the market, enough to supply all demands. Florists expect to realizegood prices on the latter, as they find ready sale no matter how good the supply. Violets have gone out of bloom and there will be none on sale Easter Sunday. The Von Sion narcissus is shown in beautiful specimens by Joy & Son. They will have them for Easter. There will be few outdoor flowers. All the very early spring flowers have had their brief season and departed. Lilacs are done with, but their tender buds were igo^ The American Florist. 427 caught by a cold snap and were blighted; therefore they were neither perfect nor abundant. Roses are fine and plentiful. Prices on roses are slightly higher than in former seasons. Carnations are fine and plentiful. Geny Brothers have a large assortment and profuse supply. An abundance of funeral work has used up all the small stock and brought a good profit to the dealers in the past few weeks. Easter weddings are being announced and will furnish good work for the next week or two. M. C. DuRRis. Pittsburg:. WEATHER FAVORABLE FOR PLANT DEVEL- OPMENT.— GOOD EASTER STOCKS EVERY- WHERE IN EVIDENCE.— NOTES OF LOCAL DOINGS. There are but few cases where the fears of a few weeks ago have materialized. The warm weather that occasioned alariu changed to cool and blooming stock was never in a finer or more satisfactorj- con- dition. The probability is for an extra- ordinary Easter sale. All the stores are beautifully decorated and all say the same thing in relation to the business outlook for Easter. Roses for Easter will be in their finest condition and it looks as though carna- tions will be higher, proportionately, than other cut stock. The demand for violets is exceptional and the sale of this staple will exceed previous records. Two weeks ago we were in doubt as to whether it would be advisable to handle them, but they seem to have taken a decided turn for the better. Randolph & McClements have had a great rush of funeral work during this week. Among the large pieces was a funeral pall SxlO feet, composed entirelj' of Bridesmaid roses. \Vm. Falconer will leave shortly for a visit to the larger cities to look over the notable cemeteries. He hopes to make Allegheny Cemetery the most notable in the country. Breitenstein & Flemm have introduced some new features in the arrangement of azaleas in window boxes and Crimson Ramblers in especially designed baskets. The Pittsburg Cut Flower Company has had more than an active week, sup- plying the wants at home and at distant points. Both Ludwig firms in Allegheny had a large number of funeral designs for the obsequies of Fireman Springer. A. W. Smith's store is gorgeously deco- rated and a large number of Easter nov- elties are on display. J. B. Murdoch & Company have sold their down town store and will discon- tinue the retail business. Mrs. Williams is making a big daily cut of fine Murillo tulips. James Orr is with Mrs. Williams dur- ing the rush. E. L. M. Bedding-Out. George.— Ma, I wisht I was a flower. Ma.— Why, dear, that would be very sweet. George.— And then I'd stay in bed all day. — Princeton Tiger. '^WTVS (^OTES. Hamilton, Ont. — The unsecured liabili- ties of F. G. Foster & Son are $3,500, with $4,300 secured. Windsor, Ont. — H. O. Fleming and James Hyatt were hit by hail April 2 and lost considerable glass. Red Oak, Ia.— C. G. Anderson & Com- pany have sold out to Frank Sahan, of Omaha, who took possession .\pril 1. Vancouver, B. C— The Vancouver Horticultural Societv is preparing for a flower show July i7-lS. Mrs. L. D. Taylor is secretary. Marseilles, III. — A. S. Gum's green- house was destroj'ed by fire March 23, starting from an over-heated furnace. He was partly insured. Auburn, R. I.— Budlong & Co. will turn more of their lettuce housesto flower culture the coming season. Of carnations they expect to plant 75,000. Merrill, Wis. — Nic Greivelding has four houses 18x100, all heated by steam, and located almost opposite the Citj- Hall. He is doing a fine trade. Louisville, Kv.— The store of Nanz & Neuner, 582 Fourth avenue, was broken into one night recently and a small amount of cash and clothing stolen. Saginaw, Mich. — Anton Gaertner, who has been with the Wm. Roethke Com- pany, has gone to Mansfield, O., to enter the employ of the Berno Floral Company. Cornwall, N. Y.— T. J. Dwyer, of the Orange County Nurseries, has recently published a book of 126 pages entitled, "Guide to Hardy Fruits and Orna- mentals." Sarcoxie, Mo. — Hermann Wild is almost 78 years of age, but is still doing an increasing business and says he likes to keep posted on what is going on in the trade. Terre Haute, Ind. — George E. Hunt has leased the plant of the M. A. Hunt Floral Company, but will continue the business without change of name, his own name appearing as leasee. Easton, Pa. — The greenhouses of Alexander Schultz, deceased, have been bought by James L. Lomerson, who will take them down and rebuild them on his property on Washington street. Lowell, Mass. — C. L. Marshall and John Oliver are candidates for the posi- tion of superintendent of parks and commons under the new park commission. The appointment will probably be made in May, Towns With Horticultural Names. The postoffice directory shows an extra- ordinary list of towns with freak names. For example, the new directory shows the following: 1 Pokeberry. 2 Peach orchards. 6 Peach Trees. 4 Peach Tree Creeks. 3 Peach Groves. 6 Cherry Groves. 3 Cherries. 13 Groves. 6 Chestnnts. 13 Olives. 3 Heans. 1 Pumpkin. 1 Turnip. 1 Cottonseed. 3 Huyslacks. A Beets. 3 Blackwalnuts. 3 Crabapples. I Blackberry. I Gooseberry. There are many other towns named after trees and fruits, and an equal num- bsr after flowers, such as: 3 Buttercups. 1 Morning Glory. II Daisys. 4 Pansys 4 Ferns. 5 Primroses. I 1 Fern Leaf. 7 Tulips. I 1 Begonia. .5 Shamrocks. And almost every other flower men- tioned in the botanies. — New Yorli Trib- une. Meetings of Florists' Clubs. Baltimore, lie— Gardeners' Club of Baltimore. Royal Arcunum tuildiog. 18 W. Saratoga street. ijecond and fourth Monday of each month, at 8 p. m, John J. Perry, Sec'y, Gay and Eager streets. Boston, Mass —Gardeners' and Florists" Club of Boston, Horticultural Hall. Meets second Tuesday of each month. W. E. Fischer, Sec'y, 18 Union Terrace, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Brocton, Mass. — Brocton Gardeners' and Florists' Ciub. store of W. w. Hathaway, Times Building. First nnJ third Tuesday of each mon'h. at 8 p. ni. W. VV. Hathaway, Sec'y. Brockton, Mass. Buffalo, K. Y —Buffalo Florists' Club, 481 Washington street. Second Wednesday of each month, at 8 p. m. Wm. Legg, Sec'y, 1440 Dela- ware avenue, Buffalo. Bi'TTE. Mont —Montana Florists' Club, 4!> W. H-Oidway. Fust Saturday in each month. D. K. Law, Sec'y. Chicago. Ill— Chicago Florists' Club. Handel Hall. 40 Randolph street. Second and fourth Wednesday of each month, at 8 p ra. George Wienhoeber, Sec'y, 413 F,lm street. Chicago. Cincinnati, O.— Cincinnati Florists' Society, Jabez Elliott Flower Market. Second Saturday of each month, at 8 p m. Frank \V. Ball, Sec'y, 136 E. 4lh SI reel. Cleveland, O.— Cleveland Florists' Club, Progress Hall, '344 Detrcit street, second and fourth Monday of each month, at 8 p. m. Isaac Kennedy. Sec'y, Westpark. o. Denver, Colo.— Denver Floral Club, 3!3 Charles Block. Second and fourth Friday of each month, at 8 p. m. Adam lialmer, Sec'y. Detroit, Mich— DeToit Florists' Club, Cowie Building. Farran and Gratiot avenue. First ani third Wednesday of each month at 8 p. m. J. F. Sullivan, Sec'y, 314 Woodward avenue. Hamilton. Ont.— Hamilton Gardeners' and Florists' Club, 136^4 James street. North. First and third Tuesday of each month iit 8 p. m. Chas. M. Webster, "Sec'y. Hartford, Conn. — Hartford Florists' Club. Second and fr'urth Tuesday of each month at 8 p. m. Alois Friy Sec'y. jNDiANAPOi is, Ind. — State Florists' Associalion of Indiana, Commercial Club rooms. Indianapolis. Fiist Tuesday of each month, at 8 p m. H. Junge. Sec'y, 456 E. Washington street, India- naoolis. Montreal, Que -Montreal Gsrdeners'and Flo- rists' Club Alexandria rooms, 2-304 St Catherine street. Fir>t and third Monday of each month. \V , H Horobin. S-c'y 23 Closse street. Keu- London, Conn.— Gardeners' and Florists Club, first and third Tuesday of each month at greenhouses of secretary. II. II. Appeldorn, Sec' V. c1 N. Robey St., Chicago. For Sale Cheap— Prosperous up-to-date florist business; established 12 years; can easily make your money back this spring. Write at once to Mrs. S. N. Alrire, Greenview, III. For Rent— Twelve acres of ground and about 35,00J feet of glass, near Chicago. Buildings and stock in good condition; finest soil for carnations and roses. A B. care American Florist. For Sale— 14.000 feet of glass, fine trade, near large city, two street car lines, three railroads, fine rose soil on property. Owner wants lo retire. Only florist in town of 8,0i 0. Small payment. K P. care American Florist. Wanted to Rent— Y'oung man with only small capital hut who knows the trade thoroughly in all its branches, wants to rent a small place or get a position where his ability as a grower ca'n be shown and will be appreciated. Address N L, care Amer.can Florist. Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Gliicago, lii. Regular meetings held 2d and 4th Wednesday of each month at Jung's Hall. 106 E. Randolph "St., Chicaeo. Gardeners and Florists in other cities desiring to form a Union will receive full information from the Secretary. Send all communications to H. J. SPRINGER, Secretary, 6142 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. Wanted... A grower of roses, including Beauties, who has unquestioned reputation and endorse- ment, to take charge of 75,001 square feet of glass. Must be sober and willing to work. Good salary to right man. Jlarried man pre- ferred. Address I' J'l Rogers Park, Chicago, III. HELP WANTED. Gardener. A compelent and csperienced man to care for flowers, shrubs, lawn, garden and to care for horse and do general work around a small place. State experience, giving references. Address C. A. BALL, Muncie, Ind. RRFFNHnil^F^ """ "" Co-nperative Plan. UnLLIinUUOLO An inviting opportunity for a successful grower of Roses and Carnations with $.5000.00. more or less, to buy an interest in one of Chicago's large, modern greenhouse establish- ments. Salary given and then profits divided according to amount invested. The chance of a life time for an energetic florist to become a part- ner in a big concern. Investment safe and profitable. Address CO-OPERATION, care American Florist. At Woodside, L. I., within three miles Thirty- fourth Street Ferry. My entire Greenhouse Plant consisting of about seventeen thousand feet of glass, all Al, heated with seven Ililchings boilers. Your personal inspection will convince you that this is a snap. MIX S. BIRNS, Woodside, N. Y. 1,100 Feet of Glass, well stocked; residence, barn, etc.; no competition within 40 miles; progressive city; 9.00i)popuhition, 3 railroads; paying busi- ness. Will sell at sacrifice becausi' of poor health. This is a rare chance. ED, GREEWWOOD, Union, Inil. FOR SALE. 8,000 feet of glass, located in a fine growing city; best of shipping facilities; good market for wholesale and retail trade. Address WHOLESALE, care American Florist. Wanted. Position as Manaaor or Buyer for a No. I seed, planter bulb house, handling a general line for florists' use. Have had fi teen years' experience in the trade throughout the United Stales and Canada. Will be willing to travel part of the year to solicit business knowing all the best buyers in these lines. Can fuynish best recommendations, and any negotiations roust be closed by May I. Now representing the best European grow- ers, but for persona] reasons want to change. All correspondence must be strictly confi- dential. New York house preferred. Address all communiciitions to AGROSTIS, care American Florist, 79 Milk Streol. BOSTON, MASS. For Sale. A veaetable gardening business Including residence, consisting of 10,000 feet glass of which 7,000 feet is suitable for rose houses. The business is an old established one and in iis best running condition, has the best and most reliable trade in its city. Owing to its location between Omaha and South Omaha (population 150.000} one and one-half miles from either postoffice it shows a good demand for its production. It is equipped with steam heat, with two boilers, a stable, a storage building, three horses, one spring wagon and a coal wagon; it is well equipped in every respect. Address A. BORTENLANGER, 2125 Bancroft street. OMAHA, NEB. 430 The American Florist. April IT, J. B. Deamud, 51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.^ Smilax, Asparagus, Fancy Ferns, Smilax, Adiantum, Lilies, Roses, Carnations, Tulips and everything in the line for SPRING WEDDINGS L D. 'Phone 3155 Central. Send for Price List. The r. R. WILLIANS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Bridos, Maids, Meteors, Carnations. Cut Adiantum, Qalax, Commoa Ferns and Florists' Supplies. Telephone Connections. OX.EC'VEfr^.^IVI^, ORIO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., "Wholesale Cut Flowers-- 457 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. 3J. M.McCULLOUGH'SSONSE \ WHOLESALE [ j FLORISTS I 3 ALSO SUCCESSORS TO ^ \ THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. F 1 CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. t i Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders. b \ 316 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO. \ H.G.BERNING Wholesale florist 1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO. WM. MURPHY, Wholesale Florist and Commission Dftaler in Gut Flowers i Florists' Supplies, WIRE WORK. 'Phone Main 980. Wire or write 120 E. Third St., CINCINNATI, O. WIETOR BROS. "-.•r.;'.. Cut Flowers All telegraph and telephone orders given prompt attention. 51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Poehlmann Bros. Go. Wholesale Growers of s"eii.r.i™ Cut Flowers All telegraph and telephone orders _ given prompt attention. 3^37 Bbeehhodsbs: Randolph Strait Morton Grove, IlL CHICAQO, ILL. Pittsburg GutFlowerCo.Ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. ^^^ Pittsburg, Pa. C. A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, USZ PINE STREET. ^ »T. LOUIS, MO. ■VA eomplete line of Wire Designs. E. H. Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. MATH. EVERT, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of Cut Flowers 58-60 Wabash Ave., CIHICAGO. 'Phone Central 3067. Greenhouses, 255 Devon Av, Bassett&Washburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Wbolesale Dealers and n..A ClmuKkH.. Growers of ||Ul rlOWOl? GREENHOUSES: HINSDALE. ILL. Whol^ale power/\arl^fe MHiWAiTKEB, April 9. Boses, Beauty, long, perdoz. 4.00@ 5.00 med. " 2.00© 3.00 " " short " 1.00@1.50 " Litjerty 10.0(@I2.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 6.000 8.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 6.00® 8.00 Perle 6.00® 8.00 Carnation!, 3 00@ 6.00 Violets l.OO Harrissi 15. CO Daffodils, Tulips 2.00® 4.0O' Callas 10.00@12.00 Adiantum 75® 1 .00 Smilax 18.00 65.00 PITTBBTIR8, April 9. Boses, Beauty, specials, per doz. 5.00@ 8.00 " " extras " 3.00® 4.00 " " No. 1 " 1.00® 2.00 " " No. 2 per 100 6 00® 8.00 " Bride, Bridesmaia 3.00@15.0O " Meteor 4.00@10.00 " Jacq., Brunner 10.CO@25.00' Carnations 2.00® 8.00 Tulips 3.00® 5.00 Mignonette 1.60® 4.00 Lily of the valley 3. CO® 4.00 Violets 60(9 1.5fr Lilac perbunoh, .5C®l.tO Smilax 18. 00® 20 00 Adiantum 1.00® 2. CO' Asparagus, strings 30 00@50 .00 Sprengeri 2.00® 4.00 » CiNciiraATi, April 9. Eoses, Beauty 25.00@65.00- Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00®12.00 " Liberty 8 00®15.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 6 00® 12 .00 Carnations 4.u0® 8.00 Tulips, Daffodils 3.00® 6.0O' LUy of the valley 3.00® 4.00 Hairisii lilies, per doz, 1.61® 2.50 Bomans. Paper Whites 3 00® 4.0O Asparagus 50.00 Smilaxf. 15.00®20.00 Adiantum l.OC® 2.00 St. Louis, April 9. Eoses, Beauty, long stem 20.00(8 69.00 " Beauty, medium stem 8.00®15.00 " Beauty, short stem 6.00® 8.00 Bride, Bridesmaid 4 00®18 .00 " Golden Gate, Meteor 4.00®12.00 " Perle 4.00@10.0O Carnations 3.00® 6.0O Violets fiO® 1.00 Harrissi 12. 50(820. 00 Paper Whites, Bomans 8.0(@ 4.0O Sweet Peas 60(3) 1.00 Lily of the valley 4.0l@ 6. 00 Smilax 15, OJ Asparagus Sprengeri 1.5r@ 3 " PlumoBUS 75.0(@100 igoj. The American Florist. 431 We have been trying to say here just the word which will make you WANT TO BUY OF US, If wc bavc failed to interest you, it is the fault of our advertising, not the fault of our business system or the goods we handle. We have the facilities to dispatch all orders promptly and our supplies are large. Best Brides and Maids, choice Beauties and Carnation?, all "Green Goods." Big rose crop now on; plenty of carnations soon. Let us hear from you. Price list mailed Tuesday, April t4. Send a postal if you would like it weekly. 32-34-36 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL. The Largest, Best Equipped and Most Centrally Located Wholesale Cut Flower House in Chicago. E. C. AMLING, Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1977 Central. LILY OF THE VALLEY BEUXS' CELEBRATED BRAND for forcing, $12.50 per 1000; $30.00 per case of 2500; J1.50 per 100. FINEST CUT VALLEY IN QUANTITY. HM RDIIMC 1409 W. Madrson Straat, ■ 111 DnUnO, CHICAGO, ILL. PETER REINBERG, Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 800,000 FEET OF CLASS. Headquarters for American Beauties. 51 WABASH AVE., • CHICAGO, ILL FRANK BARLAND, "Srt., Cut Flowers iPEOIAL ATTENTION T1*TT^T^TST^BS aiVEN TO HABDY CUT *^ HfXX.^^H-'^a S5-57 WABASH AVENUE, Telepbone Central 3284. CEIIO.A.OO> JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of "oo" 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Gut Flowers R ICE BROTHERS Special attention given to shipping orders. Send for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Minn. mention the American Flo- fist whtn you order stock. .,?< Always BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICACO F. F. BEHTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and Consignments Solicited. Commission FLORISTS J. a BUDL0NG Boses and Carnations « A Specialty. 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 6RQWER of CUT FLOWERS Wbol^ale f[ower/\arK^ Chicaso, April 10. Roses, Beauty, 36-inch stems 6.U0 30 " " 5.00 24 " " 4.00 " " 20 " " 3,00 " 15 " " 2.60 " " 12 " " 3, CO " Short stems $8@.$12 per 100 " Liberty, Chatenay 6 00@26.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 5 00@12.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 5.0O@12.OO Violets 60® 1.50 Carnations 4 00® 8.00 Romans. Paper Whites 3.00® 4. CO Tulips, Valley 3. CO® 5.00 Sweet peas 1.00® I. SO 8,00®15.00 Asparagus, per string, .SOW .75 Adiantum 1 .00® 1 .50 Common ferns, per 1000, 2 50 .25 Smilaz. per dozen. 2.00 A. L. Randall, WHOLESALE flORIST. 4 Washington Street, CHICAGO Send for weekly price list and social quotations on 1000 lots. Cut Flowers The J. M.GASSER COMPANY, Wholesale Growers, Euclid Avenue, CLEVELAND, O. ...GEO. M. KELL066... I Grower ol... in the West. Give us an order and we will please you. Our Greenhouses at PLEASANT HILL, MO. Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS Cinr, MO |9~ Loire DIBTAKCS 'PHOKE AT EITHBR FLA.OB. GEO. REINBER6, ntr., Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICACO, ILL. Please mention the American Flohist every time you write to an advertiser. 432 The American Florist. April 11^ BEAUTIES! Samuel S.Pennock LIBERTIES! PHILADELPHIA. .A. 34 HAWLEY STREET, BOSTON. Best Boston Flowers An entire floor Devoted to Stock and Manufacturing;. Write now for quotations on Chrysanthemums and all seasonable stock. nxn riCTro wimi fiftit thousand caRMAiioNs.... rUK L/VoILK Yt LLK fifty thousand violets... - TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ROSES.. WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. Superiority. WE claim it for tiie flowers we dis- tribute. It is guaranteed by the iiigh sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It is proven by the large number of florists throughout New England and elsewhere depending on us for their regular supply. Largest dealers east of New York in Baskets, Sheaves, Letters, Vases, Ribbons and all Florists' Requisites. OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6:00 O'CLOCK EVERY MORNING. N. F. McCarthy & co., Telephone 734 and 64 Main. 85 Hawley Street, BOSTON. H. C. BlEDEL. F. D. Spicee. RIEOEL & GO. WHOLESALE Commission Florists. 34 West 29fh Street, NEW YORK. Strictly Wholasala. Correspondence Invited. Wbol^ale power/\arl^ Boston, April 8. Boses, Beauty, Edgely, extra 3}.00@40.00 " " •• medium.. ..l.'i.OOgSi. 00 " " ouUs 5.00® 8.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Gate... 4.C0@ 6.C0 extra 8.00@12.00 Liberty, Meteor 6.00@12.00 Carnations 2.00@ 4.00 Special 4.00® 8.00 Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00 Violets 60® .75 Paper White narcissi, Hyacinths.. 2.00® 3.00 Trumpet narcissi 2.00® 4 00 Tulips 2.00© 4.00 Harrisii lilies 10.00@12.00 Longiflorum lilies 12 00®I5.00 Callas 12.00@I6 00 Smilax 18.00@26.00 Phtt,*tielphia, April 8. Hoses, Tea 8.00®12.00 " " extra 15.00 " Beauty, extra 30.00@60.00 " " firsts 10.00@20.00 " Queen of Edgely, extra 3a.00@60.00 " " " firsts.... 10 .00®20.00 Carnations 3.00® 6.00 Violets 1.00® 1.50 Lily of the valley 3.00® 6.00 Asparagus 25.00®SO.OO Smilax 12.50®15.00 BUBTAio, April 9. Boses, Beauty 10 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 8 Carnations 2. Violets Harrisii 12. Paper Whites, Bomans 2. Lily of the valley 3, .0O@S0.00 .00@15.00 .51® 6.00 .60® 1.25 ,00@15.03 CO® 3.00 .00® i 00 .00@20.00 .75® 1.50 Milton W. Woodroffe, WHOLFSALf fLORIST, 1344 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. 6lve Us a Trial. We Can Please You Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers In stock. UfU C IfACTIUfS Wholesale Com- nnii ■■ I\H«III1||| mission Florist, 481 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y. Dealer in Florist's' Supplies and Wire Designs. Open from 7:OOA. M. to 8:00 P. M. NEW YORK GUT FLOWER GO. 55 and 57 West 26th St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Daily Reports. Weekly Payments. '^/MSdi.o. sq. J- A. MILLANG. 2034 Madison Sq. Makaosb.. Please mention the American Florist when writings N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXGHANGE Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. Z6th St., New York. Open for Cot Flower Salee at 6 o'clock Every Morning DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FO» ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON^ Secretary. Figase mention the A filfy^t ii)h^^ Tif^'ft Always mention the American Flo- rist Tvhen you order stock, ijt^ Our Growers have Everythiuif in the way of FLOWERS and PL^KNTS at all Times. Fine Liiy and Azalea Plants. Give us a Trial Order. The PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKET, BEAUTIES, LIBERTIES, Leo. Niessen, AND VALLEY. WHOLESALE FLORIST, 1217 Arch St., Philadelphia. igo3. The American Florist. 433^ JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Exclaslvely. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT Ttl. 2066 Madison Sq. NEW YORK. 42 West 28th St Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWEKo ever offered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, Bride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter f. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Talephono 003 IS»dlion BCLiuira. 39 West 28th St., NEW YORK. Talaphons^Nos. 2239 and 2034 Madison Squara, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 65 and 67 West 26th St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice ol sale note daily. Statement and check kly. All consignments, large or small, receive tha e attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. ! VIOLETS. WILLIAM GHORMLEY VIOLETS. 1 Wholesale ■■ ■^^■■^■" i^iiwiiiwifci- ■ 9 Oommission Daily Receiver and Shipper of Fresh Cut Flowers. Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Vaiiey, Chrysantiiemums. Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY. JOHN YOUNG Spiolal American Beauties, Surpassing Carnations, Uly of the Valley, Orchids, and all Seaionable Floweii. 61 Weat 28th St., ITBW YORK. Tel 1905 UadtBon Sq. THK RKCOCNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR Violets and Carnations •ROWERS and BiJYERS make a note of this. It win be to your advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER, 80 West 29tli St., New York. Telephone B51 Madison Square. Frani( iVIIiiang from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. 55-57 W. 26th St. NEW YORK. Cot Flower Exchange, Phone 399 Madison Square. ESTABLISHED 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consignments or Shippinii; Orders. Satisfaction given in both. Tel. 956 Madison Sq. 115 W. 3Qth St., New York. Also 48 W. 3flth St. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. S6 and 57 W. 26th St. N<^W York. Cut Flower Exchange, l-^^w nfiia. OPEN 6:0O A. M. An Unequalled Outlet lor Consigned Flowers. Choice Cirnatlons. Selected Roses. Traendly&Schenck NEV YORK OTY, 38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange. New Telephone No. 798 ormant Roots). 3-3eyestoeach Udlllldo division, best sorts, JIo.CO per 1000 (Not less than 400 of a class at 1000 rate.) Latanias, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE (Inc.) P. J. BERGKMANS GO. FRUITLAND NURSERIES, Established 18S6. AUGUSTA. GA. PUase mention the American Florist when writing. W. Van Kieef & Sons, Wholesale Growers ol Nursery Stock, BOSKOOP, HOLLAND, Beg to announce that their Mr. W. Van Kleef, Jr., is in the United States and will remain until the middle of Ma3'. Please address all correspondence until the middle of May care of Maitus & Ware. 136 Water St , NEW YORK. Azalea Amoena. One of the choicest, dwarf, hardy, flowering shrubs. 2, 3 and 4-year plants trom open ground, $30.00, $50.00 and $75.00 per 100. A few larger specimens $3.00 to $5.00 each. 1-year plants, $10.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000; rooted cuttings, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. AMPELOPSIS VEITCni field grown seed- lings, $3.00 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. DAHLIAS, strong dormant roots, plenty of white, yellow and pink. Ask for descriplive cataloque and spring trade list of M0RKI5VILLE MJRSEHY... SAMUEL C. MOON, Morrisville, Pa. Strawberries.. Forty varieties, from 11.00 to $2.55 per 1000. AcfiaraniiC strong, one vear, 50c per 100; ns|jaiayUS ja.OO per lOdO. Two-vear, 75o per 100; }3.00 per 1000. Varieties— Palmetto, Barrs and Giant Argentina. Also other Small Fruits, Plants, etc. Send for pri.;e list. CHAS. BLACK, Hiahtstown, N. J. /tlllt;i Itail Week days and everyday Florists Sundays and hoUdays, PIN OAK ^^ Ads All over the country. At home and abroad. Our Stock of llandsome Oaks of all Sorts is Unsurpassed. The Glenwood Nurseries oflfer the finest trees both EVER- GREEN and DECIDUOUS. FLOWERING SHRUBS and VINES of all sizds in general assortment. New TRADE LIST Ready. Special quotations to large buyers. The Wm. n. MOON CO. Morrisville, Pa. 60 Miles from New York. 30 Miles from Philadelphia. MINNESOTA GROWN Hardy Ornamental Stock. SOD GOLDEN ELDBR, 2 feet, strong, 8 cts. 1. 000 PURPIE BERBERIS, 18 to 24 inches, very fine, 8 cts. ■ ,000 DBUTZIAS, 18 to 24 inches and up. strong and stocky, 7c. Candidissima, Cren- ata, Gracilis, Pride of Rochester, Waterer. 3,000 SYfflNQAS (Philadelphus), 18 to 30 in. and up, 8 cts. In the following varieties; Opulifolia, Zeyheri, Grandiflora, Lemoinei, Golden. 4,000 SPIR>E*8. 24 to 30 in., strong, 7 cts. In the following sorts; Douglasi, Van Houttei, Anthony ^Vaterer, Billardii, Pruni- folia. SOD CLETHRA, or SWEET PEPPER BUSH, 2 feet and up, 7 cts. 1,000 FLOWERINQ CURRANTS, 24 to 30 in. 7 cts. ■ ,500 ALTHBAS, 18 to 30 inches, 10c. Choice Named Sorts single and double. 2,000 CLIMBINQ HONEYSUCKLES, strong, 2 years old, 8 cts. Scarlet Trumpet, Hall's Japan, Chinese Twining, Monthly Fragrant. 3,000 MATRIMONY VINES, extra strong and heavy, 5 cts. The above stock is dug and cellared ready for immediate ship FINE FOR LANDSCAPE WORK. 1,000 HYDRANQBA PANICULATA GRAND- IFLORA, 18 to 24 inches and up, 10 cts. HARDY HEDQINQ- 2 400 Carsgana or Siberian Pea Tree, 4 to 8 inches, Ic. 2,200 Ru«>laa Olive, 4 to 8 inches, Ic. LL.MtY&OO., Nursarymen, Satdtmen Ql DmhI USmm and Florists, Oli ■ 9111) Inllllla 438 The American Florist. April II, Our pasTiMEs. Announcements of coming contests or other eveats of interest to our bowling, shooting and «*?oTting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milli St., Boston, Mass.; Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 334 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. At Wasliing:ton. The following is the record of the bowl- ers for the practice meeting on April 1: Player 1st 3d 3d T'l W. H Ernest 191 18fl 174 551 C.L.Barber 199 115 171 .545 G.H.Cooke 172 156 170 498 W F. Gude 171 143 161 474 E. Leoffler 139 186 140 465 J. W. Freeman 144 150 162 436 C. W. Wolf 152 179 107 438 W.S.Clark 127 124 167 418 A Esch 119 103 168 390 C.' L. Barber, Jr 163 121 108 383 J.Shine 113 134 129 376 W. W. Kimmell lOi 104 161 367 G.Sinith 125 115 126 366 Willie Clark 148 117 HO 365 F.H.Kramer 144 117 79 340 A.Herold 105 110 103 318 K.Davis 119 96 93 308 P. G. At Chicago. The Chicago bowlers who aspire to a place on the Milwaukee team at conven- tion time will begin their practice at Anson's alleys next Tuesday evening, April 14. Entries, for which the fee is $1, will close at that time. A series of thirty games is to be rolled, covering ten weeks, and each contestant must participate in at least twenty-one games to qualify. Inasmuch as it is impossible to personally speak to everyone in the trade. President Hauswirth takes this opportunity of urging each one to be on hand next Tuesday night. He says that the greatest bowling contest in the history of the trade will take place at Milwaukee next August, there being sixteen splendid alleys in the building selected, and Chicago must be adequately represented. AH in the trade are invited to attend the trial series of games at Anson's alleys. San Francisco. TINE GROWING WEATHER. — REVIEW OF TRADE CONDITIONS. — VIOLET SEASON SOON PAST.— VARIOUS NOTES OF INTER- EST. After quite a spell of rainy weather, which had a temporary depressing effect on trade, we are now experiencing a most balmy California sunshine, which, if continued, will bring all kinds of flower- ing stock along with a rush. There has as yet been no oversupply of flowers and prices continue firm. Bulbous stock, such as daffodils and narcissi, are now almost past. Violets are becoming poor in quality and their season will soon end. Sweet peas and lilac are commencing to arrive. The prospect for Easter seems to point to a fair supply of cut flowers and flowering plants. Easter lilies are of better quality and far more abundant than last year and more moderate prices will prevail. The Hortensia Horticultural Society's meeting in its new quarters in Baker's Hall, Oakland, March 28, was well attended. A lecture on "Horticulture in Ancient Times" and a paper on the "Progress of Horticulture in California" proved very interesting. This society, which is exclusively German, is consider- ing the advisability of adopting a new name, changing by-laws, and enroUing members from the different branches of the trade regardless of nationality. The position of state horticultural commissioner, provided by the new law, will in all probability be filled by Professor Hilgard, of the State University. Alexander Craw, quarantine inspector for San Francisco of plants and nursery stock, will continue in that office. Mr. Shanahan, of the Shanahan Floral Company, 107 Powell street, will in a few days depart for Trinity county, taking along with him an hydraulic outfit to work his several gold producing placer claims there. Mrs. Shanahan will manage the store during his absence. F. Ludeman, of the Pacific Nurseries, reports a most satisfactory shipping business. A house for ferns and palms is in course of construction. J. Seulberger, 509 Seventh street, Oak- land, will shortly open a branch store in the neighborhood of the narrow gauge station. Romneya. Toronto. TRADE REQUIREMENTS EXCEED THE SUP- PLY. — BULBOUS STOCK THE ONLY ADE- QUATE SUPPLY. — VARIOUS JOTTINGS. Business is so good that there is little time in which to write news reports. With the not unexpected but decidedly disagreeable change in the weather, the crop of roses and carnations is lament- ably short and the many inquiries coming from outside points lead me to believe they are in the same predicament. The quality ot the stock is all that could be desired, but most orders will get only half, and some will get no stock at all. Other classes of cut flowers will be plenti- ful, especially bulbous stock, which is in very good shape. Flowering plants are in splendid shape and there are some fine specimens in the different stores. Lilies are plentiful, good and meeting with ready sale. Jay & Son had the decoration for the opening of one of our large jewelry stores. Many plants w^ere used and quite a number of set pieces. This class of trade is growing, as most of our better stores now decorate for Easter. P. Fogarty is again in the market with his special strain of pansies. He has this branch of the business dow^n to a nicety and sells more plants than any local grower. W. J. Lawrence is badly handicapped in his store. His sister, who takes charge of this part of the business, is confined to her home with the grippe. A vase of very special Beauties at Dunlop's, with stems over six feet long, has elicited much comment from local growers. St. Lawrence market is again arrayed in spring finery. There is quite a showing of flowering plants. H. G. D, Bethlehem, Pa.— J. E. Haines has built another house 22x60 for carna- tions. Bay City, Mich. — John Irvine & Sons have completed their new range of green- houses at Columbus avenue and TurnbuU street. HARRISII BULBS Fop Aagust Delivery... Good straight stock of Harrisii are not plenty. We have the sale of as lar^e a supply of carefully grown and well rogued stock as can be found on the Island of Bermuda. There is no more profitable forcina bulb in the whole list than true Harrisii. Place your orders with us now and you will get the best bulbs produced this year. Our arrangements for high grade bulbs of French Romans, Paper White GrandifJora. CailaSj Japan Longlflorum. London Market Valley and picKed bulbs of all Dutch HyacinthSi TullpSi Nar- cissus and Spiraea are unexcelled. Bulbs secured from us will be subject to careful inspection and approval on arrival, and if in anyway unsatisfactory, will be made good at once. By combining your order for a full line of this stock with us, you get each in season and all at the closest cost for high grade stock. Economy in car- load freight shipments and large importations supply half our profits. Write for prices before closing any forcing stock order. Vaughan's Seed Store, NEW YORK: 14 Barclay St., CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. Wmm flETHIOFIGfl A grand everblooming Calla giving five flowers to one, compared with the old TEthiopica Calla. May be had in flower from the first week of November until April. Flowers very large, well shaped, pure white; foliage large, beautiful; dwarf and compact. The best paying Calla for cut flowers. The finest plant for decorative work. Orders booked now for October Delivery. Showy plants, $4.00 per Doz. ; $25.00 per 100. DE GRAAFF BROS. Ltd.. LEIDEN, HOtLAND. Who will be glad to send their Wholesale Catalogue of all sorts of Bulbs and Plants post free on application. , .• /poj. The American Florist. 439 RooteTcuiiffs] Rooted Cuttings Carnations ROSES. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID $1W * J^ 5S BRIDE 1-60 12.60 PERLE 1-60 12.60 METEOR 1.60 1260 GOLDEN GATE 1-26 10.00 IVORY 2.60 20.00 2V2-INCH ROSE PLANTS. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID J3.00 $26.00 BRIDE 3.00 26.00 PERLE 3.00 25.00 GOLDEN GATE 260 20.00 METEOR 3.00 26.00 OLIVER AMES 400 36.00 IVORY ^.OO 36.00 HELEN GOULD 400 36.00 All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. Rooted Carnation Cuttings PINK. P" 100 Per 1000 LAWSON $2.25 GUARDIAN ANGEL 125 JOOST 1.26 CROCKER 1.25 VARIEGATED. PROSPERITY 1.50 12.01 WHITE. FLORA HILL 1-25 10.00 PERU 1.26 10.00 HOOSIER MAID 1.25 10.00 BON HOMME 1.26 10.00 RED. CRANE 2.25 20.00 EVANSTON 1.25 10.00 INE 1.25 10.00 GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. 10.00 10.00 10.00 Per 100 Stella, Variegated S^'t-OO ApollcScarlet **-00 Wolcott, White 4.00 Alba, White 4.00 Golden Beauty, Yellow 4.00 Lawson, Pink 2.50 Queen Louise, White 2.00 Prosperity, White Splashed Pink 2.00 Unrooted Cuttings, half price of. above. CALIFORNIA CARNATION COMPANY, LOOMIS, CAL. '^""i'Sa-"' Per ICO Dorothy, Pink )fl-75 America, Scarlet '-75 Norway, White I'SO Marquis, Shell Pink 1-50 Hill, White 1-50 Maceo, Crimson i-50 Joosl, Pink i-SO CASH. EXPRESS PREPAID. PRESIDENT McKINLEY THE PRIZE WINNER. !fs fine in September and improves as the season advances. It's a grand carnation, healthy and free, and we realize that we are making a bold assertion when we say it .s supe- rior in many respects to the famous lawson. Better speak while there is yet time Rooted Cuttings $2.00 per doz.; 12 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. We have a nice stock of other varieties ready to go. Also a limited amount of Am. Beauty, Golden Gate, Ivory and Perle roses. We guarantee quality. 6- ^ Advertise Now. SURPLUS STOCK ALL KINDS. ManyuPlants for Spring Use are Very Scarce in Some Sections. 440 The American Florist. April I ly Indianapolis. PROSPECTS FOR BIG EASTER BUSINESS. — POT PLANTS IN GOOD SUPPLY. — VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. E. A. Nelson says times with him are extra good and Easter prospects very- rosy, but he is mourning the loss of his imported beagle puppy and he is assessed a couple of thousand dollars for improve- ments on a street he never uses. How- ever, he is mindful of David Harum's observation that "a certain amount of fias is good for a dog" and is not com- plaining. Easter prospects in regard to pot plants are good. Bulbs of all kinds are plentiful. Pot roses and Crimson Ram- tlers are also in good shape and plentilul. Azaleas are scarce; the unusually warm weather during March brought them out too soon.Cut flowers will be short of the demand, especially roses and violets. At a meeting of the S. F. A. I. on April 7 only five members were present. Never- theless they found it very interesting and remained to a late hour. A bouncing baby boy has just put in his appearance at Fred. Hukriede's home. Baur & Smith and John Hartje are strong on sweet peas this season. Smith & Young Company are quite busy with landscape work. Irvin Bertermann went to Springfield last week to buy palms. Frank Hasselmann has a large collec- tion of birds. H.J. Westerly, R. L S. J. Reuter contemplates some exten- sive improvements on his establishment this season. A large barn with stalls for eight horses and abundant wagon accom- modation is now being erected. The old buildings will be torn down upon its completion and a number of old green- houses removed to make room for lour houses each 35x200 feet and a boiler house 50x115. The foundations for the latter are already laid. Lillian Pond con- tinues to hold the record here as a money- making carnation. The sale of rooted cuttings of this variety has been very large. As has been the case all through the season, the rose houses are forests of splendid bloom. There have been no finer roses seen in the Boston market than Mr. Renter's Brides, Bridesmaids and Golden Gates. Welch Bros, have had the handling of his product ever since he went into business some eighteen years ago. Ed. Stevenson, who has been in Mr. Reuter's employ for a number of years, is leaving to start in business at Govans- town, Md., in company with his brother. Iowa Falls, Ia.— W. H. Speers will build a greenhouse here. NEW PEDIGREE ROSES. Send for description and colored plate of our Six New Climbing Roses. These originated in our own collection by careful cross-fertilization and are unquestionably superior to anything of their class. EDWIN LONSDALE, pale lemon white. WM. K. HARRIS, pale flesh color. WM. F. DREER, creamy white, pink edging. PROF. C. S. SARGENT, rich yellow and buff. ROBERT CRAIG, yellow shaded with apricot. JOHN BURTON, delicate peach color. HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS, Maple tvenue Nurseries, WEST CHESTER, PA. Grafted Roses. This stock is all grafted on Manetti after the wood had been carefully selected. We recommend these plants as being very choice stock, all carefully handled, ready to ship April 15. LIBERTY, 2y2-in. pots, per 100. ..$15.00 BRIDES and MAIDS, 2 1/2-in. pots, per 100, $10.00 Carnations, Rooted Cuttings. PROSPERITY, Per 100 $1.50 CRANE, Per 100 $2.00 FLORIANA, " 2.00 LAWSON, " 2.00 MARQUIS, " -1.00 WHITE CLOUD, " 1.50 AMERICA, " 1.50 GOLDEN NUGGET, " 2.00 No order for less than 50 of one variety filled at theie prices. All cuttings and plants shipped from Hinsdale. Bassett & Washburn, STORE: GREENHOUSES: 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago. Hinsdale, 111. Please mention the Americn Flo-t-ist itiken writing^. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. A Magnificent Forcing Rose For Easter. Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 957, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from 3V2-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received. 25 or 50 plants at 100 rate. R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., ' ^"^Bos'Tor^A^r " MME. CHATENAY A superb, pinlc rose, freer and stronger than Bridesmaid, easy to grow and an ideal siiipper. Will cut 40% selects. See Chicago CUt flower quota- tions. Chatenay is selling for more than any other tea rose. Supply limited. Cash with orders. Fine healthy stock, $10.00 per 100. EMIL GLAIBER, Montclair, Colorado. AM. BEAITIES 2=inch Stock Now Ready. Cloan, Healthy and frao from Black Spot. First-class In every respect. S6.00 per 100; $50 per 1000. J. 3. BUDLONG, 37 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. New Rambler Rose PHIUDELPHIA. Flowers larger, more double, do not fade white, more durable, brighter color, and not subject to mildew as Crimson Rambler is. 2H-inch, $13.00 per 100; 8100 per 1000. 1-year field yilants, cut back to 15 to 18 in. , S25 00 per 100. l-j-ear field plants, 2V4 to 3 feet, $4.00 pet dozen: $30.00 per 100. 2-year field plants, 3 to V/z feet, bushy, 47.00 per dozen; $60.00 per 100. The Gonard & Jones Co. , West 6rove, Pa. Mease mention the American Florist when writtng. "PinkAmericanBeauly^^ The New Rose Queen of Edgely. Here is what some of the leading retail florists say about it: "It has come to stay." "It is becoming more popular every day." ' Cannot get enough of it to fill orders." Etc. $12 per 100, 2i-in. pots. $110 per 1000. $500 per 5000. EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Chestnut Hill, PHIUDELPH^. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. igoj;. The American Florist. 441 Gov. Lowndes The finest white Carnation to date. Awarded Certificate of Merit at Brooklyn, scoring 91 points: the highest number a\\'arded to any seedling. It was also recently awarded First Prize and Medal over all other whites at Cin- cinnati. E.\tra fine cuttings for delivery in April, $2 50 per doz. ; $12 per lOO; $100 per 1000. Enchanlress. Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt, Harlowar- den. Sibyl, Marshall Field, Pres. McKinley, White Bradt, Fragrance. $2 50 per doz. : $12.00 per 100: $IOO.C per 1003. Per Doz. Per 100 Per 1000 ADONIS $3.0' $14.00 $120.00 HER MAJESTY 2.00 10.00 80.00 LILLIAN POND 2.00 10.00 75.00 INNOCENCE 6.00 50 00 Other Leading, New and Standard Varieties. H. WEBER & SONS, OAKLAND, MARYLAND. Please mention the American Florist when -writing. CARNATIONS From Two-inch Pots, Clean Healthy Stock. 100 1000 PROSPERITY $4.00 $35.00 LAWSON 4.00 35.00 FLORIANA 5.00 45.00 LORN A 4.00 35.00 NORWAY 4.00 35.00 ROOSEVELT 4.00 VIOLA ALLEN 6.0O TERMS:— Cash with order. A. V.D.SNYDER, Riilgewootl,N. J. Booted Cuttings CARNATIONS. iNorway $1.50 per 100; $12.60 per 1000 Flora Hill 1.50 per lOO: 12.50 per 1000 Cenevieve Lord 1.50 per 100; 12.60 per 1000 Guardian Angel 1.50 per 100; 12.50 per 1000 The Harvey Greenhouse J. T. ANTHONY, Manager. Hun1svitie Wholesale Nurseries, Cor. Lewis and O'Fallon Streets. ST. LOUIS, MO. CARNATIONS. Rooted cuttings of all the leading varieties now ready. Also rooted runners of Ladv Campbell, Swanley White and Princess of Wales Violets. Send me a list of what you want and get prices. Stock in fine condition." Address Chas. Chadwick. L. Box 11, Grand Rapids, Mich. GARDENING This is the paper to recommend to j'our customers, the leading horticultural journal in America for amateurs S2.00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free. Liberal terms to florists who take subscriptions. THE GARDENING CO. SiJfc^a/oTi'if.ffiis.A. Chicago Carnation Co., JOLIET, ILL Rooted Cuttings, Imp READY TO RED. Per lOO Per 1 000 Estelle $4.00 Mrs. Potter Palmer 5-00 $40.00 J. H.Manley 5.00 40.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 PINK. Lawson 2.00 15.00 Cressbrook 5.00 40.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 5.00 45.00 Mrs. Higtnbotham 5.00 40.00 Sibyl 12.00 100.00 Pres. McKinley 12.00 100.00 WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 Her Majesty $10.00 $ 80.00 Murphy's White 6.00 50.00 Gov. Wolcott 5 00 45.00 Lillian Pond 10.00 75.00 Gov. Lowndes 12.00 loo.OO VARIEGATED. Marshall Field 12.00 Gaiety 5.00 Stella 5.00 Viola Allen 5.00 100.00 40.00 « We shall have a fine lot of American Beauty roses from 3-inch pots May 1st, |S at $7.00 per 100; $65.00 per lOOO. Please mention the American Florist when writing. [Rooted Carnation Cuttings! T Get the best, cheap cuttings are dear at any price. Early orders v^ill be furnished J ^ from sand, later orders from cuttings transplanted into soil at same rate. Harlowarden $12.00 Fragrance IS.OO White Bradt 14.00 President McKinley 12.00 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt 12.00 Marshall Field 12.00 Lillian Pond 10.00 Her Majesty 10.00 Murphy's White 6.00 Apollo 6.00 Cressbrook 6.00 Dorothy Whitney 6.00 Enquirer 6.00 Floriana S.OO Golden Beauty S.OO J. H. Manley 6.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 6.00 , H. N. Higinbotha Per 100 Per 1000 Mr: , Potter Palmer 5.00 100.00 100.00 75.00 80.00 bO.OO 60.00 40.00 50.00 60.00 46.00 40.00 6 .00 50.00 45.00 45.00 Chicago or Red Bradt 3.00 Estelle 4.00 Ethel Crocker 1.76 Flora Hill 1.75 Genevieve Lord 1.75 G. H. Crane 1.75 Gov. Roosevelt 4.00 Guardian Angel 1.76 Lorna 4.00 Morning Glory 2.50 Marquis 1.75 Mrs. F. Joost 1.75 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 3.00 Norway 1.75 Prosperity 2.50 Queen Louise 3.00 ■White Cloud 1.75 Wm. Scott 1.5J 25.00 30.00 16.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 30.00 16.00 30.01) 80.00 16.00 16.00 ib.m 16.00 20.00 25.00 16.00 12.00 14 Barclay St., NEW YORK. 84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO. GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. I VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, ROSE STOCK. Per 100 Per 100 Perles, 2%-inch.. $4.00 Kaiserins,2H -inch 4.C0 Woottons, 2W-inch. 4.00 " 3-inch... 6.00 3-inch 6.00 Bride and Bridesmaid, 2-in., $3.00; 2V4-in. $4.00. Soupert and Hermosa, extra fine, 2H-inch, $3.50. American Beauty, 2-inch, $4.50; 2yj-inch, $6.00. All stock A No. 1 from 2 and 3-eyed cuttings, repotted from 2-inch. Special prices on large lots. "'^"^ J. C. MURRAY, Peoria, III. "Horticultural Advertiser." This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly by all the Horticultural traders; It is also taken by over 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual subscription to cover cost of postage 75c. Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts. Address EDITORS OP THE "H. A." Chilwell Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notts. England. SPECIAL OFFER. SURPLUS STOCK. Per 100 300 PROSPERITY $2.25 600 BRADT 2.00 600 QUEEN LOUISE 2.00 700 JOOST l.OO 225 POTTER PALMER 3.00 Sand rooted cuttings. Guaranteed. If not satisfactory send back at our expense. A. LAUB & SONS, Hughsonvllle, • Dutchass Co., N. Y. AXl. ..CARNATIONS The Leading Novelties of 1903. The Best Varieties of 1902. All the Standard Varieties. Order your Rooted Cuttings NOW. GEO. HANCOCK & SON. GRAND HAVEN. MICH. 442 The American Florist. April Buffalo. STORES WELL STOCKED WITH EASTER PLANTS. — LILIES PLENTIFUL AND GOOD. — NOTES OF VARIOUS DOINGS FOR THE SEASON. A look at the different stores for this week shows Palmer's down town Store with a decoration of genistas. The branch store has some fine bougain villeas, which attract much attention. J. H. Rebstock has a fine show of azaleas, R. M. Rebstock a window of azaleas and potted stock. Byrne & Slattery have azaleas and ferns. S. A. Anderson has a solid window of lilies w^hich are a fine sight. C. D. Zimmerman has a good lot of hyacinths, daffodils and some very tall lilacs which he proposes to use in church work, of which he does a great deal. All the others will have agood lot of azaleas, lilacs and other plants, which, when nicely arranged, always sell readily. As to cut flowers, I think there will be a plenty, with the exception of carnations, w^hich will not be in any too large supply. Trade here is about as good as could be expected for the week preceding Easter. Rain, with cool weather, has not hurt the stock and all are looking forward to a good Easter trade. Rebstock, Ander- son and Palmer have their lilies about uniform in height; Scott's seem a little shorter than the others. C. B. Schisler, of Williamsville, will have a fine lot, as will C. F. Christensen, of Eggertsville; Joseph Neubeck will be in good shape, with plenty of stock. Mrs. Newlands' stock is good. The call for palms is very poor, but Boston ferns are selling well. Hydran- geas have their usual sale. Nearly all the stores have pretty baskets of grow- ing stock. Visitor: E. R. Fry, of Rochester. Bison. Springfield, Mass. plenty of STOCK FOR A GOOD SEASON. — PROMISE THAT ALL WILL BE SOLD. — TRADE STEADY. The past week stock of all kinds has been coming in from outside points and, judging from the quantities and quality of same, will be readily disposed of. Home grown stock is on time and of good quality. We were visited with a cold snap April 4 and 5, with a light fall of snow. No damage was done to the florists, but the fruit crops, I am afraid, will be short in this section. On the whole this season has been favorable for Easter stock. Business has held good for cut flowers and pot plants, with a good call for funeral work. Storemen are busy pre- paring for the rush, and from the outlook pot plants are going to be in good demand. There is a variety to choose from for all classes of customers. A. B. Gardeners' Chronicle. A Weekly Illustrated Journal. Established 1841. The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE has been roK OTXB Sixty Years thb Leasikg JorRNAL of Its class. It has achieved this position because, while specialty devoting itself to supplying the daily requirements of gardeners of all classes, the infor- mation furnished is of such general and perma- nent value that the GARDENERS' CHRONICLE is looked up to as the staitoard authority on the subjects of which it treats. Subscription to the United States, 14 20 per year. Remittances to be made payable to H. G. COVE. Ofpicb: — 41 Wellington St., Covent Garden, London, Ennland. CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Now Ready. PINK. Per 100 Per 1000 Lawson $2.00 $1 5.00 Guardian Angel 1.25 10.00 Marquis 2.00 15.OO Genevieve Lord 1.25 10.00 Nelson 5-00 40.00 Cressbrook 4.00 35.00 Triumph 1.25 10.00 Higinbotham ; 5.00 40.00 Dorothy 2.00 15.00 VARIEGATED. Per 100 Per 1000 Bradt $2.50 $20.00 Gaiety 3.00 25.00 RED. Estelle $3.00 Harlowarden 12.00 Crane 2.50 Palmer 4.00 Mrs. L. Ine 1.25 Chicago (Red Bradt) 2.50 PerlOO Per 1000 $25.00 100.00 20.00 30.00 10.00 20.00 WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $12.50 Queen Louise 2.50 Peru 1.25 Murphy's White 6.00 Hoosier Maid 1.25 White Cloud 1.25 20.00 10.00 50.00 10.00 10.00 ROSE PLANTS From 2 1-2-inch Pots. Per 100 Per 1000 SOUV. DE PIERRE NOTTING..$8.00 $75.10 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 5B.00 KAISERIN 4.00 35.00 BRIDESMAID 4.00 35.00 Per 100 Per 1000 SUNRISE $7.00 S65.00 LIBERTY 8.00 75.00 BRIDE 4.00 35.00 GOLDEN GATE 4.00 35.00 PERLE . 4.00 35.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY, 3-in. Pots $7.00 per 100; $65.' per 1000. AM stock sold under express condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned Immediately when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg^ 51 Wabash Ave., .CHICAGO. OUR MOTTO: QUALITY FIRST. ^e have, however, a sufficent quantity to supply all demands. Send for Catalogue. ARTHUR COWEE, *'IV1eado>vvale Farm,'* Long Distance 'Phone 9x. Berlin, N. Y. United states Grower and Representative of CROFF'S HYBRIDS. GLADIOLI ESTABLISHED CARNATION CITTINGS We have a surplus of the following varieties from soil. Most of them have made first break. Per 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per lOOO Crane . ..$3.00 B25.00 Triumph.. .$2.00 $12.50 Joost. . ... 2.50 17.50 McGowan 2.00 12.50 Melba .. 2.50 17.50 Alaska.... 2.00 12.50 G. Lord. , . 2 50 17.50 F. Hill.... 2.00 12.50 Marqui B... 2.50 Gomez.... 2.00 12.60 Scott . . ... 2.00 12.50 Maceo 2.00 Crocker ... 2.00 12.50 CASH OR C. O. D. St. Louis Carnation Co., crvA.'s"roi«. ivxo. 100,000 PANSIES The Jennings Strain. Steek the Finest. Plenty of Pansies in Bloom Now. Good strong plants, $4.00 per 1000. Fine cold frame plants in bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100; smaller size, $1.00 per lOO. Above by express. Small plants by mail, 75c per 100 Seed, $1.00 per packet of 300J. Cash with order. E. B. JENNINGS, Lock Box 254, SOUTHPORT, CONN. GROWER OF THE FINEST PANSIES. TR4NSPL4NTED CARN4TI0NS. ' - ROOTED CUTTINGS. MERMAID PerlOO $1.00. Per 1000 $10.00 ELDORADO PerlOO 1.00. Per 1000 10.00 Giant Flowering Pansy plants, mixed, $3.00 per 1000. Marie Louise Violets, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, fine stock, $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1000. Terms Casli.— We prepay express charges. If plants are not satisfactory, return at once and we will refund your money. UOOMIS FLORAL CO. LOOMIS, CAL. Clean Ethel Crocker, Pink.. $1.00 per 100; $ 8.0O per 1000' Wm. Scott, Pink 1.00 " 8.00 Levece, Variegated... 1.(0 " 7.00 Iris Miller, Yellow lOi " 8.00 Miss Anna Webb, Red 1.00 " 8.iO Snowdrift, White 1.25 " 10.00 Cash please. JOHN R. SHREINER, Lancaster. Pa. CARNATIONS MORNING GLORY $12.50 per lOOO QUEEN LOUISE 15.00 per 1000 Will have others April 27th to May 11th. Watch, my add. ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, PA. Carnation Cuttings We are now booking orders for rooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens. Queens, L. I. Please mention the A Florist when writings igo3. The American Florist. 443 IVfcKELLAR & ^ WINTERSON. Supply Everything Used by Florists, Nurserymen, Gardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Etc. HEADQUARTERS on CUT FLOWERS 45-47-49 Wabash Ave. ...CHICAGO Telephone AUIn nap. Alba Rosea 2.00 Burbank 1.60 Black Prince 2.00 Black Beauty, new 8.00 Coronet 1.50 CANNAS. Our stock is true to Name. Extra Selected 2. 3, 4-eyed roots. Per 100 Per 100 Alphonse Bouvier $2.00 Florence Vaughan$2.60 Austiia 1.60 Italia 2.60 3.00 John Wnite 2.00 Mme. Crozy 1.60 Mrs. K. Gray, new 6.00 Paul Marquant.... 1.60 Pres. McKinley ... 2,60 Pres. Cleveland,,, 2,00 Comte deBouchaud 2,60 Robusta, bronze leaf 2.f D. of Marlborough 3.00 Sec'y Chabanne, , 2,00 Egandale, red leaf 3,00 Finest Mixt. $10 M; 100 DAHLIAS— Field-grown, all leading kinds best for cut flowers, named, $3.00 per 100; $25 per 1000. SMELLROAD QREENHOUSES, Orange P. O., Balto., Md. Will not last long at these prices. They are good plump roots, averafje 3 eyes: Allemania, Allle Berat, Defender, GloireLvo'nnaise. Paul Marquant $1.00 per 100, J9,00 per lO'OO, Mrs. E. A. McKeand, F. Vaughan and Mme. Crozy, $1.75 per 100. Beaute Poitevihe, J. D. Eisele. F. BillardandSouv. de A. Crozy, $3.00 per 100. Egandale, $3.50 per 100, W. W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind. CANNAS ?s^r Chas. Henderson. Chicago, Florence Vaughan, Queen Charlotte, Alphonse Bouvier, President McKinlev, Papa $3.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000; my selection, $15.00 per 1000. GERAMIIMS. (Standard Varieties.) My selec- tion, $2.50 per 100; $22.50 per 1000. All 2!4-in. pots. PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa. 30.000 DAHLIAS. Fifty varieties, whole fleld-grown roots, $4.00 per 100; $36,00 per l.OOJ. Send for descriptive list. We can save you money. A.B.DAVIS&SON, Purcellville.Va. PANSIES. An exceptionally fine strain. Plants win*ered over in cold frames. Price per 100 by mail 50c. Strong plants by express, $3.00 per 1000. Eng. Daitltl in colors. $2.10 per 1000. SwMl Williams, strong plants, bloom this season, $1.00 per 100; 15.00 per 1000. Cash with order. Address J. P. fRYER, care .J. M. Nash, 98 E. 66Ui Straat, CHICAGO, ILL. SHIPPING UBELS IS! ••••Cot Flowers Printed tn two colon on gammed p^per; jont card, etc. In black and leal adopted by the S. A . F. In red. Very attraouve. Price per 500,12.85; per 1000^ HBOl Send for samples lUBno cr im uat. postpaid. si.u. American Florist Co., YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemurii to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti- vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. $5.00 per doz.; ;g30 per tOO. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT CRAIG ftSON/pHiuDEiPm^^^^^^ B <& A SPECIALTIES. Trained Fruit Trees, Bay Trees, Busus in all forms. Evergreens, Herbaceous plants. Rhododen- drons, Clematis, Hardy Azaleas, H. P. Standard and Climbing Roses, in addition to quantities of fancy Nursery stoclc. We are pleased at all times to receive visitors at our Nurseries. We have 60 acres planted with the most interesting stock in the country. Ask for Spring catalogues. BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford, N J. (^c<^iJ5^«Q NEW ALL Prices: lOOLBS.@8'-i^ 1200L|S.@8i' STOCK SIZES Vaughan's Seed Store, CHICAGO. New York. NOW READY. Rooted cuttings, R, A, Nutt and Double Grant Geraniums, Swainsona, Alba and Rosea. Fine selection double assorted Petunias. All at $1.35 per 100. Assorted Coleus, Trailing Blue Lobelia Agera- tura Princess Pauline, Dwarf Blue and Dwarf White, all at 65c per 100. Bride and Bridesmaid Roses, fine 2Ji-inch stock, $3.00 per 100. Dbl. Grant,' S. A. Nutt and La Favorite Gera- niums, fine 3-in,, $5,00 per 100, Cash with order. Trailing Blue Lobelia, 3-in. pots, J3.00 per lOO. R. I. HART, tiackettstown. N. J. The Art ...of Floral Arrangement The only special newspaper in the world for floral arrangement. 200 ILLUSTRATIONS ANNUALLY. Specimen number free. Subscription, |2. 40 yearly. BINDEKUNST-VERLAQ J. OLBERTZ. ERFURT, GERMANY. Elegant 3-inch stock, in choice bedding kinds' on which you can more than double your money in a short time. $,'5.00 per 103. Rooted Rose Cuttings. Select 2 and 3-eye cut- tings, strongly rooted. Will make good stock for early planting. Maids, Brides, Meteors, G. Gates, $1.50 per 100; $12.50 per 1000. Perles. $2.00 per 100; $17.50 per ICOO. Ivory, fine, $3.00 per 100; $25,00 per 1005, Boston Ftrn«, Fine cool-grown stock; 4-inch, $15,00 per ICO; 5-inch, $35,10; 7-inch, $60,0) per 103: 8 and 10-inch, 11,00, $1.50 and $2.00 each. Good profits in this stock. Sprengeri. -t-incli, $8.00 per 100. Vincas. variegated, strong, 2-inch, $2.50 per "^ W. H. CULLETT & SONS, Lincoln, III. GLOIRE DE LORRAINE BEGONIA. /ERY. Two Inch, i i Filled in Strict Rol J. A. PETERSON, W«»twood— McHan ry Ave. CINCINNATI. BEGONIA SKf 214-inch pots, $15.00 per 100. Write for prices on large lots. Stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease. THOMAS BOUND, Wahant, Mass. SPECIALTIES In Best Varieties ROSES, from 3-inch pots, CARNATIONS, for all delivery CHRYSANTHEMUMS, SMILAX. VIOLETS. Prices Low. Send for List, WOOD BROTHERS, Fislikill, N. Y. SOMETHIN G ENTIR ELY NEW« A Florists' Plate Book. 160 Plates and nearly 300 varieties for $3 50 or three for $10.00. You can't do buslnssa without It. VREDENBUR6 & CO., Rochester. N. Y. Please mention the American Florist when writing. 444 The American Florist. April II, Lowell, Mass. TRADE HOLDING UP NICELY IN SPITE OF BIG STRIKE. — COLD CAUSES ALARM BUT LOSS IS AVERTED. — NOTES. In Spite of the big strike business con- tinues to hold up remarkably well, and we hope it will continue to keep up. The best lilies seen are from A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn. The supply of azaleas is not quite as large as last year. Owing to the excellent weather a good many have gone into retirement for the season. A novelty is well flowered American Beau- ties grown in pots, from Wm. Edgar, down at Waverley. There is an abund- ant supply of genistas. Crimson Ram- blers, hydrangeas and acacias, with plenty of bulbous stock in pans. After several weeks of warm weather, just the thing for bringing in some ot the doubtful plants for Easter, we had a severe frost on the night of April 4, which caused considerable worry to the green- house men, who had flowering plants in the cold houses, holding them for the rush. Mayflowers from New Hampshire have made their appearance and sell quite rapidly at 25 cents per bunch, after being rearranged and edged with green galax. Violets are rapidly on the wane, espe- cially the singles. Otto Bourdy has a fine crop of double stocks for Easter. A. M. Washing'ton. WEATHER CHANGES TO COOL. — NOTES OF LOCAL CONDITIONS IN THE TRADE. The last few days the weather has been quite cool, about 7° or 8° of frost Sunday morning, April 5. Growth is well advanced but little damage seems to have been done. Minder Brothers have a nice lot of hydrangeas, Astilbe Japonica and Lilium longiflorum. Zonale geraniums in 4-inch and 5-inch pans are in demand. The American Rose Company has a good number of Easter lilies, most of them being low and suitable for table decorations. Clark Brothers are cutting a fine lot of Souvenir du President Carnot roses from their new house. George W. Oliver has been confined to his bed with rheumatism, but is improv- ing. P. G. Des Moines, Ia.— The Iowa Seed Com- pany expects to build fourteen new green- houses this year. FOR ONE-YEAR-OLD SEEDLINGS OF Phoenix Roebelenii Per 1000 $50.00, and PHALAENOrSIS SCHILLERIANA apply to "W. HILDESHEIM, GERMANY. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI 3, Z% and 4-inoh pots, at$4.00, «5.00 and 17.00 per 100 respectively. Ready to shift. Carnation Cuttings, as long as they last, cheap. Prices on application. JOHN BROD. NILES CENTER, ILL. ASPARAGUS COMOREHSIS, A variety far superior to Plumosus for all cut flower and decorative work. It is more graceful and much larger. Requires same treatment as Plumosus. Can be cut in long, heavy strings or large fronds. We have fine stock. 3^-in., $10.00 per 100; $4-in., $12.00 per 100. FRED. DORNER S SONS CO.. LaFayMf, Ind. PANSIES... Masterpiece, New Mammoth-flowered," curled and frilled ; finest strain, Roemer's Superb Giant Prize Pansies. Seed bought from Roemer, Ger- many. Best that'money can buy. Plants now showing buds and bloom; strong, transplanted, 70c per 100; $6.00 per 1000. Express prepaid for 20o per 100; J1.50 per 1000. Smaller plants of above sorts from fall sown seeds and transplanted at 40c per 100; $3.00 per 1000. Prepaid for IBc per 100; $1.00 per 1000. ASTERS, Large assortment always on hand. CANNAS. Chas. Henderson best red. Colossal large bronze foliage, red flowers. Also a large lot of mixed cannas, all standard. Henderson, Florence Vaughan, Mme. Crozy, Queen Char- lotte, Bouvier, Etc. Will close out the above at 11.00 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Cash with order. DES MOINES PLANT CO.< 38lh 81., D ES MOINES, IOWA. !F*ci.X3.s»les» (Roemer's.) Wintered over in fine shape; comiug in bud; fine stocky plants; $3.60 per 1000; 6000 for $11.00. Verbena, Giant, R. C. 10 kinds, 50o per 100; 2-in 2c. Petunia, double, 15 soits R. C. $lperl0O; 2- in. IJic. Chrysanthemums, R. C. 20 standards, $1 per 100. Bex Begonia, Rooted Cuttings, $1 per 100. Coleus, 10 sorts R. C, 60c per 100; 2-in. 2c. Cash. CHAMBERSBURG, PA. 100,000 VIOLETS. Little Dorsett, the finest single bloomer in cul- tivation, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per ICOO. Princess of Wales, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Califor- nia, $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Cash. WAVERLY GREENHOUSES, Tuckahoe, N. Y. THE PRINCESS OF WALES VIOLET. I have the largest and healthiest stock in the country and am booking orders now for strong young plants for April and May delivery, at $2.C0 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. 503 at thousand rates. WILLIAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. Alternantheras. p. Major, Rosea and Yellow; fine strong rooted cuttings, 50c per 100; $4.00 per 1000. CANNAS. A few thousand mixed Cannas, can be given under color, $8.00 per 1000. Cannas under name, ten to fifteen varieties, $1.25 per 100; $12.50 per 1000. Cash. C. C. NAWZ, Owensboro, Ky. Orchids ! i^ We have the largest and finest stock of Orchids on this continent; also supplies, such as best live Sphagnum and BUbrous Peat and Orchid Baskets. Lager & Hurrell, summit, n. j. Orchid OrowerB and Importers. THE NEW FERN Unqualified success. Quick seller. Very prolific, at $20 00 per ICO, from 3-inch. KENTIA PALMS, $50, $75 and $100 per 100. RUBBERS, 5-in. pots, 18 in. high, $1 to $6 per doz ASP. SPRENCERI, 4-in., strong, $6 per 100. R. C. COLEUS, Mi-'icd, $5.00 per ICOO; 60c per 100; Red, Yellow, Black, $7.50 per ICOO; 8:c per 100. L. H. FOSTER, 45 Kki| MiMl, DorshMttr, MlM. ThoHorticulM Trade Journal THE LARGEST, BRIGIITEST AND BEST Bortlonltural Trade paper in the British Isles. It contains MORE ADVERTISEMENTS, 'MORE ILLUSTRATIONS and MORE NEWS than any of its contemporaries. Read by the whole of the British trade and all the best European bouses every week. Annual subscription, 76 cents. Speoimen copy post free. Published weekly. Hortkuiinnl fndi JovnH Co„ Pidlhim. Lum.. Em. ntttse mention the A merican Florist when writing- SEASONABLE Stools. ACALYPHA BICOIOR COMPACT*, new, 25e.*"^ each, per dozen $2,60 ADLUMIA, Cirrhosa 2'4-inch pots $ 3.00 ANEMONE JAPONICA, Alba, Elegantissima, Lady Ardilaun, Queen Charlotte, Rosea Superba, 2'4-inch pots 5.00 Strong field-grown lo.oo ARUNDO, Donax Variegata, strong divisions 15.C0 Macrophylla Glauca, strong divisions 15.00 ASPARAGUS, Sprengeri, 4-inch pots 6.00 BEGONIA, Manicata Aurea, 2!4-inch pots... 8.00 Rex,2K-inch pots 5.00 Gloire de Lorraine (June delivery) 15.00 BOLTONIA, Latisquama, strong divisions 5.00 CAMPANULA, Pyramidalis, 2!4-inch pots.... 3.00 CARNATIONS. A complete list of Novelties and Standard varieties. Prices on appli- cation. CAR EX. Japonica Var., 2Ji-inch pots 3.00 CH RYSANTH EMU MS. Our collection is unsur- passed in this country, containing all the desirable American and Foreign Novelties, as well as all the best exhibition and com- mercial sorts. Descriptions and prices on application. Maximum Triumph, 2}<-inch pots 3.00 COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA, 2'/^-inch pots 2.50 Strong clumps 5.00 DIGITALIS, Gloxini£eflora,2Hi-inchpots 3.00 ERIANTHUS, Ravennae, strong divisions . 6.00 EULALIA, Gracillima, Japonica Var., and Zebrina, strong divisions 6.00 EUPATORIUM, Ageratoides (Hardy Ageratum) strong clumps 5.06 GAILLARDIA, Grandiflora, 2H-inch pots.... 2.50 Strong clumps 5.00 GERANIUM, Mme. Salleroi, 2M-inch pots.... 2.50 HELIANTHUS, Maximiliana, Miss Mellish, Mollis, Multiflorus, Plenus Multiflorus Maximus, Orgyalis, Rigidus and Tomen- tosus, 2Ji-inch pots 3.00 Multiflorus Grandi-Plenus (Soleil d'Or), 2Jf-inch pots 3.00 Clumps 6.00 HONEYSUCKLE, Halleana, strong field-grown 5.00 ISOLEPIS, Gracilis, 2M-inch pots 3.00 MATRICARIA, (Little Gem,) 2M-inch pots .... 2.50 MONARDA, Didyma and Fistulosa Alba, strong divisions 4.00 MOONFLOWER, 2H-inch pots 3,00 ORIENTAL POPPY, 2H-inch pots 3.00 PELARGONIUMS. Large list of varieties, strong plants from 2^-inch pots. . .$6.00 to 15.00 According to variety. PHALARIS,. Arundinacea Var., 2)i-inch pots 2.50 Arundinacea Var. , strong divisions 5.00 PYRETHRUM. Hybridum, 2H-inoh pots 3.00 Strong clumps 6 00 ROSES, Crimson Rambler, 3 feet, extra strong 12.C0 RUDBECKIA, Golden Glow, 2i<-inch pots .... 2.50 Golden Glow, strong divisions 6.00 Newmanii, 2K-inch pots 3 00 Newmanii, strong divisions 6.00 Purpurea, strong clumps 8.00 SALVIA, Splendens, Bonfire, Gigantea, Glory of Stuttgart, 2X-inch pots 3.00 Splendens Triumph (new) 5.6O SEDUM, Spectabilis, 2X-inoh pots 4.00 SHASTA DAISY, strong plants 10.00 SMILAX, 2Ji-inoh pots, strong 2.50 SWEET WILLIAM, (Best English strain) field- grown 5.00 2'/4-inoh pots 3.50 TRI10MA, Pfitzerii, strong divisions 10.00 VALERIANA, Officinalis (Garden Heliotrope) strong divisions 5.00 VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, from soil 2.50 Lady Campbell, from soil 3.50 Nathan Smitli&Son, ADRIAN, MICH. igoj. The American Florist. 445 CANNaS. EXTRA LARGE, DORMANT POT PLANTS. ROOTS OR Tha culture of Cannas Is ona of our loading speclalllos and wa offer stock that cannot be procured from the average dealer. Our stock Is carefully handled and Is positively true to name. These facts should be considered when comparing prices. If you want first- class stock, give us your order at once and we will ship when you are ready for stock. Per JOO America $6.00 AUemania 6.00 Alsace 3.00 Austria 3.00 Burbaok 3.00 Chas. Henderson 3.00 Cinnabar 7.00 Egandale 4 00 1000 $5000 25 00 25.00 25.00 25 00 Per JOO 1000 Duke of Marlborough $4.00 $35 00 Flamingo 6.00 Florence Vaughan 3 50 30.00 L. E. Bally 3 00 25.00 Mme. Crozy 3 00 25,00 Mai tha Washington 7.00 MUe. Herat 3.00 25 00 Per 100 lOOO Paul Marquant $3.00 $25.00 President Clevehnd 3 50 30.00 Premier 4 00 Queen Charlotte 4.03 35.00 Secretary Chabinne 3.00 25.00 Shenandoah 5.00 250 at 1000 rata. Wagner Park Conservatories, - Sidney, Ohio. Easter Rush i$ Over Now for planting Carnations. We have in 2-in., the finest Mrs. Frances .)oost and Mrs. Fisher you ever saw. Good summer bloomers. Order at once. ROSES. 20,000 Roses in 2x2V2-inch, ready for shift. Meteors. Brides. Bridesmaids, Kaiserin, Pres. Carnot, Perles. Beauties. Ijiberty. Golden Gate, Lii France, Belle Siebrecbt. Ivory, Woottons. Fine stock in 2 and 2H-iiich ready for shift. BOSTON FERNS. We have them. The right -stock at the right price. 2H. 3. 4. 5, 6. 7. 8 and lO-inch. To make room. Have a few thousand extra fine Sprengeri; will close out as follows: 2 x 2i4-inoh at 12.50 per 100: $20.00 per 1000. 3 x 3-inch at $3.50 per lOJ; $30.00 per 1000. Order of GEO. A. KUHL, PEKIN. ILL. Surplus Stock. 2000 Mme. Crozy, 2000 Chas. Henderson Cannas. fine stock, $40.00 for the lot. 5000 Citrus Trifoliata Seedlings, 8 to 15 inches, $5.00 per 1000. 10,000 California Privet nice, stocky plants, 15 to 36 inches, $8.00 per 1000. F. O. B. Jacksonville. The Privet delivered in New York City for $9.00 per 1000. MILLS. THE FLORIST. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. LOOK. ALL IN 21 INCH. S. Splendens, Giant Flowering Pansies, mixed. Mammoth Mixed Verbenas, Mums— Glory o( the Pacific. The above at Jl. 50 per 100. Col. Aople- ton and T. Eaton at $2 00 per 100. Violets— Prin- cess of Wales, $2.00 per 100. Mixed Flowering Begonias, S3..50 per 100. Cannas—C. Henderson, Alsace and M. Herat, good live eyes at $1.0J per 100. A. B. CAIVIPBELU COCHRANVILLE, PA. JOSEPH HEAGOGK, WYNCOTE, PA. 6R0WER AREC4 LUTESCENS, "•<*- KENTIA BELMOREANA, .— COCOS WEPDELIIANA. Mention the American Florist when writing to advertisers on this page. I^E>IeIVS for Ferneries, fine SVi-inch stock, $3.00 per 100. Boston Fornt, 2-V2-inch stock, $3.00 per 100. Boston Ferns all sizes from 2Vi-inch to 12-inch stock in splendid condition. Write for prices. Kontlat, 4-inch, very fine plants at $25.00 per 100. A full line of other palms and ferns in fine shape. HOLTOM & HUHKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis. Boston Ferns. 2H-inch strong $3.60 per 100 3-inch strong $1.00 per Doz. 8.00 per 100 FROM BENCH 6-in. 16c; 6-in. 26c. Asparagus Plumosus Nanus. 2K-in. $3.60 per 100 Sprengeri, extra fine, 2i^-inch $2. 60 per 100 Sansevieria Zeylanica, 3-inch, ready for 6-inch, 76c per dozen. CYCAS REVOLUTA. ALTERNANTHERA. red, pink, yellow ! VINCA MAJOR VAR.. 2-inch CANNAS, Started ready for potting: Peachblo^v, Shenandoah Morning Star, L. E. Bally J. C. Vaughan, A. Bouvier, Bur- bank, Chas. Henderson Egandale, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, F. Vaughan Our selection The above varieties 3-inch pots. . . A liberal discount on large orders for May or June delivery. CARNATIONS. Queen Louise, the best white money maker to date Morning Glory Joost Cash please. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, 0. Please mention the American Florist when writing. Geraiiluiiis. Per 100 10 varieties, line plants, 3H- in. pots, $2.50 and $3.00 10 varieties, fine plants 3-in. pots 4.00 COLEDS, 16 varieties, 3-in. pots 2.00 DOUBLE PETUNIAS 2!4-inch pots 3.00 VERBENAS. 3-inch pots 2.0O ASP. SPRENGERI. 3-in. pots, $18.00 per 1000; 3.00 CASH PLEASE. JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, DELAWARE. OHIO. CYCLAMENS OUR SPECIALTY.. Once transplanted from flats No better strain growing, 13.00 per ICO; $17.50 per 1000. Golden Gate, rooted cuttings, $1.50 per 100; $15.00 per 1000, Sprengeri Seed, 15c per 100; $1.50 per 1000. C. WINTERICn, Defiance, 0. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. ASPARAGUS In. pots. Sprengeri 2 Jigeratum, 3 varieties 2 Anthericum variegatum 3 Aiyssum, Giant 2% Carnations, Wm. Scott, JIcGowan, from soil, hardened-olf in cold frames per liOO, 15.(0, Coleus, Versohafleltii, Golden Bed- dcr 21/2 Cobaea Scandeni 3 Clematis Paniculata, strong 4 Clematis Paniculata 3 Clematis, large-flowering varieties, 3 years old Fuchsias, in variety 2^ Fevertew. Little Gem 3 Geraniums, best standard sorts 3 Ivy. English, hardy strong plants. .4 Ivy, Parlor 2 Periwinkle, variegated 4 Pe4unias. double while 2 Salvias. 3 varieties 2H Verbenas, named varieties 2^ Heliotrope 2 Lantanas. LeNaine 2 Lobelias. 3 varieties 3i4 Lemon Verbenas 3 $3.00 3.00 5.00 3.00 .60 3.00 .75 5.00 1.50 10.00 .75 6.00 .50 3.00 .50 3.00 .60 4.00 1.50 10.00 .50 3.00 1.60 10 00 .50 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 C. EISELE, Philadelphia, P^. 1 1th and Jefferson Streets. Vieo'ie mention the A nencan Florist when writing Geo. Wittbold Co., 1657 Buckingham PL, CHICAGO, ILL. Send for Price List on all Palms and Ferns Dahlias and Gladioli From EAST BRIDGEWATER Dahlia Gardens. If you are looking for something new and wish to keep up-to-date, send for my spring catalogue. J. K. ALEXANDER. EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. IT WILL PAY YOU To "grow FUCHSIAS and there are none better than the following: Little Heautv, $5.00; Lord Byron, $4.00; White Beauty, $4.00; Tener, $4.00. Also BEGONIA Double Vernon, $4.00; Pink Sport of Vernon, $10.00. HELIOTROPE Mme. Bruaut, $4.00 Stock ready now, strong 2H-inch pots. I 9i dlllUCLdllTl PHIUOELPHIA, PA. Please mention the American Florist when writing. 446 The American Florist. April II, Minneapolis. MARKET SEES SOMETHING OF CHANGED CONDITIONS.— FLORISTS COMPLETE THEIR ORGANIZATION. — NOTES. The market last week was a disap- pointment to both buyer and seller, there being a limited amount of stock with a heavy demand. Bulbous stock is again vvith us and instead of a shortage of roses and good supply of carnations, as of late, it is now reversed. Blooming plants of all varieties and choiceness adorn the store windows. The supply for Easter will be short and considerable advance in prices will be witnessed. The attendance at the Florists' Club April 2 was large and considerable busi- ness was done in adopting constitution and by-laws. Meetings will be held monthly on the first Thursday. J. D. Thompson, of the J. D. Thompson Car- nation Company, Joliet, 111., and presi- dent of the Chicago Florists' Club, was a guest and made an interesting talk. The announcement of C. F. Rice's mar- riage to Miss Mabel Griffith April 8 was noticed in the daily papers this week. August Swanson had a beautiful dis- play of tulips with a background of palms and Easter lilies in his show win- dow last week. The Minneapolis Floral Company is busy in the construction of its additional range of glass. Wm. Donaldson & Company had the decoration for President Roosevelt at the Nicollet cafe. E. Nagel & Company say they will have a nice lot of Harrisii for Easter trade. C. F. R. Baltimore. GOOD TOTAL ASSURED FOR THE EASTER TRADE. — SMALL STOCKS OF FLOWERING PLANTS. Local trade conditions continue fair and everything points to a good total for Easter trade. A conservative esti- mate for this city and locality points to about twenty per cent increase over last year. There does not seem to be much flowering stock outside of lilies and hyacinths. The indications are that the lilies will be picked up in short order and will bringgood prices. We had a severe frost on April 5, which has done considerable damage to the fruit crop in this state.. Roofed Cuttings. COLEUS, 48 var., 70o per 100; 86.00 per 1000 PETUNIAS, 20 var., J1.25 pet 100; »10 per 1000 ALYSSUM. large var., single and dbl. $1 per 100 HELIOTROPE, 14 var.. Jl.OO per 100; 18 per 1000 tGERATUMS. 5var., 603 per 100; $5.00 per 1000 ALVIAS. 6 var., $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000 PELARGONIUMS, rooted cuttings, $2.25 per 100 VERBENAS, E. C , 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000 ^^Express prepaid on R. C. Cash with order. Write S. D. BRANT, Clay Csnier, Kas. SMirn'S HYBRID MOON VINES. (Ipomoaa Nocliflora.) We" are headquarters for them. Best purest White Moon Vine in existence. Mr. Smith has a reputation for them. Strong plants. 254-inch pots, now ready ai $6.00 per 100. Godfrey Aschmann, JL'^oS^oProrsl . 1012 Ontirlo Strilt. PHILADELPHU, PA. Chrysanthemums cSs.. G. Kalb, Polly Rose, Ivorv, white and pinli; Mrs. Robinson, J. .Tones, Glory of the Pacific, Mrs. Murdock, P. B. Hayes, Vellow Monarch; M. Henderson, R. Halliday, W. Molatsch, Bon- naffon, Appleton and many others, $1.35 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. T. Eaton, $1..50 per lUO. Cash with order, C. F. NEiPP, Jamaica, P. O., Woodhaven Station, L. I., N. Y. Please mention the American Florist when writing. KENTIA BELMOREANA. n 2|-inch pots, strong plants, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 3-inch pots, $12 per 100; $100 per lOOO. EVERBLOOMING ROSES, from aj-inch pots, $20.00 per 1000. FUCHSIAS, best market sorts,$3.00peri 00. ^ HYDRANGEAS, Otaksa and Hortensis, X $3.00 per 100. ♦ CANNAS. All standard varieties, $2.00 per ♦ 100; $15.00 per 1000. J ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. t COLEUS, leading varieties, $2.50 per 100. Strong seedlings from flats, $2.00 per 100- ♦ The STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesyille,0. J We are the largest growers of Verbenas in the country, and those who buy of us are sure to get plants and rooted cuttings perfectly healthy and iiree from rust. &0 'V^irleld.^s. Rooted Cuttings, 60 els. per 100; $5.00 per 1000; $45 per 10,000. Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. OOHrE^USs Verschaffeltii and Golden Bedder, 75c per 100; $6.00 per lOOO. €3HetA.Tf^T'Biy ISOtSBS. Our grafted roses are fine, bushy plants and grown in 3 and 3^-inch pots. Orders booked now for delivery in May, June and July. Bridesmaids, Brides, Golden Gate, Kaiseriu, price $15.00 per 100. Ivory, Liberty, price $18.00 per 100. Sehd por Catalogiji:. J. L. DILLON, Bioomsburg, Pa. VERBENAS Dahlias Mrs. Winters THE WORLD'S BEST WHITE DAHLIA, $2.60 Per Dozen. Novelties and Standard varieties. 19 years' experience and have failed of no prize competed for. See ray catalogue before placing your order. Also fine field-grown Hollyhocks at $3.00 per 100. Paeonias and Bardy Plants. Cheap mixtures are dear; get the best and order quick'. W. W. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist. Box 382, DENVER, COLO. ROOTED CUTTINGS. PETUNIAS. Double fringed. Our Petunias are world beaters. Ten varieties selected from Henderson's and Dreer's latest sets, all labeled, $1,25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000, i VERBENAS. Our 20th Century Collection, 20 new mammoth varieties, labeled, 75c per 100; $5.00 per 1000, , Per 100 MARGUERITES, White and yellow 1,00 ACERATUMS, Stella Gurney 1,00 Pauline 75 SALVIAS, St, Louis, Bonfire 1,00 FEVERFEW, Little Gem 1,00 FUCHSIAS. Four leading sorts, extra strong rooted cuttings 1,50 CASH WITH ORDER, The W.T. Buckley Plant Co.. Springfield, III. 15,000 AUSTRIA GANNA ROOTS $1.26 per 100; $10 per 1000 prepaid, 4-in. BOSTON FERNS, fine, $15 per 100; 200 for $35; 500 for $50. Kansas Double White PETUNIAS, 3 and -lYs-in. $3.00 per 100. C. HUMFELD, CLAY CENTER, KAS. WE NOW OFFER 99 ''Chemicals for tnakine LIQUID OOWIPOST. Dry powders all soluble in water. CompostB cost leas than Mo per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 620 Atlantic Ave., Boston. A FEW GOOD THINGS YOU WANT. Special low prices on palms to close out. Fine clean stock cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, i, I and 6-inch, '$25, $40 and $100 per 100. KENTIA Belmoreana and FoiBterlana, 3, 1 6 ann 6-inah'tl2, 125, $40, $100 per 100. REX BECONIA, 2 and 3-inoh, $4 and $6 per 100. ASPARAGUS PlumosuB, 3-moh, ti. Sprengerl, 3-inoh, $5, per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 3-inch, $5.00 per 100' 4, B-in., CIO, (25 per lou ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inoh, $3 and $6 per 100. VINCA VAR., 2-in., $'2.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutt, La Favorite, Bonnot, Poitevine, Eiccard, Francis Perljins, 2-inch, $2,00 per 100; 3-inch pots, $5,00 per 100. GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50c per ICO. PANSIES, ready to bloom, $1.00 per 100. Carnations, Portia, Scott, E, Crocker, Goode- nough, White Cloud, Mrs. L, Ine; Verbena, Scar- let Sage, Petunia, Coleus, mi^ied; Ageratum, Blue and White, Lobelia; Achyranthus, red; Alternantheras, red and yellow. All 2-inch Pots, $2.00 per 100. GEO. M. EMMANS, NEWTON, N. J. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, Our Specialty. 2)<-in.. J3.00 per 100: 3-in,, $3,00; 4-in,, $7.00; 5-in., $15.00; 6-in,, !2,5,00 per W\ Asp. Plumosus 3!/2-in., 33.00: 3-in., J,5.00 per 100. Ivy, 3!i-in., S3.00; 3-in., $5.00 per 10), Boston Ferns, n-in,, J-25.00; 6-in., $4000 per 100. Impatifns Sultani, -l-incri, $1.50 per dozen. Cut- tings, $3,00 per 100. ROSES. As 1 have concluded to carry my old roses over, I offer all my young stock for sale, 2 .and 3-eyed cuttings from flowering wood; 2J'4-in. Brides, Maids, (November cuttings) J3.00 per 10>. Per 100 Booted Cuttings. Brides, Maids $1.50 Vinca Maj. Var., 3M-inch 2.50 Petunia, Dbl,, named, 3>i-inoh 2,50 Salvias, 2}i-Jnch 2,50 Centaurea Gymnocarpa, 2!^-inch 2,00 Cannat, rooted 2,00 Alytsum.Dbl., E, C 1,00 Chrysanthemums, E. C 1.00 Geraniums, 3^4-inch 3 00 Geranium Queen of the Red This is the finest of all dbl, red ever introduced, of which I offer a limited quantitv, this ^ear no more than 6 to one customer at $1.00, J. H. BORNHDEFF, Tipton, Ind. SHEEP MANURE Dried, Pulverized and Unpul- verized, in carload or ton lots. WRITE FOR FBICES TO MONTANA FERTILIZER CO. Box No. 153. ELGIN, ILL, i^ase nf ention ike American Florist when writing. I9P3- The American Florist. 447 "Thripscide" (Registered.) Greenhouse Fumigating Powder. Is the newest aad best article on the market to-day for the complete destruction of all insects that infest Grennhouses or Conservatories, bein-: a special boon to Rose and Beauty growers, and prepared particularly for the destruction of Green Fly and Thrips. There is nothing injurious in it to plant life, even the most delicate fern. It is especially recommended for Beauties. Roses. Carnations, Chrysanthemums. Lilies. Smilax. Asparagus. Palms. Ferns. Etc., aud we claim that insects will be entirely eradicated when the houses are thoroughly fumigated with the powder. It is put up as follows: I lb. Tin Can % .25 5 lb. Tin Can 1. 25 lb. Sealed Box 4.50 100 lb. Sealed Bos 16.50 Send for copy of testimonials. For reference we refer to Messrs. Bassett A: Washbvirn, Hins- dale, 111. Prepared by the Lily-Lily Chemical Co.. and sold by E. H. HUNT, 76-78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. TO KILL ALL Greenhouse Bugs USE NICOTICIDr Clean and harmless as Fumigant or Spray. "To be obtained by Dealers onlv. Kindly advise manufacturers of anv diffi- culty you may have in procuring it." The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1000 Magnolia Ave., Louisville, K> LENOX FLOWER ATOMIZER FLORISTS SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES EVERY riORISI SHOULD SELL IT. JUST SEND 35c AND GET ONE BY MAIL, YOU WILL WANT MORE. A cake of Tobacco Soap uml Booklet free with each .^HE LENOX MFC. CO., 1 10 Chambers Street, NEW YORK. Superior to diatuond; turret holder: 6 cutters: sample 50c: J4.(0 per dozen, postpaid. Send for wholesale quotations on paints. CEO. N. HOLLAND, Factory Uistribut.ir. Wathinaton, D. C. American Florist Advertisements Pay Advertisers. Some of Bayersdorfer's SURE SELLERS. Plant B skets, Automobiles, Ferneries and Hampers with Tin Pans. All sizes, beautiful new patterns and colors. Heavy Shed Foil, a novelty; for lining plant baskets. Rush Braid Pot Covers. Water Proof Paper; useful and cheap. Twig Baskets and Biids' Nests of Birch Brush. Porto Rican Mats, endless variety of patterns. Fiber Ribbon, Violft Cords ard Tassels. New Catalogue enlarged and revised last month. Fully illustrated. Send for it. 50-56 North Fourth Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. H. BtYERSDORFER & GO,, Easter Novelties N. RICE & CO. Importers and Manufacturers, Leading Florists' p,8 Filbert Street, Supply House and r»i_.i j ■ ■_• n Ribbon Specialists. Pniladelphia, Pa. KOROPP'S Greehouse Hanger. (Patent Applied for) Cun be attached to any rafter or frame work. No nails or screws, no injury to woodwork, noweakeningof rafters Easy to attach and quickly removed. Will carry any size of pot, also baskets or shelves. Write for descriptive particulars. Price, $1.25 for 25: $.5.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. FOR SALE Br ALL SEEDSMEN OR ORDER DIRECT. LEOPOLD KOROPP. 252 W. Ravenswood Park, CHICAGO, ILL. ESTABUSHED 1866 EMILSTEFFEMSv SUCC.™ aSTEFFENS. »"»STErrE«S8II0S TOBACCO POWDER THE BLACK STUFF FINE-For Spx-inKlin^ Only. TJTHEN j-ou cannot fumigate with ourFumisratins Powder jou can apply our Black Stuff' Fine " direct to the plants; it is strong and eiiually effei'livp in doors or nut for extermination of all I)lant pests. Your money back if it is unsatisfactnrv. TriMi .S-tinimd package for nothinsr if you will pay the express cnargea on it. Write Dept. D. THE H. A. STOOTEOFF CO.. 116, 117, 118 West Street, New Yorlt. Foley's Floral Fotographs. Floral Album, size 12x11 containing 24 different funeral designs. By express $7.00 c. o. d. 226-226J BOWERY. NEW YORK. iLEAJOUDABTEBS FOR HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES Of Every Deacrlption. When you can't get what you want anywhere else, send here, we will send it to you. "if It's used In Hortloulture, we have It." DUNNE &00., 64W.S0ttM.,Hmr Ytrtk TelvcboDA nail. 17n0 Mitdiann Rnuura PLACE YOUR NAME. and your specialties before the purchasing florists of the entire country by advertising in SE/vo 4ovr. ivo«v. THE AMERICAN FLORIST. 448 The American Florist. April II, Orange, N. J. On Wednesday evening, April 1, at the regular meeting of the New Jersey Flori- cultural Society, the tables were well laden with exhibits of the handiwork of the 1 jcal gardeners. The displays receiv- ing special points on this occasion were roses from Peter Duff, allamandas from John Hays, genistas from M. Macrorie and crotons from D. Kindsgrab. Mr. Duffs roses were remarkably fine exam- ples of good culture. A. D. Rose, who was scheduled to pre- sent a paper on "Easter Flowering Plants," failed to materialize and so Rob- ert McGowan, who was present, was pressed into service to address the meet- ing, which he did most acceptably. The prize to be given by the society to the Chrysanthemum Society of America for the New York exhibition was dis- cussed and it was decided that it should be offered for the displays of twenty-lour and twelve blooms of distinct varieties, thus opening up the competition for the Pierson sweepstakes cup, which is to be awarded in these classes. The silver cups to be given to the win- ners in the monthly flower displays were on exhibition, also an additional cup given by M. A. Schoenthal which is to be awarded at a special rose display in June. Utica, N. y. Peter Crowe is starting in to put up 35,000 feet ot glass, all for roses. He has leased the six houses he erected two years ago and the nine to be erected this year to Brant Brothers, of Madison, N. J., nephews of L. M. Noe, who will grow Brides, Bridesmaids, Golden Gates and one house each of Beauty and Liberty. The lease is lor two years w^ith the option of ten more at expiration. They take possession on September 1, but planting under their direction begins June 1. Mr. Crowe will throw out the roses in the remainder of his houses and this will give him about 30,000 feet in all, which he will devote exclusively to his fern, Adiantum Croweanum. STANDARD FLOWER POTS! Packed in small crates, easy to handle. Price per crate 1500 2-in., in crate, $4.88 1500 2M " 5.25 1500 2% " 6.0D 1000 3 " 5.00 800 3V4 " 5.80 50O 4 " 4.50 320 5 " 4.51 144 6 " 3.16 120 7-ii Price per crate " crate, $4.20 60 8 " 3.00 HAND MADE. 48 9-in., in crate, $3.60 48 10 24 U 24 12 12 14 6 16 3.60 4.50 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of Cylinders for Cut Flowers, Hanging Baskets, Lawn Vases, etc. Ten per cent off for cash with order. Address HILFINGER BROS. POTTERY, Fort Edward N. Y. Or AUQUST RoLKER & Sons, New York Agents, 31 Barclay Street, New York City. Standard priX^ Flower... ■ v^ * v-> If your greenhouses are within 500 miles of the Capitol, write us, w^e can save you money W. H. ERNEST. 28th and M Streets, WASHINGTON. D. C. KELLER BROS. Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in color, equal to the best on the market; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, hest of railr^d connec- tions. We give special attention to mail orders and make speoial sizes to order in quantities A postal will bring prices and disoomnts Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. GALVANIZED-- WIRE • FLOWER • STAKES. ....ANY LENGTH OR SIZE DESIRED. IM^«:»t»e^otta.«'^ standard Pots whloh for itrength and porotity oombised an tlie beat on tlie market. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. RED P OTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POLI WORTH CO.. Klfe"*"""- GEO. KELLER & SON, MANTTTACTmiEBS OI< FLOWER POTS. Before buying write for prices. 361-363 Herndon Street, near Wrightwood Ave., CHICAGO* ILL. FLOWER POTS STANDARD POTS A SPECIALTY List and SAMPLES FREE. SWAHN'S POTTERY MF13 CO., p. 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Please mention the American F^.orisi when writing. WHY NOT BUT RED P0T5 OF us? [Standard Sizej Onallty— No Better. Carefully Paokad In Small Crates. Easy to Handle. Price List Free. Syracuse Pottery Co., Syraciue, N. Y. [ BEST POT IN TH.^ UAKKK" THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y, HARRY BALSLEY, DETROIT. MICHu Rep. 490 Howard St. Mease mention the American Florist when writiv£. lovalid Appliance Co., COLUMBIll PLMT TUBS Phase mention the American Florist when writing* igo3. The American Florist. 449 "EUREKA" Weed Killer DESTROYS ALL WEEDS, MOSS, BJXO., On Garden Paths, Carriage Drives, Parks, Cemeteries, Cindfr Tennis Courts, Stable Yards and Railway Depots, with- out disturbiag the gravel. EASILY APPLIED. SAVES MUCH LABOR. Laree tius sufficient for 100 square yurds of path 75c each, prepaid $1.00 small tin. sufficient for 50 yards of patli 50c each, prepaid 75c. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. NEW YORK: 14 Barclay St. Boston Florist Letter Go. MANUFACTURERS OP FLORISTS' IXTTERS. Thin -wooden box nicely stained and var- nished, 18x30xl!3 made In two sections, one for each siz** letter, given away with first order of 500 letters. Block Letters, VA or 2-inch size, per 100, $2.00. Script Letter? $4. Fastener with each letter or word. Used by leadine florists everywhere and for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers. N. F. McCarthy, Trcas. and Manager, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS. Please mention the American Florist when writing. IRON RESERVOIR VASES AND Lawn Settees Manufactured by McDonald Bros. COLUMBUS, 0. The Largest Manufacturers of these Goods in America. SeDd for Catalogue SIGNUND GELLER ImD'^rter and Manufacturer of FLORISTS' SIPPLIES. A line of Porto Rican Mats, Water Proof Crepe Paper, New style Put Covers, Fancy Baskets and various novelties for Easter, just arrived. 108 W. 88tli Street. NEW VORK. WESTERN FLORISTS... Scan save money in buying ^^^ upplieS FROM BARTELDES&CO . 1521 15th Strest, DENVER, COLO. Always mention the American Flo- rist when writing to advertiserB. USED SUCCESSFULIY 22 Y*=/»RS. Kills Currant Worms. Potato Bugs. Cabbage Worms, Sow Bugs, Slugs on Rosus, Aphis, turculio on Plums, Cat-rpillars, Hugs on Melons, Lice on Fowls and Calves, Tobacco and Tomato Worms. CRAPE OUST. Kills Mildew and Rust. COPPER SOLUTION. 1 Gallon makes 100— for Hli^jht of various sorts. BORDEAUX MIXTURE. Butter fine in pulp— for immediate use. CATTLE COMFORT. Keeps cows and mules comfortable in fly time. SOLD BY THE SEEDSMEN. For Trade Lists address HAMMOND'S PAINT AND SLUG SHOT WORKS. flSHKILL-ON-nUDSON, N. Y. RIPPLEY' MPROVED 1903 COMPRESSED AIR SPRAYERS have fine Vermorel Spray Nozzle; made of heavy copper and galva- nized steel; has safety valve. Strongly riveted and double seamed. Guaranteed tobeas rep- resented and to be the strongest sprayer manufactured. Fine for spraying young orchards. Trees 23 feet high by using extension pole. Exterminating insects from vegetables, spraying gardens, washing buggies. Finefor white- washing buildings. etc. Made in twoBlM8.1»nd6EaUonB. 4Gal.Gal7.,|5; 40»L copper,|7. FinebrMapump fltWd onouUMo. SoludoncMiljagluted. W« »Uo sell livrga orchard sprsverfl. 5 Gal, Galvaaked. *o,60, &Gal. Copper 18 00 Send to-day for our Sprayer Imd BreederSuppljCaiAlog. .,j»> The Model Tomat9 Support. Also For PEONIES, DAHLIAS, PHLOX, ETC. Price, $1.S0 per Dozfn. Patented July 27, 1897, and May 17, 1898. I!y Theron N. Parker, inventor and patentee of Tlie Model Extension Carnation Support. Address all inquiries to The Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co., Inc. 208 Jarsay St., HARRISON, N. J. Cut Flower Boxes. WATER PROOF. Cornar Lock Styla. The best, strongest and neatest folding cut flower box ever made. Cheap, durable. To try them once is to use them always. Size Per 100 10 Size Per 100 1000 No. 0. 3x4x20.. S2.00$18.0« No. 5. 4x8x82.. $3.00$27.00 No. 1. 3x4!/jXl61.75 15.00 No. 6. 4x8x28 . 3.75 3.5.00 No. 2. 3x6x18.. 2.00 18.00 No. 7. 6x16x20 5.50 53.i!0 No. 3. 4x8x18.. 2.4 ■ 22.00 No. 8. 3x7x21.. 3.00 29.00 No. 4. 3x5x24.. 2.75 25 0(J No. 9. 5x10x35 6.5j 60.00 Sample free on application. No charge for printing on orders above 25i) boxes. Terms cash. THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., BOX 102. COLUMBUS, OHIO. SIMON RODH, MANUFACTURER OF Florist Ribbons Salasroom: 40 West 28th St., jUFW YOIIK fACTOBT: Cajiden. N. J. Ill" lurni RIBBONS ACCORDIVG TO SEASON. Wired Toothpicks 10,000, 11.60; 50,000, $6.25. Manufactured by W. J COWEE. BERLIN. N. Y. Sample Free. For sale by dealers.. The Florists' Hail Asso'n Pays Losses Promptly. Reierve fund $10,000. For particulart addrets JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J. 450 The American Florist. April II, Denver. GOOD LOTS OF PLANTS OFFERED FOR EASTER.— PROSPBCTS FOR A BIG SEASON. —GOOD BUSINESS RIGHT ALONG. There -will be a fine lot of flowering plants offered for Easter sale this year Lilies will be in fair supply and as regards flowers and foliage, will be good, but as a general rule they run very short in stem. With one or two exceptions all the growing places share alike in this respect. Azaleas are very good and sup- ply large. Some very good Ramblers are seen, the Park Floral Company having a beautiful lot. Spireeas also seem abund- ant, but usually go well. Bulbous stock in boxes and pans shows up well. Of the smaller and cheaper grade of plants, such as cinerarias, deutzias, and the like, there will be plenty to meet the demand. Lilacs promise well, showing plenty of buds and foliage. On cut flowers the supply will probably equal the demand, but with the amount of plants to be handled it will not hurt much should the supply turn out shorter than expected. With favorable weather business should be big this year. Trade has run along very nicely during Lent, funeral work being in steady demand. The supply of plants and flow- ers has been very good, both in quality and quantity. B. Hartford, Conn. Geo. S. Osborn has very good stock on his place, and must have, as the trade he caters to requires very choice stock at all times. His roses, carnations, and especially Lilac Marie Legraye and Casi- mir Perier, looked very fine. Mr. Osborn predicts a good Easter trade. A. Whiting, our venerable florist, has all his stock in fine condition. Wade. Racine, Wis.— J.N.Johnsonhas bought the greenhouses ofN. Clemson on West street. ^^^^^^^'^^^ RED SPIDBR, APHIS And all otber Insects killed by SULPHQ-TOBAGGO SOAP, The Popular Insecticide. SELL IT. PRICES LOW. SALES NET lOO PER CENT. PROFIT. LwrkinSonpCo, buffalo, n. r. K I L. L- Please tnentzon the American Fionst z Sprape Smith Co. PUTE AND WIMDOW CLASS Greenhouse Glass a Specialty Ids laa^lok ttraal CHITAeO : Holds Glass Firmly ••• tha Point IW PEERLESS SlailiW Point* mat bert. No right* M leAt. Box of l.OOO poiBtf T6 Ota. poitpftld. REITRT A. DREER, 714 ChMtnnt St., PkllR., Pa. Steam Traps SAVE COAL This is tlie Return Steam Trap used by the Up-to-date Greenhouse men to return the con- densed water from the heating coils in their greenhouses. Have been in use for this purpose over thirty years. Insures an Even Temperature. Send for Red Catalogue. Albany Steam Trap Go. ALBANY, N. Y., U. S. A. MYERS & CO. Eslabllthad 1849. GREENHOUSE ARGHITEGTSI BUILDERS HEATING ENGINEERS. 116 South I7th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Send for Calaiooue and Latest Prices. 1 Clear Gulf Cypress 1 GREENHOUSE! MATERIAL. I Hot-Bed and Ventilator Sasii. | S. JACOBS & SONS,^!nH^^H»L*| 1365 to 1373 Flushing Avenue, BROOKLYN, N. Y. i -»— Send 4c in Stamps for Catalog, ^ BOILERS. <^^^^^<^ ■^^'^ 'W£10I-,£>S.A.L.:G. t (iiiiRifiii IT IS ^^^ "particular" kind of work we ^^^^^" like, the kind that everybody cannot do. ■i|^^^|pi Please mention the A Florist when writing. No. 1.— Brass, nickel, 4 feet long, 6 clasps to each rod. Price complete (with green or white tum- blers) $2 25. Price complete (with green or white coinur-opia vases) $2.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod, brassed and nickeled, with three olaips for 6 to 6-inch pots, each $1.75. KIFT-S PATENT Rubber Capped FLOWER TUBES, IH-'-nch diameter, per 100, $3.60. JOSEPH KIFT & SON, 1725 Cliettnut St., Phill., Pa. THE "Model" Glazing Point ZINC, DURABLE, PRACTICAL. Designed for Florists' use to supersede the "Van Kyper" and all tacks that rust out quickly. By the inventor of the "Modal" Extgnslon Camillon Support. Hatented Nov. 25th, 1903. Price per lb., 104U points, 40c. One lb. by mail 45c. Address The Parker-Bruen Mtg. Co., 208 Jersey St., HARRISON, N. J. aREEN- HOUSE SIZES " SPEC- IALTY. GLASS! ...PAINT, PUTTY, ETC. Gasper Limbaoh, Pittsburg, Pa. 60 Waihington Ave..3Itt Ward. 1929 Carton St.,S.S t ine A merican Florist when wrilinr rgo- The American Florist. 451 Bargains FOR Florists. We are headquarters for a general assortment of the necessary material and supplies that you are looking for. If you are about to improve or con- struct, consult us. In connection with the dismantling of the Pan-American Exposition, we have for sale: 20,000,000 FEET of fine seasoned lumber, practically new, consisting of all sizes of joists, timbers, dressed and matched boards and flooring; also sash and doors. 50,000 FEET of roofing glass. PIPE. We are headquarters for pipe. We offer you. 100,000 FEET of 2 to 4-inch wrought iron, lap welded boiler tubes, second-hand. We can futnish this material in three ways; Either with slefve or jacket couplings, screwed ends and threaded couplings or with expanded cast iron flanges with bolts and nuts. 1,000 000 FEET of standard black wrought iron pipe, size ^ to 12-inch. It is second-hand but has new threads and couplings and is in first-class condition. 1,000 TONS of galvanized wire 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 guage. 50,000 FEET of 2, 3 and 4-inch cast-iron soil pipe and fittings, 100,000 FEET of garden hose, % and l-in. 75,000 FEET of cotton rubber-lined fire- hose, (rubber-lined in and outside), rang- ing in sizes 1 to 2^-inch. VALVES and fittings of every kind. BOX COILS for heating purposes. RADIATORS, new and second-hand. We also offer the following bargains in Heating Boilers 50 CAST-IRON sectional heaters, capacity from 450 to 5,000 feet. FOUR 36x10 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 36x12 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x10 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x12 Horizontal Tubular. SIX 48x14 Horizontal Tubular. TWO 54x16 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 60x16 Horizontal Tubular complete with all fittings, PUMPS of all Descriptions. A carload of shovels and spades that we are selling at 15.00 per dozen. We carry a complete stock of hardware and farm implements, besides plumbing material of every kind. Write for Catalogue No. 47. Chicago House Wrecking Co., W. 35tb »l IRON SIS.. CHICAGO, ILL. ^^5^ ^^$ WRITE FOR CATALOGUE Alanafacturerg ot California Bed Cedar and Louisiana Cypress Greenhouse Material. Use our Patent IRON BENCH FITTINGS and Roof Supports. ^ JENNINGS"- IRON GUTTER. IMPROVED VAPORIZING PANS For Tobacco Extraota. Etc. Send for Clronlara. DILLERj GASKEY & GOij jennIngs^bros. 8. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sta.. PHILADELPHIA. VENTIiaTINg APPARATUS. DILLON'S GREENHOUSE MFG. GO. Bloomsburg, Penna. HAjrUFACTUBEBS OF HOT BED SASH, AIB DBIED GULF CVFBESS SASH BABS AMD OTHEB GBEENHOUSE MATEBIAX. BUILDERS of DURABLE and PRACTICAL Greenhouses at a LOW COST. ^P~Our deioriptive oiroalar oontaini valuable informatioD for every florist. Send for It BsStandard The lightest running, most rapid and powerful ventilating machin- ery in the market. DUPLEX GUTTERS Made of wrought or cast iron with self-adjusting sash bar dips. The only Orip Proof Metal Gutter offered to the public. Send for my cata- logue free. E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, 0. Please mention the A n Florist when writing. H. M. HOOKER GO. Window Glass, Paints and Putty, Greenhouse Glass a Specialty. sg Wast Raadolph St., CHIGABO. Horticultural Builders & Heating Engineers Phillips Mfg. Co. Established 1900. JeIIsEY CITY, N. J. In 26 months we have built for private estates 87,347 square feet of Glass Housesand havcorders for still more. We are just completing a Range for Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N. Y. W^e want your patronage. Tel. 1851 Bergen. -:_;i PUase mention the American Florist when writing. LVANS' IMPROVED APPAHATUS \ WPiTt FOft ILLO5TCtATt0 >,ATALOCue QUAK£Jt CirriaCMMfWOIIKS. ^■^■ie^f-tf RICMMONP, WO- 452 The American Florist. April II, Index to Advertisers. AdTertisIr? rates... 438 AkersH R •IS.t Albany bteam Trap Co 4-0 Alexander J K 445 Amling EC 431 Andrews Bros. 435 Asohmann Godfrey 446 Baldwin A J 445 Bailer FA 434 Banner J L & Co . . . 43ti Barteldes & Co . . 449 Bassett & Washburn 430 44J Baur S AlJred Co . . . I Bayersdorfer H & Co447 BeokertWC 435 Benthey & Co. . 431 Berokmans P J Co.. 437 Bernlng HG 430 Bindekunst 443 Black Chus 43T Bobbink & Atkins.. 443 Bonnot Bros 433 Bornhoeft JH 448 Boston Letter Co. . . 449 BrantSD 446 Brod John 444 Btuns HN 431 Bryant Jas M 450 Buckley W T Plant Co. .446 Budlong J A... 431 440 Burpee WA&Co... II ByerBros. 44i Caldwell the Woods- man Co 4ir Calif Carnation Co .439 Campbell A B 445 Cannody J D ...;.. . 453 Chadwiok Chas 441 Chase ArnoS 435 ChioagoCarnationCo44 1 Chicago House Wkg Co. .431 Cluoas & Boddington II Coles WW 443 Conard & Jones Co. .41" Conley Foil Co 4(9 Cottage Gardens.... 443 Cowee Arthur 4H Cowee W J 4 9 Craig Robt & Son.. . .443 Croom John F & Bro 11 Crowl Fern Co 436 Cunningham Jos H 445 Davis A B & Son.... 443 Deamud JB 430 DeGraff Bros 438 Des Moines Plant Co441 Detroit Flower Pot Mfy 418 Dietsoh A& Co 461 DiUer Caskey & Co. 451 DillonJL 4i6 Dillon's MfgCo.... 451 Dorner F & Sons Co. 444 I DreerH A 450 II Dunne & Co 447 East'n Chemical Co. 446 Eisele C 445 Emmans Geo M 4j6 Ernest WH 448 Evert Math 430 Farquhar R & J & Co440 Foley's Floral Foto- graphs 4 7 Foley Mfg Co Ill Ford Bros 433 For Sale* Rent 439 Foster Lucius H 44 4 Fryer JP 4i3 Gardening. 441 Gardeners Chronicle442 Garland Frank 431 Garland Geo M.. Ill GasserThe JM Co.. 431 Geller Sigmund 4i9 Ghormley Wm 433 Gitalin & Co IV Glauber Emil 440 GoodaleBE 11 GraveET 439 Greenhouse Mfg Co.. Ill Grey Thos J ACo.... II Gullett W H & Sons 443 Gunther WmH 433 Gurney Heater Co . . 452 Guttman Alex J 433 Hail Ass'n 4 9 Hammond Benj 4i9 Hancock G & son. 441 Hart R 1 443 Harvey Greenhouses ut Heacock Jos 4)5 Heikes W F 411 Hennis W 444 Herendeen Mfg Co. .IV Herr Albert M 4 2 Herrmann A 4 19 HewsAH&Co.. 418 Hicks & Crawbuck. .433 HilflngerBros 448 Hill The EG Co I Hippard E 451 HitchingsA Co IV Holland Geo N 447 Holton & Hunkel Co 430 415 Hooker H M Co 451 HoopesBro&Thomas440 Horan Edw C 433 Hort Adv 441 Hort Trade Journal. 444 Humfeld C 416 Hunt EH 430 417 Invalid Apl'nce Co. 4 8 Iowa Seed Co 434 Jacobs S & Sons 450 Jennings E B 442 Kasting W F 432 Keller Bros 4i8 KellerGeo&Son....448 Kellogg GeoM 431 Kennicott Bro8Co..43i Kift Joseph & Son. . 451 KingConstruotionCoI V KohrAF 448 Koropp Leopold 447 Kramer I W & Sons 448 Kreshover L J 436 Kroeschell Bros Co. IV KuehnC A 431 KuhlGA 445 Lager A Hurrell 444 Landreth D Sons 435 II Lang Julius 433 Langjahr A H 433 Larkin Soap Co 4 Laub Arsons . ..441 Lenox Mfg Co 447 Limbaoh Casper 4 iii Livingston Seed Co. .4 19 Lockland LumCo. . . Ill Lonsdale Edwin 44'i Loomis Floral Co — 442 Lord & BurnhamCo.lv Lucas J & Co Ill MaderPauI 443 May John N I May LL&Co,..435 437 McCarthy N F & Co. 432 McCullough's J M Sons 430 McDonald Bros 449 McKellar tSons4t7 Vaughan'aSeed Store434 435 438 441 443 449 I 11 Vick's Sons Jas II Vredenburg & Go. . 441 W.irnaur A Co 434 WagnerParkCons . . .44 j Watson GeoC II Waverly Greenh's.. .444 Weber H & Sons .... 441 Weeber & Don II Weiland & Risch .. .431 Welch Bros 432 Whetstone & Co... .Ill Whilldin Pot Co 448 WietorBros 430 Wilks S Mfg Co 451 Wi more W W 446 Williams F R Co .... 430 Winterich C 44 > Wittbold Geo Co.... 445 Wood Bros 443 Wood T W & Sons 434 Woodroffe Milton W432 Young John 433 Young & Nugent .... 433 Always mention the American VrjO' RisT when writing to adverttserB. 'irSEW DEPARTURE," -YENHLVING /\PPL)f^MCE? This is a funny loolcing thing but it will do the work easier and cost less than any other apparatus on earth or any other place. Send for a descriptive circular to J. D. CARMODY. Evansvllle, Ind. ►■^♦♦^♦♦•'♦♦♦♦•^■« GREraHOtlSES. mai:e|Sfurn1s5cd AND ERECTION IFDElJfiED.; CYPRUS SftsiBARS ANY LENOTH UPTO32FT.xi(RL0JNGER. THEMPS'^^«am$ ivmbelr (b., N CTKWSET, B STON, NUiSS. t ^^ '■ ^ 1 CROP INSURANCE. Life insurance is valuable because It guarantees the outcome. ' Ourncy" Heaters "BRIGHT IDEA," "DORIC" and "400 SERIES" do the same thine for your hothouse: THEY GUARANTEE THE CROP. First of all they save 20 per cent on ihe coal bill and 80 keep expense at a minimum Nest, they produce an even heat and bo do not imperil the life of the plant. Next, they are simple to operate and so require least attention. Lastly, they wear longer than others and thus perceptibly reduce the capital invested. Don't buy or exchange until you've inves- tigated them. GURNEY HEATER MEG. CO. DORIC" HEATER, 74 Franklin Street, BOSTON, MASS. Ill Filth Avenue, NEW YORK CITY. "PIERSON'' BOILERS WATERMD^AM. The Mo$t Complete and Perfect line of Horticultural Boilers OVER 100 SIZES AND STYLES. Iron Frame Conservatories, Palm Houses and Green- houses, Red Gulf Cypress Greenhouse Material, Ventilatins; Apparatus, Plans, Specifications and Estimates. Prompt Shipments. THE PIERSON-SEfTON CO. Dsslgnars, Manufaoturars and Bulldsra of Horticultural Struotursa. West Side Ave., South, Jersey City, N. J. fm l^Wim§m ^mm&f Mmerica is "the Prnw af the UessbI; there may be mare comfort Umidships, but we are the first ta touch Unknown Seas,' Vol. XX. CHICAQO AND NEW YORK. APRIL i8, 1903. No. 776. TlHIlE ^li^il!@MI IFiL@iei!@? ElSHTESNTH YEAR. Copyright 1903, by American Florist Company Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published evkrt Saturday by AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago. EaAtern Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $ 2 00. Subscriptions accepted only from the trad . Volumes half-yearly from August, 1901. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS. Oppicers— John Burton, Philadelphia, Pa., president; C. C. Pollworth, Milwaukee, Wis., vice-president; Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Beattt, Oil City, Pa., treasurer. Nineteenth annual meetingat Milwaukee, Wis., August, 1903. THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. Annual convention at Detroit. Mich., March 3, 1904. Albert M. Hebr, Lancaster, Pa., secretary. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. Annual meeting and exhibition, Philadelphia, March, 19C4. Leonard Barron, 136 Liberty St., New York, secretary. CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Annual convention and exhibition, New York, November 10-13, 1903. Fred. Lemon, Richmond, Iiul., secretary. THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER. COIfTE/fTS. The Euster trade 45:5 Two eminent horticulturists (portraits) ini Erica Cavendishiana (illus.) -irib Hydrangea azurea (illus.) 4bli Carnations — Planting in the field 4.^7 Erica Porcelaineana (illus.) 457 Florists' plant notes 457 New York 458 Hamper of Easter plants (illus.) 4.58 .store of Slebrecht & Sous (illus.) 459 Boston 460 liox of Easter plants lillus.) 46 ■ Chicago 461 Houses of lilies (illus.) , 461 Philadelphia 46i San Fr'incisco 463 St. Louis 403 Detroit 463 Cincinnati 463 Brica curnea 464 fjreenhouse building 464 Obituarv 464 —Archibald F. Barron (portrait) 464 — James W. Withers (portrait) 464 Minneapolis 465 The seed trade 470 ~E. L. Coy.(portrait) 472 The nursery trade 470 Los Angeles 473 Our pastimes 474 Cleveland 474 Omaha 476 Milwaukee 478 Pittsburg 480 Nashville. Tenn 48? Newport, R. 1 4R4 Albany, N. Y.. 486 THE EASTER TRADE. HERE was }i(>od liusincss everywhere, an inerease in keeping witli tlie year's growth in all branches of the trade. It is apparent that supplies were adequate, the few shortages purely local and plenty of stock in wholesale centers. Qualities were everywhere of the best and it was possiljle in many places to procure slightly better prices than usual at Easter, shortages on carnations, and, in some cases, on violets assisting in this. Rains were a deterrent in many localities. It is the general report that the business on blooming plants is increasing faster than on cut flowers. The lily is, of course, the flower of the day, but azaleas sell briskly, also all medium priced plants and bulbous stock in pans in the less wealthy neighborhoods. It is notable that, aside from the lily, plants with bright-colored flowers were wanted. Roses did not sell as well as usual. Little is heard of American Beauty except a? an over-stock in the better grades. The carnation continues to increase in demand, but growers are everywhere ofl crop. Cut bulbous stock was slow sale. Much stock was sold in fancy boxes, baskets or hampers, and never before were so many pot coverings used. Some trade reports follow: AcGLSTA, G.\. — ^^fules Rival had enough cut flowers but was short on lilies; white carnations could not be supplied; no sale for cinerarias. AuBDRN, N. v.— George Dobbs & Son say ever3'one had a better Easter than a year ago; larger and better stocks; higher prices. Demand exceeded supply in all lines. Lawrence, Kans.— C. M. & S, E. Luther report Easter business about as last year, prices a little higher than then. There was enough of everything except lilies. Cou.NciL Bluffs, Ia.— |. F. Wilcox found Easter about as usual; enough stock in all lines. Lilies, azaleas and cin- erarias sold best. Bulbous stock hard to move; other cut flowers did well. Highland, N. Y.— J. W. Feeter says the violet crop was shortened by the excess- ively hot weather in March and receipts were not more than half of last year's, although prices averaged' somewhat higher. Brampton, 0.\t.— L. W. Duggan, man- ager of the Dale Estate, reports Easter trade as increasing thirty per cent, prices the best on record for the season, with all stock short of the demand, particularly carnations. Sprlngfield, Mo. — Ed. Quinn reports fine weather, good stock and twenty-five per cent increase in Easter sales. Not much sale for potted plants except lilies. Carnations an(3 cut lilies wanted; roses slow sale. Carthage, Mo.— Perry Finn reports plenty of flowering plants, scarcity of roses and carnations, which are about the only things called for. Sales were twenty per cent above last year. Guthrie.Okla.— Furrow Brothers say they have no call for plants. Carnations are the leading staple. Had enough stock except Beauties and lilies. Sales twenty-five per cent greater than a year ago. Fort Wokth, Tex.— The Drumm Seed and Floral Company did double last year's business for Easter; plenty of stock. All flowering plants salable; roses and carnations the popular cut flowers. Mitchell, S. D.— E. C. Newbury reports sales twenty per cent ahead of last year, accounted for by higher prices. There were enough plants but a shortage of cut flowers. Everything went that was good. Freeport, III,— John Bauscher had stock enough for a forty per cent increase in sales and found it possible toget prices twenty-five percent above those of last year. Carnations and roses were -most in demand. Dubuque, Ia.— W. A. Harkett says it was the best Easter on record, sales increasing twenty-five per cent, princi- pally because of big business in flowering plants. All stock abundant because oi late season; quite a surplus of lilies, car- nations and tulips. The weather was baii, except Saturday, which saw a rush. 454 The American Florist. April t8, Freeport, Me.— John Burr got better prices and made a fifteen per cent increase in Easter sales. Stock was short all along the line. Watertown, N. Y. — A. Stoeckle reports ten per cent increase in sales, all cut flowers short; plants equal to calls except for lilies. Azaleas sold poorly; all other plants in good demand. Springfield, O. — A. R. Aldrich found one-tenth increase in Easter sales. Enough plants and also cut flowers except carnations, which led the sales; roses were plentiful. Von Sions the only bulbous stock wanted. Hagerstown, Md.— Henry Hdkajjfel, Jr.; reports azaleas losing pojiularity. Good roses, carnations and violets were' bought more readily than usual. Plants met all requirements but more cut flowers might have been used. Geneva, N. Y.— At the Union Street Greenhouses they say they sold ofi' every- thing early Saturday afternoon but that Easter sales totaled only about as last year; all stock under the requirements; carnations most in demand. Exeter, N. H.— Geo. W. Williard, of the Exeter Rose Conservatories, reports the aggregate of Easter sales about ten per cent above last year's, supply being equal to demand but prices averaging better than a year ago. Spokane, Wash.— H. M, Sanders reports a fifteen per cent advance, roses being the only item commanding an unusually high price. All cut flowers plentiful except carnations. Variety was lacking in the flowering plants. Dallas, Texas.— The Texas Seed and Floral Company found Easter about as last year. Lillies missed it because of Schenectady, N. Y.— J. E. Felthousen, who handles plants principally, reports sales at Easter fifty per cent greater than any other year and refused many orders for lack of stock. Heexpects averj^ heavy spring trade. Lincoln, III.— W. H. GuUett & Sons report Easter business about as last year, demand for carnations especially large, for roses decreased. Enough lilies to fill all orders. Bulbous stock almost worth- less on account of forward season. Santa Fe, N. M.— Arthur Boyle says all cut flowers sold clean; carnations most wanted. Plants plentiful; bulbous stock and Harrisii in demand. His sales increased thirty per cent. Cinerarias, primulas and azaleas not wanted. Mansfield, O. — The Berno Floral Com- pany found stock short in all lines, an increase of twenty-five per cent in sales being largely accounted for by a rise in prices. All plants in flower sold out; tulips were the last cut flowers to go. Baltimore, Md. — Lehr Brothers say there was plenty of stock for an increase of fifteen to twenty per cent in sales; prices about as last year. Large plants such as Harrisii and azaleas went well; carnations wanted; tulips a glut. Fall River, Mass.— C. Warburton reports twenty per cent increase on some- what better prices than last Easter. Enough plants except lilies. Azaleas and Murillo tulips wanted. Violets short of the demand; all other items well cleaned up. Dayton, O. — H. H. Rltter says lilies were plentiful and sold well at better prices than a year ago. Sales increased thirty per cent. More flowering plants James W. Withers. Archibald F. Barron. TWO EMINENT HORTICULTURISTS WHO PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK. (Sec page 464.) cloudy weather. Plenty of cut flowers, many lilies beings shipped in and, with roses and carnations, selling well. Harrisburg, Pa. — J. D. Brenneman says the trend is toward plants and believes the high price of cut flowers is responsible, but he was short of both for Easter. Sales increased thirty per cent; carnations very much in demand, hya- cinths and azaleas wanted. might have been used but there were enough cut flowers, although everything sold well. PiTTSFiELD, Mass.— John White reports good lilies where many had poor; sales and prices about as a year ago. Flowering plants in great demand and supply short. Carnations good and salable; roses . poor and scarce; azaleas not wanted. Lead, S. D.— Alexander Rose says that although it snowed all day Sunda3' sales were double last Easter's; prices fifty per cent higher. Short on potted lilies;' plenty cut flowers. Carnations were most called for. Helena, Mont.— The State Nursery Company, Chas. Horn and Mrs. Miller all report the best Easter on record; twenty per cent ahead of last year. Good supplies of stock but all sold out satisfactorily. Jacksonville, Fla.— C. D. Mills says the demand increases all the time but this year the profusion of outdoor flow- ers kept the sales down. Lilies and car^ nations were most in demand and the only shortages. Sandusky, O.— D. J. Mackey says he can see but little difierence in the business as between this year and last. The weather was bad Friday, Saturday and Sunday. He had stock enough of all kinds and prices and sales ruled about as last year. Jackson, Miss.— W. J. Brown, Jr., says there was enough stock in all lines but prices were much better than heretofore and paid with less grumbling. All cut flowers sold clean. Among plants, ferns, azaleas and pot roses were most in demand. Troy, N. Y.— Geo. T. Sambrook & Son had a first class trade in both cut flowers and plants; the total sales were one- third ahead of last year, prices about as then. Violets were the only shortage. Hydran- geas and azaleas sold best; cut roses were wanted. ' , Westmount, Que.— B. T. Graves found Easter business a slight increase over last year; all good stock went well and prices were higher. Lilies were the only shortage among plants and cut flowers were equal to the demand. Carnations took the lead. Fredericton, N. B.— J. Bebbington & Son say they did not want any more Easter trade; had all they could possibly handle, shipping plants and cut flowers to almost every town in the province. Good stock; prices as usual; azaleas and lilies sold best. Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller's Sons did a twenty per cent increase; plenty ot plants; carnations and violets short. No demand for high priced cut flowers. All kinds of flowering plants went, from 25 cents to $10; azaleas at $2 to $3 were the best sellers. Nashua, N. H.— August Gaedeke says the Easter call is all for flowering plants, cut flowers not wanted. Had plenty of stock and sales increased fifteen per cent. Ramblers and lilies were most in demand. Cut lilies went well and carnations ^erc more salable than roses. Montreal, Can. — S. S. Bain says that church decorations showed a big increase; sales gained twenty-five per cent; Christ- mas prices prevailed. More than enough lilies but all flowering plants sold well. Enough cut flowers except violets. Bulb- ous stock moved slowly. Baltimore, Md.— I. H. Moss says sales total about as last year but would have been much greater had the violets not been about done. Plants brought a little better prices than heretofore. Plenty expensive plants but more cheaper ones could have been sold. Allcut flowers cleaned out. Azaleas and Harrisii still hold the lead among Easter plants. igo3. The American Florist. 455 Toledo, O. — George A. Heinl found a ten per cent increase in sales; prices about as usual at Easter. Plenty of plants, also cut flowers except carnations. Lilies, Crimson Ramblers and red azaleas best sellers, hydrangeas and white azaleas slow, bulbous stock also. Elmira, N. Y. — H.N. Hofiman says the Easter custom of sending blooming plants and cut flowers to friends is increasing and sales showed ten per cent advance; just enough plants; plenty cut flowers except violets; roses and carnations sold first, then bulbous flowers. Little Rock, Ark.— Tipton & Hurst ■were short of stock but made a twenty- five per cent increase in Easter sales. Prices stood as last 3'ear. Lilies and azaleas went well, cinerarias slowly. Ivilies, carnations and h^-acinths were most called for, roses least. New Lo.xdox, Coxx. — H. H. Appeldorn says that business was all right for it equaled last year's. Plenty of stock. More call for potted lilies than ever before; not so ready sale lor cut flowers. Violets led, then carnations, but violets were nearly over and scarce. Montgomery, Ala. — W. B. Paterson notes a steady increase in all branches of the business; Easter sales half again as large as last year, prices twentj'-five per cent higher than then. Plenty of all stock. Lilies and azaleas best sellers. Carnations wanted; roses slow sale. Lincoln, Neb.— C. H. Prey says the Easter business was the most satisfac- tory he has ever had; the increase was twenty-five per cent. More lilies and hyacinths in pots might have been sold. All cut flowers went well but in general the supply was equal to the demand. Ogdex, Utah. — The City Greenhouse Company made a twenty-five per cent increase, prices being much better, par- ticularly on carnations. Much stock shipped in. Plenty of plants, but not the fancy stock grown in the east. Gera- niums, pansies and ferns the leaders. Springfield, III.— Bell Miller says Easter would have been much better than a year ago had the lily crop been any good; they were most wanted and scarce. There was also a shortage of cut flowers. Roses, carnations and narcissi were most in demand, tulips least salable. Louisville, Ky.— Joseph Coenen & Company could have sold more hyacinths and tulips in bulb pans but report the total of Easter sales about as last year. The bulk of their trade is in stock for cemetery use, and as it rained all after- noon they had plenty of cut flowers left over. Janesville, Wis. — Edw. Amerpohl, of the Janesville Floral Company, reports seventy-five per cent increase in the aggre- gate sales; prices about as usual at Easter. Call for plants much greater than the supply. All cut flowers went well, carnations most called for, roses least. Winona, Minn.— Ed. Kirchner reports Easter sales about one fourth greater than a year ago, with an increase of ten per cent in prices. The principal call for nlants was for bulbous stock, azaleas and pot roses; more of these might have been sold had good stock been at hand. There was little call for lilies and the few in market did not compare favorably with the plants shown in the heyday of the Harrisii. Cut flowers were about equal to demand; less call for roses, more for carnations and violets. EASTER PLANT OF ERICA CAVENDISHIANA. (See New York notes, page 458.) Brockyille, Ont. — R. B. Heather says he was fortunate in having a good supply of nice lilies; most people were short. His sales increased thirty per cent; prices up a little. Plants fairly plentiful, also cut flowers except carnations. Daffodils not wanted; lilies, azaleas and ferns in demand. Hartford, Conn.— John Coombs epit- omizes the situation thus: Weather fine; all dealers completely sold out; best trade we ever had. Lilies, azaleas and carnations were most called for. The aggregate of sales was twenty-five per cent ahead of last year. Genistas did not sell well. Madison, Wis. — Fred. Rentschler says that even in the face of very bad weather Easter sales were up to last year. He had plenty of all kinds of stock. As plants, lilies sold better than anything else. Carnations and violets were the popular cut flowers. The churches did quite a little decorating. Trade is good in general. Hamilton, Ont. — E. G. Brown worked out an increase of thirty per cent; prices a little better than usual at Easter. Lilies in pots were more plentiful but still short; enough cut flowers except roses and carnations. Spirteas seem to sell more slowly each year. Bulbous stock did fairly well. Stillwater, Minn.— Frank Berry says the weather was unfavorable but that he is well pleased with Easter, for sales increased twenty-five percent, cut flowers beinj sufiicient for the demand, also all olants except lilies. Pans of bulbous stock went well, also cut bulbous stock and carnations, roses slow. Wichita, Kan.— W. H. Culp & Com- pany note that quality counts. They had a nice increase in Easter sales but found it difficult to move the lower grades at any price. A few more lilies might have been sold in pots. Many roses were shipped in. Good hyacinths took well. Bulbous stock except colored tulips poor sale. 456 The American Florist. April i8. Knoxville, Tenn.— Chas. W. Crouch reports sales an increase of twenty-five per cent. There was enough stock in all lines, most of it good. Prices did not exceed the usual Easter level, but people paid their money more cheerfully than usual. Harrisii and azaleas were wanted, also carnations and Beauties. Fargo, N. D.— Shotwell & Graver had good stock in all items, except that some lilies were split. Sales were about fifteen per cent higher than a year ago, prices about as then. There was sale for every- thing and enough of everything except that a few more good lilies might have been used, plants and cut. New Orleans, La.— U. J. Virgin says prices were much better than last year and his sales totaled thirty per cent higher; plenty of plants; cut flowers short. Harrisii were most in demand; no sale for palms and ferns; violets and carnations were not wanted. Very few calls lor stock in baskets. Camden, N. J.— C. W. Turnley says the Easter demand was so good that he sold all blooming plants, all cut flowers and two litters of Belgian hares, six little chicks and the mother hen which w^ere a part of his window display. The store cat only saved her kittens by secreting them until the rush was over. The aver- age increase in town was thirty per cent compared with last year. Decorative plants were the only item which moved slowly. Wholesale prices necessitated advanced retail rates. Lynn, Mass.— Miller & Sons report that more grocery stores than usual sold plants but the florists did about as much as a year ago. An abundance of plants, although most of the good ones were sold. Violets and carnations were in great demand and scarce. Lilies and azaleas still hold the lead. Brantford, Ont. — Thomas A. Ivey found the total sales ten per cent higher than last Easter. Prices about as usual; plenty of plants; cut flowers were short, especially carnations. LUies and azaleas led the plant sales. Weather favorable to business on the open market, where plants moved at good prices. OwATONNA, Minn. — L. P. Lord says sales increased twenty-five per cent and so did prices on lily plants and azaleas. Lilies had fifty per cent more flowers to the stalk than last year. The supply of plants was a little above the demand, cut flowers just even. Roses went slow. The call for carnations is increasing the year around. Denver, Col. — The snow storm Satur- day night and Sunday cut into trade but the Park Floral Company reports a ten per cent increase. A big stock of lilies sold out clean; all were short in stem. Rambler roses and spiraeas dragged. Good lilacs were popular. Carnations, fancy roses and Beauties led cut flower sales; enough of everything except long Beauties. Better prices than heretofore were realized on good roses; it was a mistake to cut the price on lilies. HYDRANGEA AZUREA IN A WICKER BASKET. (See New York notes, page 458.; Wilkesbarre, Pa. — Ira G. Marvin reports prices stiff on good stock in spite of large supplies. He did a thirty per cent increase in total sales. Carnations w^ere the one scarcity. Lilies, azaleas and bulbous stock were in greatest demand; other stock went well but not free. All cut flowers went well but violets. Toronto, Ont. — J. H. Dunlop says that the grade of stock was superlative and sales increased twenty per cent; good prices; plants equal to demands; cut flowers overplentiful except roses and carnations. Lilies and specimen plants easily disposed of; valley and violets good property; bulbous stock not wanted. Raton, N. M.— At the Raton Green- houses they say they could not supply more than a small part of the demand, which is true of their trade at almost all times, and they will add largely to their plant this year. Sales were twenty-five per cent greater than a year ago, prices advancing and all stock in demand. Peoria, III.— J. C. Murray reports a shortage of all cut flowers and not halt enough flowering plants to meet the Easter demand. Prices advanced ten to twenty per cent over last year's level. There was a very heavy call for smilax. Red carnations and red roses were also wanted. There were some fine spiraeas. Washington, D. C— A. Gude & Brother had a twenty-five per cent increase in Easter sales, with prices at last year's level. There were enough plants, lilies, azaleas and hydrangeas being good sale, genistas and Crimson Ramblers slow. There were plenty of cut flowers except carnations and good violets. Bulbous stock was slow sale. Fremont, Neb.— C. H. Green found a thirty-five" per cent increase in Easter trade. Prices were about as last year except that carnations advanced one- third. He had just about enough cut flowers and plenty of plants, except lilies, of which he could have used a few more. The good weather made a good home cut and he was independent of the whole- sale markets. Birmingham, Ala. — Lindsay says the business was cut into by the profusion of spring flowers outdoors, but that two or three times as many lilies as ever before were sold and cash receipts increased twenty-five per cent with prices rather under the usual Easter level. Plants about equaled the demand; plenty of cut flowers except Harrisii and carnations. Bulbous stock went slow. Kalamazoo, Mich.— The Central Michi- gan Nursery Company reports a tremend- ous increase in their Easter sales. They had enough stock, both plants and cut flowers, but prices were twenty-five per cent higher than a year ago. Lilies, Romans, daffodils, spiraeas and cinerarias were most in demand. Tea roses were slow sale. American Beauties went well at from $3 to $10 per dozen. Aurora, III.— J. M. Smely says this was a plant Easter more than ever, his Saturday sales being eighty-five per cent plants. All good plants gone, some cut flowers left. His total sales increased twentjr per cent. Customers thought carnations a bit too high. Plenty of plants except good lilies. No one had violets. Lilies easily led the plant sales, azaleas next, then bulbous stock. Cin- eraries, primroses and cyclamens went slowly. Cut bulbous stock sold poorly, carnations, violets and sweet peas being most wanted. igoj. The American Florist. 457 CARNATIONS. PLANTING IN THE FIELD. There are only a few days between now and planting time and it will be well to map out the work so that when we begin to plant no time will be lost figuring where to put this or that variety and hunting odd lots and perhaps missing them altogether, creating the nuisance of having varieties more or less scattered. In the patch for summer blooming have the colors together as much as possible. If you have several kinds of ground to plant in, some light and some heavy, plan to have each variety in the soil that will suit it best. The soil question, was discussed at some length in a recent article and it is unnecessary to enlarge upon it here. A diagram something like the following will aid you to pick out your varieties and avoid missing any odd lots: Light Soil.— Ethel Crocker, three lots, frame No. 1, west end, fifty flats. House No. 9, south bench, west end, 3-inch pots. House No. 8, shelf, east end, two flats. Heavy Soil. — White Cloud, two lots, etc. Thus it will be seen at a glance that there are three lots of the variety Ethel Crocker, where each lot is to be found, where it is to be planted, and so forth, and so on with each variety. It is sur- prising how quickly you can make an inventory of your stock by starting at one end and working right through to the other end, placing each lot under its proper head as you go. In planting in the field keep the varie- ties in compact blocks as much as pos- sible, so that when lifting time comes you will not need to follow a row the whole length of the field. Make as close an estimate as possible of each variety as soon as it is planted and keep for future reference. If the field is very long it should be divided off into sections of about 100 feet in length. These sections are again divided crosswise by leaving out about every sixth row, this vacant space serving as a walk, and if the field is on a slope these dividing lines between sections should be hollowed out and made to carry off surplus water. Irriga- tion in dry weather by means of lavi^n sprinklers is also facilitated by this plan. The frequent rains received by early planted stock usually rid the plants of any traces of red spider, but it is best to have the plants free from this pest when they go out. If there are any signs of red spiders you can easily destroy them by spraying with the laundry soap solu- tion before transplanting. A pound of soap to ten gallons of water is the formula audit should be washed off with a sharp spray of clear water two or three hours after putting on. Late planted stock especially should be free from all insects, as the later they go out the less are the chances of their receiving the benefit of heavy rains. Do not plant your carnations with the view of cultivating them with a horse. I have never seen a horse intelligent enough for use in this work and a horse cultivator is far too coarse a tool to make an accurate job. You will some- times miss a row by six or eight inches and again in places you will come so close to it that the plants are covered with soil. This outfit is all right in a corn or cabbage patch, so let us keep it there and look for something more in harmony with the refined nature of our job. There are several good wheel hoes on the market and no enterprising florist is without one of these useful implements. ERICA PORCELAINEANA, AN ADMIRABLE EASTER PLANT. (See New York notes, page 458.) To properly accommodate the hand cultivator the rows should be about fifteen inches apart and the plants about eight inches in the rows to allow the con- venient working with a hoe of the strip that is out ot the reach of the cultivator. If the soil has been newly prepared you will not need a trowel in planting. Stretch the line taught for each row and open a furrow with a hoe that has a long, narrovir blade on one side, just deep enough to receive the ball of soil without getting it down any deeper than the plant stood before. One man or boy puts the plants in position and a skilled man follows and presses the ball of roots firmly against the ground below and draws enough of the loose soil around it to level the soil off properly and the job is done. There is no agonizing squeezing and thumbing necessary. The principle of the thing is just simply to give the ball of roots and soil a firm contact with the main body of soil to form a union of capillarity between them and have the surface soil loose to form a blanket, which serves to prevent the too rapid evapora- tion of moisture. See that there are never many plants cut out ahead, for injury quicklj- results from the exposure of the roots. A good man planting will keep several men busy cutting out and delivering the plants. There should be a skilled man at each end of the job. The rest may be helpers. The young plants should be thoroughly watered the day before in order to have the soil in just that condition in which it neither crumbles nor sticks. J. Florists' Plant Notes. TUBEROSES. If you want early tuberoses start them in flats of sand or moss and place under a warm rose house bench for a few weeks until they get started. Then give them 4-inch pots and place them on a green- house bench, or, if you lack the room, outside in a mild hotbed. By growing them in pots the spikes will become more perfect and uniform than if grown in the open ground. GERANIUMS. Now that the Easter plants are out of the way we can give more attention to our spring bedding stock. Geraniums that, for lack of room, had to wait until after Easter for a shift should have it at once. Give them a good rich soil and encourage them to grow as fast as possible without forcing them in too high a temperature. Those shifted earlier in the season want plenty ot room trom now or the lower leaves will turn yellow and drop off. As soon as the buds begin to open not a drop of water should touch the trusses; turn the hose on slowly and water the plants carefully without touching the flowers. Keep a 458 The American Florist. April i8, coil or two of pipes going in the gera- nium houses for a time, even though the temperature outside may not fall much below 40°, for cool nights with no fire heat will cause a damp atmosphere and rot the flowers. Better leave on a crack of air with a little fire heat to drive out the dampness. PELARGONIUMS. These showy plants, as they near their flowering period, want more attention than perhaps you have given them during the winter. Give the plants plenty of room in a light, airy house and never water them overhead on dark, cloudy days. At night keep a little heat on the house in which they are growing and a little air at the same time to allow? the gathering moisture to escape. Fumigate regularly to keep down aphis, the only pest that troubles them. CANNAS. Cannas started in boxes of sand or moss should be potted up without delay. Give them 4-inch or 5-mch pots and a rich soil with plenty of old cow manure and a good sprinkling of bone added. They can stand all the water you want to give them, but, to encourage a sturdy growth that will not wilt as soon as it comes in contact with the outside air, it is better not to water too copiously nor to grow them in too high a tempera- ture. Strong plants twelve to fifteen inches high are what you want for bed- ding out. Caladiums should also be potted up at once, and require the same treatment as the cannas. SOLANUMS. If you have not already sown the seed of Solanum capsicastrum (Jerusalem them off into 2V^-inch pots, and later on, when the weather permits, plant them out of doors in prepared beds where they can be watered and syringed in dry weather. Or if you find that they do not lilt well in your soil, keep them growing in pots all summer, shifting them along as needed. The object is to raise a sturdy, well branched plant and to retain the foliage to the base of the plant. To do this they must be carefully lifted in the fall if grown out of doors, or if grown in pots they must never be allowed to become pot-bound, but should be shifted along until the selling size, a 6-inch or 7- inch pot, is reached. G. New York. STORY OF THE EASTER TRADE.— BIG Bujsi- NESS BUT MANY FEATURES FAR FROM SATISFACTORY. — PLANTSMEN OVERDO IT. — STOCK LEFT IN RETAIL HANDS. — GOOD WORK SEEN IN ALL FIRST-CLASS STORES. — CUT FLOWER PEOPLE DESPONDENT. — AVALANCHE OF RECEIPTS MOVED AT GLACIER SPEED. — VIOLETS ALONE CLEAN UP. — LILIES A TORMENT. — MUCH STOCK ON HAND AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS. — CLUB MEETING. — VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. The Easter story for 1903, from the florists' standpoint, is glorious or other- wise according to the class of florists considered. It certainly surpassed in magnitude any of its predecessors, but the number of plants especially grown for it exceeded the record in a much greater proportion and hence the plant trade was overdone, notwithstanding the extremely favorable conditions for their disposal. The retailers, with the incentive of previous years' experience, bought in advance, liberally and often A HAMPER OF EASTER PLANTS ARRANGED BY GEO. M. STUMPP. (See New York notes, page 459.) cherry) and celestial pepper, do so at once. If you saved the seed last January from strong plants it is all the better. Sow in flats in not too heavy soil and place in a moderate temperature. When the seedlings are of suflScient size, pot recklessly, and so the plant growers had a glorious Easter. The weather was extremely favorable for the retail trade during the important days. An exultant spring atmosphere pervaded everything, pansies and daisies were blooming pro- fusely out-of-doors in vases and plots, customers were not lacking, there was an abundant variety for them to choose from and the only apparent check on operations was the limit as to number of good salesmen available. The dripping days of the early part of the week were really a boon for the city florists, afford- ing them relief from interference while getting their stock in order and all details in readiness for a stupendous business. And yet, after the last buyer had been disposed of, the last order filled and a survey of the field was taken on Monday morning, it transpired that there were large quantities of unsold Easter plants all down the line, no one seeming to have escaped, and cases of "the blues" are common. And so the city retailer is not admitting by a uoan- imous vote that it was a glorious Easter. Extra salesrooms were the rale and every vacant shop in the vicinity of a fiorist was utilized to spread out the gorgeous array of gaily flowering plants in their Easter attire. Azaleas and lilies preponderated everywhere. The quan- tity of both was away beyond precedent or expectation. The azalea representa- tives from across the ocean must have canvassed the trade last year as never before. There were seas of Van der Cruyssens and Vervseneanas, some of them displaying signs of having responded too early to the warm spring sunshine. The supply of lilies seemed inexhaustible, showing that, the Dutchmen were not the only drummers who had made a record season last year. Crimson Rambler roses and hydrangeas were out in for- midable numbers and genistas, acacias and bulbous material were not far behind. In lesser quantities were the bougainvilleas, lilacs, rhododendrons, boronias, astilbes, roses, marguerites, Ghent azaleas, primroses and violets, the latter falling far behind the record m number and quality because of the precov cious season. In lilies the longiflorum type predomi- nated, very few of the genuine Harrisii, with their tall stalks and big flimsy flowers, being in evidence. Bulbous mate- rial in pans and pots was seen every- where. It was not appreciated as it would have been had the same varieties not been blooming simultaneously in the gardens all about. Lilacs were displayed in better selection of kinds than hereto- fore, many of the newer and choicer vari- eties being supplied. Soft- wooded ericas were not as abund- ant as in former years and the quality was generally inferior to what we have been accustomed to, but some of the finer varieties and hybrids have, by their beauty, been gaining for themselves an incontestable position as Easter favor- ites. Wilmoreana, translucens and cupressina have been finding increased popularity each year. Cavendishiana, that splendid old yellow, never has had a really fair chance here until this year, when it appeared in abundance in small specimens that were perfect gems. Lead- ing aU was an unfamiliar one, of ventri- cosa type, which a leading retailer declared to be the best-selling Easter plant of the season. It is sold under the name of Porcelaineana. The flowers are waxy, pale pink, with ruby eye and red stem's. Illustrations of this and Caven- dishiana as offered for Easter are given in this number. Another prime novelty, which is also illustrated in this issue, was a blue-flowering hydrangea known as azurea. The flowers are large and of uniform and intense color, habit dwarf igoj. The American Florist. 459 EASTER VIEW AT FIFTH AVENUE STORE OF SIEBRECHT & SON, NEW YORK CITY. aud foliage of Thos. Hogg tj'pe. Among the specialties in the more pretentious stores were cape jessamines and camel- lias. The latter proved exceedingly pop- ular, especially those with large, irregu- lar, semi-double flowers. Among azaleas there was a distinct predilection for the small flowered sorts of the amoena class, such as Firefly and similar Tarieties. The custom of trimming and decorat- ing plants and pots, which New York florists have indulged in for several sea- sons, showed no diminution of popu- larity and, as a rule, greater discretion and better taste were dislayed than formerly in the selectiqn of decorating material aud the manner of its use. As might be expected, there were occasion- ally flagrant exhibitionsof bad judgment in disfiguring pretty plants with mean- ingless ribbon bows and instances of inanitest color-blindness were not uncom- mon but, generally, in the best establish- ments the embellishment was done in good taste and the pot-covers, jardinieres and other receptacles were artistic as to design and appropriate as to material, the hampers and pot baskets of former years, with their garish coloring and gild- ing, being supplanted by barks, fibers and so forth in tints of forest green and other unobtrusive hues and the raw effect of satin ribbon was modified by frequent combination with soft netting and cloudy lace. The so-called combination plant-bas- kets were seemingly as much in demand as ever in those establishments where money is no object with the customers. Two illustrations from George Stunipp's which are presented herewith will suffice to give an idea of the make-up of the least expensive of these arrangements, which range in value from $15 or $20 up to a princely height. One of the baskets illustrated is a white and purple braid jardiniere filled with lily of the valley, white and purple hyacinths and ferns, with a knot of sea green ribbon. The other, filled with lilies. Erica Cavendish- iana and E. cupressina, lily of the valley and adiantums, is a home-made affair of a type vhich found greaterfavor with Mr. Stumpp's customers than did the products of the professional basket- makers' art. It is a simple wooden box, zinc-lined, and made into hamper sem- blance by a wrapping of Porto Rican matting tastefully bound with a sash of white gause. Other patterns were ingen- iously created by the use of fiber-ribbon in dull green shades, at small cost, and buyers were delighted with them. In window displays as well as interior arrangements a tendency was noted in many instances to form groups of solid color masses as, for example, a window filled entirely with yellow — as acacias and Erica Cavendishiana — another with Crimson Rambler roses only, another with lilies, and so forth. Other windows were stocked with automobiles, sedan chairs, eggs, birdsnests and similar "jim-cracks" filled with violets, prim- roses, small azaleas, and so forth, and goslings, chickens and hares playing hide-and-seek therein. Clusters of purple bells were suspended aloft by ribbons in some windows with good effect, in the same manner as scarlet bells are used at Christmas. Peripatetic photographers were constantly going and coming among the more pretentious stores, where thej' soon came to be regarded in the same category as the life insurance man, book-agent and other irritating torments of the strenuous life. The plant trade had practical control of the market up to and including Friday, the fine weather on Friday bringing out crowds of people and in consequence of the rush every clerk was impressed into service in the plant department and the cut flower industry was no better off than it had been earlier in the week — at a complete standstill. Twenty-eighth street was deserted by all buyers except "Happy" Johnnie Weir, who couldn't stay away, and, were it not for the ship- ments of violets going on, the whole- salers might as well have been closed up. Contrary to everybody's expectations, this state of affairs continued with but feeble interruption all through Saturday and even late on Saturday night the expected buyers failed to show up, although the telephones were kept a-hum- ming. Violets were winners all through and carnations were also on the band- wagon, but with these two exceptions it can truthfully be said that this was the most disappointing Easter ever experi enced by the wholesale cut flower trade Violets sold well. While it is true th a 460 The American Florist. April i8. many which were received were fallingto pieces owing to having been left too long on the plants, yet there were some fine lots and the greater number were as good as could be expected. Not one violet was left over in wholesale hands and but few in retail hands by Sunday noon and this end of the trade should be satisfactory to all, prices run- ning from 50 cents a hundred for low grade up to $1.25 for specials. Carna- tions were in good supply and sold well also, specials ranging from $4 to $6 per hundred, with an occasional $8 and Prosperity $10, ordinary varieties clear- ing out well at $3 to $4 per hundred. It is, however, a matter ot record that had ordinary blooms been sent in on Wednes- day and Thursdayinstead of being stored they would have sold quite as well and saved considerable embarrassment. Lilies! Never before have so many lilies been seen in this market. It was a veritable avalanche. Notwithstanding the tremendous lot of plants that were sold the supply seemed inexhaustible and on Friday morning the value dropped from the prevailing figures of 10 cents and 12 cents to 8 cents per flower, as everyone could see that the market was to be swamped with cut blooms. Cut blooms did not net above 4 cents to 6 cents up to Saturday morning, when the asking price advanced to 8 cents. Thou- sands were left over in wholesale and retail stores when it was time to dose up although in a few isolated cases $15 per hundred was obtained for special Brides and Bridesmaids yet very many elegant blooms were ofiered at $12 and found but lew takers and large quantities were unloaded in original lots at from $15 to $20 per thousand. American Beauty was in the same fix as regards supply and demand, specials being disposed of at figures ranging from $15 to $25 per hundred when delivered in large lots, and a great many were left over, although sales were large. All so-called bulbous stock, with the exception of lily of the valley, was prac- tically immovable at any figure, the ask- ing price for fine narcissi, tulips and so forth being but 50 cents a hundred. An immense supply came in from all direc- tions and the ice boxes of the wholesalers were jammed full of even the choicest varieties, for which no outlet was dis- cernible. Lily of the valley, which had lagged badly, rallied on Saturday and cleared out all right on Sunday, scoring from $1 to $3 per hundred. Asparagus, both plumosus and Sprengeri, was badly overstocked, smilax sold well at 20 cents to 25 cents and gardenias brought from 25 cents to 35 cents each. A few cat- tleyas found a brisk demand at 60 cents and there were a few very choice lots of mixed orchids, also moss rose buds, that sold well. Sweet peas were in good demand but the rainy weather had taken the color out of the pink ones, which EASTER PLANTS IN BOX COVERED WITH MATTING AND CHIFFON. (See New York notes, page 459.) at Sunday noon. Wadley & Smy the took upwards of 12,000 lilies for the Vander- bilt wedding, but this made no impres- sion on the market and they had no trouble in securing all they wanted on Saturday night at "right" figures for them. Roses had a tough experience. Nobody expected much from them until Saturday but all were sanguine that the tables would then be turned. As it turned out many of the boxes received on Saturday morning still remained unopened in the wholesale stores late at night, and brought $5 to $10 per hundred bunches, the white ones bringing $2 per dozen bunches. Monday morning found the wholesalers trying to unload lilies and roses at $15 a thousand, bulbous stock, such as tulips and narcissi, at $2 a thou- sand and everything stagnant, the pros- pects being that it will take the whole week to get things back again to normal conditions. So the cut flower whole- salers are far from happy and the fellow who saved up his stock in the cellar last week has retired to his corner to medi- tate. The New York Florists' Club met last Monday evening at the new club room for the first time. Thirty-one members were present and all vyere delighted at the grand room which is to be their head- quarters for the future. The proceedings were mostly informal. Mr. Wallace gave an interesting account of the S. A. F. executive meeting at Milwaukee last month and predicted that the coming convention in that city will be a record- breaker. The picnic committee reported satisfactory progress on the plans for the event next July. J. N. May read a cable despatch received from Jamaica announcing the death on Monday morn- ing of J. W. Withers. Mr. Withers had been in Jamaica lor some months, sufier- ing from Bright's disease. A committee was appointed to prepare suitable reso- lutions. The committee previously appointed for the purpose presented a report recommending that the club con- tribute premiums to be competed for by its own members at the proposed exhibi- tion of the Chrysanthemum Society of America in this city next November. The prizes will be offered for the first, second and third best twenty-five blooms in five varieties, five of each, on stems not less than twenty-lour inches, $25, $15 and $10 respectively. F. W. Miles, of Plainfield, who is cred- ited with having originated some of the most popular varieties of carnations, is sending a very handsome pink seedling to W. F. Sheridan under the name of Diana. The old Clinton Market, where the out- door flower and plant market is held every spring, was crowded with market- men and hucksters on Easter morning early and a big business was done. Westinghouse is the name under which Ben. Dorrance is placing blooms on the market of a very pretty light pure pink rose which is particularly handsome in bud form. The steamship Trinidad brought 1,031 boxes of Easter lilies from Bermuda, arriving Friday evening. None of these were in evidence about the wholesale markets. Quite a commotion was caused on West Twenty-eighth street on Good Fri- day by the burning of a canvas aw^ning used by Young & Nugent to protect their plants. Steamship Menominee, which sailed recently for London, carried a shipment of lady bugs from Salinas, Cal. Visitors: G. X. Amrhyn, New Haven, Conn.;R. E. Loeben, Gloversville, N. Y. Boston. LARGE STOCKS FOR EASTER.— PLANTS LEFT IN HANDS OF RETAILERS. — GOOD MATERIAL BRINGS BETTER PRICES THAN EVER BEFORE.— MANY SALTED ROSES. — VIOLETS POPULAR BUT POOR IN QUALITY. — LOCAL NOTES. Flowering plants were provided by the plant growers for Boston's Easter cele- bration in style and quantity never before equalled. Azaleas were abundant and enjoyed a big sale. Hydrangeas were in better demand than in past years. Acacia armata has made a place for itself and sold for prices far beyond what the average Boston buyer usually is willing to spend on a plant. Crimson Ramblers were generally of brilliant color and in steady demand, especially the medium sizes in bush form, and astilbe, genistas and so forth all- had a share in the general prosperity. Wistarias in standard form, both white and purple, igoj. The American Florist. 461 ^2?^ ^8 ^^^-■'- HOUSE OF LILIES GROWN BY HARRY I. FAUST. MERION, PA. served as superb decorative features of many of the stores. Even if none of these could be sold they are worth all they cost for their decorative eflfect in the store alone. As to lilies, the number brought in was greater than ever before. The department stores were a big factor in their distribution. Bulbous material was also very abundant. Its chief fault appeared to be that it had been obliged to undergo a retarding process which told its tale in the soft, attenuated con- dition of many of the hyacinths, tulips and daffodils. The sales wereunprecedentedly large in the plant line. Most of the retailers bought enormous stocks, clearing the growers out of everything movable that had a flower on it. It is to be regretted that this enterprising policy was not in every case lully rewarded, but the fact is that many of the retailers found them- selves with considerable unsold stock on their hands after it was all over. This was especially true of lilies, which were provided in greater numbers than the market could absorb at prevailing prices. Lilies of short stature, grouped six or eight bulbs in a pan, were found to be exceedingly popular in one stor ■ where they were tried. Very little was done in the way of trimming or pot covers, the average Boston buyer lacking apprecia- tion for artificial ornamentation and the average Boston florist respectfully sub- mitting that he has no time to bother with such follies. The cut flower trade experienced some unexpected things. Roses, which had been selling fairly well earlier in the week, took an awful tumble just aboutthetime the thrifty growers began to come in with their week's hoardings of weather beaten blooms. Some of the stuff was a sorry sight; even the street takirs wouldn't look at it. Indeed, good roses even, were moved with difficulty, no matter what variety. In American Beauty, bullheads were in a majority. Violets were in remarkable demand. Had it been possible to get even moderately presentable violets the possibility of their sale could scarcely be computed. As it was Campbell was practically the only variety on the market and most of these were in an advanced state of decrepitude. Carnations shared with the vit)lets the popular favor and sold exceedingly well. Bulbous stock was in a decidedly bad predicament. Heaps of this class of material came to market and at present writing much of it is still there. Quantities of single white stocks were seen and one cannot avoid wonder- ing why anyone should devote space and time to the growing of such indifferent material now-a-days. A visit to George Sanderson & Son's pansy farm at Weston furnishes the e.xplination of the popularity of Sander- son's pansies with the trade. Grown in the heavy clay soil of Weston they are stocky and vigorous and the strain is just the thing for bedding purposes. On Saturday, April 11, George Melvin, gardener for Col. Chas. Plaff, showed at Horticultural Hall a remarkable plant of Dendrobium fimbriatum occulatum bear- ing 270 blossoms. A very fine display of early spring flow- ers was made by Supt. Doogue in the Public Garden for the entertainment of the Easter promenaders. J. W. Howard was swindled out of $3.50 ivorth of roses last Tuesday by a young man who represented that the purchase was for Mrs. E. M. Gill. W. W. Edgar's contribution to the Easter plant trade was fifty-si.x wagon loads. He will soon own the other half of Waverley. Chlcagfo. STORY OF EASTER BUSINESS. — MARKET BREAKS BADLY AT THE CLOSE.— LILIES PROVE AN UNPRECEDENTED GLUT. — UNHEARD OF PRICES ACCEPTED FOR END OF THE RECEIPTS.— RETAILERS DID GOOD BUSINESS. — STOCK LEFT EVERY- WHERE.— MARKET IN A POOR WAY THIS WEEK. — NO LOCAL DEMAND. — VARIOUS NOTES. It is probable that the total of Easter business in this market was a little more than ever before, but it had a great many unsatisfactory features, chief among which was the oversupply of lilies. The rush of shipping orders was so great that the heavy receipts in all lines of good stock were consumed up to Friday night and advance quotations were well held. In general it may be said that all rose orders were filled. Of course there are always some special requirements which cannot be met, but Friday night saw most of the houses with orders all out, some good roses left and quite a good many soft and short ones. Long Beauties were the worst encumbrance and Mon- day morning found many still unsold. Many houses did better on carnations than they had expected, not that supplies were so much larger, but because they had dared book few advance orders and the late telegrams called for only moderate quantities. However, prices held to the top quotations right through. Violets were a gocd seller Saturday, good grades bringing from $lto$1.50 without trouble, but there was more of the cheap stock than the Greeks could use. Sunday morning was unfavorable for violet sales and poor results with the last end of the receipts, heavy in some houses, made averages a disappointment. Lilies were plentiful right along but fair prices were HOUSE OF LILIES GROWN BY SAM. PEARCE, CHICAGO. 462 The American Florist. April i8, realized for good stock up to Saturday afternoon, when there was such a slaughter as must have been a sore trial to many of the growers, but quite a number were in town that afternoon and saw how it was. Most of the local retailers had placed orders for lilies for delivery Saturday, but several of them, seeing the state of the market, ignored the house where they had ordered and bought elsewhere, which further compli- cated the situation. There is record of sales at .$5, $4 and $3 per hundred late Saturday afternoon, while one house gave a Greek a load to sell on a division of the receipts. It is a question where all the tulips and daffodils came from, but it is prettj' well established that they went either to the Greeks or the waste barrel. There was no out of town demand for this class of goods and the local store men could use only a fraction of the receipts at any price. Candidum lilies could not be sold at all and callas were about as bad. Arbutus would not go. The odds and ends of stock which count up to a pretty penny in times of scarcity were not salable with plenty of roses in the ice boxes. The plant growers cleaned out well in advance. As for the retailers, they all had a big business but it was late in starting and most of them were unable, in one afternoon, to move all the stock they had prepared. They had cut flowers left, alsofloweringplants in most cases, although in many instances they could have sold more potted lilies at from $1 to $2.50. That the out of town people cleaned out better than the local stores was reflected in the market Monday a.nd Tuesday. Shipping trade was brisk although the orders were not large, while there was absolutely nothing doing locally; carried over stock sufficed the retailers for funeral work. Rose cuts are coming along heavily in spite of cloudy weather and values are on the toboggan. The top ot the market has been 8 cents, and no bottom. Beauties are a problem for the time being; only the medium lengths are proportioned to the demand. White carnations are holding up fairly well but colors are equal to all require- ments. The counters are full of miscel- laneous stock and the market is face to face with springtime conditions. A shipment of 4,000 violets from the west, consigned to J. B. Deamud, were carried to Englewood by the express company and reached their destination Monday noon instead ot Sunday morn- ing. The new railroad into Niles Center cuts right through Charles Sch weigert' s estab- lishment, and three of his greenhouses have been torn down. He got a satis- factory settlement for damages. H. C. Rowe had an extra store two doors away for the Easter rush and found it a great help on the plant trade. He found cattleyas and coelogynes in flower good sellers. McKellar & Winterson report Easter shipments of cut flowers to points in Maryland, also to Tarrytown and Rochester, N. Y. They did a big trade in flowering plants. Several of the wholesalers have been on the sick list this week, among others F. F. Benthey, J. B. Deamud, E. E. Pieser and John Poehlmann. Wiietor Brothers are getting in the first cut of some two-year-old Kaiserin plants which have just been started up for suiiither. 'Aa^thur Watson, son of W. H. Watson, of Lapeer, Mich., who is at Vaughan's, has been visiting at home this week. The first outdoor lilac was in for Easter but met with very slow sale; this week it has scarcely moved at all. Peter Reinberg is cutting some excep- tionally fine Chatenay. Lincoln Park had one of its best show- ings on at Easter. Philadelphia. THE EASTER BUSINESS VERY SATISFAC- TORY.— PLANTSMEN CLEAN OUT IN GOOD SHAPE. — PLENTY OF CUT FLOWERS. — CARNATIONS THE ONLY SCARCE ITEM. — NOTES. The Easter of 1903 is past and as far as 1 have been able to learn it has been most satisfactory to grower and dealer alike. Immense quantities of plants were handled. The department stores did a larger business than ever and I believe the same statement will hold good with all other dealers. Quite a number of empty stores were rented temporarily by specu- lators and stocked with plants, and with few exceptions they also sold out clean. W. K. Harris on Sunday morning reported that with the exception of a few genistas he did not have a blooming plant of any description left, and when we consider the quantity handled it is a remarkable clean up. Robert Craig & Son have almost the same story to tell, their immense stock of lilies, nearly 50,000 bulbs being entirely cleaned 6ut. There was not even a Rambler left. Ramblers seem to have been in good demand this year, as Robert Scott & Son also sold out to a plant, and they had a great stock. S. S. Pennock handled an immense quantity ot cut lilies and lilies of the val- ley, as did also Leo Niessen. Pennock was also headquarters for violets and his stock of tens of thousands held out until Saturday night. Edward Reid did a great shipping trade and Bernheimer, Moore, Baker, Ehret and Moss had all they cared to handle. The prices tor lilies, cut or on the plants, was 10 cents. A few extras brought 12 cents but not twenty per cent of the cut stock realized this figure. There was not much advance in the other cut flowers, except carna- tions, which soared about in a Christ- mas atmosphere. Anything at all brought $4, while the prices ranged as high as $10. Beauties sold as high as $50 per hundred for the best, but very good stock could be bought for $4 per dozen. Since Easter the demand has been very brisk, there having been a great many weddings, which, with their more or less elaborate decorations, have used up quantities of flowers and kept the surplus down. There are signs that the Beauty market is getting top heavy and it will not be long before the fakir will be get- ting his fine work in. Bernheimer is handling some fine Jacqs. and Ed. Reid has a quantity ot Edgely hard to beat. Graham had a house of Brunners which sold well at from $4 to $6 per dozen. Lily of the valley sold at from $3 to $5 and immense quantities were used. Vio- lets were $1 per hundred and while small they were eagerly bought up. It was the last chance for the daffodils and they sold well at from $2 to $3 per hundred. Sweet peas brought $1 to $1.50 per hun- dred. Callas were in good demand at $12.50 per hundred. S wees peas were hard to get early in the week, the continued damp weather, there being no sunshine for three days, holding the buds stationary. Dennis Connor, of the Lord & Burn- ham Company, says he is overrun with orders and is icept busy estimating and furnishing plans. From this it would seem that the past season has been a prosperous one in spite of the handicap on account of the coal strike. Hartley, of Chestnut Hill, is carrying some snapdragon that is hard to beat. He finds ready sale for it at $1.50 per dozen. K. San Francisco. EASTER TRADE IMMENSE. — BIB SUPPLY OF CUT FLOWERS AND BLOOMING PLANTS. — NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE. That the Easter trade of 1903 has beaten all previous records is the consen- sus of opinion. The demand was heavy in all lines of cut flowers and flowering plants, but the supply was adequate to till nearly all orders and at normal prices. The ideal weather was a great factor in hastening along all kinds of stock and promoting trade. Carnations and roses were in good supply, also bulbous stock. Valley was over-plentiful and prices low. Lilies were in fair supply and brought trom $3 to $6 per dozen cut. Lilac, callas and various outdoor stock was much in evidence and cheap. The usual church decorations consumed a lot ot flowers, mainly callas and Easter lilies. Flower- ing plants were abundant and more in favor than ever before, lilies, ot course, taking precedence, the qualitity being much better than last year and $6 per dozen pots the general price. Crimson Ramblers, astilbes, azaleas, pot lilacs, pans of tulips and hyacinths, pans of valley embellished with crepe paper, mats and ribbons tastefully arranged made the stores and windows most attractive. The Pacific Coast Horticultural Society's meeting in Mission Opera Hall, April 4, was one of the best attended in the history of the society, some seventy-five members being present. Business disposed of, refreshments were served. Vocal and instrumental music followed. Ed. Schwerin presented a num- ber of fine stereopticon views accom- panied by graphophone selections. Chas. Fick showed his talent as a violin soloist. Jos. Thompson, N. Taylor and H. Wad- dington maintained their reputation as good story tellers. The bursting of the steam boiler at Chas. Karmann's during the cold weather of early spring caused quite a check to his stock and the cut, from roses espe- cially, will be light. At Massey's, a short distance from Karmann's place, three houses in carnations came in just right for Easter. John H. Sievers & Company supplied the pot lilacs seen. Their specimen plants of azaleas were fine. This firm had 1,600 lilies free from disease and just right for Easter. Ed. Schwerin had a fine lot of pot plants, principally astilbes, azaleas and tulips, also a good cut of roses and car- nations, and did a fine Easter business. James Bell, of Berkeley, who recently received severe injuries by being run over by a train, is getting along nicely and in a fair way of recovery, H. F. Clausen, who for the past nine years has been with Chas. Abrahatn, left this week for a six months' visit to Germany. H. Plath, of Ocean View, did good busi- ness with cut adiantum and smilax. He reports almost a total loss of his lilies. E. W. McLellan, of Burlingame, had a good cut of roses for Easter, also a fine lot of lilies. B. B. Welch, lately from Sacramento, IQOJ. The American Florist. 463 has opened a flower store at 321 Gear\- street. Visitors: H. Bourguignon, ot San Jose, and Mr. Beattie, head gardener for D. O. Mills, Millbrae. Romney. St. Louis. V.\RIOUS REPORTS AS TO SIM OK EASTER BUSINESS. — RETAU.ERS DID BIG TRADE BUT HAD STOCK LEFT. — VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES. Most of us are well pleased with Easter, but a few complain of not having done so well as in former years owing to steady rain on Friday, but Saturday turned out fine, as did Sunday. Business done on those days was a record-breaker. The commission men handled a great deal more stock than in lormer years, but prices were not as good. It seems that a great many of our grow-ers still cling to the idea of holding their stock for the last day and then dumping it on the market regardless of quality. This was again the case this year. On Thurs- day and Friday it looked very much like a shortage on lilies but Saturday they were received in thousand lots and a great many of them were hardly worth unpacking. Roses and carnations moved nicely, the demand being fully up to the supply, which was of very good quality. Bulbous stock was in good demand but there was an abundance of valley and a great deal was left over. Violets were jiot equal to the demand. Sweet peas were plentiful but were picked up readily. Mrs. Ellison, of the Ellison Floral Co., adopted a novel plan for delivery of Easter plants. She kept a corps of fifteen boys busy, orders very often reaching the homes of customers before the latter returned. The St. Clair Floral Co., of Belleville, will assume charge of the Hucke green- houses the coming season. They will be planted to roses and carnations exclu- sively. A delegation of Chicago florists is expected down Saturday night and plans have been made to return hospitalities received at their hands. Wm. Young, of C. Young & Sons, went to Winchester, 111., Tuesday evening. Geo. Waldbart cleaned out his entire stock of blooming plants for Easter. A great many of the West End florists had plants left on their hands. A light hail fell Easter afternoon and was followed by a cold snap. H. J. F. Detroit. HEAVY EASTER TRADE CUT INTO BY CON- TI>fUED RAIN. — OUTSIDE FLORISTS BENE- FITED AT EXPENSE OF THOSE IN BUSI- NESS DISTRICT. — DEATH OF A POPULAR LADY'. Easter trade, tor which the most exten- sive preparations were made, met with a most serious set-back on account of the weather. Rain poured most of Saturday and continued late into the night and much of the time Sunday and, while reports on the whole indicated a satisfac- tory trade, it certainly fell short of what it would have been had fair weather pre- vailed. Those florists located in the resi- dence districts benefited by the disadvan- tage of the stores in the shopping districts and in some cases the increase of the former class is reported to have been double that of last year and in all cases a material increase was noted. There was a good supply of the usual class of flower- ing plants and in cut flowers, roses and bulbous flowers of all kinds were plenti- ful, but a shortage of violets and carna- tions was universal. There was but little variance in prices from those of last year, possibly excepting violets and carnations, which, owing to their scarcity, ruled rather higher. The sympathy of the trade is extended to Robert Klagge, of Mt. Clemens, in the loss of his wife. Her tragic death occurred early Easter morning by drowning in the Clinton river, near their home. She was the daughter of the late John Breitmeyer and besides her husband, she leaves a large laraily of small children, The fune- ral" was held Tuesday afternoon, being largely attended, including all the florists of Mt. Clemens and manv from Detroit. J. F. S. Cincinnati. RETAILERS MAKE CONFLICTINC. REPORTS.— WHOLESALERS MOVED LARGE RECEIPTS AT (-.ODD PRICES. — NOTES OF WHAT l.ROWERS OFFERED.^OTTINC.S. Reports from the different retailers about the city regarding the volume of business done at Easter are very conflict- ing, some having a large increase, which others did not come up to last year. The general opinion, however, is that there were more flowers sold than ever before but the profits were smaller. The wholesalers all say they did a larger business and that prices were higher; therefore the growers must have reaped the benefit. George & Allan did the big- gest business again this year and their receipts for the week will be between $4,000 and $5,000. They were strictly in it on lilies and handled immense quan- tities of boulbous stock. Their lily of the valley was the finest and most uniform lot of flowers and one bed con- taining 10,000 blooms was a grand dis- play. Witterstaetter sent in about 4,000 carnations, every one an exhibition bloom. Tom. Windram had Lawsons that were very well done; in fact he had the largest and best display of carnations in the flower market on Saturday and sold out clean. William Hull, of Oxford, sent a fine lot of Brides and Bridesmaids. E. T. Grave, of Richmond, Ind., is send- ing some of the choicest Liberty roses to this market; they fetch $15 per hundred. Beauties also are coming in more plenti- fully and nearly every order received at present is filled. Carnations are still scarce, while there is enough of all other stock to go around. The wholesalers say the business is keeping up right well and Easter lilies seem to have the call, but it is principally out of town orders keeping them busy, as all the local florists say things are very quiet. Smilax is still very scarce. Ben. (reorge is about the happiest man in town. He did a big Easter trade and on Tuesday night a bouncing boy arrived at his house. The Fall Festival Association has adopted the schedule of premiums sub- mitted by the Cincinnati Florists' Society. Mrs. R. J. Murphy is cutting a nice lot of Jacq. roses, which McCullough's are handling. D. Buffalo. BUSINESS SLOW IN STARTING BUT TOTAL SATISFACTORY. — PLANT SALES ECLIPSE THE CUT FLOWERS. — VARIOUS NOTES. Trade for Easter was about all that one could ask. It seemed to come rather slowly until Saturday, when there was a rush and almost everything sold out. The store men report average increases of twenty-five per cent compared with last vear. The sales seemed to be on good plants, lilies, azaleas, tulips, hya- cinths and hydrangeas. As to the sale of cut flowers, it seemed to be poorer this year. While roses held their own and carnations were not in oversupply, sales were limited. Violets had a big call and were notof the very best quality. Valley had a remarkable sale. A number of weddings this week have given the florists plenty of work. Palmer, Rebstock and Anderson each had one for Tuesday that called for lilies and p:dms. Funeral work was rather quiet Easter week, but has lieen on the rush ever since, which helps to use up the lilies that were a few days late. Many calls were made for small flower- ing plants other than hyacinths that could be sold for 50 cents or 75 cents. Pretty genistas in small pots, nicely grown, would be good sellers, or any other plant except spirjeas, which seem to have had their day. Byrne & Slattery say their sales far exceeded their expectations. C. H. Keitsch was very busy. Mrs. Schoen- hut had a large lot of good lilies. A fine lot of Ramblers, Paul Ncyron, Mrs. LaingandMagnaChartaroses were handled by Palmer, Scott, Rebstock and Anderson, selling very fast. Professor Cowell is nearly recovered from his attack of rheumatism. Bison. Indianapolis. SATISFACTORY EASTER BUSINESS ALL ALONG THE LINE. — MUCH I'UNERAL WORK THIS WEEK. — NOTES. Everyone seems satisfied with the Easter'trade. For most florists it was fully up to last year and some pronounced it better. Had it not been for the rain, which made Easter morning rather gloomy, the stores would have done con- siderably better. Blooming plants, as usual, had the call, and an immensenum- ber of bulbs, roses and azaleas were sold. Crimson Ramblers sold in proportion to their condition. Fine, well grown speci- mens with clear foliage and good flowers moved as well as ever, while poor ones did not move at all. While most evident with the Ramblers, the same is true as to all other blooming plants. It seems as if the time has come when our people are able to see and are willing to pay for quality, even in geraniums. Fred. Hukriede wishes it understood that the bouncing baby boy I spoke of in mv last week's letter arrived four years ago and that congratulations are out of order. Someone borrowed Mr. Huk- riede's horse and wagon one day recently. The police found it. The week after Easter brought an immense amount of funeral work. Mon- day was a record breaker for Bertermann Bros. On that day they turned out more funeral work than on any other one day in the history of their establishment. M. Braendlein made a good thing out of a wagon load of extra nice 4-inch ger- aniums. They were sold before he had time to arrange them on his market stand. Henry Rieman says he had as much Easter trade as he could stand. He had to spend one day in bed to get over the effects of it. H.J. Kalamazoo, Mich.— The Central Mich- igan Nursery Company has begun the erection of an additional range of 12,000 feet of glass. They report a prospect for an increased trade in spring bedding plants. 464 The American Florist. April i8. Eighteenth Year. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To _ Europe, $2.00. Advertisements on all except cover pages, 10 Cents a Line, Agate: $1.00 per inch. Cash With Cider. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts are allowed, only on consecutive inser- tions, as follows — 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent; 52 times, 30 per cent. Cover space sold only on yearly contract at $1.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to the back pages. The Advertising Department of the American Florist is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only. Orders for less than one-half inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday tc secure insertion in the issue for the following Saturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. Easter, 1904-, falls on April 3; in 1905 on April 23. The New York and Boston wholesale quotations given in our issue of April 11, pages 432 and 433, were Easter quota- tions, as were all other figures, and did not refer specially to the dates on which the prices were given out. American Carnation Society. A. Herrington, Florham Farms, Madi- son, N. J., registers Phoebus, yellow with red markings; flowers about two and one-half inches in diameter and a iree bloomer. A seedling from Wm. Scott and Miss Audrey Campbell. Augustus Spies, New Springville, N. Y., registers Mrs. Ernest Flagg, color salmon pink, size equal to Mrs. Lawson, stem medium stiff, continual bloomer; excellent commercial variety. Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. Erica Carnea. Ed. Am. Florist:— We should like to see a note in your paper on Erica carnea and E. carnea alba. Something about their culture and adaptability for cutting and other florists' uses. C. J. H. Erica carnea is a native of Germany and has been in cultivation for an indefinite period, both the purple and white forms. The white form is often called Erica herbacea. This plant is from six to twelve inches in height and seems perfectly hardy in our New England climate, especially in the vicinity of Boston. With a slight protection of hay or leaves the foliage does not burn in the least, and often in removing the covering it is found in bloom at mid- winter. It is the first shrub we have in bloom, even when not protected. As early as the middle of March its purple and white flowers tell us spring is here. It is of easy propagation, either by cuttings in December under glass, or by hillock layering; that is, filling in around and among the young stems in early spring w^ith a sandy or peaty loam and keeping fairly moist during extreme dry weather. In the autumn these clumps may be taken up, divided and planted either in pots or cold frames. They should have a little pro- tection during the first winter if planted in frames to grow on for a year. It is well to have plenty of vegetable matter in the soil, with a good proportion of sand. About three years would be required to make a plant suitable for forcing in a 5-inch pot. These could be potted late in the autumn and wintered in an ordinary cold pit or house, and by introduction to a warm house, say from 40° to 50° of heat, would be in flower in a few weeks. Most people think the heaths require shade, which is a great mistake, as the heath is usually found in open moorland or on high, dry moun- tains, fully exposed to sunlight. When once the bushes or trees begin to shade the heather in its native habitat it begins to grow less and finally disappears as the shade increases, while in the open sunshine it flourishes and grows stronger. Whether this plant would pay as a winter forcing plant I do not know, but I am sure it would be a novelty in the flower line and would attract attention, and when a large quantity w^as grown could be had in flower from December until May. Jackson Dawson. A Wet Day. ■ .Jupiter's water can Ready for slaughter can Clean up the streets. Now he is doing it. Swiftly pursuing it. Mortals are ruing it, Life has no sweets. Swift the winds "foller" us; Sad,'wierd and dolorous Do they intone. Raindrops bespatter us, Assault and batter us, Berag and tatter us, Cause us to groan. .Tupe, quit your funniness, Let us hav'e sunniness, Pluvy, have done! Hang your censorious Thunder. Mctorious Let be the glorious. Beautiful sun ! Slipping iniquity! Dripping obiqufty! Soggy I sialic. Dizzy with dreariness. Woozy with weariness, Oozy with eeriuess. Groggy I walk. —Pittsburg Dispatch. Greenhouse Building'. Manchester, Mass. — Robert C. Hooper, conservatory. Westerly, R. I. — S. J. Reuter, four houses, each 35x200. Dalton, Mass. — Zenas Crane, conserva- tory. Baldwinsville, Mass.— Joshua Graham, cucumber house 20x115. Sudbury, Mass.— James Tulis, carna- tion house. San Francisco, Cal. — Pacific Nurseries, palm house. East Oakland, Cal. — Domoto Bros., ten houses 25x300. Utica, N. Y. — Peter Crowe, range of 35,000 feet. Worcester,Mass. — Worcester Conserva- tories, seven houses 30x300. Iowa Falls, la. — W. H. Speers, one house. Chicago,Ill. — Nick Reading, two houses. H. Fortmann, two houses. Des Moines, la. — Iowa Seed Co., range of fourteen houses. Brampton, Ont. — Dale Estate, range of twenty-seven houses. R. Jennings, car- nation house. Wm. Fendley, range of houses. Lima, N. Y.— H. H. Emmons, house 13x28. Greenwich, Conn. — Alex. Mead & Son, two houses 20x100, and propagating house. Natick, Mass. — Charles Smith, one house. Cochituate, Mass. — T. Hawes, one house. Ponkpang, Mass. — W. Cobb, cucumber house. East Granby, Conn. — L. R. Lobdell, one tobacco house. OBITUARY. JOSEPH COCHRANE. Joseph Cochrane, who has been identi- fied with the florist trade for many years, died at Readville, Mass., April 12, aged 59 years. EMMERSON ORVIS. Emmerson Orvis, of Elmira, N. Y., died April 11, aged 59 years. He had been engaged in market gardening and the florist business for thirty years. A widow and two children survive. ARCHIBALD F. BARRON. The late A. F. Barron, who died April 15, was one of the best informed and most CO mpetent horticulturist s of Europe. For many years'he was superintendent of the Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Chis-wick, England, and the reports from that institution show clearly that Mr. Barron w^as a man of genuine ability along horticultural lines. The writer of this note knew him very intimately in the days that have gone and he never met one who ■was more thoroughly master of his craft. It is needless to enlarge upon Mr. Barron's accomplishments. The reports of the Royal Horticultural Society show him capable and resourceful beyond his time. Mr. Barron was a frequent contributor to the horticultural journals, but is per- haps best knownin that connection from his book on grapes, entitled "Vines and Vine Culture." Mr. Barron was an all around horticulturist but if he excelled in one line more than another it was in fruit culture. Mr. Barron retired from the superintendency of the Royal Horticul- tural Society's gardens several years ago and his health has been in poor shape ever since. JAMES W. WITHERS. James W. Withers, president of the American Gardening Publishing Com- pany, and business manager of the paper of that name, died at Kingston, Jamaica, W. I., on April 13, as the result of a long standing chronic nephritis. For the past year there had been marked symptoms of failing health, which culminated in incapacity for business about October of last year. Since that time, with the exception of a week at the time of the fall exhibition of the New York Floi ists' Club, he had been unable to leave his house. On the advice of his medical attendants he left the United States in order to secure warmer climatic conditions, sailing from New York on January 24. With the exception of a slight rally immediately on his arrival at his destination no beneficial results were attained and, the heart and lungs becoming finally involved, he suc- cumbed to the inroads of the organic disease. Mr. Withers was born at Welch- pool, Montgomeryshire, Wales, forty- two years ago and was the son of the steward and factor on the estate of the Earl ofPowis. At an early age he was apprenticed to the gardening profession at Vaynor Park, one of the old-time, famous gardens of Great Britain, and he evinced such aptitude in his chosen work that at the early age of 21 years he found himself in charge as head gardener at Cructon, near Shrewsbury, England. Shortly after this he was engaged in the produce business in England, but soon returned to his regular work and for a time was in charge of the begonia propa- gation in the nurseries of John Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, near London. He igoj. The American Florist. 465 came to the United States in 1891, and after spending a short time in the Oasis Nurseries, Westbury Station, L. I., became associated with Pitcher & Manda, at Short Hills, N.J. He represented this firm during a large portion of the time that the World's Fairwasrunningin Chicago. During this period he suffered from a seizure of rheumatic fever which left its traces in the system and led to the organic troubles in his more recent sick- ness. Returning from Chicago, he went to London to arrange for the closing up of the European branch of the United States Nurseries, and shortly after his return became associated with the "Florists' Exchange." The owners of that paper had also purchased "Ameri- can Gardening" and part of his time was devoted to the interests of the latter paper. In 189S he purchased "American Gardening" from the old firm and operated it on his own account until April of 1901, when heformed the Ameri- can Gardening Publishing Company. Before his health began to fail so per- ceptibh'Mr. Withers was known through- out the horticultural arena for his great energj' and untiring devotion to what- ever cause he had in hand at the moment. Of late years he has not mixed so freely with the members of the craft, partly on account of business exigencies and partly because his system would not stand the strain. The lingering disease was practi- cally unsuspected by many of those who had ample opportunities for association with him, and the news of his collapse and ultimate death comes as a shock to many who knew him as a man of excep- tionally vigorous appearance until a year or so ago. Minneapolis. ABUNDANCE OF STOCK FOR EASTER. — MUCH OF IT OLD AND UNSALABLE.— GOOD TRADE IN ALL LLNES. Easter was long to be remembered for its large quantities of flowers, which met all demands, with something left. The week before it was hard to secure a flower of any description, and this con- dition continued untd Wednesday, when the growers could not hold the stock any longer. Tea roses and carnations were very poor. Roses brought from $4 to $10 per hundred; carnations $5 to $6. Beauties were in good demand, but what did appear were mostly bullheads and brought a low price. Violets were small but plentiful, selling from 40 cents to $1 per hundred. To top the whole, bloom- ing plants were in prime shape and goodly numbers. Trade was good and no one seems dissatisfied. Next two weeks promises good trade in social circles and considerable stock will be consumed. Wm. Donaldson & Company had a display of choice lilies and blooming plants in their large show window on Nicollet avenue, which was nicely arranged with a twenty five foot front- age for Easter. Powers Mercantile Company had a beautiful display of Easter plants and flowers in their show window, arranged by Carl Johnson, manager of this depart- ment. Walter Kerridge was employed by E. Nagel & Company during the Easter rush, which was very heavy with them. A large cross on base made of bronze galax leaves was an attractive feature in A. Swanson's Easter window. Northrup, King & Company report a good trade in nursery and seed lines. E. Wessling says he is perfectly satisfied ■with the returns for Easter. C. F. R. SITUATIONS, WANTS, FOR SALE. Situation Wanted — As forenuiii, lirst-cla.'^s prop:t''ator and grower of nil kinds of florist slock; lirst-chiss reference; married. State wapos. H A. American Florist. Situation Wanted— As foreman, roses and car- nations a speL-ialty. Married, no children; sober and reliable; state wages. Address E S. care American Florist. Situation Wanted By .\<'iinjj: man, age 23. a: i.Tii'Dci' in other lines Heaulies. Address re AiiR-rii-jiQ Florist. Situation Wanted-May \:^ .>i- o.-tubor 1, by irst-cUiss i^ardt'inT and llnrisi; (ieriiian. nuirried; itii Mr. Kgan. Egandalo. Highland Park, III. -Vddrcs v. \Vbn/el, UuiK'ans\iiU'. Pa. Situation Wanted— By young man on private place; 7 years' experience in orchids, ferns and general greenhouse plants. Good references; English, age 26. single. Address Orchu), care American Florist. Situation Wanted— As working foreman, by flrst-flass gmwer of rosos, carnatitnis, "mums and gciK'ral stock. A No. I references. Southern or middle slat.-s pn-f.-rri'd. Address Growek. care American Florist. Help Wanted — Two rapid potters. Apply at \'AT;GHAN'a Greknuoisks. Western Springs, 111. Help Wanted— Thn-p single men experienced iu growing roses and carnations; state wages, etc. \V. K. Partridge. Lockland, Ohio. Help Wanted— At once; two good, quick, greennouse men: good nlare for right men. C. H. Frev. 1133 O St., Lincoln, Neb. Help Wanted— Good all-around florist to assist in general greenhouse work. State wages. .loHN DiECKMANN, Wheeling, \V. Va. Help Wanted— Traveler. Successful salesman, experience JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of «oom 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Telephone Centkal 3598. All telegrapk »«* telephone orders given prompt attention. ICE BROTHERS WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. lUilfl Cmllav Receivers and Shippers of nllQ SlnlldA. CHOICE cur flowers. Special attention given to shipping orders. Send for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Minn. Alway S mention the American Flo- rist when you order stock.t?t BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. F. F, BENTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and Consignments Solicited. Commission FLORISTS J. fl. BUDL0NG Boses and Carnations A Specialty. 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 6RQWER of CUT FLOWERS Wbol^jale power/arK^ CHicASO, April 17. Boses, Beauty, 30 to 36-inch stems 15 12 " Short stems $5@$f Liberty, Chatenay 6 Bride, Bridesmaid 3 Meteor, Qolden Gate 3 Violets Carnations 1 Callas, per dozen 1.25® 1.50 Tulips, Valley 3. Sweet peas 1 Harrisii 10 Asparagus, per string, .50 Adiantum 1 Common ferns, per 1000, 2.50 Smilax. per dozen. 2.00 3.U0 2.50 2. CO i.eu 1.00 > per 100 00® 15. 00 .00® 8.00 .00® S.OO l.OO .50® 4.00 5.00 00® l.BO 00@15.00 A. L. Randall, WHOLESALE flORIST, 4 Washington Street, CHICAGO Send for weekly price list and special quotations on 1000 lots. Cut Flowers The J. M.GASSER COMPANY, Wholesale Growers. Euclid Avenue, CLEVELAND, O. ...GEO. M. KELL066... '""•'i^nTeVJit: Cut Flowers Give us an order and we will please you. Our Greenhouses at PLEASANT HILL, MO. Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO ^P~LONS DI8TANCB 'PHOKK AT EITHER PLAOB. GEO. REINBERG, "HSr*.. Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Please mention the American Florist every time you write to an advertiser. 468 The American Florist. April iS, BEAUTIES! Samuel S.Pennock LIBERTIES! PHILADELPHIA. GEO. k. SUTHERLAND, t« 34 Hawley St., BOSTON. Telephone 1S70 Main. BEST BOSTON FLOWERS. AH Stipplies. An entire floor Devoted to Stock and Manti- faotoring. Distributing Agent for United States for the wonderful LETTER, unequalled for design work. Script, any color, 3^ a letter. Block letters, IHc each. The most elaborate design work to order in a few minutes. Geitebai. Asssxa: H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., Philadelphli . BEEP h KELLER, New York City. =SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR= Flowers of White Carnation I 11 I I AN POMD Alcn MDC THnC U/ I AWCflM CAN SUPPLY LIMITED l_ll— l—IAml^ I VT I ^ Lt NUMBER DAILY., Also MRS. THOS. W. L4WS0N. WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. Superiority. WB claim it for the flowers we dis- tribute. It is guai-nuteed by the high sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It iff proven by the large number of floi'ists throughout New England and elsewhere depending on us for their regular supply. '••"jgest dealers east of New York in Baskets Sheaves, Letters, Vases, Ribbons and all Florists' Requisites. OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6:00 O'CLOCK EVERY MORNING. N. F. McCarthy & go., Telephone 734 and 64 Main. 85 Hawiey Street, BOSTON. H. C. ElEDEL. F. D. Spiceb. RIEDEL & GO. WHOLESALE Commission Florists. 34 West 29fh Street, NEW YORK. Strictly Wholetala. Correspondanee Invitad. Wholesale Flower Markets. Boston. April 15. Roses, Beauty, Eflgely, extra. .15.(J04ii25.00 medium... 8.00@12.00 culls 3.00® 5.00 " Bride. Bridesmaid, Gate. 3.00@ 5.00 " extra 6.00@10.00 " Liberty, Meteor 5.00@10.00 Carnations 1.00@ 2.00 Special 3.00@ 4.00 Lily of tlie valley 2.00@ 4.00 Trumpet narcissi 50@ 1.00 Tulips 50@ 1.00 Longiflorum lilies 5.00® 8.00 Callas 6.00@ 8.00 Smilax 15.00@20.00 PHII.ADELPHIA, April 15. Roses, Tea 8.00@12.00 " " extra 15.00 " Beauty, extra 30.00@50.CO " firsts 10.00@20.00 Queen of Edgely, extra. . . .30.00@50.00 firsts.... 10 .00020. 00 Carnations 3.00® 5.00 Violets 1.00 Lily of the valley 3.00@ 5.00 Asparagus 25.00@50.00 Smilax 12.60@15.00 BniTALO, April 16. Roses, Beauty S.00@35.0O " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00@15.CO Carnations 2.00@ 5.00 Violets 40® .75 Harrlsii 12.00©15.01 Paper Whites, Romans 2.C0@ 3.00 Lily of the valley 3.00® 5.00 Smilax 16.00@20.00 Adiantum 75® 1.25 Milton W. Woodroffe, WHOLESALF riOWIST, 1344 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Give Us a Trial. We Can Please You. A Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock, llfll C If ACTIIIIS Wholesale Com- Iffllli ri UnalinU) mission Florist, 481 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y. Dealer in Florists' Supplies and Wire Designs. Open from 7:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M. NEW YORK GUT FLOWER CO. 55 and 57 West 26ih St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Daily Reports. Weekly Payments. ■^2239" MSdi,.- s,. J. A. MILLANG, 2034 Madison Sq. Mahaobb. Please mention the American Florist when writing, N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXGHANGE Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26th St., New York. Open for Cut Flower Sales at 6 o'clock Every Morning DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON,^ Secretary. mention the American Flo- rist \yhtn you order stock. «jt Always Our Growers have Everythinif in the way of FLOWERS and PLANTS at all Times. Fine Lily and Azalea Plants. Give us a Trial Order. The PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKET, BEAUTIES, LIBERTIES, Leo. Niessen, AND VALLEY. WHOLESALE FLORIST, 1217 Arch St., Philadelphia. igo3. The American Florist. 469 JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Exclaslvely. 49 W. 28tli Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT Ttl. 2065 Madison Sq. NEW YORK. 42 Wost 28th St Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWEKo ever offered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, Bride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter r. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Talephone 902 Ukdlson Sqnara. 39 West 28th St., NEW YOBK. Talephone Nos. 2230 and 2034 Madison Square, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 66 and 67 Wtst 26th St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice ot sale note daily. Statement and check weekly. All consignments, large or small, receive the same attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. I VIOLETS. iWILLIAM CHORMLEY, VIOLETS. ! Wholesale " ifcfciriiwi ipiiif ■■■wifcfc ■ ^ Commission | Daily Receiver and Shipper ot Fresti Cut Flowers. • Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Valley, Chrysanthemums. Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY, j JOHN YOUNG •piolal American Beauties, Surpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orchids, and all Seaionable Flowers. 61 WMt 28th St., ITBW TOBK. TeL 1905 Madilon Sq. Violets and Garnations OROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It will be to your advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER. 80 West 2gt]i St., New York. Telephone 551 Madison Square. Frank Millang Open from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. Cot riower Exchange, 55-57 W. 26th St. Phone 299 Madison Square. NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consiojnnientsor Shippintz Orders. Satisfaction given in both. Tel. 956 Madison .Sq. 116 W. 30th St.. New York. Also 48 W. 30th St. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 66 and 67 W. 26th St. N«>u/ Ynrk. Cut Flower Exchange, HICW ■ OriV. OPEN 6:00 A. M. An Unequalled Outlet for Consigned Flowers. Choice Carnations. Selected Roses. Traendly&Schenck NEV YORK QTY, 38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange. Kew Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq. Wbol^ale f[ower/\arK^ New "Xobk, April 15. Rosea, Beauty, Edgely, best 15.00@25.00 " " medium 8.00@12.00 culls 2.00® 5.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid, best.... 5.00® 8.00 " " " ordinary 1.00® 2.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 1.0C@5.00 " Liberty, beat 10.00@ia.00 " " ordinary 3.00® 5.00 Carnations, fancy 3.00® 4.00 " ordinary 1.00® 2.00 Violets 50® 1.00 Lily of the valley. 1.00® 3.00 Trumpet natcisal. Tulips 50® 1.00 Cattleyas 60.00®60.00 Lilies 8.00®12.00 Dendrobiums 5.00® 8.00 Smilax 18.00@25.00 Adiantum 50® 1 .00 Adiantum Croweanum 1.50 Asparagus 35.00@50.00 Sprengeri. doz. bun. 2.00®3.00 Sweet peas per bund. bun.2.00@8.00 Lilacs per bunch .50 @ .75 Charles Millang WHOLESALE FLORIST. Conservatory connected from which can ship ferns and decorative plants promptly 50 West 29th St. NEW YORK Tel. 2230 Madison Square. Always mention the American Flo 3IST when writing to advertlsera. FORD BROS. Receivers and Shippers of FRESH FLOWERS, 111 West 30th St., NEW TOBK. Telephone 157 Madison Square. REPRESENTING EMINENT GROWERS. JuSiusLang 53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK. COMMISSION DEALER in FLOWERS Telephone 280 Madison Scjuabb. ALEX. J. eUTTMAN, Wholesale Commission Florist, A full supply daily of the cholcea* New York and New Jersey FLOWERS. S2 W. 20th Street, NEW YORK CITY. Telephone 1738 Madison Square. fl. H. LflNGJflflR. Wholesale Commission Florist, BEST EXOWEBS SHIPPED AT I.OWESV NEW TOBK PBICE8. 18 Boarum Place, Brooklya, N. Y. Telephone 939 Main. Hicks & Grawbuck, WHOLESALE ELORISTS NEW YORK: 46 West 29th Street. Tel. 2798 Madison Sq. BROOKLYN. N.y.i 108 Livingston Street. Tel. 3660-3661 Main. EDW. C. HORAN, 55 WEST 28TH STREET, .NEW YORK. Cyj F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE. 470 The American Florist. April i8. The gEBD Taa&B- AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. WALTBB P. Stokes, Pres.; C. N. Paqb, First Vioe-Pres.; S. F. Willard, Wetherafleld, Conn., Seo'y and Treas. t., j , v Twenty-first annual convention, Philadelpnia and Atlantic City, June 23-36, 1903. Visited Chicago: W. A. Gailbreath, Cin- cinnati; H. H. Hopkins, E. M. Parmelee, Picton, Ont. The turnip seed crop at. Santa Clara, California, is reported very seriously injured by cold weather and lice and some growers report the crop a total failure. The state of Trade. W. W. Rawson & Company, Boston, Mass. — It is so generally understood that prices are high on ac count of scarcity of seed that' wc uicec with no difficulty in obtaining the higher figures. Mail and counter trade ahead of last year. W. Atlee Burpee & Company, Phila- delphia, Pa.— Mail trade ahead of last year and prices on scarce items firm. We find buyers inclined to take the scarce articles at the advanced prices, if they can get them. Fi§:uring Price of Grass Seed. Inquiry among the travelers in the grass seed trade as to their method of figuring the cost per bushel of timothy seed when the hundred is quoted, leads me to believe that a method which I had the satisfaction of discovering two years ago, and which I have called Kendel's method, is a saver of time, errors, pencils and paper. It is this: As the weight of two bushels is ten per cent less than 100 pounds, so the price of two bushels is ten per cent less than the hundred-pound price. This method certainly has sim- plicity to recommend it. A. C. Kendel. Edward L. Coy. Edward L. Coy, the veteran seed grower and potato originator, of eastern New York, has been selected by the Department of Agriculture to make a full and complete test of from 200 to 250 varieties of cucumbers. The object of these special tests is not to decide as to the purity of the various stocks, but to establish a type of each; also to learn how many of the named varieties are synonvms. These tests will be made at Greenwich, Washington county, N. Y., on the farm ot C. Wesley Coy, from whom has been secured a field which is particularly adapted to this purpose. Seedsmen and others may visit the test- ing grounds during the season and the department officials will be very glad to have them do so. Than Mr. Coy, there is no man in America more competent to undertake this work. He is of English descent, his oreat grandfather on both sides, each with two brothers, having fought through the Revolutionary war. He was born April 4, 1831, at Bemardston, Mass. When 16 years of age he moved to Washington county, N. Y., and commenced growing seeds when 19 years old for R. Niles Rice, of Cam- bridge, N. Y., in a small way at first, but soon branched out on a larger scale for several of the larger seed houses in New York and Philadelphia. He has dili- gently followed the business of seed growing ever since, making a round fifty- two years in the business. In his younger days Mr. Coy used to write a great deal for the agricultural press, and during that time delivered several addresses before county and town agricultural societies. At one time Horace Greeley became interested in his contributions to the press on agricultural subjects, and copied them largely into the agricultural depart- ment of the New York Tribune. He wrote Mr. Coy several letters when the latter was but 28 to 30 years old, urging him to accept the editorship of the agricultural department of the Tribune. For reasons which seemed good at the time, this offer was declined, but Mr. Coy has thought many times since that possibly it was the great mistake of his life. In 1875 he was elected jjresident of the Washington County Agricultural Society, one which stands second to no Edward L. Coy. other in the Empire state. He was elected again in 1881, re-elected in 1882, and was on the board of directors eighteen years. He was also president of the Hebron Agricultural Society four times. Mr. Coy was a well known breeder of Ayrshire cattle eighteen years, and after- wards bred Holsteiu-Friesians thirteen years. But it is as a breeder or origin- ator of potatoes that he achieved his great celebrity in the horticultural world. This will be fully recognized when we mention the varieties he has originated, which are as follows: Beauty of Hebron, The Thorburn, White Elephant, Late Rose, Washington Seedling, Late Beauty of Hebron, Late Snowflake, White Late Beauty of Hebron, Burpee's Empire State, White Beauty of Hebron, New Seedling Peach Blow, Henderson's Early Puritan, Early Paragon, White Late Rose, Early Vaughan, Burpee's Superior and North River Beauty. Every one of these varieties has at some time and in some locality been the standard and market variety grown. Mr. Coy has also grown for the seed trade the enor- mous total of 565,474 pounds of cucum- ber seed alone during the fifty-two years he has been in the business. On September 21, 1858, Mr. Coy was married to Miss Clara B. Cary, daughter of John and Catherine Cary, of Hebron, N. Y. Her brother, Rev. Seth C. Cary, was adjutant of the 123d Regiment N. Y. S. V. He is now president of tne organi- zation known as "The John Cary Descendents," and resides at Winchendon, Mass. There are three children living, C. Herbert Coy, of Valley, Neb., who is also engaged in the business of seed growing, in connection with C. P. Coy & Son, of Waterloo, Neb.; Dr. S. Willard Coy, of Boston, Mass.; and Mrs. Ida B. Siev- wright, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Vaughan's Asters. Sow the BEST Varieties and you can always sell the flowers, jt ^ jt jt Trade Pkt. MOz. Oz. Vaughan's Unrigtit White Branch- ing, pound, $10.00 8 .10 $ .35 J .85 Vaughan's Upright Pink Branch- ing, pound, $10.00 10 .35 .85 BRANCHING OR SEMPLE, White, pound, $6.50 10 .SO .60 Rose-Pink 10 .25 .85 Lavender, pound. $6.50 10 .25 .85 Red 10 .35 1.00 Purple 10 .25 .85 Davbreak-Pink 10 .25 .75 Mixed, pound, $6.00 10 .30 .50 VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, NEW YORK: CHICAGO: 1 4 Barclay St. 86 Randolph SI- EXCELSIOR DOUBLE PEARL Tuberose Bulbs. First-class stock No. 1 size 4 to 6 inches in circumference, $5.S0 per 1000. No. 2 size $3.00 per 1000. Packed in barrels and F.O. B. cars at Richmond. T. W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, VA. Import Bulb Orders Orders now booked for the highest grade of Lilies. HYACINTHS. TlllPS, NARCISSLS. rREESIAS, Etc. AtSpecial Import Prices Prices on application. Cannas,CaIadiums,Dahlias, Gladioli. Tuberoses at reduced prices to close out. W. C. BECKERT, Allegheny. Pa. Warnaar & Go. Headquarters for the new Spirseas Superba and Blondina. Special growers of Von Slon and Golden Spur. Address until May ISth care Messrs. J. W. Hampton, Jr,,& Co., 41 Broadway, NEW YORK. SASSENHEIM, f HOLLAND. jgoj. The American Florist. 471 f GOOD STOCK, LARGE CUTS AND ALL GOODS SHIPPED At Chicago IVfarket Rates. KENNICOTT BROS. COMPANY WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS TLL^^rD^s^^E FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 42 and 44 E. Randolph St. CHICAGO, ILL. 1^ It J* -9 Early Bird TOMATO. The earliest, smoothest and largest Early Tomato we ever introduced. Resists the rot and does not sunburn; wonderfully produc- tive, of tine flavor. Every florist should have some plants in the spring for his par- ticular and appreciative trade. i oz., 50c; i oz., 95c; Oz., $1.75; postpaid. FLORIST DEPARTMENT, D. Landreth & Sons, l2l7MarketSt., Philadelphia, Pa. Gladiolus Bulbs AT YOUR OWN PRICE. To clear out surplus. 25,01)0 Light Mixture. Fine bulbs to the highest bidders per 1000 until all are'taken. These bulbs usually sell forJlO.OOper lOCO. CISHMAN Gladiolus Co., Sylvania. Ohio. GERMAN PANSIES , Ult is the best that i The Ne I' can buy. We have them in large quantities: grown in cold frames, and all transplanted. Fine plants in bud and bloom, JI.dO per 100: $12.00 per 1000. Cash with order. ANDREWS BROS., 2794 Detroit St., LAKEWOOD, 0. (near Cleveland). It is good business policy to mention The.... AMERICAN FLORIST When you write to an advertiser. TUBEROSE BULBS. Dwarf Excelsior Pearl. Sound, Dry, Hand Picked. IWEDIUIVI SIZE, 3to4-in., 100,60c; 1000,$5.00. SPECIAL SIZE. 3ii to 4-ln., 100, 70c; 1000, $5.50. FIRST SIZE, 4 to 6-in., 100,$1.00; 1000,$8.50. MAMMOTH BULBS, 6 to 8-in., $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. ARMSTRONG'S EVERBLOOMING. A grand new addition to the tuberose family, bloom- ing profusely year after year and producing single flowers of a delightful fragrance. Fine for cut flowers. 100. $3.50; 1000, $30.00. CALAOIUM ESCULENTUM. with live center shoots. Per 100 5 to 7-inch $ 3.00 7 to 9-inch 4.25 9 to 12-inch 7.25 12-in. and up 14.50 GLADIOLI, FERN BALLS, HARDY LILIES. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO. NEW YORK. 84 Randolph St. 14 Barclay St. OUR MOTTO: QUALITY FIRST. We have, however, a sufficent quantity to supply all demands. Send for Catalogue. ARTHUR COWEE, *'|Vleadowvale Farm," Long Dictanee 'Phone 9x. Berlin, N. Y. United states Grower and Representative of CROFF'S HYBRIDS. GLADIOLI For Spring Planting. CLEMATIS, strong 2 and 3-vear dormant, 25c and 35c each; J3.00 and $4.00 per dozen. CLEMATIS PAHICULATA. 3-year, $1.00 per dozen. PEONIES, in strong roots, distinct kinds and colors for florists.' $1.50 dozen; .$10.00 per 100. r. A. B4LLER, Bloomington, III. Association "Flora" Nursery Co. BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Roses. Clematis^Peeonias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Lilacs for forcing, Box Trees, Fancy Evergreens and other shrubs on hund at the packing place in the season. Catalogue on application. Address p. CUWERKERK. t 123 Summit Ave., JERSEY CITY, N. J. Please mention the American Florist to advertisers. 472 The American Florist. April i8, The (NiURSERY T^a^E. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. CHA9. A. ILGENTEITZ, Pres. ; D. S. Lake, Vioe- f»reB.; Geobsb C. Seaqeb, Rochester, N. Y., Seo'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mich., June 10-12, 1903. D. Strand & Company., Tipton, Ind., have purchased the John Carson farm of forty acres for the purpose ot establish- ing a nursery. Visited Chicago: W. Van Kleef, Jr., of W. Van Kleef & Sons, and J. Dykhuis, representing J. Dykhuis & Company, Boskoop, Holland. The Peterson Nursery, Chicago, recently shipped several carloads of large- size American elms to New York City, for planting in the public parks. Last July the invoice of the Stark Brothers' Nursery and Orchards Com- pany, Louisiana, Mo., is said to have shown property valued at $1,157,284.30. The Graham Nursery Company, of Rochester, N. Y., has filed articles of incorporation, capital stock $10,000, incorporators E. O. Graham, Cora M. Graham and John M. Campbell. The twenty-eighth biennial session of the American Pomological Society will be held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, Sep- tember 10 to 12, 1903. C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la., is the president, A COLLECTION of the newer varieties of grapes will be planted this spring on the grounds of the St. Louis World's Fair, in order that they may be in bear- ing during the life of the exposition. Los Angfeles. EASTER DEMAND COMES FROM WIDE REGION.— GOOD STOCK IS PLENTIFTL. — SPLENDID RECORD MADE. Easter has come and gone and I doubt not that all of the Los Angeles florists are happy. Owing to the fact that Arizona and New Mexico, as well as the western end of Texas and southern Cali- fornia points, depend in a large degree upon Los Angeles for their flowers, the demand was unprecedented. Hundreds and hundreds of boxes of callas, carna- tions and smilax have been delivered to the express office during the past week for all points in this great southwest and everybody is tired and wants a little rest. It was well earned. Two weeks of rain followed by a week of cold, cloudy weather immediately pre- ceding Easte'r Sunday, did not augur well for surplus stock, but Saturday the stock seemed to come in car-load lots and there was plenty to go around. Every- thing moved off nicely except some scrubby carnations, and I venture to say there were not 500 of these left when the stores closed Sunday noon. Harrisii and valley came in splendidly and three carnations were cut where only one was expected. This resulted in prices being somewhat less than antici- pated, but on the whole good prices pre- vailed and all the retailers are happy. Receipts will show closely twenty per cent increase over Easter week last year, with expenses slightly increased. W. F. Dreer, of Philadelphia, who has a winter home at Santa Barbara, was a caller last week. He stopped in town for a couple of hours while waiting for an eastern train and shook hands with many of the trade. Poppy. I Two=Year=01d Dormant, 1 Field=Qrown Roses. ^ This stock is first-class and of the right kinds; well branched, good * fibrous roots. Our cold-storage cellar, 28x150 feet, built especially for T this class of stork, contains 25,000 of these Hybrid Perpetual Roses. %. Personal Inspection Invited. I $11.00 PER 100; $100.00 PER 1,000. S Ball of Snow Mad. G. Luizet Mad. Plantier % Coquette Des Alpes Magna Charta Perle des Blanches * Capt. Christy Mad. Chas. Wood Ulrich Brunner !| John Hopper Mrs. John Laing * Persian and Harrison Yellow . S20.00 per 100 I $18.00 PER 100. ^ Paul Neyron Glory Lyonaise Margaret Dickson fLa France Baroness Rothschild at Crimson Rambler 2 year strong flS.OO per 100 a Climbing C. Soupert " " 20.00 * Dorothv Perkins " " 20.00 § Cumberland Belle " " 12.00 Moss Roses . " " 10.00 Clematis Large Flowering, such as Jackmanni, Henryii and many others 2 year old $3.50 per doz. $25.00 per 100 2yearold 4.00 " 30.00 Ampelopsis Veitchii, 3 year strong. 3x4 ft 16.00 " Actinidia, Silver Sweet Vine, 3 year old 20.00 Wistaria, Purple 4x6 ft S.OOperdoz. Wistaria, White " 5.00 Paeonies Asst., White, Pink and Red, best double sorts, strong clumps, 3 to 5 eyes 10.00 per 100 Hydrangea Paniculata Grandif lora, 3 ft 12 .00 " Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora, 18 in 8.00 " Vaughan's Seed Store, \\ Barclay St., New York. -86 Raadolph St. Chicago GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. Order Direct From Headquarters. A No. 1 DAGGER and FANCY FERN, $1.50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. A No. 1 BRONZE and GREEN GALAX, $1.00 per 1000 in 6000 lots. LAUREL FESTOONING, good and full, Sc and 6c per yd. SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX, selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS, $1.00 per bbl. - LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, $1.00 per 100. M^e guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail, telephone or telegraph virill receive our personal and prompt attention. 'We can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY M. ROBINSON <&. CO. I32-34-3G Court Sq., Boston, Mass. L. D. Telephone 2618 Main. A A I ■ V Bronze or Oreen. $1.00 per 1000. ■■■I BJl 75c per 1000 in 5000 lots. Leuco- *w^^^*» thoB Sprays, bronze or green, $1.00 per 100; Fancy Ferns, $2.00 per 1000; Green Sheet Moss, fresh stock, $3.50 per bbl. sack; Sphagnum Moss, $1.76 per bale; Small Green Galax for violets, $1,00 per 1000. All kinds of florists' supplies. ■ ■ |/aCCUnUCp Tel. 697 Madison '-' *' MlCOIlUtCIl, Square. 110-112 W. 27th St., New York. GalaxifLeucothoes. Selected, Bright and Brilliant. Wholesale Trade Solicited J. L. BANNER & CO.. Montezuma. N. C. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Where Quality Is First Consideration.) Write, Wire or Phone the Introducers, CaMwall Tha Woodsman Co., Evergrean, Ala. or their agents: L. J. Kreshover, New York; J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayersdorter & Co., Philadelphia; W. F. Easting, Buffalo; J. M. McCullough'8 Sons. Cincinnati, Ohio; H. G. Berning, St. Louis, Mo. Dagger Ferns $1.00 per 1000. Fancy Ferns, $1.25 per 1000. All first-class stock. Galax, Green or Bronze, 75c per 1000. Laurel Festooning, from the finest stock, fresh every day, 4c, 5c and 6c perj^ard. Mosses, Pine, Etc. In fact everything in the hardy supplies. Millinston, Mass. Tel. office, New Salem. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michlp Gut Flower Exchange. FANCY FERNS, $1.50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. Give ua a trial for Ferns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, tt.OO per 1000. 26 Miami Avo., DETROIT, MICH. igo3. The American Florist. 473 Fine Grafted Bearing Sizes. Per 100 13-inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots {30 00 15-18 inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots 30.00 Kin KanS 10-13 in., bushy, from 4-in pots 20.00 Oranges 18-34 in., bushV, from 4-in. pots 30.00 , Lemons, Limes'^^'-'-'sp'' plants, well-branched, 3-4 ft. $2 to $3 each. Clematis Apiifolia ^h^ 'S^^z^. Paniculata, but blooms earlier and lasts longer; strong plants from 3-inch pots 20.00 , 5 character . pots.. 18.00 Plioenix Reclinata and Farinifera 12-15 in., 4 in , pots 15 00 (Not less than 40 of a class at 100 rate.) PonnQC (Dormant Roots). 2-3 eyes to each Uulllldd division, best sorts, S15.C0 per 1000 (Not less than 400 of a class at 1000 rate.) Latanias, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. ■WRITE FOR CATALOGUE P. J. BERGKMANS G0.» - FRUITLAND NURSERIES, Eitablished 1856. AUGUSTA, GA. Please mention the American Florist when writing. W. Van Kieef & Sons, Wholesale Growers of Nursery Stock, BOSKOOP, HOLLAND, Beg to announce that their Mr. W. Van Kleef, Jr., is in the United States and will remain until the middle of May. Please address all correspondence until the middle of May care of Maltus & Ware, 136 Water St, NEW YORK. Azalea Amoena. One of the choicest, dwarf, hardy, flowering shrubs. 2, 3 and -A-year plants from open ground, $30.00, $50.00 and $75.00 per 100. A few larger specimens $3.00 to $5.00 each. 1-yearplants, $10.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000; rooted cuttings, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. AMPELOPSIS VEITCm, field grown seed lings, $3.00 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. DAIILiASi strong dormant roots, plenty of white, yellow and pink. Ask for descriptive catalogue and spring trade list of MORNISVILLE MJRSERY... SAMUEL C. MOON, Morritville, Pa. Strawberries.. Forty varieties, from 11.00 to $3.50 per 1000. AcnaPiinilC strong, one-vear, 50c per 100; na|jaiayU5 12.00 per 1000. Two-vear, 75o per 100: $3.00 per 1000. Varieties— Palmetto, Barr's and Giant Argentina. Also other Small Fruits, Plants, etc. Send for price list. CHAS. BLACK, Hightslown, N. J. Amppipsn Always do business, /tlllCI Itail Week days and everyday rlOrlSlS Sundays and holidays, -^ -^ A He ^11 °^" ''i^ ">"°tn'> "V^ "V flUO At home and abroad. "CALIFORNIA PRIVET. ?? View of one of our blocks of Cali- fornia Privet. 1-year old, 1 to 2 1-2 feet, SI 5.00 to $25.00 per 1000. The Glenwood Nurseries offer the finest trees both EVER- GREEN and DECIDUOUS. FLOWERING SHRUBS and VINES of all sizes in general assortment. New TRADE LIST Ready. Special quotations to large buyers. The Wm. n. MOON CO. 60 Miles from New York. 30 Miles from Plilladelphia. Morrisville, Pa. MINNESOTA GROWN Hardy Ornamental Stock. 3,ooo SYRINQAS (Philadelphus). 18 to 30 in. and up, 8 cts. In the following varieties: Opulifolia, Zeyheri, Grandiflora, Lemoinei, Golden. 4,ooo SPIR/EAS. 84 to 30 in., strong, 7 cts. In the following sorts: Douglasi, Van Houttei, Anthony Waterer, Billardii, Pruni- folia. Soo CLBTHRA, or SWEET PEPPER BUSH, 2 feet and up, 7 cts. 1,000 FLOWERINQ CURRANTS, 24 to 30 in. 7 cts. 1,500 ALTHBAS, 18 to 30 inches, 10c. Choice Named Sorts single and double. 2,000 CLIMBINQ HONEYSUCKLES, strong, 2 years old, 8 cts. Scarlet Trumpet, Halls Japan, Chinese Twining, Monthly Fragrant. a.ooo MATRIMONY VINES, extra strong and heavy, 5 cts. soo aOLDEN ELDER, 2 feet, strong, 8 cts. iches, l.ooo DBUTZIAS, 18 to 24 inches and up, strong and stocliy, 7c. Candidissima, Cren- ata. Gracilis, Pride of Rochester, Waterer. 1,000 HYDRANQBA PANICULATA OR AND- IPLORA. 18 to 24 inches and up, 10 cts. HARDY HEDQINQ Siberian Pea Tree, 4 to 3,2oo Russian Olive, 4 to 8 inches, The above stocli is dug and cellared ready for immediate shipment. FINE FOR LANDSCAPE WORK. LL.MAY&CO., Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists, St. Paul, Minn. 474 The American Florist. April i8, Our pasTiMEs. Announcements of coming contests or other events ot interest to our bowling, shooting and ^'Torting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.; Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.: or to the American Florist Co., 334 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. The Chicago Carnation Company's bowling team, fresh from the victory over the team from Vaughan's, has chal- lenged the McKellar & Winterson team, which has accepted. The game will take place Saturday evening, April 25, at Joliet. A banquet and a rousing good time is being prepared for the visitors. P. J. Hauswirth, who will have charge of the bowling at the Milwaukee conven- tion, has received a special invitation to act as umpire. At Cleveland. Following is the latest record on the alleys: Player 1st 2d Player 1st 2d Bond. 132 105 Brown 161 183 Warnke 126 126 H.Hart 124- B.Hart 160 144 Graham Ill Kunz 208 144 .T.Andrews 76 95 A.E.Hart 74 130 Merriman 87 Kelly 131 154 A.Hart 161 116 Gray 89 75 C. Schmitt 114 157 Wasson 118 121 Bartels 107 111 O. G. At Chicago. There was a good turnout at the first meeting of the bowlers for practice pre- liminary to the selection of a team for Milwaukee. These matches are now to be held each Tuesday evening at Anson's alleys. The first score follows: Player 1st 2d 3d T'l Geo. Stollerv 171 197 172 540 John Lambi-os. 145 174 204 523 E. F. Winterson 159 156 202 517 Fred. Stollerv 179 198 137 514 Cbas. BallufI 161 152 171 484 F. Matti 157 127 194 478 CliffPruner 167 149 16 472 P. , J. Hauswirth 159 135 174 468 Geo. Asmus 163 159 139 461 L. Sohafler 191 116 141 448 Geo Scott 142 128 143 412 H. W. Melz Ill 147 151 409 A. Newett 170 119 114 403 St. Paul. TRADE HEAVY AND LARGE SUPPLIES WELL CLEANED OUT FOR EASTER. — PLANT TRADE HEAVY. — COLORED STOCK HAS PREFERENCE. The best Easter trade in the history of the business. While plants were much in demand, there was also a great call for cut flowers and everything salable in either line was closed out to good advan- tage. One noticeable feature was the marked demand for colored flowers. White roses gave way to Meteor, Lib- erty and Bridesmaid, while Lawsons were the favorite carnations. In plants lilies took the lead, as they always have and probably always will. The supply was inadequate to the demand and more good stock could easily have been sold. The wholesale price was uniformly 15 cents per bud and bloom, the retail price 25 cents. Azaleas and rhododendrons were ready sellers, especially those trimmed with ribbon. In these as in other flovyers the colored ones were pre- ferred. In fact, outside of lilies white flowered plants were the latest to sell. Well done hydrangeas sold well, nearly aU being of a bluish tint this season. Spir^as did not sell as readily as formerly, owing, no doubt, to their being white. Crimson Ramblers and red hybrid roses sold like hot cakes. All the stores had nice dis- plays and everybody seems satisfied. L. L. May & Company had their usual fine display of good stock and in addi- tion showed fancy baskets filled with Dutch hyacinths and trimmed with rib- bon. A. S. Swanson had snowballs and wis- taria in standard form, besides a fine dis- play of bulbous stock. Holm & Olsen had some extra azaleas, as well as fine lilies and other seasonable stock. Felix. Cleveland. BAD WEATHER CUTS INTO BUSINESS. — PLENTY OF STOCK AND TRADE MAKES GOOD TOTAL. — MARKET HOUSE POPULAR. — NOTES. The weather for the week before Easter was very discouraging to the craft, but Saturday filled their cup of bitterness to overflowing. It rained steadily all day long. However, the wholesalers dis- posed of all their stock and have no cause to complain and most of the retailers claim that they never had a better Easter. Taking into consideration the disagree- able day and the amount of stock sent in, they all did well. The new market house was a beautiful sight. Potted plants were backed clear to the balconies. The florists who have stands in the market vied with one another in making the dis- play memorable. The place was thronged with visitors all day long, it was so beautiful and comfortable, and the music was so fine. Clevelandhadplenty of good stock to dispose of and Harrisii lilies were abun- dant. David Livingston had a fine stock of them. John Leuschner had some lilies, three stems to a bulb, with six to eight blossoms apiece. Herman Hart showed his usual fine stock of hydrangeas, Ramb- lers, spiraeas and so forth. In fact all had fine stock and enough to supply the demands. Monday was Herman Hart's birthday and in the evening the Florists' Club cele- brated it fittingly. Luncheon was served. Wm. Brinker has imported a fine lot of hardy roses and clematises. Isaac Kenned)' has been elected to the council of West Park. O. G. Worcester, Mass. EASTER TRADE SATISFACTORY TO ALL CONCERNED. — PLENTY OF STOCK BUT ALL LINES WELL CLEANED OUT. Splendid weather, alarge supply of stock and everybody practically sold out, is the way the Easter story reads this year. Lilies varied much in qualit)', the bulk of the stock being fine, but some very poor stuff' was offered at cut prices. The better class of stores made a price of 25 cents a bloom and half price for buds, but some stores sold as low as 15 cents a bloom. More lilies were handled than ever before. Lange sold three times as many as he did last Easter and all the stores handled larger quantities. The low - growing "Japs" made up in 8-inch and 10-inch pans caught the public fancy and sold at good prices. Crimson Ramblers were much in demand and . were very fine. Azaleas, acacias, daisies, genistas, prim- roses and bulbous stock in variety were offered in large quantities and sold well. Cut flowers sold satisfactorily and as usual carnations and violets cleaned up first. Lily of the valley disappeared rapidly after the violet supply had been exhausted. Roses started off' slowly but cleaned up with a rush Saturday night. As a rule standard prices prevailed. The church decorations were more elaborate than ever and used up large quantities of plants. Funeral work kept the store men busy till Sunday night and a tired lot of boys they were vrhen they wended their homeward way. Chas. D. Mackie, who occupied a store on Main street for a short while, will remove to 3 Pleasant street and W. E. Sargent will remove to 39 Pleasant street. A. H. L. Syracuse, N. Y. Easter trade was fully up to that of last year and probably a little better. There is considerable stock left on hand but the loss will not be very great. A feature of the trade this season, and the same thing may be said to be more and more a feature at all times, is that more people buy flowers than formerly, but they each spend less on the average. The florists have to do an immense volume of business to make profits. Henry Morris says business was a little better than a year ago, but is pleased to have Easter past so as to have room for summer stock, which is becom- ing more and more of a feature each year. Mr. Morris says the Easter demand ran more to potted plants. P. R. Quinlan & Company did a large business in Easter lilies. Their display of stock was excellent and the store was crowded for several days previous to Easter. L. E. Marquisee did a big business in carnations and was well satisfied with the result. Henry Burt had all his wagons hustling and said that trade was better than last season. A. J. B. k FEW GOOD THINGS YOU WANT. Special low prices on palms to close out. Fine clean stock, cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, 1, b and 8-inch, $25, 840 and $1U0 per 100. KENTIA Belmoieana and Foisteriana, 3, 4 S ann 6-mch'|12, 125, (40, tlOO per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 3-inch, 14 and 16 per 100. ASPARAGUS Plumosus, 3-inch, V!. Sprengeri, 3-inch, 15, per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 3-inch, $5.00 per 100- 4, 5-in., till, (25 per luu ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inch, (3 and 16 per lOO. VINCA VAR., 2-in., $3.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutt, La Favorite, Bonnot, Poitevine, Eiccard, Francis Perkins, 2-inch, $2.00 per 100; 3-inch pots. 85.00 per 100 GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50c per 100. PANSIES, ready to bloom, $1.00 per 100. Carnations, Portia, Scott, E. Crocker, Goode- nough. White Cloud, Mrs. L. Ine; Verbena, Scar- let Sage, Petunia, Coleus, mixed; Ageratum, Blue and White, Lobelia; Achyrantlius, red; Aiternantheras, red and yellow; Heliotrope, Giant Aiyssum and Lemon Verbenas. All 2-inch Pots, $2.00 per 100. CEO. M. EMMANS, NEWTON, N. J. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, Our Specialty. 2H-'i^-. *3.00 per 100; 3-in., $3.00; 4-in., $7.00; 5-in., $15.00; 6-in., $2,5.00 per 10 '. Asp. Plumosus 3i/!;-in., $3.00; 3-in., $5.00 per 100. Ivy, 3>i-in.. J3.00; 3-in., $5.00 per 103. Boston Fer^s, 5-in., $26.00; 6-in., $40.00 per 100. ImDatiens Sultani, 4-inch, $1.50 per dozen. Cut- . tings, $3.00 per 100. RO&ES. As I have concluded to carry my old roses over, I offer all my young stock for sale. 2 and 3-eyed cuttings from flowering wood; 2^-in. Brides, Maids, (INovember cuttings) 83.00 per 100. Per 100 Rooted Cuttings, Brides, Maids $1.50 VInca Ma j. Var., 2Ji-inch 2.50 Petunia, Dbl., named, 2M- inch 2.50 Salvias, 3Ji-inch ; 2.50 Centaurea Gymnocarpa, 2M- inch 2.00 Cannas, rooted 2.00 Alyssu m . Dbl. , E. C 1 .00 Chrysanthemums, R. C 1.00 Geraniums, 3J4-inch 3.00 Geranium Queen of the Red. This is the finest of all dbl. red ever introduced, of which I offer a limited quantity, this rear no more than 6 to one customer at $1.00. J. H. BORNHOEFF, Tipton, Ind. igoj. The American Florist. 475 NEW OFFICES NEW MANAGEMENT NEW METHODS National Florists BOARD or TRADE Offices: 56 Pine Street, HARRIS H. HAYOEN, Pres. Collections. WILLIAM A. MOORE, Vice-Pres. NEW YORK. JOHN E. WALKER, Sec. & Treas. We collect slow and doubtful accounts. Why not go through your books at once, and send us all the claims that are in arrears? If you have not succeeded in getting the money, let us do it for you. We have three active lawyers in the board and can serve you well. Credit Reference Book. In the matter of bad debts "an ounce of pre- vention is worth a pound of cure." A sub- scription to our Credit List will cost you $10 a year, and it may save you $ioo the first month. Special Reports. Tmaira specialty of this part of our work, and shall spare neither trouble nor money in our endeavor to get for our clients the very latest and most reliable information as to the standing of any person concern- ing whom inquiries are made. Call and see us when you are in the city. ^A^e want to meet you. Rooted Guttinss. ROSES. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID $1.60 $12.50 BRIDE 1.60 12.60 PERLE 1.60 12.60 GOLDEN GATE 1.25 10.00 IVORY 2.60 20.00 2V2-INCH ROSE PLANTS. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID 13.00 $26.00 BRIDE 3.00 26.00 PERLE 3.00 25.00 GOLDEN GATE 2.60 20.00 OLIVERAMES 4.00 35.00 IVORY.... 4.00 35.00 HELEN GOULD 4.00 35.00 All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. Rooted Carnation Cuttings PINK. Per 100 Per 1000 LAV/SON $2.25 $20 00 GUARDIAN ANGEL 1.25 10.00 JOOST 1.26 10.00 CROCKER 1.25 10.00 VARIEGATED. PROSPERITY 1.50 12.03 WHITE. FLORA HILL 1.25 10.00 PERU 1.25 10.00 HOOSIER MAID 1.25 10.00 BON HOMME 1.25 10 00 RED. CRANE 2 25 20.00 EVANSTON 1.26 10.00 INE 1.25 10.00 GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. Rooted Cuttings Carnations PieOAdC SOILv. Per 100 Stella, Variegated $4.00 Apollo,Scarlet 4.00 Wolcolt, White 4.00 Alba, White 4.00 Golden Beauty, Yellow 4.00 Lawson. Pink 2.50 Queen Louise, White 2.00 Prosperity, White Splashed Pink 2.00 Per 100 Dorothy, Pink $1.75 America, Scarlet 1.7S Norway, White 1.50 Marquis, Shell Pink 1.50 Hill, White 1.50 Maceo, Crimson.... 1.50 Joosl, Pink 1.50 CASH. EXPRESS PREPAID. Unrooted Cuttings, half price of above. CALIFORNIA CARNATION COMPANY, LOOMIS, CAL. PRESIDENT McKINLEY THE PRIZE WINNEH. It's fine in September and improves as the season advances. It's a grand carnation, healthy and free, and we realize that we are making a bold assertion when we say it is supe- rior in many respects to the famous Lawson. Better speak while there is yet time. Rooted Cuttings $2.00 per doz.; 12 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. We have a nice stock of other varieties ready to go. Also a limited amount of Am. Beauty, Golden Gate, Ivory and Perle roses. We guarantee quality. 476 The American Florist. April i8. Omaha. EVERYONE PLEASED WITH THE RESULT OF EASTER. — DEPARTMENT STORE HANDLES CHEAP STOCK. — BUILDING AND OTHER NOTES. Easter week has been the best for years and every good lily sold, as well as azaleas, cinerarias, hydrangeas and hya- cinths. Lilies sold for 25 cents per bloom but some reductions were made for churches. Some one sent in a lot of lilies in pots to be sold in one of our local department stores for 15 cents per blos- som. It did not hurt any, as they were inferior stock. The same store sold a lot of cheap Boston ferns and rusty palms at almost any price. The weather was fine and consequently the cut flowers were plentiful. Beauties sold for from $2 to $8 per dozen; teas, $1 to $1.50; carnations, 75 cents and $1. Bulbous stock was very much in demand, more so than in former years. Violets did not sell as well as was expected on account of high prices and poor quality. The florists all made fine window dis- plays. There will be a good deal of build- ing this season. A. Donaghue intends to erect four or five houses for carnations. Hess & Swoboda are finishing a rose house 24x200. L. Henderson intends to build a few new houses. B. Floth, the carnation grower, is finishing a house for early planting. F. Sahan, for the last two years foreman at the Forest Lawn Cemetery, has bought greenhouses at Red Oak, Iowa. J. J. Hess will visit Europe and leaves June 18. A. Tanchnitz has sold out to L. Slo- cum. Grippe. Lowell, Mass. BUSINESS SURPRISES THOSE WHO FEARED EFFECT OF MILL STRIKE.— PLENTY OF GOOD STOCK BUT WELL CLEANED UP. The biisiness done here this Easter was more than we anticipated, for the strike of 20,000 mill hands made things look rather dubious. Some of the store men lacked courage to stockupbut we found it a very profitable Easter. The finest lilies were from Pierson'sat Cromwell, Conn., and the man who packed them ought to be given credit. It rained uo to Saturday and made the trade late. Many stores worked all night and up to noon on Sun- day. Patten took the store on Central street, recently vacated by Marshall, which he filled with lilies. Everyone made the best possible display, many accessories being used on the plants, of which there was a profusion, probably more than last year. Some dealers cut the price on lilies to 15 cents per bud, but no trouble was experienced in selling good stock at 25 cents. Hydrangeas sold well at $2 and $3 per plant. Spiraas at $1 each did not linger, but the greatest seller was American Beauties in 5-inch pots at $1 each. The supply of cut flowers was good and brought good prices. Carnations of good quality were very much in demand. Lawson, Fairmaid and Renter's Lillian Pond brought $2 per dozen. The supply of roses was good. Violets were soon exhausted. Valley was good but the demand were rather light. A. M. Roses Wanted, 20,000 2-year, low budded, on Manetti or dog rose roots, bushes 34 inches and up, strong, vigorous stock in 30 leading varieties. Delivery Nov., 1903. Address if you can offer such stock, stating varieties you have. MAINN, the Seedsman, Portland, Ore, HARRISII BULBS AugustDeW.. Good straight stock of Harrisii are not plenty. We have the sale of as large a supply of carefully'grown and well rogued stock as can be found on the Island of Bermuda. There is no more profitable forcinjr bulb in the whole list than true Harrisii. Place your orders with us now and you will get the best bulbs produced this year. Our arrangements for high grade bulbs of French Romans, Paper White Grandiflora. Callas, Japan Longlfiorum, London Market Valley and picked bulbs of all Dutch Hyacinths, Tulips, Nar- cissus and Spiraea nre unexcelled. Bulbs secured from us will be subject to careful inspection and approval on arrival, and if in anyway unsatisfactory, will be made good at once. By combining' your order for a full line of this stock with us, you get each in season and all at the closest cost for high grade stock. Economy in car- load freight shipments and large importations supply half our profits. Write for prices before closing any forcing stocl( order. Vaughan's Seed Store, NEW YOSK: 14 Barclay St., CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. A Mlagnificent Forcing Rose For Easter. varded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 967, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from 3V2-inch pots, per 100, 350. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received. 26 or 60 plants at 100 rate. 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. R.&J.rAR0lHAR&CO., New Rambler Rose PHILADELPHIA. Flowers larger, more double, do not fade white, more durable, brighter color, and not subject to mildew as Crimson Rambler is. 21,4-inch, $12.00 per 100; $100 per 1000. 1-year field plants, cut back to 15 to 18 in., $25 00 per 100. 1-year field plants, 2H to 3 feet, $4.00 per dozen; $30.00 per 100. 2-year field plants, 3 to 3% feet, bushy, $7.00 per dozen; $50.00 per 100. The Conard & Jones Co., West Brove, Pa. Mease mention ike American Florist when writiitjt* Gardeners' Chronicle. A Weekly Illustrated Journal. Established 1841. The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE has been fob ovBB Sixty Years the Leading JoimHAi, of its class. It has achieved this position because, while specially devoting itself to supplying the daily requirements of gardeners of all classes, the infor- mation furnished is of such general and perma- nent value that the GARDENERS' CHRONICLE is looked up to as the stahdabd authobitt on tke subjects of which it treats. Subscription to the United States, $4.20 per year. Remittances to be made payable to H. G. COVE. Office: — 41 Wellington St., Covent Garden. London, England. 'Pink American Beauty'^ The New Rose Queen of Edgely. "It has come to stay." "It is becoming more popular every day." ' Cannot get enough of it to fill orders." Etc. $12 per 100, 2i-ln. pots. $110 par 1000. $500 par 5000. EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor.ChtstnuiHIII, PHIUDELPHU. Dormant Field-Grown, II II An ft Hybrid Perpetuals, Mosses, ■ IWWWW Crimson Rambler. A large stock in Cold Storage for delivery during March and April. Address W. F. HEIKES, Manager, Huntsvllle Wholesale Nurseries, Cor. Lewis and O'Fallon Streets. ST. LOUIS, MO. GARDENING This is the paper to recommend to your customers, the leading horticultural journal in America for amateurs $2,00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free. Liberal terms to florists who take subscriptions. NO, .U.S. A. If You Have Stock to Sell... the best way to make that fact known to the trade is by regular advertising in , r^i • x Give It a trial. ...Tlie AmencaH Florist. ZQO- The American Florist. 477 Gov. Lowndes The finest white Carnation to date. Awarded Certificate of Merit at Brooklyn, scoring 91 points; the highest number awarded to any seedling. It was also recently awarded First Prize and Medal over all other whites at Cin- cinnati. E.\tra fine cuttings for delivery in April , $2. 50 per doz. ; $12 per 100; $100 per 1000. Enchantress, Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt, Harlowar- den. Sibyl, Marshall Field, Pres. McKinley, White Bradt. Fragrance. $2.50 per doz.: $12.00 per 100: $100.00 per 1009. Per Doz. Per 100 Per 1000 ADONIS $3.01 $14.00 $120.00 HER MAJESTY 2.00 10.00 80.00 LILLIAN POND '. . . 2.00 10.00 75.00 INNOCENCE 6.00 60.00 Other Leading, New and Standard Varieties. H. WEBER & SONS, OAKLAND, MARYLAND. CARNATIONS From Two-inch Pols, Clean Healthy Stock. 100 1000 PROSPERITY $4.00 $35.00 LAWSON 4.00 35.00 FLORIANA 6.00 45.00 LORN A 4.00 35.00 NORWAY 4.00 36.00 ROOSEVELT 4.00 VIOLA ALLEN 6.00 TERMS:— Cash with order. A, V. D. SNYDER, Riilgiwd,!!, J. NEW PEDIGREE ROSES. Send for description and colored plate of our Six New Climbing Roses. These originated in our own collection by careful cross-fertilization and are unquestionably superior to anything of their class. EDWIN LONSDALE, pale lemon white. WM. K. HARRIS, pale flesh color. WNI. F. DREER, creamy white, pink edging. PROF. C. S. SARGENT, rich yellow and buff. ROBERT CRAIG, yellow shaded with apricot. JOHN BURTON, delicate peach color. All fragrant, very double, undeniably hardy and strong growers. HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS, aple Avenue Nurseries. WEST CHESTER, PA. ROSE STOCK. Per 100 Per 100 Perles, 214-inch... $4.00 Kaiserins,2K -inch 4.00 Woottons, 2H-inch. 4.00 " S-inch... 6.00 " 3-inch 6.00 Bride and Bridesmaid, 2-in., $3.00; 2i4-in. $4.00. Soupert and Hermosa, extra fine, 2>4-inch, $3.50. American Beauty, 2-inch, $4.60; 2i/j-inch, $6.00. All stock A No. 1 from 2 and 3-eyed cuttings, repotted from 2-inch. Special prices on large lots. ^-'" J. C. MURRAY, Peoria, III. ALLi rJurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists wishing to do business with Europe should send for the "Horticultural Advertiser." This is the British Trade Paper, being read weelsly by all the Horticaltural traders; it is also taken by over 1000 of the best contineDtal houses. Annual subscription to cover cost of postage 75c. Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts. Address EDITORS OP THE "H. A." Chilwell Nurterie*. LOWDHAM. Notts. England. Mention the American Florist when writing to advertisers on this page. ^eggggggggggggsgsgggggsggggggggggggegeggggggggsggg Chicago Carnation Co., JOLIET, ILL Rooted Cuttings, im° RED. Per 100 Per 1000 Hstelle $4.00 Mrs. Potter Palmer 5.00 $40.00 ,1. H.Manley 5.00 Harlowarden 12.00 JOO.OO PINK. Lawson 2.00 Cressbrook 5.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 5.00 Mrs. Higinbotham 5.00 40.00 Siljyl 12.00 100.00 Pres. McKinley 12.00 100.00 We shall have a fine lot of American Beauty roses from 3-inch pots May 1st. at $7.00 per 100; $65.00 per 1000. ;3S333?^ WHITE, aw Per 100 Per 1000 Her Majesty $10.00 $ 80.00 Murphy's White 6.00 Gov. Wolcott 5.00 Lillian Pond 10.00 Gov. Lowndes 12.00 100.00 VARIEGATED. Marshall Field 12.00 Gaiety 5-00 Stella 5.00 Viola Allen 5-00 •♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»»»»»»»♦»»♦♦»»»♦♦♦♦♦»»♦♦#♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ j Rooted Carnation Cuttings ♦ Get the best, cheap cuttings are dear at any price. Early orders will be furnished ^ X from sand, later orders from cuttings transplanted into soil at same rate. Per 100 Per 1000 Harlowarden $18.00 $100.00 Fragrance 12.00 100.00 ■White Bradt 14.00 President McKinley 12.00 100.00 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt 12.00 Marshall Field 12.00 100.00 Lillian Pond 10.00 75.00 Her Majesty 10.00 80.00 Murphy's White 6.00 60.00 ApoUo 6.00 50.00 Cressbrook 6.00 40.00 Dorothy Whitney 6.00 60.00 Enquirer 6.00 60.00 Floriana 6.00 45.00 Golden Beauty 6.00 40.00 J. H.Manley 6.00 SO.OO Mrs. E. A. Nelson 6.00 60.00 Mrs. H. N. Higinbotham 6.00 46.00 Mrs. Potter Palmer 5.00 46.00 VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Chicago or Red Bradt 3.00 Estelle 4.00 Ethel Crocker 1.76 Flora Hill 1.76 Genevieve Lord 1.75 G. H. Crane 1.75 Gov. Roosevelt 4.00 Guardian Angel 1.75 Lorna 4.00 Morning Glory 2.60 Marquis 1.76 Mrs. F. Joost 1.75 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 3.00 Norway 1.75 Prosperity 2.60 Queen Louise 3.00 White Cloud 1.75 Wm. Scott 1.60 26.00 30.00 15.00 16.00 15.00 16.00 30.00 15.00 30.00 20.00 15.00 15.00 26.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 16.00 12.00 14 Barclay St., NEW YORK. 84-86 Randolph SL, CHICAGO. GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. Jl MME. CHATENAY. A superb, pink rose, freer and stronger than Bridesmaid, easy to grow and an ideal shipper. Will cut 407o selects. See Chicago CUt flower quota- tions, Chatenay is selling for more than any other tea rose. Supply limited. Cash with orders. Fine healthy stock, $10.00 per 100. EMIL GLALBER, Montclair, Colorado. AM. BEAITIES 2=inch Stock Now Ready. Claan, Healthy and fras from Black Spot. First-class in .vary respect. $6.00 per 100; S50 per 1000. 37 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. J. 3. BUDLONG, 478 The American Florist. April J 8, Milwaukee. GOOD EASTER TRADE BUT TOO MANY ROSES. —CARNATIONS THE ONLY SHORTAGE.— CLUB MEETING.— GQPD DECORATIONS.— NOTES. It is almost too gloomy to write cheer- ful notes, as we have had five days now in which we have not had a peep at the sun. We can consider ourselves rather fortunate that this weather did not come upon us last week. Business was very satisfactory, according to all reports, but there appear to have been rather too many roses for the demand, with a decided shortage of carnations. There were plenty of tulips, Harrisii and daflFo- dils to go around, while violets were somewhat short of supply. The call was mainly for flowering plants. Most of the stores were very prettily decorated for Easter, all ol them showing a profusion ot flowering plants. McKenny & Company's window was very artistic, consisting of a large tree trimmed with apple blossoms, while around the base were masses of flowering plants. A large cross of Harrisii was the main feature of Kapsalis & Company's window. Edlet- sen had an elegant lot of azaleas. Fox, Currie, Chacona and the Baumgarten Floral Company all had large displays of flowering plants. J. M. Fox had the decoration for the banquet to President Roosevelt. It was one of the prettiest ever seen here. Due to the fact that the tables were so very • narrow it was found impracticable to have flowers on the table, so the entire ceiling was covered with wild smilax and from this strings of asparagus were brought downward to within two feet of the table. At the end of each string of asparagus a fern ball was suspended which was filled with Meteor roses, several thousands being used. The efiect was charming. The Ellis Floral Com- pany had the decoration attheDeutscher Club and the work did them credit. Owing to the very severe weather the meeting of the Florists' Club last Tues- day was rather lightly attended but some very important matters in con- nection with the coming convention of the S. A. F. were attended to. The Mil- waukee florists are all enthusiastic about the convention and there is no doubt that everything will be done to have the best meeting the S. A. F. has ever had. Fred. H. Holtop has been appointed superintendent of the trade' exhibit. Mr. and Mrs. Edlefsen are on a trip to Pittsburg, visiting their daughter, and I understand that a trip to the old country is contemplated in the near future. The C. C. PoUworth Company will shortly vacate the present quarters for more commodious ones on East Water street. The Holton & Hunkel Company reports an increasing demand for palms and ferns as well as cut flowers. M. Moore is the latest addition to the florists' ranks, having a neat store on the south side. Ci B. Whitnall is back again from his four months' vacation trip to California. M. Newark, N. J.— Charles F. Lee, of 43 Blum street, was assaulted and robbed on March 24 by two men who induced him to accompany them through the greenhouses on the pretence of selecting some plants. In a secluded place they knocked him down and beat him until he was unconscious and then rifled his pockets and the cash drawer. CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Now Ready. PINK. Per 100 Per IDOO Lawson $2.00 $1S.00 Guardian Angel 1.25 lO.OO Marquis 2.00 IS.OO Genevieve Lord i.2S 10.00 Nelson 5.00 40.00 Cressbrook 4.00 35.00 Triumph 1.25 10.00 Higinbotham 5.00 40.00 Dorothy 2.00 15.00 VARIEGATED. Per 100 Per 1000 Bradt $2.50 $20.00 Gaiety 3.00 25.OO Prosperity 3.00 25.OO RED. Per 100 Per 1000 Estelle $3.00 $25.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Crane 2.50 20.00 Palmer 4.00 30.00 Mrs. L. Ine 1.25 10.00 Chicago (Red Bradt) 2.50 20.00 WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill .$1.50 $12.50 Queen Louise 2.50 Peru '. \as Murphy's White 6.00 Hoosier Maid 1.25 Norway I.50 20.00 10.00 50.00 10.00 12.50 ROSE PLANTS From 2 1-2-inch Po«s. Per 100 Per 1000 SOUV. DE PIERRE NOTTING..$8.00 $75.10 AMERICAN BEADTY 6.00 55.00 KAISERIN 4.00 35.00 BRIDESMAID 4.00 35.00 AMERICAN BEATJTY, 3-in. Pots.. . Per 100 Per 1000 SUNRISE $7.00 $65.00 LIBERTY 8,80 75.00 BRIDE 4.00 35.00 GOLDEN GATE 4.00 35.00 PERLE 4.00 35.00 r.OO per 100; $65.iO per 1000. All stock sold under express condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., .....CHICAGO. ESTABLISHED CARNATION CITTINGS We have a surplus of the following varieties from soil. Most of them have made first break:. Per 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000 Crane ....$3.00 $26.00 Triumph.. .$8.00 $12.50 Joost 2.60 17.50 McGowan.. 2.00 12.50 Melba .... 2.60 17.50 Alaska 2.00 12.50 G. Lord... 2 60 17.50 F.Hill 2.00 12.50 Marquis... 2.60 Gomez 2.00 12.50 Scott 2.00 12.50 Maceo 2.00 Crocker... 2.00 18.50 CASH OR C. O. D. St. Louis Carnation Co., 100,000 PANSIES Tha Jennings Strain. Slacic the Finast. Plenty of Pansies in Bloom Now. Good strong plants, $4.00 per 1000. Fine cold frame plants in bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100; smaller size, 81.00 per 100. Above by express. Small plants by mail, 75c per 100. Seed, $1.00 per packet of 300J. Cash with order. E. B. JENNINGS, Lock Box 254, SOUTHPORT, CONN. GROWER OF THE FINEST PANSIES. TRANSPLANTED CAR^ATIONS. ■ ^ ..>.>..,>■.. CUTTINGS. MERMAID Per 100 $1.00. Per 1000 $10.00 ELDORADO Per 100 1.00. Per 1000 10.00 Giant Flowering Pansy plants, mixed, $3.00 per 1000. Marie Louise Violets, $3.00 per 100; $26.00 per 1000. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, fine stock, $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1000. Terms Cash.— We prepay express charges. If plants are not satisfactory, return at once and we will refund your money. LOOMIS FLORAL CO. LOOMIS, CAL. The Leading Novelties of 1903. The Best Varieties of 1908. All the Standard Varieties. Order vour Rooted Cuttings NOW. GEO. HANCOCK 6, SOU. CRAND HAVEN, MICH. Rose Plants.. PROM 3-lNCH POTS. Strong. Per. 100 lOOO American Beauty $6.00 $SS-00 Bridesmaid 4.00 35.00 Brides 4.00 3S.0O Golden Gate , 4.00 35.00 Meteors 3.00 25.00 Michael Winaudy, Greenhouses: 406 DEVON AVENUE, CHICAGO. ILL. Tel. 642 Rogers Park. CARNATIONS MORNING GLORY $12.50 per lOOO QUEEN LOUISE 15.00 per 1000 Will have others April 27th to May 11th. WTatch my add. ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, PA. Carnation Cuttings We are now booking orders for rooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens. Queens, L. I. Please men/ion the American Florist when writings There Are Buyers For all kinds of good stock advertised in.. THE AMERICAN FLORIST igo3. The American Florist. 479 McKELLAR & WINTERSON. Supply Everjrtliingr Used by Florists, XTurserymen, Oardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Etc. HEADQUARTERS on CUT FLOWERS 45-47-49 Wabash Ave. Marniiap. •••V/ll I C AGO CANNAS. Our stock is true to Name. Extra Selected 2, 3, 4-eyed roots. Per 100 Per 100 Alphonse Bouvier $2.00 Florence Vaughan$2.60 Aust ia 1.60 Italia 2.60 Allemania 3.00 John White 2.00 Alba Rosea 2 00 Mme. Crozy 1.60 Burbank 1.60 Mrs. K. Gray, new 6.00 ■Black Prince 2.00 Paul Marquant. . , . 1.60 Black Beauty, new 8.00 Pres. McKii.ley . . 2.60 Coronet 1.60 Pres. Cleveland... 2.00 ComtedeBouchaud 2.50 Robusta, bronze leaf 2. D. of Marlborough 3.00 Sec'y Chabanne . 2 00 Egandale, red leaf 3.00 Finest Mixt. $10 M; 100 DAHi-IAS— Field-grown, all leading kinds best for cut fiowers, named, $3.00 per lOU; $26 per 1000. SHELLROAD GRFENHOUSES, <>rangre P. O.. Ba to., Aid. Dahlias Mrs. Winters THE WORLD'S BEST WHITE DAHLIA, $2 60 Per Doz^n. Novelties and Standard varieties. 19 years' experience and have failed of no prize competed for. See mv o;italoguc before placing your order. Also line (leld-irown Hollyhocks at $3.00 per 100. Pasoniasand Hardy Plants. Ch^ap mixtures are dear; get the best and urder quick. W. W. WILMORE. The Dahlia Specialist. Box 382, DENVER, COLO. Will nol last long at these prices. They are good plump roots, average 3 eyes: Allemania, Mile Herat, Defender, Gloire Lvonnaise. Paul Marquant $1.00 per 100 «9 00 per 1000. Mrs. R. A. McKeand, P. Vaughanand Mme. Crozy, 11.75 per 100. Beaute Poitevine, J. D. Eisele. P. IJillard and Souv. de A. Crozy, $3.00 per 100 Egandale, J3.50 per 100 W. W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind. CANNAS ?8iME"i:'" Cbas. Henderson. Chicago, Florence Vaughan, Queen Charlotte, Alphonse Bouvier, President McKinley, Papa t3.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000; my selection, 115.00 per 1000. GERA'lllMS. (Standard Varieties.) My selec- tion, $2.50 per 100: $22.50 per 1000 All 2H-in. pots. PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa. lOOOMlM Fifty varieties, whole field-grown roots, »4.0U per 100; »36.00 per 1,00J. Send for descriptive list. We can save you money. A.B.DAVIS&SON, Purcellville Va. SOMETHIN Q ENTIR ELY NEWc A Florists' Plate Book. 150 Plates and nearly 300 varieties tot »3 50 or three for $10.00. You oan'< do buslnass without It. VREDENBURG & CO., Rochester. N. Y. YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. ^5.00 per doz.; $30 per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT CRAIG & SON Market and 49th Streets, 9 PHILADELPHIA, PA. HAERENS BROS.,'"""^ »'"' EXTENSIVE GROWERS OF Belgium.. AZALEA INDICA, PALMS, RHODODENDRONS and other DECORATIVE and EASTER FORCING PLANTS. We are the originators and owners of the new and beautiful Azalea, Easter Lady, (or Haerensiana). A soft pink, and we make the special offer of $25.00 for 100 nice 12 to 14- inch plants, at our nursery. Send your orders for fall delivery promptly to our Agents for the United States and Canada. 31 Barclay St., NEW YORK. P. O. Box 752. August Rolker & Sons, O^tet.lofi;ue atls. Hardy Azaleas, H. P. Standard and Climbing Roses, in addition to quantities of fancy Nursery stock. We are pleased at all times to receive visitors at our Nurseries. We have 60 acres planted with the most interesting stock in the country. Ask for Spring catalogues. BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford N J. Vaughan's Seed Store, NOW READY. Rooted cuttings, S. A. Nutt and Double Grant Qeraniums. Swainsona, Alba and Rosea. Fine selection double assorted Petunias. All at tl. 25 per 100. Assorted Coleus, Trailing Blue Lobelia Agera- tum Princess Pauline. Dwarf Blue and Dwarf White, all at 65c per 100. Bride and Bridesmaid Roses, fine 2)i-inoh stock, $3.00 per 100. DbL Grant, S. A. Nutt and La Favorite Gera- niums, fine 3-in., $5 00 per 100. Cash with order. Trailing Blue Lobelia, 3-in. pots, 12.00 per 100. R. I. HART, Hackettstown, N. J. BtGONIfl GLOIRE DE LORRAINE BEGONIA. VERY. Two Inch, 3 Filled in Strict Roi J. A. PETERSON, Waalwood-MoHanry Ave. CINCINNATI. GLOiRt UE LORRAINE, 2^-iRch pots, $15.00 per 100. Write for prices on large lots. Stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease. THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. SPECIALTIES ROSES, from 3-inch pots, CARNATIONS, for all delivery CHRYSANTHEMUMS, SMILAX. VIOLETS. Prices Low. Send for List WOOD BROTHERS, Fishkill. N. Y. CARNATIONS """d-niN.,. lllie«o. The Best Red $l,iO per 100 Joott, The Best Pink 1.00 per lOO ARNO S. CHASE, Cumberland Canter., Me. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. In Best Varieties 480 The American Florist. April rS, Pittsburg. GOOD BUSINESS ALL ALONG THE LINE.— PLENTY OF STOCK EXCEPT VIOLETS.— VARIOUS NOTES OF EASTER WEEK. The heavy fall of rain on Easter Satur- day and Sunday did not prevent tran- sient trade coming up to our utmost expectations. The volume of sales in both flowers and plants was greater than at any previous Easter and the excellence of quality was marked. Violets were better than we expected, but the demand was far in excess of the supply. Lilies could not have been finer and I know of no establishment that had a surplus. Red roses moved nicely and roses in general were good. Carnations were of the fancy sorts which sold from $1.50 to $2.50 per dozen and the supply was just suflicient. It seems that nothing but general satisfaction prevails over the Easter business and one notable feature was the absence of the "shopper." The Pittsburg Cut Flower Company report that all bulbous stock moved out in excellent order, as did carnations, but roses failed to do the same. It looked dubious for lilies, but an order from Chicago gave relief on that score. A. h. Vaudrey, a French Canadian gardener, committed suicide on Tuesday morning because of failure to secure employment and that afternoon a letter came from C. Ponnet & Co., of Alex- andria, Va., offering him work. Charles T. Siebert, in Bast Liberty market, sold out his entire cut flower stock and all but a few of his blooming plants. It required sixteen market stands to accommodate his display. Wm. Falconer crowned his official career with the best flower display ever made in Schenley Park. On Sunday 20,000 people visited the show. The rose cut of the Pittsburg Rose and Carnation Company amounted to over 13,000 on Friday, not including 200 fancy Beauties. Randolph & McClements were short about 3,000 violets on which they had to substitute or return the money. L. I. Neff made a great display of bulb- ous and other blooming stock, and only a few azaleas are left. E. G. Asmus, of West Hoboken, sent some fine moss roses that met with ready sale. E. L. M. Baltimore. Easter business being over, proceeds are found to be very satisfactory and all seem to be well satisfied with last week[s work. Some very attractive and artistic displays were made by our up-town florists, especially Halliday Bros., Seide- witz. Feast, Jno. Cook and a few others. Decorative stock was on the move, so much so that a number of churches had to content themselves with lilies and azaleas, as palms were not to be had. Bridgeport, Conn.— Jas. Horan & Son had an annex at 1103 Main streetforthe accommodation of their Easter plant business. F*a.rLsles (Roemer's.) Wintered over in fine sliape; coming in bud; Hne sto.-ky plants; «2.S0 per 1000; 5000 for $11 00. Verbena, Gi.int, R. C. 10 kinds, f>0o per 100; 2-in 2c. Pe(unia, double 15 so ts K. C. »1 per 100; 2 in liia. Chry8anlh.-inums. R. C. 20 standards, SI per 100. Rex Begonia, Rooted Cuttings. $1 per lOJ. Coleus, 10 sorts R. C, 60c per 100; 2-in. 2o. Cash. CHAMBERSBURC, PA. 100,000 BUmrS FAMOUS PANSY PLANT8 Extra fine, stocky, September transplanted and wintered in cold frames. Our special Giant TrLmardeau, Rainbow. International. Peacock. Butterfly, and fifty named sorts all in grand assortment, in bud and bloom, «1.50 per 100; $10.00 per lOOO. Low special express rates and light packing. Seedlings, $4.00 per 1000. Beautiful roots, just started. Our own growth. Burbank, Florence Vaughan, Grand Rouge, Austria, Allemauia, Souv. Du. Pres. Carnot, Mile. Berat, Chas. Henderson, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Packing Tree. Low special express rates. H. W. BUCKBEE, Rockford, UK ROCKFORD SEED FARMS. FOREST CITY GREENHOUSES. VERBENAS \\re are the largest growers of Verbenas in the country, and those who buy of us are sure to get plants and rooted cuttings perfectly healthy and free from rust. &0 'V^ct.ri.^^i.^mm Rooted Cuttings, 60 cts. per 100; $5.00 per 1000; $45 per 10,000. Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. OOZ ASPARAGUS SPRrNGfRI 3, 3^ and 4-inch pots, at $4.00, tS.OO and 17.00 per 100 respectively. Ready to shift. Carnation Cuttings, as long as they last, cheap. Prices on application. JOHN BROD. NILES CENTER, ILL. ASPARAGUS C0M0REN1S. A variety far superior to Plumosus for all cut flower and decorative work. It is more graceful and much larger. Requires same treatment as Plumosus Can be cut in long, heavy strings or large fronds. We have fine stock. 3y:-in.$10 00perl 0; $4-ln., $12.00 per 100. FRED. OORNER • SONS CO.. LaFayittfl, M. Please mention the American Flonst when writtng. igoj. The American Florist. 481 CANNSS. EXTRA LARGE, DORMANT POT PLANTS. ROOTS OR The oullura of Cannas Is one of our leading specialties and we offer stock that cannot be procured from the average dealer. Our slock Is carefully handled and Is positively true to name. These facts should be considered when comparing prices, if you want first- class stock, give us your order at once and we will ship when you are ready for stock. Per JOO America $6 00 AUemmia 6.00 Alsace 3 00 Austria 3 00 Burbaofc 3.00 Chas Henderson 3.00 Onnabir 7.00 Egandale 4 00 JOOO $5600 25 00 25.00 25.00 25 00 Per JOO Duke of Marlborough $4 00 Fiamiogo 6 00 Florence Vaughan 3 50 L.E. Bally 3 00 Mme. Croiv 3 00 Ma-tha Wasttington 7(0 MUe. Herat 3.00 1000 $35 00 30.60 25.I0 25.00 Per 100 J0"0 Paul Marquant $3.00 $25.00 President Cievelind 3 50 30.t0 Premier 100 Queen Charlotte 4.0J 35.00 Secretary Chabanne 3.00 25.00 Shenandoah 5 00 250 at 1000 rata. Wagner Park Conservatories, - Sidney, Ohio. CARNATIONS. Rooted cuttings of all the leading varieties now ready. Also rooted runners of Lady Campbell, Swanley White and Princess of Wales Violets. Send me a list of what you want and get prices. Stock in fine condition. Address Chas. Chadwick, L. Box 11, Grand Rapids, Mich. FOR SALE... Princess of Wales Violet Plants, strong and healthy, $2.00 per 100. Thos. Underwood & Son, COVERT RUN PIKE. BELLEVUE. KY. GERANIUIV1S. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Jean Viaud (large lot) per 100, $1.60 Castellane, Acteon, La Pilot " 1.60 Perkins, Bonnot, Castris " 1.60 Poitevine, Jaulin ' 1-50 Buch er, La Favorite " 1.86 Heteranthe, Landry " 1.26 ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. 48 varieties of C'^leus, all named and plenty of Golden Bi'dde s, 70o per !■ 0: J6.0J per lOCO. Ageratums, P- Pauline, Stella Gurncy and others, tiOc per 100. $5.00 per 1 i. U varieties of Helio- Iroo't. ll-OO per 100; $».00 per 1000. Petunias Ubl.. II. iT per 100; 110.00 per 1000. Sa'vias. 6 varieties, $1.00 per 100: 18.00 per 1000. Alyisums. Dbl. and Single Giants, SI 00 per 100. Expres- prepiiid on R. C. Cash with orders. S. D. Brant. Clay Center, Kas. Vegetable Plants SSr Cabbage. .Tersey Wakefield and other varieties, 35c per 100. Tomato, Dwf. Champion, Crimson Cushion and all leadinK kinds, 50c per 100. Ail transplanted plants Try them Centaurea Gym- nocarpa, 3-in., 13.00 per lOii. Feverfew, Little Gem. R. C, JI.Oj per 100. 3i4-inch pots, $3.00 per 100. Cash. WM. CLARK, Batavia, III. Please mention the A merican Florist when writms JOSEPH HEACOCK, WYNCOTE, PA. cowiR ARECA LITESCENS, -<* - KENTIA BELM0REAN4, .— COCOS WEDDELUANA. TiieHorticultural Trade Journal THE LARGEST, BRiCnTEST AND BEST Horticultural Trade paper in the British Isles. It contains MORE ADVERTISEMENTS, MORE ILLUSTRATIONS and MORE NEWS than any of its contemporaries. Read by the whole of the British trade and all the best European houses svery week. Annual subscription, 75 cents. Speolmpn copy post free. Publisned weekly. IIwUmw ■! Tradt Jownal Co» P»dfeMi. Lasot.. Urn- FUase menlion the A merican Florist when wtiiing' I^E>I^IVS for Ferneries, fine 2V4-inch stock, $3.00 per 100. Boston Ferns, 2-y2-inch stock, $3 00 per 100. Boston Perns all sizes from 2V4-inch to 12-inch stock in splendid condition. Write for prices. Ktntlas, 4-inch, very fine plants at $25.00 per 100. A full line of other palms and ferns in fine shape. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis. BE SURE AND Read Our Adv. In last week's "Florist" about Young Roses, Boston Ferns and Carnations Thii wMk m* offtr lolfewlng •look. Ordar quick. 500 Cuphea, 2-inch. 6''0 Heliotrope, 2-inch. 200 Achyranthes. 2-inch. 260 Rose Ger., 3-inch. ;M i Pelargoniums, 4-inoh. 400 Marguerites, 2H-inch. (<00 Agoratum R. C. 3„00 Joost Carnation R. ('. GEO. A. KUHL, F»©l«:ln, 111. Geraniums. Per 100 10 varieties, fine plants, 2H in. pots, 12.50 and 13.00 10 varieties, fine plants 3-in. pots 4.00 COLECS, 16 varieties, 2-in. pots 2.00 DOUBLE PETUNIAS 2!4-inch pbts 3.00 VERBENiS 2-inch pots 2.00 ASP. SPRENGERI, 2-in. pots, $18.00 per 1000; 3.00 CASH PLEASE. JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, DELAWARE. OHIO. Boston Perns. Cool grown stock, 4-in., $15.00 per iro; 6-in.. strong, $.i0.00; 7-iu., 160.00; 8-in., $70.00. Good clean prolits in these. Geranums. choice assortment of best bedders, 3-in. $4.50 4-inch. $7.0u per 1(0. Vinca, variegated, very strong, $2.50 per 100. Petunias, double fringed, 4-in.. in bud, $6.00 Pansies, choic.e colors, from finest strains in, bloom, $3.00 per 100. 300 KaiSTlns, 5-in., in bud and bloom, $1.5.00. Strongly rooted cuttiLgs of Brides, Maioi. Gates $1.50. Perle $2.00. Ivory, $2..i0. W. H. CULLETT & SONS, Lincoln, III. CYCLAMENS OUR SPECIALTY... Once transplanted from flats No better strain growing, .^2.00 per 100; $17.50 per 1000. Goldtn Gate, rooted cuttings, $1.50 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Sprengeri Seed, 15c per 100; $1.50 per 1000. C. WINTERiCn, Defiance, 0. ASPARAGUS In. pots. Sprengeri 2 Xgeratum. 3 varieties 2 Anthericum variesatum 3 Alyssum, Giant VA Carnations, Wm. Scott, MoGowan, from soil, hardened-off in cold frames ger 1 00, 15.i 0, Coleus, Verschaffeltii, Golden Red- der 21/2 Cobsa Scandeni, 3 Clematis Paniculala, strong 4 Clematis Paniculata 3 Clem '\\%, large-flowering varieties. $3.00 3.00 .5.00 3.00 3.00 5. 00 10.00 5.00 2 ycj I old . Fuchsias, in variety 2H Feverfew Little Gem 2 Geraniums, best standard sorts — 3 Ivy English, hardy strong plants. .4 Ivy, Parlor 2 Periwinlile, variegated 4 Pe'unias. double white 2 Salvias. 3 varieties S^ Verbenas, named varieties 2}4 Heliotrope 2 Lantanas. Le Naine 2 Lobelias. 3 varieties 2^ Lemon Verbenas 2 .&u sou C. tIStlE, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 llh and Jefferson Streets. Plea JS, Ex. fine, plants, 5 to 6 fronds, 60c; 7 to 8 fronds 75o. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, O. Please mention ike A merican Florist when writing. The Most Beautiful Fern "Anna Foster See page 386 Am. Florist, April 4. 3-inch plants, good size, $20.00 per 100. Boston Ferns, 20,000 now ready at $25.00 pet 100. Cut from bench. There will be a great call for Bostons this spring. Kentia Palms, great value to the buyer at $50.00. 175.00, $100.00 per 100. Red RibbRd Rubbers, 2 ft.. $6.00 per dozen. Asp. Sprengeri. strong, 4-inch at $6 00 per 100. Dracaena Indivisa. $4 UO, $6.c 0, $9.00 per dozen. Long line of extra stock bedding plants in Gera- niums, Vincas, German Ivy, Heliotrope, Ageratum, Coleus. Daisy, Lemon Verbenas, Alternantheras, Etc. R. C. Colrus, Red, Yellow, Black, $7.50 per 1000. Mixed, $5.00 per 1000. L. H. FOSTER, 45 King St., Dorchester, Mass. Please ■mention the A merican Florist when writing. CABBAGE PLANTS. Ex E. Wakefleld and Early Wakefield, 15c per 100: $1.25 per 1000. Tomato Plants. D. Champion and Beauty, from seed bed. $1.50 per 10 0. Pot grown Lerlllard, 3-in. 50c per doz. , $3.00 per 100. Smllax, 3-inub. $1.00 per 100. Smilix, 3^-inch, cut back, $2.50 per 10 ). Cash with order. F. CRISWOLD, Worthlnglon, O. Please mention the American Florist when writing. »» Buckley's Special Offer. ROOTED CUTTINGS. ORDER NOW if you wish to obtain the following A No. 1 stock. Last crop now ready. GERANIUMS. The "Six Kings" for bedding. Alp. Riccartj, scarlet; S. A. Nutt, crimson; .Tean ■ Viaud, pink; Beaute Poitevine and E. G. Hill, salmon: Mme. Buchner, white; $1.50 per 100; $15.00 per lOOO. PETUNIAS. Ton distinct novelties, selected from Henderson & Dreer's latest sets. The best in the world, $1 .00 per 100 $9.00 per 1001. VERBENAS. Our 20tb Century Collection, 20 new mammoth varieties, 75c per 100; $5 00 per 1000. Per 100 FUCHSIAS. Six leading sorts $1.50 FEVERFEW, Little Gem I.OO SALVIAS, St. Louis, Bonfire 1.00 ACERATUMS, Stella Gurney 1.00 Princess Pauline 75 ALYSSUMS, Dbl. Giant 1.00 MARGUERITES, White and yellow 1.00 CASH WITH ORDER. The W. T Buckley Plant Co.. Springfield. III. GERANIUMS. Elegant stock from 3-in. Beaute Poite- vine, Montmort, Ville de Port, Pasteur, Le Soleil, Castellane, Landry, Jean Viaud, Doyle, LaFavorite, J. J. Harrison, at $5.00 a hundred. The above out of 2i-inch, at $2.00 a hundred. Rooted cuttings at $1.00 a hundred. Cash please. Harry Donnelly, ROSEBANK, statiom b. CiNCiNNATh 0. Chrysanthemums criTcs.. G. Kalb, Polly Rose, Ivorv, white and pink; Mrs. Robinson, J. .Tones, Glory of the Pacific, Mrs. Murdock, F. B. Hayes, Yellow Monarch; M. Henderson, R. Halliday, W. Molatsch. Bon- naffon, Appleton and many others, $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. T. Eaton, $1.50 per liO. Cash with order. C. F. NEIPP, Jamaica, P. O., Woodhaven Station, L. I.. N. Y. Mention the American Florist when wnting to advertisers on this page. igo3. The American Florist. 483 « Thripscide" (Registered.) Greenhouse Fumigating Powder. Is the newest and best article on the market to-day for the complete destruction of all insects that infest Greenhouses or Conservatories, being a special boon to Rose and Beauty growers, and Prepared particularly for the destruction of Green ly and Thrips. There is nothing injurious in it to plant life, even the most delicate fern. It is especially recommended for Beauties, Roses. Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Lilies, Smilax, Asparagus, Palms, Ferns, Etc., and we claim that insects will be entirely eradicated when the houses are thoroughly fumigated with the powder. It is put up as follows: lib. Tin Can % .35 51b. Tin Can l.CO 351b. Sealed Box 4.50 100 lb. Sealed Box 16.50 Send for copy of testimonials. For reference we refer to Messrs. Bassett & Washburn, Hins- dale, 111. Prepared by the Lily-Lily Chemical Co., and sold by E. H. HUNT, 76-78 Wabash Ave., CHIC AGO. TO KILL ALL Greenhouse Bugs USE a NICOTICIDE Clean and harmless as fumlgant or Spray. "To be obtained by Dealers only. Kindly advise manufacturers of any diffi- culty you may have in procuring it." The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1000 Magnolia Ave., Louitville, Ky. The Art ...of Floral Arrangement The only special newspaper in the world for floral arrangement. 200 ILLUSTRATIONS ANNUALLY. Specimen number free. Subscription, |2.40 yearly. BINDEKUNST-VERLAQ J. OLBERTZ. ERFURT. GERMANY. SHIPPING LIBELS »' •Cut Flowers ■•••I Printed In two oolora on gtimmed Mper; yotn caid. etc, In black and Ih2 adopted by the S. .A. F. in red. Yery attrsotrre. Price per 600, »2.85j per 1000, KSa Send for tsmplei..„. JHIW ar IMS ICAT. POSTPAID, SI.U. American Florist Co., Green Enameled Flower Wire is a welcome article of necessity for every Florist, as it permits of quicker and cleaner work in the arrangement of flowers. Green Enameled Rose Clamps. Size and form as per cut herewith, are still more impor- tant. By the use of the same, a large saving in roses is positively effected. These clamps are inserted through the Calyx leaves into the rose and are scarcely visible on account of their color. They prevent the roses from blooming too widely, as well as the falling of the petals. ALSO OF IMPORTANCE TO POT ROSE GROWERS. Request your supply house to get my goods. Please forward me your address and I will send you free, postage prepaid, trial samples of articles necessary in every florist's business. E. TAURAT, Dresden, A 10, Germany. \ Florist when writing. Some of Bayersdorfer's SURE SELLERS. Plant Baskets, Automobiles, Ferneries and Hampers with Tin Pans. All sizes, beautiful new patterns and colors. Heavy Sheet Foil, a novelty; for lining plant baskets. Rush Braid Pot Covers. Water Proof Paper; useful and cheap. Twig Baskets and Birds' Nests of Birch Brush. Porto Rican Mats, endless variety of patterns. Fiber Ribbon, Violet Cords and Tassels. New Catalogue enlarged and revised last month. Fully illustrated. Send for it. 50-56 North Fourth Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. H. BAYERSnORFER & CO., Please mention the A merican Florist when writing M. RICE & CO., importers and Manufacturers, Leading Florists' 918 Filbert Street, Supply House and r»i.-i^ j.,vi.^us« n» Ribbon Specialists. Philadelphia, Pa. TOBACCO POWDER THE BLACK STUFF FINE-For SprinHlin^ Only. WHEN you cannot funoiffate with our FumigratinfiT Powdery direct to the plants; it is strong and equally effective in doorw jilant peats. Your money back if it is unsatisfactory pay the express chanicf; on it. Write Bept. D, 3ur Black Stuff' Fine L>r extermination of all _ - , . Trial 5-^>ound packaee for nnthine if you will THE H. A. STOOTHOFF CO., 116, 117, 118 West Street, New York. LENOX FLOWER ATOMIZER FLORISTS SUPPLIED AT -^^'^ WHOLESALE /^^pft PRICES EVERY FLORIST SHODLD SEU IT. JUST SEND 35e AND GET ONE BY MAIL, I YOU WILL WANT MORE. A cake of Tobacco Soap and Booklet free with each. jHE LENOX MFC. CO., 1 10 Chambers Street. NEW YORK. $13.50 to ST. PAUL AND BACK. April 21 and 28 via Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Tickets good to return for 21 days. Leave Union Station, Chicago, 9 A. M., 6:30 P.M. or 10:30 P.M. TICKETS, 95 Adams Street. 484 The American Florist. April i8y Newport, R. I. TRADE LARGE AT EASTER AND ALL STOCK FINDS READY MARKET. — ELABORATE WEDDING DECORATION. — NOTES. Easter trade was larger than ever. Lilies were plentiful, but every florist sold all he had. Carnations and violets were short, while bulbous stock was plentiful. Gibson Brothers opened their summer store for Easter and the Vander- bilt wedding. They report a large busi- ness and cleaned out everything. They had the decorations on April 13 at the Breakers, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt's summer mansion. Table decorations were white roses, the general decora- tions long-stemmed American Beauties. The most elaborate of recent weddings w^as the Vanderbilt-Neilson nuptials on April 14. The floral decorations were among the most pretentious ever used, either at Newport or elsewhere. The order was in the hands of Wadley & Smythe, and Fred. M. Smythe assumed personal charge of the job. Great quan- tities of stock were used. F. L. Ziegler had an immense stock of Easter lilies. Crimson Ramblers, hydran- geas, large azaleas and genistas. The front of the store was decorated with two dozen Crimson Ramblers in full bloom, which made an attractive show. Hass had a fine stock of lilies and lilacs and a general line of cut flowers for Easter. A. Brandt had lots of lilies and bulb- ous stock and sold out for Easter. Fadden's reports a good trade in lilies and azaleas. Z. Washington. EASTER TRADE GENERALLY REPORTED SATISFACTORY. — GOOD STOCK EVERY- WHERE IN EVIDENCE. Easter Sunday dawned discouragingly for the florists, but later in the day the weather cleared and from all reports everyone did a fine trade. J. H. Small & Sons, as usual, made a grand display of Easter specialties. A. Gude & Brother, J. Louis Loose, J. R. Freeman, Otto Bauer, Z. D. Blackistone, George C. Shafler and George H. Cooke each made especially fine displays. Many flowers were used at the funeral of Rear Admiral Belknap, April 13. P. G. Taylor, Pa. — Anthony Schultheis, of Petersburg, has opened a branch store in the postoffice building. Bridgeport, Conn.-— John Reck & Son opened a branch store for the sale of Easter plants at 20 John street. Los Angeles, Cal. — The Golden State Plant and Floral Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of 25,000 shares of a par value of $1 each, directors, Carl F. Schader, T. A.John- son, T. H. Dudley, V. E. Hathaway and Nellie M. Schader. STANDARD FLOWER POTS! Packed in small orates, easy to handle Price per crate ""' 1500 2-in., in crate, $4.88 1500 VA. " 5-25 1500 iVi " 6.00 1000 3 " 5.00 500 4 320 5 144 6 4.50 4.51 3.16 Price per crate 120 7-in., in orate, $4.20 60 8 " 3.00 HAND HADS. • 48 9-in., in crate, $3.60 48 10 " 4.80 24 11 " 3.60 24 12 " 4.80 12 14 " 4,80 6 16 " 4.50 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of Cylinders forCut Flowers, Hanging Basttets, Lawn Vases, etc. Ten per cent off for cash with order. Address HILFINGER BROS. POHERY, Fort Edward. N. Y. Or August Rolkeb & Sons, New Yorl£ Agents, 31 Barclay Street, New Yorlc City. "GALVANIZED-- WIRE • FLOWER • STAKES. ....ANY LENGTH OR SIZE DESIRED. JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS CO. WRITE US. TELEPHONE MAIN G44. LOWEST PRIOES. Standard Flower Pots The WHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA. PA. JERSEY CITY. N. J. LONG ISLAND CITY. N. V. Travelling Repreaantative. U. CUTLER RYERSON, 108 Third Ave.. Newark, N. J. Kramer's Pot Hangers THE neatest, simplest, most convenient and only practical device for convert- ing ordinary flower pots into hanging baskets. They fit all standard made pots from 2 to 10 Inches in diameter. The illustration shows how they are attached. Just the thing for hanging up ferns, begonias, etc. You can make room and money by their use. Try them. For Sale by Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York. McKellar & Winterson. Chicago. C. C. Poilworth Co.. Milwaukee, Wis. Price with wire chain as shown in out, $1.00 per dozen by express. Sample dozen by mail, $1.25. I. N. KRAMER S SON, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. WRITE A. F. KOHR, '"SSfo'iQ'-Sf^LT.r" VOB FBIOBB OV Standard Pots whloh for itrength and poioiity oomblned aie the beat on the market. Please mention the American Florist when writing. RED P OTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POILWORTH CO., K!^"'*"''" GEO. KELLER & SON, HANUVACTUBEBB OP FLOWER POTS. Before buying write for prices. 381-363 Herndon Street, near Wrightwood Ave., CHICAGO. ILL. FLOWER POTS STANDARD POTS A SPECIALTY List and SAMPLES FREE. SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'O CO., P.O. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. tATALod^Jl Standard POX^ If your greenhouses are within 600 miles of the Capitol, write us, we can save you money W. H. ERNEST. 28th and M Streets, WASHINGTON, D. C. KELLER BR05. _^__2t3- 16-17-19-21.23 Pearl St., NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in color, equal to the best on the market; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec- tions. We give special attention to mai; orderi and make anecial sizes to order in quantitiei A. postal will bring prices and diasoiints THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT MTnT, HARRY BALSLEY, DETROIT, MICH.. Rep. 490 Howard St. Please mention the A merican PJorist when writine. Invalid Appliance Co., GOLUMBir PlInT TUBS Please mention ike A Florist when writing-. igos. The American Florist. 485 "EUREKA" Weed Killer DESTROYS ALL 'SI"! WEEDS, MOSS, BJTO., On Garden Paths, Catriage Drives, Parks, Cemeteries, Cinder Tennis Courts, Stable Yards and Railway Depots, with- out disturbioj; the gravel. EASILY APPLIED. SAVES MUCH LABOR. Large tins sufficient Tor lOfl sijuare yards of path 75oeaoh, prepaid $1.00; small tin, suflioient tor 50 yards of path 50c each, prepaid 75o. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. NEW YORK: 14 Barclay SI. Boston Florist Letter Go. FLORISTS' LETTERS. Thin Tvooden box nicely stained and Tar- nished* 18x30x1 ;3 made in t^v^o sections* one for each size letter, g^lven away with first order of 500 letters. Block Letters, W^ or 2-inch size, per 100. $2.00. Script Letterf $4. Fastener with each letter or word. Used by leadine florists everywhere and for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers. N. F, McCarthy, Trcas. and Manager, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS. £6 WE NOW OFFER Chemicals 55 for making LIQUID COMPOST. Dry powders all soluble id water. Composts cost less than He per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 620 Atlantic Ave., Boston. Foley's Floral Fotographs. Floral Album, size 12x11 containing' 24 different funeral designs. By express $7.00 c. o. d. 226-2261 BOWERY, NEW YORK. The Florists' Hail Asso'n Pays Losses Promptly. Reserve hind $10,000. For particular! address JOHN G. ESLER. Saddle River, N. I. HOLLER'S DEUTSCHE GARTNER ZEITUNG. The most widely circulated German gardening Journal, treating of all departments of horticulture and floriculture. Numerous eminent correspon- dents In all parts of the world. An advertising medium of the hi^ihest class. MoUer's Deutsche Gartner Zeitung is published weekly and richly illustrated. Subscription S3 00 per annum, including postage. Sample copies free. LIDWIG MOLLER=S:i\^Ay KOROPP'S Greehouse Hanger. (Patent Applied for) Can be attached to any rafter or frame work. No nails or screws, no injury to woodwork, no weakening of ratters Easy to attach and quickly removed. Will carry any size of pot, also baskets or shelves. Write for descriptive particulars. Price, $1.35 tor 25; $5.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. FOR SALErBY ALL SEEDSMEN OR ORDER DIRECT. LEOPOLD KOROPP, 252 W. Ravenswood Park, CHIGA60, ILL. Cut Flower Boxes. WATER PROOF. Corner Look Style. The best, strongest and neatest folding cut flower box ever made. Cheap, durable. To try them once is to use them always. Size Per 100 lOfO Size Per lOO 1000 No. 0. 3s4s30..$2.00$18.00 No. 5. 4x8x32.. $3.00$27.00 No. 1. 8s4V4xl61.75 16.00 No. 6. 4x8x38.. 3.75 35.00 No. 3. 3x6x18.. 2.00 18.00 No. 7. 6x16x20 5.50 53.U0 No. 3. 4x8x18.. 2.40 22.00 No. 8. 3x7x31.. 3.00 29.00 No. 4. 3x5x24.. 2.75 25 00 No. 9. 5x10x35 6.60 60.00 Sample free on application. No charge for printing on orders above 350 boxes. Terms cash. THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., BOX 1 02. COLUMBUS, OHIO. SIMON RODH, MANUFACTURER OF Florist Ribbons Salesroom: 40 West 28th St., MFW YODK Factory: Camden, N. J. ''■-" '""" RIBBONS ACCORDING TO SEASON. Wired Toothpicks 10,000, ll.BO; 50,000, 16.25. Manufactured by W. J. COWEE. BERLIN. N. Y. Sample Free. For sale by dealera.i SIGMUND GELLER Importer and Manufacturer of FLORISTS' SIPPLIES. A line of Porto Rican Mats, Water Proof Crepe Paper, New style Pot Covers, Fancy Baskets and various novelties for Easter, just arrived. 108 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. REED & KELLER, 122 Wost 25th St., NEW YORK. Importers and Manufacturers of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Galax Leaves and all Decorative Greens. HKADQUABTEB8 FOB HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES Of Every Descrlptloii. When yoD can't get what you want anywhere else, send here, we will send it to you. "irit'sused In Hortloulture, we have It." DUNNE d.CO.jMW.30tliM.,Hlw Ytife. Telephone Oall, 1700 Madison Square. SHEEP MANURE Dried, Pulverized and Unpul- verized, in carload or ton lots, WRITE FOR PRICES TO MONTANA FERTILIZER CO. Box No. 153. ELGIN, ILL. f^au irention the American Florist when wrtttng, USED SUCCESSFULLY 22 YEARS. Kills Currant Worms, Potato Bugs, Cabbage Worms, Sow Bugs, Slugs on Roses, Aphis, Curculio on Plums, Caterpillars, Bugs on Melons, Lice on Fowls and Calves, Tobacco and Tomato Worms. CRAPE DUST. Kills Mildew and Bust. COPPER SOLUTION. 1 Gallon makes 100— for Blight of various sorts. CATTLE COMFORT. Keeps cows and mules comfortable in fly time. Sold by the Seedsmen. For Trade Lists address HAMMOND'S PAINT AND SLUG SHOT WORKS, riSHKILL-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounted, Hann&otiired by Tlie Coniey Foil Co. 631 to 641 West SSth St., jgB'w iroBe^» A. HERRMANN, J^ Cape Flowers, all colors, j)^ Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs, J- and All Florists' Supplies. Send tor Prices. 404.412 East 34th St. NEW YORK. I™ Regan Printing Hotise g. CATALOGUES 87-9f Pl^nouth Place, j»jtj»CHICAGO»t^ TOBACCO STEMS ''"^r'e^h''"* Bales 200, .TOO or 600 lbs., 75c per 100 lbs. Delivered at vour R. R. Station. U. Cutler Ryerson.lOS 3rd Ave., Newark, N. i. 486 The American Florist. April i8, Albany, N. Y. EASTER BUSINESS GOOD. — VIOLETS THE PRINCIPAL SHORTAGE.^NOTES OF DOINGS OF THE DEALERS. Reports of Easter trade are encoura- ging. All tbe dealers did an increased amount of business. There was an extraordinary demand for violets, which the majority of the dealers were whoUy unable to supply. Next to , violets, the call was for carnations and Harrisii; The demand for roses was very small. In potted plants the salable items were lUies, azaleas, hydrangeas and Crimson Ramblers, but the demand for azaleas fell ofif considerably from years past. F. A. Danker had every day sales ahead of last year. Whittle Brothers had the largest Easter business in twenty-two years; 10,000 violets received Sunday morning were cleaned out in short order. H. G. Eyres reported the sale of 54,000 violets in two days. W. C. King & Com- pany had the decorations in nine churches and were short 30,000 in orders for violets. Eyres had the decorations for the Ten Eyck-Dederick wedding on April 15. The homeof the bride was decorated through- out with Scotch heather and southern smilax. On Tuesday evening the bride's parents gave a dinner .at the Hotel Ten Eyck. The main feature was a table ' centerpiece, three by six feet, oval in shape, made up of Lawson carnations and asparagus Samuel Goldring has given up his store at 11 South Pearl street. R. D. Providence, R. I. PLENTY OF STOCK AND GOOD BUSINESS. — ALL KINDS OF STORES HANDLE LILIES. Easter was preceded by a series of rainy days," but when at last the great day arrived it was perfection. • Roses were alDundant and brought $5 to $15 whole- sale. Carnations were not in crop and brought $2 to $5, with an average of $3. Violets were 75 cents and $1 per hundred and the quality was something unmen- tionable. Tulips and daffodils experienced the usual glut, from $1 to $3 being the growers' price. Plants sold well, with lilies a leader. They were sold in the stores at 20 cents and 25 cents per blossom, but at ruinous prices by depart- ment stores and butcher shops. Business was satisfactory and much ahead of last year. M. M. rose: i-ioi RED SPIDER AND MILDEW PKEVENTED BT Sulpho -Tobacco Soap. IT HAS NO EQUAL. Exterminates all Bugs and Insects. Cheap, Effective, Non- Injurious. Full particulars and sample cake free, if uiention this paper. LarkinSo«p(^, buffalo, n. y. K I L. L. D . Sprape Smith Co. PLATE AND WINDOW PUSS Greenhouse Glass a Specialty Steam Traps ^coal This is the Return Steam Trap used by the Up-to-date Greenhouse men to return the con- densed water from the heating coils in their greenhouses. Have been in use for this purpose over tiiirty years. Insures an Even Temperature. Send for Red Catalogue. Albany Steam Trap Co. ALBANY, N. Y., U. S. A. MYERS & CO. Greenhouse Boilers. Eslabllshod 1849. GREENHOUSE ARGHITEGTSl BUILDERS HEATING ENGINEERS. 116 South i7th street, Philadelphia, Pa. Sand lor Calaioguo and Latest Pricas. Clear Gulf Cypress i greenhouse! MATERIAL. I Hot-Bed and Ventilator Sash. | S. JACOBS & SONS, ^^m\ 1365 to 1373 Flushing Avenue, BROOKLYN, N. Y. t Send 4c in Stamps for Catalog, X lEWTWINTECmN BOILERS. QI'A®® AT ^WBCOZ.E;Si%.r.E;. t WW^WWWWWWWWWW^WWW W WWVVVWWWW W W W W W W^ w-"»-»- -w-r-w HORTI CULTURAL [NGRAVING& PRINTING IT IS *^® "particular" kind of work we ^^^^^ like, the kind that everybody cannot do. llilliriiiiiHiilPAvl" Please mention the A Florist when writing. Patent No. 1.— Brass, nickel, 4 feet long, 6 clasps to each rod. Price complete (with green or wnite tum- blers) $2 35. Price complete (with gieeu or white cornucopia vases) $3.50. No. 2. — Heavy 4 ft. rod, brassed and nickeled, with three olaips for 5 to 6-inob pots, each $1.75. KIFT'S PATENT Rubber Capped FLOWER TUBES, IK-lnch diameter, per 100, tS.GO, JOSEPH KIFT & - - 1 SON, 1726 'cVeitnui Sti, Phlli., Pa. THE "Moder' Glazing Point ZINC, DURABLE, PRACTICAL. Designed for Florists' use to supersede the "Van Eyper" and all tacks that rust out quickly. By the inventor of the "Modal" ExtenslOB Ciraallon Support. Patented Nov. 25th, 1902. Price per lb., 1040 points, 40c. One lb. by mail 45o. Address The'.Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co., 208 Jarsay Si, HARRISON. N. J. SREEN- HOUSE SIZES A SPEC- IALTY. GLASS ...PAINT, PUTTY, ETC. Casper Limbach, Pittsburg, Pa. 80 Wathington Ave., Stat Wjiril. 1929 Carton SI.,S.S -« LocklandLumCo...487 Lonsdale Edwin 476 Loomis Floral Co.... 478 Lord & Burnham Co. I V Lucas J&Co Ill MaderPaul 479 Maun GS 476 May John N I May LL&C0....473 II McCarthy N F Regan Print House. 48^ Reinberg Geo. . . .467 475 Reinberg Peter.. 467 478 Rice Bros 467 Rice M & Co 483 Riedel Henry A Co 468 Rodh Simon 485 Robinson H M & Co 472 Roeblings John A Sons Co 484 Roemer Fred II Roland Thos 479 Rolker A & Sons 479 II Rverson U i 'utler 485 SaiidiTson Geo&Snn3l8J Schillo Adam IV Sharp Partridge&Co 488 Shellroad Gr'houses 479 Sheridan W F 469 Siebrecht & Son I Sim Wm 480 Situations & Wants. 46) Skidelsky S S 481 Smith Nath&Son .... 482 Smith W * TCo.... I Snyder A VD 477 SoltauC II Sprague Smith Co.. 486 StLouisCarnationCo478 Stearna Lumber Co.. 488 Storra & HarriaonCo 482 Stoothoff The H A Co483 StyerJJ II Superior Machine & Boiler Works IV Sutherland G A 468 Swahn Pot Mfg Co.. 484 Taurat E 483 Thompaon J D Car- nation Co I Thorburn J M & Co II Tobacco Warehouse & Trading Co 483 Traendly & Schenok469 Underwood Thos it Soil 481 VanKleot W A' Sons 47J Vauffhan'sSeed Store470 471473 476477479 4851 II Vick's Sons Jas II Vredenburg & Co. . 479 Warnaar & Co 470 WagnerParkCons.. .481 Watson GeoC II Waverly Greenh's. . .480 Weber H & Sons.... 477 Weeber & Don II Weiland Its parts. The flower heads, which are globular in form,'are produced onscapes SIX to eight inches long; the flowers arc 'i deep violet blue and very densely set } in its capitate head and both efl'ective and attractive at this earh' season of the year. Its first flowers opened with- out any protection about March 20. I nder straw protection they came a little later. It is said by some to be a very short-lived plant, but it is so easily raised from seed, which germi- nates very quickly in early spring, that this point should not be considered. On account of its great beauty it should be grown by all true lovers of hardy flowers. I see no reason why it should not make a very good pot plant, though it appears not to like greenhouse treatment. Its chief points of culture are a half-shad3' spot in good, rich, moist soil. Primula cortusoides Sieboldi is a plant which has been brought before you for two or three successive years at the spring horticultural shows. This I consider one of the best and most useful varieties of the primula family. It succeeds equally well both in the green- house and outside. Its requirements are few and simple. For inside, take up the plants in the fall, store them in soil in a cool spot till January or February, then divide to single eyes, potting in a good rich compost to which well decayed cow manure, peat and sand is to be liberally added. I'se 2-inch or 2Vi-inch pots. 492 The American Florist. April 2j, according to the size of the plant, moving up into 3-inch or making up into pans if wanted for decoration. These plants will stand more heat than most members ofthisfamil}'; the only perceptible effect has been in the lengthening of the foliage and flower stems. I prefer a tem- perature ranging from 40° to 50°. SUCCESSION OF PRIMULA SIEBOLDI. If a continuous succession of these is required, all that is needed is to bring them in gradually from December to March. Bv the time these are past the ones planted outside will be beginning to flower and will keep up a continuous show during the months of April and May, making it possible to have a con- tinuous display inside and outside for nearly four months, and there is beauty and variety in color, running through various shades oi white, lilac and rose to deep crimson, with both plain and fringed edges, the individual flowers being nearly two inches across. Planted out in the open the small rhizomes creep along the surface of the soil and are apt to be burned or otherwise destroyed if a little care is not exercised with them, so as soon as their growth is completed take a sieve and cover them all nicely over with a half inch or so of good fresh soil. This I find is of great benefit to them, as it protects them from the burning rays of the sun and other enemies. Quite a list of named varieties are offered. Division is the quickest method of propagation. Thej' can be grown from seed, but it germinates very slowly. Seed freshly gathered and sown immediately will not germinate until the following spring. Primula acaulis coerulea is another scarce and very choice plant. G. F. Wil- son worked many years very patiently and industriously to fix this type and the result is we have in Wilson's Blue a very good lorm of Primula acaulis coerulea, quite a large percentage of which will come true Irom seed. SHORTIA GALACIFOLIA. Shortia galacifolia, a truly beautiful plant with a unique history, was first discovered by Michaux, a French botan- ist, in 1788, but was not described by him; this work remained to be performed by the indefatigable Asa Gray. In 1839, beingin Paris turning over the herbarium specimens of Michaux, Gray discovered the leaves and a single fruit of this sing- ular plant with only this brief description in French: "The high mountains of Caro- lina." Dr. Gray's curiosity was so completely aroused that on his return to America he went to North Carolina and diligently but unsuccessfully searched for it. In 1877, however, wandering on the banks of the Catawba river, a boy picked up a strange flower and carried it home to his father. His father, being an herbalist, through correspondence soon learned the true name of the plant. Still this was not the true home of Shortia galaci- folia. Another discouraging and unfruit- ful expedition was made in search of it. In 1886 Prof. Sargent visited the moun- tains of North Carolina looking for Mag- nolia cordata, and picked up among other things a strange, galax-looking leaf, not knowing what it was; but two weeks later he returned to locate his plant and Shortia galacifolia was again discovered, but onlyinalimited quantity. In the following spring, however, a Mr. Harbinson started out in search of it and found it growing in great masses. One writer says, in fact, there were acres of it; truly this must have been a magnifi- cent sight. It is said that it was taken away in wagon loads, and still it appeared to grow in almost unlimited quantities. Thus in 1887 or 1888 it was put into commerce. In Europe it was and still is a very much desired plant and we still find it listed as a novelty. At Riverton this plant made a glorious showing for nearly two weeks during the month of March. A few flowers still remain. It is planted on the rockery in a spot where large stones give it the necessary shade and protection it seems to require. The flowers are pure white and beautifully scalloped on the edges; the foliage is evergreen, turning to a beautiful bronze in the fall. It is propa- gated generally by division and makes a good pot plant. THE ARABIS. Nearly everybody is acquainted with the old white rock cress, Arabis alpinaor A. albida. Arabis alpina flore plena, the new double flowering variety, though flowering a trifle later, is quite a welcome A True Type of the Boston Fern. Grown by Geo. Sawyer, Pundee, 111. and useful addition. It produces a large quantity of double white flowers on very stifi' stems, which permit it to be very successfully used as an outdoor cut flower at a season of the year, during April or early May, when white flowers desirable for cutting are not over-plenti- ful. Anemones have been too long before the public for me to give anything but just a passing comment. I would like to call attention, however, to that beauti- ful companion of the winter aconite, snowdrop and crocus, namely. Anemone Pulsatilla. It is truly a good thing, being a free, early flowering, easily accommodated plant, throwing up its lovely purple, silky, golden - centered blooms before the leaves appear. It flourishes in nature on *pen, hilly pas- tures in sunny positions and is said to flourish best in chalky soils. A WONDERFUL FAMILY. This is another truly wonderful family. A colIectL-^n can easily be made which will cover the whole season from March to December. What is more beautiful than the pure white snowdrop wind- flower. Anemone sylvestris, and its newly introduced congener, A sylvestris fl. pi.? This is a double, white-flowering form, blooming a little later than the former named and, with our native white form of A. Pennsylvanica, continuing until the Japanese types take up the wondrous show. What is more beautiful in the autumn months than a nice vase of A. Japonica alba or the larger form. Lady Ardilaun, or the beautiful , delicate pink form of Queen Charlotte? A newer arrival is Rosea Superba, a very beautiful single form nearly the color of Queen Charlotte, but a little earlier to bloom. Mont Rose, another new form, is a very large, distinct form, with large, almost perfectly double flow- ers of a lively shade of pink, though of a different type and color from Queen Charlotte and it is not so free-flowering. Some ten or twelve other varieties have been tried at Riverton and found want- ing. Perhaps in other soils, with different climatic conditions, other equally good ones may be found. The most beautiful white anemone today is A. Japonica Geant Blanche, sent out by that wonder worker in novelties among plants. V. Lemoine. It is simply a pure white, gigantic form of A. Japonica with extra strong foliage and stems, and flowers three to three and one-half inches across, a free and vigorous grower. LYCHNIS VISCARIA. A very cheerful sight in the early spring months in a bed or border is a large batch of the German catchfly, Lychnis Viscaria. This is a very useful plant for cutting, but the most popularly known plant of this family is the double scarlet form, which ought to find a place in every garden, however small. A handsome, pure, white-flowered form of this valuable class of plants is its last addition, and a truly splendid thing it is. It is a neat- growing plant through the summer and a very desirable and useful plant for cut flowers in early spring, when good white flowers are none too plentiful. Erodium Manescavi, though not a new plant by any means, is one which is almost constantly in bloom throughout the whole season. It will grow and flourish in the poorest of soils, where hundreds of other things would simply perish, and still throw up its most cheer- ful flowers in the most contented manner, if such a phrase is permissible in horti- cultural parlance. It is a member of the stork's bill family, and the strongest and most showy member of this family, having deeply cut, oblong, pinnate foli- age and umbels of large, rosy-purple flowers. It is very easily raisecl from seed. It does not appear to like being disturbed after it is once established, on account of its long roots. This is a grand plant for the rockery and ought to be more largely grown. THE MONARDAS. A very interesting family of really old- fashioned hardy plants is the monarda. Monarda didyma has held its place in almost every collection of note for nearly 250 years, truly a most remarkable record. But as growing side by side with its compeer, M. didyma splendens, last summer on a bank gradually sloping down to the edge of a lily pond, where both made a remarkable showing, poor old M. didyma was com- pletely outdone by the brilliancy of its rival, M. didyma splendens, which is a more robust grower and flowers much more, with blooms intensely bright in color. Growing in this group in beds some four or five feet wide and twenty- five to thirty feet long were M. fistulosa, M. didyma purpurea, M. didyma rosea and the two above mentioned, but all sank into comparative insignificance beside the new comer. These plants are readily increased by division. rgo3. The American Florist. 493 FIELD OF LILIES GROWING AT C. A. V. FRITH'S, BERMUDA, 1903. SPIR.«AS. Spirteas are too well known to need much comment, but a great amount of attention is being devoted to this class of plants in Europe and many and varied are the new forms which are yearly appearing as novelties in European lists. Some of these find their way here and several very interesting ones have found a place in some of our catalogues. Of these the garden varieties have been enriched by Spirjeaaruncus var. Kneiffi, a very handsome thing, with its tall, dense, feathery plumes of creamy white flowers. It is a veritable gem for any garden that has a cool, moist, rich soil in a somewhat shady spot. Spirjea Chinensis and S. Lemoinei are two very fine, distinct types, having creamy white flowers with crimson anthers, which give them a very pretty and unique appearance. Spirtea Kams- chatica is a very stately plant, with white, sweet-scented flowers, growing eight to ten feet high. It was brought from Behring's Island in 1889, and is also called Spirsea gigantea. S. Rivularis is another very beautiful plant, with creamy-white flowers borne in long, branching plumes, growing about four feet high. But the brightest one I know of is Spiraa venusta of the catalogues, but S. lobata of the botanists, and called Queen of the Prairie, which is a very fitting title. It is the brightest and best in our collection. CLEMATIS RECTA. Clematis recta is also a very useful hardy plant and looks well either massed or singly. A single plant, well established is a grand sight. It grows three or four feet high and bears numerous, pure-white flowers, very sweetly scented. As a cut flower for decorative purposes it is excellent. The stems are beautifully clothed with nice green foliage andean be cut almost any length. For church and other similar decorations it is unsur- passed and usually flowers wheni material suitable for this purpose is scarce. It has been in cultivation for nearl3' 300 years, yet I am sure its beauty is not fully realized. A very pretty double-flowered form of this exists, but it is quite rare on account of its slow method of propaga- tion. Stokesia cyanca is a plant that has rapidly come to the front the last two or three years, and deservedly so. Although an American plant introduced or dis- covered in 1766, it does not appear to havt been generally cultivated. In this plant the most wonderfiil developments have been made as regards the size ot the flower. "Nicholson's Dictionary of Gar- dening" describes it as being one inch across, few or solitary. English cata- logues say two to three inches and nmst be lifted in the fall and placed in the greenhouse to see it bloom. Horsford describes it as a"plantof the asterfamily with blue flowers an inch or so wide," and A. Perry says: "A sweetly pretty autumn - flowering perennial of great merit, habit erect, two feet, large, laven- der-blue flowers with a reddish center, fully tw^o inches across." AN EARLY-FLOWERING STOKESIA. A great deal of surprise and rejoicing has been made the last two or three years over what is described as an earlj-- flowering form which some want to name prascox, in order to indicate that it is an early flowering variety. I have noticed, I believe, what purports to be this very same thing in 14,000 or 15,000 plants grown at Riverton last summer. A few jjlants flowered very early and set seed and the tops died down, while the majority of the plants came into bloom later and so continued until late frosts completely cut them down. Other plants, again, though full of buds and in good, robust condition, did not flower at all. These plants were all grown on high, sandy ground and were the admiration of all who saw them from July to hard frost in November. A warm, sandy soil is recommended as being best adapted to their culture, but two years ago I raised 3,000 or 4,000 plants from seed, which were pricked off into trays as soon as large enough to handle, one inch apart, and from these trays they were planted out into the open ground in a very moist, damp spot. By the latter part of Julv they commenced to flower and so con- tinued until hard frost in November ciil 494 The American Florist. April 25, them off. Never did we have stokesia flower so freely, but I admit it would have been ruinous to have left them on this ground for the winter. The same vear good strong plants from 3-inch pots were planted in light but well enriched sandy soil, and they were pale and poor in comparison to the seedlings planted on the damp spot. Its native home appears to be in wet pine bogs. The flowers are a beautiful light lavender- blue and three to four inches across, sometimes showing a faint tinge of red. If proper precautions are taken to insure it from standing under water during the winter months, it is one of the most satis- factory perennials grown. It is propa- gated by both seed and division. THE HARDY ASTERS. Michaelmas daisies, or hardy asters, are also coming very rapidly tothefront, notwithstanding the fact that wherever we may go in the fall months the land- scape is dotted with them. In July we may see Aster spectabiHs, A. concolor and A. linarifolius and several others. In August and September comes a host too numerous to mention, but many of them have decorative merit and improve under cultivation. Aster Tradescanti was first introduced in Europe in 1633 by John Tradescant, doubtless from Virginia. Some European catalogues boast a list of over 200 varieties; overfifty aregrown at Riverton and most of them have true merit. In this class of plants it is possible to have the garden gay from May to even December. The alpine varieties are always pretty and attractive during the months of May and June, with their large blue, white and purplish-red flow- ers, fully two inches across; the speciosa and superba type are even larger. Shortly after these comes the beautiful Aster peregrinus, a lovely thing and one worthy the best attention, but it does not seem happy on our soil at Riverton. Its large,purplish, rose-colored flowers are fully two inches across and are very freely produced during the hot days of early July. After flowering with us it invari- ably dies, and no amount of coaxing has yet appeared to bring it through; never- theless I shall try it again. SOME OF THE LEADERS. Aster Amellus Bessarabicus. the Bassar- abian aster, is one of the finest and best dwarf asters grown. It commences to flower with us in June and if not allowed to produce seed it keeps right on flower- ing until frost cuts it off. But perhaps the most showy part of the season is in September and October, when they lighten up the whole landscape with their myriads and myriads of flowers of vari- ous hues and colors. Who can see a mass of the beautiful A. cordifolius elegans withoutbeingimpressedby thesymmetry and beauty of a spray containing hun- dreds ofits dainty little minature flowers; or the chaste form of A. turbinellus; the bright, glistening crimson of Mrs. F. W. Raynor; the amethystine blue of A. amethystinus, or the deep crimson and purple of well-cultivated form of A. Nova;- Anglia:; or the deep blue ot A. Amellus elegans; the soft lilac of A. laevis, withits tall slender growth; the lavender blue or lilacof A.Shortii; and the curious growth of the sturdy, upright A. grandiflorus, carrying well into December the flower- ing period of some of the most beautiful of our native plants? These are generally grown from divi- sions, but raising them from seed is quite fascinating, as you never know what you are going to have; all may be expected equally as good, with the possi- bility of some improvements. The North American type, raised from seed, flowers much later in the fall and does very well for massing in beds. A. ptarmicoides, a white form with single, achillea-like flow- ers, if raised from seed will give an abun- dance of good, useful cut flowers from September to December. Asters have for years past been very much in use in England as pot plants, and such varieties as A. longifolius, Mme. Soyneuse, Mr. Peters, St. Bridgid and A. hybridus nanus would readily adapt themselves to this purpose. TRITOMA PFITZERI. Tritoma Pfitzeri is perhaps getting old now, but it is still being offered as a novelty and so it deserves to be. It was first introduced in Germany by the man whose name it bears, I believe in 1894. Later on the whole stock was bought and brought here and found to be nearly identical with one purchased from a florist underthe name of "Everblooming," and this name having priority and being a little more catchy, was retained by its purchaser, but under the name Pfitzeri, by which it has scored its greatest popu- larity, it was and is still sent out in Europe and by Henry A. Dreer. It is needless to say its popularity is unbounded and there is no wonder at it when we consider the many uses to which it may be put and the ease with which it is grown and its ready adapta- bility to most soils and conditions. John Lewis Childs says: DIFFICULT TO OVER- PRAISE. "It is the grandest bedding plant ever introduced, surpassing the finest cannas for attractiveness and brilliancy, equal to the gladiolus as a cut flower and blooms incessantly from June until Decem- ber, regardless of frost. Plants perfectly hardy in open ground all winter south of Philadelphia; further north they must be protected or wintered in a cellar like the ordinary tritoma. Just bury the roots in sand; nothing more is required. Should be planted out very early in spring, and will commence growth and bloom at once, growing larger and finer every day. Plants show from six to twenty grand flower stalks all the time, each holding at a height of three or four feet a great cluster of flame-colored flowers of inde- scribable beauty and brilliancy. Each cluster keeps perfect several weeks, and when it fades two or three more are ready to take its place. Fall frosts do not kill it or stop its blooming, and it is as brilliant as ever long after all other garden flowers have been killed. For cutting it is unsurpassed, and the beauti- ful long spikes keep several weeks in water. Without a single exception, it is the most desirable garden flower. It has created a sensation in the New York cut flower market." Of course this is a catalogue description and must be taken with a grain of salt, but still it seems almost diJBcult to over- estimate the beauty and utility of this grand plant. OTHER EXCELLENT TRITOMAS. Tritomas generally are coming to the front. In 1899 about thirty-seven vari- eties were offered by one Holland firm, and these have quite a wide range ot color, through various shades of yellow and red, even to white. Here again is another family now so large and so varied as to give us flowers from June until late fall. T. Tuckerii is the earliest to flower with us, being rather a curiously pretty plant when in bloom. The color of the iiower is yellow, tinged with red. It is not a constant bloomer, but in foliage it is quite decorative. Otto Mann comes closely after this, with bold, striking foliage and large, stout flowering scapes bearing a huge mass of handsome scarlet and yellow flowers. And right in line with these comes the everblooming section, as they are now becoming to be known. Carolina, with its small, grassy foliage and persistent bright coral-red flowers, is quite as free a bloomer as T. Pfitzeri. R. C. Affourtit is another claimant to these honors, and in my estimation it is a much improved Pfitzeri. But perhaps the most remarkable one of all is Tritoma Triumph. As its name implies, it is a most stately and remark- able-looking plant. It is a very vigorous grower, making leaves over three feet in length and throwing up a branching flower scape four or five feet high, with a head of rich orange or golden yellow flowers twelve to fifteen inches long. It also throws out two smaller heads on the scape, a characteristic which I have not seen in any other variety. Numerous other varieties have been tried and all of them are very different from the real, old-fashioned variety, T. uvaria. It is necessary to store all, or almost all, in cold storage during the winter months; we generally lay ours in a cellar with a sandy bottom. POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM. Polygonum multiflorum, introduced a year ago in this country under the name of P. Baldschuanicum, is a rapid growing climber, and is a native of China and Japan. It has proved entirely hardy on Long Island and is really a more desir- able plant for America than P. Bald- schuanicum. It grows from twenty to twenty-five feet in a single season, from very small plants, and in September is almost completely covered with creamy- white flowers, which are produced in wondrous profusion from the axles of the leaves. It proves to be a very attrac- tive and desirable addition to our list of climbers. It is a very deep rooting plant and bears very large, oblong tubers on its roots. CIMICIFUGAS OR ACT^AS. I must not close my paper without saying a few words about the cimicifugas or actasas. C. Japonica, or what is per- haps better known as Actasa Japonica, introduced from China in 1879, but which has been lately revived in Europe and a year or two ago found its way into the American trade, is one of the best hardy flowering plants in cultiva- tion, flowering in late October orNovem- ber. Its feathery white racemes stand up conspicuously two or three feet high, with beautiful foliage, and as a cut flower, although but short-lived, it is simply invaluable, and as a garden orna- ment it stands in its season unexcelled and lasts a long time in flower. This plant should not be frequently disturbed and if removed it should be done when in a dormant condition. In the early spring is perhaps the best time, for if moved when in leaf the foliage is apt to die completely and that is the end of that plant for the season, and that is especially true during a dry period. But the rather tough, fleshy roots remain in almost perfect condition in the ground, ready under favorable circumstances to commence growth again the following spring. Altogether this is a very remarkable and showy family. Our native baneberry, rgos. The American Florist. 495 EASTER VIEW IN THE STORE OF J. H. DUNLOP, TORONTO, ONTARIO. Actaea spicata, commences to flower in early spring; A. spicata rubra follows a little later than this, then Cimicifuga racemosa, a truly majestic plant, flowers in July. The Japanese variety, Pithyros- perma acerinum comes in August. Ameri- cana corditolia carries us into September. Then comes C. Dahurica, with its dense masses of short, w^hite flowers on black stems, which carries us into October, when C. Japonica takes up the display and completes the show for the year. These are but a few examples of the many new and interesting things which are constantly claiming our attention and wooing us on into those mystic depths of flowerland which no man or pen can describe, and if these few crude remarks from a novice, not an expert, as your secretary was pleased to style me, have created any desire in any of you for the beautiful in nature, my efforts will not have been in vain. Richfield, N. Y.— On the night of April 11 a thief broke intoC. B. Conrad's gfreenhouse and picked all the blooms prepared for Easter. The way the work was done showed familiarity with the trade. Lapeer, Mich. — W. H. Watson has taken his son, Arthur Watson, into busi- ness with him. The firm name will be W. H. Watson, Son & Company. Carna- tions are their speciality and it is the intention to increase the_ business materially. EASTER TRADE. The following are a number of Easter trade reports received too late for publi- cation last week: Calgary, N. W. T.— John Emery says Easter saw good business, but the call was all for cut flowers. Kennett Square, Pa.— H. J. Hicks & Son, of the Prospect Greenhouses, say it was a very good Easter. Their product is carnations. Racine, Wis. — A. J. Fidler reports plenty of stock in all lines but says he cleaned out well. Sales ten per cent ahead of last year. San Rafael, Cal. — B. Brennfleck says there was an abundance of Easter flowers but sales decreased somewhat as com- pared with last year. Trenton, N. J.— C. Ribsam & Son say there was plenty of Easter stock, prices were good and sales increased twenty- five percent. Cutflowerswere in demand; the least salable plants were hydrangeas. Ramblers, roses and spiraeas. Waterbury, Conn. — Alex. Dallas says Easter business nearly doubled, plants selling much better than cut flowers, including bulbous stock in pans. Hydran- geas were the slowest item. Carnations scarce; roses in good crop and lilies plentiful. Pansies took the place of violets to some extent. Cote des Neiges, Que —P. McKenna & Son report ten per cent increase in Easter sales. Enough cut flowers, and plants in excess of the demand. Bird-in-Hand, Pa. — Elmer J. Weaver had a very good Easter crop, better than a year ago. He ships all his cut to com- mission houses in Philadelphia and Pitts- burg. Anaconda, Mont.— R. M. Creig says business was about as usual, with enough stock in all lines. Lilies led the plant sales. Carnations and roses best selling cut flowers. Los Angeles, Cal.— T. H. Wright, manager for the Ocean Park Floral Company, says that the Easter trade was much better than he had expected. This is their first year in business. Plattsmouth, Neb. — L. A. Moore says Easter business increased ten per cent, with very little call for plants; cut flowers about equal to the demand; poor ones slow sale, but good stock in demand. Winnipeg, Man.— H. E. Philpott says he had a good Easter stock and a fifty per cent increase in business, without being able to meet all demands. Every plant that was in flower was taken up. Trinidad, Col. — Geo. Paget notes that the demand seems for a better grade in both plants and cut flowers. He had enough of the former but a shortage in the latter. Bulbous stock moved slowly. 496 The American Florist. April 2S, Portland, Ore. — Martin & Forbes say there were enough plants, also cut flowers except carnations. The greatest demand was for lilies in pots. Sales increased forty per cent as compared with a year ago. Pine Bluff, Ark.— Mrs. C. A. Starr says lilies were in greater demand than ever and almost a complete iailure, but Easter sales increased fifty per cent. AH blooming plants were salable and car- nations in great demand. Belleville, Ont. — The Bay of Quinte Rosary says Harrisii were late but budded rather more heavily than usual. Prices and sales increased somewhat. Roses and violets were nicely equal to the demand. Sacramento, Cal.— At the Bell Con- servatory Easter was about as last y€ar except that the call tor plants decreased somewhat. There were enough cut flowers, the principal call being for carnations. Lansing, Mich.— Miss Ida L. Chitten- den says her Easter business decreased fifty per cent. She has had a very poor season with violets, but teels that she knows the cause and will another year profit by it. Seattle, Wash. — Malmo & Company report that Easter business was not up to last year, cut flowers being somewhat short and enough plants except lilies. Astilbes did not sell well. There is strong competition here. Newport, Ky. — Thomas Windram found that Easter trade was fifteen per cent better than last year, with a shortage in all lines. The least salable items were bulbous stock, except lilies. Carnations very scarce. Baker City, Ore.— Ira B. Sturges says that although inthepast year he doubled his glass and added steam heat, he did not supply more than half the demand for cut flowers. He had enough plants. Carnations were most in demand. Pomona, Cal.— O. Roessner says prices ' this spring are about fifteen per cent better than last, and his Easter sales increased ten per cent. His business is mostly with potted plants and he was short. Carnations make big sales. Allegheny, Pa.— G. & J. W. Ludwig "did twenty per cent more business than last Easter, but had enough flowering plants, and cut flowers beyond the demand. There was good call for azaleas, also for violets, carnations and roses. San Diego, Cal.— The Floral Park Nursery says Easter business is increas- • ihg at the rate of fifteen to twenty-five per cent a year. There are enough plants at all times, but holidays always see a shortage of carnations, violets and choice roses. New Orleans, La.— M. Cook & Son . say there has been a falling off in plant sales ior church decorations and plenty of outdoor flowers account for a decrease in that department. There was enough, and even more than enough, of every item of stock. Lafayette, Ind.— Fred. Dorner & Sons C9^> flid a very fine Easter trade, with an adequate supply of plants and just about the right quantity of cut flowers. lAU good flowering plants lound ready , Sale, with Ramblers, azaleas and tulips liO; pans in the lead. Hyacinths and lily , , isr. Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Gliicago, lil. Regular meetings held 2d and 4th Wednesday of each month at Jung's Hall, 106 E. Randolph St., Chicago. Gardeners and Florists in other cities desiring to form a Union will receive full information from the Secretary. Send all communications to H. J. SPRINGER, Secretary, 6142 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. RDCEMUnilQCC Run on Co-Operative Plan. UnLLIinUUOLO An inviting opportunity for a successful grower of Roses and Carnations with $5000.00, more or Jess, to buy an interest in one of Chicago's large, modern greenhouse establish- ments. Salary given and then profits divided according to amount invested. The chance of a life time for an energetic llorist to become a part- ner in a bis; concern. Investment safe and profitable. Address CO-OPERATION, care American Florist. FOR SALE. 8,000 feet of glass, located in a fine growing city; best of shipping facilities; good market for wholesale and retail trade. Address WHOLESALE, care American Florist. At Woodslde, L. 1., within three miles Thirty- fourth Street Ferry. My entire Greenhouse Plant consisting of about seventeen thousand feet of glass, all Al. heated with seven Hilchiugs boilers. Your personal inspection will convince you that this is a snap. 4LEX S. BIJR^S. Woodside. N. Y. Manager Wanted. A profitable and pleasant position on Pacific toast can be secured by qualified party. Must be competent to manage otlice work, compile catalogues, handle finances, and be financially responsible for several thousand dollars. Must be bright, keen, have a clear head and not afraid to use it. Particulars in detail as to qualifications on all points here named, or nn attention. Address Commercial care Am. Florist. For Sale. A vegetable gardening business Including residence, consistingof lO.OOOfeet glass of which 7,000 feet is suitable for rose houses. The business is an old established one and in i s best running condition, has the best and most reliable trade in its city. Owing to its location between Omaha and South Omaha (population 150.000) one and one-half miles from either postoffice it shows a good demand for its production. It is equipped with steam heat, with two boilers, a stable, a storage building, three horses, one spring wagon and a coal wagon; it is well equipped in every respect. Address A. BORTENLANGER. 2125 Bancroft street, OMAHA, NEB. J ^ ^^^js. s irfi Retail Florist Establishment For Sale 4000 Sq. Ft. oi Glass— Store and Dwelling— 3 Lots. STOCKED WITH BEDDING PLANTS. ETC. 0pp. Cemetery. ^'ir G. A. HEYNE, Dubuque, la. 502 The American Florist. April 25, PRICE LIST. American Beauties, extra select. a4to30in..., IStolSin... Per Doz. $3.00 to $4.00 2.00 to 2.50 . .75 to 1.00 Pet 100 3.00 to $ 8.00 3.00 to 8.00 5.00 to 12.00 .50 to .75 2.00 to ■ 4.00 2.(0 to 4.00 3.00 to 5.00 1 00 to 1.60 2.00 Caldwell's Kwality Kounts Brand wild Smilax now on hand. Brides, Bridesmaids and Ivory ! Meteor, Golden Gates Liberty Violets, Double.. $1.00 to $1.50 Violets Single. White Violets $1.50 Carnations.. . . Lily of the Valley Tulips, assorted Adiantum " Princeps Asparagus, Plumosus Strings Each 50c " " Sprays a.uu to .j.uu "^v-. " Sprengeri . 3.00to 4.00 Smilax... perdoz., $2.00 Common Ferns $2.50 per 1000 .25 GalaxGreen 1.00 •' '■ .15 Bronze Galax 1.00 " " .15 Leucothoe Sprays 1.00 Orchids, Cattleyas per doz. $6.00 Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. J. B. DEAMUD, 51 and 53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. The r. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, Meteors, Carnations, Cut Adiantum, Qalax, Common Ferns and Florists' Supplies. Telephone Connections. d%^'Brv^&X^AJt9T)^ OHIO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., "Wholesale Cut Flowers— I 457 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. iJ.M.McCULLOUGH'SSONSE \ WHOLESALE \ j FLORISTS I J ALSO STICCES80R8 TO F \ THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. \ \ CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. 7 ^ Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders. ^ \ 316 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO. \ H.G.BERNINC Wholesale florist 1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. WM. MURPHY, Wliolesale Flnrist and Co''"'''s»ion Dealer in Gut Flowers I Florists' Supplies, WIRE WORK. 'Phone Main 980. Wireor write 120 E. Tliird St., CINCINNATI, O. WIETOR BROS. ".■ril- Cut Flowers All telegraph and telephone orders given prompt attention. 5J Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Poehimann Bros. Co. Wholesale Growers of s'eJi.r.in Cut Flower5 All telegraph and telephone orders „_ given prompt attention. 3^37 OBEENHoneBs: Randolph Strati Morton Grove, la CHICAQO. ILL, Please mention the Ametican Florist when writing, Pittsburg Gut Flower Go. Ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. ^m^ Pittsburg, Pa. C.A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, USS PINE STREET. fc ST. LOUIS, MO. iVA complete line of Wire Deslsna. PLACE YOUR NAME. and your Bpeoialties before the purchasing florists of the entire country by advertising In ^^ BBNo ADVT. No^. THE AMERICAN FLORIST. E. H. Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. MATH. EVERT, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of Cut Flowers 58-60 Wabash Aye., CHICAGO. 'Phone Central 3067. Greenhouses, 255 Devon Av. Bassett&Washburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Wholesale Dealers and A..£ dAaB..._M Growers of ||U1 f IQWeiS GREENHOUSES: HINSDALE, ILL. Please mention the American ^'orisi when writing, Wbol^ale flower/\arl^ MiiwAnKBE, April S3 Roses, Beauty, long, perdoz. 4.00@ 5.00 med. " 2.00© 3.00 " short " 1.00@1 50 Liberty 10.00@12.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00@ 8.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 6.00@ 8.00 Perle 6.00® 8.00 Carnations 2 00@ 4.00 Violets l.OO Harris!! 12.50 Tulips 2.00® 4.00 Hyacinths, Dutch 4.00® 5.00 Callas 12.00@15.00 Adiantum 75® 1.00 Smilax 18.00 Asparagus 65.00 P1TT8BUB8, April 23. Roses, Beauty, specials, per doz. 3.50® 5.00 " " extras " 2.50® 3.00 No. 1 " .75® 1.50 " " No. 2 per 100 2.00® 6.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00@10.00 ■' Meteor 4.00® 6 00 " Brunner 4.00@10.00 Carnations 1.50® 5.00 Mignonette 1.00® 2.00 Lily of the valley. ...3. 00® 4.00.. Violets SO® 1.50 Lilac, per bunch 50® l.OO Smilax 15. 00® 20.00 Adiantum.... 1.00® 2.00 Asparagus, strings 3O.0O®50.00 " Sprengeri 2.00® 4.00 CmcnniATi, April 23. Roses, Beauty 15.00®4O.0O " Bride. Bridesmaid 4.00® 8.00 " Liberty 4.00® 8.00 Meteor, Golden Gate 4.00® 8.00 Carnations 3.u0@ 5.00 Tulips, Daffodils 3.00® 4.00 LUy of the valley 3.00® 4.00 Harrisii lilies, per doz, 1.5C@ 2.00 Callas per doze 1.00® 1.25 Asparagus 50.00 Smilax 15.00®20.00 Adiantum 1.00® 2.00 St. Louib, April 23. Rosea, Beauty, long stem 15.00(3 25.00 '• Beauty, medium stem 8 .00®12 .50 " Beauty, short stem 1.00® 6.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 3 00® 6.00 " Golden Gate, Meteor 3 .00® 6 .00 " Perle 8.00® 6.00 Carnations 1,50® 3.0O Harrisii 8.OP@10.00 Sweet Peas 60© .75 LUy of the valley 3.00® 4.f0 Smilax 20.00 Asparagus Sprengeri IOC® 1.50 Plumosus 35.0C@EaOO igo3. The American Florist. 503 Plenty Stock. "Green G^ods" are the only short item. We have large supplies in this line and will take care of you on Aspara- gus and Smilax. Let us hear from you on Roses and Carnations, all grades, any quantity. "Right goods at Right Prices." jf-^^^ji^j.^^ E. C. AMI ING, THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. r^2-rs/i-rt6 Pnndninh St.. - mir/ino. II 1 . AMERICAN BEAUTY Per Doz. 24-inch stem 3.00 r2-inch stem .75 Short stem, per 100, $4.00 to 5.00 Per luo Hridesand Maids $3 00@$ 6 00 Meteors and Gates 3.00® 6.00 '• large and fancies, 3.00(g> 4.00 Mignonette, per doz, .50@ .60 Callas, perdoz.. 11.35® 81.S0 Harrisii, per doz.$1.35® $1.50 Violets 1.25(3) 1.50 Valley 3.00® 4.00 Tulips 3.00® 5.00 Asparagus, per string,50c Asparagus Sprengeri . 2.00® 5.00 Ferns per 1000, $2.50 .25 Galax per 1000, 1.00 .15 Leuoothoi 1.00 Adiantum 1.00® 1.50 Smilax..., per doz., $2.00 Subject to change without notice. Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1977 Central. LILY OF THE VALLEY c BEUNS' CELEBRATED BRAND for forcing, ! I $12.50 per 1000; $30.00 per case of 2500; $1.50 per 100. FINEST CUT VALLEY IN QUANTITY. H. N, PETER REINBERG, Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 800,000 FEET OF GLASS. Headquarters for American Beauties. SI WABASH AVE., • CHICAGO, ILL. FRANK GARLAND, "■;r:,.. Cut Flowers *PEOIAL ATTENTION TT*Tr"r.r"l%TfB GIVEN TO HARDY CUT ■■^ M3t^X.X:%''^» S5-57 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284. CXXIO.A.OOr JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of Gut Flowers «oo«' 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, Telefhoks Centrai, 3598. All telegraph aM telephone orders given prompt attention. ICE BROTHERS WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. U/llll CmllaV Receivers and Shippers oJ mill OlIllldA. CHOICE CUT FLOWERS. Special attention given to shipping orders. Send for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St„ Minneapolis, Minn. mention the American Flo. . rist when you order stock. <^ Always BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. F. F. BENTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and p | ODI^X^ Consignments Solicited. Commission M L^\^M%!l>i7 M ^i7 laBDDLONG Boses and Carnations A Specialty. 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 6R0WER of CUT FLOWERS Wbol^ale power/arKgfe CHiOAeo, April 24. Roses, Beauty, 30 to 36-inch sterna 15 " 12 " " Short stems $5(a " Liberty " Chatenay " Bride, Bridesmaid " Meteor, Golden Gate Violets Carnations Callas, per dozen 125^ 1 6] Tulips, Valley Sweet peas Bar Asparagus, per string, .50 Adiantum Common ferns, per 10^0, 2 50 Smilax. per dozen. 2 00 3.U0 Z.SO 2.10 1.50 l.OO i6 per 100 ; a0@25.00 !.OC@15.00 i 00® 6.00 .00@ 6 00 1.25 .50® 4.00 1.00® 5.00 .00® 1.50 10.00 A. L. Randall, WHOLESALE riORIST. 4 Washington Street, CHICAQO Send for weekly price list and special quotations on 1000 lota. Cut Flowers The J. M.GASSER COMPANY, Wholesale Growers. Euclid Avenue, CLEVELAND, O. ...GEO. M. KELLOGG... Ur,e.tGrower^.^.. Q^,^ FlOWCrS Give ua an order and we will please you. Our Greenhouiet at PLEASANT HILL, MO. Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO |9*I.0I7e DISTAHCK 'PHONB AT BITHBR PL* OB, GEO. REINBERG, ""/r.^ Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention, 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Please mention the American Florist: every time you write to an advertiser. 50i The American Florist. April 25, BEAUTIES! Samuel S-Pennock LIBERTIES! — PHILADELPHIA. Best Boston Flowers .A. 34 HAWLEY STREET, BOSTON. An entire floor Devoted to Stock and Manufacturing. 'Write now for quotations on Chrysanthemunis and all seasonable stock. SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR= Flowers of White Carnation I 11 I |A\ POMD Also MRS. TWOS. W. L4WS0^. St,^|gr^Lt^";"T^° ■-■LLirtl^ I VTI^LT WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. Superiority. WE claim it for the flowers we dis- tribute. It is guaranteed by the high sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It is proven by the large number of florists throughout New England and elsewhere depending on us for their regular supply. Largest dealers east of New York in Baskets Sheaves, Letters, Vases, Ribbons and all Florists' Requisites. OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6:00 O'CLOCK EVERY MORNING N. F. MCCARTHY & CO., Telephoot; 734 asd 64 Main. 85 Hawley Street, BOSTON. H. C. ElEDEL. P. D. Spioeb, RIEDEL & CO. WHOLESALE Commission Florists, 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Strictly Wholotale. Correspondanee Invited. Wbol^ale power/arKgfe Boston, April 23. Roses, B jauty, Edgely, extra .... 13.00@20.CO medium... 8.00@12.00 calls 300® 5.00 Bride. Bridesmaids, Gate.. 3.00® 5.0O " extra 6.00@IO.00 Liberty, Meteor 5.00@10.00 Carnations. l.CO© 2.00 Special 30:@4.00 Lily of the valley 20C@ 400 Trumpet narcissi 5060 l.tO Tulips 50(g' 1.00 Longiflorum lilies SOO&IO.CC Callas 6 00® 8 OO Smilax 15.O0@20,0O Philaselfhia, April 22. Roses, Tea 8.00@12 00 " " extra 18.00 " Beauty, extra 30.00@50.00 " " firsts 10.00@20.00 " Queen of Edgely, extra. . , .30.00@50.00 firsts. ...10.00@20. 00 Carnations 3.00® 5.0O Lily of the valley 3.00® 5.00 Asparagus 25.00@50.00 Smilax 12.60®1B.OO Bottalo, April 23. Roses, Beauty 5.00@31.00 Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 2.00@10.00 Carnations 2.O0@ 5.00 Violets 26® .60 Harrisii 10.00@12.50 Tulips 2.00® 4.00 Daffodils 1.00® 3. CO Paper Whites. Romans 2. CO® 3.00 Lily of the valley 3.00@ 5.00 Milton W. Woodroffe, WHOLESALf FLORIST, 1344 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. 6ive Us a Trial. We Can Please You Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock, llfU C If ACTIlin Wholesale Com- fffnli li IVIIwlinUi mission Florist, 181 Washington St., Buffalo. N. Y. Dealer In Florist. It will be to youi advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER. 80 West 29t}i St., New York. Telephone 651 Madison Square. Frank Millang from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. 55-57 W. 26th St. NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consignments or Shipping Orders. Satisfaction given in both. Tel. 9.56 Madison Sq. 11 5 W. SOth St., N«w York. Also 48 W. 30th St. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 66 and B7 W. 26th St. New York. Cut Flower Exchange. V^" ' uri%« OPEN 6:00 A. M. itn Unequalled Outlet lor Coniigned Floweri. Cat Flower Exchange, Phone 299 Madijon Square. Choice Carnations. Seleoteil Roses. Traendly&Schenck NEV YORK QTY, 38 W. 28tli Street, Cut Flower Exchange. Mew Telephone No. 798 4-inch... $4.00 " 3-incli... 6.00 Hermosa, 2i^-inch. 3.50 Woottons, 2H-in... 4.00 Soupert, 8!4-inch... 3.60 " 3-inch 6.00 Extra fine stock from 2-3-eyed cuttings. All this stock has been repotted from 2-inch. Special prices on large lots. ^'''= J. C. MURRAY, Peoria, iil. Please mention the American Florist when u/riting. igo3. The American Florist. 507 Price $2,00 Postpaid, IHE AMERICAN FLORIST COM- pany's Trade Directory for 1 903, fully ^^M revised to date, with thousands of new ^^^ * names and changes of address, is now ready for distribution. It contains 416 pages, including complete lists of the Florists, Seeds- men and Nurserymen of the United States and Canada, arranged both by states and towns and all names alphabetically. Also lists of Private Gardeners, Firms which issue catalogues. Horti- cultural Supply Concerns, Parks, Cemeteries, Landscape Architects, Experiment Station Hor- ticulturists, Botanical Gardens, and much other conveniently indexed and invaluable trade infor- mation. Published by the American Florist Co. 324 Dearborn St., Chicago, III., U. S. A. I Contains 416 Pages. J 508 The American Florist. April 2§y The (n[ursery TR?5t)E. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Chas. a. Ilsbnprttz, Pres. ; D. S. Lake, Vice- Pres.; George C. Seaqer, Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mich., June 10-12, 1903. Visited Chicago:— C. Grootendorst, of F. J. Grootendorst & Sons, nurserymen, Boskoop, Holland. O. C. SiMONDS, of Chicago, has made plans for the landscape work to be done at the West Michigan State Fairgrounds at Grand Rapids. Samuel Parsons, Jr., of New York, has been engaged to prepare plans for a park of 1,400 acres which George W. Marston has donated to the city of San Diego, Cal. Duty on Evergreen Seedlings. Ed. Am. Florist: — In regard to the matter of duty on evergreen seedlings, the general appraiser, Mr. De Vries, has undoubtedly reached ajust and correct decision on the protest of August Rolker & Sons, as set forth in your issue of April 4. As chairman of the nurserymen's committee, 1 drafted the paragraph in the tariff act referred to. Evergreen seedlings were inteiided to be included among the articles calling for an ad valorum duty of twenty-five per cent, but after the bill had been intro- duced, a number of western evergreen growers requested us to have evergreen seedlings put on the specific duty list. This was agreed to by the committee, and the change was made by the con- gressional committee having the bill in charge. Had the words "and evergreen seedlings" been put in advance ot the "three-year-old or less" qualification immediately preceding it, as it should have been, there would have been no mis- understanding or chance of a possible difference of opinion. The error in the wording was due entirely to the congres- sional committee and not to the nur- serymen's committee having the bill in charge. The tariff act immediately preceding this bill was so badly drawn that neither the government nor the nurserymen knew where they were at; for that reason great care was taken in the wording of the paragraph. Irving Rouse. New Bedford, Mass. Easter trade was very good with almost everybody. There was a very large stock of fine lilies in pots, azaleas, lilacs. Rambler roses and pans of bulbous stock. It nearly all sold at good prices. There seemed to be a rivalry between E. Chamberlain, Wm. Pierce and H. A. Jahn to see who could fill his store the fuUest. They weije literally packed to the ceiling. The stock of cut flowers was about equal to the demand, with the exception of violets. Double the quantity of those could have been sold. The Florists' Club had a meeting on April 5 at the office of Wm. Brown and had a lively discussion on growing and selling lilies. The club is evidently going to be a success, for the members take much interest in it. At the meeting of the New Bedford Horticultural Society last week it was voted to hold a floral show in September. R. H. Woodhouse, who hired a large vacant store and had room for plenty of customers, sold out quick and clean. A. B. H. Two=Year=01d Dormant, Field=Qrown Roses. This stock is first-class and of the right kinds; well branched, good fibrous roots. Our cold storage cellar, 28x150 feet, built especially for this class of. stork, contains 25,000 of these Hybrid Perpetual Roses. Personal Inspection Invited. $11.00 PER 100; $100.00 PER 1,000. Ball of Snow Mad'. G. Luizet Mad. Plantier Coquette Des Alpes Magna Charta Perle des Blanches Capt. Christy Mad. Chas. Wood Ulrich Brunner John Hopper Mrs. John lyaing Persian and Harrison Yellow S20.00 per 100 $18.00 PER 100. Paul Neyron Glory Lyonaise Margaret Dickson La France Baroness Rothschild Crimson Rambler 2 year strong flS.OOperlOO Climbing C. Soupert " " 20.00 Dorothy Perkins " " 20.00 " Cumberland Belle " " 12.00 Moss Roses " " 10.00 " Clematis Large Flowering, such as Jackmanni, Henryii and manj' others 2 year old $3.50 per doz. $25.00 per 100 3yearold 4.00 " 30.00 Ampelopsis Veitchii, 3 year strong. 3x4 ft 16 . 00 " Actinidia, Silver Sweet Vine, 3 year old 20.00 " Wistaria, Purple 4x6 ft S.OOperdoz. Wistaria, White " 5.00 Paeonies Asst., White, Pink and Red, best double sorts, strong clumps, 3 to 5 eyes 10.00 per 100 Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora, 3 ft 12.00 Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora, 18 in 8 . 00 " Vaughan's Seed Store, \i Barclay St., New York. 86 Raodolpb St. Chicago GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. ^ ^^^A^A 3 i C ^^ JlC3K3lC3K^jK^JtC'il Order Direct From Headquarters. A No. 1 DAGGER and FANCY FERN, $1.S0 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. A No, 1 BRONZE and GREEN GALAX, $1.00 per 1000 in 6000 lots. LAUREL FESTOONING, good and full, 5c and 6c per yd. SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX. selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS, $1.00 per bbl. LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, $1.00 per 100. We guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail , telephone or telegraph will receive our personal and prompt attention. ^Ve can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY IVI. ROBINSOIM &. CO. 132.34-36 Court Sq., Boston, Mass. L. D. Telephone 2618 Main. GALAX Bronze or Green. $1.00 per 1000. 750 per 1000 In 5000 lots. Leuoo- thoe Sprays, bronze or green, $1.00 per 100; Fancy Ferns, $2.00 per lOOO; Green Sheet Moss, fresh stock, $2.50 per bbl. sack; Sphagnum Moss, $1.75 per bale; Small Green Galax for violets, $100 per 1000. All kinds of florists' supplies. ■ ■ |/pCCUnVFR 110-112 W. 27th St., New York. Tel. 597 Madison Square. Galax^Leucothoes. Selected, Bright and Brilliant. Wholesale Trade Solicited J. L. BANNER & CO.. Montezuma. N. C. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Whsro Quality Is First Consideration.) Writo, Wire or Phone the Introducers, Caldwell Tha Woodsman Co., Evergraen, Ala. or their agents: L. J. Kreshover, New York: J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayersdorfer & Co.. Philadelphia; W. P. Kasting. Buffalo; J. M. McCuUough'B Sons. Cincinn.iti, Ohio; H. G. Berning, St. Louis. Mo. Dagger Ferns $1.00 per 1000. Fancy Ferns, $1.2.5 per 1000. All first-class stock. Galax, Green or Bronze,' 75c per 1000. Laurel Festooning from the finest stock, fre»h every day, 4c, 5c and 6c per yard. Mosses. Pine, Etc. In fact everything in the hardy supplies. Millington, Mass. Tel. office. New Salem. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michigan Cut Flower Exchange. FANCY FERNS, tl.50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. Give ub a trial for Perns the year around. r GALAX, Green and Bronze, $1.00 per 1000. 26 maml Ave., DETROIT, HIGH. igoj. The American Florist. 509 Fine Grafted t tANCES Bearing Sizes. 12-inch, b 15-18 inch jshy, from 4-inch pots.. . bushy, from 4-inch pots Per 100 820 00 30.00 Kin KanS 10-12 in., bushy, from 4-in pots 20.00 I amnno 12-15 in., bushv. from ■i-in. pots.. 20.00 LClllUllo 18-24 in., bushy, from 4-in. pots 30.0U Oranges, Lemons, Limes, ^^r^r^ plants, well-branched. 3-4 ft. $2 to ^each. Clematis Apiifolia th^ rffirs: Paniculuta, but blooms earlier and lasts longer; strong plants from 3-inch pots.... 8.00 20.00 5 character leaves. 3-in. pots.. 18.00 Kentia Belmoreana Laves, s-in pots Plioenix Reciinata and Farinifera (Not less tha L class at 100 rate.) division, best sorts, $15'(0 per 1000 (Not less than 400 of a class at 1000 rate.) Latanias, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. ^VRITE FOR CATALOGUE P. J. BERGKMANS G0.< FRUITLAND NURSERIES, Ettablished 1856. AUGUSTA. GA. Roses Wanted, 20,000 2-year. low budded, on Manetti or dog rose roots, bushes 34 inches and up, strong, vigorous stock in 30 leading varieties. Delivery Nov., 1903. Address if you can offer such stock, stating varieties you have. MANNt the Seedsman, Portland, Ore, The Royal Tottenham Nurseries, Ltd, DEDEMSV>«ART, Dear ZWOELE. NETHERLANDS. Headquarters for Hardy Perennials, Peonies, Iris Germanica and Ka'mpferi. Anemones, Phlox Decnssata, choice Alpine plants. Hardy Ericas. Tritoma, Hardy Ferns. Delphiniums. Novelties in this line a specialty. Conifers (special young stock). Hydrangeas, Rhododendrons and Azaleas'. We grow"also some 8 acres of Daffodils. Special quotations towrd April. Ask for Catalogue. P. Loef Az & Co., Wholesale Nurserymen BOSKOOP. HOLLAND. Ask for special quotations on hardy and orna- mental nursery stock. P. J. VAN HEININGGN. Reprtienlative, care of Maltus .V Ware. 136 Water St., New York. When in Europe come and see us and inspect our extensive Nurseries. Gouda is our railroad depot. HARDY. FANCY ORNAMENTAL NURSERY STOCK. J. Biaauw & Co., BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Catalogue free on demand. Headquarters for the famous ColoradoBiue Spruces, purest, bluest strain Association "Flora" Nursery Co. BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Roses. Clematis^Peeonias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Lilacs for forcing. Box Trees, Fancy Evergreens .and other shrubs on hand at the packing place in the season. Catalogue on application. Address p. CUWERKERK. I 123 Summit Ave., JERSEY CITY, N. J. For Spring Planting. CLEMATIS, strong 2 and 3-vear dormant, 25c and 3Sc each ; 13.00 and 84.00 per dozen. CLEMATIS PAHICULATA, 3-year, $1.00 per dozen. PEONIES, in strong roots, distinct kinds and colors for florists, $1.50 dozen; $10.00 per 100. r. A. BALLER, Bloomington, III. EVERGREENS As grown at Qlenwood the Best in the United States. The Glenwood Nurseries offer the finest trees both EVER- GREEN and DECIDUOUS. FLOWERING SHRUBS and VINES of all sizes in general assortment. New TRADE LIST Ready. Special quotations to large buyers. The Wm. H. MOON CO. Morrisville, Pa, 60 Miles from New York. 30 miles from Philadelphia, MINNESOTA GROWN Hardy Ornamental Stock. We offer a fine assortment of Syringas, Spiraeas, Deuizias, Hydrangeas, etc., at a very low price. See last week's "i'lorist" for Varieties and Prices. This is all fine for Landscape Work. L. L. M AY & COM'""'K-?i:r'" St. Paul, Minn. NATIONAL FLORISTS Board of Trade, OHices: 56 Pine St., NEW YORK. CREDIT REFERENCE BOOK. A subscription to our Credit List will cost you «10 a year, and it may save you $Iou the first month. SPECIAL REPORTS. We make a specialty of this part of our work, and spare neither trouble nor money to ^'et for our clients the very latest and most reliable info'mation as to the standing of any person concerning whom inquiries are made. COLLECTIONS. We collect slow and doubtful accounts. Why not eo through yourbooksatonce. and send us all the claims that are in arrearsr Call and see us when you are in the city. THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD Is the short line to the East and the service equal to the best. You will save time and money by traveling over this line. It has three through daily express trains, with through vestibuled sleeping-cars and Ameri- can Club Meals, ranging in price from 35c to $1.00. are served in Nickel Plate dining-cars; also a la carte service. Try a trip over the Nickel Plate Road and you" will find the ser- vice equal to any between Chicago and the East. Chicago depot: Harrison St. and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Offices 1 1 1 Adams St. and Audi- torium Annex, John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 1 1 3 Adams St.. Room 29S, Chicago. 'Phone Central 2057. 1 510 The American Florist. April 2^, Our pasTiMES. Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and ^'Torting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston. Mass.; Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. At Chicag:o. Following is the record of the bowling at Anson's alleys on Tuesday evening, April 21: Player ■ 1st 2d 3d T'l J. Poerster 203 167 199 569 G. StoUery 182 183 159 524 J. Lambros 166 168 185 519 G. Asmus 144 173 133 449 F. StoUery 117 166 163 446 P. J. Hauswirth 131 162 152 445 C.Pruner 125 158 16) 441 G. Scott 162 134 133 429 E. F. Wlnterson 129 137 149 415 F. Matti 117 134 127 378 L-Schatfer 117 147 107 37t W. Kreitling 147 98 117 363 C.Hunt 119 125 102 346 At Cleveland. The following is the latest record of the bowlers at Cleveland: Player. 1st 2d 3rd 4th B.Hart 153 155 142 161 Bartels 104 111 114 Wasson 103 131 139 C. Graham 190 157 142 C. Schmitt 138 128 Brown .....150 153 Gray 110 119 Bond 97 132 Piggott 128 118 Stide 137 129 Warnke 96 67 Kennedy 147 A. Graham 101 H. Hart 103 F. Aul 89 Tilson 87 O. G. Chicago Visits St. LoiUs. A team of Chicago bowlers backed up by Leonard Kill and Fritz Bahr visited St. Louis on Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19. After being most hospitably entertained the visitors pro- ceded to chastise five of their hosts on the alleys, to the following tune: CHICAGO. 1st 2d 3d T'l Geo. Asmus 1'7 305 141 503 Chas. Balluff 127 137 140 404 P. J. Hauswirth 159 151 172 482 Geo. StoUery 143 155 176 474 E. F. Winlerson 185 160 147 483 Total 771 798 776 2345 ST. Loms. 1st 2d 3d T'l J. J. Beneke 181 108 165 404 E.W.Guy 170 197 1.59 526 Chas.Beyer 179 119 124 42J F. C.Weber, Jr 115 149 133 397 C. A. Kuehn 149 166 169 484 Total.... 744 739 750 2233 San Francisco. BUSINESS KEEPS UP WELL. — INCREASE IN THE SUPPLY OF CUT FLOWERS TENDS TO LOWER PRICES. — GOOD QUALITY OF ROSES.— VARIOUS JOTTINGS. The usual dullness generally prevalent right after a holiday season has been notably absent this year. Decorations for weddings and other social functions, funeral work and a good counter trade, have kept the florists pretty busy for the past week. The increased receipts of cut flowers have slightly reduced prices in some lines. Carnations ol standard vari- eties go at 35 cents per dozen, fancies remaining unchanged. Roses have improved very much in quality lately. Some excellent Bridesmaids and Brides ot good color and foliage are seen. Good Beauties, which have been scarce all along, bring from $2.50 to $4 per dozen, teas from 50 cents to $1.25. Lilies are plentiful at from $2 to $3 per dozen stalks. Spanish irises, cut lilac and calla lilies are in good demand. The California State Floral Society's annual election of officers took place April 10 and resulted as follows: Presi- dent, Prof. Emery E. Smith; vice-presi- dent, Mrs. L. O. Hodgkins; second vice- president. Dr. Harry L. Tevis; secretary, Mrs. H. P. Tricou; corresponding secre- tary, Mrs. W. H. Wiester. The regular spring exhibition of this society will this year be dispensed with, but members are intending to give a private show during May. An outing is also contemolated. Chas. Abraham, of the Western Nur- sery, is building an extension to his dwel- ling for the occupancy of his niece, Miss Anna Abraham, and Louis C. Hechinger, w^hose marriage is soon to take place. Mr. Hechinger was until recently gar- dener to John C. Siegfried, of Alameda. A runaway team on Kearney street, last week played havoc with florists' delivery wagons. F. Pelicano & Com- pany and J. Young, of the Dwight Way Nurseries, had their vehicles considerably E. W. McLellan, of Burlingame, Sid- ney Clack and M. Lynch, of Meulo Park, ship a considerable portion of their cut flower output to Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and even as far east as Salt Lake City. Ferrari Brothers are bringing in some fine four-foot stemmed Beauties with good color and foliage. The Bridesmaids and Brides from Ed. Schwerin are also first-class. Mr. Luff, head gardenerto Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, of Berkeley and Pleasanton, and F. Vincent, from Sonora, vsrere recent callers. Romneya. Dansville, N. Y. — Owing to the explo- sion of a boiler on the night of April 11, at the greenhouses of Frank M. Smith, a crop of early vegetables was destroyed by frost. LakeviewRoseCardens JAMESTOWN, N. Y. Wholesale Growers and Dealers In Cut Flowers. 800,000 SQUARE FEET CLASS. SPECIALTIES: Roses, Carnations, Lilies, Asparagus, Smilax. Fresh Flowers Guaranteed. No Second Hand- ling. All orders shipped direct from Gardens. Send For Weekly Price List. Sr^^^» CARNATIONS PnI^h.. F. Hill, Crocker, Scott, MoGowan, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per lOOO. "OSES, Brides, Bridesmaids, Golden Gates, 214- inch, $3.60 per 100. Strong plants shifted from 2-inch. SMILAX, 2!4-inch pots, strong, $3.00 per 100. Cash with order. C. B. CLAIZE, Mt. Sterling, Ky. Aster Seeds Selected from the largest and finest branching vars., white, pink and lavender. Per packet, 20c.. the 3 colors for 50c; per oz. ,50c. Prepaid by mail. TM. F. VAN DER flEULEN, FLORIST, DUNKIRK, N. Y. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. WaNTED. 300 to 500 Gold Fish. State price and size. Address C. L. Brunson & Co., Paducah, Ky. QIVIAPQ rOR SOUTHERN Ol^/\rO TLORISTS ."iOO Beauties for benching, 2H-inch, $8.00 per 100; aVs-inch, $10.00 per 100. 3000 Smilax, 2>^-inch, $2.00 per 100. Quality of plants guaranteed. Cash with order. ROSEMONT GARDENS. Montgomery, Ala. TUBEROSE BULBS.I Dwarf Excelsior Pearl. Sound, Dry, Hand Picked. MEDIUM SIZE, 3 lo4-in., 100,60c; 1000,$5.00. SPECIAL SIZE, 3y2 lo 4-ln., 100, 70c; 1000, $5.50. FIRST SIZE, 4 to 6-in.,100,jfl.OO;1000.$8.50. MAMMOTH BULBS, 6 to 8-ln., $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. ARMSTRONG'S EVERBLOOMING. A grand new addition to the tuberose family, bloom- ing profusely year after year and producing single flowers of a delightful fragrance. Fine for cut flowers. 100, $3.50; lOOO, $30.00. CALADIUM ESCULENTUM, with live center shoots. Per 100 5 to 7-inch $ 3.00 7 to 9-Inch 4.25 9 to 12-inch 7.25 12-in. and up 14.50 GLADIOLI, FERN BALLS, HARDY LILIES. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO. NEW YORK. 84 Randolph St. 14 Barclay St. igoj. The American Florist. 511 «- ^ ¥> f ^ GOOD STOCK, LARGE CUTS AND ALL GOODS SHIPPED At Chicago Market Rates. RENNICOTT BROS. COMPANY WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS Tll^^k^n^^e FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 42 and 44 E. Randolph St. CHICAGO, ILL. J* Chrysanthemums—Rooted Cuttings. WHITE. YELLOW. TIMOTHY EATON, «i 59 Per 100 ^OL. APPLETON, W. H. CHADWICK, " MAJOR BONNAFFON, GEO. S. KALB, $12.50 PCF 1000 MRS. J. JONES, JEROME JONES. GOLDEN BEAUTY. ^ -9 Rooted Guttinss. ROSES. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID $1.60 $12 60 BRIDE 1.60 12.50 PERLE 1.60 12.50 GOLDEN GATE 1.26 10.00 IVORY 2.60 20.00 2V2-INCH ROSE PLANTS. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDESMAID.. |3.00 $25.00 BRIDE 3.00 26.00 PERLE 3.00 25.00 GOLDEN GATE 2.60 20.00 OLIVERAMES 4.0O 36.00 IVORY 4.00 35.00 All clean, healthy stock and wreU rooted. Rooted Carnation Cuttings PINK. Per 100 Per 1000 LAWSON $2.00 $17 50 GUARDIAN ANGEL 1.26 10.00 JOOST 1.26 10.00 CROCKER 1.25 10.00 VARIEGATED. PROSPERITY 1.50 12.05 WHITE. FLORA HILL 1.25 10.00 PERU 1.25 10.00 HOOSIER MAID 1.25 10.00 BON HOMME 1.25 10.00 RED. CRANE 200 17.60 EVANSTON 1.25 10.00 INE 1.25 10.00 GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave., ....CHICAGO. n Florist when z THE AMERICAN FLORIST'S COLOR CHART PRICE 1 5 CENTS POSTPAID. AMEinCtN rumiSTCO.. SZ4 OMrtoniSI.,ClilaaH. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. A Magnificent PrkK F'2ifi#^K Forcing Rose ■ ^r LaaiCr» Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 957, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from 3V2-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received. 25 or 50 plants at 100 rate. R.&J.FAR01HAR&CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. ►^♦♦♦♦♦♦»< 1,000,000 Gardenia. r Cape Jasmine Buds mmm.-\ ♦ ♦ • The finest that can be grown, selected and packed by experts and guaranteed * { from start to linish. Also Magnolia Buds. Write for prices. i Alvin, Texas. ♦ WM. C. STEELE, New Rambler Rose PHILADELPHIA. Flowers larger, more double, do not fade white, more durable, brighter color, and not subject to mildew as Crimson Rambler is. 2!^-inch, $12.00 per 100; $100 per 1000. 1-year field plants, cut back to 15 to 18 in., $25 00 per 100. 1-year field plants, 2H to 3 feet, $4.00 per dozen: $30.00 per 100. 2-year field plants, 3 to 3H feet, bushy, $7.00 per dozen; $50.00 per 100. The Gonard & Jones Co., West 6roYe, Pa. 'Pink American Beauty" The New Rose Queen of Edgely. Here is what some of the loadintr retail florists say about it: "It has corae to stay." "It is becoming more popular every day." ' Cannot get enough of it to fill orders." Etc. $12 per 100, 2i-in. pots. $110 per 1000. $500 per 5000. EDWIN LONSDSLE, Wyndmoor. Chestnut Hill. PHIUDELPHU. PLEASE MENTION US TO OUR ADVERTISERS. 512 The American Florist. April 25, Louisville, Ky. HAIL INFLICTS LOSS ON MANY GROWERS IN THE LOCALITY. — GOOD BUSINESS FOR EASTER. — NOTES. A destructive hail storm has swept over Louisville and vicinity. Anders Rasmus- sen, of New Albany, reported $400 damage. JohnBettmanalso lost equally. F. Walker & Company suffered about $50 to $100 damage. There were four hail storms in one day. The first, while very heavy, did not do much damage; the second did not appear to be any heavier but broke the glass. Double _ strength glass did not suffer much. Nearly every florist lost more or less, as it seemed to be a general storm. Easter trade was good, aslight increase on previous years. There was a surplus of hyacinths in pots. Lilies sold well and stock was all cleaned up. Cut car- nations found great sale, also good roses of all kinds and American Beauties. Mrs. A. B. Thompson has fitted up her new store in elegant style and now has one of the largest and best equipped stores in the city. The sale of Japanese fern balls has dropped off. H. G. W. Dubuque, Ia. — G. A. Heyne is in poor health, feels himself unable to handle his steadily growing business, and will there- fore sell out and retire. MiDDLETOWN, Pa.— Jacob Bauder, formerly with his brother, H. R. Bau- der, here, is leaving for Reading, where he has purchased greenhouses. Cumberland Hill, R. I. — The office building and part of the greenhouses of F. E. Vose were destroyed by fire on the morning of April 15. Loss about $1,000. No insurance. Gov. Lowndes The finest white Carnation to date. Awarded Certificate of Merit at Brooklyn, scoring 91 points; the highest number awarded to any seedling. It was also recently awarded First Prize and Medal over all other wnitesat Cin- cinnati. Extra fine cuttings for delivery in April, $2. 50 per doz. ; $12 per 100; $100 per 1000. Enchantress, Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt, Harlowar- den, Sibyl, Marshall Field, Pres. McKinley, White Bradt, Fragrance. $2.60 per doz.; $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. Per Doz. Per 100 Per 1000 ADONIS $3.01 $14.00 $120.00 HER MAJESTY 2.00 10.00 80.00 LILLIAN POND 2.00 10.00 7S.00 INNOCENCE 6.00 60.00 Other Leading, New and Standard Varieties. H. WEBER & SONS. OAKLAND, MARYLAND. Rose Plants.. PROM 3-INCH POTS. Strong. Per 100 lOOO American Beauty $6.00 $55.00 Bridesmaid 4.00 35.00 Brides 4.00 35.00 Golden Gate 4.00 35.00 Meteors 3.00 25.00 Michael Wiuandy, Greenhouses: 406 DEVON AVENUE, CHICAGO^ ILL. lel. 642 Rogers Park. Young Rose Plants, Our GRAFTED plants are all selected stock and carefully grafted on flowering wood. GRAFTED BRIDES, 2i-inch pots per 100, $10.00 GRAFTED LIBERTIES, 2i-inch pots per 100, 15.00 BRIDES, own roots, 2i-inch pots per 100, 3.50 per 1000, $25.00 BRIDESMAIDS, own roots, 2*-inch pots per 100, 3.50 per 1 000, 25.OO GOLDEN GATES, own roots, 2*-incli pots per 100, 3.50 per 1000, 25.OO EXTRA FINE KAISERIN, 3-inch pots, l-year-old per 100, 10.00 EXTRA FINE KAISERIN, 2Hnch pots per 100, 5.00 No plant order for less ttian 100 of a variety filled at the above prices. All orders will l3e shipped from our Greenhouses at Hinsdale, 111. Bassett & Washburn, 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. HARRISII BULBS for August Delivery.. Good straight stock of Harrisii are not plenty. We have the sale of at large a supply of carefully grown and well rogued stock as can be found on the Island of Bermuda. There is no more profltable forciniz bulb in the whole list than true Harrisii. Place your orders with us now and you will get the best bulbs produced this year. Our arrangements for high grade bulbs of French Romans, Paper White Grandillora. Callas. Japan Longlllorum. London Market Valley and picked bulbs of all Dutch Hyacinths, Tulips, Nar- cissus and Spiraea are unexcelled. Bulbs secured from us will be subject to careful inspection and approval on arrival, aod if in anyway unsatisfactory, will be made good at once. By combining your order for a full line of this stock with us, you get each in season and all at the closest cost for high grade stock. Economy in car- load freight shipments and large importations supply half our profits. Write for prices before closing any forcing stock order. Yaughan's Seed Store, NEW YORK: 14 Barclay St. CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. COOI^ Per 100 1000 Eldorado, Yellow $ .80 $5.00 Norway, White I.OO 7.50 Lorna, White 1.00 7.50 Crane, Scarlet 1.00 7.50 Genevieve Lord, L. Pink 80 5.00 Egypt, Maroon 80 5.00 Queen Louise, White 1.00 7.50 Mermaid, Salmon Pink 80 5-00 Unrooted Cuttings, Per 100 1000 Alba, White $2.20 $20.00 Golden Beauty, Yellow 2.20 20.00 Apollo, Crimson 2.20 20.00 Stella, Variegated 2.20 20.00 Lawson, Pink 80 8.00 Dorothy, Pink 1.00 7.50 Gov. Roosevelt, Crimson '. 1.00 7.50 Maceo, Maroon 1.00 7.50 EXPRESS PAID BY US AT ABOVE PRICES. Net CASH. CALIFORNIA CARNATION COMPANY, LOOMIS. CAL. ""iSs'"' MME. CHATENAY. A superb, pink rose, freer and stronger than Bridesmaid, easy to grow and an ideal shipper. Will cut 40% selects. See Chicaflo cut llower quota- tions Chatenay is selling for more than any other tea rose. Supply limited. Cash with orders. Fine healthy stock, $10.00 per 100. EMIL GLAIBER, Montclair, Colorado. jgoj. The American Florist. 513 Chicago CARNATION CO. Joliet, III. Rooted Carnation Cuttings ready to sliip. RED. I'er 100 1000 Mrs. Potter Palmer 15.00 WO.OO J. H. Manlev 6.00 Hatlowarde'n 12.00 lOP.OO PINK. Cressbrook 5.00 Mrs. E. A. Nelson 5.00 Mrs. Higinbotham 5.fO 40.00 Sibyl 12.00 100 00 Pres. McKinley 12.00 lOO.OO WHITE. Her Majesty lO.OO 80.00 Gov. Wolco"tt 5 00 Lillian Pond lO.OO VARIEGATED. Marshall Field 12.00 100 00 Gaiety -^00 Stella" 5.00 Viola Allen 5.00 ROSE CUTTINGS. American Beauty, 244-inch 5.00 American Beauty, 3-inch 6.50 Liberty 6.00 Bridesmaids 2.0i) Golden Gates 2.00 ESTABLISHED CARNATION CiniNGS We h.ive a surplus ot the followinL' varieties from soil. Most of them have made tirst break. Per 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000 Crane ... $3.00 $25.00 Triumph. . .$2.00 $12.60 Joost 2.60 17.60 McGowan. 2.00 12.60 Melba .... 2.60 17.50 Alaska 2.00 12.60 G.Lord...260 17.60 F. Hill 2.00 12.50 Marquis... 2.50 Gomez 2.00 12.50 Scott 2.00 12.60 Maceo 2.00 Crocker.. 2.00 12.60 CASH OR C. O. D. St. Louis Carnation Co., Flease mention the A merican Florist when writinz. ROOTED CUTTINGS. l.i.OOO White cloud $10.00 per 1000 5.000 Flora Hill 12.00 per 1000 1 ,500 Norway 13.00 per lOOO All selected stock free from ail disease. Cash with order. AUG. ERICKSON, 688 West Foster Avenue, CHICAGO. ILL. CARNATIONS MORNING GLORY $12.50 per 1000 QUEEN LOUISE 16.00 per 1000 Will have others April 27th to May 11th. 'Watch my add. ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, PA. Carnation Cuttings We are now booking orders for rooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens. Queens, L. I. Please mention the American Florist when Tvriting, CARNATIONS. Rooted cuttings of all the leading varieties now readv. Also rooted runners of Lady Campbell. Swanley White and Princess of Wales Violets. Send me a list of what j'ou want and get prices. Stock in fine condition. Address Chas. Chadwick, L. Box II. Grand Rapids, Mich. CARNATIONS Well Rooted Cuttings Now Ready. PINK. Per 100 Per 1000 Lawson $2.00 $15.00 Guardian Angel 1.25 10.00 Marquis 2.00 15-00 Genevieve Lord i.2S 10.00 Nelson 5.00 40.00 Cressbrook 4.00 35.00 Triumph 1.25 10.00 Higinbotham 5.00 40.00 Dorothy 2.00 15.00 VARIEGATED. Per 100 Per 1000 Bradt $2.50 $20.00 Gaiety 3.00 25.00 Prosperity 3.00 25.OO RED. Per 100 Per 1000 Estelle $3.00 $25.00 Harlowarden 12.00 100.00 Crane 2.£0 20.00 Palmer 4.00 30.00 Mrs. L. Ine 1.25 10.00 Chicago (Red Bradt) 2.50 20.00 WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000 Flora Hill $1.50 $12.50 Queen Louise 2.50 Peru 1.25 Murphy's White 6.00 Hoosier Maid 1.25 Norway I.50 20.00 10.00 50.00 10.00 12.50 ROSE PLANTS From 2 1-2-inch Pots. • Per 100 Per 1000 SOUV. DE PIERRE NOTTING..$8.00 $75.(0 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 55.00 KAISERIN 4.00 35.00 BRIDESMAID 4.00 35.00 Per 100 Per 1000 SUNRISE $7.00 $65.00 LIBERTY 8.00 7.5.00 BRtUK 4.00 35.00 GOLDEN GATE 4.00 36.00 PERLE 4.00 35.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY, 3-in. Pots $7.00 per 100; $65.' per 1000. All Stock sold under express condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. p HRYSaNTHEMUMS, ESTELLE, (Altick) $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100 Lady Fitzwygram, white and yellow, Lady Harriet 4.00 per 100 Willowbrook, Timothy Eaton and Col. Applefon 3.00 per 100 From 2-inch pots. Carnation Cuttings in the New and Standard Varieties. Chrysanthemum Cuttings Col Appleion, Rooted Cuttings $1.75 per 100; 2H-inch pots $2.50 per 100. T. Eaton, Rooted Cuttings 1.75 per 100; aH-inoh pots 2.50 per 100. AMERICAN BEAUTIES, fine 2)4-in. stock, $5.00 per 100. GRAVE MYRTLE, strong clumps $6.00 per lOO HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis. From 2%- inch Pots. 20,000 'MUMS T. Eaton, Appleton. Bonnaffon, Maud Dean. Mrs. Jones. Ivorv and many more at $2.25 per 100: 300 our selection for $5.00 Rooted Cuttings at $1.00 per 100 less. Liberal count to help pay e-\press. If you are in the market for large num- ber write us for special price. 'Phone connection. COOLIDGE BROS., Soutli Sudbury, Mass. TJa.e CARNATIONS The Leading Novelties of 1903. The Best Varieties of 1902. All the Standard Varieties. Order your Rooted Cuttings NOW. QEO. HANCOCK & SON. GRAND HAVEN. MICH. Mention the American Florist when writing to advertisers on this page. TRANSPLANTED CARNATIONS. ■ M ROOTED CUTTINGS. MERMAID Per 100 $1.00. Per 1000 $10.00 ELDORADO Per 100 1.00. Per lOOO 10.00 Giant Flowering Pansy plants, mixed, $3.00 per 1000. Marie Louise Violets, $3.00 per 100; $26.00 per 1000. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, fine stock, $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1000. Terms Cash.— We prepay express charges. If plants are not satisfactory, return at once and we will refund your money. LOOMIS FLORAL CO. LOOMIS, CAL. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. ROOTED CUTTINGS.. Chrysantliemums G. Kalb, Polly Rose, Ivorv, white and pink; Mrs. Robinson. .T. .Tones, Glory of the Pacific, Mrs. Murdock, F. B. Hayes, Yellow Monarch; M. Henderson, R. Halliday, W. Molatsch, Bon- naffon, Appleton and many others, $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. T. Eaton, $1.50 per loO. Cash with order. C. F. NEIPP, Jamaica, P. O., Woodhaven Station, L. I., N. Y. 514 The American Florist. April 25., Wilmington, Del. SEASON A HARD ONE BUT GROWERS GET EASTER STOCK READY ALL RIGHT.— GOOD TRADE IN ALL LINES. The coal famine during the early win- ter was particularly severe in this city and many growers had to carry lower temperatures than they w^ould have done had they been able to secure the neces- sary fuel. Then the warm weather in March rushed things headlong and it became as hard a job to retard stock as formerly it had been to hasten it. How- ever, most growers had their Easter stock in fair shape, although as usual there were one or two belated crops of lilies. W. N. Potter had a batch ol 500 Harrisii that w^ould be hard to beat. G. Carson Boyd also had a well grown lot of 1,650 longiflorums that had all found customers by Saturday night. W. H. Vance, Semon & Brother and Brintou & Son had their usually well-grown collec- tions. Spiraea and Diitch hyacinths were not in such good shape as usual and a good lot of growling was heard, particu- larly in regard to the hyacinths. Much of the bulbous stock had rather a wearied look by Saturday but it all found pur- chasers at some price. M. F. Hayden had a cut of 3,000 fine Lawsons for the ■week, which he retailed at $1 per dozen and on Saturday morning his cut of Brides and Bridesmaids was over 500. Carnations were in rather short supply, some of the largest growers being off crop. More good medium-sized azaleas might have been sold, this branch of the business being rather neglected by the growers here. Altogether this year's Easter trade will compare favorably with any of its predecessors. H. M. Paschall, Holy Oak, has been sending some fine carnations to Philadel- phia all winter. He grows mushrooms under the benches and from three car- loads of manure he has shipped already two tons of mushrooms, which have averaged at least 40 cents per pound. M. F. Hayden is trying to sell his green- houses. He says he is tired of business. L. E. Baylis is also on the market to sell and as soon as he finds a purchaser he intends to move to Florida. Semon & Brother seem to be the only ones to build this spring. They bought 185 boxes of glass recently. L. 100,000 (Roemer's.) Wintered over in fine shape; coming in bud; fine stocky plants; J2.50 per 1000; 5000 for 811.00. Verbena, Giant, E. C. 10 kinds, 50o per 100; 8-in 2c. Petunia, double, 15 sorts R. C. «1 per 100; 2- in. la^o. Chrysanthemums, B. C. 20 standards, 81 per 100. Rex Begonia, Booted Cuttings. 81 per lOi). Coleus, 10 sorts E. C, 6O0 per 100; 2-in. 2o. Cash. CHAMBERSBURC, PA. GERMAN PANSIES The Ne Plus Ultra strain is the best that money can buy. We have them in large quantities; grown in cold frames, and all transplanted. Fine plants in bud and bloom, 81.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Cash with order. ANDREWS BROS.. 2794 Detroit St., LAKEWOOD, 0. (near Cleveland). LADY HUME CAMPBELL Cash with order. WM. E, SANDERSON, Newton Centre, Mass. 250,000 PANSIES We offer at our Pansy Yards. Weston, Mass., fine, strong plants, good colors at the following bargain prices : SIZE NO. 1. SIZE NO. 2. $10.00 per lOOT $ P.OO per 1000 6.0() per 500 5.00 per 500 1.50 per 100 1.25 per 100 Extra choice selected, $2.01 per 100. Cash with order. E.v press or P. O. Order. No charge for boxes or pacKing. Here are a few testimonials : Gentlemen: — The Pansies that we had oC you last Memorial Day to decorate the graves of our brave soldiers, gave us great satisfaction. They were very fine plants and fine large flowers, with beautiful vari- ety oC colorj. Pane T. Dkapeb, Chairman Cora. Waylund, Mass., 1903. To whom it may concern: — This certifies that I have, for several seasons, had my Pausy Plants of Messrs. Geo. Sanderson & Sons, of Weston, Mass., and they were the finest plants I ever had; also the colors were superb, and had no end of flowers from them until near Thanksgiving time. Chable-* A. Phipps, Boston, Mass. To whom it may concern:— We have bought Pansy plants of many parties in the vicinity of Boston and other places, but none have been so satisfactory in every respect as those bought of Messrs. George Sanderson & Sons, Elm btreet, Weston. Middlesex Co.. Mass. Waterhouse it Mdrrisok, 73 Blackstone St., Onset, JMass. CEO. SANDERSON & SONS. Weston, Mass. Please mention the American Florist when writinST* PANSIES... Masterpiece, New Mammoth -flowered, curled and frilled ; finest strain. Roemer's Superb Giant Prize Pansies. Seed bought from Roemer, Ger- many. Best that money can buy. Plants now showing buds and bloom; strong, transplanted, 70c per 100; 86.00 per 1000. Express prepaid for 20c per 100; $1.50 per 1000. Smaller plants of above sorts from fall sown seeds and transplanted at 40c per 100; $3.00 per 1000. Prepaid for Iftc per 100; $1.00 per 1000. ASTERS. Large assorttient always on hand. CANNAS. Chas. Henderson best red. Colossal large bronze foliage, red flowers. Also a large lot of mixed cannas, all standard. Henderson, Florence Vaughan, Mme. Crozy, Queen Char- lotte, Bouvier, Etc. Will close out the above atSl.OO per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Cash with order. DES MOINES PLANT CO.« 38th St^ DES MOINES, IOWA. ^r.ase mention the A merican Florist when writings transplanted, from the choicest and highest priced strains, a superb lot of rich colors, in bloom, $2.00 per 100. Easily retail at 100 per cent profit. Boston Ferns Cool grown s^ock, 6-iD.. strong, $50.00; 7-in.. #60.00; 8-m., ft70.00 per 100. Good clean profits in these. Geraniums, choice assortment of best bedders, 3-in.. «4.50. 4-inch. $7.0a per 100. Vinca, variegated, very strong, J2.50 per 100. Petunias, double fringed, 4-in.,in bud, $6 per 100. 30(J Kaiserins, 5-in.. m bud and bloom, $15.00. Strongly rooted cuttings of Brides, Maius, Gates, $1.50. Perle. 82.00. Ivory, $2.50. W. H. CULLETT & SONS, Lincoln, III. 200.000 PANSIES... Giant finest mixed seedlings. $1.50 and $3.00 per 1000. Fall transplanted, cold frame grown, 75 per cent in bud and bloom, $5.00 and $7,50 per 1000 Also Florists' International Pansies, Daisies Forget-me-nots, bedding plants in more than 200 varieties. Wholesale price list mailed free. 86lh St., near S. Chicago Ave. CHIGAGO, ILL. THE PRINCESS OF WALES VIOLET. I have the largest and healthiest stock in the country and am booking orders now for strong young plants for April and May delivery, at $2.eO per 100; $15.00 per 1000. 50J at thousand rates. WILLIAIVI SIIVI, Cliftondale. Mass. VIOLETS. We have still left some fine plants of Princess of Wales and Dorsett's at $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Californias, strong plants, $1.50 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Cash. WAVERLY GREENHOUSES, Tuckahoe, N. Y. 500,000 Pansies THE BEST ON THE MARKET. We grow all our own seed. The flowers are of large size, fine form and substance, bright, clear colors, in a very even assort- ment of all shades. IF YOU WANT THE BEST TRY THEM. Per 100 Per 1000 Large plants in bloom $2.00 $20.00 Good size plants, bud or bloom l.SO IS.OO Smaller plants in bud 1.25 lO.OO All fall transplanted. Express only. Cash, with order please. 1. E. COBURN, 291 Ferry St., EVERETT, MASS. k FEW GOOD THIN8S YOU WANT. Special low prices on palms to close out. Pine clean stock, cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, 4, 5 and 6-inch, $25, $40 and $100 per 100. KENTIA Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 3, 1 5 ann 6-inch $12, $25, $40, $100 per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 3-incb, $4 and $6 pel 100. ASPARAGUS Flumosus, 3-inch, $t. Sprengeii, 3-inch, $5, per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 3-inch, $5.00 per 100- 4, &-in.,$lu, $25 per luij ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inch, $3 and $6 per 100 VINCA VAR , 2-in., $2.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutt, La Favorite, Bonnot, Poitevine, Riccard, Francis Perkins, 2-incb, $2.00 per 100; 3-incb pots, $5.00 per lOO. GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50o per lOO. PANSIES. ready to bloom, $1.00 per 100. Carnations, Portia, Scott, E. Crocker, Gooder uough, White Cloud, Mrs. L. Ine; Verbena, Scar- let Sage, Petunia, Coleus, mixed; Ageratum, Blue and White, Lobelia; Achyranthus, red; Allernanlheras, red and yellow; Heliotropa, Giant Alyssum and Lemon Verbenas. All 2-inch Pots, $2.00 per 100. GEO. M. EMMANS, NEWTON, N. J. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Just arrived from East Indies a shipment of "Vanda Cserulea" (The Blue Orchid.) Write for prices, we have thera in large quanti- ties. We also offer fine Orchid Peat, live Sphag- num and Orchid Baskets. LAOER & HlBREl, Summit. N. J. Dracaena Indivisa. strong healthy pot-grown plants in 6-inch pots, $35.00 per hundred. P. R.Quinlan&Co., Syracuse, N.Y. TAKE A TRIP over the Nickel Plate Road and be convinced of its superior train service. Solid through daily express trains between Chicago, Ft. Wayne, Findlay, Fostoria, Erie, Buffalo, New York City and Boston. American Club Meals, ranging in price from 35c to $1.00, served in Nickel Plate dining cars; also service a la carte. Rates always the lowest. No excess fare charged on any train on the Nickel Plate Road. Chicago depot: Harrison St. and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Offices, 111 Adams St., and Auditorium Annex. John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 1 1 3 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago. 'Phone Central, 2057. 2 Tgo3. The American Florist. 515 McKELUR & WINTERSON. Supply Everything Used by Florists, Nnrserymen, Oardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Etc, HEADQUARTERS on CUT FLOWERS 45-4.7-49 Wabash Ave. ^''r.rM.p ...CHICAGO Dahlias Mrs. Winters THE WORLD'S BEST WHITE DAHLIA, $2 60 Per Doz*'n. Nc cities and Standard varieties. 19 years' experience and have failed of no prize competed for. Seo my catalogue before placing your order. Also fine fleld-trown Hollyhocks at $3.00 per 100. PKonias and Hardy Plants. Cheap mixtures are dear; get the best and order quicl^ . W. W. WiLMORE. The Dahlia Specialist. Box 382. DENVER, COLO. Will not last long at these prices. They are good plump roots, average 3 eyes: Allemania, Mile Berat, Defender, Gloire Lvonnaise. Paul Marquant Jl.OO per 100 J9 00 per 1000. Mrs. R. A. MoKeand, F. Vaughan and Mme. Crozy, 11.75 per 100. Beaute Poitevine, J. D. Eisele. F. Billard andSouv. de A. Crozy, S3.00 per 100 Egandale, J3.50 per 100. W. W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind. CANNAS Chas. Henderson. Chicago, Florence Vaughan, Queen Charlotte, Alphonse Bouvier, President McKinley, Papa J3.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000; my selection, 115.00 per 1000. GERA'IUMS. (Standard Varieties.) My selec- tion, $2.50 per 100; $22.60 per 1000 All iVi-va. pots. PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa. 30.000 DAHLIAS. Fifty varieties, whole fleld-grown roots, M.OU per 100; $36.00 per 1,000. Send for descriptive list. We can save you money. A.B.DAVIS&SON, Purcellville Va. FOR ONE-YEAR-OLD SEEDLINGS OF Phoenix Roebelenii Par 1000 SSO.OO, and PHALAENOPSIS SCHIUERIANA apply to HILDESHEIM. GERMANY. ASPARAGUS SPRfNGfRI 3. 3^ and 4-inch pots, at HOO, 15.00 and $7.00 per 100 respectively. Ready to shift. Carnation Cuttings, as long as they last, cheap. Prices on application. JOHN BROD NILES CENTER, ILL. SPECIALTIES In Best ROSES, from 3-inch pots, CARNATIONS, forall delivery, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, SMILAX, VIOLETS. Prices Low. Send for List. WOOD BROTHERS, Fishkill, N. Y. Varieties YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety $5.00 per doz.; $30 per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903 ROBERT CRAIG & SON, Market and 49th Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. HAERENS BROS.,'"™* « " Belgium.. EXTENSIVE GROWERS OF AZALEA INDICA, PALMS, RHODODENDRONS and Other DECORATIVE and EASTER FORCING PLANTS. We are the originators and owners of the new and beautiful Azalea, Easter Lady, (or Haerensiana). A soft pink, and we make the special offer of $25.00 for 100 nice 12 to 14- inch plants, at our nursery. Send your orders for fall delivery promptly to our Agents for the United States and Canada. 31 Barclay St., NEW YORK. P. O. Box 752. August Rolker & Sons, 0^1:^1 og;*;!.^ oxi .Apf>11o^t:1oxi. VERBENAS We are the largest growers of Verbenas in the country, and those who buy of us are sure to get plants and rooted cuttings perfectly healthy and free from rust. OO 'V^x>l^'t±^ei. Rooted Cuttings, 60 cts. per 100; $5.00 per 1000; $45 per 10,000. Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. OOX^E^US, Verschaflfeltii and Golden Bedder, 75c per 100; JS6.00 per 1000. Our grafted roses are fine, bushy plants and grown in 3 and 3H-inch pots. Orders booked now tor delivery in May, June and July. Bridesmaids, Brides, Golden Gate, Eaiserin, price $15.00 per lOD, Ivory, Liberty, price $18.00 per 100. Send for Catalogue. J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. B <& A SPECIALTIES. Trained Fruit Trees, Bay Trees, Buxus iu all forms. Evergreens, Herbaceous plants. Rhododen- drons, Clematis, Hardy Azaleas, II. P. Standard and Climbing Roses, in addition to quantities of fancy Nursery stock. We are pleased at all times to receive visitors at our Nurseries. We have 60 acres planted with the most interesting stock in the country. Ask for Spring catalogues. BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford. N J. ^^H^>^ NEW ALL Drices l00LBS.@8'-'4 !,200LBS.@8r 500Lf5@7> STOCK SIZES -4^ Vaughan's Seed Store, CHICAGO. New.York. GLOIRE DE LORRAINE BEGONIA. VERY. Two Inch, 3 Filled in Strict Roi J. A. PETERSON, Weslwood— MeHanry Ave. CINCINNATI. BtGONIfl tSm, 2i4.-inch pots. $15 00 per 100. Write for prices on large lots. Stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease. THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass. Always mention the Ameucan Flo- rist when writing to'adTertisera. 516 The American Florist. April 25y SpriD£:fleld, nass. EASTER BUSINESS THE BEST ON RECORD. — PLANT TRADE ON THE INCREASE. — VARI- OUS NOTES. Springfield has seen the best Easter in its history. Flowers were plentiful and freely bought, fetching good prices. All stores had handsome window displays, far ahead of former years, and caught many a buyer who could not resist the temptation. Greenhousemen who have no stores report good sales, with very little left over. Pot lilies took the lead. Azaleas, rhododendrons, spirasas. Ram- blers, hydrangeas and calceolarias sold well and were of good quality. In pans, geraniums, tulips, hyacinths, pansies, asparagus and ferns were in good demand. Made up baskets of crotons and caladiums, marguerites, hyacinths, geraniums. Ramblers, azaleas and hydrangeas went well and are increasing in popularity every year. In cut flowers roses, carnations, valley, daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, sweet peas and pansies sold well. Violets were in good demand and prices were the same as former years. Everyone seems to be satisfied with Easter and plants are now being pushed along for spring trade. D. F. Murphy, of the Murphy Floral Company, of this city, has severed his con- nection with that firm. The store is now run by John Bolt. A. B. Dallas, Texas.— The Texas Seed and Floral Company had a busy week follow- ing Easter: Kaliph's and Red Men's carnival and the horse show. Funeral work has been good right along. WE Are HEADQUARTERS For Japanese ,- , ,._ ^ Fern Ji^^a. Balls '^Xf 5-inch and 7 to '"•^ 9-inch Sizes. t— «• -3jsi-^"-;Ea^»' Write for prices ti£^^^^^^ °" quantities. viushan's seed store, CHICAGO, NEW YORK. 84-86 R andolph St. 14 Barclay St. GERANIUMS. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Jean Viaud (large lot) per 100, $1.60 Castellane, Acteon, La Pilot. . ...... " 1.60 Perkins, Bonnot, Castris " 1.60 Poitevine, Jaulin " J-M Buch er. La Favorite l-«6 Heteranthe, Landry " 1-86 ALBERT M. HERR. Lancaster, Pa. 48 varieties ol CMeus, all named and plenty ot Golden Bedde s, 70o per 1' 0: J6.0) per lOCO. Aaeratums, P. Pauline, Stella Gurney and others, 60o per 100. $5.00 per 1 i. U varieties of Hello- trOD«» $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000. Petunias Dbl., SI 25 per 100: «10.00 per 1000. Sa'vJas. 6 varieties, $r.00 per 100; I8.0O per 1000. Alyssums. Dbl. and Single Giants, $1 00 per 100. Express prepaid on R. C. Cash with orders. S. 0. Brant, Clay tenter, Kas, Vegetable Plants f^r Cabbaae. Jersey Wakefield and other varieties, 35c per 100. Tomato, Dwf. Champion, Crimson Cushion and all leading kinds. 50c per 100. A.l transplant-d plants Try them Centaurea Gym- nocarpa, 3- in., $3.00 per IW. Feverfew. Little Gem, R. C.,$1.0j per 100. 2i^-inoh pots, $2.00 per 100. Cash. WM. CLARK, Batavia, III. Inch Per 100 Centaurea Gymnocarpa 2 $3.00 Csnnas, best varieties, well rooted 2 50 Coleus 3 3 00 Cosmos, Early flowering, choice 2 3.00 Feverfew, LittleGem 2 2.00 Geraniums, Mostly S. A. Nutt IV'. 3.'0 Mme. Salleroi..... 3% 2.50 Mme. Salleroi 2 2.00 Salvia Splendens 2 3.00 Smil-x, from flats .25 Pansies, large plants l.OO Rosa Geraniums, extra strong 3 5.00 N. C MOORE, Batavia. Ill, GERANIUMS. Elegant stock from 3-in. Beaute Poite- vine, Montmorc, Ville de Port, Pasteur, LeSoleil, Castellane, Landry, Jean Viaud, Doyle, LaFayette, J J. Harrison, at if 5 00 a hundred. Tiie above out of 2J-inch, at $2.00 a hundred. Rooted cuttings at $1.00 a hundred. Also 'Mums, Rooted Cuttings, at $1.00 per 100, standard sorts. Cash please. Harry Donnelly, ROSEBANK. STATION b. CINCINNATI. 0. Geo. Witlbold Co., 1657 Buckingham PI., CHICAGO, ILL. Send for Price List on all Palms and Ferns Dahlias and Gladioli From EAST BRIDGEWATER Dahlia Sardmi. If you are looking for something new and wish to keep up-to-date, send for my spring catalogue. J. K.ALEXANDER. EAST BHIDGEW»IER. M*SS. IT WILL PAY YOU To grow FUCHSIAS and there are none better than the following: Little Beauty, S.'i.OO; Lord Byron, $4.00; White Beauty, $4.00; Toner, $4.00. Also BEGONIA Double Vernon, $4.00; Pink Sport of Vernon, $10.00. HELIOTEOPE Mme. Bruant, $4.00 Stock ready now, strong 214-inch pots. Se cvmci C W 70s n. letn smai, ■ Ol SMUELOM, PHIUDELPHIA. PA. GYCLAMENS sptcuLTv... Once transplanted from flats No better strain growing, $3.00 per ICO; $17.50 per 1000. Goldin Gate, rooted cuitings, $1.50 per 100; $15.00 per lOOO. Sprengeri Seed, 15c per 100; $1.50 per 1000. G. WINTERICH, Defiance. 0. BEDDING vrRilT^Es From Rooted Cuttings and Seedlings, from 3, 3 and 4-inch pots; also Pansies, Daisits, Sweet Williams, Forget-me-nots, etc. Wholesale price list mailed free. Call or write L. Mosbaek,s.%tct'go"Afe:, Chicago, III. JOSEPH HEAGOGK, WYNCOTE, PA. GROWER ARECA LU1ESCCNS, ••«'- KCMI4 BELMODEANA, ... ^COCOS WEDDELLIANA. SEASONABLE StOOk* pe,i«, ACALYPHABICOLORCOMPACTA, perdoz.$3.60 ASPARAGUS, Plumosus Nanus, 3M-in. pots. . 4.00 ASTER, Trinervius, flowering October and November, Bright blue, very desirable for middle and s .uthern states 3.00 ANEMONE JAPONICA. Alba, Elegantissima, Lady Ardilaun, Queen Charlotte, Rosea Superba, strong field grown 7.00 BEGONIA, Manioata Aurea. 2i4-in. pots 8.00 Gloire de Lorraine (June delivery) . 15.00 BOLTONIA, Latisquama, strong divisions — 5.00 CARAX, .Japonica Var., 3Ji-inch pots 3 00 CHRYSANTHEMUM NOVELTIES. Convention Hall, Algoma, Globosa Alba, H. W. Buck- bee, Mrs. J. J. Mitchell, Ethelyn, Sepbia, Miss Minnie Bailey and F. J. Taggart, 60e each per doz. $5.40 Also a complete list of Novelties from vari- ous sources, including Mile. Mane Lieer, Yellow Eaton, etc. at introducers' prices. Our collection of Foreign Novelties is unsur- passed, comprising all the best oC recent introductions; prices on application. Stanitard Varieties, early, midseason and late, with the exception of a few scarce varie- ties 3.00 CANNA. The Express, the best dwarf, bright crimson Canoa per doz. $3.00 30.00 COBAEA SCANDENS. 3-inoh pots 5.00 COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA, 3ys-inch pots 2.50 " " Strong clumps — 5.00 CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSES, 3-ft., extra strong 13.00 CYPEBUS ALTERMF0LIUS.3M inch pots.... 3.50 DELPHINIUM, Queen ot Blues, dwarf, strong clumps 6.00 DIGITALIS, Gloxiniajflora, JH-inch pots 3.00 ERIANTHUS. Ravenna, strong divisions 6.00 EULALIA, Graoillima, Japonica Var. and Zebrina, strong divisions 6.00 EUPATORIUM. Aaeratoides, (Hardy Agi^ra- tum) , strong clumps 5.00 GAILLARDIA, Grandiflora, 214-inch pots 2.50 " Strong clumps 5.00 GERANIUMS, Be t standard varieties, 2J^- inch pots, including such varieties as S. A. Nutt, Jean Viaud, Mme Landry, etc., in ten best bedding sorts, equal portion of each per IOOj, $25.00 3.00 Mme. Salleroi, 2M-inoh pots 3.50 HE1.IANTHUS. Maximiliani. Miss Mellish, Mollis, Multiflorus Plenum, Multiflorus Maximus, Orgyalis, Rigidus and Tomen- tosus 3i4-inch pots 3.00 Multiflorus (3randi-Plenus (Soleil d'Or) 2Ji-inchpots 3.00 Clumps 6.00 HONEYSUCKLE, Ealleana, strong fleld grown 5.00 IS0L6PSIS, Gracilis, 2^-inch pots 3.00 MONARDA. Didyma and Fistulosa Alba, strong divisions 4.00 MOONFlOWEB, 2M-ineh pots 3.00 PELARGONIUMS fine assortment, 3i4-inch pots, our selection 7.00 PHALARIS. Arundinacea Var., 2!<-inch pots 3.50 Arundinacea Var,. strong divisions 5.00 PHYSOSTEGI A. Virginica Alba, divisions .... 3.00 PIERSON FERN. (Nephrolepis Piersoni) now in stock, 23i-i)ots per doz. $9.00 PYRETHRUM, Hybridum, 2i4-inoh pots 3.00 " " Strong clumps 6.00 RUDBECKIA, Golden Glow, 2y2-inch pots .... 3.50 " " " Strong divisions. 5.00 " Newmani, 214-inch pots 3.00 " " Strong divisions 6 00 " Purpurea, strong clumps 8.00 SALVIA. Splendens, Bonfire. Gigantea, Glory of Stuttgart, 2a-inch pots 3,00 Splendens, Triumph, new 5.00 SEDUM Speotabilis, 2M-inch pots 3.00 SHASTA DAI Y, (Chrysanthemum Hybridum) 2 ji-inch pots 5.00 SWtET WILLIAM, (Best English Strain) field grown 5.00 3^-inoh pots 2.50 VALERIANS, Oflui-inalis, (Garden Heliotrope) strong divisions 5.00 VlOt ETS, Princess of Wales, from soil 2.60 Lady Campbell, from soil 3.50 VINOA, Major Var., 2>4-inch pots, extra strong 3.00 Nathan Sinill)& Son, ADRIAN, MICH. 1903. The American Florist. 517 BE SURE AND ReadOurAdv. in "Florist" of April II, about Young Roses, Boston Ferns, and Carnations. This wMk w* offtr followino itoek. Ordtr quick. 500 Cuphea. 3-inch. 6"0 Heliotrope, 3-inch. 200 Achvranthes. C-inch. 250 Rose Ger.. 3-inch. 30 ' Pelariioniums, 4-inch. 400 Marguerites, ai/s-inch. 800 Ageratuiu E. C. 3 00 Joost Carnation R. C. I.OOO Extra Asparagus I'luraosus, 4-inch, at $13.50 per 100 special. BOSTON FERXS, in2H.3.4, 5. 6,7,8an? "Anna Foster See page 386 Am. Florist. April 4. 3-inch plants, good size, $20.00 per 100. Boston Ferns, 20,000 now ready at 125.00 per 100. Cut from bench. There will be a great call for Bostons this spring. Keitia "alms great value to the buyer at JoO.OO. «7o.00. JIOO.OO per 100. Red RiDD-'d Rubbfrs. 3 ft.. $6.00 per dozen. Asp. Sprengeri. strong, 4-iuoh at $6 00 per 100. Dracs 'a Ind visa. M 00, $6.. 0. f9.0o per dozen. Long line of extra stock bedding plants in Ge'a- niums. Vine s. German Ivf, Heliotrope. Ageratum, Coleus. Daisy Lemon Verbenas, Alternanth-iras, ttc R. C. Col-m, Red, Yellow, Black, $7.50 per 1000. Mixed, 15.00 per 1000. L. H. FOSTER, 45 King St., Dorchester, Mass. Please mention the American Florist when Turiting. American Florist Advertisements Work Every Day. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANT. 1 Manaffer. TWO AMERICAN CABLES FROM NEW YORK TO GREAT BRITAIN. CONNECTS xLsov.iTN FIVE ANCLO-AMERICAN » ONE DIRECT U. S. ATLANTIC CABLKA DIRECT CABLE COMMUNICATION WITH GERMANY AND FRANCE. CABLE CONNECTION WITH CUBlk.WEST INDIES, MEXICO »<°CENTRAL*N0SOUTH AMERICA MESSAGE ^SENT TO, AND^»et!EIVED FROM, ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. F-xosa II* .&.]vix]Xi.xo.a. : ^/f Western Union Telegraph Company and Its Sonnectionlv u w^ RECEIVED at S.W. Cor . loth and Chottmit Ste., WHa. ^^^■X^^y^,-^^^ /(y\QO^ ~M^^ //^/^^J Another Honorfar"PANDANUSSANDERI" Above is a fao-simile of Cablegram announcing award of a "COLD MEDAL" to The New Golden Pandanus SfRr! at the GREAT QUINQUENNIAL SHOW, Cheni, Belgium. This is the most important exhibition of plants in the world, and is visited by all leading horticul- turists in fcurope. Previous to the above mentioned award, the following honors had been given this new plant: American Rose Sllvor Cup (highest award). Society, N. Y., 1901. Sold Medal (highest award). Kansas City, 1902. All American Show, Chrysanthemum Firsl-clas$ certHleaM by the Royal Horticultural Society or Great Britain, the hiyhest distinction that can be given, and one that is rarely award. Gold Medal. Paris Exposition, 1900. Silver Medal (highest award). Pennsylvania Hor- ticultural Society, March, 1901. Silver Medal (highest award). Pennsylvania Hor- ticultural Society, November, 1901. We are now booking orders for "PANDANUS SANDER!" for Fall delivery at the following prices: Good strong plants, in 3-inch pots $ .75 each I Beautiful specimen plants, in 8-in. Dots 17.50 each '■ in 4-inoh pots 1.00 " " " in 10-in. pots 10.00 '■ " " in 6-inch pots 2.(XI " " " in 12-in. pots 15.00 " Beautiful specimen plants, in 7-in. pots 3.50 " I " " in 15-in. tubs 35.00 " HENRY A. DREER, Phiiadelpliia, Pa. CIGAR PLANTS, 2-ineh pots $1.60 per 100 UO'eus, li-inch pots 1.50 R. C. Co eui 50 Umbrella Plants 3!4 -inch pots 4.00 " Daisy Margue'ites, 3^ and 4-inch pots 4.00 " Heliotfc>p»s. 4 varieties, 31/s-inch pots 4.00 " Alterna th ras red and yellow 1.50 " Pansv Plants, in bloom and bud, fine plants 1.50 Begonia Pex , 4, 5 and 6-inch pots, $1.' to $2.40 per dozen in 12 varieties Be)|«nias, \i varieties, 3>4 and 4-inch pots, $1.00 aad $l..i J per doz. The Star Beg 'nia. 5-in. pots in bloom, fine plants, $2.00 per dozen. Double Nasturtiums, red and yellow, 2 and 3-inch pots $2 00 to $2.50 per 100 Geraniums. 30 var., mixed, 314-inch pots 5 00 '* Cabbage Plants. Early Summer, E. Wakefleld. Succession. E. Spring.... 1.00 per 1000. 3 plants at dozen rates. 25 at hundred rates. VICTOR H. THOMAS. Augusta, Ky. 15,000 AUSTRIA CANNA ROOTS $1.25 per 100: $10 per 1000 pr.'paid. 4-in. BOSTON FERNS, fine. $15 per 100; 200 for $25; 500 for $50. Kansas D ubie White PETUNIAS 2 and VA-m. $3.00 per 100. C. HUMFELD, CLAY CENTER, KAS. Please mention the American Florist when writing. ASPARAGUS In. pots. Sprengeri 2 Sprengeri, strong 3 /Igeralum, 3 varieties 2 Anthericum variegatum 3 Alyssum. Giant aW Bouva'Oia Humboldtii 2 Bouvardia pink, white scarlet 2V4 Carnations. Wm. Scott, RIcGowan, from soil, hardened-off in cold frames per 1 00, 15.i 0, Coleus, VerschaCteltii, Golden Bed- der 2Vi Cobaea Scandens, 3 Clematis Paniculala. strong 4 Clematis Paniculata 3 Fuchsias, in variety VA Geraniums, be>t standard sorts 3 Ivy English, hardy strong plants. .4 Ivy, Parlor 3 P*TON FER'S. 3-m.. $1.00 per doz., $8.00 per 100. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, Ex. fine, 2/2-inch, $2.50 per 100. SANSEV.£RIAZeYLANICA,3-inoh, ready for 5-in., 75c per dozen. OUcEN LOl/hE CARNATIONS, rooted cuttings, fine, $2.00 per 100. CtC'S, Ex. fine, plants, 5 to 6 fronds, 6O0; 7 to 8 fronds, 75e. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, O. r P I _ * A should get some rVAfV rlOflSt stock of Anlhemis bfCIf riWII9l to-onaria or (dbl. dwarf Golden Marguerite), $2 per 10 ■ by mail. J. W. MORRIS, Ulloa,N.Y. LENOX FLOWER ATOMIZER FLORISIS SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES tVERT FLORIST SHOULD SEU IT. JUST SEND 35o AND GET ONE BY MAIL, YOU WILL WANT MORE. A cake of Tobacco Soap and Booklet free with each. THE LENOX MFC. CO., 1 1 Chambers Street, NEW YORK Please mention the American Florist when wriltng. WiilSiilffiG IT IS the "particular" kind of work we iaa^^^— like, the kind that everybody cannot do. ' :::::::7b6:iSE^ street ■IpiliPlDELPHIA PA, Please mention the A merican Florist when writing* SMIill'S HYBRIO MOON VIISES. (Ipomosa Noctlllorae) We are headquarters for them. Best purest White Moon Vine in existence. Mr. Smith has a reputation for them. Strong plants, 2^-inch pots, now ready ai $5.00 per 100, Godfrey Aschmann, CptTr'^of'^^riL^fs 1012 Ontario Strid, PHILADCLPHU, PA. Please mention the American plorist when writing. igo3. The American Florist. 519 "Thripscide" (Refiistered.) Greenhouse Fumigating Powder. Is the newest and best article on the market to-day for the complete destruction of all insects that infest Greenhouses or Conservatories, beint; a special boon to Rose and Beauty growers, and Prepared particularly for the destruction of Green ly and Thrips. There is nothing injurious in it to plant life, even the most delicate fern. It is especially recommended for Beauties, Roses, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Lilies, Smilax, Asparagus. Palms. Ferna, Etc., and we claim that insects will be entirely eradicated when the houses are thoroughly fumigated with the powder. It is put up as follows: I lb. Tin Can % .25 5 lb. Tin Can l.CO 25 lb. Sealed Box 4.50 100 lb. Sealed Box 16.50 Send for copy of testimonials. For reference we refer to Messrs. Bassett A Washburn. Hins- dale, 111. Prepared by the Lily-Lily Chemical Co., and sold by E. H. HUNT, 76-78 Wabash Ave., CHICAQO. tw-c wtcniion cnr .4 nirriran FIn->^st ^vhen •writing TO KILL ALL Greenhouse Bugs USE mcoTiciDr Clean and harmless as fumlgant or Spray. "To be obtained -by Dealers only. Kindly advise manufacturers of any diffi- culty yoii may have^in procuring it. ' The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1000 Magnolia Ave., Louiaville, Ky t'uoie ment:on tfie American flonst when writing Boston Florist Letter Go. MANUFACTURERS OF FLORISTS' LETTERS. Thi** wooden box nicely stained and var- nished, 18x30x1% made in two sections, one for each 8iz« letter, given away with first order of 600 letters- Block Letters, m or 2-inch size, per 100, J2.00. Script Letter."- 44. Fastener with each letter or word. Used by leadin? florists everywhere and for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers. N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. GARDENING This is the paper to recommend to 3'our customers, the leadinsr horticultural journal in America for amateurs $2.00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free. Liberalterms to florists who take subscriptions. THE GARDENING CO. li:':ili^l^%\s.^. Green Enameled Flower Wire is a welcome article of necessity for every Florist, as it permits of quicker and cleaner work in the arrangement of flowers. Green Enameled Rose Clamps. Size and form as per;;; cut;' herewith, are still more impor- tant. By the use of the same, a large saving in roses is positively effected. These clamps are inserted through the Calyx leaves into the rose and are scarcely visible on account of their color. They prevent the roses from blooming too widely, as well as the falling of the petals. ALSO OF IMPORTANCE TO POT ROSE GROWERS. Request your supply house to get my goods. Please forward me your address and I will send you free, postage prepaid, trial samples of articles necessary in every florist's business. E. TAURAT, Dresden, A 10, Germany. Please mention the A n X Floy ist luken w. Some of Bayersdorfer's SURE SELLERS. Plant Baskets, Automobiles, Ferneries and Hampers with Tin Pans. All sizes, beautiful new patterns and colors. Heavy Sheet Foil, a novelty; for lining plant baskets. Rush Braid Pot Covers. Water Proof Paper; useful and cheap. Twig Baskets and Birds' Nests of Birch Brush. Porto Rican Mats, endless variety of patterns. Fiber Ribbon, Violet Cords and Tassels. New Catalogue enlarged and revised last month. Fully Illustrated. Send for it. 50-56 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia, PA. H. BAYERSnORFER & CO., Please mention the A merican Florist when writing ESTABLISHED 1666 EMILSTEFFEItS> 5UCC.™ ftSTEFFENS. MeSTErrENSBROS M. RICE & CO., Importers and Manufacturers, Leading Florists' Supply House and Ribbon Specialisfs. 918 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. TOBACCO POWDER THE BLACK STUFF FINE-For SprinKlin^ Only. WHEN you cannot fummate with nurFumigratingPowderyou can apply our Black StufJTine " direct to the plants ; it is strong and crinally effective in doors or out for extermination of all plant pests. Your money back if it is unsatisfactory. Trial .5-iiound package for nothinc if you will pay the express cnarges on it. Write Dept. D. THE H. A. STOOTHOFK CO., 116, 117, 118 West Street, New York, SOMETHIN G ENTIR ELY NEWn A Florists' Plate Book. 150 Plates and nearly 300 varieties for 13 50 or three for $10.00. You can't do business without It. VREOENBURG & CO , Rochester, N. Y. SIGIVIUND GELLER importer and Manufacturer of FLORISTS' SIPPLIES. A line of Porto Rican Mats, Water Proof Crepe Paper, New style P .t Covers, Fancy Kaskets and various novelties fur EastiT, just arrived. 108 W. 28th Street, NEW ¥OKK. 520 The American Florist. April 25, Montreal. GOOD EASTER BUSINESS BUT SOME STOCK REMAINED UNSOLD.— PLANTS TOOK WELL AND CUT FLOWERS PLENTIFUL. Easter trade this year, although very satisfactory, was not a record-breaker. Quite a number of plants and cut flowers were left over, judging from the trade in general. The weather was bright and mild, making delivery pleasant and easy. In the plant supply, lilies, as last year, were leading far ahead. Crimson Ramblers also were favorites. Pots of valley and spiraeas came next, followed by hydrangeas and hyacinths. Lilacs found ready buyers. Daffodils, hereto- fore in favor, were not looked at this year. In cut flowers roses were first and last and, thanks to the bright weather, their quality was of the highest grade. Carnations were abundant and of good quality. Violets were scarce, but valley and late Paper Whites made a choice with the other bulbous stock. Migno- nette and swainsonas w»re offered. Jos. Bennett had his retail place crowded with stock. Hislot oflongiflorurns was the best in this city and came in just in due time. Some good Ramblers and hydrangeas were soon disposed off, as were his dainty pans of valley. P. McKenna & Son had some lilacs just immense; a pity they didn't have four times as many. They report a complete cleaning out. S. S. Bain had a large stock, filling his two stores. His hydrangeas, lilacs and viburnums were very good. Messrs. Hall & Robinson had a mixed stock worthy of the good reputation of the young firm. G. V. WRITE A. F. KOHR, "^USfo'iG^5^\LY.r' TOB PBIOSB OV Standard Pots whloh lor itrength and poroilty combined are the belt on the market. Standard POTS Flower... ■ ^ * ^ If your greenhouses are within 600 miles of the Capitol, write us, we can save you money W. H. ERNEST, 28th and M Streets. WASHINGTON. P. C. KELLER BROS. Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red In color, equal to the best on the market; are 18 miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec- tions. We give special attention to mai; orders and make Bpeoial sizes to order in quantities i postal will bring prices and disoo»nt9 THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" PULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y, Invalid Appliance Co., COLUM^ft "PLMIT TUBS "GALVANIZED-- WIRE • FLOWER • STAKES. ....ANY LENGTH OR SIZE DESIRED. JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS CO. ITI X^alze St., OHIOAOO. WRITE US. TELEPHONE MAIN B44. LOWEST PRICES GEO. M. GARLAND, Patented Dec. 27, IS9B. --"^■^^ ' ^'^^--Vv^.v^^v^'^^^'x^ '^^'--'^'^'--^'^^^ TestimooiaU o{ our Leading Qrow- ers. Send for Catalogue, Geo M. Garland. DesPlilnes. III. John C. Moninger Co. CHICAGO, Selling Agents. Standard Flower Pots TheWHILLDlN POTTERY COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA. PA. JERSEY CITY, N. J. LONG ISLAND CITY. N. Y. Travelling Repreientative. U. CUTLER RYERSON, 108 Third Ave., Nevnark. N. J. Please mention the American Florist when writing. Kramer's Pot Hangers THE neatest, simplest, most convenient and only practical device for convert- ing ordinary flower pots into hanging baskets They fit all standard made pots from 2 to 10 inches in diameter. The illustration shows how they are attached Just the thing for hanging up ferns, begonias, etc. You can make room and money by their use. Try them. For Sale by Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New Yorlt. McKellar & Winterson, Chicago. C. C. Pollworth Co.. Milwaukee, Wis. Price with wire chain as shown in cut, $1.00 per dozen by express. Sample dozen by mail, $1.25. I. N. KRAMER 8 SON, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. STANDARD FLOWER POTS! Packed in small orates, easy to handle. " • ^- Price per crate 120 7-in., in crate, $4.20 Price per crate 1500 2-in., in crate, $4.88 1500 2H " 5-25 1500 2H " 6-Otl 1000 3 " 5.00 80O aVa " 6.80 500 4 " 4.50 320 5 " 4.51 144 6 " 3.16 60 8 HAND MADE. 48 9-in.,in crate, $3.60 48 10 " 4.80 24 11 " 3.61) 24 12 " 4.80 12 14 6 16 „ „ „.„ . - " 4.50 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of Cylinders for Cut Flowers, Hanging Baskets, Lawn Vases, etc. Ten per cent off for cash with order. Address , .. _ HILFINGER BROS. POTTERY, Fort Edward. N. Y. Or August Eolkeb A Sons, New York Agents, 31 Barclay Street, New York City. FLOWER POTS STANDARD PDTSspmVTv List and SAMPLES FREE. SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.. f Bo> 78 MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. — - lo.< RED pOTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Kir"'" GEO. KELLER & SON, MANTJPACTURBRB OP FLOWER POTS. Before buying write for prices. 361-363 Herndon Street, near 'Wrightwood Ave., CHICAGO. ILL. /tlilCI ItUll ^g^t days and everyday florists Sundays and holidays, AHc All over the coantry, '4' 'V rlUO At home and abroad. 1903. The American Florist. 521 Guaranteed Wrought Iron Pipe ILLEN IIR VILVES, eUlRANTEED AUTOMITIC. Please mention the Amet nan Ftoiiit;ihemi^iHn£ WHETSTONE & GO,, Incorporated, 9IIFilbertSt., Philadelphia, Pa "EUREKA" Weed Killer DESTROYS ALL WEEDS, MOSS, On Garden Paths, Carriage Drives, Parks, Cemeteries, Cinder Tennis Courts, Stable Yards and Railway Depots, with- out disturbing the gravel. EASILY APPLIED. SAVES MUCH LABOR. Large tins sufficient for 100 square yards of path 75c each, prepaid $1.00; small tin. sutHcisnt for 50 yards of path 50o each, prepaid 75c. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. NEW YORK: 1 4 Barclay Si. IRON RESERVOIR VASES- Lawn Settees Manafactured by McDonald Bros. COLUMBUS, 0. Th« Largest Manufacturers of these Goods in America. Send for Catalogue H£ADQDABTEB8 FOB HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES Of Every Description. When you can't get what you want anywhere else, send here, we will send it to you. "If It's used In Horticulture, we have li." DUNNE d. CO.<64W.80ttSt, New Y«it Taispbone Call, 1700 Madiion Sqnare. £4 95 WE NOW OFFER Chemicals for making LIQUID COMPOST. Dry powders all soluble in water. Composts cost less than Mc per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 620 Atlantic Ave., Boston. Foley's Floral Fotopphs. Floral Album, size 12x11 containing 24 different funeral designs. By express $7.00 c. o. d. 226-226^ BOWERY. NEW YORK. The Florists' Hall Asso'n Pays Losses Promptly. Reiene fund $10,000. For particular* address JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J. MYERS & CO. Established 1849. GREENHOUSE ARGHITEGTSI BUILDERS HEATING ENGINEERS. 116 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Send (or Catalogue and Latest Prices. KOROPP'S Greehouse Hanger. (Patent Applied for) Can be attached to anv rafter or frame work. No nails or screws, no injury to woodwork no weakening of rafters. Easy to attach and quickly removed. Will carry any size of pot, also baskets or shelves. Write for descriptive particulars. Price, $1.25 for 25; $5.00 pf-r 100; $50.00 per 1000. FOR SALE Br ALL SEEDSMEN OR ORDER DIRECT. LEOPOLD KOROPP. 252 W. Ravenswood Park, CHICAGO. I LL, DILLON'S GREENHOUSE MFG. GO. tr HA.NUFACT[rREB8 OF HOT BED SASH, AIK DRIED OULF CYFBESS SASH BAB8 AND OTHER GREENHOUSE SLATEBIAL,. BUILDERS of DURABLE and PRACTICAL Greenhouses at a LOW COST. C^Our deicriptive circular contain! valuable information for every florist. Send for it. Cut Flower Boxes. WATER PROOF. Corner Lock Style. The best, strongest and neatest folding cut flower box ever made. Cheap, durable. To try them once is to use them always. Size Per lOO lO'O Size Per 100 1000 No. 0. 3s4s20..$2.00$18.00 No. 5. 4x8x22.. $3.00$27.00 No. 1. 3x4y,s:61.75 15.00 No. 6. 4x8x28.. 3.75 3.5.00 No. 2. 3x6x18.. 2.00 18.00 No. 7. 6x16x20 5.50 53.00 No. 3. 4x8x18.. 2.40 22.00 No. 8. 3x7x21.. 3.00 29.00 No. 4. 3x5x24.. 2.75 25 00 No. 9. 5x10x35 6.5J 60.00 Sample free on application. No charge for printing on orders above 250 boxes. Terms cash. THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., BOX 102. COLUMBUS, OHIO. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. SmON RODH, MANUFACTURER OF Florist Ribbons Salesroom: 40 West 28th St., MFU/ YODK Factory: Camden. N. J. ULn ium% RIBBONS ACCORDIVG TO SEASON. Wired Toothpicks 10,000, tl.50; 50,000, 16.25. Manufactured by W. J. COWEE. BERLIN. N. Y. Sample Free. For sale by dealers. Please mention the Ametican Florist when writing;. TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounted. Mannlkctared by The Conley Foil Go. 6«1 to 641 West 36th St., A. HERRMANN, \J- Cape Flowers, all colors, U Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs, 1^ and All Florists' Supplies. Send for Prices. 404-412 East 34lh St. NEW YORK. I™ Regan Printing Hotisc g. GAmOGUES A^jf" rlymoo cmcAc CAGO^J^j* Please mention the American Florist every time you write to an advertiser. 522 The American Florist. April 2j, Los Angeles. SEVERAL GROWERS TRYING THE BEAUTY. — NONE SUCCESSFUL HERE AS YET. — VARIOUS NOTES. No one has yet made a success of grow- ing American Beauty roses in this locality and as several nurseries are trying it this year, the experiment will undoubtedly be watched with more or less interest. There is a good and increasing market for this queen of all roses. Everyone seems to have the "glass fever" this year. They apparently think there is a fortune at the other end. Let me give a word of advice to the retailer: Let the otherfellowput up the glass; buy your flowers from him. A number of swell weddings were on for last week, notable among them the Childs-Redman nuptials at the Cathedral. The Ingleside Floral Company had charge of the decorations. The Los Angeles T/raes devoted a whole page to an account of Easter decorations, giving half-tone pictures and data con- cerning output of flowers. It was very accurate. On or about May 8 President Roose- velt will be with us for a day, at which time our annual La Fiesta de las Flores will take place. It is worth coming to see. The court house records of April 8 show the incorporation of the Golden State Plant and Floral Company. Their plans are not yet made public. Poppy. Lenox, Mass. At the regular meeting of the Horti- cultural Society on April 4 C. W. Ward gave his lecture on carnations. The attendance was not up to the usual standard, owing to the severe weather. Mr. Ward exhibited carnations Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Alpine Glow, both of which were certificated. Chas. L. Allen, of Floral Park,N.Y., will deliver a lecture on intensive cultivation at the next meeting. R03E: L-IOI RED SPIDER AND MILDEW PREVENTED ET Sulpho -Tobacco Soap. IT HAS NO EQUAL. Exterminates all Bugs and Insects. Cheap, EfTective, Non - Injurious. Full particulars and sample cake free, " 1 this paper. Lar^inSoitp ^. buffalo, n. K I I. L. e: D RIPPLEY' MPROVED 1903 COMPRESSED AIR SPRAYERS havefine Vermorel Spray Nozzle; made of heavy copper and galva- nized steel: has safety valve. Strongrly riveted and double seamed. Guaranteed tobeas rep- resented and to be the strongest sprayer manufactured. Fine for spraying young orchards. Trees .io feet high by using ertension pole. Exterminating insects from vegetables, spraying gardens, washingbuggies. Fineforwhite- washing buildings, etc. Made two fliies. 4 nude gallons. 4Qal.GBlv.. 4GaL copper. »7. Flnobr.i.pumpai... OQOutsMo. Solution eaallj agitated. Wo | •1.0 sell Isigo orohard sprajers. 6 QaE Send to-day for our Spfajor and ' BrooderSupply Catalog. AgentB Wanted. mppleyHil».Co„Boi 19,Grafton,ll %tliif«|fiiiiiiitflt POSSIBLY you have heard of Cy- press material that failed to last. Such Cypress invariably is fur- nished by parties who have no knowledge of 8H the peculiar requirements of greenhouse material. We have made greenhouse construction a special study. Our lumber is selected with the greatest of care, our material is guaranteed perfect and strictly up-to- date. Write us, when next you want material. J»^ iN«a&w, CHICAGO iLt M IIIto115BLACKHAWKSt. SEt-LinC AGE.rST5 FOR GARLAIiD IRON GUTTERS. * Please mention the A mertcan Florist when writing. Please mention the American Florist when writing. Steam Traps ^coal This is the Return Steam Trap used by the Up-to-date Greenhouse men to return the con- densed water from the heating coils in their greenhouses. Have been in use for this purpose over thirty years. Insures an Even Temperature. Send for Red Catalogue. Albany Steam Trap Go. ALBANY, N. Y., U. S. A. igo3. The American Florist. 528 Bargains FOR Florists. We are headquarters for a general assortment of the necessary material and supplies that you are looking for. If you are about to improve or con- struct, consult us. In connection with the dismantling of the Pan-American Exposition, we have for sale: 20,000,000 FEET of fine seasoned lumber, practically new, consisting of all sizes of joists, timbers, dressed and matched boards and flooring; also sash and doors. 50,000 FEET of roofing glass. PIPE. We are headquarters for pipe. We offer you . 100.000 FEET nf 2 to'4-inch wroueht iron, lap welded boiler tubes, second-hand. We can furnish cms maerial in toree ways: Either with sleeve or Jacket couplings, screwed ends and threaded couplings or with expanded cast iron flanges with bolts and nuts. 1,000 000 FEET of standard black wrought iron pipe, size ^ to 12-inch. It is second-hand but has new threads and couplings and is in first-class condition. 1,000 TONS of galvanized wire 9, 10, ii, 12, 13, 14 and 15 guage. 50,000 FEET of 2, 3 and 4-inch cast-iron soil pipe and fittings. 100,000 FEET of garden hose, K and l-in. 75,000 FEET of cotton rubber-lined fire- hose, (rubber-lined in and outside), rang- ing in sizes 1 to 2^-inch. VALVES and fittings of every kind. BOX COILS for heating purposes. RADIATORS, new and second-hand. We also offer the following bargains in Heating Boilers 50 CAST-IRON sectional heaters, capacity from 450 to 5,000 feet. FOUR 36x10 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 36x12 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x10 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x12 Horizontal Tubular. SIX 48x<4 Horizontal Tubular. TWO 54x16 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 60x16 Horizontal Tubular complete with all fittings. PUMPS of all Descriptions. A carload of shovels and spades that we are selling at 15.00 per dozen. We carry a complete stock of hardware and farm implements, besides plumbing material of every kind. Write for Catalogue No. 47. Chicago House Wrecking Co., W. 3»k iH IRON STS., CHICA60, ILL. §:il:^:!., Furman Boilers *"^''"" Florists' Prices. M\OE IN OVER 150 STYLES and SIZES. BIRNS ALL KINDS 1^^ flEL. NOW HEATING OVER 20,000,000 Square Ft. GLASS. HIGHLY rconomlcal ^ IN FlEL. SECTIONAL,, POKTABL,.., i>»..^li.-»J!;l' iTPES. Let us figure on your requirements. Tlio Hlore«-»52ti Oncidiums and cymbidiums .=,27 L«lio-cattleya exoniensis (illus.) h'^ Carnation-s— Plant building and topping 527 A Pittsburg establishment (illus.) .528 Florists' plant notes 528 Field of Harrisii iu Bermuda (illus.) 529 A progressive Nashville concern 529 Carnation growing in California b!S Wholesaler's plant display (illus.) 531 Chrysanthemums in Canada 530 Rambler Rose Hiawatha (illus.) 531 Treatment for hydrangeas 531 Boston 631 The new Asmus rose house (illus.) 532 Chicago .532 Philadelphia 533 St. Louis .533 Cleveland 533 Toronto .534 San Fruncisco 534 Pittsburg 534 Colorado Springs. Col 535 Naming of Lilium Harrisii 535 Begonia Gloire de Lorraine 536 Detached greenhouses and wide glass 536 Obituary .' ....536 The seed trade 542 The nursery trade 544 Our pastimes 5*6 Richmond, Ind 548 Detroit .5.50 Minneapolis .5.52 Lowell. Mass .5.54 New Orleans 5,56 ProTidence, R. I. 558 Palms and Ferns. POTTING AND CLEANING. It is undoubted'y true that most of our ordinary trade species of palms grow with the greatest rapidity during the hot summer months, but granting this to be the case, it is not well to wait until hot weather to repot them, else the season oi growth will be cut down to a few weeks, and in addition to this I believe that much of this stock takes hold of the new soil more rapidly if the plants have been repotted before the artificial heat is done away with for the season. This does not mean that lorcing with strong heat is commended, for that unnatural method of growing cannot be too strongly con- demned, but I believe that in most sea- sons it pays to keep just a little fire heat in the palm houses up to about June 1, by which time the plants are generally rooting nicely and in condition to go ahead. Mention has already been made of the possibilities of early potting among the kentias, and if not completed from lack of space or time before Easter, these plants should now be handled as rapidly as possible. Areca lutescens is still a favorite palm with many decorators, its graceful habit and rapid growth com- mending it, even though this areca will not bear quite so much exposure and abuse as a kentia. The amount of hardship that a palm will endure does not, however, depend entirely on the particular species, though we will admit that there are different degrees of vitality among them. The most important matter afiecting their lasting qualities is found in the cultural methods of the grower. Palms may be over-stimulated, just as may be done with a carnation or a rose, and these over-stimulated plants, whether it be done with heat or with fertilizers, do not wear very well and do much to injure the reputation of the seller. But to return to arecas; we find that when using a good sod soil in which some short and well-rotted manure has been mixed in the proportion ot about six parts of soil to one of manure, there is not much need for additional fertilizers when mixing the compost for potting, nor is there any necessity for watering with liquid manure for several months to come if the plants have been given a proper shift, and in the opinion of the writer there is seldom need for liquid manure, unless it may be in the case of some large plants that have been in the same pots for more than one season. In handling young stock we pot from a 2-inch to a .3-inch pot it growing single plants, but when the arecas are to be made up, and this is by far the favorite method among growers of the present day, we usually put together three plants from 2-inch pots in one 4-inch pot, and beyond a -iinch pot in size we find it the best practice to give two-inch shifts, as from 4-inch to 6-inch pots, or from 8-inch to 10-inch pots. At the same time we do not believe in shifting a plant before it is well estab- lished in whatever size of pot it may be growing in, for plants so treated may get over-watered and would then make less progress than if they had been allowed to remain in the smaller size of pot. And again I repeat that firm potting goes quite a good way toward the suc- cessful culture of palms, but do not do all the ramming en the surface soil after filling up the pot, the bottom soil being the most important portion to be made solid, for the surface soil will become compacted by successive water- ings. An areca may have considerable value as a decorative plant, even though it be somewhat drawn up from over-crowd- ing, and as a matter of fact the tall areca will have the call over the short, stocky one in the general market. But when we come to Latania Borbonica, the major- ity of customers will sing a different song, for in this case they prefer a stocky plant, well filled out with broad and handsome foliage, the lower leaves com- ing down so as to partly cover the pot and the center well furnished. In order to grow plants that -will answer this description they must be given a fair amount of space, and if the plants are to be spaced out it becomes needful to do one of two things, either to get a large price for them or to grow them quickly enough to make the space pay, and the latter seems to be the easier thing to accomplish. Given good young plants in 4-inch pots, one ought to produce well- furnished specimens in .S-inch pots within one year, and it is quite necessary to do this if one wishes to make a fair profit from grow- ing the palm in question. But to do this the young stock must be clean and healthy and ready for a shift, and must also be given proper attention in regard to shading, syringing, watering and ven- tilation after they have been potted. This brings to mind the subject of cleaning and insecticides, for before the 52G The American Florist. May 2, spring potting is done the stock should all be cleaned, either by dipping, spong- ing, fumigation or whatever method may be found necessary, according to the number and variety of insects that may be present. The common white scale is a highly injurious insect to most palms, very soon marking them beyond repair, and is fre- quently to be found on young arecas and kentias. This scale seems to be removed in a great measure by dipping the plants in a rather strong solution ot whale oil soap and tobacco water, but when per- forming this operation I prefer to lay the plants on their sides on the bench for about twenty -four hours after having dipped them in the mixture. This plan avoids the drainage of the surplus insecti- cide down the stem of the plant and thus into the soil. • Then give the plants a dip in clear water before setting them up in their places. Red spider is frequently troublesome to the palm grower and especially so during the winter months, when the strong firing is quite likely to dry the atmos- phere of the house to such a degree as to provide quite congenial conditions for this little pest. This insect may be gradually disposed of by vigorous syring- ing, but if it appears in quantity on any broad-leaved palm, such as the latanias, it will be the surest remedy to give the plants a careful sponging with a solution of whale oil soap or any other good soap before repotting them. The small yellow thrip is one of the most deceptive pests we have to contend with, the insect in question being quite minute, nearly the color cf the leaf upon which it is feeding, and is almost as lively in its motions as a flea. The rav- ages of this insect are shown by the Odonotgflossum Crispum and its Culture. This beautiful cool house orchid is also called O. Alexandrce and O. Bluntii. It was sent from Bogota to England about fifty years ago by three orchid collectors, working separately, to three different firms, hence the three names. It was many years after its introduction before the essentials of its culture were ascer- tained, and thousands perished before their requirements were understood. They were of what is now called the old, starry type, which seldom has more than six star-shaped flowers on a spike. There was great commotion among the orchid growers of North London when, in a small private collection, one plant bore a spike with twelve or more flowers. Since the introduction of the famous Pacho variety, which will produce spikes three feet long with twenty or more finely formed flowers, it is not surprising that there is a growing demand tor them in Europe, now that their culture is so well understood and odontoglossum seedlings are raised by the thousands. Most American orchid growers claim that it is impossible to cultivate O. crispum with success in this country, owing to the excessive heat in summer. It is an open question whether the fault is altogether in heat. A few years ago it was a common thing for florists to say that it was impossible to grow cattleyas successfully year after year, but that idea has been changed. Yet, even now, two florists may grow cattleyas in the same town, the one with splendid results, but the other, because of the neglect of some necessary step in their culture, makes a complete failure. The same may be said of growing O. crispum in England. One man grows them to perfection, with no ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM. appearance of a light-colored patch upon the leaf, somewhat like that produced by the red spider, though generally less in area, and unless speedily checked will soon make a permanent disfigurement of the leaf. Fumigation with nicotine is the most effective remedy for thrip, but should be continued for three or four evenings in succession in order to catch all the stragglers and make a finish of them. W. H. Taplin. trouble whatever, because he has given the matter some attention, but his neigh- bor across the road could never succeed, and surely the fault in the latter case does not lie in the climate. It may be said that orchid growers, like poets, are born, not made. Still, the beautiful sprays of O. crispum, if they could be produced, would be very valu- able to the florist in making up work where cattleya flowers are largely used. for, gorgeous as the cattleya bloom is, half of its beauty is lost as soon as it is cut from the plant, and a bouquet of cattleyas generally has a squatty appear- ance that would no doubt be relieved by introducing a few sprays of O. crispum. It is a mystery why some enterprising florist has not found ways and means of cultivating odontoglossums successfully Some one in the northern states or in Canada ought surely to have discovered an ideal place for the growth of such plants. The American grower, with three or four months of heat followed by . splendid fall weather and bright winter days, has certainly less to contend with than the Londoner, with the dirty black fogs that will close up all orchid flowers in a day, besides being a great detriment to the plants. There must be some well established principles for the successful cultivation ot O. crispum, and an observation of several years has shown the following points: A house with a narrow-span roof running east to west seems to have more advan- tages than any other. It should not be tightly glazed. This means that each lap should be so fixed that a small coin will pass between. There should be bottom ventilation as well as top. The use of canvas on rollers for shading on the south side, two separate blinds being placed one above the other, will be found very helpful in keeping the house cool. Both on the benches and under them should be three or four inches of soft coal clinkers and a slat stage placed on the benches will be found very convenient on which to stand the plants. The atmos- phere must be kept moist. The most important point is the watering ot the plants and the distribution of moisture by means of the French invention called a sprayer, which is much favored by European orchid growers. The spray from it is so fine that it can be put all over the plants like a dew and the use of this device several times a day in hot weather cannot fail to be of benefit in this country. It is surprising how seldom the plants require water if the spraying is properly attended to and the atmos- pheric moisture kept up by frequent damping between the pots. Good judgment must be used in venti- lating, the bottom ventilators being used in the day time and the top ones la,te at night. The temperature should be 50° at night in the winter. Most grovyers keep odontoglossums w^armer than was thought good for the plants at one time, and meet with far better success. Any grower will soon find out what potting material suits best. Some use rough oak leaves mixed with sphagnum moss. Others prefer leaf soil and still others use peat and moss; but the com- post is not of so much consequence as the keeping of the atmosphere just right. It will be necessary for the grower to live near the greenhouse, for in mid- summer the blinds may need to be pulled down before 7 a. m. and it may not be safe to pull them up on the north side till late in the evening. Then, too, slugs and so forth must be looked for every evening or many a good spike of bloom will be lost. Keep plenty of tobacco stems on wire netting hung under the benches to kill thrip, which is the worst pest of odontoglossums. In very severe weather mats or boards placed on the roof at night will render unnecessary any excessive firing in order to keep up the requisite temperature. The above may seem a difficult treat- ment, but it certainly will not be noticed when the grower gets interested and finds 1903. The American Florist. 527 that his plants are doing well. For twenty-five years or more orchid fanciers on this continent have tried in all man- ner of wa^'S and spared no expense, but few have achieved much success in grow- ing odontoglossums. There is a prevail- ing idea that a north house is best, but, while it is good in summer, it is useless in winter, as odontoglossums will stand all the sun and light we get in winter, up to the month of March, and it will be found very beneficial, too. It is useless to try to grow them with cattleyas or other'subjects. Thej- must have a house to themselves. If this cannot be done the attempt to grow them had better be left alone. James Goodier. Oncidlums and Cymbidiums. Ed. Am. Florist: — Please tell me what is the matter with the foliage of onci- diums and cymbidiums, sample of which is enclosed. What is +he remedy for it, and how ought I to treat them? J. M. The leaf of oncidium enclosed was quite badly infested with scale and red spider. Occasional spraying and careful syring- ing on all bright days will keep these in check. Use a fine sprayer to reach the under side of the leaves. Oncidiums have quite a wide geographical range and no hard and last cultural rules can well be given. I am unable to determine from the portion of leaf received what species it was. O. Cavendishianum, O. luridum, O. Lanceanum,O.Papilio (Butterfly orchid), O. Baueri and a few others enjoy a stove temperature in the warm end of acattleya house, with plenty of moisture in the growing season. Agood many oncidiums, including O. serratum, O. crispum, O. Marshallianum and the popular O. vari- cosum Rogersiidobestin an intermediate temperature, such as the cool end of a cattleya house would afford; 55° at night in winter would be about right. A third section comprises a considerable number which are found at elevations of 12,000 feet, or even more, and these require a north house in summer, where other alpine orchids, such as odontoglossums and masdevallias do best. Our hot summers are very trying for this class, which includes such pretty species as O. macranthum, O. tigrinum, O. incurvum and the graceful, free flowering O. ornith- orhynchum. I have seen fine plants of many of these species grown in ordinary greenhouses. As a rule they are of easy culture, requiring plenty of moisture while growing and a lessened supply aftergrowth is made up. Pans or baskets are best to grow them in, as the spikes show to better advantage if suspended. Fern fiber with a surfacing of live sphagnum moss is a suitable compost. The leafofcymbidium wastoo withered for me to recognize it. It other leaves are in the same condition I should say the plant had been subjected to too low a temperature, or has been allowed to become too dry at the root. Cymbid- iums are of comparatively easj' culture, succeeding well in a warm, moist house. When not growing they need to be removed to a cooler house and kept drier at the root. As the3- are strong- rooting subjects they need quite large pots. A compost of lumpy, fibrous loam, with all fine particles shaken out, and sphagnum is suitable. Liquid fertilizer from cow or sheep manure ma3' be given occasionally in addition during the grow- ing season. Like all other orchids, they must be well up to the light or they will not flower well. A few of the best species are C. eburneum, C. Lowianum, C. ebur- neo X Lowianum, C. Tracyanum, C. L.ELIO-CATTLEYA EXONIENSIS AS GROWN BY JAS. GOODIER. (Supposed a natural hybrid of Cattleya Mossim and Lalia Purpurata.) Parishii and C. Sanderae. Syringe the plants freely and pests will trouble them very little. W. N. Craig. CARNATIONS. PLANT BUILDING AND TOPPING. The theory of cutting the number of varieties down to the lowest possible figure is founded upon the most practical business instincts and many a variety of doubtful value has passed into innocuous desuetude as a result of this policy. But it has also often happend that the injudicious following of this policy did damage to the business end ol the place by sacrificing continuity of bloom in favor of one or two varieties of a color, which, although they were desirable so far as actual quality went, did not cover the profitable business season sufficiently well. There are few varieties with which you can by topping swing a crop of flowers into a particular period or induce a con- tinuity of bloom, for the simple reason that under proper conditions most varie- ties will break their eyes in crops, and as the shoots of a variety all take about the same length of time to come to maturity, the result is a crop of flowers. Most varieties will break naturally, whether you remove the center or not, and with these varieties it is useless to try any manipulating, and then each variety has a season when it naturally prefers to come into crop. The only practical way to have a con- tinuity of bloom of the diff"erent colors is to have several varieties of the same color, and as a continual supply of each staple color is necessary to hold trade and realize the best prices at all times, the list of varieties grown on any place will seldom fall below adozen, not count- ing novelties on trial. The question of cutting the number of varieties down to the lowest possible figure has often much to do with the net results obtained from a given space, but the greatest care is necessary in this par- ticular in order that one essential point is not sacrificed in favor of another. Viewing varieties from an exhibition standpoint will not do in commerce. A variety that produces a good quantity ot fair-sized flowers around the holidays is often of more value than one that comes in with a grand rush of extra fine flowers during Lent. In building a stocky, well branched plant that carries the body low, ■ the different types must be carefully studied and the requirements ot each met with diligent painstaking. There are about four distinct types under which the long list of varieties may be classified. On the one extreme we have what may be called the Marquis type, which breaks freely and has its branches arranged in such symmetry of form that scarcely any manipulating is necessary to produce plants of ideal shape. It saves up all its energy for one big crop of flowers, the earliness and duration of which can be governed to some extent by proper handling. On the other extreme we have White Cloud, of exceedingly straggly growth, requiring almost unceasing attention to keep the main body of growth within proper bounds. And then there is the Lawsou type, which is probably the nearest to perfection in freedom and con- tinuity of bloom of any variety extant. 528 The American Florist. May 3, Some care in topping is necessary to pre- vent an overabundance of growth too high up from the ground. The Scott type, embracing a large number of varie- ties, including Crocker, Joost, Dorothy and Flora Hill, is also permanently established. It makes a plant of good shape without much attention in regard to topping, except that the first leading shoot should be cut back quite low. . Most of the young plants will have had their first topping indoors and will be well branched before planting out and where it is desired to have a good-sized plant to lift early this is the idea to follow. A stocky plant, low-branched, that does not require any support until it begins to come into bloom, some time after benching, is what we try to produce. Young plants of most varieties will break naturally just where they should to bring about this result if they are at no time crowded for room and are grown in the full sunlight and have the benefit of a free circulation of fresh air. Not so with plants that are grown outside of their natural elements; crowding and lack of air and light will soon run them up spindly, and when they are topped to induce them to break, the breaks are few in number and weak and most of them will be near the top of the branches, the base remaining thin and weak, with the consequent topheaviness. The result is nearly always that heavy rains will either wash them to one side or beat the branches straight down on all sides, leaving the center of the plant open and empty, a very awkward shape to handle and support properly. After the plants are in the field they should be gone over once a week with the view of topping those plants or branches that are in the right shape. This will yary somewhat with varieties. Marquis seldom needs topping further than to the extent ofremoving the first leading shoot. needs a little coaxing to induce it to break at the right time and place. The knife should be freely applied early in the season, say up to June 1, and after that the policy should be exactly the reverse, never removing any shoots except those that show signs ot coming into bud, and then they should be cut down quite low. When to call a halt to the regular topping will depend upon when you intend to house the plants and how early a steady demand for flowers can be depended upon. Shoots that have started to run up at the time of transplanting are usually severely checked by the process and the stems are shortened as a result, so it is advisable to remove all shoots at this stage of development shortly before transplanting and after the plants are benched the demand for flowers should regulate the topping. From then on remove the shoots only after they have come well into bud if the demand is limited. It seldom happens, however, that there is not a good demand for car- nations after the first of August, and as most of your new stock will not have a heavy crop of buds on as early as that, you heed have no compunction in allow- ing your plants to come into bloom naturally after benching. The few flowers that they will produce shortly after transplanting willnotweakenthe plants, provided it is done sufficiently early. In the old days of September planting there was some danger from this source, for that was just about the time when the majority of varieties came naturally into a heavy crop, and to allow this crop to develop when the plants were poorly supoorted with roots often resulted in a standstill after the crop was ofi' and the plants were prone to take a rest until the more favorable weather of early spring awakened the plants to renewed ambi- tions. Early planting has entirely done away with this danger, for by the time 1 1 ^ 'Jk ^^liMi- '^ '^ : '^^'V I R^ ' J^Hl STORE OF RANDOLPH & McCLEMENTS, PITTSBURG, PA. Its best quality is not its earliness of bloom and a second topping is seldom required, except with plants from early struck cuttings. Flora Hill has the habit of producing a good crop of flowers during the fall, and to get the full benefit of this crop early lifting and an early stop to topping is necessary. White Cloud, even under the best conditions. the fall crop comes on the plants are well established in their permanent quarters and are prepared to meet any demand made upon them. J. » • » Plattsmouth, Neb. — L. A. Moore has a range of 10,000 feet of glass which he proposes to rebuild, greatly improve and restock this season. A Plttsljurg: Establishment. The interior view presented is of the store of Randolph & McClements, located in the fashionable district, on the corner of South Highland avenue and Baum street, Pittsburg. Randolph & McClem- ents are florists, decorators and growers of bedding plants and so forth. There are three greenhouses attached to the store, two houses for small ferns and one large house of palms and decorative plants. The salesroom is 25x30 feet, decorated in white and green. The staircase is wide and effective and at the top of same is a fine art glass window^. Fine rugs, numer- ous tables, an artistic fireplace and a large collection of vases, jardinieres and novelties all add to the beauty of the interior. A handsome display refrigerator stands on the Baum street side of the store. It is long and deep, and fitted with the latest devices for use and show. The window display space takes in the entire front of the store and extends around the Baum street side about fifteen feet. Practically speaking, the entire interior is constantly on display to every passer. The office is on the left of the staircase in the store and the general virorkroom is on the right of the stairs. In the rear of the workroom is the shipping room and then comes an up-to-date potting and boiler room. Access to each department is easy, and each department may be communicated virith by telephone and is well lighted at night. The Oakland branch is located at the entrance on the western side of Schenley Park, and about two miles from the Bast End store. They control an area of 308x520 feet, on which are eight houses containing palms and decorative plants, bulbous stock, blooming plants, bedding stock, and so forth. They use eighteen head of horses and eight wagons and at the present time the pay roll carries thirty-two employes. E. L. M. Florists' Plant Notes. CINERARIAS. If any cinerarias are wanted for Christ- mas and shortly after, different sowings can be made from the middle of May unlil the first of August, wh?n the batch for Easter is sown. Sow thinly in light, leaf mould soil and keep the pan or box covered with glass and shade for a few days to prevent the soil from baking. After the seedlings are of sufficient size to handle, pot them off carefully into thumb- pots, from which they can be shifted to a 3-inch. Some growers find difficulty in growing them through the summer; an apparently strong and healthy plant will in a single day wilt down and die while all the rest around appear to be doing well. Pretty soon others follow, until sometimes the whole batch is lost. The reason is perhaps that the proper care ■«vas not taken in draining the pots, pre- venting the water from passing through freely. Use a porous, slightly sandy soil with a quarter well rotted cow manure added and drain the pots, from the 3-inch until the flowering pot is reached, with plenty of broken potsherds. Grow them outside during the summer in a frame with the sash raised in front and back, shading from the sun. Syringe daily and to keep down aphis scatter stems between the pots, which should be renewed every four or five weeks. PRIMDLAS. It is time now to sow Primula Sinensis and P. Forbesi for next fall and winter plants. For later flowering, if you have /^OJ. The American Florist. 529 A TWO-ACRE FIELD OF LILIUM HARRISII, GROWN BY STEPHENS BROS., BERMUDA, PHOTOGRAPHED EASTER, 1903. sale for any after Christmas, another sowing can be made the first of July. Sow the seed in good soil, to which about a third leaf mould and some sand has been added. After the seedlings have made two character leaves transplant them into flats of the same kind of soil, about an inch and a half apart each way, and when of sufficient size pot off into 214-inch pots. The best place to grow primulas in summer is outside in a frame with a skeleton built fifteen inches high above the frames on which to rest the sash. This will allow a free circulation ot air over the plants day and night. In the fall if you are short of room inside you can knock out the skeleton from under the sash, closing the frame tight at night, and keep them out for several weeks after the first frosts have come. Shade the glass with whitewash to pro- tect from the blazing sun. In shifting the young plants be sure to have the pots well drained with broken potsherds or charcoal; also see that they are potted deep enough, but not too deeplj' either; the proper way is to have the base of the plant firmly supported by the surface of the soil. This is an important detail, for to pot them too deeph' will rot the crown of the plant, while if the)' are potted too high they will require support to keep them from wobbling. If you have any old plants of P. obconica and P. Forbesi left over these should now be divided up, potting the divisions into 2V'2-inch pots. In dividing them be care- ful not to tear off the roots, which a careless workman is apt to do. G. A Progressive Nashville Concern. Geny Brothers have made notable progress in the last few years and now have one of the best establishments in the city. Their retail store is located at 712 Church street, in the Lulane Hotel building, occupying the corner on Polk avenue. They have a commodious place, with tiled floor, and an admirable corner show window, which is always radiant with bloom. Oscar and Leon Geny are young men, full of industry and enter- prise. Some thirty years ago their father was engaged in vegetable grow- ing, of which he made a pronounced suc- cess, but as his sons grew into the busi- ness a gradual change was made, and they turned their attention more and more to flowers, and upon the death of the lather the sons became altogether flower gro vvers. Their producing establishment is located on the corner of Jackson and Bellville streets, in the midst of the city but awa}' from the busy thoroughfares and midway between central and North Nashville. It is a plot of three acres. Their entire block of greenhouses will be rebuilt in a lew weeks and six new houses added. Two of the new houses will be 30x150 and the remaining four will be 30x105. This will give them twelve houses and an entire area of 30,000 square feet of glass. The Messrs. Geny have been eminently successful with carnations, chrysanthe- mums and violets as specialties. They have the greatest abundance and great- est perfection of violets throughout the entire season, from early fall until late spring. In chrysanthemtims they have made a great success, growing plants as w^ell as cut flowers of leading varieties. But it is in their carnations that they take the greatest pride and show blooms that for color and size cannot be sur- passed. They will devote part of their space the coming season to Bride and Bridesmaid roses but will not yet put in any other varieties. They grow lilies and other bulbous stock in season, also azaleas. The growing department is managed and run by the elder brother, Oscar, while the up- town retail store is directed by Leon Geny. A. D. Currey, formerly with Currey & Company, is now with Geny Brothers, and with him has gone to the firm a part of the tormer Currey patronage. M. C. Dorris. Carnation Growing: in California. "Boyle Heights is to become the site of the largest flower garden west of Chi- cago, and of greenhouses that will be one of the greatest attractions of the Angel City," says the Los Angeles Times. "Thiriy-seven acres of carnations will soon add their fragrance to the breezes of the highlands, and in nine mammoth glass houses the buds will be brought to bloom. The new enterprise is known as the Grace Hill Nursery, and its location is on the high mesa, at the northeastcor- ner of Wabash avenue and Zonal street. "Joseph W. Wolfskin is the proprietor, 630 The American Florist. May 2, and the head gardener is George W. Wat- son. These men are pioneers in the car- nation growing industry in Southern California, and their long experience will be of much value in making the Boyle Heights carnation fields successful and spectacular. "At the new carnation farm three greenhouses have been completed. They are each 200 feet long and fifteen leet wide, and their building required teutons of glass. Just to the south of these six similar greenhouses are to be constructed, requiring twenty-five tons of glass and using 25,000 (?) pounds of putty for the glazing. A complete steam heating plant is installed, and with the new greenhouses it will comprise 6,500 feet of 1-inch pipe. "During the last week about five acres have been prepared for the young carna- tion plants. This tract is irrigated by a system of 4,000 feet of 1-inch and 1,700 feet of 2-inch pipe, supplied from the city waterworks. It has been determined that an abundant water supply can be procured on the land and in the near future two wells will be sunk. "The investment in the new enterprise at present represents an outlay of about $10,000. Its possibilities are practically unlimited, as there is a demand for every blossom the gardeners can produce. "Local florists, since the heavy frosts of the past winter, have been largely supplied by San Francisco growers, and have paid from 75 cents to 90 cents per dozen, wholesale, for the northern grown flowers. Even at this rate the market could not be supplied. The Grace HUl Nursery wholesales its carnations at 3%, 4 and 5 cents a blossom. The blossoms now retail at 10 cents each — double the normal price. "Mr. Watson, who has made carnation culture his life study, states that a healty plant will average twenty perfect blossoms a season, and that on this basis the flower growing enterprise ought to develop into a concern of much commer- cial importance." Springfield, O.— Good & Reese report a very heavy early spring trade. There is an especially heavy demand for roses, they having already shipped many hun- dreds of thousands and lound that they will run far short before the end of the planting season. Wholesaler's Plant Display. Following the recognized trend of the Easter trade, a number of the wholesale cut flower dealers in New York have been handling plants at that time for several years and a very large stock is thus dis- posed of at an advantage when the cut flower demand lags. Our illustration shows the interior of Wm. Ghormley's place. The tables and shelves were cleared and replenished many times dur- ing the week preceding Easter Sunday. Chrysanthemums in Canada. BT JOHN H. DUNLOP, TORONTO. [Presented to the Chrysanthemum Society of American at the Chicago convention."! Chrysanthemum growing in Canada has been developing for the past fifteen years. I do not mean to say by this that there were none grown previous to that time, but that for the past fifteen years there has been very marked progress made and greater interest taken in the selection of varieties and the mode of growing them. The writer's earliest recollection of the cut chrysanthemum is what were termed "sprays." These were largely cut from plants grown naturally, with- out being disbudded. While there were some single stems to be seen they were comparatively few, the naturally grown sprays taking the lead and finding the readiest sale. In pot plants the small sizes were most generally grown, plants in 5-inch and 6-inch pots with nice tops of flowers. People at that time were not educated to the possibilities of the autumn queen; they were, so to speak, satisfied with what was being produced and ofiered for sale. I think that the first exhibition of the gardeners' and florists' associations of the cities of Montreal and Toronto gave chrysanthemum growing its first impetus. These occurred some twelve years ago a^d I recollect very clearly the exclama- tions of those who saw the first show blooms staged by these societies. While the blooms were of fair size, they were not as perfect, by any means, as those that are grown and shown at the present time. The Montreal show has had rather the advantage of Toronto in the matter of show blooms. There are a large number of private establishments in that city WM. GHORMLEY'S STORE, NEW YORK, AT EASTER. and some excellent gardeners, men well qualified to fill any position in the flori- cultural line, and chrysanthemum grow- ing is not the least successful line of plants cultivated there. The pot chrys- anthemums grown by Montreal garden- ers are some of the best exhibited at any of the fall shows. In Toronto the pot plants are considerably below the average. Why this should be is explained by the absence of private places, where time, space and expense are not so much of a consideration as in a commercial place. The tendency to-day is to concentrate on a few varieties and grow them in quantity, taking the best of the several colors lor early, midseason and late. Propagating usually begins at the time spring bedding stock is propagated, say April and May and even as late as June. From the late propagated stock there are good single-stemmed blooms pro- duced, stems averaging three feet long. When cuttings can be produced in quantity the late propagated stock has a decided advantage, as the benches can be used for spring stock, then cleared and replanted with chrysanthemums. I do not advocate the late planting for the very early varieties. These should be propagated by the middle of March. The time of putting cuttings in the propa- gating bed is governed by the time the crop is required, and the grower must know the possibilities of the diflferent varieties. Some varieties will make good commercial blooms from the stock pro- pagated as late as the end of May. If for exhibition purposes earlier propa- gating is advisable, so as to get well ripened wood early in the season. The varieties most largely grown are the standard varieties of to-day. In this respect the Canadian florist has been fully abreast of the times, purchasing and testing the new introductions to ascertain what is best. The varieties most in evidence are Bergmaun, Kalb, Ivory, white and pink; Niveus, Robinson, Bonnaffbn, Viviand-Morel, Golden Wed- ding, Col. Appleton, Lavender Queen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John K. Shaw, Mrs. Weeks and Yellow Queen. As to the production of new varieties, hybridizing has not been prosecuted to any great extent. The best known Canadian productions are Timothy Eaton, Dr. Orouhyatekha and Mrs. Eaton, Toronto and Bessie Hollis, all of which originated at the establishment of Miller & Sons, Toronto, who grow enormous quantities of the autumn queen. The first variety, Timothy Eaton, was a revelation to the chrysanthemum fancier two seasons ago. It came so unexpectedly and of such magnificent proportions, the best type of an almost perfect bloom, having grand stem, foliage and size. Dr. Oronhyatekha is similar to Eaton in all respects except color, which is a beauti- ful shade of yellow. Toronto is a strong growing bronze, foliage well up to bloom, medium height, vyith large, well-built bronze flowers. Mrs. Eaton is the most profitable pink to date, being of a bright shade of rosy pink, medium length of stem and large, well-built bloom. This, grown three and four stems to a plant, makes an ideal commercial pink, and is destined to become very popular when disseminated. Geo. Hollis, of Toronto, is an enthus- iastic hybridizer. He had several seed- lings in bloom last season for the first time that will be heard from later. His establishment is not large but it contains some gems in the way of seedling chrys- anthemums. He has devoted consider- rgoj. The American Florist. 531 able time and energy to hybridizing and we hope ere long to have some of his productions on the market. The feeling four years ago was that chrysanthemums were on the wane, that they were no longer the popular flowers of the preceding season, but such is not the case, as they have been as popular this season as ever, and I am safe in say- ing that the sales are largely in excess of previous years. Rambler Rose Hiawatha. This rose, of which we present an illus- iration in this issue, is one of the pret- tiest of the productions of M. H. Walsh, ot Woods HoU, Mass. At the recent spring exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society it was enthusias- tically admired by visitors for the exqui- site grace ot its foliage and profuse flower clusters and the rich color of its dainty carmine bloom. It is a cross between Crimson Rambler and Paul's Carmine Pillar. Treatment for Hydrangeas. Ed. Am. Florist:— Could you inform rae of the best method to handle hydran- geas for next year's blooming? I have a large number of plants which I tried to force along for Easter but only one in ten came. Then not nearly half the growths had heads. While the growths looked exceedingly healthy, yet they failed to produce flower heads. Please tell me when to cut back, what to save and the mode of treatment, that I may not be disappointed next vear. M. H. W. This correspondent should immediately cut back the growths thatfailed to flower for Easter, after which no more topping must be done. Cut them back to within eight or ten inches above the pot, so as to form a low, bushy plant during the sum mer. As soon as frost is over place them out of doors and grow them along in pots all summer, plunging them in some loose material to keep the pots from drying out too fast. Give them the full sun and water copiously, shifting along as needed. They must have plenty of room to permit a free circulation of air among the plants, so as to thoroughly ripen the growth. In the fall, before frost, bring them in and place in a cool cellar where no frost can get at them, or under the coolest greenhouse bench you have, gradually withholding water from them until the first of the j-ear. These old plants may also be planted out in the open ground, which latter plan will of course save trouble and expense in water- ing and shifting during the summer, although they are liable to grow too rank if we have a wet season; in the fall lift them and give them a suitable sized pot, handling them as suggested above during the winter months. At the first of the year they should be placed in a heat of 60° and started into growth for Easter. If'M. H. W." has any young plants propagated during the winter (which will make the best stock for next winter flowering) he should plant them out of doors as soon as the weather permits, topping them not later than the first of July to form a bushy plant. In fall and winter handle them precisely in the same manner as the old plants, as above suggested. G. Baltimore, Md. ^Conrad Hess says Easter saw a demand for first-class flow- ering plants which exceeded the supply. Azaleas and Rambler roses were wanted. RAMBLER ROSE HIAWATHA, RAISED BY M. H. WALSH, WOODS HOLL, MASS. Boston. LIGHT DEMAND AND HEAVY SUPPLY RESULTS IN BREAKING PRICES. — CAR- NATIONS AT LENGTH SUCCUMB.— EDGELY ROSE COMING INTO ITS OWN.— LOCAL AND TRADE JOTTINGS. The week starts out with a very weak demand for the heavy flower shipments that are coming to the wholesale markets. Prices have been severely cut in many staple lines, the outlet being entirely out of proportion to the quantity of material supplied. Carnations, which have held out against all storms for months, are now weak, the best grades being obtain- able at figures which until now applied only to the refuse stock, and the quality is very fine on an average. Roses are weakening also, good Beauty and Edgely selling at prices unprecedented for the season. Queen of Edgely is gradually gaining a foothold, overcoming the pre judice which it has been forced to combat ever since its introduction here. It is a better rose than Beauty, and this fact is sure to be acknowledged eventually. Lily of the valley is suffering at present from the presence of the frame-grown article and prices are lower than hereto- fore in consequence. The stock sent in by the frame growers is splendid. The Old Guard took appropriate recog- nition of the sixtieth birthday of one of their number, W. W. Edgar, on Tuesday, April S, by getting into his home stealthily and there surprising him with their presence and a nice gold watch as a token of their esteem. Everything that goes to make up a very good time was served without stint, the honors of the management being well divided between Ed. Hatch and his confederate, Mrs. Edgar. Carl Jurgens is sending Welch Brothers a novelty in Anemone fulgens. This beautiful scarlet flov^fcr deserves recogni- tion from the floral trade and Mr. Jur- gens has made no mistake in giving it an introduction to the trade. Gerbera Jamesoni is a pretty flower, but in com- petition with Anemone fulgens must take V. C. Oilman, father of Mrs. C. W. Hoitt, died at his homein Nashua, N. H., on April 28, aged 73 3-ears. He was mayor of Nashua in 1.S65, and since that time has filled many public positions of trust and honor. He was an ardent horticulturist. The bill constituting the mountain laurel the floral emblem of Massachusetts has been passed by the legislature. Arbor day was officially celebrated by 532 The American Florist. May. '2^ the planting of an English elm on Boston Common by Mayor Collins. Visitors: W. Langbridge, Cambridge, N. Y.; L. B. Craw and Jas. Begbee, New York; E. J. Harmon, Portland, Me.; Geo. E. Fancourt, Philadelphia. The New Asmus Rose House. The accompanying illustrations show the excellence of the construction adopted by E. G. Asmus for his new plant at Closter, N. J., where he has been making a very large cut this winter. The house was built a year ago and is 55x400 feet. It contains 12,000 plants, mostly Ameri- can Beauty, and the growth has been a pleasure to the proprietor all season. As the picture shows, the construction is the bent-eave style, built by Hitchings & Company, New York, the only wood in the house being the sash bars and doors, the side walls and benches being of concrete. The whole house is glazed with 24x30 glass, making it very light. The smaller illustration shows the boiler house, a most novel style for a highly necessary adjunct to a successful rose house. The building is made of irregu- larly shaped broken rocks, roughly dressed. Mr. Asmus has just built a propagat- ing house 11x200 feet and has recently signed a contract with the Pierson-Sef- ton Company for one of their all-iron, "U" bar houses 55x400, which is to be ready to plant July 1. New York. BUSINESS QUIET AND SUMMER CONDITIONS tlKELY TO COME EARLY. -—PERSONAL AND TRADE DOINGS. Trade in general continues very slow and values show no disposition to rally from the low mark at which they have stood ever since Easter. Many of the flower buying people are already leaving town, the out-going steamers carrying many, and the indications point to an early realization of summer conditions. Cleary & Co. , on Vesey street,- have been discontinued. A Herrmann sailed for Europe per S. S. Grosser Kurfuerst on April 30, for an extended trip to buy novelties. Ernst Asmus is ill. Visitors: Geo. C. Watson, Philadelphia, and Prot. L. C. Elson, Boston. Chicago. BRISK. MARKET.— HEAVY SHIPPING TRADE MOVES LARGE DAILY RECEIPTS.— PRICES NOT HIGH BUT GOOD STOCK COMMANDS STEADY RATES. — WHITE CARNATIONS ACCUMULATE.— SMILAX SCARCE.— VARI- OUS NOTES OF LOCAL TRADE DOINGS. The week's market has been devoid of unusual features but has, nevertheless, seen very satisfactory trade. Local demand is not so heavy as to provoke comment but the shipping trade was never greater. It is, perhaps, true that in previous years orders have averaged larger, but it is indisputable that more buyers are patronizing this market this year than ever before in the history of the trade. Daily shipments are going out to hundreds of buyers, from Pitts- burg to Denver, and from Duluth to New Orleans and Fort Worth, with an occa- sional order from points still more remote. On Monday nea-ly every buyer was heard from and very heavy receipts were well cleaned up. Tuesday's supplies were not so large and the demand was about in proportion. The later days of the week have seen well sus- tained activity and there is very little cause for complaint, except, perhaps, on the part of those sending in callas and Harrisii, or the last of the bulbous stock, which has been slow sale. There are large supplies of long Beauties and, in fact, all other grades, but they have moved fairly well. Tea roses average of superlative quality. Liberty is again coming into heavy crop and Bassett & Washburn report the better grades sell- ing right up to the Beauty prices. Car- BOILER HOUSE AT THE E. G. ASMUS PLANT, CLOSTER, N. J. Violets are rapidly approaching their finish for this season. Cattleyas are more plentiful than recently and sell at more reasonable figures. Lily of the val- ley goes more briskly. Roses and carna- tions are of excellent quality still. B. Suzuki and Chas. Loechner sailed for Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tuesday, April 28, hoping to break the record for rapid traveling. J. P. Cleary has taken an office at 136 Liberty street and the auction rooms of nations have been coming along much more rapidly and varying reports are made in this department. It is notice- able that white is left standing in many houses, which can hardly be accounted for by a decrease in the demand for funeral work, and clean-up sales have occasionally been necessary at prices which have hurt the averages. But, at the same time, good stock has been hold- ing up surprisingly. The two heavy frosts last week put an end to such crops as arbutus and shut off this source of income. The new crop sweet peas are coming in heavily and some very fine qualities are shown, selling well. The greatest scarcity in the market at pres- ent is smilax. Receipts are very light and quality is poor, the strings short and light with most growers. Aspara- gus is in better supply and of very good quality, so that it is being more largely used than ever before for the numerous spring decorations. The growers are getting into the spring crop of Prosperity carnation, and better flowers were seldom shown. As a rule it is a good seller, but now and then a pot of it loses its value while being held by the salesmen for a little advance oyer the price on the same quality in other varieties. On Monday J. A. Budlonghad an order for 1,400 Harrisii to go to New Orleans and it pretty effectually cleaned up the market. St. Louis has also been a large buyer this week, because of the soci?,! activity attending the World's Fair dedi- catory exercises. A. L. Randall is gradually getting set- tled in his commodious new quarters. He has a fine new Orr & Lockett box jn addition to his former cooling facilities and says the new location, nearer the rest of the wholesalers, is already bring- ing new trade. O. P. Bassett has moved his Pictorig.! Printing Company plant to Aurora and has been going out there every day for some weeks. He expects to have very fine facilities for this branch of his bui?i- ness when it is fully settled in the ntv location. The growers have nearly all plaqt?d out their carnations and some treriien- dous fields are reported. There wefg two heavy frosts last week, after y^ work was well under way, but it seetiJl to have done no one an injury. Flint Kennicott's friends no longer rec- ognize him except by the sound of his voice, and it is all because he is shorn of the beard he has worn for years. Klehms' Nurseries are coming in with a very fine cut of Kaiserin. They at* also sending in extra quality pansiis' from seed of their own saving. ''^ P. J. Hauswirth and Mrs. Hauswirth* will be at Bloomington for a few days next week, attendingthe Red Men'sstate meeting. Carl Thotnas, of Randall's, is on the sick list, suffering from a severe cold. Visitors: A. S. Halstead, Belleville, 111.; S. S. Skidelsky, Philadelphia; W. A- Gonter, Battle Creek, Mich.; H. V. Hunkel, Milwaukee; G. A. Washburn, Bloomitig- ton. III.; Jno. T. Buckbee, Rockfdrd.- Grand Rapids, Mich. TRADE HOLDS UP IN VERY FLNE SHAPE.— VIOLETS DOING NICELY. — A HAIL STOKM, —CLUB MEETS.— OTHER NOTES. Business has been very good since Easter and all the retail florists report heavy funeral orders. At Henry Smith's they are working very late every night on such orders. He has partially recov- ered from his very destructive fire on March 23, and is putting in a new foundation for the boarding house which was destroyed. Jas. Schols' violets are the wonder of every orje. He is getting figures on a new violet house 16x120. The hail storm which passed over this section April 18 did considerable damage to the greenhouses on a line with the center of the city. Peter Kunst lost about $35, the Wealthy Avenue Floral Company $100, the Fifth Avenue Floral Company $50, Wm. Cunningham about tgo3. The American Florist, 533 NEW 400-FOOT AMERICAN BEAUTY HOUSE OF ERNST G. ASMUS, ERECTED AT CLOSTER, N. J. $35 and Crabb & Hunter about $25. It was quite a surprise to every one, as we eonsider ourselves out of the hail belt. The Grand Rapids Florists' Club held its regular monthly meeting April 27 with a fair turnout. Wencel Cukerski, superintendent of parks, gave quite a talk on the new park for the North End. The department stores have been sell- ing hardy roses in pots, and we saw some very fine American Beauty which sold at 50 cents each. Carnations are still very scarce, but what are offered are good and sell readily at 50 cents to 60 cents per dozen. Crabb & Hunter and Wm. Cunning- ham are pushing their new places at the Lake. Carnation planting is the order of the day with every one. S. PUladelphla. WEDDING WORK KEEPS THE TRADE MOVING ANDCOKSDMES MUCH STOCK.-ALL ABODT SUPPLY AND PRICES.— NOTHING DOING ON THE SEVENTH DAY. — BEDDING PLANT TRADE ACTIVE. — NOTES. Weddings are still keeping the boys busy and help materially to keep down the surplus. Prices are all receding. The best Beauties can now be bought for from $2.50 to $3 per dozen. Teas are down to $10 per hundred for first choice. Bridesmaids,which have been a fine color, have commenced to pale a bit and it the present hot weather should continue any length of time they v.-ill soon dwindle in size. Violets are finished; they held out much longer than was expected. Sweet peas are in full crop and large quantities are used daily; pricesiangefrom 50 cents up to $1 per hundred sprays. Valley appears, if anything, more popular than ever and orders for 1,000 or 2,000 or more are common in the large commission houses. Prices range from $3 to $4 per hundred, while S. S. Pennock has a grade which readily brings $5. Leo. Niessen is still handling daffodils from Newport; $3 per hundred is the price. Smilax is very scarce, $20 per hundred for very small strings being the figure. Asparagus is in great demand at 35 cents to 50 cents per bunch of twenty-five spra_ys, Sprengeri and plumosus being equal favorites. Herman Schoenfeld, the Seventeenth street florist, was arrest'^d two weeks ago for having his store open for a while on Sunday morning, getting out some fiineral work. With perhaps one or two exceptions, none of the stores are open for business on Sunday. Some men refuse even to deliver orders on that day. How would this suit some of our western friends, where we understand the first day of the week is as good as any other in a business way? Incidentally we might mention that this is a dry town on Sun- day, as all the saloons and hotel bars are closed tight and no amount of coaxing will alter the state of affairs. A new administration has also closed up the "speakeasies" which used to do a rush- ing business on Sunday. The bedding plant men are now up to their eyes in work and large quantities of stock go out daily, although it is yet a trifle early to set out anything more tender than a geranium. Robert Craig & Son have a fine stock of roses for bedding out and they are going rapidly. This firm has also gotten together a choice lot of fancy evergreens and other like p'ants for lawn decoration. Last year they could not supply the demand, and even now the call is far ahead of last season. The topic of the next meeting of the club is "Sports," the members being asked to come primed with information about bowling. All are to put their heads together and determine the best way to select the best men to do the best bowling at Milwaukee next August. K. St. Louis. .MARKET QUIET AND GOOD STOCK GOING AT BOTTOM R.VTES.— CLUB HAS A PLEASANT SESSION ACROSS THE RIVER. — VARIOUS .NOTES. The Florists' Club held a very interest- ing meeting at Belleville on April 16, as the guests of Mayor Halstead, twenty- six members being present. Roses were on exhibition. Dr. Halstead took first prize on a vase of Kaiserin; Frank Fill- more second on a mixed vase of Perles, Woottons, Brides and Bridesmaids, and Emil Schray third on a vase of Perles, Woottons, Brides, Bridesmaids and Liberty. R. F. Tesson's vase of Kaiserin and Carnot did not arrive until after the prizes were awarded. Dr. Halstead also exhibited a vase of Queen of Edgely and American Beauties, also a vase of carna- tions including Bon Homme Richard, Mar- quis and Crane. C. C. Sanders exhibited a vase ofvery fine double fringed petunias. After business a bountiful repast was served. After dinner President Dunford spoke on "The Advantages of a Florists' Club." C. C. Sanders followed with "Once a Florist Always a Florist." Adjournment was then taken to bowling alleys. The market has been very quiet in the past week and cut flowers have taken a decided drop. There is not exactly a glut, but stock has been moving very slowly and the buyers get what they desire at their own price. Beauties are coming on in large quantities and some very nice stock is sold at bottom prices, Romans and Paper Whites are about ofl and sweet peas are taking their place. Harrisii lilies are coming in quantity, while valley is a little short and has advanced. Some very elaborate decorations were made for the President during his sojourn here. At a dinner in his honor at D. R. Francis' home on Wednesday, the tables were beautifully decorated with Beauties by the Ellison Floral Company. At the dinner in honor of Gen. Miles, at W. W. Dozier's the same firm used lily of the valley and narcissi. At the banquet at the Administration building American Beauties were used in profusion. The Michel Plant Company did this work, ^ Robt. Tesson has sold the lease of his Grand avenue store and will take a much needed rest and a trip to Europe. Dr. Halstead has been at Chicago for a few days. Visitors: S. S. Skidelsky, of Philadel- phia; Wm. Fehr, Belleville. H. J. F. Cleveland. CHILDREN SUPPLIED SEEDS FOR AMATEUR GARDENING CONTEST.— VARIOUS NOTES OF VARYING LOCAL ANDTRADEINTEREST. The distribution of 133,170 packages of flower seeds to school children of this city was begun Wednesday lay the Home Gardening Association. The association has decided to oSer prizes to the children for the best display of flowers from the gardens and for the best arrangement of gardens. An exhibition will be held next fall to determine the winners. All will be given a fair trial. Those living in down- town districts, having more difiiculties to labor under on account of smoke and dirt will be given an equal show withth. others. The ice proposition for coolers is goinw to be a stiff one for florists this summer, as a combine is being formed which will be very strong. They have already raised the price. It is being fought but what the outcome will be we cannot tell. The Market Gardeners' Association holds a special meeting May 2. Some very important matter is to be discussed Florists are buying cineraria seed now for Christmas blooming. TheChristma* season being generally cold and dark. 534 The American Flor/st. May- 2, there is so little variety of flowers that it is thought wise and considered a good speculation to get them in then instead of at Easter, when there are plenty of flowers. Roses, carnations and some bulbous flowers are coming in plentifully enough butstock is just a trifle inferior to what it has been. However, it finds a ready sale and that is about all that is required. This weather brings the people to seed stores and all kinds of gardening goes on apace. Casper Aul continues to improve and we hope to see him about soon. O. G. Toronto. BUSINESS VERY GOOD IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. — ALL STOCK OF EXCELLENT QUALITY. — NOTES OF THE TRADE AND PERSONAL DOINGS. Trade has been good. The demand for stock has been continual and possibly in no variety excepting lilies has there been an over-supply. The quality continues to be of the best and very select blooms of all lines of stock are in evidence. In roses, Brides are exceptionally fine. The few bright days of sunshine have caused them to blush and when they can be had with this tint, there is no more salable rose on the market. Beauties have recuperated and it is no longer a rarity to see a vase of especially fine, long- stemmed blooms. Bridesmaids are show- ing their color to advantage, and Meteor, Morgan and the smaller teas are all of good quality. Prices remain firm at $10 per hundred for first-class stock and $5 for seconds. Carnations are more plen- tiful than at any time in the past season and good flowers of all colored varieties can be had in quantity, though whites are hardly sufficient to meet the extra heavy demand. Bulbous stock is not plentiful and has very little call, but pan- sies, marguerites, sweet peas, mignonette and other varieties of spring flowers are all salable. A few good double violets are still coming in but are quickly gath- ered up. Roses at J. H. Dunlop's are in fine con- dition. A bench of Ivory and one of Balduin have done so well that more of these varieties will be planted another season. Meteor seems to have run out in places. Carnations, and especially some of the newer varieties, have done very well, and the demand has been so brisk that another extension of the glass area will be made this season. A visit from Ottawa of the Governor General and the Countess of Minto, created an extra demand in the better retail stores. Several good decorations, with many notable features, were put up by Dunlop and bouquets from local admirers were presented on every possi- ble occasion. Wm. Gammage, of London, has been sending in quantities of Golden Gate, Bride and Bridesmaid roses which are very good and grade evenly. From the same town, Fred. Dicks seems to have been very successful with his carnations and violets. In flowering plants, there is quite a variety and the many decorations and other demands keep them moving nicely. Beds of hyacinths and tulips are show- ing color in the gardens. The death of the lieutenant governor of Ontario, Sir Oliver Mowat, which occurred April 19, kept the store men ijvorking after hours to execute the many orders. Manton Brothers are experiencing an extra rush in business, their herbaceous stock being much favored. Making plans for the extension of his greenhouse is occupying the attention of Frank Duffort. His business has been so good that he is handicaoped for space. H. G. D. San Francisco. BUSINESS RATHER QUIET. — ROSES AND CAR- NATIONS ABUNDANT. — SEASON FOR OUT- DOOR FLOWERS VERY BACKWARD. — NOTES AND VISITORS. There is very little news to write. Market conditions during the early part of the week were fairly active, the demise of some of our prominent citizens bring- ing much work to a number of florists. The latter part of the week has been very quiet and stock has moved slov^'ly. Bulbous stock, violets and lilacs are now almost past and, the season being very backward, fully three weeks later than usual, sweet peas and other season- able outdoor flowers are arriving very sparsely, which tends to keep prices up on other stock. F. Abei, of Berkeley, has two houses just planted to carnations, Lawson and Prosperity principally, sturdy and strong looking plants, and the all summer indoor culture will be given a trial. One house is to be planted to Bridesmaids and one to Testout and Carnot roses. Beauties, however, are Mr. Abei's specialty and five houses will be grown this year. J. Young, at Berkeley, has twenty-two houses mostly in roses, with a fair crop in sight. There the roses, mostly Brides- maids, Brides and Beauties, are all grown on solid beds, giving, of course, less flowers in winter but making up during spring and summer. The plants are carried over from two to three years. J. Carbone, at West Berkeley, has his houses in first-class condition. Carna- tions, which are principally grown, are well done here, notably Lawson, Estelle, Bradt and Prosperity. Thos. Thompson, a Santa Cruz carna- tion grower, called this week and reports good business, but insufficient stock to supply the demand. Mrs. Mary D. Phelan, Seventeenth and Valencia streets, has two houses in course ot construction, each 20x60 for roses and carnations. M. McDonnell is gardener. Mrs. J. D. Thompson, of Joliet, 111., came up from Monterey with a party of friends last week. Romneya. Alexandria, Va. EVERYONE BUSY. — GROWERS OCCUPIED WITH PLANTING OUT. — STORE TRADE ACTIVE. Field planting of carnations and violets is well advanced. The weather has been fair and growing warmer. Showers would be acceptable. This is in marked contrast to the condition of two weeks ago, when everything was dripping with moisture. Grillbortzer Brothers enlarged their plans and erected four houses 28x102 feet, with roomy potting and work shed and propagating house. The whole will be heated by a tubular return hot water boiler. J. Louis Loose is making improvements in his sterilizing fixtures. He has also recently installed a new and powerful steam pump, which will reduce the labor of manure watering to a minimum. At C. Ponnet & Company's everybody is busy and improvements are noticeable'. At their store on King street, the Misses Ponnet report a good trade. Mrs. F. Kramer, who assisted by her son, Charles, conducts a store and green- houses at 114 North Fayette street, reports good business. C. A. Shafier says he is selling all he can grow. He has been busy planting carnations and has a nicelv arranged field. J. F. Garfield, formerly with the Dale Estate, Brampton, Ont., is now with C. Ponnet & Company. Fred. HUl, formerly of Lowell, Mass., is now growing palms for J. Louis Loose. Virginian. Pittsturg:. TRADE ERRATIC— SOCIAL ACTIVITY THE PRINCIPAL RELIANCE. — GOOD STOCK IN FAIR SUPPLY.— LOCAL AND TRADE JOT- TINGS OF VARYING IMPORTANCE. Business for the past week has been somewhat spasmodic, forthe coming of good weather seems to have had an unusually bad effect upon the transient trade. Doings in the social world are very lively and no doubt will be for some time to come. Beauties and Jacques are of leading interest. • The blooms, stems and foliage of the Brides and Bridesmaids are fine, but they lack the fine coloring of a week ago. Harrisii lilies are irregular in quality, but are generally good. Vio- lets are better now than they were at Easter, and they still meet with liberal sale. In carnations Mrs. Lawson seems to be the best for supply and demand. Daybreak, Marquis, 'White Cloud and Scott are especially fine. Inexpensive grades are very scarce and there is no excess of supply of any kind. Swainsona, mignonette and lilies of the valley are plentiful. Breitenstein & Flemm decorated the table for the wedding breakfast given in honor of Miss Thaw and the Earl of Yar- mouth. The decorations consisted of round center pieces of lilies of the valley and moss roses surrounded by garlands of lilies of the valley. Randolph & McClements decorated Calvary church for the ceremony. Bedding plant growers are greatly encouraged by the weather and the out- look for the coming month. If • the demand should be greater than the sup- ply in this line, as it was last year, it will leave our growers well enough fixed financially to tide them over a number of rainy days. Blind Brothers have discarded ten houses of roses and have planted them with geraniums. They have also added new soil and changed the drainage in their house of Liberty. David Geddes has purchased 8,000 assorted bedding plants to be delivered at intervals within thirty days. Al Sheppard, formerly with J. B. Mur- doch & Company, is laying out a farm, back of Mt. Washington. I. S. Crall, of Monongahela, is shipping some fine carnations to this market. Charles Koenig continues to make a nice daily cut of Harrisii lilies. Visitors: Mrs. E. M. Krauss, Colum- bus, Ohio; Charles E. Schackerman, Phil- adelphia. E. L. M. Grandville, Mich. — The Stover Floral Company is very busy planting carna- tions and preparing for the bedding sea- son. They expect to rebuild one house 20x150 about June 1. Springfield, III. — Business has been good right along and prices better than in former years. Bell Miller has just com- pleted a house 30x125 for summer roses and A. C. Canfield is adding three houses. 1903. The American Florist. 535 Colorado Springs, Col. XARGE EASTER TRADE AND EVERYONE SAT- ISFIED.— TOTAL SALES ABOUT AS LAST YEAR. — MEETING OF HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The Easter trade was very satisfac- tory- and prices were well up to their usual standard for this occasion. There was no material increase over last year's volume of business, nor was there expected to be. Trade was very good during Lent and all stock was disposed of as fast as it came in, so that when the Easter rush began there was no pickled stock in evidence, except one or two ship- ments of carnations. These were gently laid to rest and no retail customer was made to suffer for the sins of others. Lilies moved fast and practically all of these were sold two days before Easter, and many more could have been disposed of. The shorter plants made up to order in pans, three to five plants in a pan, took very well. Dutch hyacinths in pots were a little in oversupply. All other bulb stock was about equal to demand. Good azaleas and Crimson Ramblers were quickly taken at good figures. Rho- dodendrons suffered their usual fate and no one seems to regret their almost entire disappearance from the list of Easter plants. Good hydrangeas were scarce and what there were of them found a ready sale. The weather during the week preceding Easter was fine on every day, except on Saturday afternoon, when rain threatened. Sunday morning found us wrapped in frosty air with a promise of almost anything but sunny weather; making it necessary to wrap plants well to protect them from the elements. This cut out, to a large extent, the usual finale in the way of a general scramble for the leavings. There was nothing in the nov- elty line. Ribbons and crepe paper were used only to the extent of covering pots. A meeting of our horticultural society was held on April 7, in the offices of Vice- president W. W. Williamson. The ques- tion of spraying the trees in the parks and streets came up again and it was found that the work would be ven,- incomplete this year on account of insuffi- cient apparatus and lack of preparation otherwise. Final action was taken upon delivering to the school children the seeds won as prizes at the last flower show. There has been much delay in getting out the annual schedule, because the cover has not yet arrived. It is expected daily and as soon as possible thereafter the books will be finished and delivered. The meeting adjourned to meet Tuesday, April 21, at the same place. The spring business in trees and shrubs, now about closed, was very satisfactory. Several carloads were shipped in and many were transplanted from local nur- series. S. S. Albany, N. Y. ADJOURNMENT OF LEGISLATURE MAKES USE FOR MANY FLORAL PIECES.— NEW ROSE HOUSE WITH BENT GLASS AT EAVES. The most notable event since Easter with the local florists was the adjourn- ment of the legislature on April 23. Orders for liberal quantities of both loose cut flowers and set pieces were received. Among others. Eyres arranged a large basket of flowering plants to be pre- sented to Senator Malby. Danker, on Maiden Lane, also secured a good share of legislative work and also had the decorations for the Kelly-Hun wedding in St. Peter's church April 22. Louis Menand is grading the site for his new rose house 30x200 feet. The contract has been let to Hitchings & Company, who will complete the work by the "middle of July. A feature of interest will be bent glass to be used at the eaves to prevent the drip from work- ing into the walls. R. D. j^lEWS (vlOTBS. Woodstock, Ont.— H. G. Doyle & Son are completing an additional greenhouse 30x100. North Olmsted, O. — M. Bloy has assumed the management of the Essex Greenhouses. Amherst, Mass —At the Grange meet- ing, on April 17, M. B. Kingman gave a talk on "Practical Floriculture." Detroit, Mich.— J. F. Sullivan has been ill for the past ten days, for most of that time confined to his bed. Newport, R. I. — An Italian garden is to be laid out on the grounds of Mrs. Burke-Roche on Bellevue avenue. Battle Creek, Mich.— W. A. Gonter is opening a new store at 33 Washington avenue north, near the sanitarium. Washington, D. C— Fred. H. Kramer has been ill with a severe attack of pneu- monia and is now at Garfield hospital. Storm Lake, Ia.— J. S. Bennett, of Paw Paw 111., has been here some time with a view to establishing a greenhouse. Oregon, III. — Carlson's greenhouse has been opened with Miss Peterson, of Rockford, in charge of the office and store. Rochester, N. Y. — The greenhouses of John Dobbertin were slightly damaged by fire at four o'clock on the morning of April 20. Rutherford, N. J.— James Goodier, formerly in the public gardens at Toronto, is now growing orchids with Julius Roehrs. Des Moines, Ia.— J. T. D. Fulmer is doing good work at Union Park, where they have just completed another green- house 25x50 feet. A'ancouver, B. C— James Pont says spring is late. At Easter sales increased twenty-five per cent. Carnations were scarce and flowering plants in demand. BiNGHAMTON, N. Y. — S. G. Ellis says that his experience at Easter was the opposite of the general report, a shortage of cut flowers and blooming plants left unsold. Auburn, N. Y.— John A. Kraxise, who opened last November, has put in new fixtures and has a very neat store. The sales all season have only been limited by the supply. Brampton, Ont. — L. W. Duggan, man- ager of the Dale Estate, says he is afraid the cut flower trade is at its height and that growers ought to be carelul about building. But the Dale Estate is this season putting up twenty- seven houses because 300,000 feet of glass will not supply their trade. Dallas, Tex.— F. W. Beach, of the Haskell Avenue Floral Company, says the spring business on roses and plants is 200 per cent ahead of last year, and on cut flowers 100 per cent. Chrysanthe- mums, carnations, geraniums and coleus are wanted. Carnations are rapidly becoming the leading cut flower. Meeting:s of Florists' Clubs. Baltimore, Md.— Gardeners' Club of Baltimore) Royal Arcanum building, 18 W. Saratoga street. Second and fourth Monday of each month, at 8 p. m. John J. Perry, Seo'y, Gay and Eager streets. Boston, Mass.— Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, Bortioultural Hall. Meets second Tuesday of each month, October to March inclusive. W. E. Fischer, Seo'y, 18 Union Ter- race, Jamaica Plain, Mass. BnocTON, Mass. — Brocton Gardeners' and Florists' Club, store of W. W. Hathaway, Times Building. First and third Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m. W. W. Hathaway, gec'y, Brockton, Mass. Buffalo, N. Y —Buffalo Florists' Club, 481 Washington street. Second Wednebday of each month, at 8 p. m, Wm. Legg, Seo'y, 1440 Dela- ware avenue, Buffalo. BiiiTE. Mont —Montana Florists' Club, 45 W. Broadway. Fust Saturday in each month. D. E. Law, Seo'y. Chicago. Ill— Chicago Florists' Club. Handel Hall, 40 Randolph street. Second and fourth Wednesday of each month, at 8 p. m. George Wienhoeber, Seo'y, 413 Kim street, Chicago. Cincinnati, O.— Cincinnati Florists' Society, Jabez Elliott Flower Market. Second Saturday of each month, at 8 p m. Frank W. Ball, Sec'y, 136 E. 4th street. Cleveland, O.— Cleveland Florists' Club, Progress Hall, 244 Detroit street, second and fourth Monday of each month, at 8 p. m. Isaac Kennedy, Sec'y, Westpark, O. Denver, Colo.— Denver Floral Club, 3!3 Charles Block. Second and fourth Friday of each month, at 8 p. m. Adam Balmer, Sec'y. Detroit, Mich.— Detroit Florists' Club, Cowie Building, Farran and Gratiot avenue. First and third Wednesday of each month at 8 p. m. J. F, Sullivan, Sec'y, 214 Woodward avenue. CJRANi) Rapids, Mich.— Grand Rapids Florisls' Club, Beard of Trade rooms, Penrl street. Fourth Monday of each month. N. B. Stover, Sec'y, Grandville, Mich. Ha.milton. Ont. — Hamilton Gardeners' and Florists' Club, VHaV^ James street, North. First and third Tuesday of each month at 8 p. m. Chas. M. Webster, Sec'y. Hartford, Conn.— Hartford Florists' Club. Second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 8 p. m. Alois Fray, Seo'y. Indianapolis, Ind. — State Florists' Associalioa of Indiana. Commercial Club rooms, Indianapolis. Fiist Tuesday of e.ich month, at 8 p. m. H. Junpe, Sec'y, 456 E. Washington street, India- naoolis. Montreal, Que —Montreal Gardeners' and Flo- rists' Club. Alexandria rooms, 2204 St. Catherine street. First and third Monday of each month. W. H Horobin, S-c'y 23 Closse street. New London, Conn.— Gardeners' and Florists Club, first and third Tuesday of each month at greenhouses of secretary. H. IJ. Appeldorn, Sec' y. ^EW York. N. Y.— New York Florists' Club Grand Opera Hou5e Bldg., 8th avenue and 33d St Second Monday of each month, at 7r30 p. m. John Young, Seo'y, 51 West Twenty-eighth street, New York Omaba, Nee.— Nebraska Florists' Society, City Hall. Second Thursday in each month at 8 p. m. Louis Henderson, Sec'y, 1519 Parnam Philadelphia, Pa.— Florists' Club of Philadel- phia, Horticultural Hall, Broad street above Soruoe. First Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m. Edwin Lonsdale, Seo'y, Wyndmoor, Philadelphia, Pa Pittsburg, Pa.— Pittsburg and Allegheny Flo- rists' and Gardeners' Club, at German Beneficial Bids., 6th and Cherrv avenue. Second Thursday of each month, at 8 p. m. H. P. Joslin, Seo'y, Ben Avon, Pa. Providence. K. I.— Florists' and Gardeners' Club of Rhode Island, 96 Westminster street. Providence. Second Thursday of each month, at 8 p.m. Alexander Rennie, Sec'y, 41 Washington street. Providence. Richmond. Ind.— Richmond Florists' Club, at the gre>-nhouses of members. Thid Monday of each month. H. C. Chessman, Sec'y. Salt Lake Citt, Dtah.— Salt Lake Florists' Society, oflice of Huddart Floral Company, SHE. 'Second South street. Second and fourth Friday of each month. P. T. Huddart, Sec'y. San Fbancibco, Cal.— Paciflc Ccast Horticult- ural Society. First ^aturday and third Monday of each mouth. Thos. H. Munroe, Seo'y. Seattle, Wash.— S-attle Commercial Horticul- tural Club, First and Cherry streets. First Wed- nesday of each month. Wm. Hopkins, Sec'y, 623 First avenue. St. Louis. Mo —St. Louis Florists' Club, Odd Fellows Hall No 2, Ninth and Olive streets. Second Thursday of each month, at 3 p. m. Emil Schray. Seo'y, 4101 Pennsylvania avenue, St.Louis. Toronto, Ont.— Toronto Gardeners' and Flo- rists' Association. St. George's Hall, Elm street. Third Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m. Wm. Ford, Sec'y. Utica, N. Y.— TJtica Florists' Club, 183 Genesee street. First Thursday of each month at 8 p. m J. C. Spencer, Sec'y. •536 The American Florist. May 2, Eighteenth Year. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $3.00. Subscriptions accepted only from those in the trade. Advertisements on all except cover pages, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; $1.00 per inch. Cash with C/der. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts are allowed, only on consecutive inser- tions, as follows — 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent; 52 times, 30 per cent. Cover space sold only on yearly contract at $1.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to the back pages. The Advertising Department of the American FiiOBisT is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only. Order* for less than one-half inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to secure insertion in the issue for the following Saturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. The sale for hardy herbaceous plants is stated to be well ahead of last year. The telegraph reports a heavy fall of snow on the upper peninsular of Michi- gan on the last day of April. The greenhouse builders report some decrease in the call for estimates but, now that the orders for rose houses are well in hand, have considerable business booked for houses to be ready for August plantingto carnations. Naming: of Lilium Harrisli. In 1875 one Mrs. Sargeant, a resident of West Philadelphia, Pa., who was spending the winter on the Island of Bermuda, brought the two original bulbs of this lily Irom there to her home,and gave them to one Mrs. Rogers, a small neigh- boring florist. A few years later, while visiting this establishment, I saw these lilies in bloom, and at a glance I noticed it was a distinct variety from any otherin cultivation. Recognizing its value, I at once entered into negotiations with this firm and secured the entire stock for the sum of $300. This, was in the year 1879 and by this time Mrs. Rogers had mul- tiplied the stock from the two original bulbs to the number of about 100. As this lily was unknown to the craft and a variety without name I withheld it from the market until I had worked up alarge stock of bulbs, and in the fall of 1882 I disseminated it under the name of Lilium Harrisii. Wm. K. Harris. Crocuses and Daffodils. Ed. Am. Florist:— Last October 1 planted my crocuses and daffodils four inches deep in good soil. They did not appear this spring, although they seemed i;o be good bulbs. Were the v planted too ■shallow or what was the trouble? G. T. B. I can see no reason why go^d crocus corms and daffodil bulbs planted four inches deep in good soil in the month of October should not come up. It is pos- sible that "G.T. B." planted his bulbs on the north side of a building and the ground is still too cold for the bulbs to make a start, or the soil may be so packed down that they can not push through easily. I should dig up a few and no doubt the cause of failure can be ascertained. Crocus corms should be planted three inches deep and require very little covering, while daffodil bulbs should be from si.x to eight inches deep and be well protected the first winter. E. A. Kanst. A Means of Adrancement. Am. Florist Co.: — I have been a sub- scriber for the past sixteen years and your paper has been one of the chief means of my advancement in horticult- ure. I will always have the Florist beside me. M. Bloy. N. Olmsted, 0. Greenhouse Building:. Athol, Mass. — Warren Lee and Eugene Fairbanks, two cucumber houses each 23x125. Worcester, Mass. — M.J. Whittall, house 11x50, one 25x25. South Framingham, Mass.— J. T. But- terworth, house 30x125. W. Gloucester, Mass.— S. F. Haskell, one house. Tallman, N. Y. — M. Ackerman, two violet houses. Concord Junction, Mass. — L. Cousins, one house. Newburyport, Mass. — E. W. Pearson, one carnation house. Cellar for Cut Flowers. Ed. Am. Florist: — How should a cellar be made for storing cut flowers in warm weather? A size of 6x8 feet is desirable. Are windows desirable? If so how many and of what size? V. Where electric light is not available it is often a great convenience to have a window in the cut flower cellar. If the cellar is so located that the window can be on the north or east side its ill effects on the temperature of the cellar will not be serious. The size should not be more than 1x2 feet. If a cellar is naturally cool, a portion can be partitioned off with an eight-inch brick wall. If the cellar is w^arm place the flower room on the north side and leave an aii- space in the partition walls. L. R. Taft. Beg:onia Gloire de Lorraine. Ed. Am. Florist:— I would like to read brief directions tor growing Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. New Subscriber. Procure the young plants as soon as possible from some reliable specialist and give them 2y2-inch pots as soon as received. Give them a good, not too heavy soil, with a quarter leaf mould and a sprinkling of sand added, and grow them on a bench during the summer where they are not exposed to strong draughts. Shade them slightly from the sun with cheesecloth or by shading the glass above them with a thin coat of whitewash. Syringe them lightly on hot summer days, and be careful about the watering not to overdo it, at the same time guarding against drying out. Give each plant a neat little match stick as soon as you receive them, and when they branch out, support each branch with a separate stick tied with raffia. Scatter tobacco stems between the pots to keep down aphis, and let no smoke get near them after they commence to bloom, for it discolors the flowers. Shift them along as needed from the 2Vi-inch to a 4-inch pot and finally into a 6-inch pan or low pot, being careful to drain the pots well and setting each plant on an inverted 6-inch pot. Give them plenty of room, and in watering after they are in bloom, turn the hose on slowly and water each plant separately, being careful not to wet the flowers. A rose house tempera- ture suits them in the winter time. G. Flues Auxiliary to Boilers. Ed. Am. Florist: — I have two green- houses, one 18x100 the other 36x100, which I have operated with two No. 4 Furman hard coal boilers. But coal being so high, I shall have to burn wood and am afraid these boilers will not heat the houses in the coldest weather, in the vicinity of Baltimore. Should I put in flues to assist the boilers? If so should they be in the center or on the north side of the houses? What size terra cotta pipe should I use? At what elevation and how should they be constructed? A. R. S. If the fires can have frequent attention there will be no difficidty in keeping up the heat, and this will be better than to build an arch and flues to help out the boilers. L. R. Taft. Detached Greenliouses and Wide Glass. Ed. Am. Florist: — We are going to build a couple more carnation houses and notice in a recent issue of the Ameri- can Florist that carnation and rose houses 700 feet long have been built, for tw^o different concerns, not up against each other as most greenhouses are built. We would like to know if there is any advantage in building them detached, and what it may be. We would also like an opinion in regard to placing glass the reverse from the usual way ; that is, the short side parallel with the sash bars. Is French glass as good as Ameri- can; that is, graded as it is sold? Miami. When houses are built independent there is less trouble from the shading of one house by the other. In the case of long houses it is ofien a convenience to be able to take in or remove the soil at the side of the houses. In sections where there is a heavy snow-fall the independ- ent construction has some advantages, and in wide houses it makes it possible to improve the ventilation. On the other hand the ridge-and-furrow houses are cheaper to construct and heat. In other words, independent houses give the best results but are more expensive to build and to maintain. My own choice is to have the long side of the glass upon the sash bars. The strongest argument in favor of the other method of laying the glass is that if a pane is broken a new one will cost but about two-thirds as much as when the sash bars are the same distance apart and the glass is laid the other way. There is generally more difference between different lots of glass of the same grade than between American and French glass of similar grades. L. R. Taft. OBITUARY. JOHN DOBBERTIN. John Dobbertin, a well known florist and an old resident of Rochester, N. Y., died April 21. He is survived by his wife and six children, John, Louis, Frederick, Henry, William and Dora. He was 60 years of age and had lived in Rochester nearly all his life. M. A. MAGEE. M. A. Magee, died at his home in Chel- sea, Mass., on April 25, after a threp- days' illness with pneumonia. He has conducted a flower store on Broadway for several years, previous to which he served under W. J. Stewart, Welch Broth- ers and other Boston floral firms. He was born in Boston thirty-eight years ago. He leaves a wife and one son. 7pOJ. The American Florist. 537 ETHELBERT JOHNSON. Ethelbert Johnson, secretary and treas- urer of the Johnson & Musser Seed Com- pany, Los Angeles, Cal., died at his home m that city, on April 17. Mr. Johnson was the son of Chas. Johnson, of the same firm, and was born in Chicago, July 3, 1871. His parents removed to Philadelphia when he was two years old. In that city he was educated, graduated as Master of Arts, becoming Professor ot English Literature in a Philadelphia col- lege. Ill health necessitated his resigna- tion, and arriving in California in 1892, he established the seed tirm of E. & H. Johnson at Riverside, which was finallj' merged into the firm of Edwards & John- son, at Los .\ngeles, and later into the present firm of Johnson & Musser Seed ■Company. Mr. Johnson was an ardent student in sociological and religious questions, and he possessed literary ability of a high order, to which his numerous contributions to the press in prose and verse have testified. Heleaves a wife, son and daughter, together with ■both his parents. SITUATIONS, WANTS, fOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be inserted At the rate of ten cents a line (six words) each insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant advs. NOT admitted under this head. Every paid subscriber to the Aherican Florist for the year 1903 is entitled to a tive-line want AD. (situations only) fn-e, to be used at any time during the year. Situation Wanted— In Chicago by a boy 17 jrears old with one aud one-half years' experience in Borist work. IJ L, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By a married man; good grower of cut flowers aud bedding plants. Capa- ble t'f taking charge. C C, care Am. Florist. Situation Wanted— As grower on medium size place, not afraid of work; reference; married young man; can come in thirty days. Address R <_». care American Florist. Situation Wanted— As foreman; married, no children; reliable and sober: a specialty of roses, ■carnations, violets and 'mums. Only'first-class jjlace; state wages. Address WoRKBR. care Am. Florist. Situation Wanted -As foreman; by tirat-class grower of roses, caruaticms, chrysanthemums and general stock. Roses a specially; understand grafting of roses under glass. No. 1 references. S O, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— In florists' store June 1, by an ambitious young lady with good address and ^n Al maker-up of designs, with knowledge of stenography and bookkeeping. Address M li N, care American Florist. Help Wanted— Experienced man for g^ greeuhoust' worK. Gi-rraan correspondence. K, care American Florist, ral Help Wanted— All-around man to iissi^t in general gn-enhonse wurk. Address F It. care American Florist. Help Wanted—Three single men experienced in growing roses and carnations; state wages, etc. W. K. Partridge, Lockland, Ohio. Help Wanted— 'I'wo or three good men on roses and carnations. ApjiU to Ba^sett a Washbubx, Hinsdale, 111. Help Wanted— Traveler. Successful salesman, experienced in plant and seed line, retail espe- cially. Address ■■1*an." care Am. Florist. Help Wanted— Lady florist in a retail store to sell plants and cut flowers Please state age and experience; good pay to right party. Address S B, care American Florist. Help Wanted— A good all-around tlorist, single. .a good grower of cut flowers and plants; good wages arid steady place. Address with reference. A. F. Babbe. Kansas City, Mo. Help Wanted— At once, good all-around florist. Steady position at$o» per month. None but sober reliable and industrious man need apply. J. A. 1II6SINGER, Lansing, Mich Help Wanted— Assiotant llorist;sta(e references and experience. Good wages to right person. Address ,T. A. Peterson, Mellenry Ave., Westwood, Cincinnati. Help Wanted— Experienced greenliouse man to take charge of small place; miscellaneous slock; sinirle man preferred. Address II-.':.' North Canipbell Avenue, Chicago. Help Wanted— Steady florist as grower, 15,000 feet of glass; roses, carnations, 'mums, violets and potted plants: references. Address liYBON ri. Ives, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Help Wanted— Experienced rose aud carna- ion i:rowcrs to take charge of sections; for good nen we will pay good wages. Apply at once, Lakeview Rose Gardens,. Tamestown, N. Y. Help Wanted— Man to take charge of Herba- ceous Department. Must be good; send refer- oncs aud salary desired. Married man preferred. Ckntrai. Mh bIoan Nursery, Kalamazoo, Mich. Help Wanted— A gcod gardener to take charge of private i>lace; palm.s, ferns, carnations, roses, etc.; one who thoroughly understands his busi- ness. Relereuces. Mrs. ('has. Duntzb, 1089 Madison Ave., Memphis, Tenn. Help Wanted— Men thoroughly understanding [greenhouse work, out-door planting, florist store work, soliciting. Good wages to good men and 110 others need apply. Address A. W . Smith, Sixth A\e., Pittsburg, Pa. Help Wanted— Two flrst-class florists, one who understands vegetable gardening, both second men. To Urst-class men who come well recom- mended. I will pay 840 and board; private place and permanent position the year around. Address Geo. A. .losLVN, Omaha, Neb. Help Wanted— A working foreman, able to take eharge; one who understands mses, carnations, chrysanthemums and general greenhouse plants. Must be strictly sober, honest and willing to work. Scutch preferred. State wages and refer- ence. Alex. R. Garden, vVnacostia, D. C. Help Wanted— A reliable florist to take full charge of 15.000 feet of glass; one capable of growing a general stock of cut flowers and plants for retail trade. Must be sober, honfst and com- petent. State wages and send references in first letter. Address Fred. J. King, 220 Madison St., Ottawa, 111. Help Wanted — A competent man as working foreman, one who knows how to grow roses, car- nations and g-neral greenhouse stock. Steady position to right party. Wages J30 to $:J5 per month with room and board. German preferred. Inquire or address ■ C F R, care Rice Bros., 128 N. 6th St.. Minneapolis. Minn. Wanted— Address of \Vm. Kirkham, formerly with ^Irs. Rockefeller, Maywood, Chicago. \V. C. Cook, care Central Michigan Nursery, Kalamazoo, Mich. For Sale Clieap— Florist business. Address 1317 N. Michigan Ave., Saginaw City, Mich, For Sale or Rent— Greenhouse stocked, eight room house, at a bargain. 3181 Elston avenue. Dr. G. a. Bangs, 554 N. Robev St., Chicago. For Sale— Cheap, two cast-iron sectional boilers, one small hot water heater. All second- hand. H. M. Foresman, Wiliiamsport, Pa. For Sale Cheap— Prosperous up-to-date florist business; established 12 years; can easily make your money back this spring. Write at once to Mrs. S. N. Alkire, Greenview, 111. For Sale— For pumping water, electric motor with pump pack, belt and starting switch com- plete. 1 horse power. 500 volts. $65.00 F. O. B. here. Address G. A. Hetne, Dubuque, Iowa. For Sale— 14,000 feet of glass near large city, two street car lines, three railroads, fine rose so'il on property; 83,.500 (thirty-five hundred dollars) about $1,0J0 down; owner wants to retire. K P, care American Florist. For Sale— Rent or exchange, 7,000 feet glass, at Sibley. 111. Has paid J3.0.0 in a season from vio- lets alone. Now stocked with violets and carna- Iv A. ScHOLz, Corning, Iowa. For Rent- Twelve acres of ground and about 35,00J feet of glass, near Chicago. Buildings and stock in good condition; finest soil for carnations and roses. A B. care American Florist. For Rent— Up-to date greenhouse establish- ment of 10.000 feet glass, steam heat, city water, conveniently located and shipjiing facilities unequal ed: excellent opportunity for the right man. Don't answer unless you me:in business. For further particulars address J. L CLEA\"ELA^D, Fall River, Mass. Greenhouse for Sale 'r.vX °'S'ot Jlfe'i heater; also residence. Population 9,000; three railroads; no opposition within 40 miles. Am compelled to sell. For information write to JOSEPH E. BEASLEY. Linton, Ind. WANTED. A reliable jind competaiU florist to take half interest in the only established flori.st business in city of 6,000 people. New part- ner to manage greenhouses with chance to double money in few years. Owner will manage business end Address at once, CARNATION, care American Florist. nRFFMUniKEQ l^un <>n Co-Tiperative Plan. U n LLI1 n U UOLO An inviting opportunity for a siiceessful gmwer of Roses and Carnations with $500(1.00. mure or less, to buy an interest in one of Chicago's larg'-, modern greenhouse establish- ments. Salary given and then profits divided according to amount invested. The chance of a life time for an energetic florist to become a part- ner in a biir concern. Investment safe and profitable. Address CO-OPERATION, care American Florist. Retail Florist Establishment. 4000 sq. ft. of glass; store and dwelling; 3 lots. Stocked with bedding plants, etc. Opp. cemetery. Must sell quick on account of sickness. Address C. A. HEYNE, Dubuque, la. thriving Ohio town of about 22,000 inhabitants, a fine Greenhouse plant con- sisting of eight greenhouses, ranglngin size from 13x100 to 30x130; also work shed and modern up-' to-date oHice and store room attached. For particulars address S. S. SKIDELSKY, 708 North 16th Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA FOR SALE. 8,000 feet of glass, located in a fine growing city; best of shipping facilities; good market for wholesale and retail trade. Address WHOLESALE, care American Florist. For Sale Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Giilcago, III. Regular meetings held 2d and 4th Wednesday of each month at Jung's Hall, 106 K. Randolph 'St., Chicago. Gardeners and Florists in other cities desiring to form a Union will receive full information from the Secretary. Send all communications to H. J. SPRINGER, Secretary, 6142 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. Manager Wanted. A pnilltable and pleasant position on Pacific coast can be secured by qualified party. iVlust be competent to manage office work, compile catalogues, handle finances, and be financially responsible for several thousand dollars. Must be bright, keen, have a clear head and not afraid to use it. Particulars in detail as to qualifications on all points here named, i ir no attention. Address Commercial care Am. Florist. It your Business Methods are right you can make a profit on an advertisement here. 538 The American Florist. May z. PRICE LIST. American Beauties, extra select. 34to30in... '• " 12 to 15 in... Per Doz. . $3.00 to $4.00 . 3.00 to 2.50 .. .75 to 1.00 Per 100 $3.00 to % 8.00 3.00 to 8.00 5.00 to 12.00 .50 to .75 2.0.1 to 4.00 2.1 to 4.00 3.00 to 5.00 1 00 to 1.50 2.00 Caldwell's Kwality Kounts Brand Wild Smilax now on hand. Brides, Bridesmaids and Ivory...... Meteor, Golden Gates Liberty Violets, Double.. $1.00 to $1.50 Violets Single. White Violets $1.50 Carnations.. . . Lily of the Valley Tulips, assorted Adiantum Princeps Asparagus, Plumosus Strings Each 50t5 ^_ " " Sprays a.ou to 3.oo ■V^- " Sprengeri 3.00 to 4.00 Smilax per doz., $2.00 Common Ferns $2.50 per 1000 .25 Galax Green I.OO '* " .15 BroDze Galax 1.00 '* " .15 Leucothoe Sprays 1.00 Orchids, Cattleyas per doz. $6.00 Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. J. B. DEAMUD, 51 and 53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. The r. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, Meteors, Carnations, Cut Adiantum, Qalax, Cemmea Ferns and Florists' Supplies. Telephone Connections. OJCB'V^HyJVr*!!), OiaiO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., —Wholesale Cut Flowers— 457 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. iJ. M.McGULLOUGH'SSONSf j WHOLESALE [ j FLORISTS \ ^. ALSO SUCCESSORS TO P \ THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. \ <= CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. % 4 Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders. 't I 316 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO. \ HeGeBERNING Wholesale florist 1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO. I^ease mention the American Florist when writing. WMe MURPHY, Grower and Commission Dealer in Gut Flowers i Florists' Supplies, 1 30 East Third SIreei, ■Phone Main 980. CINCINNATI, O. NEW YORK GUT FLOWER GO. 55 and 57 West 26th St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Daity Reports. Weekly Payments. "T^'fiSiU S,. J. A. MILLANG. 2034 Madison Sq. Uahasbb. Poehlmann Bros. Co. Wholesale Growers of Kiersle Cut FlOWCrS A.I1 telegraph and telephone orders .. __ given prompt attention. 35>^3/ Gbeenhoubeb: Randolph Strati Morton Grove, IlL CHICAOO* ILU Please mention ike American Florist whenwriiing. ,Ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. -Pittsburg, Pa. C. A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, ttSZ PINE STREET. ^ ST. LOUIS, HO. iVA complete line of ^Vlre Desiiciu. PLACE YOUR NAME and your specialties before the purchasing florists of the entire country by advertising in BB^o Aovr. No^. THE AMERICAN FLORIST. E. H. HunU WnOlESALE=^ Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO, Please mention ike A ?nerican Florist when writine. MATH. EVERT, Wliolesale Grower and Shipper of Cut Flowers 58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 'Phone Central 3067. Greenhouses, 255 Devon Av. Bassett&Wasiiburn 76 & 78 Waba^ Ave., CHICAGO. **•""'" rrr'::; Cut Flowers GREENHOUSES: HINSDALE, ILL. Please mention the American Florist when wrtlin^^ Wbol^ale ffower/\arl^ MiLWATrKBE, April 30. Roses, Beauty, long, per doz. 3 .00 med. " 1.50® 2.00 " " short " .75@1.C0 " Liberty... 10.00@12.0O " Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00@ 8.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 6.0O@ 8.0O " Perle 4.00® 6,00 Carnations 2.00@'4.00 Violets 1.00 Harrisii 8.00 Sweet peas 5?@ .75 Callas 8.00 Adiantum 75® 1 .00' Smilax 20.00- Asparagus 65.0(V FiTTSBTTBO, April 30. Boses, Beauty, specials, per doz. 3 50® 5.0O " " extras " 2.50® 3.00' No.l " .75® 1.50 " " No. 2 per 100 2.00® 5.00 " Bride, Bridesmaiu 3.00@10 oa " Meteor 4.00® 6 00 " Kaiserin 4.OD@10.00- " Liberties 4.CO@12.0> Carnations 1.50® 5.00 Mignonette 1.00® 3.00 Lily of the valley 3.00® 5.00 Sweet peas 50@ 1.25 Lilies 6.00®i2.CO> Smilax 15.00(g 20 Ou Adiantum 1.00® 1.50 Asparagus, strings 30.00®50.00 " Sprengeri 2.00® 4.00 CDtonniATi, April 30. Roses, Beauty 15.00®4O.0O< " Bride. Bridesmaid 4.00® 8.00 " Liberty 4.00® 8.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 4.00® 8.00 Carnations 3.00® 5.00 Tulips, Daffodils 3.00® 4.00- Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00 Harrisii lilies, per doz, 1.50® 2.00 Callas, per doze 1.00® 1.25 Asparagus 50.00 Smilax 15.00®SO.OO Adiantum 1.00@ 2.00- St. LoDis, April 30. Roses, Beauty, long stem 15.00(3 25.00 " Beauty, medium stem 8.00@12.50 " Beauty, short stem 1.00® 6.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 3 00® 6 .00 " Golden Gate, Meteor 3.00® 6.00 " Perle 3.00® 5.00 Carnations 1.50® R.CO^ Harrisii 4.0(@ 8.00 Sweet peas 7f@ l.tO- Lily ot the valley 3.00® 4.i0 Smilax 20 0} Asparagus Sprengeri 1 0r@ t.50 Plumosus 33.0(@£0.00' igo3. The American Florist. 539 LONG, HEAVY STRINGS ASPARAGIS Large supplies of all other stock in all grades. * 'Right goods at Right Prices." £• C. AMLING, THE LARGEST. BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St., ^^ CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones 1 999 and 1 977 Central. AMERICAN BEAUTY Per Doz. | 36'inch 3tpm J3.00 2,50 3i)-inch stem 3.00 1.50 I.OO .75 5.00 13-inch stem. Short stem, per 00, $4.00 to Per 100 1 Brides and Maids.. $3 00@S 600 6.00 Meteors and Gates. .S.OO® Carnations 1.50® 3.00 " large and fancies, 3.00(g> 4.00 Mignonette, per doz Callas, perdoz., 81 .35® .50 )0® J1.25 Harrisii, perdoz.$1.25(3)$1.50 Violets 1.00® 1.25 Valley 4.00 Tulips .... 3.00® 4.00 Asparagus, per string,50c Asparagus Sprengei 1.... 2.00® 5.00 Perns per 1000, $3.50 .25 Galax per 1000, 1 35 .15 Leucothoe 1.00 Adiantum .... 1.00® 1.50 Smilax per doz.. $2.00 Subject to change without notice. ilLY OF THE VALLEY FROM COLD STORAGE. FINEST IN THE MARKET. $14.00 per 1000, $1.60 per 100. CUT VALLEY Iha b«sl always on hand. U M DDIIMC 1409 W. Madison Streat, Hi 111 DnUllO, CHICACO, ILL. PETER REINBERG, Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 800,000 FEET OF CLASS. Headquarters for American Beauties. 51 WABASH AVE., • CHICAGO, ILL FRANK GARLAND, "S^-'r-Cut Flowers 55-57 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284. CHICA.QO. JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of "po" 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. TZLEFHONE CsNTBAi, 3598. All telegrapA &bI telephone ordbi's given prompt attention. Gut Flowers WIETOR BROS. "iy.".!;.. Cut Flowers All telegraph and telephone orders given prompt attention. 5t Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. Alway S mention the American Flo- rist whtn you order stocky BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICACO. F. F. BENTHEY, Manager. Wholesale andp| ODICkT^ Consignments Solicited. Commission M L^\^lv'^>^ A W.7 J. fl. BUDL0NG Boses and Carnations A Specialty. 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. GROWER of CUT FLOWERS Wbol^ale power/\arH^ CHICASO, Miiy 1. Rosea, Beauty, 30 to 36-iiicb stems 15 " " 12 " " " *' Short stems $5^ " Llherty •' Chatenay " Bride, Bridesmaid " Meteor, Golden Gate Violets Carnations Callas, per dozen 1.25® 1.50 Tulips, Valley Sweet peas Harrisii Asparagus, per string, .50 Adiantum Common ferns, per 1000, 2 60 Smilax. per dozen, 2.00 3.U0 2.5D 2 (0 1.60 1 CO )$6 per 100 6 00@25.C0 6.0t@15.00 3 00® 6.00 3 00® 6.00 .25 3.00® 4.00 i.noM 1.50 6.00@IO.00 A. L Randall, WHOLESALE flOWIST. 19 & 21 Randolph St., CHICACO. Send for v/eekly price list and special quotations on 1000 lots. Cut Flowers The J. M.GASSER COMPANY, Wholesale Growers. Euclid Avenue, CLEVELAND, O. ...GEO. M. KELL066... '"""'PnTeVeii: Cut Flowcrs Give us an order and we will please you. Our Greenhoutet at PLEASANT HILL, MO. Our Store. 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY. MO ^^LOHS DISTANCE 'FHONE AT EITEXB PLACI. GEO. REINBERB, "SI.".?« Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICACO, ILL. Please mention the American Fi-ohist every time you write to an advertiser. 640 The American Florist. May 2, BEAUTIES! Samuel S. Pennock LIBERTIES! PHILADELPHIA. GEO. A. SUTHERLAND, 34 Hawley Si., BOSTON. Telephone 1870 Main. BEST BOSTON FLOWERS. AU Supplies. An entire floor Devoted to Stock and Manu- facturing. Distributing Agent for United States for the wonderful ~«. LETTER, unequalled for design 7/ work. Script, any color, 3Vic a letter. Block letters, \V»e. eadi. The most elaborate design work to order in a few minutes. Qbsxbai. Asentb: H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., Philadalphlt. REED & KELLER, New York City. SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR^ Flowers of White Carnation I 11 I I A|\| POM> Also MRS. THOS. W. UWSON. St^^l^r^LJ:^^'™^ LILLirtl^ I Vfl^l-T WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. Superiority. WE claim it for the flowers we dis- tribute. It is guaranteed by the high sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It i-- proven by the large number of florists throughout New England and elsewhere depending on us for their regular supply. Largest dealers east of New York in Baskets Sheaves, Letters, Vases, Ribbons and all Florists' Requisites. OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6:00 O'CLOCK EVERY MORNING N. F. McCarthy & go,, Telephone 734 and 64 Main. 85 Hawley Street, BOSTON. H. C. ElEDEL. F. D. Spicbb, RIEDEL & CO. WHOLESALE Commission Florists. 34 West 29th Street, NEW YORK. Strictly Wholasale. Correspondence Invited. Wbol^ale power/\arKjfe Boston, April 29. Roses, Beauty, Edgely, extra 1?.OC@?5.CO medium... 8.O0@12.0O " " culls 303® 5.O0 Bride, Bridesmaids, Gate.. 3.00® 5.00 " extra 600@IO.OO Liberty 6.OC@10.00 Carnations, l.fC® 2.00 Special 20:@ 3.(10 Lily of the valley 3 Ul @ 3 0) Trumpet narcissi ROfto I.lO Tulips 5r@ 1.00 Longiflorum lilies 800@IO.rc Gallas 6 00® 8 OO Smilax 15.O0@2O.OO Philadblfhia, April £9. Roses, Tea 8.00@10.00 " extra 12.00 " Beauty, extra J5.0C@4J.OO " " firsts iu.oo@ao.oo " Queen of Edgely, extra.. ..3i.00@40. 00 firsts.... 10.00@20. 00 Carnations 1.50® 5.00 Lily of the valley 3.00® b.OO Asparagus 25.00@50.CO Smilax 12.60@15.00 BuiTALO, April 30. Roses, Beauty 5.00®£5.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 2.00© 8.00 Carnations 1 O:® 5.00 Violets 36® .60 Harrisii 8.0f®12.6il Lily of the valley 3 00® 5 00 Tulips 2.00® 4 00 Daffodils l.OC® 3.0O Asparagus strings 40.CO@60.00 Smilax 15.00 Adiantum 75® 1.2i Milton W. Woodroffe, WHOLESALE fLOWIST, 1344 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Please meniinn the AmeHcan Florist when writing* eive Us a Trial. We Can Please You Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock. UfU C If ACTIUfS Wholesale Com- linii ri IVnallnUf mission Florist, 481 Washington St., Buffalo. N. Y. Dealer in Ploristi^' SupnliPi and Wire DesieDB. Open from 7:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M. LakeviewRoseGardens JAMESTOWN, N. Y. Wholesale Growers and Dealers in Cut Flowers. 800,000 SQUARE FEET CLASS. •~q SPECIALTIES: Roses, Carnations, Lilies, Asparagus, Smilax. Fresh Flowers Guaranteed. No Second Hand- ling. All orders shipped direct from Gardens. Send For Weekly Price List. It i good business policy ^ ^ ^ to mention the tS* iS" «S" American Florist When you write to an advn Try Is FOR THINGS YOU CANNOT GET ELSEWHERE^^ THE PHILADEIPHIA WHOLESALE FLOWER MABKET, 1224 Ciitiry Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. BEAUTIES, LIBERTIES, LcO. MeSSCn, V AND VALLEY. WHOLESALE FLORFST,'* — ^, 1217. Arch St., Philadelphia. igoj. The American Florist. h^ JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Exclusively. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT Til. 2065 Madlton Sq. NEW YORK. 42 West 28th St Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWEKo ever effeted to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, bride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter F. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Talaphona 909 M»dlson Bqnara. 39 West 28th St., NEW YOBK. Talaphona Nos. 2239 and 2034 Madison Squara, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 65 and 57 Watt 26th St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice ol sale note daily. Statement and check weekly. All consignments, large or small, receive the same attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. VIOLETS. WILLIAM GHORMLEY VIOLETS. 1 Wholesale " ifcfciriiwi wiiwiimfcfc ■ ^ Commission j Daily Receiver and Shipper of Fresh Cut Flowers. • Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Valley, Chrysanthemums. Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. 57 Wcst 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY. ] JOHN YOUNG Siiaolal American Beauties, Surpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orohldt, and all Seaionable Floweri. 61 West 2Sth St., NEW TOKK. Tel. 1905 Madlaon Sq. THE RCCOCNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR Violets and Carnations ■ROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It will be to your advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER^ 80 West 2gth St., New York. Telephone 651 Madison Square. Frank Millang from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. Cat Flower Exchange, 55-57 W. 26th St. Phone 299 Madison Square. NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consignments or Shipping Orders. Satisfaction given in both. Tel. 956 Madison Sq. 115 W. 30Ui St., Naw York. AIn 49 W. 3llth St. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. B6 and 67 W. 26th St, Nf>«v Ynrk Cut Flower Exchange, I^CW 1 urn. OPEN 6:00 A. M. An Unequalled Outlet lor Consigned Flowers. Choice Carnations. Selected Roses. Traendly&Schenck NEV YORK QTY, 38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange. New Telephone No. 798 A 799 Madison Sq. Wbol^ale power/\arKjfe New Yobk, .\pril 29. Roses, leivty, Edgely, best 10 00@1.S,00 medium 6.00® 8.00 " " culls 1. CO® 3.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid, best.... 5.00® 6.00 " " " ordinary 1.00® 2.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate l.Ol® 5.00 " Liberty, best 5.00® 8.00 " " ordinary 3.00® 5. CO Carnations, fancy 3.U0® 4.00 " ordinary 1.00® 2.00 Violets 31® .50 Lily of the valley 3.U0@ 5.00 Trumpet narcissi. Tulips 50® 1.00 Cattleyas 4O.00'@5n.OO Lilies 4. or® « 00 Dendrobiums 5.01® S 00 Smilax 12.00@20.00 Adiantum 50® 1 .00 Adiantum Croweanum 1.50 Asparagus 35 .00@5U.O0 " Sprengeri. doz. bun. 2.00®3.OO Sweet peas per bund. bun.2.0C@5.0O Lilacs per bunch .50 @ .75 Charles IVIillang WHOLESALE FLORIST. Conservatory connected from which can ship ferns and decorative plants promptly 50 West 29th St. NEW YORK Tel. 2230 Madison Square. Always mention the American Flo aiST -when writine to advertisers. FORD BROS. Receivers and Shippers oi FRESH FLOWERS, HI West 30th St., NEW TOBK. Telephone 157 Madison Square. REPRESENTING EMINENT GROWERS. JUiiusLang 53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK. COMMISSION DEALER in FLOWERS Telephone 280 Madison Square. ALEX. J. eUTTMAN, Wholesalt Commission Florist, A full supply daily of the choicest^ New York and New Jersey FLOWERS. 82 W. 29th Street, NEW YORK CITY, Telephone 1738 Madison Square. fl. fl. immm. Wholesale Commission Florist, BEST FtOWERS SHIPPED AT X-OWES* NEW TOBK PRICES. 19 Bosrum Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Tklbphoitk 939 Maik. Hicks & Grawbuck, WHOLESALE ELORISTS NEW YORK: 46 West 29th Street. Tel. 2798 Madison Sq. BROOKLYN, N.y.r 108 Livingston Street. Tel. 3660-3661 Main. EDW. C. HORAN, 55 WEST 28TH STREET, .NEW YORK. Cyj F LOWERS AI WHOLESALE. 542 The American Florist. May 2y. The gEEi) TaaEiE. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Walter P. Stokes, Pres.; C. N. Pasb, First Tioe-Pres.; S. F. Willabd, Wethersfleld, Conn., Beo'y and Treaa. Twenty-flrst annual convention, Philadelphia and AtUntio City, June 23-25, 1903. B. Suzuki and Charles Loechner sailed for Europe April 28. Visited Chicago: John Lewis Childs, en route to California. The crops of red clover are reported to have wintered poorly. The onion seed crop in the Canary Islands will be short. Growers do not expect to fill orders in full. The cold, wet and rather late season should increase sale of seed for later crops, early maturing corn, millet, etc. Ethelbert Johnson, of the Johnson & Musser Company, Los Angeles, Cal., died April 17. A note on his life will be found on page 537. Latest advices concerning French bulbs indicate probable reduction of crop by drouth and consequently still firmer feeling among the growers regarding prices at the harvest. Jobbers are hold- ing off and but few sales areyetreported. The U. S. Department of Agriculture proposes to make a display of mush- rooms at the St. Louis World's Fair, in the interests of which Prot. B. M. Dug- gar, of Columbia, Mo., an assistant in the department, is visiting mushroom growers in the Mississippi valley. Sheboygan, Wis. — The John H. Allan Seed Company, Cape Vincent, N. Y., is leasing the Otten building on North Eighth street as a seed warehouse. They have already contracted for 1,000 acres of beans and will have about an equal acreage of peas. It is contemplated to eventually erect a warehouse and make this city the western headquarters. J. Vre0Gdenhill, of Haarlem, Hol- land, writes that he has a very remarka- ble type of lily of the valley which he has named Convallaria majalis prolificans Vreugdenhill Perfection. It can be seen in bloom about May 15 at P. Gyzen- burg's and at the nursery of H. C. Van Ginhoven, at Lisse. He adds that there have been many bulbs frozen in Holland and, although the spring was very early, hail and snow followed April 15. Santa Clara, Cal.— C. C. Morse & Company write under date ol April 22: "Crops generally are promising excep- tionally well. We have had quite an ideal season, with sufficient rainfall to make a crop, and there is an unusually good stand of onion, radish, lettuce and, in fact, everything we grow. Owing to the unusually cold winter, crops are later than usual and onions are just beginning to send up the seed stalk. Lettuce has not formed heads as yet, and sweet peas will not bloom for two or three weeks. Keeps Him Posted. Am. Florist Co.:— Enclosed find $1 for my subscription. I am much pleased with your paper as I find it keeps me posted on what is going on in the seed trade. W. J. Fosgate. Santa Clara, Cal. Putting: Up Uncle Sam's Free Seeds. The execution of the government con- tract, which consumes more seed each season than any other institution of its kind in the world, is under the personal supervision of B. F. Brown, whose long experience in handling seeds with the machines of his company, places him in the front rank. The "seed building" is of the most practical construction for such work, its every appintment, from roof to cellar, looking to the expedition of the work. Oa the first floor of this building all the supplies are kept, such as seed packets, the envelopes which hold the packets in mailing, mail bags, and so forth, also the heating and lighting apparatus, for the building is comfortably heated throughout by steam and lighted by electricity- On the second floor is the government inspector's office, also the oflSce of the seed contractor, and govern- ment frank counting room. On this floor, also, the immediate supply of seed is kept in bulk or original packages until put into the large machines upstairs, from the hoppers. On the third floor, or assembly floor, there are large compartment bins, which hold from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 pack- ets at one time, which receive the sealed packets as they come through the chute from the floor above. There are eight of these bins on each side, running down the center of the floor, making sixteen in all. Four alleys, about six feet wide run between these bins and in these sit the girls, who place five packets into a mailing envelope. They move rapidly and almost automatically. The bins are built at the top about twice the diameter of the bottom. There are four endless belts, or carriers, running alongthe small table at the base of these bins, and this is where 25,000 packages, each containing five packets, go over each belt every day. The head girl, or starter, at the top of the belt, puts on the belt the large envel- ope, with a package of peas, beans or corn in it. There are four other girls, who, as this package comes past them, put in one packet each, for instance, rad- ish, spinach, muskmelon or onion, mak- ing the combination of five assorted packets in one package. As these pack- ages, now ready for sealing, move to the lower end of the belt, they pass into a specially constructed wire-stitching machine, of which there are nine, oper- ated by electricity and governed by young woman operators. This opera- tion of stitching takes about one second. Formerly paste was used, but the pack- ages would stick together in large blocks, and when torn apartthe addresses would be mutilated. After going through the stitchers the packages pass on a shorter belt to the mailing table, where the count is verified and they are sacked for mail- ing. They are then put into sacks hold- ing from 200 to 500 packages and are slid down a large chute in the rear of the building into the mail wagons. On the fourth, or top, floor are placed sixteen of the Brown bag-filling machines, which do the work of experienced human- ity, only more rapidly, measuring the seed, picking up the empty packets, filling, sealing and delivering to the large bins below for mailing. To put up a contract like that of the government every year without these machines, would take 365 days instead of the 150 days no w required. The contractor expects to have the 39,000,000 packets ready at all their destinations for planting on May 1, 1903. Wade. ♦ NEW CROP ♦ SMILAX SEED. X Will be ready for ilelivery in July. t ♦ A short supply is probable on ♦ X account of injury to the flowers x S by the late frosts in the few locah- X- ♦ ties where Smilax can be success- ♦ T fully grown for seed. By booking x S now for future delivery, we feel X ♦ . confident you can secure better ♦ X figures than it will be possible to T X give later in the season. Write X ♦ for prices, stating quantity you ♦ T can use. x I COX SEED COMPANY J ♦ Seed Growers, i I SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. | EXCELSIOR DOUBLE PEIRL Tuberose Bulbs. First-class stock No. i size 4 to 6 inches in circumference, $5.50 per 1000. No. 2 size $3.00 per 1000. Packed in barrels and F.O. B. cars at Richmond. T. W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, VA. ASPARAGUS SPRENCERI SEED, per 1000, 80c. post- paid; 5,000 and over, 60o, per 1000. TUBEROSE 4 to 6 Inches. Per 1000 ARMSTRONG, everbloommg $25.00 DWARF DOU BLE PEARL 8.00 JS^CYCAS stems, Uc per lb. PLANT SEED CO., St. Louis. Write for Florists' Caialoeue. Raffia* We are Headquarters and make lowest import prices Vaughan's Seed Store, as;?; RICE BROTHERS WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Willi CmliflV Receivers and Shippers ol niili OllllldA, CHOICE CUT FLOWERS. Special attention given to shipping orders. Send for price list of supplies. 128 N. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Minn. N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE Coogan BIdg. 6tli Ave. and W. 26th St., New Yorii. Open far Cut Floirer Bales at 6 o'clock Every Morning DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON,. Secretary. 1903- The American Florist. 54Ji Early Bird TOMATO. The earliest, smoothest and largest Early Tomato we ever introduced. Resists the rot and does not sunburn; wonderfully produc- tive, of fine flavor. Every florist should have some plants in the spring for his par- ticular and appreciative trade. i oz., 50c; \ oz., 95c; Oz., $1.75; postpaid. FLORIST DEPARTMENT, D. Landreth & Sons, l2l7MarketSt., Philadelphia, Pa. Mushroom Spawn FIRST QUALITY. STRICTLY FRESH. j»>j»LOWEST PRICES WRITE FOR SPECIAL ...QUOTATION S... James Vick's Sons, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Please mention the American Florist when writing. Gladiolus Bulbs .\T YOUR OWN PRICE. To clear out surplus. 25,000 Li^ht Mixture. Fine bulbs to the highest bidders per 1000 until all arC'taken. These bulbs usually sell for 110.00 per lOCO. CISHMAN Gladiolus Co., Sylvania. Ohio. ESTABLISHED CARNATION CiniNGS We have a surplus of the following varieties from soil. Most of them have made Hrst break. Per 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000 Crane . Jooat Melba ... G. Lord. Marquis. Scott... Crocker. . 00 $25.00 Triumph... $2.00 $1! 2.60 17.50 McGowan.. 2.00 II 2.50 17.60 Alaska 2.00 II 2 60 17.50 Gomez 2.00 II 2.60 Maceo 2.0O \m }I:m cash or c. o. d. St. Louis Carnation Co., TRANSPLANTED CARNATIONS. ■ M ■"'''-"' CUTTINGS. MERMAID Per 100 $1.00. Per lOOO $10.00 ELDORADO Per 100 1.00. Per 1000 10.00 Giant Flowering Pansy plants, mixed, $3.00 per 1000. Marie Louise Violets, $3.00 per 100; $26.00 per 1000. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, fine stock, $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1000. Terms Cash.— We prepay express charges. If plants are not satisfactory, return at once and we will refund your money. .LOOMIS FLORAL CO. LOOMIS, CAL. TUBEROSE BULBS. Dwarf Excelsior Pearl. Sound, Dry, Hand Picked, MEDIUIVI SIZE, 3 to4-in., 100,60c; 1000,$5.00. SPECIAL SIZE, 3V2 to 4-in., 100, 70c; 1000, $5.50, FIRST SIZE, 4 to 6-in., 100, $1,00; 1000. $8.50. MAMMOTH BULBS, 6 to 8-in., $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. ARMSTRONG'S EVERBLOOMING. A grand new addition to the tuberose family, bloom- ing profusely year after year and producing single flowers of a delightful fragrance. Fine for cut (lowers. 100, $3.50; lOOO, $30.00. CALADIUM ESCULENTUM, with live center shoots. Per lOO 5 lo 7-inch $ 3.00 7 to 9-inch 4.25 9 lo 12-inch 7.2S 12-in. and up 14.50 GLADIOLI, FERN BALLS, HARDY LILIES. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO. NEW YORK. 84 Randolph St. I 4 Barclay St. B <& A SPECIALTIES. Trained Fruit Trees, Ray Trees, Buxus in all forms, Evergreens, Herbaceous plants. Rhododen- drons. Clematis, Hardy Azaleas, H. P. Standard and Climbing Roses, in addition to quantities of fancy Nursery stock We are pleased at all times to receive visitors a our Nurseries. We have 60 acres planted with the most interesting stock in the country. Ask for Spring catalogues. HARDY JAPAN LILIES. AURATUM, 8 to 9-in $5.00 i.Uoll-in 7.150 RUBRUM or ROSEUM, 8 to 9-in 5 50 Per 100 PerlOOO 9 toll-in 7.00 5.50 9 to 11-in 7.01) MELPOMENE, 7 to 9-in 6.50 ALBUM, » 9 to 10- i I. ,50 $45.00 65.00 45.00 65.00 .50.00 60.00 60.00 80.00 BOBBINK & ATKINS. Rutherford. N. J. OUR MOTTO: QUALITY FIRST. We have, however, a sufficent quantity to supply all demands. Send for Catalogue. ARTHUR COWEE, 'IVIeadowvale Farm," Long Distance 'Phona 9x. Berlin, N. Y. United Slatas Crowar and Rspresentatlvo ol CROFF'S HYBRIDS. GLADIOLI New Rambler Rose PHILADELPHIA. Flowers larger, more double, do not fade white, more durable, brighter color, and not subject to mildew as Crimson Rambler is. 2V^-mch, $12.00 per 100; $100 per 1000. 1-year field plants, cut back to 15 to 18 in., $25 00 per 100. 1-year field plants, 2H to 3 feet, $4.00 per dozen; $30.00 per 100. 2-year field plants, 3 to 3% feet, bushy, 17.00 per dozen; $50.00 per 100. The Conard & Jones Co. , West Brove, Pa. The Leading Novelties of 1903. The Best Varieties of 1902. All the Standard Varieties. Order your Rooted Cuttings NOW. QEO. HANCOCK & SON. CRAJ4D HAVEN. MICH. ?ink American Beauty" The New Rose Queen of Edgely. Here is what some of the leading retail florists say about it: "It has come to stay." "It is becoming more popular every day." ' Cannot get enough of it to fill orders." Etc. $12 per 100, 2i-in. pots. $110 p»r 1000. $500 per 5000. EDWIN LONSDSLE, Wyndmoor, Chestnut Hill, PHIUDELPHIA. CARNATIONS. Rooted cuttings of all the leading varieties now ready. Also rooted runners of Lady Campbell, Swanley White and Princess of Wales Violets. Send me a list of what you want and get prices. Stock in fine condition. Address Chas. Chadwick, L. Box 11. Grand Rapids, Mich. 544 The American Florist. May 2, The I^ursery Tr^se. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. CHAe. A. Ilobkpbitz, Prea. ; D. S. Lake, Vioe- Pres.; Gbobsb C. Seaoer, Rochester, N. Y., Seo'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mich., June 10-12, 1903. George E. Kesslee, chief of the Land- scape Department of the St. Louis World's Fair, is in the east buying nur- sery stock. It is stated that many carloads of rhododendrons have been shipped from Monroe county, Pennsylvania, to eastern points this year, most of them being put on the railroad at Cresco. In the State of Washington nursery- men are novir compelled to pay a license and file a bond obliging them to pay the cost oi inspection. It is said that the commissioner is disappointed because of the few applications for licenses. Duty on Evergreen Seedlings. Ed. Am. Florist:— The letter of Irving Rouse in your issue of April 25 is inter- esting reading. Perhaps Mr. Rouse will explain to your readers likewise what stock the committee intended to cover, when in the same paragraph, No. 252, after fixing a specific duty on evergreen seedlings, it says: "Stock, cuttings and seedlings of all fruit and ornamental trees, deciduous and evergreen," etc., etc., "twenty-five per cent ad valorum." Does Mr. Rouse agree with Mr. De Vries that an evergreen tree filty years old raised from a seedling, whether transplanted or not, is still properly called a seedling, and whether the trade classifies it thus? August Rolker & Sons. DO Copper Spikes Kill Trees? Ed. Am. Florist:— I have recently been told that copper spikes driven into trees will cause their death in a short time. I desire accurate knowledge on this point. Can any of my brother florists or gar- deners confirm that report. W. S. B. I can not recall having seen copper spikes driven into trees, but I have fre- quently seen copper label wire encircling trees deeply embedded in the wood by the increasing size of the tree, and have known them to be in this condition for at least ten years without any apparent injury to the tree. On the other hand, I have frequently observed that the branch of a tree on which a label is hanging is dead, even though the wire may be loosely attached. I have sometimes wondered whether the action of the copper or the label had anything to do with it. Samuel C. Moon. Concord Junction, Mass.— Geo. Milne has sold out to Leonard Cousins. COMMISSIONS CARRIED GUT in LONDON or any part of Great Britain. Messrs. 'WILLS & SEGAR will attend to any commission from American florists for the supply of Cut Flowers, Birthday Flowers, Bouquets, High Class Floral Designs, etc , to their clients who mayfastraveliogin England. mil I O D CEP AD Court PloristB to bis WILLO Ob OtOAn, iVIalesty. Tbe King. ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY. Telegrams, Onslow Crescent, South Kensington, f LoacuLO, London. LONDON. ENGLAND. Two=Year=01d Dormant, Field=Qrown Roses. This stock is first-class and of the right kinds; well branched, good fibrous roots. Our cold-storage cellar, 28x150 feet, built especially for this class of stork, contains 25,000 of these Hybrid Perpetual Roses. Personal Inspection Invited. $11.00 PER 100; $100.00 PER 1,000. Ball of Snow Mad. G. Luizet Mad. Plantier Coquette Des Alpes Magna Charta Perle des Blanches Capt. Christy Mad. Chas. Wood Ulrich Brunner John Hopper Mrs. John Laing Persian and Harrison Yellow §20.00 per 100 $18.00 PER 100. Paul Neyron Glory Lyonaise Margaret Dickson La France Baroness Rothschild Crimson Rambler 2 year strong.... |15.00perl00 Climbing C. Soupert " " 20.00 Dorothv Perkins " " 20.00 " Cumberland Belle " " 12.00 Moss Roses " " 10.00 Clematis Large Flowering, such as Jackmanni, Henryii and many others 2 year old $3.50perdoz. $25.00 per 100 Syearold 4.00 " 30.00 Ampelopsis Veitchii, 3 year strong. 3x4 ft 16.00 " Actinidia, Silver Sweet Vine, Syearold 20.00 " Wistaria, Purple 4x6 ft '3.00lperdo2. Wistaria, White " 5.00 " Paeonies Asst., White, Pink and Red, best double sorts, strong clumps, 3 to 5 eyes 10.00 per 100 Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora, 3 ft 12.00 " Hydrangea Pauiculata Grandiflora, 18 in 8.00 " Vaughan's Seed Store, JJ Barclay St., New York. -86 Randolph St. Chicago GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. *********************S Order Direct From Headquarters. ,A No. 1 DAGGER and FANCY FERN, $1.60 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. A No. 1 BRONZE and GREEN GALAX, $1.00 per 1000 in SOOO lots. LAUREL FESTOONING, good and full, 6c and 6c per yd. SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX, selected stock, $4.00 and $7.00 per case. GREEN AND SPHAGNUM MOSS, $1.00 per bbl. LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, $1.00 per 100. We guarantee all our stock to be first-class. Orders by mail, telephone or telegraph will receive our personal and prompt attention. "We can fill orders in any quantity on short notice. HENRY IVI. ROBINSON d, CO. GALAX Bronze or Green. $1.00 per 1000. 750 perlOOO in 5000 lots. Leuco- thoe Sprays, bronze or green, $1.00 per 100; Fancy Ferns, $2.00 per lOOO; Green Sheet Moss, fresh stock, $2.60 per bbl. sack; Sphagnum Moss, $1.75 per bale; Small Green Galax for violets, $1.00 per 1000. All kinds of florists' supplies. i ■ l/QCCUnVPR Tel. 597 Madison L. J. MlCOllUVCn, Square. 110-112 W. 27lh St., New York. GalaxfLeucothoes. Selected, Bright and Brilliant. Wholesale Trade Solicited J. L. BANNER & CO.. Montezuma, N. C. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Where Quality Is First Consldoratlon.) Write, Wire or Phone the Introducers, Caldweri Tha Woodsman Co., Evergreen, Ala. or their agents; L. J. Kreshover, New York; J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; W. F. Kastins. Buffalo; .J. M. MoCuUough's Sons, Cincinnati, Ohio; H. G. Berning, &t. Louis. Mo. NEW CROP Dagger Ferns Now ready. $1.50 per 1000. Fine lot Fancy Ferns, $1..50 per 1000. Galax, Green or Bronze, 75o per 1000. Moss. 50c per bbl. sack. Laurel Festooning. No. 1 quality, fresh every day, 4c. 5o and 6o per yard. Laurel and Pine Wreaths, just what you want for your Memorial day trade. Order them now and your Ferns and you will be sure to get the best to be bad, wben you want them and on time. Ground Pine, by tbe pound if wanted. Long distance telephone connections. Telegraph Office, New Salem, Mass. Millington, Mass. TeL ofBoe, New Salem. ALWAYS MENTION THE AMERICAN nORIST WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS. jgo3. The American Florist. 545 NATIONAL FLORISTS Board of Trade, Offices: 56 Pine St., NEW YORK. CREDIT REFERENCE BOOK. A subscription to our Credit List will cost you 110 a year, and it may save you $100 the first month. SPECIAL REPORTS. We make a specialty of this part of our work, and spare neither trouble nor money to t:et for our clients the very latest and most reliable information as to the standing of any person concerning whom inquiries are made. COLLECTIONS. We collect slow .ind doubtful accounts. Whv not go through your books at once. and send us all the chums that are in arrears? Call and see us when you are in the city. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY cur FERNS. Michigan Cut Fiower Excliange. FANCY FERNS, 11.50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. Give ua a trial for Ferns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, $100 per 1000. 26 Miami Avo.. DETROIT, MICH. Roses Wanted, 20,000 2-year, low budded, on Manetti or dog rose roots, bushes 24 inches and up, stron^;. vig;oroiis stock in 30 leading varieties. Delivery Nov., 1903. Address if you can offer such stock,' stating varieties you have. MANN, the Seedsman, Portland, Ore. The Royal Tottenham Nurseries, Ltd, DIDEMSV/«ART, near ZWOILE, NCrHERLAl^DS. Headquarters for Hardy Perennials. Pieonies, Iris Germanica and K:empferi. Anemones, Phlox Decussata. choice Alpine plants, Hardy Ericas. Tritoma, Hardy Ferns, Delphiniums. Novelties in this line a specialty. Conifers (special young stock), Hydrangeas, Rhododendrons and Azaleas. We grow 'also some 8 acres of Daffodils. Special quotations toward April. A»k for Catalogue. P. Loef Az & Co., Wholesale Nurserymen BOSKOOP. HOLLAND. Ask for special quotati<'ns on hardy and orna- mental nursery stock. P. J. VAN HEININGEN, Repreuntativa. care of Maltus ,v- Ware, 136 Waier St., New York. When in Europe come and see us and inspect our extensive Nurseries. Gouda is our railroad depot. HARDY. FANCY ORNAMENTAL NURSERY STOCK. J. Blaauw & Co., BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. land. Headquarters for the Spruces, purest, bluest strain J. DIJKHUIS & CO. BOSKOOP-HOLLAND. QUALITY. QUANTITY. Ask our prices for AZALEAS, RHODODENDRONS, PEONIES, ROSES, HARDY EVERGREENS, CLEMATIS, Etc. Price List Free on Application. THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD Is the short line to the East and the service equal to the best. You will save time and money by traveling over this line. It has tliree through daily express trains, with through vestibuled sleeping-cars and Ameri- can Club Meals, ranging in price from 35c to $1.00. are served in Nickel Plate dining-cars; also a la carte service. Try a trip over the Nickel Plate Road and you will find the ser- vice equal to any between Chicago and the East. Chicago depot: Harrison St. and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Offices 1 1 1 Adams St. and Audi- torium Annex, John Y. Calahan, General Agent. 1 1 3 Adams St.. Room 298, Chicago. 'Phone Central 2057., 1 EVERGREENS As grown at Qlenwood the Best in the United States. The Glenwood Nurseries offer the finest trees both EVER- GREEN and DECIDUOUS. FLOWERING SHRUBS and VINES of all sizes in general assortment. New TRADE LIST Ready. Special quotations to large buyers. The Wm. II. MOON CO. 60 Miles from New York. 30 Miles from Philadelphia. IVforrisville, Pa. Olo irrr o^t !«»• Strone two vpar plants, pot grown, beautiful plants in lOto'lS leading kinds. All colors. 2dc each: $2.50 per dozen: $20.00 per 100. One year, i\ .TO per dozen: $12.00 i-er ICO. Vioiett, Princess of Wales. Strong plants for immediate planting, J3.C0 per 100. F. A. BALLER, Bloominalon, III. Please mention the A merican Florist when wriltnn Fine Grafted Bearing Sizes. Per 100 12-inch, bushv, from 4-inch pots $20 00 16-18 inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots 30.00 Kin KanS 10-12 in., bushy, from 4-in pots 20.00 I aninnc 13-lS in-, bushy, from 4-in. pots.. 20.00 LClllUMo 18-24 in., bushv, from 4-in. pots 30.00 Oranges, Lemons, Limes, ^^r^ix plants, well-branched, 3-4 ft. $2 to $3 each. Clematis Apiifolia th'aT rfii^r\rs: Paniculata. but blooms earlier and lasts longer; strong plants from 3-inch pots 8.00 (Top Cuttings). 10-12inch 20.00 12-15 in., 5 character 1500 Kentia Belmoreana Plioenix Reclinata and Farinifera I. class at 100 rate.) division, best sorts, $15.C0 per 1000 (Not less than 400 of a class at 1000 rate.) Latanias, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE (Inc.) P. J. BERCKMANS GO. FRUITLAND NURSERIES, EsUblifhed 1856. AUGUSTA. GA. Please mention the American Florist when writing. S46 The American Florist. May 2y Our pasTiMEs. Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and ••r^orting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milli St., Boston, Mass.: »obt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; ar to the American Florist Co., ISA Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. At Cleveland. Great interest was displayed at the last rmeeting of the Cleveland florist bowlers, although the scores were not high: Player. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th (Kelly 135 182 113 165 Waruke 86 108 112 118 113 Bartell 85 146 Brown 155 1.54 154 142 ■Qrav 82 87 H. Hart 103 A. Graham 101 ■Ci. Graham 157 173 157 209 •Dtzinger 98 107 75 .1?. Aul 131 1 4 Hoffman 125 -85 •Kennedy 155 ■Bond 160 117 132 121 O. G. At Washington. ' Everybody being busy since Easter, the ■boys had little time for bowling, but now they have started again in earnest. The following is the score of April 22: Player. 1st 21 3d T'l W.S.Clark 155 134 167 456 ■J. Minder 141 81 150 372 W. W. Kimnell 12t 105 154 383 C.L.Barber 122 112 165 399 K.Davis 92 101 118 311 J.ShiDe 119 124 110 353 •C. W. Wolf 167 116 119 402 G.Smith 106 95 129 3.30 P.Miller 110 105 119 334 G.Cooke 161 149 181 491 A. Esch 148 173 124 4 5 W.H.Ernest 179 175 175 .529 WillieClark 121 146 124 391 George C. Shaffer 126 136 144 406 •C. L. Barber, Jr 142 124 182 418 P. G. Chicago Visits Joliet. On Saturday evening, April 25, the McKellar & Winterson team of bowlers, reinlorced by Alex. Newett, of Deamud's, Anton Then, Fritz Bahr and his grower, Mr. Avery, visited Joliet as the guests of the Chicago Carnation Company. They were most hospitably entertained being wined and dined and smoked until five •o'clock in the morning, but were beaten two out of three on the alleys. The score ioUows: CHiCiQO 1st 2d 3d C. W. McKellar 161 116 141 Clifford Pruoer 141 163 199 John Sterrett 136 169 119 Louis Winterson 137 145 168 Alex. Newett )23 1.53 160 E F. Winterson 155 1.59 149 Total 853 905 936 Joliet 1st 2d 3d P.Spain 138 163 1.56 A. Oberman 122 IfS 138 L. Heitman 173 163 138 J. Hartshorne 115 150 138 P.Olson 199 197 162 W. Wichtendahl 130 119 167 Total 897 954 899 At Chicago. There are several Chicago bowlers who have entered for the present tournament, which is to decide the make-up of the team for the S. A. F. convention in August, who have not yet appeared on the alleys. As twenty-one games are necessary to qualify, and nine have already been bowled, those who have not yet any games to their credit must participate in all that are to come. The score last Tuesday night was as follows: Player. 1st 2d 3d T'l Geo. Scott 138 161 151 ■140 Jos. Foerster 178 153 237 568 Alex. Newett 117 120 130 357 W. Kreitling 105 126 108 339 C. Balluff 133 138 192 463 Jno. Lambros 15C 144 155 455 Geo.Asmus 189 157 147 493 P. J. Hauswirth 140 148 159 447 Geo. Stollery 140 167 156 463 L. Schaefer 153 121 118 392 Fred. Stollery 146 ]38 179 463 E. P. Winterson 162 168 157 487 Sedalia, Mo.— Chas. Koeppen, who was adjudged bankrupt, is asking for discharge. Hamilton, Ont. — Webster Brothers report spring business starting excel- lently. This is their twentieth year in the mail order plant trade and promises to be easily their best. Dalton, Mass. — The fern dealers in this section contemplate building a large cold storage establishment for their joint use. It is estimated that a suitable plant can be erected for about $8,000. Spokane, Wash.— H. M. Sanders has improved facilities at his new location, 10 Post street, and next year will have a large variety of flowering plants for Easter, also a larger planting of carna- tions. YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of l9o3. Its color capti- vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. $5.00 per doz.; $30 per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT GRAIG& SON, Market and 49th Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. f: HRYSaNTHEMUMS, ESTELLE, (Altick) '. $1. SO per dozen; $10.00 per 100 Lady Fitzwygram, white and yellow. Lady Harriet 4.00 per 100 Willowbrook, Timothy Eaton and Col. Appleton 3.00 per 100 From 2-inch pots. Carnation Cuttings in the New and Standard Varieties. Chrysanthemum Cuttings Col. Appleton, Rooted Cuttings 81.75 per 100; 2!4-inch pots $2.50 per 100. T. Eaton, Kooted Cuttings 1.75 per 100; 2V^-inoh pots .. 2.50 per 100. »MERIC»H BEAUTIES, fine 2!4-in. stock, »5.00 per 100. GRAVE MYRTLE, strong clumps $6.00 per 100 HOLTON & nUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis. Mile. Marie Liger. The Coming Pink Chrysanthemum. 2i-inch pots $ 2.50 per Doz. Rooted cuttings, 15.00 per 100 First-class stock. e.D L0TZe,lr„6lMllU[lll»,A.>.C0.ll[l. 20,000 'MUMS r:rpf,'^; T. Eaton, Appleton, BonnafFon, Maud Dean, Mrs. Jones, Ivory and many more at $2.25 per 100: 300 our selection for $5.00 Rooted Cuttings at 81.01 per 100 less. Liberal count to help pay express. If you are in the market for large num- ber write us for special price. 'Phone connection. ••.OUDGE BROS., ^South Sudbury, Mass. ROOTED CUTTINGS,. Chrysanthemums G. Kalb, Polly Rose, Ivory, white and pink; Mrs. Robinson, J. Jones, Glory ot the Pacific, Mrs. Murdock, F. B. Hayes, Yellow Monarch; M. Henderson, R. Halliday, W. Molatsoh, Bon- naflfon, Appleton and many others, $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. T. Eaton, $1.50 per 100. Cash with order. G. F. NEIPP, Jamaica, P. O., Woodhaven Station, L. I., N. Y. Carnations Field-grown plants. Send for list ot varieties and prices. This is not lelt over stock but raised especially for Fall sales, therefore very fine. Chicago Carnation Co., igoj. The American Florist. 547- ^ GOOD STOCK, LARGE CUTS AND ALL GOODS SHIPPED ^ ¥ At Chicago Market Rates. j# RENNICOTT BROS. COMPANY WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS Tu^K^rs^r FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 42 and 44 E. Randolph Si. CHICAGO, ILL. Chrysanthemums—Rooted Cuttings. WHITE. TIMOTHY EATON, W. H. CHADWICK, GEO. S. KALB, JEROME JONES. $1.50 Per 100 $12.50 Per 1000 YELLOW. COL. APPLETON, MAJOR BONNAFFON, MRS. J. JONES, GOLDEN BEAUTY. J* It ^-9 Rose Plants. 2 1 -Z-INCH. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDE 4.00 35.00 PERLE 4.00 35.00 GOLDEN GATE 3.00 25.00 OLIVER AMES 4.00 3S.00 IVORY 4.00 35.00 All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. Rooted Carnation Cuttings PINK. Per 100 Per 1000 LAWSON $2.00 $17.50 GUARDIAN ANGEL 1.25 10.00 JOOST 1.00 8.00 CROCKER 1.25 10.00 MARQUIS 1.00 8.00 WHITE. FLORA HILL 1.25 10.00 WHITE CLOUD 1.25 10.00 RED. CRANE 2.00 17.50 EVANSTON 1.25 10.00 INE 1.25 10.00 GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave., ....CHICAGO. Meteor Rose Plants. 3i-inch, S5.00 per 100; $47.50 per 1000. Cash with order unless parties kni 'wn. These plants are guaranteed extra choice. BRANT & NOE, FOREST CLEN P. THB AMERIOAN FLORIST'S COLOR CHART PRICE IS CENTS POSTPAID. ANENICAN FLORIST CO., 324 Dnttern SI.,ChlOMt. Rose Plants Per 100 Per 1000 SOUV. DE PIERRE NOTTING. .$8.00 $75.t0 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 55.00 KAISERIN 4.00 35.00 BRIDESMAID 4.00 35.00 From 2 1-2-inch Pots Per 100 Per 1000 SUNRISE $7.09 BRIDE 4.00 GOLDEN GATE 4.00 PERLE 4.00 $65.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY, 3-in. Pots $7.00 per 100; $65.10 per 1000. All plants sold under express condition that if not satisfactory they are to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., .CHICAGO. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. p."c1SS"RJ"i For Easter. Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 967, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from 3V2-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received. 25 or 50 plants at 100 rate. R.&J.FAR0liHAR&CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. American Beauties From 2x3-inch Rose Pots, S6.00 per 100; S50.00 per 1000. JOSEPH HEACOCK. WYNCOTE, near Philadelphia, Pa. PLEASE MENTION US TO OUR ADVERTISERS. 648 The American Florist. May 2, Riclunond, Ind. NEW GREENHOUSES WELL UNDER WAY. — CORPORATION PLANS ANOTHER ESTAB- LISHMENT. — CLUB DISCUSSES CARNA- TIONS. The new B. K. & B. greenhouses are now well under way and will ho doubt be completed in ample time lor early planting. In fact, Richmond has good prospects of becoming the Floral City ot Indiana, as New Castle is the Rose City. There is a movement on foot to absorb another greenhouse establishment in a corporation with a capital stock of $20,000, the greater part of which is now subscribed. The members of the club are very much interested in this pro- ject and some of them have spoken very kindly of it at no less a gathering than a meeting of the Commercial Club and ■commended it very highly. The members of the Richmond Florists' dub met in regular monthly session at the works of John A. Evans and, not- wthstanding that spring business is now well on, there was a large number pres- ent. After routine business, the subject of carnations was taken up for discus- sion, and all the growers present gave their experience and observation of the different varieties they have grown this reason, resulting in a very profitable and instructive discussion. After the discus- sion Mr. Evans marshalled,his forces and a very substantial lunch was forthcom- ing. The Richmond Florists' Club now stands adjourned until the third Monday of October, to meet at the greenhouses of ■Chessman & Schepman. H. C. C. Albuquerque, N. M. — Byron H. Ives is adding 5,000 feet of glass for carnations and a lean-to for violets. Gov. Lowndes The finest white Carnation to date. Awarded Certificate of Merit at Brooklyn, scoring 91 points; the highest number awarded to any seedling. It was also recently awarded First Prize and Medal over all other whites at Cin- cinnati. Extra fine cuttings for delivery in April, $2.60 per doz.; $12 per 100; $100 per 1000. 'Enchantress, Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt, Harlowar- den, Sibyl, Marshall Field, Pres. McKlnley, White Bradt, Fragrance. $2.60 per doz. ; $12.00 per 100: $100.00 per 1000. Per Doz. Per 100 Per 1000 ADONIS $3.01 $14.00 $120.00 HER MAJESTY 2.00 10.00 80.00 LILLIAN POND 2.00 10.00 7S.00 INNOCENCE 6.00 60.00 Other Leading, New and Standard Varieties. H. WEBER & SONS, OAKLAND, MARYLAND. Rose Plants.. FROM 3-INCH POTS. Strong. Per 100 lOOO American Beauty $6.00 $55-00 Bridesmaid 4.00 35-00 Brides. 4.00 35-00 ■Golden Gate 4.00 35-00 Meteors 3.00 25.00 Michael Wiuaudy, Greenhouses: 406 DEVON AVENUE, CHICAGO. ILL. Tel. 642 Rogers Park. Young Rose Plants. Our GRAFTED plants are all selected stocJ< and carefully grafted on flowering wood. GRAFTED BRIDES, 2i-inch pots per 100, $10.00 GRAFTED LIBERTIES, 2i-inch pots per 100, 15-00 BRIDES, own roots, 2i-inch pots per 100, 3.50 per 1000, $25-00 BRIDESMAIDS, own roots, 2*-inch pots per 100, 3-50 per 1000, 25.OO GOLDEN GATES, own roots, 2i-inch pots per 100, 3.50 per 1000. 25.00 EXTRA FINE KAISERIN, 3-inch pots, 1-year-old per 100, 10.00 EXTRA FINE KAISERIN, 2Wnch pots per 100, 5.00 No plant order for less than 100 of a variety filled at the above prices. All orders will be shipped from our Greenhouses at Hinsdale, 111. Bassett & Washburn, 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. HARRISil BULBS Tor August Delivery... Good straight stock of Harrisii are not plenty. We have the sale of as large a supply of carefully grown and well rogued stock as can be found on the Island of Bermuda. There is no more proBtable forcinte buFb in the whole list than true Harrisii. Place your orders with us now and you will get the best bulbs produced this year. Our arrangements for high grade bulbs of French Romans, Paper White Grandiflora. Callas. Japan Longiflorum, London Market Valley ana- picked bulbs of all Dutch Hyacinths, Tulips, Nar- cissus and Spiraea are unexcelled. Bulbs secured from us will be subject to careful inspection and approval on arrival, and if in anyway unsatisfactory, will be made good at once. By combining your order for a full line of this stock with us, you get each in season and all at the closest cost for high grade stock. Economy in car- load freight shipments and large importations supply hair our profits. Write for prices before closing any forcing stock orders Vaughan's Seed Store, NEW YORK: 14 Barclay St., CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. Unrooted Cuttings, COOlw Per 100 1000 Alba, White $2.20 $20.00 Golden Beauty, Yellow 2.20 20.00 Apollo, Crimson 2.20 20.00 Stella, Variegated 2.20 20.00 Lawson, Pink 80 8.00 Dorothy, Pink 1.00 7.50 Gov. Roosevelt, Crimson l.OO 7-50 Maceo, Maroon 1.00 7-50 Per 100 Eldorado, Yellow $ .80 Norway, White i-OO Lorna, White 1-00 Crane, Scarlet l.OO Genevieve Lord, L- Pink 80 Egypt, Maroon ; 80 Queen Louise, White 1.OO Mermaid, Salmon Pink SO 1000 $5.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 5.00 5.00 7.50 S-OO EXPRESS PAID BY US AT ABOVE PRICES. Net CASH. CAUFORMA CARNATION COMPANY, LOOMIS. CAL. ^"JSr" MME. CHATENAY. A superb, pink rose, freer and stronger than Bridesmaid, easy to grow and an ideal shipper. Will cut 40% selects. See Chicago CUt llower quota- tions, Chatenay is selling for more than any other tea rose. Supply limited. Cash with orders. Fine healthy stock, $10.00 per 100. EMIL GLAIBER, Montciair, Colorado. 1903. The American Florist. 549 Price $2.00 Postpaid, I T"^— IHE AMERICAN FLORIST COM- pany's Trade Directory for 1903, fully ^^M revised to date, with thousands of new ^^"^^ ^ names and changes of address, is now ready for distribution. It contains 416 pages, including complete lists of the Florists, Seeds- men and Nurserymen of the United States and Canada, arranged both by states and towns and all names alphabetically. Also lists of Private Gardeners, Firms which issue catalogues. Horti- cultural Supply Concerns, Parks, Cemeteries, Landscape Architects, Experiment Station Hor- ticulturists, Botanical Gardens, and much other conveniently indexed and invaluable trade infor- mation. Published by the American Florist Co. 324 Dearborn St., Chicago, III., U. S. A. ^ Contains 416 Pages, 650 The American Florist. May a, Detroit. SOCIETY AFFAIRS. — CARNATION EXECU- TIVES TO BE PRESENT AT NEXT CLUB MEETING. — TRADE GOOD. — GROWERS ARE BUILDING. President Geo. A.Rackham, of the Ameri- can Carnation Society, has called a meet- ing of the executive board of that society to take place here, Wednesday, May 6. It is expected that the visitors will be present at the club meeting that evening and addresses from them may be heard. At the last meeting of the club, April 15, a very large attendance discussed the topic of the evening, "Observations on the Easter Trade," bringing out many valuable ideas for use a year hence. A satisfactory condition of trade pre- Tails. Roses are becoming more plentiful a.nd improved in quality. Carnations are still somewhat short of the demand. Violets, though soft and small, are still selling well. Some belated Easter lilies are now in evidence and find ready sale, being useful in the great amount of funeral work now turned out. Ferdinand Kolbe, who for the past three years was engaged with Beard Brothers, and previously with Geo. A. Rackham, has purchased ground on Center Line road near Forest Lawn Cemetery, where he will build at once, two houses 20x100. Chas Distelrath, who built two houses near Mt. Olivet Cemetery last fall, will build a salesroom and residence this spring. He finds the business in that vicinity very encouraging and will add to his glass area in the fall. G. H. Taepke is building a dwelling and grading the ground preparatory to the erection of a new range of greenhouses vi^hich he will commence next week on his newly acquiredpremiseson McClellan avenue. James Taylor of Mt. Clemens, is build- ing a barn and will next w^eek begin on a greenhouse 20x170 feet of violets. W. B. Brown, iof Brown & Northcott, •was married to Miss Augusta Martmer, of this city, April 16. J. F. S. NEW PEDIGREE ROSES. Send for description and colored plate of our Six New Climbing Roses. These originated in our own collection by careful cross-fertilization and are unquestionably superior to anything of their class. EDWIN LONSDALE, pale lemon white. WM. K. HARRIS, pale flesh color. WM. F. DREER, creamy white, pink edging. PROF. C. S. SARGENT, rich yellow and buff. ROBERT CRAIG, yellow shaded with apricot. JOHN BURTON, delicate peach color. All fragrant, very double, undeniably hardy and strong growers. HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS, Maple Avenue Kurseries. WEST CHESTER. PA. Fancy Kaiserin Roses. You want sometbing that will bloom quickly and give you best results during the summer. Order a hundr<^d of those fine 4-inch Kaiserins of Geo. A. Kuhl now, and he will ship to vour order. They will be ready May 20th. 2% and 3- inch. stock ready now. ^GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III. BUCKBEE'S FAMOUS PANSY PLANTS _ _ clean plants on own roots — Clothilde Soupert, Coquette des Blanches, Gen. Jacqueminot, La Reine, Crimson Rambler, La France, Coquette des Alps, etc. Large tlowered Clematis, 2-year, dormant, or from ft-inch pots at 18c; 1-year 'or from 3-inch pots at 9c. Finest purple, white, lavender and red sorts. Clematis Paniculata, 2-year, dormant; 6c; from 5-in. pots, ]2c; extra, from 6-inch pots. 18c. Packiug free for Cash. W. n. SALTER, ROCHESTER, N, Y. JHease mention the A merican Florist when writing. Extra fine, stocky, September transplanted and wintered in cold frames. Our special Giant Trimardeau, Rainbow. International, Peacock. Butterfly, and fifty named sorts, all in grand assortment, in bud and bloom, »1.50 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Low special express rates and light packing. Seedlings, $4.00 per 1000. Beautiful roots, just started. Our own growth. Burbank, Florence Vaughan, Grand Rouge, Austria, AUemania, Souv. Du. Pres. Carnot, Mile. Berat, Chas. Henderson, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Packiug Iree. Low special express rates. H. W. BUCKBEE, Rockford, UK ROCKFORD SEED FARMS. FOREST CITY GREENHOUSES. PANSIES I 50,000 Now in Bloom. i Extra large field-grown plants They are the kind I THAT SELL Per 100 Per 1000 $2 00 20.00 T. J. Corbrey "^eL,.. 33-33 S. Harlem Ave., OAK PARK, ILL. 100,000 PANSIES The Jennings Strain. Stock the Finest. Plenty of Pansies in Bloom Now. Good strong plants, $4.00 per 1000. Fine cold frame plants in bud .and bloom, ijl.50 per 100; smaller size, $1.00 per 100. .\bove bv express Small plants by mail. 75". per 10 1. Seed, $1.00 per packet of 3000. Cash with order. E. B. JENNINGS, Lock Box 254, SOUTHPORT, CONN. GROWER OF THE FINEST PANSIES. GERANIUMS! GERANIUMS! Splendid stock of best bedders. sturdy, cool- grown stock, 2i.,-inch, J3.00 per 100; ."i-in.-h, »4.ij0: 4-inch. J7.00. Verbanas, »3.50perl00. Double Fringgd PBlunlas, 4-in. in bud and bloom, $6.00 per 100. XCos^st Roses! ^oses! lirides, Maids, Golden Gates, E. C-, »1. .50 per 100; $12.50 per 1000. Perles, Meteors, $17..50 per 1000. Ivory, $20.00 per 1000; 3'4-in., $3 per 100, Ivory $4. PANSIES— A superb stock, Irom the very high- est priced seed, which we guarantee unsurpassed in the country, large branchy plants, in bloom, $17,511 per 1000, wo'tn it. 100 per cent profit in them at this price. Light packing. W. H. CULLETT & SONS, Lincoln, III. 200,000 PANSIES... Giant finest mixed seedlings, $1.50 and $3.00 per 10 0. Fall transplanted, cold frame grown, 75 per cent in bud and bloom, $5.00 and $7.50 per 1000 Also Florists' International Pansies, Daisies Forget-me-nots, bedding plants in more than 200 varieties. Wholesale price list mailed free. r.uxs'WXG' jMcos:^.^sis:. SSth St., nearS. Chicago Ava. CHIGAGO, ILL. GERMAN PANSIES The Ne Plus Ultra strain is the best that money can buy. We have them in large quantities; grown in cold frames, and all transplanted. Pine plants in bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Cash with order. ANDREWS BROS., 2794 Detroit St., LAKEWOOD, 0. (near Cleveland). 250,000 PANSIES We offer at our Pansy Yards. Weston, Mass., fine, strong plants, good colors at the following bargain prices: SIZE NO. 1. SIZE NO. 2. $10.00 per 1000 8 fi.flO per 1000 6.00 per 500 5.00 per SO* 1.50 per 100 1.25 per 100 Extra choice selected, $2.00 per 100. Cash witb Older. Express or P. O. Order. No charge for boxes or packing. Here are a few testimonials: Gentlemen: — The Pansies that we had of you last Memorial Day to decorate the graves of our brave soldiers, gave us great satisfaction. They were very fine plants and fine large flowers, with beautiful vari- ety of colors. Pame T. Dkaper, Chairman Com. Wayland, Mass., 1903. To whom it may concern: — This certifies that I have, for several seasons, had my Pansy Plants of Messrs. Geo. Sanderson & Sons, of Weston, Mass., and they were the finest plants I ever had; also the colors were superb, and had no end of flowers from them until near Thanksgiving time. Chablk« A. Phipps, Boston, Mass. To whom it may concern: — We have bought Pansy plants of many parties in the vicinity of Boston ai^d other places, but none have been so satisfactory in every respect as those bought of Messrs. George Sanderson & Sons, Elm Street, Weston. Middlesex Co.. Mass. WATERHOUSB & MOBRISOK, 73 Blackstone St., Onset, Mass. GEO. SANDERSON & SONS, Weston, Mass. Mease mentioti the A merican Florist when writirUTm PANSIES... Masterpiece, New Mammoth-flowered, curled and frilled ; finest strain. Eoemer's Superb Giant Prize Pansies. Seed bought from Roemer, Ger- many. Best that money can buy. Plants now showing buds and bloom; strong, transplanted, 70c per 100; J6.00 per 1000. Express prepaid for 20o per 100; $1.50 per 1000. Smaller plants of above sorts from fall sown seeds and transplanted at 40c per 100; $3.00 per 1000. Prepaid for 16o per 100; $1.00 per 1000. ASTERS. Large assortment always on hand. CANNAS. Chas. Henderson best red. Colossal large bronze foliage, red flowers. Also a large lot of mixed cannas, all standard. Henderson, Florence Vaughan, Mme. Crozy, Queen Char- lotte, Bouvier, Etc. Will close out the above atll.OO pet 100; $10.00 per 1000. Cash with order. DES MOINES PLANT CO.. 38th St., DES MOINES, IOWA. Ptease mgtuion thr. a merican fnonst wnen lunUtit- mardeau extra. Giant Yellow Parisian, Cecile and Marguerite Daisy, new extra KeaconsBeld. etc. Beaulieu's Hardy Onion, white and red. Testimonial, prices and sample free. BEAULIEU. Woodtiavan. N. Y. TAKE A TRIP over the Nickel Plate Road and be convinced of its superior train service. Solid through daily express trains between Chicago, Ft. Wayne, Findlay, Fostoria, Erie, Buffalo, New- York City and Boston. American Club Meals, ranging in price from 35c to $1.00, served in Nickel Plate dining cars; also service a la carte. Rates always the lowest. No excess fare charged on any train on the Nickel Plate Road. Chicago depot: Harrison St. and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Offices, 111 Adams St., and Auditoriumi Annex. John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago. 'Phone Central, 2057. 2 1903. The American Florist. 551 SPECIAL OFFER. Siebrectit & Son, Areca Lutescens. Euuh Doz. , 30-iu, hiL»h, 3 to 4 plants in pot, fine plants . .% .SO J 5.00 $ 40.00 Rose Hill Nurseries, NEW ROCHBLLE, N. K Dracaena Indivisa. 31io31-in hig 36-in. hi£h 40-in. high. 10-in. hiiili. 65.00 1,00 11.00 90,00 1.50 IT 50 135.00 extra strong 1.75 20.00 extra line... 2.00 23.50 e.ttra st ong 2.50 27.50 Kentia Belmoreana. 34-in. high, 6 to ; 21-in. high, 34 to 2S-in. high, 26 to 30- in high. 36to38-in. high. .60 B..50 55.00 .65 7 50 60.00 1.10 12.00 95.00 l.Ii 13.00 110.00 1.50 38 in. high, 7 to 8 leaves 2.00 23 50 38 to 40-in. high. " 3.25 24 00 40-in. high, " s-lected plants 3.50 37.50 Kentia Porsteriana. 34-in. high, 5 to 6 leaves. 30-in. high, 36-in. high, 40-in. high. 10 tj45-inhigh ■ ..W 5.50 40.ro .85 9 00 70.00 1.30 13 50 110.00 Bush Kentias. 3and 4 plants in :i pot, grown and established together. 5-in. pots, 18-in. high 65 651 .50.00 5->n. •■ 30to24-in. high 75 8.00 67.50 -«-iii, •■ 36-in. high 2..50 32.00 Kentia Wendtlandii. in. pots. 12 to 15-iu. hiy:h, fine thriUy stock . in. ■■ 18to30-in. hiih, in. " 20 to 34-ia. hiirh. Dracaena Fragrans. , . .50 5.00 .. .75 8.00 .. 1.00 11.00 Dracaena Massangeana. 5-in. pots, fine plants for growing on 75 8.00 5 in. ■ Hue plants, line color 1.00 11.00 Pandanus Utilis. 6-iu. pots, fine healthy phmts 50 5.50 7-in. " '■ " 75 8.00 7-in. " extra fine and strong 1.00 11.00 Crotons in the Finest Varieties. 4-iii, pots, in good condition 35 3.75 30.00 Gardenia Veitchii. True wiuter flowering variety. pots, fine stocky plants 75 8. " with flower Iiuds l.no It. " extra flne stocky plants with flower b-ds 1.50 16. " will be ready for shipment June 1st 35 4. Cannas. or all leading varieties, pots, strong, well established plants 1. 00 Dahlias. 4-in. pots, well e.stablisbcd plants. ;;onsisting of all the newest varieties of Cactus, Deco- rative, P'ancy, Show and Pompon Pfease mention the American Florist whe Geo. Wittbold Co., 1667 Buckingham PI., CHICAGO, ILL. Send for Price TJst on all Palms and Ferns Dahlias and Gladioli From EAST BHIDBEWATER Dahlia Gardens. If you are looking for something new and wibh to keep up-to-date, send for my spring catalogue. J. K. ALEXANDER. EAST BHIDGEW»UR, M*SS. S0,000 O^^BBiVOB... Strong, hardenpd plants, ready for field pluiit- ine.$'.0Oi;erI0OO. Wakefield, Summer FlatOuioh. Tomato, strong, transplanted, 40o per lOO. Perfec- tion. Stone. Ponder sa. Beauty. Peppar*. 40c per 100. Ball Nose. Rubv King, Long Red Cavenne, Red Chili. Kohl-Rabl, 39c per 100. Cauliflower, Snowbal . 5flc per 100. All plants well packed; shipped promptly. Madeira Vine Bulbs, 50c per 100. H. F. JANSSEN, 109 N. St te St., Sprlngfiild, III. Will not last long at these prices. They are good plump roots, average 2 eyes: Alleraania, Mile Herat, Defender, Gloire Lvohnaise. Paul Marquant 11.00 per 100 t9 00 per 1000. Mrs. E. A. McKeand, F. Vaughanand Mme. Crozy, 11.75 per 100. Beaute Poitevine, J. D. Eisele. F. Billard and Souv. de A. Crozy, 13.00 per 100. Egandale. J3.50 per 100. W. W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind. UDTTING*.. 48 varieties of C"leu3. all named and plenty of Golden Bedde s. 70c per !■ 0: J6.0 f per 10' 0. Ageratums, P. Pauline, Stella Gurney and others, 60o per 100: So.OO per 1 0'. 14 varieties of Helio- tTOD°s. 11.00 per 100: $8.00 per 1000. Petunias Dbl., 11.25 per 100: tlO.OO per 1000. Sa'vias. 6 varieties, »1.00 per 100: »8.00 per 1000. Alyssums. Dbl. and Single Giants, $1 00 per 100. Expre.s^ prepaid on R. C. Cash witb^rders S. D, Brant. Clay Center, Kas, Japanese Fern Balls VAUQHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO, NEW YORK. 84-86 Randolph SI. 14 Barclay St. LADY HUME CAMPBELL 2,000 large healthy stock plants, 15.00 per 100: H'i.OO per lOOO; oOO at 1.000 rates. Cash with order. WH.E.StNDERSON.Newlon Centre. Mass. THE PRINCESS OF WALES VIOLET. I have the largest and healthiest stock in the country and am booking orders now for strong young plants for April and Mav delivery, at $2.i0 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. 50j at thousand rates. WILUAM SIM. Cliftondale. Mass. VIOLETS. We have still left some flue plants of Princess of Wales and Dorset fs at $2.00 per 100; Jl.5.00 per 100 1. Caiifornias, strong plants, J1.50 per 100; SIO.OO per 10(0. Cash. WAVERLY GREENHOUSES, Tuckahoe, N. Y. lUcKEUAR & WINTERSON. Supply Everything Used by Florists, Xurserymen, Gardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Etc. HEADQUARTERS on CUT FLOWERS 45-47-49 Wabash Ave. ° ^^a\xt9. sasC H ICAGO QMADQ I^OR SOITHLRN aii/iro noRiSTS 500 lieauties for benching, 2'^-incl], $8.00 per lOO; 3H-inch, $10.00 per 100. 3000 Smilax, 21.4-inch, $3.00 per 100. Quality of plants guaranteed. Cash with order. RO'EMOHT GARDENS, Montgomery. Ala. Aster Seeds Seleot.'d I'rora the largest and finest branching vars., white, pink and lavender. Per packet, 20c.. the 3 CO. ors for 50c; per oz., 50c. Prepaid by mail. TH. F. VAN DER flEULEN, FLORIST, DUNKIRK, N. Y. Just arrived from East Indies a shipment of "Vanda Cserulea'' (The Blue Orchid.) Write for prices, we have thera in large quanti- ties. We also offer flne Orchid Peat, live Sphag- num and Orchid Baskets. LAGER & HIAREL, Summit, N. J. 552 The American Florist. May 2, Minneapolis. CARNATIONS THE ONLY SHORTAGE.— SOME GOOD DECORATIONS. — A WEDDING. — NOTES. The last seven days have experienced a shortage in carnations, but sufficient other Stock, especially tea roses, which have sold cheaper than carnations. Daf- fodils are an over- supply and the buyer sets the price. Other bulbous flowers about meet demands. A number of Harrisii lilies are offered but find slow sale. A number of protests have been made by the growers against a cemetery asso- ciation which is escaping the annual taxes which the other florists feel so hard. The contention is that they sell for profit and should be taxed like the rest. . We expect a rousing tneetmg ot the Florists' Club May 7. A. S. Swanson will read an article on the coming flower show and other topics ot interest will be brought up. An explosion that completely destroyed the largest oil plant of its kind in this city, killing twelve persons, made a heavy call for funeral flowers last week. Ralph Lathom and Miss Alice Dun- ning were united in marriage last week. They have the best wishes of all their friends in the trade. A. S. Swanson had some heavy decora- tions last week. Both his St. Paul and Minneapolis store are having good trade. John Monson, of the Minneapolis Floral Company, is cutting some choice Beauties. The spring-like weather is causmg a heavy demand for seeds and nursery stock. Bedding plants tor Decoration day and spring bedding are keeping the growers busy. The nurseries in this vicinity are hav- ing a good spring trade. Dalrymple Brothers have discontinued their flower business. C. P. R. Halifax, N. S.— Geo. E. Boak, who is running the old Wm. Tait place, reports a good season. Carnation Cuttings We are now booking orders for rooted cuttings. List ot varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens. Queens, L. I. BEGONlfl WRRAINEf 2^-!nch pots, $15.00 per 100. Write lor prices on large lots. Stock guaranteed absolutely Iree from disease. THOMAS BOLAHD, Kaliant, Mass, IT WILL PAY YOl to work up a stock ot Trago. Absolutely tbe best aemi-double Scarlet Geranium to date. Either as a bedder or a pot plant: it cannot be eseelled. Strong 2^-inch plants, $8.00 per 100. S. S. SKIDELSKY. 708 N. 16th St. PHILADELPHIA. CYCLAMENS. Cyclamen Persicucn Splendens G ganteum. Finest strain in the world in lour true colors, transplanted from flats, J3.00 per 100: $25.00 per 1000; extra fine plants from 814-inoh pots S6.00 per 100; 145.1 per liOO. Satisfaction Cuarantaed. PAUL MADER, E. Stroudsburg, Pa. HAERENS BROS.,'™*™ EXTENSIVE GROWERS OF Belgium.. AZALEA INDICA, PALMS, RHODODENDRONS and other DECORATIVE and EASTER FORCING PLANTS. We are the originators and owners of the new and beautiful Azalea, Easter Lady, (or Haerensiana). A soft pink, and we make the special offer of $25.00 for 100 nice 12 to 14- inch plants, at our nursery. Send your orders for fall "delivery promptly to our Agents for the United States and Canada. 31 Barclay St., NEW YORK. P. O. Box 752. August Rolker & Sons, C^-t^losriA^ ozi .A.ppUo^'tloxi* Inch PerlOD Centaurea Gymnocarpa 2 $2.00 Cannes, best varieties, well rooted 2 50 Coleus 2 SCO Cosmos, Early flowering, choice 2 3.00 Feverlew, Little Gem 2 2.00 Geraniums, Mostly S. A. Nutt 2V4 3.ro Mme. Salleroi 'SVi 3.50 Mme. Salleroi 2 2.00 Salvia Splendens 2 2.00 Smih X, from flats .25 Pansies, large plants 1.00 Rosa Geraniuirs, extra strong 3 5.00 N. C. MOORE, Batavla. III. GERANIUMS Elegant stock from 3-in. Poitevine, Montmort, Ville de Porte, Pasteur, Le Soleil, Castellane, Landry, Jean Viaud, Doyle, La Fayette, J. J. Har- rison, at $4.00 per 100. Out of 2%-inch, $1.00 per 100. Rooted Cuttings, 50c per 100. MUMS, Rooted Cuttings, standard sorts, 50c a hundred. ROSES, from 2%-in., Brides, Maids and G. Gate, at $2.00 per 100. From grafted stock. Cash please. Harry Donnelly, CINCINNATI. O. 30.000 DflHLIflS. Fifty varieties, whole fleld-grown roots, $4.0U per 100; 836.00 per 1,000. Send for descriptive list. We can save you money. A.B.DAVIS&SON. Purcellville.Va. FOR ONE-YEAR-OLD SEEDLINGS OF Phoenix Roebelenii Par 1000 SSO.OO, and PHALAENOrSIS SCIIILLERIANAappiyto HILDE SHEIM, ; ! GERMANY. CYCLAMENS specialty... Once transplanted from flats No better strain growing, J2.00 per 100; $17.50 per 1000. Goldtn Gate, rooted cuttings, $1.50 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Sprengeri Seed, 15o per 100; $1.50 per 1000. C. WINTEBICH, Defiance, 0. BEDDING vA^iIt^es From Rooted Cuttings and Seedlings, from 2, 3 and 4-inch pots; also Pansies, Daisies, Sweet Williams, Forget-me-nots, etc. Wholesale price list mailed free. Call or write L. Mosbaek,s.Sgb"Afe:, Chicago, III. PUaie mention the A Plorist when writtn£^. ALL Prices: lOOLBS.OS'-i^ \200LBS.@8f 5001BS@7^ STOCK SIZES Vauehan's Seed Store, SS Dahlias Mrs. Winters THE WORLD'S BESI WHITE DAHLIA, $2.60 Per Dozen. Kovelties and Standard varieties. 19 years' experience and have failed of no prize competed for. See my catalogue before placing j'our order. Also fine fleld-srown Hollyhocks at $3.00 per 100, Pffionias and Bardy Plants. Cheap mixtures are dear; get the best and order quick. W. W. WiLMORE, The Dahlia Specialist, Box 382, DENVER, COLO. Please mention ike A merican Florist when writing GERANIUMS. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Special Price, $1.25 per 100. 2500 each of Heteranthe and Jean Viaud. 500 each of Bonnot, Acteon, Poitevine and La Favorite. 250 each of Perkins, Riccard, Harrison and Jaulin. 1000 Castris and 750 Landry. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI 3, VA and 4-inch pots, at $4.00, 85.00 and $7.00 per 100 respectively. Ready to shift. Carnation Cuttings, as long as they last, cheap ' Prices on application. JOHN BROD. NILES CENTER, ILL. SPECIALTIES In Best Varieties Prices Low. Send for List, WOOD BROTHERS, Fishklll, N. Y. ROSES, from 3-lnch pots, CARNATIONS, for all delivery, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, SMILAX, VIOLETS. igo^. The American Florist. 553 3 50 35) 5.ro a.sid 3.50 5.00 H.iiO 4.50 GOO 3.00 4.0J 6.00 3.(10 4.00 6. CO 3.00 400 6,00 4.(HI 5.U0 7.50 4.(K) 5.00 7 50 4.(HI BOO 8.00 6.(J0 8 00 10.00 GET READY FOR DECORATION DAY. Mrs. Joost ami Mrs. FIshar Carnations for Summer bloomiui;. Last call tor thuiu, as we are pl.inting out. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. We have them iu 2-ineh at $3.50 per 100. Rooted Cuttings, 11.50 per 100, following varieties: White— Mrs. Jones, Robinson, Timothy Eaton, Midge, Diana, Ivor\', Ber^raanu, WiUowbroolc, .T. C. Andrews, Merry Chr'Stmas. Yellows— Major Bonnaft'on, Golden Wedding, Modesto and Col. Appleton. Pink— Mrs. Perrin, Maud Dean. Viviand-Morel, Glory of Pacillc. E. G. Hill in bronze. BOSTON FERNS, Fine Stock. Per 100 Per 105 3H-inch $4 00 5-inch }3.i.00 3-iocb 8.(0 6-inoh 40 00 4-inch 15.00 7-inch 60.00 8 to lO-inoh Specimen Plants, at $1.(0, %\.m, $3.00 and 12.50 each. ASPARAGUS SPRENCERI. 3x2V5-inch at % 3..50 |)cr 100 3Hs3-inch at 5.O0 per 100 4s4-inch at 10.00 per K Si fo 12-inch Baskets, $1.00, $1..50, $2.00 and $3..50. ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. 2s2U-inch at t -5.00 per 100 2V4s3 inch at 8 00 per 100 4s4-inchat 1.5.00 per 100 .5-inch Pans 35.00 per 100 ROSES. We grow over 100,000 annually for the trade, of the following varieties: R. C. 2.X2V4 Si'ixS 3.x3-in. Meteors $150 $3 50 J3.50 $5,00 Brides 1..50 3 50 3.50 5.00 Maids 1.50 Perles 1.50 Ivory 2.50 LaFrance 3.00 A.V.Kaiserin 3.00 Woottons 3.00 Belle Siebrecht 3.00 President Carnot 2.00 Golden Gate 2 00 American Beauties 3.00 Liberty 5.00 lO.CO We believe in shifting young Roses often. All stock offered in 2' --inch pots has been shifted Irom 2-inch and is equal to most stock adver- tised as 3-ioch, and when we send it out is well esablished. We solicit your order and guarantta tatlsfaetlan. Writ« for special prices on large lots. IVORV is a Money Maker. Be sure and include a few in your order. Send 50c or $1.00 for samples of anything you may want, then you seeexactly (he stock you are ordering. MIscallanaous Stock at Risht Prices lor Quality of Stock. CANNAS— 10 varieties in 3 and 4-inch. GERANIUMS— Red, White, Pink, Salmon, Mme. Salleroi. Ivv and Rose in 2^.', 3 and 4-inch. PELARCONiUMS- 1, in 4-inch. COLEUS— Golden Redder, Yellow Queen, Ver- schaffeltii and mixed, B. C. or 3-inch. Sweet Alyssum, Ageratum, Achyranthes, Begonia, Cobieas, Cuphea, Fuchsias, Heliotrope, Lobelia, Asters, Marguerites, Salvia, Stocks, etc. 5,000 Extra fine Verbenas. GEO. A. KUHL, The Most Beautiful Fern "Anna Foster" See page 386 Am. Florist. April 4. 3-inch plants, good size, $20.00 per 100. Botton Ferns, 20,000 now ready at 135.00 per 100. Cut from bench. There will be a great call for Bostons this spring. Kentia Palms, great value to the buver at $50.00. 175.00, $100.00 per 100. Red Ribbed Rubbers, 2 ft. $6.00 per dozen. Asp. Sprengeri. strong, 4-inch at $6 00 per 100. Dracaena indiviia, $4 00, $6.(0, $9.00 per dozen. Lone line of extra stock bedding plants in Gera- niums, Vincas, German Ivy, Heliotrope. Ageratum, Coleus, Daisy, Lemon Verbenas, Alternantheras, Etc. R. C, Coleut, Red. Y'ellow, Black, $7.50 per 1000. Mixed, 15.00 per 1000. L. H. FOSTER, 45 King St., Dorchester., Mass, CABBAGE PLANTS. Ex E. Wakefield and Early Wakefield, 15o per 100; $1.35 per 1000. Ttmata Plantt. D. Champion and Beauty, from seed bed, $1.50 per 10 0. Pot grown LarWara, 3-in. 50c per doz. , $3.00 per 100. taHax, 3-iQch. $1.00 per 103. Smllaz, 3V^-incb, cut back, $2.50 per lOJ. Cash with order. F. CRISWOLD, Worthington, O. anntiinititnitiiiiiiitiiHUitHiniititiiiittaiiiiiiUuumiiiiiiiaituit uuuuamiu miitii^ Double White | $2,50 per 100 | .Mrs. E. G. Hill, Rosains Patri, Mme. Vandeistiass, Gloire des Marches, \ DOUBLE PURPLE, Phenomenal, Avalanche. F REX BEGONIAS. $3.00 per too. Robert George, Magnifica, ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. E.xtra line, $3.00 per 100. Asparagus Sprengeri, $2.50 per 100. MOON VINES. White, $2,50 per 100. FERNS. Maiden Hair, Pteris Serrulata, $2.50 per 100. Above are all goiid strong plants out of 21/2-inch pots. PANDANUS UTILIS. 4-in. $1.00 per doz. 5-in. $1.50 per doz. PALMS. Kentia Forsteriana, 5-in. pots, $5.00 per doz. I SCHMIDT & BOTLEY, Sprlnolield, 0. 1 :egegggggaa^ssgseig8g§egggsgggggggse;asfe:aa£ gg® PELARGONIUMS. 'troug plants in bud end Iiloom, iu the fol LINDA, W. C. BOYES, EVENING STAR, BRIDEGROOM, arieties, 3V4-inoh pots, $12.00 per li PRINCE GEORGE, ROBERT GKEEN. Arundo Donax Variegata. strong started crowns, reaily forS-iiich pots, $10.00 per 100. Also 25,000 started CANNAS, best standard kinds. Prices on application. !•' able Stock see American Florist, page 516, issue of April 25th. ■ other Season- NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich. ?gg§5sgggg3saass3ss VERBENAS We are the largest growers of Verbenas in the country, and those who buy of U3 are sure to get plants and rooted cuttings perfectly healthy and free from rust. OO 'V^rle'tles. Rooted Cuttings, 60 cts. per 100; $5.00 per 1000; $45 per 10,000. Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. Our grafted roses are fine, bushy plants and grown in 3 and 3}^-inch pots. Orders booked now tor delivery m May, June and July. Bridesmaids, Brides, Golden Gate, Kaiserin, price $15.00 per 106 Ivory, Liberty, price $18.00 per 100. Send fob Catalosde. J. L. DILLON, Ploomsburg, Pa. A FEW GOOD THINGS YOU WANT. Special low prices on palms to close out. Fine clean stock, cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, 4, 6 and 6-inch, $35, $40 and $100 per 100. KENTIA Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 3, 4 5 and 6-inoh $12, 125, $40, $100 per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 3-inch, $4 and $S per 100 ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, 3-inch. $5, per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 3-incb, $5.00 per 100- 4, 5-in., |iu, $25 per loo ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inch, $3 and $6 per 100 VINCA VAR., 2-in., $>.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutt, Bonnot, Francis Perkins, 2-in. $2.00 per 100: 3-inch pots, $.5.00 per 100, GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50o per ICO. PANSIES, ready to bloom. $1.00 per 100. Carnations, Portia, Scott, E. Crocker, Goode- nough. White Cloud, Mrs. L. Ine; Verbena, Scar- let Saae, Petunia, Colaus, mixed: Ageratum, Blue and White, Lobelia; Achyranthes, red: Alternantheras, red und yellow: Heliotrope, Giant Alyssum and Lemon Verbenas. All 2-inoh Pots, $2.00 per 100. CEO. M. EMMANS, NEWTON, N. J. To Exchange OR FOR CASH, -Aloonviues, Abuti- Ion Savitzii. Souv. deBonn: Mme. Salleroi seraniums; Coleus, Golden Jiedder, Verschaffeltii; Begonias, Voleon, VernoD, Dewdrop.'Erfordia in Cii-inch i ots at 3c; Pelar- goniums, Mrs. Sandiford, Thibaut, Champion, Mme. Vibert and others, Si'i-inch pots in bud and bloom, fine plants at 10c, 81 per doz. Will take rooted cuttings of good carnations, violet plants or Boston ferns. LAMPRECHT BROS.. Ashland. 0. We offer a choice lot of Dahlias suitable for ' cut flowers as well as the best bedding varieues. Dahlias being one of our specialties, we devote n large acreage of ground to their cultivation. SHOW DAHLIAS. S8.00 per 100. Arabella. An early and profuse flowering variety, color pale primrose shaded with rose and lavender. Ftni y Edwards. Blush tipped lavender. Eclipse Color, brilliant scarlet. Dr. J P Kirkland. Dark velvety crimson. John Walker. Pure white, very free bloomer Luc> Fawcelt. Straw color, mottled magenta Edith Conners. Yellow, tinged with red. DECORATIVE VARIETIES. A. W. Tate. Deep yellow, excellent bedding vari- ety. Perle de Tete la d'Or. Pure white, tinged purple. Oban, Rosy lavender, a free bloomer Wm. Agnew. Large scarlet crimson. SS.OO per 1 00. POMPON VARIETIES. Catherine. Yellow, long stems. Snow Clad. White, good for bedding aud cut (lowers. Eleganta, Bright pink, very free bloomer. Raphael. Deep maroon. Fern Leal Heauty. Crimson, striped white. SS.OO per 100. Mixed Single Dahlias, a choice lot consisting of distinct colors, also strijK'd and blotched varie- ties. $.5.00 p;r 100. Mixed Double Dahliai, $6.00 per 100. All the above stock is strong, (leld-grown roots and cannot be compared with the small, cheap roots olTered by some growers. WAGNER PARK CONSLRVATORIES, Sidney, 0. American Florist Advertisements Wori( Every Day. 554 The American Florist. May ^, Lowell, Mass. TRADE HOLDING UP NICELY.— NO RELAPSE AFTER EASTER.— STOCK PLENTIFUL AND OF GOOD QUALITY.— VARIOUS JOTTINGS. After a holiday one naturally expects a lull of business but there was no such thing as that after Easter and the indi- cations point for trade keeping up. The past week has been a busy one among the society folk, who have had their annual day nursery fair for charity, the florists all contributing more or less. During the past two weeks the demand for funeral work has been heavy enough so that all the leftover stock from Easter has been cleaned up at a good figure. Wedding work has used up considerable stock. The supply of roses is excellent, including Brunner, Kaiserin and Carnot. With the appearance of Brunner in good supply other red roses must take a back seat. L. Smith, of Tewksbury, seems to have struck it right with his violets. Last winter his place was frozen up but now, when the violet season is about done, he appears on the scene with blooms of good quality and tremendous supply, and experiences no trouble in getting 75 cents per hundred. The new park commissioners who took office May 1 will decide an important question which is especially interesting to the florists, since three of the craft are looking for the place of superintendent of parks and commons, Oliver, Whittet and Miles. The Ayer Estate has started to build a nevv range of greenhouses at Brookliue, Mass. The work is being done under the supervision of Geo. Page, the gardener. Harold J. Patten, who for the past year has been a bookkeeper at Nashua, N. H., is now in the employ of his father, M. A. Patten, of Tewksbury. Frank Sladenhasanew seedling cucum- ber of the Telephone variety which prom- ises to be a good one. He is sending out some extra long fruits. Charles Miles, who closed up his place of business last summer, has gone into landscape gardening and reports busi- ness good. The coming season promises to be a very busy one. There will be several new greenhouses erected here. Geo. Foster, at Wamesit, is bringing to town some excellent Joost carnations. There is quite a demand for well-grown Boston ferns. Otto Bourdy is cutting some excellent sweet peas. A.M. J>^^I CIIC^ $2.50per100. t^ULCUS) $20 per 1000. CERANIUMS, %'b per 100; ^25 per 1000;. 3-inch, $5 p2r 100; 4-inch, $8 per 100; Mount of Snow and Silleroi $3 per 100; $25 per 1000. Rose, $1 per 100. FEVERf tW. Littre Gem, $b per 100. PANSIES, Giant, in bloom, g2p;r 100; $15 per 1000 VERBENAS, $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1000. VINC4S. $3 per hundred. 4-i ch, $l5 per hundred. PEL&RGUNIIIVIS, Victor and Thibaut, $4 per hundred. Tomato Plants, New Stone and Ponderosa, pot grown, $3 per hundrc'd Cabbage, CauUflower and E^g Plant. W. L. SMITH, Aurora. III. 1 KENTIA BELMOREANA. I 2i-inch pots, strong plants, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 3-inch pots, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000. EVERBLOOMING ROSES, from 2i-inch pots, $20.00 per lOOO. COLEUS, leading varieties, $2.50 per 100. FUCHSIAS, best market sorts,$3.00perioa HYDRANGEAS, Otaksa and Hortensis, $3.00 per 100. CANNAS. All standard varieties, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. Strong seedlings from flats, $2.00 per 100. The STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, 0. U GERANIUMS Per 100 10 var., Standard, 3 !4-in. pots. $4.00 Asparagus Sprengeri. 2-in. pots 2 Oj Asparagus Plumosus. ready in June 3.00 re taurea Gymnocarpa 3.00 SmildX 1.50 Asparagus Plumosus Seed {7.00 pel 1000 JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, COLEUS Per lOo' 16 var., Standard, 2-in. pots. $3.0^ Alternahthera, Red and Yellow '. 3 0o Primroses, Read.v July 1 2io Vinca Variegata. 2-in. pots 2.5o 8 Var. Cannas. 4-in. pots, May 1 S.Oq Seedling Petunias, 2H-iD. pots 3.i o Delaware, O. ASPARAGUS In. pots. Doz. 100 Sprengeri 2 % $3.00 Sprengeri, strong 3 .7.5 .5.00 Abutilon. Savitzii 2 .&0 3.(i0 Ageralum, Variegated 2 .50 3.00 Ageratum. Dwarf, blue and while.. 2'/s -50 3.00 Antliencum variegatum 3 .76 5.00 Alyssum, Giant 2V4 3.00 Bouva'Oia Humboldtii 2 .5'^ 3.00 Bouvardia. pink, white scarlet 2^2 .50 3.t0 Carnations, \Vm. Scott, McGowan. from soil, hardened-off in cold frames per I 00. 15.' 0, 2.00 Coleus. Verschaffeltii, Golden lled- der 2i4 -50 3.00 Cnbeea Scandens ....3 .7.5 5.00 Clematis Paniculala. strong 1 1.50 10.00 Clematis Paniculata 3 .75 5.00 Ivy. English, hardy strong plants..* 1.50 10.00 Ivy, Parlor 2 .50 3.0O Lantanas. Le Naine 2 .50 3.00 Lemon Verbenas 8 .60 3.00 Lobelias, dark and light blue SVs .50 3 00 Moo vines 2V4 .51 3 00 Pfriwinkle, variegated 4 1.50 10 00 Salvias, 3 varieties 9^^ .50 3 00 Salvi s. Bonfire %Vi .50 3.00 Trooaeolum, double dwarf 2H .50 3.00 Verbenas, named varieties VA .50 3.00 C. tISELE, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 1 Ih and Jefferson Sireels. Our Specialty.. Asparagus Sprengeri 2y2-in., $3.50 per 100: 3 in., $3.00; 4-in., $7.00; 5-in., $15.00; 6-in., 925.00 per 10 . Asp Piumusus 2!/2-in.,}3.00 per 10\ Ivy, 3!i-in.. J3.00: 3-in., $5.00 per 101. Boston Per s, 5-in,, $25.00; 6-in., MO 00 per 100. Imoatiens tultani, 4-incn, $1.50 per doz. Cuttings $2.00 per 100. Tcnato Plants. $2.00 per llOO. ROSES. As I have concluded to carry my old roses over, 1 offer all my young stock for snle. 2 and 3-eyed cuttings from flowering wood; 23^-in. Brides, Maids, (November cuttings) J3.00 per 10'. Per 100 Rooted Cuttings, Brides, Maids $1.50 Vinca «a j. Var., 2M-inch 2.50 Petunia, Dbl., named, 2)iinoh 3.50 Salvias 2><-inch 250 Centaurea Fymnocarpa, 2^-inch 2.00 Cannas. rooted 2.00 Alyssum, Dbl., R. C 1.00 Cnrysanthemums R. C 1 00 Geraniums, 3M-inch 3 00 Geranium Queen o( the Red This is the Bnest of all dbl. red ever introduced of whit^h I offer a limited quantity, this jear no more than 6 to one customer at 81.00. J. H. BORNHOEFF, Tipton, Ind. Please mention the Ametican Ftorist wliert writing. Every Florist SSS dwarf Golden Marguerite), $2 per 10 ' by mail. . W. MORRIS, Utiea, N. Y. Buckley's iipecial Offer. ROOTED CUTTINGS. ORDER NOW if you wish to obtain the following A No. 1 stock. Last crop now readv. GERANIUMS. The "Six Kings" for bedding. Alp. Riccard, scarlet; S. A. Nutt, crimson; Jean Viaud, pink; Beaute Poitevine and E. G. Hill, salmon; Mme. Buchner, white; $1.50 per lOO; $1500 per 1000. PETUNIAS. Thu distinct novelties, selected from Henderson .K^ Dreer's latest sets. The best in the world, $1 .00 per 100. J9.00 per 100\ VERBENAS. Our 20th Century Collection, 20 new mammoth varieties, 75c per 100; $5 00 per 1000. Per 100 FUCHSIAS. Six leading sorts tl.SO FEVERFEW, Little Gem 1.00 SALVIAS, St. Louis, Bonfire 1.00 ACERATUMS, Stella Gurney 1.00 Princess Pauline 75 ALYSSUMS. Dbl. Giant 1,00 MARGUERITES, White and yellow t.OO CASH WITH ORDER. The W.T.Buckley Plant Co., Springfield, III. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. started. Ready for Potting. Egandale, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, Florence Vaughan, $3.00 per 100. Alphonse Bouvier. Burbank. Chas. Henderson, J. C. Vaughan, $2,.50 per 100. Peachblow, Shenandoah, Morning Star, L. E. Bally, $2.00 per 100. Our Selection, $2.00 per 100. The above varieties, 3-inch pots, price J5.00 per 100. Liberal discounts on large orders. Ma.y and June delivery. ALTEKNANTHeRAS. red, yellow and pink, 3-iTich liots 83.00 per 1000. VINCA MAIOR VAB., White Leaf, 3-inch, Bne, $2 00 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, 2V4-inoh. strong. $4.00 per 100. BO jTON FER «S. 3-in., $1.00 per doz., $!i,00 per 100. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, Ex'. fine, 2V^-incb, $2.50 per 100. SANSEViERIAZEYLANICA.3-inah, ready for 5-in., 75c per dozen. QUkEN LOUl>E CARNATiONS, rooted cuttings, fine, $2.00 per 100. CVCjS, Ex. fine, plants, 5 to G fronds, 60c; 7 to 8 fronds, 75c. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, O. Please mention the American Florist when writing'.. SMIIH'S HYBRID IV100N VIISES. (Ipomoaa Noctlllora.) We are headquarters for them. Best purest- White Moon Vine in existence. Mr. Smith has a rspuiation for them. Str.mg plants, 2^-inch pots, now ready ai $5.00 per 100. Godfrey Aschiiiann, taptTr'of^i^srpi^nt 1012 Ontirio Stmt. PHIUDELPHIA, PA. ,. ^ Please mention the A mencan Florist when writing. tgo3. The American Florist. 555 (4 Thripscide" (Registered.) Greenhouse Fumigating Powder. Is the newest and beat article on the market to-day for the complete destruction or all insects that infest Greenhouses or Conservatories, beius a special boon to Rose and Beauty growers, and prepared particularly for the destruction of Green Fly and Thrips. There is nothing injurious in it to plant life, even the most delicate fern. It is especially recommended for Beauties, Roses, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Lilies, Smilax, Asparagus, Palms, Ferna, Etc., and we claim that insects will be entirely eradicated when the houses are thoroughly fumigated with the powder. It is put up as follows; I lb. Tin Can % .25 5 1b. Tin Can MO 25 1b. Sealed Boi 4.,50 100 lb. Sealed Box 16.50 Send for copv of testimonials. For reference we refer to Messrs. Bassett & Washburn, Hins- dale, III. Prepared by the Lily-Lily Chemical Co., and sold by E. H. HUNT, 76-78 Wabash Ave., CHICAQO. -teui,c wteniion th.f A m^rtra-n Florist when wrilirt^ HOW ABOUT NICOTICIDE? .Messrs. Hill Bros., GrowersIofJCut Flowers, etc., Steubenville, 0., under date 22nd April, 1903, say that it is "The only thing we have found that will exterminate greenfly," OF ALL SEEDSMEN. MADE BY The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1000 Magnolia Ave., LOUISVILLE, KY. Please mention the American Florist when writing, Boston Florist Letter Go. KANTJTACTtrRERS OF FLORISTS' LE-TTERS. J-ETTERgj This wooden box nicely stained and ^ nlshedt 18x30x12 made in tw^o sections* one for each size letter, g^iven away with, first order of 500 letters. Block Letters, \V% or 2-incli size, per 100, J2.00. Script Letter? ^. Fastener with each letter or word. Used by leadine florists everywhere and for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers. N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS. Mease mention the American Florist when writing. GARDENING This is the paper to recommend to your customers, the leading horticultural journal in America for amateurs $2.00 P^T Year. Sample Copies Free. Liberal terms to florists who take subscriptions. >i2«a. ..U.S.A. Some of Baversdorfer's SURE SELLERS. Plant Baskets, Automobiles, Ferneries and Hampers with Tin Pans. All sizes, beautiful new patterns and colors. Heavy Sheet Foil, a novelty; for lining plant baskets. Rush Braid Pot Covers. Water Proof Paper; useful and cheap. Twig Baskets and Birds' Nests of Birch Brush. Porto Rican Mats, endless variety of patterns. Fiber Ribbon, Violet Cords and Tassels. New Catalogue enlarged and revised last month. Fully illustrated. Send for it. 50-56 North Fourth Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., Please mention the A merican Florist when writing M. RICE & CO., Importers and Manufacturers, Leading Florists' 918 Filbert Street, Supply House and r»i-si^.j-n.i-*u:« Da Ribbon Specialists. Philadelphia, Pa. TOBACCO POWDER THE BLACK STUFF FINE— For SprinKlin^ Onlv. W HEN TOu cannot fumigate with our FumigatinKPoivderj-ou can apply our Black Stuff Fine direct to the plants ; it is strong and equally effective in dooi-s or nut for extermination of all plant pests. Your money back if it is unsatisfactory. TrinlS-iiound package f; pay the express charge " ■■-'^ ^^ _ _ nothing if you 1 Write Dept. D. THE H. A. STOOTHOFF CO.. 116, 117, 118 West Street, New York. LENOX FLOWER ATOMIZER FLORISTS SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES EVERT FLORIST SHOULD SELL IT. JUST SEND 35c AND GET ONE BY MAIL, YOU WILL WANT MORE. A cake of Tobacco Soap and Booklet free with each. jn£ LENOX MFC. CO., 1 10 Chambars Streat, NEW YORK. Please mention the American Florist when writing, SIGMUND GELLER Importer and Manufacturer of FLORISTS' SLPPLIES. A line of Porto Rican Mats, Water Proof Crepe Paper, New style P..t Covers, Fancy Baskets and various novelties for Easter, just arrived. 108 W. 28th Streeti NEW YORK. TiieHorticultural Trade Journal THE LARGEST, BRICniEST AND BEST Horticultural Trade paper in the British Isles. It contains MORE ADVERTISEMENTS. MORE ILLUSTRATIONS and MORE NEWS than any of its contemporaries. Read by the whole ot the British trade and all the best European houses every week. Annual subscription, 75 cents. Specimen copy poit free. Publisned weekly. Hortteunural Trad* Journal Co. Padlham. Lanot^ Eno. It is good business policy .* ^ ^ to mention the *^ ^ •^ American Florist When you write to an advertiser. HORTieULTyRAL [NGRAVING& PRINTING IT IS the "particular" kind of work we ^mm^^^ like, the kind that everybody cannot do. 706 CHESTNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA PA, Please mention the American Florist when writing. The Art ' ...of Floral Arrangement The only special newspaper in the world for floral arrangement. 200 ILLUSTRATIONS ANNUALLY. Specimen number free. Subscription, |2.40 yearly. BINDEKUNST-VERLAQ J. OLBERTZ. ERFURT. GERMANY. SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW. A Florists' Plate Book. You can't do buslnems without It. VREDENBUR6 & CO., Rochester, N.Y. 55(J The American Florist. May 2, New Orleans. CLUB DISCUSSES THE APPOINTMENT OF A CITY GARDENER. — INTEREST IN BEAUTI- FYING THE CITY. — TRADE GOOD. Very little has been done, .so far, by the committee of arrangements for our next meeting, but it has been decided and will take place at the time of our carnival festivities. Our last meeting was well attended, considering the busy season. The necessity of having a city gardener appointed by the council at a fair remuneration was discussed at length. Of course it would be a good job for the proper man, but the trouble is to keep such an appointment from getting into politics. Our progressive association, and also the citj', seems to be willing to spend money for beautifying the city, but so far not much has been done out- side of our two large parks. We have a great number of squares all over the city but they are a disgrace to New Orleans. With our climate, it seems that we shall have to rely more on shrubs, evergreens and well kept lawns. Annuals do not stand long enough. Roses do well enough if they are planted on the right kind of soil, but not on elevated mounds of light soil, which dries up the roots of the Dlants during our hot summer. Mr. Baker invited the members to visit Audubon Park and inspect a collection of evergreens donated by Mr. Palmer, of New York. Richard Eichling, manager for U. J. Virgin, exhibited some fine cut pansies. Business during Easter was satisfac- tory. There was a good demand for lilies, which were short, for some of our growers did not have them quite in time. Plants sell well now in spite of a dry spell. Everybody seems to be busy plant- ing gardens. M. M. L. Louisville, Ky.— The heaviest sufferers in the recent hail storm were Coenen & Bohrman. C.W. Reimer's loss was $500. Nanz & Neuner also suffered heavily. In each case much of the damage was to stock. Portland, Me.— Jos. A. Dirwanger says this is the best season on record, Easter away ahead of last year. There was a great demand for Marechal Niel roses. Bulbous stock in pans sold well. White azaleas in standard form were popular for church decoration; some pre- ierred those not more than half in flower. Violets were an over-stock. KELLER BROS. ___^213- 15-17-19-21-23 Pearl St., NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, ted In color, equal to the best on the market; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec- tions. We give special attention to mai: c/rderi and make special sizes to order in quantities A. postal will bring prices and discounts THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT MT'Y, HARRY BALSLEY. DETROIT, MICH.. Rep. 490 Howard St. Invalid Appliance Co., GOLUMBU PLANT TUBS Standard Flower Pots The WHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA. PA. JERSEY CITY, N. J. LONC ISLAND CITY, N. V. Travelling Representative. U. CUTLER RYERSON. 108 Third Ave.. Newark. N. J. Slug Shot '^•'lA O B. HAMMOND, Kills Insects on Currants, Potatoes, Cabbages and Flowers. Used 24 years. SEEDSMEN Everywhere for Free Booklet on Bugs and Blights. FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. Kramer's Pot Hangers THE neatest, simplest, most convenient and only practical device for convert- ing ordinary flower pots into hanging baskets. They fit all standard made pots from 2 to 10 inches in diameter. The illustration shows how they are attached Just the thing for hanging up ferns, begonias, etc. You can make room and money by their use. Try them. For'Sale by Vaughan*s Seed Store, Chicago and New York. McKellar & Winterson, Chicago. C. C. Poltworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Price with wire chain as shown in cut, $1.00 per dozen by express. Sample dozen by mail, $1.25. I. N. KRAMER ft SON, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Please mention the American Florist when writing. STANDARD FLOWER POTS! Packed in small crates, easy to handle. Price per crate 1500 2-iii., in crate, $4.88 5.25 1500 m 1500 2« 1000 3 800 3K 500 4 320 5 144 6 6.oa 5.00 5.80 4.50 4.51 3.16 Price per crate 120 7-in., in crate, 60 8 HAND MADE. 48 9-in., in orate. 3.00 48 10 24 11 24 12 12 14 6 16 4.8 4.50 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of Cylinders for Gut Flowers, Hanging Baskets, Lawn Vases, etc. Ten per cent off for cash with order. Address HILFINGER BROS. POTTERY. Fort Edward. N. Y. Or August Rolker &, Sons, New York Agents, 31 Barclay Street, New York City. FLOWER POTS STANDARD PDTS A SPECIALTY List and SAMPLES FREE. SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO., I> 0. Ba< 7a MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. WRITE A. F. KOHR, '«{,-gfo'iQ^5XJ..»"" rOB FBICXB OT Standard Pots Standard POX^ If your greenhouses are within 500 miles of the Capitol, write us, we can save you money W. H. ERNEST. 28th and M Streets. WASHINGTON. D. C. It i to mention the American Florist ,.when writing to an advertiser. SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POllWORTH CO., Klb**""" GEO. KELLER & SON, MAHUPACTUBBRB OP FLDWER POTS. Before buying write (or prices. 361-363 Herndon Street, near Wrightwood Ave., CHICAGO. ILL. HOLLER'S DEUTSCHE OaRTNER ZEITUNO. The most widely circulated German gardening Journal, treating of alldepartments of horticulture and floriculture. Numerous eminent correspon- dents in all parts of the world. An advertising medium of the highest class. MoUer's Deutscne Gartner Zeitung is published weekly and richly illustrated. Subscription $3 00 per annum, including postage. Sample copies free. LIDWIO MOLLERTel^^JAy $19.00 TO BOSTON AND RETURN $19.00. With membership fee of $2.00 added, account of annual meeting of National Educa- tional Association. Tickets will be on sale via the Nickel Plate Road July 2nd to 5th, inclusive, good returning from July 8th to 12th inclusive, without being deposited with Joint Agent. Additional limit to return not later than September 1st can be obtained by depositing return portion of ticket with Joint Agent and payment of 50c for execution. Superior train service and excellent dining- car meals, on American Club plan, ranging in price from 35c to $1.00; also a la carte service. Write John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St., room 298, Chicago, for time of departure of train from Chicago and other detailed information. 3 igo3. The American Florist. 557 Guaranteed Wrought Iron Pipe ILLEN IIR VALVES, GUIRINTEED lUTOMlTIC. PUme menlion liie Ar. \ Flo> isl ii-lu-n •.minus: WHETSTONE & CO., Incorporated, 911 Filbert St., Philadelpliia, Pa "EUREKA" Weed Killer DESTROYS ALL WEEDS, MOSS, On Garden Paths, Carriage Drives, Parks, Cemeteries, Cinder Tennis Courts, Stable Yards and Railway Depots, with- out disturbing th; gravel. EASILY APPLIED. SAVES MUCH LABOR. Larse tins sufTieient for 1(H1 square yardsof path 75c each, prepaid 11.00; small tin. suiUcient for 50 yards of path 50c each, prepaid 75c. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. NEW YORK: 14 Barclay St. TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounted, Hanafikctnred by Tlie Conley Foil Co. Sai to 641 West 2Sth St., A. HERRMANN, J- Cape Flowers, all colors, jf- Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs, J- and All Florists' Supplies. Send for Prices. 404-412 East 34th St. NEW YORK. HEAOQDABTERS FOB HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES Of Every Description. When you can't get what you want anywhere else, send here, we will send it to you. "If It's used In Hortlcultare, we have U." DUNNE dl CO.« S4 W. SOtb St, Ntw Yorfc Talspbone Gall. 1700 Madison Son&re. SNIPPINC UBELS 'ss ••••Cut Flowers Printed In two colors on gammed Mper; jotit card, etc, :n black and M} adopted by the S. Jt. F. In red. Ysry anrsoUTe. Price per 800,12.85; par 1000, HHX Send tor iamples..„. Jnn m iws ieat. postpaid, si.2b. American Florist Co., ita^___CHICAOO. KOROPP'S Greehouse Hanger. (Patent Applied for) Can be attached to anv rafter or frame work. No uails or screws, no injury to woodworlc. no \veal<€ningof rafters Easy to attach and quicicly removed. Will carry any size of pot, also basliets or shelves. Write for descriptive particulars. Price, $1.25 tor 25; $.5.00 per 100; $,50.00 per 1000. FOR SALErBY ALL SEEDSMEN OR ORDER DIRECT. LEOPOLD KOROPP, 252 W. Ravenswood Park. CHICAGO. ILL. DILLON'S GREENHOUSE MFG. GO. 7:r UANUFAOTUKEBS OF HOT BED SASH, AIR DRIED OUI.F CTFBE8S SASH BARS AND OTHER OREENHOCSE UATERIAL,. BUILDERS of DURABLE and PRACTICAL Greenhouses at a LOW COST. |^"Our deioriptive oiroular oontaini valuable information for every florist. Send for (t. Cut Flower Boxes. WATER PROOF. Corner Lock Style. The best, strongest and neatest folding cut flower box ever made. Cheap, durable. To try them once is to use them always. Size Per 100 lO'O Size Per 100 1000 No. 0. 3x4x30..J2.00$18.00 No. 5. 4x8x22.. $3.0(l$;.'7.00 No. 1. 3x454x161.75 15.00 No. 6. 4x8x28.. 3.75 35.00 No. 2. 3x6x18.. 2.00 18.00 No. 7. 6x16x20 5.50 53.00 No. 3. 4x8x18.. 2.40 22.00 No. 8. 3x7x21.. 3.00 29.00 No. 4. 3x5x24.. 2.75 25 00 No. 9. 5x10x35 6.5J 60.00 Sample free on application. No charge for printing on orders above 260 boxes. Terms cash. THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., BOX 102. COLUMBUS, OHIO. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. SIMON RODH, MANUFACTUEEB OP Florist Ribbons Salesroom: 40 West 28th St., MFW YORK Factory: Camden. N. J. ''•-" ' ""■» RIBBONS ACCORDING TO SEASON. Wired Toothpicks 10,000, ll.BO; 50,000, $6.25. Manufactured by W. J. COWEE. BERLIN. N. Y. Sample Free. For sale by dealers. WE NOW OFFER 5J ''Chemicals for making LIQUID COMPOST. Dry powders all soluble in water, composts cost less than J^c per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 620 Atlantic Ave.p Boston. Foley's Floral Fotopphs. Floral Album, size I2x11 containing 24 diflferent funeral designs. By express $7.00 c. o. d. 226-226^ BOWERY, NEW YORK. SaQQ«tt«a««»:au«UU«SaQQas HOT BED SASH, NOW READY. Delivered price anywhere on lots of one dozen or more. Guaranteed in every way. THREE SIZES. 3 ft. X 6 ft 3 rows lO-in. glass 3 ft. 3-in. X 6 ft 4 rows 8-in. glass 4 ft. X 6 ft 5 rows 8-in. glass Clear Cypress ij^-inch thick, with- out paint or glass. RED CEDAR POSTS. All Heart Cypress Lumber for Greenhouses. Write fsr circular!, plant and estimates L0CKL4ND LIMBER CO. ^ LOCKLAND, O. | I™ Regan Printing House g. CATALOGUES 87-9f Bymouth Place, Please mention the AiiERiCAN Florist every time you write to an advertiser. 558 The American Florist. May 2, Providence, R. I. BUSINESS VERY QUIET AFTER EASTER. — WINTER-KILLING OF CALIFORNIA PRIVET. Business for the week following April 12 was marked by a general quietness only broken by an occasional call for flowers for receptions, and so forth. The weather is sunny and cool and excellent for greenhouse croj^s. Roses are still in fall swing, with carnations finding a ready market and a big crop in sight which will last probably to the middle ot May. Smilax is very scarce and in demand. Hardy ferns are showing the effects of warm weather and spot easily. The Florists' Club met April 16 and had an informal discussion concerning the recent winter-killing of California privet. Nearly all present were caught and several offered explanations, especi- ally regarding the sudden freeze on December 6, at a time when the sap was still moving. M. M. Lenox, Mass. Chas. L. Allen, of Floral Park, N. Y., on April 18, delivered one of the most interesting addresses ever given before the local horticultural society. It was entitled "Intensive Cultivation." This is the last of the essays to be read this season. A. H. Wingett exhibited fine Marshall strawberries and a vase ot Antirrhinum Wyndhurstense, receiving cultural commendation for both. Chas. B. Russel showed pansies of Farquhar's prize strain, for which he received a diploma. A. Herrington, of Madison, N. J., sent his new carnation, Una, which, however, did not arrive in time to be judged. The preliminary schedule is now out for the fall show and copies may be obtained from the secretary, F. Heere- mans, Lenox, Mass. New Bedford, Mass. At a meeting of the New Bedford Florists' Club, April 2, William L. G. Brown was elected treasurer, in place of H. V. Sowle, resigned. J. H. Cleary, E. L. Munson and George Borden were appointed a membership committee and E. Y. Peirce, E. H. Chamberlain and A. B. Hathaway the finance committee. W. L. G. Brown and J. H. Cleary were appointed a committee to secure a per- manent place of meeting. During the evening there was a discussion on Easter lilies. FR03E l-IOI RED SPIDER AND MILDEW PREVENTED BY Sulpho -Tobacco Soap. IT HAS NO EQUAL. Exterminates all Bugs and Insects. Cheap, Effective, Non- Injurious. Lar&iaSosp O. buffalo, n. r. K I I- L- REED & KELLER, 122 Wost 25lh St., NEW YORK. Importers and Manufacturers of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Galax Leaves and all Decorative Greens. Clear Gulf Cypress GREENHOUSE in/IATERIAL. Hot-Bed and Ventilator Sash. S. JACOBS & SONS, Manufacturers 1365 to 1373 Flushing Avenue, BROOKLYN, N. Y. $ ^ Send 4c in Stamps for Catalog, ^ 1 NEW TWInTkTIo'n BOILERS. G^I'ASS AT ^W'B0]:.E>SAI:.E;. t ▼ WWWWVWVVVWW WW WW W ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ WW WW WW » V w MYERS & CO. Greenhouse Boilers. Esiabllshsd 1849. GREENHOUSE ARGHITEGTSl BUILDERS HEATING ENGINEERS. 116 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Sand for Catalogue and Lalast Prieas. ^ JENNINGS""™ IRON CUTTER. Use our Patent IRON BENCH FITTINGS and Roof Supports. IMPROVED VAPORIZING PANS For Tobsooo Extrsoti, Eto. Send for Olrcolan. DILLER} GASKEY & GOi) uenningb^bros., S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sti... J>HII.AOELPHIA. VENTIUTIIIQ APPARATUS. GEO. M. GARLAND, Palenled Dee. 27, 1898. 'i^'^'^'-^^'^^v^'^'^'^^^'^^'^'^'^;^^^^^^"^^^ Testimonials of our Leading Qrow ers. Send for Catalogue. Geo. M. earland, DesPlalnes.lll. John C. Moninger Co. CHICAGO, Selling Agents. ALLi Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists wishing to do business with Europe should send for the "Horticultural Advertiser." This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly by all the Horticultural traders; It is also taken by over 1000 of the best continental houses. A.nnual subscription to cover cost of postage 75o. Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts. Address EDITORS OF THE "H. A." Ohilainll Niipunriiu. LOWDHIM. Nntls. Fnntand LVANS' IMPROVED APPAMAFUS \ WRITE TOR lULUSrRATtO CATALOGUE oifAKeK c/rrMACH/Mfwm. ^-<-.*'<^v»~ RICHMOND, INEt r mention the A merican Florist when writing. 'S Patent No. 1. — Brass, nickel, 4 feet long, 6 clasps to each rod. Price complete (with green or wnite tum- blers) $2 25. Price complete (with green orwhite cornucopia vases) $2.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod, brassed and nickeled, with three chisps for S to 6-inoh pots, each $1.75. KIFT'S PATENT Rubber Capped FLOWER TUBES, lH--nch diameter, per 100, $3.50. lOSEPH KIFT & SON. 1725 Chestnut St.. Phili.. Pa. I&-OUK DIRECTOBT FOB 1903 WILL BE U AILED TO TOU-» 10-FBOMFTLY XTFON:AFFZ.ICATIOV. FBICE TWO DOLIiABB.-^ tgo3. The American Florist. 559 ■\X7"E are headquarters for a general assortment of the necessary material and supplies that you are looking for. If you are about to im- prove or construct, consult us. In connection with the dismantling of the Pan-American Exposition, we have for sale: 20,000.000 FEET of fine seasoned lumber, practically new, consisting ot all sizes of joists, timbers, dressed and matched boards and flooring; also sash and doors. 50,000 FEET of roofing glass. PIPE. We are headquarters fcrr pipe. We offer you 100,000 FEET of 2 to 4- inch wrought iron, lap welded boiler tubes, second-hand. We can furnish this material in three ways: Either with sleeve or jacket couplings, screwed ends and threaded couplings, or with expanded cast iron flanges with bolts and nuts. 1,000.000 FEET of standard black wrought iron pipe, size -^s to 12-inch. It is second-hand but has new threads and couplings and is in first-class con- dition. 1,000 TONS of galvanized wire, 9, 10, 11, 12, l;!, 14 and 15 guage. 50,000 FEET of 2, 3 and 4-inch cast-iron soil pipe and fittings. 100,000 FEET of garden hose, 3^ and 1-in. 75,000 FEET of cotton, rubber-lined fire- hose (rubber-lined in and outside) , rang- ing in sizes 1 to 2^ 2-inch. VALVES and fittings of every kind. BOX COILS for healing purposes. RADIATORS, new and second-hand. We also offer the foil wing bargains in Heating Boilers 50 CAST-IRON sectional heaters, capacity from 4."50 to 5,000 feet. FOUR 36x10 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 36x12 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x10 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x12 Hoi izontal Tubular. SIX 48x14 Horizontal Tubular. TWO 54x16 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 60x16 Horizontal Tubular complete with all fittings. PUMPS of all Descriptions. A carload of shovels and spades that we are selling at $5.00 per dozen. We carry a complete stock of hardware and farm implements, besides plumbing material of every kind. Write for Catalogue No. 47. Chicago House Wrecking Co., W. 35tk llrf IRON STS., CHICAGO, ILL. %tfltlltiltlltlllilt ** All Cypress is good, but some is better than ** others. The best is open-air dried, and it ^* must be open-air dried in the South. ■•• It takes two years' open-air seasoning to •• make Cypress good enough to go into ■■ our Greenhouse Material. ^ Such Cypress can't be picked up every day. IM We have 2,000,000 feet of it ready for use. 4B S'^all we use some of it in material for you? M O r prices are reasonable and stock the very best. Mi Write us about it. It pays to pay for quality. bNINGER^ MB MB 111 Toli5 BLACK HAWK St. dllLAb-U ILl. StLLIMG AGENTS FOR GARLAMD IRON GUTTERS fi«VI«f!Vli*fiflif% Steam Traps ^coal This is the Return Steam Trap used by the Up-to-date Greenhouse men to return the con- densed water from the heating coils in their greenhouses. Have been in use for this purpose over thirty years. Insures an Even Temperature. Send for Red Catalogue. Albany Steam Trap Co. ALBANY, N. Y., U. S. A. WATER. Rider and Ericsson Hot Air Pumping Engines If water is required for Houseliuld use, Lawns, Flower Beds or Stable, no pump in the world will pump it so safely, cheaply and reliably. No dinger, as from steam. No complication, as in gasolene engines. No uncertainty, as in windmills. Prices Reduced Catalogue "A3" on AppI;calion. RIDER-ERICSSON ENGINE CO. i GREENHOUSE MATERIAL. Wash. Red Cedar and La. Cypress. HOTBED SASH. GREENHOUSE HARDWARE. BEST GRADES. PERFECT WORKMANSHIP. Write for Catalogue and estimates. t Ark:^4.r^^l« St. £>^ 615-621 Sheffield Ave. • DietSCh & Co* Chicago, III. 560 The American Florist. May 2, Index to Advertisers. A-dvertisins rates — 536 Albany Steam Trap Co. 659 Alexander J K 551 Alpha Floral Co J 1 ADiling J5 C 539 Andrews Bros 5du A8ohmann Godfrey. 554 Baldwin A J i64 BallerF A 5)5 Banner J L & Co . . . 544 Bassett May JohnN I May L li & Co II McCarthy N F « Co. 540 McCuUough's J M Sons 638 McKellar & Winter- son 561 MiohiganCut Flower Ex 545 MillangChas 541 Millang Frank 541 Hollers Zeitung .556 Moninger J C Co. . .559 Moon The Wm H Co6,5 Moore Hentz & Nash541 Moore NC 55i MorrisI W 661 Mosbaek L 650 5 3 MunoJohn ,539 GLASS. GOOD BRANDS. QUICK SHIPMENTS. LARGE STOCK. Warehouse on railroad switch. Be sure and get our prices. Sharp, Partridges Co. 22nd St. and Union Place, CHICAGO. Murphy Wm B38 Myers & Co 558 Kational Florists Bd of Trade 5(5 NeippG F 546 N \ Cut Flower Co, .538 N Y Cut Flower Ex.542 Nickel Plate E R 545 .550 556 Niessen Leo 54U Parker-BruenMfgColIE Pennock Sam'l S,. .540 Perkins John J 641 Philadelphia Whole- sale Flower Mkt. , .640 Phillips Mfg Co HI Pierson-Sefton Co. . 560 i'liint Seed Co 513 Pittsburg Cut Flo Co538 Poehlmann Bros Co .538 Pollworth C C Co . . 556 Quaker City MaohCo558 Randall A L 539 Rawson W W & Co, II Raynor J 1 541 Reed & Keller 668 Regan Print House, 557 ReinbergGeo....639 517 Reinberg Peter.. 539 547 Rice Bros 542 Rice James HCo HI Rice M & Co 555 Rider-Ericsson En- gine Co 659 Riedel Henry & Co 540 Robinson H M & Co 544 Rodh Simon 557 Roemer Fred 11 Roland Thos 653 Rolker A & Sons 563 11 Rosemont Gardens .551 Royal Tottenham Nurseries 646 Salter W H 55(i Sanderson GeottSonsSSO Sanderson Wm E 551 Sohillo Adam IV Schmidt & Botley. . .553 Sharp PartridgeiiCo 660 Sheridan W F 6il Slebrecht&Son. 551 I Sim Wm 551 Situations <& Wants. 637 Skidelsky SS 5-2 Smith Nath&Son .... 553 Smith W L 554 bmitn W !@Mi (FiL@lSI!@7 Eighteenth Year. Published evert Saturday by AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 324 Dearborn St., Cblcago. Butern office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Subscription. $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2 00. Subscriptions accepted only from the trade. Volumes half-yearly from August, 1901. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS. Ofticbes — John BtrnTON, Philadelphia, Pa., president; C. C. Poll-worth. Milwaukee, Wis., vice-president; Wm. J. Stbwaet, 79 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bbattt, Oil City, Pa., treasurer. Nineteenth annual meeting at Milwaukee, Wis., August, 1903. THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. Annual convention at Detroit. Mich., March 2, 1904. Albbbt M. Hebr, Lancaster, Pa., secretary. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. Annual meeting and exhibition, Philadelphia, March, 194. Leonabd Bakron, 136 Liberty St., New York, secretary. -HRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Annual convention and exhibition, New York, November 10-13, 1903. Fred. Lesion, Richmond, Ind., secretary. THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER. CONTENTS. Houses and benches for chrysanthemums 56 New store of C. C. PoUworth Co 563 Starting cycas stems 563 A floral sun dial f63 Roses.. 56;i — S'^asonable notes 563 —Bridesmaid and Robert .Scott (illus.) 563 —James Verner's roses (illus.) .564 Wrecked greenhouses of Henry Smith (illus.). ..564 Florists" plant notes 564 The other side of the question 5fi5 Carnations.. 565 —Carnation Mrs. Beckwith (illus.) 565 —Manures — 565 English orchid notes (illus.) .^66 ShrulDS for shady places 567 lowtt state college greenhouses (illus.) 56S Chicago 568 New York 568 Philadelphia 569 Boston 569 Cleveland 569 St. Louis .570 Indianapolis .570 Toronto 570 Los Angeles 570 Washington 571 Pittsburg 571 Florists' Hail Association .572 Azalea .Tultus Roehrs - .572 Scule on lilacs 573 Obituary ,573 The seed trade 578 The nursery trade 580 Our pastimes 583 Omaha, Neb 584 Milwaukee, Wis 594 Houses and Benches tor Chrysanthemums. [Presented to the Chrysanthemum Society of America at the Chicago Convention, November, 1903. 1 When first asked to contribute some- thing toward this convention, it was suggested to me that I might better be able to say a few words about the most suitable structures, benches and ventila- tion, rather than the methods of culture, and with that suggestion I entirely- agreed, for I am well aware that there are hundreds of men in our prolession, both commercial and in private gardens, that can teach me in the culture of our queen of autumn, and have brought this glorious flower to a seeming point of perfection. Yet we must not say that further improvements can not be made in this or any other flower. No one knows what can or will be done, and it appears to me that in those eighteen or twenty flowers that were exhibited at Madison Square Garden two weeks ago after a passage across the ocean on the good ship "Campania," and which were in marvelously perfect condition, there were at least half a dozen that, if not larger, were more beautiful and handsome than any existing varieties that I have had the opportunity to see. Perhaps in size the desired height has been reached, yet in delicate coloring, form and texture there is a lurther field ahead. In considering what is the most suit- able house for developing the chrysan- themum we must allow one fact, and that is that in this country, at least, none can afibrd to let the chrysanthemum be the chief object in view. It must occupy for five or six months the house that after November must be utilized until the following June by one or more crops that from a money point of view are more valuable than the chrysanthemum, and the latter crops have cost more; for, while little more than labor can be charged against the chi^santhemums, there is a heavy fuel bill against the winter occupants. Fortunately the chrysanthemum asks for no special house, and while we are studying and improving the architecture of our houses for roses and carnations with a view to obtaining every ray of light in the dark and stormy winter days, the chrysanthe- mum is planted on the benches in the bright and sunny month of June and is cut before the dark days of winter arrive. Fortunately the majority, though not all, of our October and November months have bright, clear days and cool nights, I would say the ideal weather for these flowers. As the growth of these plants is made during the summer months when, in normal seasons, we have all the light and sun desired, it matters, I believe, little or nothing whether the house runs north and south or east and west, pro- vided the glass is not of ton small a size, but no one, scarcely, now builds with less than sixteen inches between sash- bars. As above remarked, chrysanthe- mums are invariably grown in houses that later will be used for another important crop or crops. One man will fill up the benches with azaleas that have been kept in a cold fratue, and Easter lilies that have also been in cold frame will occupy the space lately vacated by Timothy Eaton, and the florist who grows a general assortment of decora- tive and bedding plants, as the writer does, is always glad of the large addi- tional space that the exit of the chrysan- themums affords. For this reason, it appears to me, they are profitable, for I can well remember the time, twenty-five years ago, when a large proportion of our benches were idle during four or five summermonths. A New England grower, whose name I am not at liberty to men- tion, because I may not have his pro- gramme down correct — but it is, I believe, about like this: He picks a million single flowers duringthe winter. Say he plants chrysanthemums, mostly early varieties, in June. When cut, these are succeeded by the violets. After Easter the violets are thrown out and a wonderful mammoth candytuft is planted, which comes in just right for Memorial day and is a magnificent flower. It is then time to renew the soil and prepare for the chrysanthemums. Here are three simple crops filling out the year, and con- sidering the fuel consumed and labor involved, are, I believe, most profitable. When your houses are too far out to send in by wagon such plants as lilies, azaleas, etc., I can not see that you can afford to occupy very much space with chrysanthemums, because there is nothing to succeed them. Roses and carnations occupy the benches the entire year, and young stock of these occupy compara- tively small space, and that not until after February. You will think I am wandering from my subject, but what I have said about other plants is merely to illustrate that the chrysanthemum is subservient to other crops, and is grown in houses built more with a view to the welfare of winter crops than to their own. 562 The American Florist. May g. For a good many years the regulation rose house was built with the long span to the south, with the benches rising .iroiu the front or scuth bench to the • north or back bench, which would be i within three feet of the back slope and ' six or seven feetlrom the ground. Many '. growers have by no means lost faith in 'this style of house, and on a recent visit to Madison, N. J., I wrent through some splendid new ranges built in this manner, and the roses were looking well. In this style of house some of the finest chrysan- themums raised in this country have been grown. I recall visiting Mr. John May some years ago, and saw on the middle and back benches of one of these houses some ot the finest and most uniformly grand chrysanthemums I have ever seen. Possibly he wanted to use that house for young stock and did not use it for roses, but surely you would not build this style of house it you intended it for chrysan- themums to be succeeded by azaleas, lilies, pot roses or other Easter crops. Undoubtedly these houses will grow roses, carnations, chrysanthemums or anything else that needs the fullest light, but they are expensive to build, must be detached, leaving from twenty to twenty- five feet of waste room between them, and are awkward and expensive to work. They can get no more light than an equal span in the dark days, and in the summer months they are frightfully hot. Alter seeing a good many ranges oi glass built in this way during the past two or three years, I can not help being a disci])le of an entirely new style of architecture, and as imitation is the sincerest flattery, I have loUowed suit. These houses run east and west, except perhaps for roses and carnations they might be just as useful running north and south. They are from seventeen to twenty-six feet Irom gutter to gutter, supported at the gutter by a 2-inch pipe or an arch of pipe and the walk beneath the gutter. One important requisite of these houses is that the gutter should be high and the benches low, particularly so if the house is run east and west, because when the gutter is high there is less shade on the benches in the next house to the north, and what shade there is is not constant, but continually moving. This is simply demonstrated by holding your outspread hand a foot from, say a dinner plate; your hand would cast a shadow over a considerable portion of the plate, whereas, if held six feet from the plate, the shade would be scarcely noticeable. I am not an advocate of the benches, whether for roses, carnations or violets, being on the solid ground, how- ever well drained it may be, and in. the cultivation of chrysanthemums it has been proved over and over again, and in this I can speak from experience, that four inches of soil is sufficient and will grow and produce finer flowers than a bed often inches, or what may be called a solid bed, that is, five or six inches of prepared soil with the natural soil ijeneath. In houses of this style it is necessary to have some material to sepa- rate them from mother earth. Boards or plank on a 2x6 scantling resting on the ground is one plan, but necessitates repairing and renewal. A 2x8 plank for an edge board with two or three inches of rubble-stone and the soil on top is another plan, and doubtless will grow any ot the important plants I have men- tioned equally well as any material for a bottom, but when it comes to renewing the soil it is a very awkward and annoy- ing job. One big grower, who likes the rubble-stone, says, "Well, we don't take out all the soil; we leave an inch on top of the stone and sprinkle some lime over it." Then they have an inch of exhausted soil just where the roots will be looking for the best nourishment. In my humble opinion there is nothing lor the bottom of the bed so good and so desirable as a 3-inch tile, or better still the hollow brick used so much in our modern buildings. Those I used this summer are five inches New Store of the C. C. PoUworth Company, Milwaukee, Wis. wide, four inches thick and thirteen inches long, but if they were largely used in any locality the local tile yard would make a tile of any dimensions to suit the florist. With a brick set on edge in cement, or a cement edging of four or five inches in height and one and one-half inches thick you have a bed that is practically ever- lasting. It must be perfect drainage. Air is passing through the tile, so that you cannot say there is dampness or coldness. I have in the past few months seen the best roses I have ever seen in my life growing on such a bed as I have described, and if they will grow roses, surely they will grow chrysanthemums. This, then, is my ideal place for the chrysanthemums. There are many advan- tages inhavingthem down onthe ground. If planted on a bench three feet from the ground, the later varieties will be away above your head before they are in flower, and the labor of tying and disbudding them will be treble what it is when they are under your eye. Think of the labor and annoyance saved, but above all think how we swear and tear and lose our temper when we discover that many new boards are needed in the bench, orthat the whole.' bench must be renewed. I saw at Lake View Rose Gardens, Jamestown, N. Y., several houses this fall that had benches of chrysanthemums planted on such beds as I have described. It was a pleasure to look at them, and in some cases down on them, instead of having to be lifted up on a bench to squint over them. Now, you will say, "What are these beds good lor when the chrysanthemums are gone?" They are just the beds, with an inch or so of sand or ashes spread over the soil, or the soil removed to within an inch of the tile, and in the very best position for lilies, azaleas, hydrangeas. Rambler or hybrid perpetual roses, spiraeas, rhodo- dendrons or any other IJaster stock; and although if my business were confined to small shipping stock I should rather, for convenience sake, have them on a raised bench, yet they would do just as well on these beds. I believe the days of virooden raised benches with their continual decay- ing are numbered. The cost of benches and keeping them in repair would not be a serious consideration if there were any decided advantage in the raised benches, but I have seen enough to convince me absolutely that there is none. The matter of ventilation is of import- ance. Although the chrysanthemum withstands the great heat of our unshaded houses in July and August when the thermometer goes up to 120°, which it often does inside, it must be a strain on the vitality of the plant, and therefore ample means of ventilation should be afibrded to modify as much as possible the unnatural and intense heat. A house, whether detached or in a block of houses, should have continuous venti- lation at the ridge. It is far better to have a 30-inch continuous than 4x4 and and an interval of several feet. It is well agreed that at no time during their active growth should a chrysanthemum be shaded, or rather, I should say, have a permanent shade — the curse of many of our plants. Yet some varieties, notably the deeper colored, do bleach out under the bright suns of October and November, and some shading for them is desirable. I also believe it some movable shade that could be easily adjusted on and ofl" could be found that it would be of great benefit to the plants in the hot summer months. They are frequently seen to wilt, however moist they maybe at the root, and when they wilt some exhaustion has taken place. I say in conclusion that those who have ever had under their care a bed of chrysanthemums on the ground will kick vigorously if they have to climb a step- ladder to get on an even footing with Mile. Liger. West Hoboke.n, N. J. — The roses at the. establishment of E. Asmus were in the usual fine condition on the occasion of a recent visit, Liberty and Franz Deegan looking especially well. 1903. The American Florist 563 'aid- Robert Scott. TWO OF THE MOST POPULAR ROSES NOW ON THE MARKET. Starting: Cycas Stems. The new importations of cycas stems are now coming in and as received are totally denuded of leaves and roots in order to be more conveniently and cheaply packed. Stems of moderate size are the most useful and salable for the average grower, those ranging in weight from two to ten pounds being such as we have found most useful. Stems of this weight may usually be potted up into 6-inch, 7-inch or 8-inch pots, the best practice being to put the stems into as small a pot as possible while allowing room enough around them to use a rammer to make the soil firm. These plants are not very exacting in regard to soil, only requiring a good loam with a moderate quantity of well rotted manure, it being well to avoid the use of fresh manure when potting up the unrooted stems. After potting, place the cycas in a warm and shaded house, for the young leaves are verj- soft when they first come out and may be stunted or crippled by too much sun. Give the stems a good watering to settle the soil, and also syr- inge them well twice a day during bright weather, until the leaves begin to unfold, at which time it is best to syringe them very lightly, as these tender young leaves may readily be bruised by too great a lorce of water. Many growers use strong bottom heat for starting cycas stems, a practice that does not give the very best results from the fact that under such conditions the leaves are forced out before the roots have made a fair start, this method being responsible for many of the thin-leaved. light-colored and generally unsatisfac- tory cycas plants that have been retailed throughout the country during the past few years. On the contrary, when only moderate heat is given, about 70° at night, for example, the tops do not come out so quickly but the roots get a start at the same time, and inconsequence the foliage has more substance and develops per- fectly. The foliage of a good Cycas revo- luta is stiff, glossy and a very darkgreen, and it is unwise to allow one to be sold until it is in perfect condition, for those soft and unestablished plants that one often sees are but a snare and delusion to the purchaser. W. H. Taplin. A Floral Sun Dial. Ed. Am. Florist:— Be so kind as to tell me through your paper how to make a flower-garden sun dial of plants. I have plenty of echeveria and plants to make the numerals but do not know how to fix the pole to hold the soil so that I can plant it. I want it so the circle will be about eight or ten feet. J. R, M. In the making of a floral sun dial the shaft, or pole, is of the utmost import- ance, as the shadow formed by this fall- ing on the numbers indicates the time of day. The length and angle of this pole is determined by marking hourly just where the shadow falls. Any common pole will serve for this purpose. A pole suitable for the holding of plants such as echeveria, sempervivium, etc., may be erected as follows: Place a 3-inch to 4-inch pipe, according to the length of the shaft, in the ground, of sufficient strength to stand theweight, and properly anchor it. Insert a smaller sized pipe in this, one long enough to form the shaft. Cut wooden circles one inch thick and twelve inches in diameter, if the pole is less than six feet long. In the center cut a hole large enough so that the circles will just slip over the pipe and arrange them about two feet apart. On these wooden circles nail laths which have been ripped in two. Allow about one inch spaces between the laths through which to insert the roots of the plants. Pack the frame full of earth and set the plants in the cracks between the lath strips. When planting it will be an easy matter to turn the pipe so that one can always work on the upper side. It will be neces- sary to turn the shaft occasionally during the summer so that the plants growing on the under side will also receive sun- light. E. A. Kanst. ROSES. SEASONABLE NOTES. The repotting of young rose stock should be given careful attention. Do not allow young plants to become pot- bound or famished. The better the stock is treated and the nearer perfection in the plants is approached, the greater will be the harvest. Asa rule we are all too apt to be disregardful of the many minor things which go to making a success in our trade. Now that the sun is beginning to remind us of summer, all plants in pots will need a great deal of water, and for this reason the sooner they are planted in the benches the better. By this con- stant and heavy watering all the nutri- 564 The American Florist. May g. ment is soon washed from the soil, and when the plants are obliged to live on water alone the growth made is not fhe best. Shading the houses is not 'advisable, as the plants should be kept as hard as possible and I would especially emphasize the fact that the spring is the ■time to harden the plants, as then it will be easier to keep off mildew. The . pests will require their share of attention, but a careful man in a house should be able to keep down greenfly apd red spider. There are enough bright days at this time of the year to enable one to syringe often enough without irunning the risk of having damp foliage ,on a dark day. The old story of plenty of sulphur must again be brought up; but even if it is an old chestnut it is just as important as ever. In some sections JAMES YERNER'S ROSES. One of the neatest places near Philadel- phia is that of James Verner, at Garrett- ford, Delaware county, Pa. There are five houses 25x125, filled with Brides and Bridesmaids, which are Mr. Verner's spe- cialty. There are few growers who excel him in the production of these varieties. Lately a half house of Kaiserin has been put in which has done remarkably well. Robert Craig, who saw the roses at their best, said it was the greatest crop of flowers he had ever seen. Mr. Verner consigns his stock to Leo Niessen. K. Fort Worth, Texas.— W. L. McCart reports the season about over in his sec- tion of the state, and that business was 100 per cent better than he expected. He is about to build three houses 10x75 feet. GREENHOUSES OF HENRY SMITH, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (Burned March 23.) . Florists' Plants Notes. STOCK PLANTS. It is too early yet to plant out gera- niums and other plants for next year's stock, but before the spring trade comes upon you with a rush you should select the stock plants that you wish to save. It is a poor plan to sell off everything salable and plant out whatever happens to be left over for next year's stock, for what is left usually consists of the poorer varieties and the poorest plants. The best of everything is sold and the result is that many of the choice varieties are sold out altogether, leaving the inferior varieties for stock. In selecting the plants do not take the weakly specimens or those without buds or flowers, lor this policy also tends to impoverish the stock. Beginning then with the geraniums, each grower ' must know himself what varieties are mostly in demand in his locality. We find that fully one-half of our trade calls for S. A. Nutt, double crimson, which as a bedder stands superior to all others. La Favorite, white; Francis Perkins, clear pink; Jean Viaud, soft pink; Mme.Jaulin, light pink; Alphonse Riccard, semi-double scarlet; and Beaute Poitevine, salmon, make a good list of double and semi-double varie- ties. Mrs. E. G. Hill, salmon; Mme. Bruaut, pink; Gen. Grant, scarlet; Queen ot the West, red; L'Aube, white; Dryden, bright red; and America, dwarf pink, are good single ones. Select young plants, pick off all the flowers and keep them picked off until planted outdoors. To prevent their being sold stand them by themselves and label them "stock plants." In regard to the number of plants required itx stock, figure on from ten to fifteen good cuttings from each plant from Sep- tember 1 to February 1. It is possible to get more cuttings from each plant if they are growing in a warm temperature in the winter, but ten to fifteen strong cuttings per plant is a good average. Fuchsias should also be selected for stock before the best varieties are sold. Place these in a slightly shaded place in a temper- ate house, and about the middle of June plunge them out of doors in a frame, and cover with laths to protect from the sun. of the country this mildew is the most dreaded of all pests, and sometimes we have a season when it is impossible to get along without an attack from it, but I have always found that the plants least affected by it are those which get nour- ishment and are kept in a healthy grow- ing condition. Attend carefully to the disbudding, and strive to have a rugged plant when planting time comes. A great deal of brushwood on a plant is not the proper condition at this early date. If it is desired to carry over some old stock another year the plants should be dried off, but not so much as to shrivel the wood, as that is detrimental. Sometimes these old plants are shifted into another house and then again they are kept in the same place; but, in either case, all ol the old soil that it is possible to remove without injury to the plants should be taken off and replaced with a good rich soU. It is also well to cut out all of the finer wood, leaving only strong material for the new growth to start Irom. After the plants have been dried off and cut back, and the new soil applied, give them a thorough watering, and after that water only when the soil shows that it is in the proper condition. R. I. BENCH OF KAISERIN ROSES AT JAMES VERNER'S, GARRETTFORD, PA. (Five hundred fl,owers cut therefrom in the two days previous to tal^icg of photograph.) igo3. The American Florist. 565 Give them plenty of water through the summer and syringe every day. A good selection comprises Mme. Vander Strasse, Phenomenal, Glory of Maches, Prince of Purples, and Avalanche for double; Lord Beaconsfield, Speciosa, Elm City, Little Beauty and Black Prince for single. Set aside a few stock plants of the best colors of double petunias. These should be planted out of doors as soon as the weather permits. Shortened back about the middle of August and started into new growth these will afford plenty of cuttings for stock from which to propa- gate the young plants in winter. The old plants can also be lifted in fall, potted, and used for stock. Small plants of vincas and English iv\- should be planted out in the open ground as soon as possible, for lifting in the fall. A batch of heliotrope cuttings ought to be struck now to be grown in pots all summer for planting on the benches in fall, as plants grown out of doors lift badly. A few young plants of marguerites can also be shifted into larger pots and plunged outside as soon as possible. These, if shifted along through the sum- mer and given plenty of room to grow, will make good stock to cut from next winter. G. The Other Side of the Question. In a recent publication I noted an article under the heading of "Union Gardeners." To me it seemed altogether too insulting and abusive to go unanswered, and at the risk of being termed an incompetent, as mentioned, I take theliberty of contradicting in your widely circulated paper some of the assumptions. I had been looking for an explosion of this kind for some time from some greedy, selfish, narrow-minded individual, but little expected to see it come from an3' broad-minded horticul- turist. But, judging from the article mentioned, the author had better look into the subject a little deeper or confine himself to writing hints and encyclope- dias, which may be more in his line. Among other things he saj's that a "union of florists cannot exist." This must have sounded rather discouraging, had they read it, to several thousand "incompetents" like myself who had hoped to see the journeyman florist elevated at least to the level of work- men employed as street cleaners, and who also hoped to see him enjoy the better salary and the shorter hours of some of the trades which require but half the intelligence and experience required of a greenhouse man. Why shouldn't we organize? All other trades have done so and thereby raised the price of everything we buy and we get no more than we did before — I claim the smallest wages of any trade requiring skilled labor. We do not propose to grade the men but the posi- tions they fill, making not less than three classes, viz., the foremen in one class, growers or section men in another class and the" helpers or apprentices in a third, etc., and let them get as good a position as they can. I am not an advocate of a labor- union to run the employer's busi- ness, but hope to see the time when laws will require the settlement of such trouble by arbitration. Anyone who thinks a union of florists cannot exist will be greatly surprised in the near future. Such articles as that to which I refer do no good to anyone and must react on the narrow-minded author and his publisher. Employe. (Hoping to be an emplo5'er.) NEW CARNATION MRS. BECKWITH. CARNATIONS. CARNATION MRS. BECKWITH. The carnation illustrated herewith, the Mrs. Beckwith ol the E.G. Hill Company, Richmond, Ind, is said to produce the largest blooms to date, averaging four and one-half inches. Some flowers received at this office (shown in illustra- tion) measuiedluU four inches after being a considerable time on the way. The flowers rival those of the Malmaison type and with the color of Lawson, they are produced on fine long stems, the calyx showing no tendency to burst. This variety is now in its third year. The growth is free and healthy, with grass somewhat broaderthan that of the parent. Two objects are sought in the applica- tion of the ordinary manures used in horticulture; first to supply plant food in proper quantity; and second, to improve the physical condition of the soil. There- fore anything added to the soil with either or both these objects in view may prop- erly be classed under the head of manures. The primary object in the use of the less concentrated stable manures should be to give to the soil the exact texture suited to the plant or variety to be grown in it. When this point has been settled and further enriching is necessary such fertilizers should be depended upon as do not change the soil structure. Soils differ greatly in their require- ments in this particular and there is a wide range of difference in the require- ments of different plants in the same kind of soil. Most important of all things to be considered, therefore, in mix- ing soils is its texture and ability to con- vey moisture and nutrition in proper quantity to the roots of the plants. With these points properly adjusted, the question of the actual amount of plant food necessary to the perfect development of the plants becomes less complicated. A chemical analysis will reveal whether the soil is well supplied with the three most important elements — nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. The pur- pose of this article is to discuss the rela- tive merits of manures of different kinds and point out how the greatest efficiency may be secured from them under different conditions. First to be considered is the kind of manure and its proper preparation. The proper conservation of the elements of plant food contained in manures in their natural state becomes a question of paramount importance when we consider that much of their value is lost by care- less exposure to the elements. The most soluble and hence most valuable constitu- ents of manure are quickly carried away by heav3' rains and a constantly moist surface is a great inducement for insects to deposit their eggs in this congenial breeding ground. Manures properly pro- tected under a shed are therefore more free from noxious insect life and on account of containing practically all the elements of the original deposits, act more quickly in the performance of their functions. A well constructed manure 566 The American Florist. May g. shed is therefore a valuable part of the equipment of a greenhouse establish- ment. As soils of naturally different textures predominate, according to locality, the question as to which of the two most common stable manures to use lor car- nations becomes an important matter to decide. Horse and cow manure are of about equal value in respect to the amount of plant food contained in a ton of each; but their influence upon the texture of the soil is quite different. Cow manure in its natural state is very heavy and therefore cannot be depended upon to add porosity to a compact and heavy soil. Its use is, therefore, best restricted to light and gravelly soils, which are naturally of an open texture. Horse manure, being more bulky and fibrous, has the effect of imparting an open text- ure to the soil and is, therefore, recom- mended for use in soils that are natur- ally compact and heavy. As the same bulk of horse manure is scarcely more than one-half the weight of cow manure, it will be readily seen that a relatively greater quantity must be used of the for- mer than of the latter in the same amount of soil in bulk. Cow manure is far more extensively used for carnations than horse manure, but there is no apparent reason why this should be so, especially since the latter is better adapted to some soils than the former. To decide which is the better suited to any soil the wants of the variety to be planted in it must be studied. It is sometimes impossible, especially in level countries, to procure soils of a variety of textures, and here a knowledge of the influence of manures upon the physical condition of the soil is particularly valuable, and if the two kinds of manure above mentioned can be had in quantity, almost any variety can be suited to a nicety by following the lines laid down above. Manures from other domestic animals are not so extensively used for mixing with the soil as those already mentioned, on account of their scarcity and because their action is more violent. If the proper amount of cow or horse manure is added at the outset, it is seldom necessary to add any of the more concentrated fertil- izers, k. judicious quantity of bone meal, wood ashes and lime will in most cases supply anything that may still be lack- ing. Sheep, chicken and hog manure are best used in liquid form or as a top dress- ing in conjunction with bone meal, wood ashes and other fertilizers after the plants are well established, as in that way their strength can be regulated according to the requirements of the plants, taking into consideration the season of the year, the condition of the plants and the amount of forcing desired. Night soil is permissible only in liquid form and its source must not be in doubt, for strong disinfectants are in common use and their presence is dangerous to plants. As has been stated before in this arti- cle, the proper care of domestic manures from the beginning is a very important item. The space allotted to each kind should be divided off into two sections, the one to be used for material of the previous year and the other to receive the fresh manure as it accumulates. Each year, after the section containing the old manure has been emptied, the contents of the other section should be transferred to it and the process of refill- ing begun anew, Beyond this no turn- ing should be done, for at each disturb- ance some of the strength escapes into the air. The idea is to keep the manure well compacted and thus preserve all its nat- ural richness. In this way a supply of well-rotted manure will always be had when it is wanted and this is the only kind that should ever come near the roots of carnations. In liquid form the fresh manure may be used without fear of doing harm. The strength of chicken and other concentrated manures is best preserved if an equal bulk of soil is mixed with them as they accumulate and a sprinkling of lime now and then is good for all as the piles grow larger. J. CATTLEYA MRS. PITT. (C. HARRISON.® X C. AUREA.) Dwarf Single-Stemmed Chrysanthemums. Ed. Am. Florist:— At chrysanthemum shows I have seen plants in 4-inch pots, grown to single stems and not over eight to ten inches high, but carrying blooms of large size. How are they grown? When must they be started and what varieties are best for the purpose? C. E. H. Single-stem chrysanthemums in 4-inch to 6-inch pots are obtained by propagat- ing at different intervals during the sum- mer months, according to the natural height and growth of the variety. They must be grown along without a check, potted into larger pots as they require it and not allowed to suffer for water. The best varieties for this purpose are the short-jointed, stocky growers like Mrs. Henry Robinson, Merza, Ivory or Mutual Friend, in whites; Mrs. Elmer D. Smith, Jennie Falconer, W. H. Lincoln, yellow; Viviand-Morel, Mrs. Perrin, lora, pink; and Geo. W. Childs, Brutus, Rustique, in red and other colors. Some of the newer varieties should also prove valuable for this purpose, notably Alice Byron, white; Mrs. Coombes, pink; Kate Broomhead, bronze and A. J. Balfour, pink. Plant out in the field early in May stock plants of the varieties selected for this purpose and pinch the tops out a few times to make them break and pro- duce sufficient cuttings. The grower will then have plenty of nice top cuttings from about June 15 to August 1 and these can be made to produce plants of the height required. The best place to root the cuttings is in a well-shaded propagating house of northern aspect, using a clean sharp sand. Cuttings taken from plants in active growth need lots of water to prevent wilting, but by attending to this and keeping the atmos- phere moist they will root readily in about twenty days. As. soon as rooted pot them up and keep shaded for a few days, or until the roots have taken hold of the soil, when they will require a light airy place with abundant ventilation. They will grow rapidly and should be potted on as they require it, giving them plenty of room so as to retain the foliage down to the pot, which is one of the chief attractions of chrysanthemumsgrowninthis way. The plants will commence to show buds about the first of September. These buds should be retained to produce the blooms, keeping all side buds and shoots removed as they appear. When the plants are well set with buds an occa- sional watering with liquid manure will be beneficial, care being taken not to have it too strong, for this will damage the foliage. C. W. Johnson. English Orchid Notes. CATTLEYA MRS. PITT. This is another triumph of the hybridizer's skUl. One of the parents, Cattleya aurea, has been used on sev- eral occasions as a parent, but the other one, C. Harrisonae, has not been so fre- quently employed. From the illustration, which represents the flovsrer almost nat- ural size, it is- easy to trace the parent- age of C. aurea in the lip and its mark- ing, the petals and the general contour. igo3. The American Florist. 567 The color, however, is of a beautiful rosy- lilac, almost exactly the same as in C. Harrison;e, so that there is no doubt as to the correctness of the origin. The The lip is very handsome, and is remark- able, not only for its numerous lolds or plaits, but also for its rich coloring. The side lobes and ground are creamy yellow, but the central area is deep orange yel- low, traversed by broad lines of reddish- purple streaks, issuing from beneath the almost pure white column which isconspi- cuoush- visible in the tubular portion of the lip. The plant was shown by Mr. Pitt, of Staraiord Hill, on November 4, and received an award of merit from the Royal Horticultural Society's orchid com- mittee. CYPRIPEDIUM EVELYN AMES SUPERBUM. The days of fine cypripediums have not yet become a thing of the past, as may be seen from a glance at the accompany- ing illustration. Mere size alone, of course, is not of itself a great attraction in flowers, but when it is associated with beautiful coloring, then one may readily be pardoned for expressing admiration at the tout ensemble thus presented. It is now the rule of the orchid committee of the Royal Horticultural Society of Lon- don not to give first-class certificates to hybrids, especially secondary and ter- tiary hybrids, and where cypripediums are in question, this rule is more strictly adhered to than in any other class of orchids perhaps. There have been so many hundreds of hybrid cypripediums raised, and many lovely forms among them, that it is now rare indeed that an award of any kind is given to them. It therefore enhances the value of any cypripedium now-a-days if it is so much out of the common as to attract atten- tion at all. On November 4, Sander & Son, of St. Albans, exhibited Cypripedium Eyelyn Ames superbum and received an award of merit for it. It is sofar superior in size and richness of coloring to the ordinary form of Evelyn Ames, that it may be almost regarded as a quite dis- tinct form. The illustration, slightly reduced, is from natural size and repre- sents the flower exhibited in London. The upper sepal is perhaps the remark- able feature of the flower. It has abroad, creamy white border around a greenish central area, the latter being heavily striped with bands of deep crimson purple. The petals are broad and wavy, of a soft yellowish green, the upper half being varnished with a rich purple brown, through which deeper colored veins are distinctly seen. The lip is a solid projecting pouch of deep purple brown, passing away to pale brownish green at the base. The lower sepal is a prominent feature, well seen below the petals and lip. It is of a bright apple green color, which throws it into marked contrast with the other parts of the bloom. The flower stalk is of the more or less usual deep purple, and hairy, while the foliage is of a bright, shiny green. Taking the plant as a whole it is certainly one of the finest hybrid cypri- pediums I have seen for some years and I am not quite sure if it is not as large, if not actually the largest, that has vet been raised. \V. Laelio-Cattleya Exoniensis. Ed. Am. Florist: — In your issue of May 2, page 527, there is an illustration of Ljelio-Cattleya Exoniensis, with a note stating that the plant is a supposed natural hybrid of Cattleya Mossire and La;lia purpurata. This is an error. CYPRIPEDIUM EVELYN AMES SUPERBUM. (('. Leeanum giganteum X ''■ Calypso, Oakwood var.) Lfelio-Cattleya Exoniensis being one of the earliest hybrids raised by the late Mr. Dominy for Veitch, of London, Eng. It is a cross of Lfelia crispa and Cattleya MossijE. Alfred Dimmock. Shrubs for Shady Places. I find that under branched trees many good varieties of deciduous shrubs may be used, says J. F. Huss, which are as fol- lows: Andromeda Mariana, Cornus san- guinea, Forsythia viridissima, Ilex ver- ticillata, Ligustrum ovailfolium, L. Ibota, Lonicera fragrantissima, Myrica cerifera, Viburnum tomentosum and V. Lantana. Evergreens: Kalmia latifolia and Rhododendron maximum. Underneath low growing shade trees I would recommend the following: Azalea nudiflora, Berberia Thunbergii. Calli- carpa purpurea, Ceanothus Americanus, Comptonia asplenifolia, Lonicera Halle- ana, L. brachypoda, Rhus aromatica, Symphoricarpos vulgaris and Zanthor- rhiza apiifolia. Evergreens: Euonymus radicans, Taxus adpressa, T. baccata, T Canadensis, and Vinca minor. Racine, Wis. — T. Hinchliffe has suc- ceeded to the business formerly owned and carried on by Mrs. C. W. Pike, at 504—506 Wisconsin street. Newport, R. I. — The fifth annual exhi- bition of the Newport Horticultural Society will be held at the Masonic hall, June 23 and 2-t. The schedule provides for roses, foliage plants, ferns, fruit, etc., and may be had on application to David Mcintosh, Lodge Koad, Newport, R. I. 568 The American Florist. May p, Iowa State College Greenhouses. The contract has been let for six new greenhouses to be added to the present plant of the Iowa State College. They are to be built by Hitchings & Company and are to be of the most modern struct- ure. The houses are all even-span, thirty-six feet long and twenty-feet wide, and are connected to the present houses by an even-span house ten feet wide. One house is to be used by the depart- ment of farm crops, one by the depart- ment of soils and one as an insectory for the Department of Entomology, and the balance by the department of horticult- ure. The illustrations show the present range of houses and one elevation of the new addition. The houses for the department of hor- ticulture furnish ample room for a con- servatory for palms and other decorative plants so that a large collection can be kept for instructional purposes. Ample room will be provided for propagation houses and the growing of commercial flowers and forcing of vegetables. The houses are so arranged that the tempera- ture of each can be regulated independ- ently and in this way favorable condi- tions may be furnished for growing many different kinds of "plants. The houses are connected with a laboratory building, fitted for research work in horticulture, and exceptional opportunity is offered for students specializing along this line. When completed the houses will be the best range possessed by any of the west- ern colleges. Chicago. irARKET VALUES DECLINING.— CARNATIONS VERY PLENTIFUL.— AT AN AMATEUR'S PLACE. — LECTURE ON WILD FLOWERS.— SEVERAL DEATHS. — IMPORTANT CLUB MEETING. — NOTES AND VISITORS. There is plenty of all kinds of stock in the market, the demand not being up to that of last week, and prices have declined. The best roses can be had at 6 cents to S cents, while lower grades are sold at 3 cents and upward. Carnations are piling in and any quantity can be had at $1 per hundred and upward. Some of the fancy varieties are still commanding a good price, from $3 to $6 per hundred. Outdoor lily of the valley has made its appearance, but there seems to be a very small demand for either that or the indoor product. The outlook at this date. May 8, is not at all encouraging to either growers or commission men. E. G. Uihlein's orchids are in fine, healthy condition just now, many plants promising early bloom. Mr. Uihlein has mastered the requirements of phaleenopsis and expects to receive a consignment from the Philippines in a few days. A A specimen of Ccelogyne Swaniaua at this place is said to be the finest in the country. It is in a 10- inch pan and now carries five spikes. The outdoor display of bulbous stock at this gentleman's city residence has been unusually fine this sea- son. Mr. Uihlein, who is one of the best informed amateurs in this vicinity, has purchased eighty acres at Lake Geneva, Wis., where he will grow a general stock of outdoor plants. Charles Louis Pollard, of the United States National Museum, editor of the Plant World and secretary of the Wild Flower Preservation Society of America, delivered an interesting lecture on the work of the society at Fullerton Hall, Art Institute, May 8. Harold A. Stallwood, well known in Chicago banking circles for thirty-eight years and as a most enthusiastic amateur gardener, died May 4. He will be missed, as the city contains but few such devoted lovers of nature as Mr. Stallwood. Mrs. Minnie H. Hildred, wife of Alfred Hildred, the well known florist at 3030 Indiana avenue, died the morning of May 5. The funeral took place Thurs- day afternoon. Norman B. Rexford, president of the Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, died at Blue Island May 4, aged 60 years. He was the first male child born (1843) in that suburb. The next meeting of the Florists' Club will be held next Wednesday, May 13, when business of much interest will be brought up. It is expected that the passage of the Field museum bill will accelerate the improvement of lake front parks. Visitors: T. Hinchliffe, Racine, Wis.; Alfred Dim mock, representing Sander & Sons,St. Albans, Eng.; Mr. Dawes, Elgin. New York. MARKET IMPROVES UNDER COLD WAVE. — ANTIRRHINUM ASSUMING IMPORTANCE. — DAILLEDOUZE CARNATIONS. — SIEBRECHTS PURCHASE VALUABLE PROPERTY. — AUC- TIONS BOOMING.- NOTES. This week started ofi'with a cold wave which reduced the quantity of flowers coming to the market and a slightly bet- ter tone has prevailed the effect of which shows in the better clearing out of stock every day rather than in higher prices. Bulbous stock which has encumbered the market badly for several weeks back is pretty well finished up, which leaves a better field for other material. Southern grown lilac which has in past seasons done much to demoralize this market during the few days it lasted seems to be very limited in quantity, the reputed cause being untimely frosts, which injured the bloom. Jersey lilac is already begin- ning to appear, but not in sufficient quantity to affect the general market to any disastrous extent. Flowering dogwood, apples, tamarisk and wild azaleas are being extensively used by some of the retail florists for window and store adornment and with lovely effect. As a striking contrast to the wealth of spring blooms on all sides, a vase of superb white chrysanthe- mums attracts special attention and brings one to realize that the limitations of seasons are being fast obliterated. Among the prettiest flowers now in are moss roses of fine grade, also hybrids in several varieties. Antirrhinums are rap- idly acquiring a position of importance as commercial cut flowers. The splendid spikes of large pure white and rich pink flowers offered by the wholesaler are far, very far, removed from our old and val- ued friend, the snapdragon of the garden. Outdoor bloom in the parks and gar- dens is coming rapidly on, and is consid- erably in advance of the average season. Already the tulips are gone and only the latest flowering sorts of narcissi are left. Peonies will undoubtedly be in inside of two weeks, particularly if the much- needed rain should fall. Dailledouze Brothers are saying nice things about May Naylor, which they regard as a great improvement on Flora Hill as a white carnation. The stem is all that could be desired, and this has never been true of Flora Hill. Their White Bradt is all right and Fragrance is in a class by itself, always beautiful. Alba seems to stand well in the front with the white varieties. In the seedling house many interesting things are still to be seen, but most of the best ones are cut back close for propagating purposes. The Fourth annual meeting of the New York Horticultural Society will be held at the Botanical Garden on May 13. J. K. M. L. Farquhar will give a talk on the "Flowers, Fields and Woods of Japan." The exhibition will be open for two days. Siebrecht & Son have leased for a term of twenty-one years, at $40,000 a year, the old Corbin residence at the northeast corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-eighth street and will put up a new building on the site. Elliott's auction sales are booming these days. The quantity of material offered is so enormous that there is scarcely room enough for the store cat to walk about. P. J. Walter, of Bogart's, who started for Durango, Col., the day after Easter to inspect his gold mines, returned on May 1, having gone only as far as Chi- cago. The meeting of the cut flower market stockholders called for last Saturday was postponed for one week on account of the absence of a quorum. The Rosary has moved from the old location on Fifth avenue to a fine store on East Thirty-fourth street, near Fifth avenue. Charles Zeller is confined to his room most of the time, heart-weakness being the most serious feature of his illness. Julius Roehrs and wife, with Alfred Dimmock, will sail for Europe on the S.S. Fuerst Bismarck, June 11. Joseph Fleischman is on the coroner's jury investigating the notorious Madonia murder mystery. Club meeting Monday evening, May 11, at the new room on West Twenty- third street. Henry Bird, one of Newark's oldest nurserymen, died on April 30, aged 65 years. A. y. Snyder's place at Ridge wood, N. J., is in charge of^an assignee. Recent visitor: Ed. McMulkin, of Bos- ton. Greenville, Pa.— B. W. Williams has opened a new flower store. NEW ADDITION TO GREENHOUSES AT IOWA STATE COLLEGE. /poj. The American Florist. 569 Philadelphia. BUSINESS NOT SO BRISK.— THE IlEST CAR- NATIONS. — CLUll MEETING. — IRC^ PIPE AND AIR VALVESTOBEDISCUSSEDINJUNE. —ITEMS OF 2DAKERS AND OTHERS.— WATSON ABROAD. There is something of a lull just now, although business is good for the season. All kinds of flowers are plentiful and prices are still receding. The best Beauties are now $2.30 per dozen and must be e.xtra fine at that, as the $1.50 kind is good enough to satisfj- almost anyone. Teas are now $10 for the best with very food stock at $S. Liberty is now very ne and plentiful. The flowers range from $G to $16 and are hard to beat as at times they are taken in preference to Beauties. Carnations are at their best and $1.50 to $3 is the price, but they have to be fine to bring the high figure. Now that the season is about over one is able to judge of the varieties that have stood the test. Joost has been the most popular medium pink, Melba and Lord the best light pink. Crocker has still a good many friends and is a good hot weather variety, as it is now very large and fine. Lawson has been in good demand all season at generally the top figure. Of the whites Flora Hill and Queen Louise seem to have been most prominent, although there has been at all times a few White Cloud, Glacier and others of the newer kinds. Glacier is thought by some to be a future great. S. S. Pennock thinks Passmore's new seedling white one of the best, as it has brought the most money all season. R. Craig & Son have bought the stock of this variety and have great faith in its future. Next season their Adonis will be planted by many growers and there will be little question as to the best red. The best dark variety is Roosevelt, and Bradt is the choice of the striped varieties. Prosperity, although shy, will be more largely grown next season as returns were all right this year. Eldorado seems the only commercial yellow. With the additional glass that is going up this summer for the cultivation of carnations we think that the output will be increased at least twenty per cent, which, however, is probably not more than will supply the growing demand. Sweet peas are now pushing themselves into prominence as they are at their best and orders can be taken and filled without trouble; 75 cents to $1 is the price. There are still a few violets coming in but they certainly cannot last much longer; 50 cents to 75 cents is the figure demanded. The May meeting ot the Florists' Club was taken up mostly with convention matters. The officers were appointed a committee on transportation and will ascertain the lowest figures, which will hardly be lower than a rate and one- third. Bowling was the principal topic, and after a long discussion the whole matter was referred to a committee, which will, no dou)jt, soon have the boys hard at work. The June meeting will be enlivened with a talk about "Iron Pipe and Air Valves," Ijy Walter Whet- stone, a specialist in such matters. Harry Marchant, who has learned the trade from several vrell known growers of this vicinity, notably Messrs. Lons- dale, Cox and Knapp, is erecting five houses 20x100 feet at Mount Pleasant, above Germantown. Roses will be his principal stock. Dennis Connor, of the Lord & Burn- ham Company, says that growers are now demanding the best material for their houses as they are beginning to GREENHOUSES AND HORTICULTURAL LABORATORY OF IOWA STATE COLLEGE. reahze that though it costs a little more at first it is the best in the end. He says his firm is very busv. George C. Watson is away on a trip to Boston, and at last accounts was having an extension made to his pocket to hold his swelling order book. K. Boston. TOO MUCH STOCK RECEIVED. — TRICES DEMORALIZED. — CARNATIONS PLENTI- FUL. — BULBOUS STOCK GROWER MAKES MONEY.— AUCTIONS ON. About three times as many flowers as the market demand can assimilate are being received here daily and the eflect may be easily imagined. No reliable value can be placed on any variety, as all are in the same position and, while a few selected blooms are disposed of for sched- uled prices, the great bulk of the receipts goes for what it will bring, and that is not much. Carnations are very plentiful and also very good. Roses are abundant with widely varying grades. Summer favor- ites such as Kaiserin and Carnot are already beginning to assert themselves. Bulbous stock is nearing its close. Out- door tulips and daffodils are still avail- able, but a spell of warm weather will soon put them out of commission. Not all the bulb forcers complain of the sea- son's experience. John Fee, who forces 350,000, says he made money. But Mr. Fee is acknowledged to be a remarkably good manager. Outdoor bloom suffered severely in the freeze a few nights ago. Magnolias which were just in the height of their glory were but brown rags next morning and many budded spiraeas and similar subjects had the younggrowths and buds blackened. McCarthy's auction rooms are in full blast now. There is a fine stock of shrubs and ornamental trees offered at the Tuesday and Friday sales, included among them at present being some splen- did bay trees. Henry M. Robinson & Company will move to 11 Province street, opposite the city hall, about June 1. FosTORiA, O.— The Fostoria Floral Company say the supply of plants and cut flowers for Easter was equal to the demand and prices better, with ten per cent increase in sales over last year. Roses and carnations were most in demand, bulbous stock going slow. Cleveland. MARKET GARDENERS MEET. — PROPOSED CHANGE OF MARKET SITE. — ME.MORIAL DAY PREPARATIONS.^APANESE SPECIAL. TIES.— FLO WER CONDITIONS UNCHANGED. Mention was made last week of a meet- ing to be held on May 2 of the Market Gardeners' Association. The meeting proved very successful, some eighteen or twenty new members being admitted. Considerable enthusiasm was displayed over the proposition to change the site of the present market to Woodland ave- nue, running east to Perry street and west to the intersection of the old market house, the object being to concentrate all gardeners who use glass, or rather have greenhouses, assure them of bett'ir police protection, increase busine-is, render them accessible and give them a perma- nent stand. The superintendent of mar- kets in order to further the plan, has promised them a two weeks' option on the site, and also what influence he can use in their behalf No definite action was taken in the matter, however, as the several attorneys for the association and the city have to get together and adjust many newpointsarisingfrom theenforce- ment of the new code and the changes in municipal government. There was some talk of collecting the manures, but that was laid aside to take up the other mat- ter, which at present is more important. There will be a special meeting Saturday, May 9, when it is hoped much will be done. The florists are quite busy now getting ready for the Memorial day rush, much bedding out being done, boxes filled and hanging baskets sold long before the day arrives. About a week in advance the florists' helpers line up the streets on which the cemeteries are located and there is a general scramble for desirable places from which to offer their wares. It is a pleasing, bustling sight to see the fine array of flowering plants and the customers all buying. One of our Japanese art dealers, M. Kitani, has imported a large quantity of old dwarfed trees, such as cedars, spruces, pines and maples, from five years to 200 years old and said to be growing in the original pots in which they wereplanted. He also has a number of the Japanese novelties of the fern ball style, but shaped into cranes, monkeys, boats, turtles, etc. The flower scale remains without per- ceptible change in prices, the same stock coming in quite as plentifully. 0, G. 570 The American Florist. May g. St. Louis. RUSHING BUSINESS DURING DEDICATION CEREMONIES. — GOOD STOCK PLENTIFUL. —world's fair NOTES.— TESSON RELIN- QUISHES HOUSES. Dedication days are over and the thousands of visitors that thronged the streets for almost a week have departed and the business that was at a standstill during the exercises has again been resumed. Everything was closed up and everj'one had a holiday except the poor florist, but who ever knew of a florist having a holiday. A good many of our florists, especially the Westenders, did a rushing business. Decorations were numerous and cut flowers sold well. The wholesalers cleaned up everything by Saturday night at fairly good prices and the market has not changed any since then. Stock is coming in quite freely and is nearly all first-class, very little of it going to waste. The weather has been moderately cool with just enough sunshine to bring blooms on nicely and not too fast. The landscape department of the World's Fair is daily receiving large consignments of trees and shrubs from eastern nurseries. The United States Government is getting a plot of ground in shape for the planting of a large map of the United States, each state having its native product represented. Geo. F. Kessler, of the landscape department has returned from an eastern buying trip. R. F. Tesson turned over his range of houses to the World's Fair last Monday. The stock that was sent in from this place will be greatly missed in the local market, as Mr. Tesson took pains to destroy all the plants he had in the benches before turning the place over. Geo. M. Kellogg, of Pleasant Hill, was a dedication visitor. H. J. F. Indianapolis. NEWSPAPERS GIVE FALSE ALARM. — LOCAL SOCIETY FINDS NOTHING IN IT. — BOYCOTT OF WHOLESALERS BY RETAILERS GROUND- LESS.— SOCIETY PROFITS BY MEETING.— NOTES. A few days ago the Indianapolis News printed an item, of mysterious origin, stating that retailers of some of the gas belt cities would make an effort to have wholesalers boycotted for selling flowers to department stores, that some of the Indianapolis florists would co-operate with them, and the matter would be brought before the May meeting of the State Florists' Society of Indiana. Since Indianapolis florists have been leading very contented and peaceable lives for some time past, and nobody seemed to know anything definite, curiosity was awakened to such a degree that last night's meeting brought out an unusually full house. We were sadly disappointed, however, as no one enlight- ened us regarding the grievances of our fas belt friends. Some members in a nal effort to bring up something exciting closely questioned the secretary on "What he meant by calling a meeting under the pretense of 'important busi- ness.' " He answered that the scarcity of funds in the treasury made the collec- tion of dues very important business, and this -was satisfactorily disposed of by the taking up of $34 on the spot. It was finally learned that the boycott item was started on its journey through a great many dailies by the Star, of Muncie, Ind. At the bottom of it there seems to be a little Easter stock difficulty between a Muncie retail firm and a New Castle grower. From remarks made by Indianapolis men it could be gathered that our retailers are not nearly as hostile towards department stores as they were a few years ago, and that the growers find in them very useful custo- mers for certain grades of stock. Irvin Bertermann has let the contract for a fine residence near the homestead on Washington street. Hukriede & Son have an exceptionally fine stock of geraniums. Frank Soult's home has been blessed with a baby boy. Visitors: Fred. Dorner,Jr., ofLafayette, N. Carnes, of Muncie, Ind., and Holland- ers in quantity. H. J. Toronto. APRIL BUSINESS BREAKS RECORD — HORSE SHOW INCREASES DEMAND. — THE CRAPE CHASER AGAIN BUSY — CURRENT JOTTINGS. Business for the month of April dis- tinguished itself as being the best on record. There has been an extra heavy cut of most lines of flowers since Easter, but in no item did they long for pur- chasers. The horse show, April 28 to May 2 inclusive, was instrumental in causing a general activity in social circles and the many banquets and entertain- ments in connection used up all available stock. Stock in all lines is very good and quantities sufficient to supply the demand. American Beauty brought $50 per 100 for specials and Balduin and Ivory $12 per 100. Brides and Brides- maids were very good at $10 per 100, and select carnations were easily sold at $5 per 100. Lily of the valley, sweet peas, violets, mignonette and all other seasonable flowers sold well. Trade since May 1 has let up a little and prices remain the same, although the next few days will no doubt see a change from the quoted list. There are quite a number of lilies which were left over, but the many demands for funeral work are utilizing these to advantage. Some very good mauve and white sweet peas are coming in from 0. G. Johnson, of Kingston. We pride ourselves on having florists who are progressive, and I suppose ought to be thankful that there is as yet only one black sheep who has strayed beyond progress and respect by stooping to crape chasing. This method of procuring orders is certainly of the lowest type, for not only are business houses and institu- tions canvassed, but private citizens whom it is thought are likely to express their sympathy through suitable floral emblems, are approached. That there is a large amount of trade picked up in this way is beyond doubt, and that it is injurious to the store men will prove so later on. Some years ago similar methods of obtaining orders and advertising them without discretion almost ruined the design trade. It required a number of years to again win the confidence of the public, and to avoid a repetition we would like to hear of a favorable method of dealing with the crape chaser. It is too bad that we know of no way in which he could be brought before the local club and blacklisted by all the craft. Growers of soft-wooded stock are experiencing quite a demand and a few days of bright sunshine and mild weather will no doubt create an extra rush for window boxes and the general lines which are used for planting the flower beds. The death of T. D. Taylor, a promi- nent citizen and a brewer, used up a larger number of designs than the funeral of the late lieutenant governor. Very severe weather was experienced on Thursday night last, April 30. The wind removed several sash from one of Manton Brothers' houses, thereby doing no little damage. Geo. Mills has the ground turned and has commenced planting carnations, being the first to venture in this locality. H. G. D. Los Angeles, Cal. A BREEZY BATCH OF IMPORTANT TRADE AND PERSONAL NOTES. — COMMENT ON AFFAIRS IN THE ANGEL CITY. There is a splendid opportunity in this section for a first-class nursery. Some one should come here and raise good varieties of bedding stock of salable quality. There is no such place at pres- ent. It seems impossible to find good qualities of petunias, geraniums, fuchsias, etc., that are true to name and are worth carting home. Howard & Smith are gradually getting their plant into shape, but it is entirely inadequate and only a few varieties of bedding plants are propa- gated. A larger quantity of eastern carnations will be set out this year than ever before, as they have been a success in every par- ticular. Our people are being educated to purchase nice flowers and their altered taste must be catered to. Lawson, Ethel Crocker, Flora Hill, Norway, Roosevelt, Alba, Manley, Estelle and Bradt are the favorites in the order named. The two weeks following Easter have been quiet ones to the trade, and had it not been for the funerals of several promi- nent persons, business would have been slack indeed. The Redondo Floral Com- pany and the Ingleside Floral Company between them shipped sixteen large designs to Ontario to Senator Hubbel's funeral. H. B. Ainsworth, secretary of the Redondo Improvement Company, owner of the Redondo Floral Company, has returned from an extensive tour of the east. He says a bunch of violets in New York costs $5, and the same sized bunch in Los Angeles at the same time cost 25 cents. Two years ago there was not one car- nation under glass here. This year will find Wolfskin with eight houses, the Redondo Floral Company with four houses, Lowe Nurseries one house and the Ocean Park Floral Company one house All the above are 200 feet long. A rumor has been afloat to the effect that the Ocean Park Floral Company, whose gardens are located at Ocean Park, Cal., are to set out thirty acres of carnations this spring. If this is done they will have a greater acreage than all the other companies combined. Jos. F. Rupprecht, formerly a nursery- man of this place, who has been in Mexico for the past two years making a barrel of money, was a visitor the past week. He has an immense ranch there and is buying up-to-date nursery stock. The Ingleside Floral Company is doing a splendid business and the craft are all proud of the owner, F. Edward Gray. He has done more for the trade than any two others and is deserving of much credit. May his shadow nevergrowless. The Central Park Floral Company has purchased a horse and wagon to assist in deliveries. This is the second florists' wagon in town, the other belonging to the Redondo Floral Company. They have had it for five years. The Woods Floral Company has moved south on Broadway below Fifth street, igoj. The American Florist. 571 to larger quarters, the former site being entirely inadequate for the amount of business done. Morris Goldenson, the enterprising Third street florist, had a magnificent vase of American Beauties in his window- Thursday. It attracted a great deal of attention. Indoor carnations are coming in ver\- slowly and the season is practically over, while the outdoor crop is coming in faster than they can be got rid of. Poppy. Washington. ELABORATE FUNERAL AND WEDDLNG DEC- ORATIONS. — GOOD STOCK PLENTIFUL. At the memorial service in honor of the late Alexander R. Shepherd, formerly governor of the District of Columbia, the floral offerings were among the most beautiful ever seen at a funeral in this city. One of the most magnificent was an immense wreath composed oi orchids, roses, lily of the valley and cycas leaves, bearing the card LuisTerrazas, governor of Chihuahua, Mexico, and there vyas another of equal size of orchids, pink roses, lily of the valley, lilies, cycas leaves and sweet peas, sent by the Washington board of trade. The personal floral tribute of the three commissioners of the district was a large standing wreath, the base filled with pansies. J. Louis Loose had the decorations lor the Mills-Overton wedding, April 30. The reception was at Rauschers where fully 500 guests paid their respects to the happy couple. The decorations of all the parlors and the two ball rooms were most elabor- ate with asparagus, masses of liliumsand other white flowers, and quantities of roses. The bride carried a shower bou- quet of white sweet peas and lily of the valley, the bridesmaid a bouquet of Carnot roses. George H. Cooke had the decorations for the dance given by Lady Herbert at the British embassy, usingSOO gardenias, about 600 Lawson carnations and 250 American Beauty roses in making up the favors. Trade has been very good since Easter, quite a number of weddings, teas and receptions keeping everybody on the move. Stock is plentiful and of good qualitv. P.O. Pittsburg. DAMAGING STORMS. — BUSINESS OFF AND ON. — VIOLETS ABOUT OVER. — CARNATIONS IN GOOD DEMAND. — GREENHOUSE BUILD- ING. — CLUB MEETING. — NOTES. After a few days of unseasonably cool weather, irregular rains, high winds and the uprooting and other injury of fruit and ornamental trees, the weather has again returned to its normal state. Business is divided; we have a few good, then a few bad days. April was a very satis- factory month and May business, while erratic so far, will undoubtedly come up to the mark. Funeral work is very heavy, and no oversupply of stock exists. Roses have improved considerably since last week. Violets and Jacqs have evi- dently run their course for the season. Carnations occupy the same important position as for some time past, and no sign of waste or surplus is looked for in this staple for a long time to come. Harrisii lilies are on the decline in quan- tity and quality. Lily of the valley is of the special class. Yellow^ daisies, out- door lilac, mignonette and greens are plentiful. C. W. Espy, of Brookville, Pa., has begun the construction of a range of seven houses 70x100 feet. The A. Dietsch & Company short-span plan will be used. Carnations will be the specialty and 6,000 plants for the first shipment have been ordered. J. M. Espy, son of the proprietor, is well known in Pittsburg and will be in charge. The regular monthly meeting of the Pittsburg Florists' Club was held on Tuesday evening. May 5, subject "Bed- ding Plants.'' The meeting was well attended and very interesting. A num- ber of specimens were exhibited. P. S. Randolph was in the chair. Frank Fischer, of Washington street. New Castle, Pa., is going to add some new houses to his range. The headquarters of the Pittsburg Cut Flower Company looks well in its new coat of yellow paint. W'm. Falconer has assumed his new position as superintendent of the Alle- gheny cemetery. Harry Wilson, of Clarion. Pa., intends to build a private conservatory. E. L. M. Springfield, Mass. HEAVY DEMAND FOR FUNERAL WORK.— PLENTY OF BEDDING PLANTS.— CHANGES IN BUSINESS. Business in cut flowers and plants since Easter has been good with a heavy demand for funeral work, quite a good deal being shipped to outside points. Out- door planting has been delayed owing to a cold snap we had May 1. I have heard of no damage being done. What we need is some rain. Pansies are plentiful and good but move slow. Judging from the bedding plants on hand there will be enough to go around and no shortage on account of the high price of coal as predicted by some growers, Humphrey Grout, who for many years has been growing carnations has gone out of business and will locate at Feeding Hills, Mass. John H. Bolt, who was manager of the Murphy Floral Company of this city, has gone out of the business. A. B. WiLKESBARRE, Pa. — Ira G. Marvin says that since the coal strike was declared off business has been good in this vicinity. The outlook is bright; spring stock in good shape. Oklahoma City, Okla.— The Okla- homa Floral Company has purchased ten acres of ground on the car line in the best part of the city, the ground being known as Epworth Park, and will move their greenhouses there, building 5,000 additional feet of glass. They will make an artificial lake and improve the entire tract, making it a pleasure ground and use it as a displaj- ground advertising the business. Grand Rapids, Mich.— Crabb & Hunter are building a range of houses on their newly acquired property. There will be one house 16x200 feet with waved skylight glass, to be used for propagating, and four houses 29s200 feet with Garland iron gutters, 2-inch wrought iron posts for supports, and the rafters and ventilators of cedar purchased of A. Dietsch & Company. These houses will be modern in all respects and used for the growing of carnations and American Beauty rosee. Meetings of Florists' Clubs. Baltimore, Md.— Gardeners' Club of Baltimore, Royal Arcanum buildiBg, 18 W. Saratoga street. Second and fourth Monday of each month, at 8 p. m. John J. Ferry, Sec'y, Gay and Eager streets. Boston, Mass. — Gardeners' and Florists* Club of Boston, Horticultural Hall. Meets second Tuesday of each month, October to March inclusive. W. E. Fischer, Sec'y, 18 Union Ter- race, Jamaica Plain, Mass. BnocTON, Mass. — Brooton Gardeners' and Florists' Club, store of W. W. Hathaway, Times Building. First and third Tuesday of each mouth, at 8 p. m. W. W. Hathaway, Sec'y, Brockton, Mass. Buffalo, N. Y —Buffalo Florists' Club, 481 Washington street. Second Wednesday of each month, at 8 p. m. Wm. Legg, Sec'y, 1440 Dela- ware avenue, Buffalo. Butte, Mont.— Montana Florists' Club, 45 W. Broadway. First Saturday in each month. D. E, Law, Sec'y. CmcAQO. Ill —Chicago Florists' Club, Handel Hall, 40 Randolph street. Second and fourth Wednesday of each raouth. at 8 p. m. George Wienhoeber, Sec'y, 413 Elm street, Chicago. Cincinnati, O.— Cincinnati Florists' Society, Jabez Elliott Flower Market. Second Saturday of each month, at 8 p m. Frank \V. Ball, Sec'y, 136 E. 4th street. Cleveland, O.— Cleveland Florists' Club, Proiiress Hall, 244 Detroit street. Second and, fourth Monday of each month, at 8 p. m. Isaac Kennedy, Sec'y, Westpark, O. Denver, Colo.— Denver Floral Club, 323 Charles Block. Second and fourth Friday of each month, at 8 p. m. Adam IJalmer. Sec'y. Detroit, Mich. — Detroit Florists' Club, Cowie Building, Farran and Gratiot avenue. First and third Wednesday of each month at 8 p. m. J. P. Sullivan, Sec'y, "214 Woodward avenue. Grand Rapids, Mich. — Grand Rapids Florists' Club, Board of Trade rooms, Pesrl street. Fourth Monday of each month. N. B. Stover, Sec'y, Grandville, Mich. Hamilton. Ont.— Harailton Gardeners" and Florists' Club, 126»4 James street, North. First and third Tuesday of each month at 8 p. m. Chas. M. Webster, Sec'y. Hartford, Conn. — Hartford Florists' Club. Second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 8 p. m. Alois Frey, Sec'y. Indianapolis, Ind. — State Florists' Association of Indiana, Commercial Club rooms, Indianapolis. First Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m. H. Junge, Sec'y, 456 E. Washington street, India- napolis. Montreal, Que. — Montreal Gardeners' and Flo- rists' Club. Alexandria rooms, 2204 St Catherine street. First and third Monday of each month. W. H. Horobin, S^o'y. 23 Closse street. New London, Conn. — Gardeners' and Florists Club, first and third Tuesday of each month at greenhouses of secretary. 'H. H. Appeldorn, Sec' y. New York, N. Y.— New York Florists' Club Grand Opera House Bldg., 8tb avenue and 33d St Second Monday of each month, at 7:30 p. m. John Young, Sec'y, 51 West Twenty-eighth street. New York Omaha, Nee.— Nebraska Florists' Society, City Hall. Second Thursday in each month at 8 p. m. Louis Henderson, Sec'y, 1519 Farnam street, Omaha. PmLADELPHiA, Pa.— Florists' Club of Philadel- phia, Horticultural Hall, Broad street above Spruce. First Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m. Edwin Lonsdale, Sec'y, Wyndmoor, Philadelphia, Pa PiTTSBURQ, Pa.— Pittsburg and Allegheny Flo- rists' and Gardeners' Club, at German Beneficial Bldg., 6th and Cherry avenue. Second Thursday of each month, at 8 p. m. H. P. Joslin, Sec'y, Ben Avon, Pa. Providence. R. I. — Florists' and Gardeners' Club of Rhode Island, 96 Westminster street. Providence. Second Thursday of each month, at 8 p. m. Alexander Kennie, Sec'y, 41 Washington street. Providence. Richmond. Ind.— Richmond Florists' Club, at the gre-nhouses of members. Thiid Monday of each month. H. C. Chessman, Sec'y. Salt Lake City, Otah.— Salt Lake Florists' Society, office of Huddart Floral Company, 214 E, Second South street. Second and fourth Friday of each month. P. T. Huddart, Sec'y. San Francisco, Cal.— PaciBc Coast Horticult- ural Society. First Saturday and third Monday of each month. Thos. H. Miinroe, Sec'y. Seattle, Wash. — S-attle Commercial Horticul- tural Club, First and Cherry streets. First Wed- nesday of each month. Wm. Hopkins, Sec'y, 623 First avenue. St. Louis, Mo —St. Louis Florists' Club, Odd Fellows Hall No 3, Ninth and Olive streets. Second Thursday of each month, at 3 p. m. Emil Schray, Sec'y, 4101 Pennsylvania avenue, St. Louis., Toronto, Ont.— Toronto Gardeners' and Flo- rists' Association. St. George's Hall, Elm street. Third Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m. E. F. Collins, Seo'v, 2 Hurst place, Toronto. Utica, N. v.— Utica Florists' Clab, 183 Genesee street. First Thursday of each month at 8p. m J. C. Spencer, Sec'y. 572 The American Florist. May p, Eighteenth Year. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2.00. Subscriptions accepted only from those in the trade. Advertisements on all except cover pages, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; $1.00 per inch. Cash with Gi'der. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts are allowed, only on consecutive Inser- tions, as follows — 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent; 52 times, 30 per cent. Cover space sold only on yearly contract at $1.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to the back pages. The Advertising Department of the Amebican Flobist is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only. Orders for less than one-half Inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to secure insertion in the issue for the following Saturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. Last week's cold snap injured vegeta- tion over a wide territory and there is considerable scurrying to replace stock damaged in the field. Julius Roehrs, the well known grower, of Rutherford, N. J., says large azaleas did not sell nearly so w^ell as the smaller sizes during the past Easter season. We are in receipt of a copy of the "American Carnation," by C. W. Ward. It is an attractive volume and we hope to refer to the contents at length in an early issue. The; sale is brisk on plants of American Beauty out of 2V^inch pots. Some of the largest growers, because of enlarging glass area or because of indifferent success in propagating, are in the market to buy. Quick Returns. American Florist Co.:— Our adver- tisement in the American Florist has moved our stock of Boston ferns rather faster than expected and they are all sold out. HoLTON & Hunkel Co. Florists' Hail Association. The Florists' Hail Association is making good progress and in a few months it is expected that 18,000,000 square feet of glass will be covered by insurance. Three hundred cases of loss by hail, amounting to more than $28,000 have been paid by the association since its organization and every claim has been satisfactorily settled. This is a good time to become a member by send- ing your name to the secretary, John G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J. Azalea Julius Roehrs. One of the best things at the recent quinquennial exhibition, held at Ghent, Belgium, was a new azalea named Julius Roehrs. It is after the character ot Van der Cruyssen but is considered much finer, just as free-flowering as the latter with larger blooms of brighter color and better form. This is the first azalea, we believe, which has been named after an American florist. It was exhibited by Sander & Sons, of Belgium and England. Our representative saw a small specimen at Mr. Roehrs' establishment, Ruther- ford, N. J., a few days ago and considered it a very promising acquisition, although the plant was imported this spring. Piping' Greenhouses. Ed. Am. Florist: — We are building 'three new greenhouses and would be pleased to get some information concern- ing the piping. The main house is 200 feet long, north and south, twenty-three feet wide, walls four and one-half feet high, with two feet of sash on the east side, twelve feet to the ridge. The tem- perature wanted is 55°. The other houses run east and west, connected with the main house at the north end. They are 100 feet long, twenty feet wide, eleven feet to ridge, with no sash on the side walls. The north and west sides are protected by a boiler room, potting shed and storage rooms. We intend to use hot water for heating, with 2%-inch pipes, the supply pipes running overhead. How many pipes will be needed in supply and return in order to reach a tempera- ture of 55° in the main house and 50° and 60° in the two shorter houses? Chicago. For the 200-foot house use twelve 2V^-inch pipes with three flows and three returns on each side. For 50° in the house 20x100 use nine pipes, arranged with one flow on each side and with three returns on the north and four on the south side. In the house to be heated to 60° eleven pipes will be needed. Three flows will be desirable in this house, although two w^ill answer if the flows are elevated and the top of the boiler is considerably below the returns. Under these conditions two flows will sufiice on each side of the 200-foot house. Other- wise it will be better to use three and place them on the side walls. L. R. Taft. Greenhouse Building. Detroit, Mich.— Ferd. Kolbe, two houses 20x100. G. H. Taepke, range of houses. Toronto, Ont. — Frank Duffort, range of houses. Mt. Clemens, Mich.— Jas. Taylor, house 20x170. San Francisco, Cal. — Mary D. Phelan, two houses 20x60. Grandville, Mich.— Stover Floral Com- pany, house 20x150. Albany, N. Y. — Louis Menan, house 30x200. Leicester, Mass. — S. E. Winslow, house 16x60. West Gloucester, Mass.— S. F. Haskell, one house. Scale on Lilacs. Ed. Am. Florist: — I am sending some lilac twigs covered with scale and wish you would supply name and remedy. I have tried lemon oil, but it does no good. B. S. The scale insect on lilac proves to be the oyster-shell bark-louse, Mytilaspis pomorum. This insect is allied some- what in habit to the San Jose scale, although differing distinctly in appear- ance, and being tar less injurious to the trees which it attacks.. It passes the winter in the egg stage; in other words, the oyster-shell-shaped scales which now cover the bark, if examined with a hand lens, will be found to contain many white eggs. It is Jrather difiicult to destroy these eggs by any application to the trees in winter on account of the protec- tion afforded by the tough covering scale. The best means against this pest, therefore, is in treating the trees after these eggs hatch and the young have escaped from beneath the old scale and spread out over the bark. They are then much more readily destroyed by vrashes. The treatment is in spraying with any of the oily or soapy mixtures, the best wash being the kerosene soap emulsion descri- bed in detail in Farmers' Bulletin 127, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The application should be made about the middle of May at the summer strength advised. Full directions are given in this publication, and advice on spraying apparatus is also given in the same docu- ment. You can get small spray pumps of almost any general dealer in nursery- men's supplies, or perhaps better by vrriting directly to the manufacturers of such apparatus, among whom may be listed The Deming Co., Salem, Ohio; Gould's Manufacturing Co., Seneca Falls, N. Y., and W. & B. Douglas, Middletown, Conn. L. O. Howard. Catalogues Received. Wagner Park Conservatories, Sidney, O., cannas and dahlias; EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., magnolias; The Lakeview Rose Gardens, Jamestown, N. Y., roses, carnations, etc.; Charles Black, Hightstown, N. J., nursery stock; D'Amore & Co., Naples, Italy, seeds and bulbs; Hardy Plant Farm, London, England, plants; John Peed & Son, West Norwood, England, plants; The Geo. A. Weaver Co., Newport, R. I., seeds; E. H. Hunt, Chicago, 111., bulbs and seeds; J. P. William & Brothers, Henaratgoda, Ceylon, seeds and plants; Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., gladioli; Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, N. Y., trees; Andre Charmet, Monplaisir-Lyon, France, dahlias; Plant Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo., flower seeds; Lord & Burnham Co., Irv- ington-on-Hudson, N. Y., greenhouses; Oklahoma Floral Co., nursery stock; V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy, France, plants; Joseph C. King, Lebanon Springs, N. Y., trees, shrubs, etc.; Herman C. Baartman; Sassenheim, Holland, bulbs and plants, Otto Heyneck, Magdeburg, Germany, chrysanthemums; St. Fiacre Nurseries, Meirelbeke, Belgium, nursery stock; New- York Market Gardeners' Association, New York, bulbs, plants, etc.; The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn., nursery stock; Franz Birnsteil, Coburg, Germany, florists' vases; Dunne & Co., New York, orchid supplies. Coming Exhibitions. [Secretaries are requested to supply any omis- sions from this list.] Boston, Mass., Xovember 5-8, 1903.— Chrys- anthemum show Massachusetts Horticultural Society. W. P. Rich. Sec'y, Horticultural Hall, 300 Massachusetts avenue, Boston. Indianapolis, Ind., November 10-14, 1903.— Indiana Floral Festival and Chrysanthemum show State Florists' Association of Indiana. Irwin Bertermann, Sec'y, 211 Massachusetts avenue, Indianapolis. Peovidence, R. I., November 13-13, 1903. — Chrysanthemum exhibition Rhode Island Horti- cultural Society. C. W. Smith, Secretary, 27-29 Exchange street. Providence. St. Paul, Minn., Second week in November, 1903, . — Chrysanthemum and orchid exhibition Ladies. Auxiliary of Northwestern Manufacturers" Association. Mrs. M. Helen Moss, Sec'y, St. Paul. Tabkttown, N. Y., November 4-6, 1903. — Fifth annual exhibition Tarrytown Horticult- ural Society. Edw. W. Neubrand, Sec'y, Tarry- town, N. Y. OBITUARY. WM. B. M. HILL. William Beale Morgan Hill, whose home is at Utica, N. Y., died at the home of Perry Munroe in Auburn, N. Y., April 29, after ashortillness with pleuro- pneumonia. His death came unexpectedly to his family and friends. Mr. Hill was employed in Auburn during the winter montfis and during the summer season worked in Utica. He was a florist and igo3. The American Florist. 573 for many years was employed by Peter Crowe and others. He was bom at Bath, England, in 1833 and is survived by a wife and four children. HENRY BIRD. Henry Bird, a retired florist and owner of considerable real estate in Belleville avenue, Newark, N. J., died suddenly on Wednesday' night, April 29, of heart dis- ease. He was born sixty-five years ago in Warwickshire, England, and had been in this countr\- forty-three years. He retired from business five years ago and afterward devoted considerable time to writing and lecturing on evolution and freethinking. He was married twice and is survived by a widow and three young children. SITUATIONS, WANTS, TOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be inserted at the rate of ten cents a line (six words) each insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant advs. NOT admitted under this head. Every paid subscriber to the American Florist for the year 1903 is entitled to a tlve-line want AD. (situations only) free, to be used at any time during the year. Situation Wanted— As private gardener or in out llower store. Thoroughly experienced; 32 years of age. Giov. Aurelio Campanile, MoDteforte, Jrpino, (Avellino), Italy. Situation Wanted— As foreman; by first-class grower oT roses, earnations, chrysanthemums and general stock. Roses a specialty; understand grafting of roses under glass. No. 1 references. S O. care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By young man, good all- around grower, carnation specialist, to take charge of section or medium size place. Refer- ences; slate wages. Address Apollo, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— In florists' store June 1, by an ambitious young lady with good address and an AI maker-up of designs, with knowledge of stenography and bookkeeping. Address M B N, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— On private place as bead gardener, English, a*re 33; abstainer; 17 years' practical experience in all branches gained in some of the lar«:e gardens of Eng^land. Highest references. Address Chas. Carter. Wheatleigh, Lenox, Mass. Situation Wanted— By an all-around Horist; 25 years' experience in growing cut flowers and gen- eral greenhouse stock and landscape gardening. Best of references. Age 40, married. Private or commercial place. State wages. Address G C, care American Florist, Chicago. Situation Wanted— As head gardener on private place by a thoroughly practical and competent florist; a first-class orchid grower and landscape gardener; capable of handling men; age 50, mar- ried, small family. Best references. Can come soon. Address ' M C, care American Florist, (Jhicago. Situation Wanted— By first-class florist and landscape eardener; have in charge 12,000 feet of gJass and 100 acres in garden and farm, 600 acres in timber land. Married, twochildren. Can fur- nish best references. In last place three years. Sober and capable to take charge of big place. 36 years old. E G, care American Florist. Help Wanted— Two good men for general green- house work and two helpers in rose section. J. F. Wilcox, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Help Wanted—Sober, reliable, thoroughly up- to-date man to take charge of our roses. Address Indianapolis Flower and Plant Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Help Wanted— Young man experienced in greenhouse work; also several young men to learn the business. The J. M. Gasseb Co.. Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Help Wanted— A good all-around florist, single, a good grower of cut flowers and plants; good wages and steady place. Address with reference. A. F. Barbe. Kansas City, Mo. Help Wanted— A good gardener to take charge of 10.000 feet of glass; one who is capable of tak- fuU charge; good wages. Send references. Gardbxeb, care American Florist. Help Wanted— Traveler. Successful salesman, experienced in plant and seed line, retail espe- «ially. Address "Pan," care Am. Florist. Help Wanted— Experienced rose and carna- tion growers to take charge of sections: for good men we will pay good wages. Apply at once, Lakeview Rose Gardens, Jamestown, N. Y. Help Wanted— Man to take charge of Herba- ceous Department. Must be good; send refer- ences and salary desired. Married man preferred. Central Michigan Nursery, Kalamazoo, Mich Help Wanted— Man with some experience in greenhouse work, 2U to 25 years old, steady and sober. Place is steady year around with room, but board in the city. Address Theo. Bock. Hamilton. O. Help Wanted— Men thoroughly understanding greenhouse work, out-door planting, florist store work, soliciting. Good wages to good men and no others need apply. Address A. W. Smith, Sixth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Help Wanted— Two flrst-class florists, one who understands vegetable gardening, both second men. To flrst-class men who come well recom- mended, I will pay 140 and board; private place and permanent position the year around. Address Geo. a. .Iosltn, Omaha, Neb. Help Wanted— At once; competent man in large retail idace; must be good designer and decorator and used to handling firit-class trade. Fine, permanent position to right man. Address stating references, etc., Champion A Co., 1026 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn. Help Wanted — A working foreman, able to take charge; one who understands roses, carnations, chrysanthemums and general greenhouse plants. Must be strictly sober, honest and willing to work. Scotch preferred. State wages and refer- ence. Alex. B. Garden, Anacostia, D. C. Help Wanted— By June I , married man capable of taking charge of greenhouse containing 8,000 fi-et of glass. Must understand propagating of bedding plajits growing carnations, chrysanthe- mums, etc. None but a sober, honest, industrious man need apply. Box 232, Lansdowne, Pa. Help Wanted— A reliable florist to take full charge of 15.000 feet of glass; one capable of growine a general stock of cut flowers and plants for retail trade. Must be sober, honest and com- petent. State wages and send references in first letter. Address Fred. J. King, 220 Madison St., Ottawa, 111. Wanted— Address of Johan Arvid Blown, formerly of Lagklareback Sweden. Address John Peterson, Caldwell, N. Y. For Sale or Rent— Cheap; greenhouse in good order, stocked, small house. Address T. Denham, Whitehall, Mich. For Sale — Cheap, two cast-iron sectional boilers, one small hot water heater. All second- hand. H. M. FoRESMAN. Williamsport, Pa. For Sale or Rent — Greenhouse stocked, eight room house, at a bargain. 3181 Elston avenue. Db. G. a. Bangs, 554 N, Robey St., Chicago. For Sale Cheap— Prosperous up-to-date florist business; established 13 years; can easily make your money back this spring. Write at once to Mrs. S. N. Alkire, Greenview, 111. For Rent— Twelve acres of ground and abou'; 35,00t) feet of glass, near Chicago. Buildings anu stock in good condition; flnest soil for carnations and roses. A B. care American Florist. For Sale— For pumping water, electric motor with pump pack, belt and starting switch com- plete. 1 horse power, 500 volts. $65.00 F. O. B. here. Address G. A. Hetne, Dubuque, Iowa. For Sale— 14,000 feet of glaSs near large city, two street c^r lines, three railroads, fine rose soil on pr -perty; $3,500 (thirty-five hundred dollars) about $1,000 down; owner wants to retire. K P, care American Florist. For Sale— Rent or exchange, 7,000 feet glass, at Sibley, 111. Has paid $3,000 in a season from vio- lets alone. Now stocked with violets and carna- tions. Easy terms on sale. Address E. A. ScHOLZ, Corning, Iowa. For Rent— Up-to date greenhouse establish- ment of 10,000 feet glass, steam heat, city water, conveniently located and shipping facilities unequalled; excellent opportunity for the right man. Don't answer unless you mean business. For further particulars address J. I. CLEAV'ELAtJD, Fall River, Mass. heater; also residence. Population 9,000; three railroads; no opposition within 40 miles. Am compelled to sell. For information write to JOSEPH E. BEASLEY, Linton, Ind. For Sale In a thriving Ohio town of about 22,000 inhabitants, a flue Greenhouse plantcon- sisting of eight greenhouses, ranging in size from 12x100 to 30x130; also work shed and modern up- to-date office and store room attached. For particulars address S. S. SKIDELSKY, 708 North )6th Street. PHILADELPHIft. PA Wanted. ECHEVERIA in any quantity up to 3000. Please send sample and price to Alburger & Cascadeo, CYNWYD, PENN. REICHE\BACHIA. Most elaborate work extant on Orchids. Almost complete. What offers? H 20. care AMERICAN f LORIST. FOR SALE. 8,000 feet of glass, located in a fine growing city; best of shipping facilities; good market for wholesale and retail trade. Address WHOLESALE, care American Florist. An inviting opportunity for a successful grower of Roses and Carnations with $5000.00, more or less, to buy an interest in one of Chicago's large, modern greenhouse establish- ments. Salary given and then profits divided according to amount invested. The chance of a life time for an energetic florist to become a part- ner in a bis concern. Investment safe and profitable. Address CO-OPERATION, care American Florist. CHEAP FOR CASH. 1 side fi'od Gorton Steam Boiler. 1 Gurney Bright Idea. 2 Hitctiings No. .57. 1 Perfect No. 34. 1 Perfect No. 35. MANN & BROWN, No. 5 Broad Streei, RICHMOND, VA. A modern plant of 10 greenhouses, about 25,000 feet of glass; with land, stock and fixtures and good will of business. 30 years established and under one management, but entirely rebuilt in last ten years. Entire products sold retail. The largest place of the kind in N. H. Relief from business cares reason for selling. Books open. ELLIS BROS., Keene, N. H. Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Giiicago, HI. Regular meetings held 2d and 4th Wednesday of .ach month at Jung's Hall, 106 E. Randolph St., 'Jhicago. Gardeners and Florists in other cities desiring to form a Union will receive full information from the Secretary. Send all communications to H. J. SPRINGER, Secretary, 6142 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. For Sale. A vogelable gardening business Inoludlno residence, consisting of 10,000 feet glass of whicn 7,000 feet is suitable for rose houses. The business is an old established one and in its best running condition, has the best and most reliable trade in its city. Owing to its location between Omaha and South Omaha (population 150,000) one and one-half miles from either postoffice it shows a good demand for its production. It is equipped with steam heat, with two boilers, a stable, a storage building, three horses, one spring wagon and a coal wagon; it is well equipped in every respect. Address A. BORTENLANGER, 2125 Bancroft street, OMAHA, NEB. 574 The American Florist. May p, II Smilax... Very Scarce Wc can supply it in .small quantities. PRICE LIST. PetDoz. American Beauties, extra select $3.00 24to30in 2.00 to 2.50 12tol5in ?5to 1.00 Per 100 Brides, Bridesmaids and Ivory $3.00 to $ 8.00 Meteor, Golden Gates 3.00 to 8.00 Libert.v... S.OOto 10:00 Carnations, assorted 1.50 to 2.00 fanuy 2.50 to 3.00 Lily of the Valley 200to 4.00 Out Door Valley l.SOto 2.00 Adiantum. 1.00 " Princeps 2.00 Asparagus, Plumosus Strings Each 50c Sprays 2.00 to 3.00 " Sprengeri 3.00 to 4.00 Smilax per doz. , $2.00 Common Ferns $3.0i) per 1000 .25 Galax Green 1.00 " '■ .15 Bronze Galax 1.00 " " .15 Leucothoe Sprays , 1.00 Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. J. B. DEAMUD, 51 and 53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. The F. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, Mateors, Carnations, Cut Adiantum, Qaiax, Common Ferns and Florists' Supplies. Telepiione Connections. OJ_K"VBJi:*A.r«r>, OHIO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., "Wholesale Cut Flowers-- 457 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. jj. M.McCULLOUGH'SSONS[ i WHOLESALE % c — r 1 FLORISTS [ \ ALSO SUOCESSOBS TO r \ THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. \ \ CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. \ \ Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders. ^ \ 316 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO. \ :?M ii'u-ii"i>-ii'-i> riF'. irti H.G.BERNING Wholesale florist 1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, IV!0< Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. WM. MURPHY, Grower and Commission Dealer in Gut Flowers i Florists' Supplies, 1 30 East Third Street, ■Phone Main 980. CINCINNATI, O. NEW YORK GUT FLOWER GO. 55 and 57 West 26th St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Daily Reports. Weekly Paymenls. "^ Im/mSSiU s,. J. A. MILLANG. 2034 Madison Sq. UABASBa. Poehlmann Bros. Co. Wholesale Growers of S"e2 « Cut Flowers All telegraph and telephone orders given prompt attention. 35^37 OBBBNHoijsBe: Randolph Strasb Morton Grove, III. CHICAaO, ILL, Please mention the Ame* icon Florist when writing. .ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. -Pittsburg, Pa. C. A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, ItSZ PINE STREET. — ST. LOUIS, HO. iVA complete line of Wire DealKns. PLACE TOUR NAME and your specialties before the purchasing florists of the entire oonntry by advertising in . BENoAovr.Now. THE AMERICAN FLORIST. E. H. Hunt, WIIOLESALE=^ Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. Mease mention the American Florist when writinS' N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXGHAN6E Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26th St., New York. Open f .ir Cnt Flower Sales at 6 o'clock Every Morning DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON, Secretary. BassGtt&WasJiburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Cut Flowers Wholesale Dealers and Growers of GREENHOUSES: HINSDALE. ILL, Wbol^ale power/\arK^ MrLWAUKBE, May 7. Boses, Beauty, long, per doz. 3.00 " " med. " 1.50® 3.0O short " .75@1 CO " Liberty 6.00® 8.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00® 8.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 6.00® 8.00 Perle 4.00® 6 00 Carnations 2 00® 4.00 Violets I.OO Earrisii . g.OO Sweet peas 53@ .75 Cailas 8,00 Adiantum.. 75® 1.00 Smilax 20.00 Asparagus 65.00 PirTSBiTBO, May 7. Roses, Beauty, specials, per doz. 4.00 " " extras " 3.00 " " No. 1 " 2.00 " " No. 2 per 100 2.00® 5.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00@10 00 " Meteor 4.00® 6 00 " Kaiserin 4.00@10.00 " Libeities 4.O0@I2.O0 Carnations 1.50® 5.00 Mignonette 1.00® 3.00 Lily of the valley 3. CO® 4.00 Sweet peas 50® 1.25 Lilies 6.00@i2.CO Smilax 15.00@20 Ou Adiantum 1 .00® 1 .50 Asparagus, strings 30 00@50.00 " Sprengeri... 2.00® 4.00 CaUas 6.00@10.OO CnfonniATi, May 7. Boses, Beauty 10.00@3o.OO " Bride. Bridesmaid 3.00® 6.00 " Liberty 3 00® 6.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 3.00® 6.00 Carnations 2.u0® 4.00 Daffodils 2.0O Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00 Harrisii lilies , 10.00 Cailas, per doz. 1.00® 1.25 Asparagus 50.00 Smilax 15. 00® 20. 00 Adiantum 1.00® 1.50 St. Loots, May 7. Boses, Beauty, long stem 15.00@25.00 " Beauty, medium stem 8.00@12.50 " Beauty, short stem 1.00® 6.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 3 00® 5 .00 " Golden Gate, Meteor 3.00® 5.00 " Perle 2.00® 4.00 Carnations 1.50® 3.C0 Harrisii 4.0r@ 8.00 Sweet peas 75® 1.(0 Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.ro Smilax IS.OO Asparagus Sprengeri 1.0(@ 1.50 Plumosus 35.0C@60.0O igoj. The American Florist. 575 ASPARAGIS LONG, HEAVY STRINGS Large supplies of all other stock in all grades. "Right goods at Right Prices." £• C. AMLING, THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St., ^•~~ CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1 977 Central. AMERICAN BEAUTY Per Doz. 83.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 .5.00 rloo 600 6.00 8.00 3.00 4.00 1.60 4.00 .75 5.00 .25 .15 1.00 1.50 12-inch stem Short stem, per 100, 84.00 to Pe Brides and Maids J3.00@i Meteors and Gates 3.00@ Carnations 1.50® " large and fancies, 3.00® Mignonette, per doz. .35® .50 Callas, per doz., 11.00® J1.35 Harrisii, per doz.$1.25® $1,50 Valley 3.00® Peonies, per doz. ( .60w; .75 .Marguerites $ .50(" Asparagus, perstring,50c Asparagus Sprengeri - 2.00® Ferns per 1000, $2..50 Galax per 1000. 1.35 Adiantum . 1.00® Smilax... per doz., $2.00 LILY OF THE VALLEY H.N FROMCOLD STORAGE. FINEST IN THE MARKET. $14.00 per 1000, $1.50 per 100. CUT VALLEY tha best always on hand. 1 409 W. Madison Straet, CHICAGO, ILL. PETER REINBERG, Crower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 800,000 FEET OF CLASS. Headquarters for American Beauties. 51 WABASH AVE., • CHICAGO, ILL FRANK GARLAND, "Sr»o,Cut_Flowers 4PEOIAL ATTENTION -E]^13^19 1^ fi& aiVEN TO HARDY CUT ■*' M3e .m.'m.^:^. '^9 S9-57 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284. OIXIO.A.OO> JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of "oo" 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, Telefhons Cektbai, 3598. All telegiap'A «M telephone orders given prompt attention. WIETOR BROS. "•'.•."."^Cut Flowers Cut Flowers All telegraph and telephone orders given prompt attention. 51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. Always mention the American Flo- rist when you order stock, .j* BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. Consignments Solicited. Commission FLORISTS J.fl.BUDL©NG Boses and Carnations A Specialty < 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. GROWER of CUT FLOWERS Wbol^ale flower/\arK^ cmcAso, May 8. Roses, Beauty, 30 to 36-inch stems 2.00 1.50 l.OO per 100 " Short steins Liberty 6 00"@20.00 Chatenay 6.00@12.00 Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00@ 6.00 Meteor, Qolden Gate 3.00@ 6.00 Carnations 1 .50® 3 .00 Callas, per dozen 1.25® l.BO Tulips, Valley 3.00® 4.00 Sweet peas 1 .00® 1 .50 Harrisii 6.00@10.00 Asparagus, per string, ,50 Adiantum 1.00® l.BO Common ferns, per 1000, 3.00 .30 Smilaz. per dozen. 2.00 A. L Randall, WHOLESALE fLORIST, 19&21 Randolph St., CHICAGO. Send for weekly price list and special quotations on 1000 lots. Cut Flowers The J. M.GASSER COMPANY, Wholesale Growers, Euclid Avenue, CLEVELAND, O. ...GEO. M. KELLOGG... L.,,e.tG,.we,^o,... Q^^ FlOWCrS Give as an order and we will please you. Our Greenhouses at PLEASANT HILL, MO. Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO ^^LOIIe DIBTANCS 'PHOKE AT EITHEB FLAOB. GEO. REINBERG, ••olir^ Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Please mention the American Florist erery time yon write to an advertiser. 576 The American Florist. May gf. BEAUTIES!Saniiiel$.Pennock LIBERTIES! PHILADELPHIA. GEO.A.SllTnERLAND 34 HAWLEY STREET, BOSTON. Best Boston Flowers An entire floor Devoted to Stock and Manufacturing. \7iite now for quotations on Chrysanthemums and all seasonable stock. =\2%rE> SHA^r^r^ h^2^ve^= FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND HARDY FERNS for MEMORIAL DAY et%t&o±ekX I'i'ioe *or IrfOts oS 10,000. WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. Superiority. WE claim it for the flowers we dis- tribute. It is guaranteed by the high sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It is proven by the large number of florists throughout New England and elsewhere depending on us for their regular supply. Largest dealers east of New York in Baskets Sheaves, Letters, Vases, Ribbons and all Florists' Requisites. OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6:00 O'CLOCK EVERY MORNING N. F. McCarthy & co., Telephone 734 and 64 Main. 85 Hawley Street, BOSTON. H. C. ElBDEL. Riedel & Co. Who'esa'e Cimmission Florists. 34 West 29th Street. NEW YORK. Strlctty Wholesale. Correspondence Invited. ^rTp Dagger Ferns ReTa, $1.00 per 1000. Quality A No. 1. Special Low Express Rate. Prompt Atten- tion to all orders. R. 3. LEE, Monroe, Ala. Wbolgale power/arKjfe Boston, May 6. Roses, Baauty, Edgely, extra 10. •' " " medium... 5. '* " " culls " Bride, Bridesmaids, Gate.. 2. " extra 5. ' Liberty 4. Carnations !■ " Special 3 Lily of the valley 2 Trumpet narcissi Tulips Longiflorum lilies 5. Callas 4. Smilax 15. Adiantum Asparagus Philadelfhia, i Boses, Tea *' '* extra " Beauty, extra 25 .• " " firsts " Queen of Edgely, extra. ...25.1 " " " firsts.... 10 Carnations 1 . Lily of the valley Smilax 12 Bdttalo, May 7. Roses, Beauty 5 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 2 Carnations 1 , Violets Earrisii 8 Lily of the valley 3 Tulips Daffodils 1 Asparagus strings 40 Smilax Adiantum . Sweet Peas OO@a5.CO O0@ 8.00 S0@ 2.00 ,00© 4.00 00@ 6.00 ,0C@ 6.00 CO® 1.50 o;@ 3.00 oc @ 3.00 iOia 1.(J0 .60© 1.00 .00© 8.C0 00© 6.00 .00@20 00 .75© 1.00 50.00 00@ 8.00 10.00 .00@4I).00 00@20.00 00@40.00 00@20.00 50@ 5.00 00@ B.OO .00@SO.OO eo@i5.oo 00@25.00 .00© 8.00 0C@ 5.00 25© .40 0)i©12.60 00© 5.00 50© 2.00 00© 3.00 00@60.00 15.00 76® 1.25 50© 1.50 Milton W. Woodroffe, WHOLESALE riORIST, 1344 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Give Us a Trial. We Can Please You Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock. UfU F VlCTIIIfi Wholesale Com. Iffnli ri RAdlinUi mission Florist, dSi Washington St.. Buffalo. N. Y. Dealer in Florists' Supplies and Wire Designs. Open from 7:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M. LakeviewRoseGardens JAMESTOWN, N. Y. Wholesale Crowers and Dealers In Cut Flowers. 800,000 SQUARE FEET CLASS. SPECIALTIES: Roses, Carnations, Lilies, Asparagus, Smilax. Fresli Flowers Guaranteed. No Second Hand- ling. All orders shipped direct from Gardens. Send For Weekly Price List. It i good business policy .* .* ^ to mention the iS" s5" «?" American Florist When you write to an adw^rtjis^r. TiT4/ I Ic? FOR THINGS YOU CANNOT I I y tl^ ^=QET ELSEWHERE=^ THE PHIIADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKET, 1224 Chsrry Strset, PHILADELPHIA, n. BEAUTIES, LIBERTIES, Lco. Niessen, AMn \/AI I CrV WHOLESALE FLORIST, ^ ^'^^ V #-\L.L.C T . 1217 Arch St., Philadelphia. igo3. The American Florist. 577 JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Cxclaslvely. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG A NUGENT Ttl. 2065 Madlton Sq. NEW YORK. 42 Watt 28th St Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWEKo ever offered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, Bride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter f. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Telophona 003 Uadlson Bqiikra. 39 West 28th St.. NEW TOBK. Talaphonsi^Nos. 2239 and 2034 Madison Square, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. SS and 67 West 26th St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice or sale note daily. Statement and check weekly. All consignments, large or small, receive the same attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. VIOLETS. WILLIAM GHORMLEY VIOLETS. 9 Commission \ I Wholesale Daily Receiver and Shipper of Fresti Cut Flowers Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Vaiiey, Chrysanthemums. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY. ; Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. JOHN YOUNG Spnlal American Beauties, Sarpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orohlds, and all Seaionable Floweii. 51 Wert 28th St., NBW TOBK. Tel 1905 Madlion Sq. Violets and Carnations 8R0WERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It will be to your advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER. SO West 29tli St., New York. Telephone 551 Madison Square. Franl( IMlJlang Open from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. Cat Flower Exchange, 55-57 W. 26th St. Phone 299 Madison Square. NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consignments or Shipping Orders. Satisfaction given in both. Tel. 956 Madison Sq. 115 W. 30Ui St., Naw York. Altc 48 W. 30th SI. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 66 and 67 W. 26th St. N«>VI/ Ynrk Cut Flower Exchange, I'lCW ■ uriv. OPEN 6:0O A. M. An Unequalled Outlet for Consigned Flowers. Choice Carnations. Selected Roses. Traendly&Schenck NEW YORK OTY, 38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange. New Telephone No. 7S8 <& 7S9 Madison Sq. Wbol^ale power/\arK?fe New York, May 6. Roses, Beauty, Edgely, best I0.00@20.00 " medium 6.00® 8.00 culls 50® 2.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid, best.... 5.00® 6.00 " " " ordinary .fC® 3.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 50@ 4.00 " Liberty, best, 5.00® 8.00 " " ordinary 1.00® 3. CO Carnations, fancy 3.00® 4.00 " ordinary 1.00® 2.00 Yiolets 30® .50 Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00 Cattleyas 4O.0fl®50.0O Lilies 2.0C@ 5.00 Dendrobiums 5.00® 8 00 Smilax 12.00®20.00 Adiantum 50® 1.00 Adiantum Croweanum 1.50 Asparagus 35.00@50.00 " Sprengeri. doz. bun. 2.00@3.O0 Sweet peas per hund. bun.3.0C@5.0O Lilacs per bunch .25 @ .50 Charles Millang WHOLESALE FLORIST. Conservatory connected from which can ship ferns and decorative plants promptly 50 West 29th St. NEW YORK Tel. 2230 Madison Square. Always mention the American Flo WST when writine to advertisera. FORD BROS. Receivers and Shippers ot FRESH FLOWEBS, HI West 30tli St., NEW TOBX. Telephone 157 Madison Squara. REPRESENTING EMINENT GROWERS. JuJlusLang 53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK. COMMISSION DEALER in FLOWERS Telephone 280 Madison Square. ALEX. J. GUTTMAN, Wholesale Commission Florist, A full supply dally of the choicest New York and New Jersey FLOWERS. 82 W. 20th Street, NEW YORK CIT«, Telephone 178 8 Madison Square. fl. fl. LflNGJflHR. Wholesale Commission Florist, BEST SXOWERS SHIPPED AT I,OWE8S NEW YORK PRICES. 18 Boarum Place, Brooklyn, H. Y Telephone 939 Main. Hicks & Grawbuck, WHOLESALE ELORISTS NEW YORK: 46 West 29th Street. Tel. 2798 Madison Sq. BROOKLYN, N. v.: 108 Livingston Street. Tel. 3660-3661 Main. EDW. C. HORAN, cyj 55 WEST 28TH STREET, NEW YORK. F LOWERS AI WHOLESALE. Teleph. Madison Squ; 578 The American Florist. May g. •pHE gEED TRaElE. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Waltbb p. Stokes, Pres. ; C. N. Page, First Tloe-Pres.; S. F. Willabd, Wethersfleld, Conn., Seo'y and Treas. Twenty-first annual convention, Philadelphia and Atlaatic City, June 33-25, 1903. Visited New York: W. H. H. James, of Bermuda. Visited Chicago: E. J. Deal, represent- ing W. W. Johnson & Son, of Boston, England. The Albert Dickinson Company, of Chicago, now has a branch house in Minneapolis. The next annual meeting of the Ameri- can Seed Trade Association will open at Philadelphia, June 23. Odd lots of Stowell's Evergreen sweet corn are being called for at about seven dollars per bushel for seed of good test. The season all through the corn grow- ing district is backward and the demand for early varieties is good and likely to be better. Prices firmer. The Leonard Seed Company is now located in the 5-story building, 79-81 East Kinzie street, near the C. & N. W. R. R. passenger depot. Because of the very low prices which have prevailed the whole of the past season on onion sets, seedsmen are inclined to hesitate to put their surplus seed into the ground for sets. W. H. BucKBEE, of Rockford, 111., is building a new structurefour stories high for the mail order business. The dimen- sions are 60x180 feet, affording a floor space of over 40,000 feet. The Herald, of Rochester, N. Y., claims that that city does as large a business in the common varieties of flower seeds as any place in the United States and that in a fair season the seven Rochester seed houses employ approximately 350 hands with total sales of about $500,000. French Seed Trade Notes. Paris, April 24, 1903.— At the time I mailed you my last letter, about the middle of March, we were enjoying ideal spring weather. The plants which passed unharmed through the ordeals of the hard November, December and January frosts looked well, especially cabbages, and gave hope for a good crop. Alas! what a change since. On Easter night suddenly came an abnormal cold snap, which lasted for about ten days, broken only by snow storms, and upset all the predictions made before. For the lead- ing seed growing district of western France, the thermometer, on some days, registered less than 18° Fahrenheit, and in the Auvergne region went down to 5°. The cold wave even extended, in a lesser degree, of course, to southern France. One can imagine the effect of such frosts on the vegetation which, in consequence of the fine March weather, was rather well developed. Turnips, which had already suffered a good deal during winter from frosts and insects, were not far from flowering at the time the cold came and consequently were badly damaged; they are not expected at the present date to yield more than from one- third to one-half a crop. This unfortunate circumstance is so much more to be regretted since there does not seem to exist in Europe any stocks of the strap-leaved kinds worth mentioning. The rising flower heads of the cabbages, especially the early kinds and savoys, have been severely pinched by the frosts, which cutoff the yield from fifty to sixty per cent. Owing to the scarcity of the stocks the prices of this article will in all probability rule pretty high next season. The same is true of the winter radishes. The beets and mangels have had their foliage nipped by the frost, but so far the roots do not seem to have suffered much harm. As the acreage planted in western France is, however, smaller than last season, and the plants also suffered very much in southern France, the crop will not be large. The same may be said of the car- rots, many roots having been destroyed by the worms in western France and great blanks existing in the fields of the south and center. Parsnips and parsley are just now far from being in a bright condition in the west. Spring radishes are very backward. The roots which ought to be ready for transplanting are so tiny that the work will have to be delayed for at least a fort- night. Many plantations of Paris Golden Yellow celery have been totally destroyed. Rutabagas seem to be better off than any other root crop. In flowers many sow- ings were entirely killed, nasturtiums, for instance, and will have to be replaced. Pansies have suffered a good deal. All fruit and vine growers will pay a heavy tribute to the frigid wave which sadly marred the glorious prospects. Truck- ers, too, lost heavily and had all their early dwarf peas, which were then in flower, and for the seed of which they had paid a high price, frozen. The frosts seem now to have passed over, but for several days we have had a very cold rain, which prevents all prog- ress in vegetation. We shall have to wait two or three w^eeks, that is, until growth has well started again before we know the entire extent of the damage, but prospects at the present date are not very encouraging. Theinjurious effect of the frosts extending all over the leading seed districts of Europe will in all proba- bility force the prices up and inaugurate advancing rates next fall. Seedsmen who ordered sparingly biennials for delivery of crop 1904, counting on a good crop in the tall of 1903, will do well to increase their contracts while there is still time. Parisian. Detroit. A very enjoyable banquet was given by the employes of D. M. Ferry & Company at the palm garden, this city, April 25, about seventy-five persons being present. It was the annual gathering of the employes, and the evening was spent in a happy manner. General manager Lem W. Bowen was one of those present, and he made a short address. The following programme was carried out: Remarks by the toastmaster, Tohn N. Doyle; toast, "America," Thos. E. Miner; selection, Peter P. Wright; song, Harry L. Bart- lett; toast, "President Roosevelt," H. A. Pierce; story, Theodore Cobb; toast, "The Absent Ones — the Ladies," W. A. Potter; remarks, Walter R. Robinson; song, Bert Henderson; "Pompeii," Her- bert E. Case; "Whistling Coon," John N. Doyle; "Monroe Doctrine," James W. Leney; story, Chas. T. Hayden; song, Geo. Frank; "Troubles," Ernest R. Cobb; song, Edwin J. Fuchs; selection, Roy Lawrence; topical songs, quartette; "The Outlook," Harry Pierson; remarks, Edward G. Roesser. Caladium Bulbs 4 to 6-inoh, $1.00; 6 to 7-inoh, $1.50; 7 to 9-inch, $2.50 per II 0. BEGONIA REX, named varieties, 3- inoh, $5 00; 2-inoh, $3.00 per 100. E. C, 11.50 per 100, extra good stock. PANSr PLANTS, best strains, transplanted in cold frames, in bud and bloom, 11.50 per 100. Cash or C. O. D. J. H. DANN &SON, Westfield, N. Y. R~~\ WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS* SUPPLIES. Ih^pTers""" Choice Cut riowers. Common Forns and I Flowers billed at Croons a Spoclally. | Market Prices. Send for prices on Supplies. 128 North 6th St., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. ilCE BROTHERS Mushroom Spawn Importation FERTILE. PRODUCTIVE. Ciiwlich in bricks, per 100 lbs., $g.gO f. o. b. tllgllOll Kew York, $7.00 t. o. b. Chicago. Write for prices on quantity. Vaughan*s Seed Store, CHICAGO. NEW YORK. BEAUTIES. Clean 2 l-2VYale Farm,** OUR MOTTO: QUALITY FIRST. We have, however, a sufficent quantity to supply all demands. Send for Catalogue. ARTHUR COWEE, Long Distance 'Phone 9x. Berlin, N. Y« United Slates Grower and Representative of GROFF'S HYBRIDS. GFNISTA. 2V2-inch, 75c per Doz., $5.00 per 100. Doz. 100 AllamandaWilliamsii, 2Hn $ .75 $5.00 Clerodendron Fragrans, 2+-in 75 5.00 Araucaria Excelsa, 2 to 3 tiers 5.25 3 to 4 tiers 7.50 CarexJaponIca, 24-in 80 6.00 Geraniums, (send for list) 2.50 Pansy, Pelargoniums 75 5-00 Salvias,Helio- iropes '"■''mr Asters, Coleus. Chryt- anthemums. Petunias, 2 and 2i^-inch. Daisies, Smilax Seed- lings, strong, 60c per 100; J5.00 per 1000. Prepaid. Boston Ferns, 4-inch strong, $13.00 per 100. C. HUMFELD, B'^JHB Abutilon Savitzli 75 5.00 CLAY CENTER, KAS. Weeping Lantana 45 3.00 The CONARD& JONES GO. West Grove, Pa. CARNATIONS. Rooted cuttings of all tbe leading varieties now ^-.^.CARNATIONS The Leading Novelties of 1903. Tbe Best Varieties of 1902. All the Standard Varieties. Order your Rooted Cuttings NOW. GEO. HANCOCK & SON, GRAND HAVEN. MICH. ready. Also rooted runners of Lady Campbell, Swanley Wliite and Princess of Wales Violets. Send me a list of what you want and get prices. Stoclv in fine condition. Address Chas. Chadwick, L. Box ii. Grand Rapids, Mich. Always mention the American Florist when you write to an advertiser. 580 The American Florist. May gt The Nursery T^aDE. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Chas. a. iLaBNTBiTZ, Pres. ; D. S. Lake, Vioe- PreB.; Geobgb C. Sbaobb, Rochester, N. Y., Seo'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mioh., June 10-12, 1903. B. M. KosTER, of Koster & Company, of Boskobp, who has been making an American trip, was called home by a cable message announcing the illness of his father and sailed May 6. Frost Destroys French Stocks. Paris, April 24-, 1903.— It may interest your readers in the nursery business to know that the sowings of Mahaleb, Myrobolan, planes, etc., have been destroyed by the frost around Orleans. Parisian. American Association of Nurserymen. We are in receipt of the preliminary programme of the twenty-seventh annual convention of the American Association of Nurserymen, which will be held at Detroit, Mich., June 10-12. Arrange- ments have been made for papers and discussions as follows: Prof. L. H. Bailey, "The Whole Question of Varieties." J. H. Hale, "The Relation Between the Nur- seryman and the Commercial Fruit Grower," discussion by Howard A.Chase, H. W. CoUingwood, J. M. Irvine. Frank B. White, "Publicity for Nurserymen," discussion by R. T. Olcott, J. M. Irvine, L. H. Bailey, J. H. McFariand, H. W. CoUingwood. F. W. Taylor, "What the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Offers to Nurserymen." H. W. CoUingwood, "The Nurseryman as the Editor Sees Him." William Pitkin, "Insurance for Nursery- men," discussion by George C. Perkins, E. Albertson, D. S. Lake. Howard A. Chase,"The Agency Business — Its Import- ance to the Nursery Interests, and the Dangers that Beset it," discussion by C. L. Watrous, Howard Davis. G. L. Taber, "The Nursery Interests of the South," discussion by R. C. Berckmans, N. W. Hale, W. F. Heikes, and other features. Surplus M Per 100 4000 Mareohal Niel Eoses, 2y-lnch, nice stock »3.50 3000 Clothilde Soupert Eoses, 2!i-inoh 3.00 ■' 2=^-inch 3.60 000 Champion of the World Roses, (Mrs. Degraw),2M-iDch 3.00 3000 Coleus, assorted, strong, 2'i-inch 3.00 lOOO Dahlias, assorted, strong, 2;4-inch 4.00 .500 Clematis, Jaokmanni, strong, 4-inoh . . 18 03 1000 Geraniums, E. H. Trego, 2)i-inoh 8,00 " E. H. Trego, 4-inoh 13.00 2000 Geraniums, Assorted, 2V4-inch 3.60 4-inch 8.00 3003 Hardy Perennial Phlox, fine named, 2 years, strong P. 00 Hardy Perennial Phlox, fine named, 2Ji-inch 4.00 Hardy Perennial Phlox, mixed, 2 years, strong 5 00 Salvia, St. Louis, 2K-inch 4.00 Ageratum, Stella Gurney, 2}i-inoh .... 4.00 Althernanthera, red and yellow, 2-in. . 2.50 1000 Hydrangeas, Hortensis, Thomas Hogg and Mariesie. 6-inoh pots 15.00 4-inoh pots 10.00 2>4-inch pots 4.00 Phoenix Nursery Co., 1215 N, Park St„ BL00MIN6T0N, ILL. at iiiiimititinutitiiuitiiitititiiiiiiitmnniit i t aiiuummmtuitiiiiiitim e I Two=Year=01d Dormant, I I Pield=Qrown Roses. 3 This Stock is first-class and of the right kinds; well branched, good fibrous roots, c 3 Our cold-storage cellar, 28x1,50 feet, built especially for this class of stock, contains C 3 25,000 of these Hybrid Perpetual Roses. Personal Inspection Invited. *" I $11.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. 3 Ball of Snow Mme. G. Luizet Mme. Plantier a Coquette Des Alpes Magna Charta Perle des Blanches a John Hopper Mme. Chas. Wood Ulrich Brunner Mrs. John Laing $18.00 per 100. Glory Lyonaise Baroness Rothschild Margaret Dickson Paul Neyron La France Crimson Rambler 2 year strong $15.00 per lOO Dorothy Perkins " " 20.00 " Cumberland Belle " " 12.00 Moss Roses " " lO.OO " Clematis Large Flowering, such as Jackmanni, Henrii and many others. 2 year old |3.50 per doz. 25.00 3 year old 4.00 " 30.00 " Ampelopsis Veitchii, 3 year strong, 3x4 ft 16.00 '■ Actinidia, Silver Sweet Vine, 3 year old 20.00 " Wistaria, Purple 4x6 ft 3.00 " Wistaria, White " 5.00 Paeonies Asst., White, Pink and Red, best double sorts, strong clumps, 3 to 5 eyes 10.00 per 100 Vaughan's Seed Store, il Barclay St., New York 84-86 RandolphSt.Chicago a GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. arimfmimmTmTmTimmTmTmTTnTmTfTmmnmmmnmnmmimmTmnnTinnmiB 10,000 California Privet Extra Strong Stock. 3 1-2 to 4 feet. Makes hedges at once. $10.00 per hundred. 1.00 per dozen ^-^ j^ T^ff'T^y 7^ S& -^'1 leading varieties from 4-inch pots, $1.00 per dozen; $7.00 I>ra.oeeiia. Indi^isa. d';rn;Twe?hn'idfei° ^'^ SIEBRECHT & SON, ^,^1,. New Rochelle, N. Y. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. A Magnificent Forcing Rose. Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 957, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from 3V2-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received. 25 or 50 plants at 100 rate. R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. CALIFORNIA PRIVET. 2 to 3 feet $25.00 per 1000; $2.75 per 100. IVa to 2 feet. . . . 20.00 per 1000; 3.40 per 100. 12 to 18 inches. 11.00 per 1000; 1.25 per 100. Privet cuttings, ready for shipment, 1.35 per IflOO; 5000 and up, $1.00 per 1000. Packing tree. F. O. U. Cash with order. ATLANTIC COAST NURSERIES, Office: 606, 4tli Ave., ASBURY PARK, N. J. Please mention the American F'orist when writing. Dahlias and Gladioli From EAST BRIDBEWATER Dalilla Gardens. If you are looking for something new and wish to keep up-to-date, send for my spring catalogue. J. K.ALEXANDER. EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. f^ase mention the American Florist when vj*-iitn^. igoj. The American Florist. 581 NATIONAL FLORISTS Board of Trade, OHices: 56 Pine St., NEW YORK. CREDIT REFERENCE BOOK. A subscription to our Credit List will cost vou 110 a year, and it may sine you $100 tlie first nionth. SPECIAL REPORTS. We make a specialty of this part of our work, and spare neither trouble nor money to j:et for our clients the very latest and most'reliable information as to the standing of anv person concerning whom inquiries are made.' COLLECTIONS. We collect slow and doubtful accounts. Whv not go through your books at once, and send us all the chums that are in arrears' Call and see us when you are in the city. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michigan Cut Flower Excliange. FANCY FERNS, »1.50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. Give ua a trial for Ferns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, II. 00 per 1000. 26 Miami Ave.. DETROIT, MICH. Roses Wanted, 20,000 2-year, low budded roots, bushes 24 inch( stock in 30 lending 1903. Address if you c varieties vou have. on Manetti or dog rose and up, strong, vigorous arieties. Deliverer Nov., n offer such stock," stating MANN, the Seedsman, Portland, Ore, The Royal Tottenham Nurseries, Ltd, DIDEMSVAART, near ZWOILE, NFTHERLAf^DS. Headquarters for Hardy Perennials. Peonies, Iris Germanica and Krempferi, Anemones, Phlox Deeussata. choice Alpine plants. Hardy Ericas. Tritoma. Hardy Ferns, Delphiniums. Novelties in this line a specialty. Conifers (special young stock). Hydrangeas, Rhododendrons and Azaleas. We grow also some 8 acres of Daffodils. Special quotations toward April. Ask for Catalogue. P. Loef Az & Co., Wholesale Nurserymen BOSKOOP. HOLLAND. p. J. VAN HEININGEN, Repraientative. care of Multus a- Ware, 136 Water .St., New York. le and see us and inspect our Gouda is our railroad depot. HARDY, FANCY ORNAMENTAL NURSERY STOCK. J. Blaauw & Co., BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Catalogue free on demand. Headquarters for the famousColoradoBlue Spruces, purest, bluest strain J. DIJKHUIS&CO. BOSKOOP-HOLLAND. QUALITY. QUANTITY. Ask our prices for AZALEAS, RHODODENDRONS, PEONIES, KOSES, HARDY EVERGREENS, CLEMATIS, Etc. Price List Free on Application. THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD Is the short line to the East and the service equal to the best, ■^'ou will save time and money by traveling over this line. It has three through daily express trains, with through vestibuled sleeping-cars and Ameri- can Club Meals, ranging in price from 35c to $1.00, are served in Nickel Plate dining-carsj also a la carte service. Try a trip over the Nickel Plate Road and you will find the ser- vice equal to any between Chicago and the East. Chicago depot: Harrison St. and Fifth Ave, City Ticket Offices 1 1 1 Adams St. and Audi- torium Annex, John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 1 1 3 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago. ■Phone Central 2057., 1 EVERGREENS As grown at Qlenwood the Best in the United States. The Glenwood Nurseries offer the finest trees both EVER- GREEN and DECIDUOUS. FLOWERING SHRUBS and VINES of all sizes in general assortment. New TRADE LIST Ready. Special quotations to large buyers. The Wm. n. MOON CO. 60 Miles from New York. 30 Miles from Plilladelphla. Morrisville, Pa. strong two year plants, pot grown, beautiful plants in 10 to 15 leading kinds. All colors. 25o each: J2.50 per dozen: ^O.OO per 100. One year. SI 50 per dozen: $12.00 per 100. Violttc, Princess of Wales. Strong plants for immediate planting, $3.00 per 100. F. A. BALLER, Bloomlnaton, III. Please mention the American Florist when writing Fine Grafted Bearing Sizes. Per 100 12-inch, bushy, from 4-inoh pots $20 00 15-18 inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots 30.00 10-12 in., bushy, from 4-in pots 20.00 Kin Kans I amnnc '^"'^ in., bushy, from 4-in. pota.. LCiiiUilO 18-24 in., bushy, from 4-in. pots Oranges, Lemons, Limes, ^Tm e'n plants, well-branched, 3-4 ft. $2 to $3 each. Clematis Apiifolia thlT 'S^^rt Paniculata, but blooms earlier and lasts lontjer; strong plants from 3-inch pots.... Ficus Elastica lJ-°iii°nch.".^!?: i^entia ueimoreana leaves, s-in. pots'.. 18.00 Plioenix Reclinata and Farinifera 12-15 in., 4 in , pots 15 00 (Not less than 40 of a class at 100 rate.) OnnnQA (Dormant Roots). 2-3eyestoeach UaMlldO division, best sorts, $15.00 per 1000 (Not less than 400 of a class at 1000 rate.) Latanias, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE P. J. BERGKMANS G0.«-> FRUITLAND NURSERIES, Eitablished 1856. AUGUSTA. GA. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. 582 The American Florist. May g. Our pasTiMES. Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and ^^xjrting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.: Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. At Washingrton. The following games were rolled by the local bowlers April 29: Player. 1st 3d 3d T'l Geo. H. Cooke 171 l.'ie 1.51 478 W.H.Ernst 167 152 VA 471 Oehmler 134 151 173 457 C. L. Barber, Jr 135 149 16J 446 .J. Stine 130 134 158 422 W.Clark 133 115 171 418 A. Each 175 133 113 411 C. W. Wolf 168 101 139 408 W.S.Clark 101 1-4 141 386 G.L.Barber 101 133 137 371 J. Minder 99 119 133 351 F.Miller 89 98 131 308 P. G. At Cleveland. The following are the scores recorded at the last meeting: Player. 1st 2d 3d T'l B.Hart 160 143 139 4J3 W. Stade 163 129 155 447 A.Graham 105 118 223 C. Kartell 97 108 305 C.Schmidt....; .....139 101 230 Merriman .'. 89 109 198 Kelly 110 142 157 409 Brown 145 195 149 489 Wasson 134 129 177 430 H. Hart 103 102 A. Hart 118 166 121 305 Piggot 83 104 187 GuyBate 117 117 G.Gray 133 126 269 0. G. At PhUadelphia. There has not been much heard about the pins falling Irom this quiet village lately, but the game still goes on, and as the great event of the season approaches the feeling that something must be done grows more intense. The matches in which competition will decide who are to comprise the team will commence in a short time, and there will certainly be a strenuous time as at least eighteen men will be in the struggle for the seven places, six bowlers and one substitute. The bowling fever has caught the town and a great many new alleys are being built, but still there seems roomformore. The latest set is in a building on Chest- nut street, below Tenth street, virhere twenty-four alleys are being laid. This with twenty-four billiard and pool tables, it is said, will make the finest amusement place of its kind in the world. Following are the averages lor April of those who bowled more than ten games: Dunham 176 Mooney 168 Yates 167 Moss 167 .Tohnson 164 Elmerman 163 Allen 182 Westcott 161 Holmes 161 Harris 160 Rieberock ■. 158 Moore 153 Starkey 157 Bonsafl 1&5 Graham 155 Falck 154 Watson 153 Connor 153 McLoster 150 Anderson 145 Seaman 144 Dunlop 142 Baker 143 Burton 138 K. At Chicago. The following are the scores of the bowlers here in the game rolled off on Tuesday, May 5, also a list of averages: Player. 1st 2d 3d T'l Geo. Stollery 179 147 196 522 L. Sohaffer 170 146 144 460 C.M.Dickinson 154 125 106 385 F.StoUery 181 171 170 522 E. F. Winterson 171 172 124 467 J. Sterrett 177 130 117 434 C. Pruner 170 161 193 524 Geo. Scott 193 127 124 443 •I. Zech 118 158 153 428 C. BallufE 161 162 139 462 Geo.Asmus 185 168 166 519 Jno. Lambros 159 166 151 476 E.Enders 130 140 168 438 W. Kreitling 103 137 92 332 AVERAGES. Player. Games. Average. J. Foerster 6 189 G. Stollery 12 171 J. Lambros 12 164 F. Stollery 12 163 G. Asmus 12 160 C. Pruner 9 160 E. Winterson 12 157 C. BallufF 9 156 P.J. Hauswirth 9 151 E. Enders 3 146 J. Zech 3 143 F. Matti 6 148 L. Sohaffer 12 139 Metz 3 136 J. Sterrett 9 133 CM Dickinson 3 128 C. Hunt 3 115 W. Kreitling 9 114 Corrections. In the advertisement of A. J. Baldwin, Newark, Ohio, which has appeared in our columns several times, the price of alter- nantheras was given as $2 per 1000 when $2 per hundred was intended. In the advertisement of H. F. janssen, Springfield, 111., in our issue of May 2, cabbage plants were quoted at $1 per 1000 when the price should have been $3 per 1000. THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY'S 1903 Directory (JUST OUT.) is a book invaluable to every one who does a wholesale business in the Florist, Nurscr-y or Seed trades. Fully revised to date, it contains thousands of new names never before accessible and, by reaching only live people, will save many times its cost in postag;e for every one who catalogues even a part of the trade. J- ^ J- J- J- J^ J- All names are arranged by States and Towns, also alphabetically. Full list of the private gardeners of the United States and much other information completely indexed. Sent postpaid OH receipt of $2.00. American florist Co., 324 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL tgo3. The American Florist. 588 -e.t^tit^ti'^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^t^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^^'^'^^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^ 1^ j^ GOOD STOCK, LARGE CUTS AND ALL GOODS SHIPPED At Chicago Market Rates. KENNICOTT BROS. COMPANY WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 'Z^^^^^V:^ FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 42 and 44 E. Randolph St. CHICAGO, ILL. Chrysanthemums—Rooted Cuttings. WHITE. YELLOW. TIMOTHY EATON, C] 50 Per 100 ^OL. APPLETON, W. H. CHADWICK, ^ " MAJOR BONNAFFON, GEO. S. KALB, $'250 Per 1000 MRS. J. JONES, JEROME JONES. GOLDEN BEAUTY. -9 Rose Plants. 2 1-2-INCH. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDE 4.00 36.00 PERLE 4.00 35.00 GOLDEN GATE 3.00 25.00 OLIVERAMES 4.00 35.00 IVORY 4.00 35.00 All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. Rooted Carnation Cuttings PINK. Per 100 Per 1000 LAWSON $2.00 $17 50 GUARDIAN ANGEL 1.25 10.00 JOOST 1.00 8.00 CROCKER 1.25 10.00 MARQUIS 1.00 8.00 VARIEGATED. PROSPERITY 1.50 12.00 WHITE. FLORA HILL 1.25 lO.OO WHITE CLOUD 1.25 10.00 NORWAY 2.00 17.50 QUEEN LOUISE 2.00 17.50 RED. CRANE 2.00 17.50 EVANSTON 1.25 10.00 INE 1.25 10.00 GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. Rose Plants Per 100 Per 1000 SODV. DE PIERRE NOTTING. .$8.00 |75.t0 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 55.00 KAISERIX 3.50 30.00 BRIDESMAID 3.50 30.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY, 3 From 2 1-2-inch Pots Per 100 Per 1000 SUNRISE $7.00 BRIDE 3.50 GOLDEN GATE 2.50 PERLE 3.50 $65.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 Pots $7.00 per 100: $65.t0 ptT 1000. All plants sold under express condition thai if not satisfactory tliey are to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Rose Plants.. FROM 3-INCH POTS. Strong. Per 100 lOOO American Beauty $6.00 $55.00 Bridesmaid 4.00 35.00 Brides 4.00 35.00 Golden Gate 4.00 35.00 Meteors 3.00 25.00 Michael Winaudy, Oreenhouses: 406 DEVON AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL. Tel. 642 Rogers Parib American Beauties From 2x3-inch Rose Pots, S6.00 per 100; S50.00 per 1000. JOSEPH HEACOCK. WYNCOTE, near Philadelphia, Pa. ■^^^^^■^ M!SV /^ IWI^rCL Good, clean, strong plants from i^Vf ^C r^LAl.1^ 1 ^ ay^-inch pots. AMERICAN BEAUTY. $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. Brides $3.00 per 100; $2.5.00 per 1000 Meteors »S.00pcrl00; $25 00 per 1000 Bridesmaids 3.U0perl00: 25 OU per 1000 Ivory 3.00 per ICO; 25 00 per 1000 J. A. BUDLONG. 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. Meteor Rose Plants. 3i-inch, S5.00 per 100; $47.50 per 1000. ■ Cash with order unless parties known. These plants are guaranteed extra choice. LIBERTY. 3-inch. $8.00 per 100. FOREST CLEN P. O. BRANT & NOE, Geo. Wittbold Co., 1657 Buckingham PI., CHICAGO, ILL. enj for Price List on all Palms and Ferns PLEASE MENTION US TO OUR ADVERTISERS. 584 The Am'erican Florist. May g^ Omaha. . FLORAL DECORATIONS AT BANQUET TO PRESIDENT. — COLD WEATHER WORKS MUCH INJURY. -OUTDOOR WORK DELAYED. President Roosevelt and party visited Omaha, April 27,' and the Omaha club arranged a sumptuous dinner for the visitors. The floral decorations were of the most lavish character. The table was laid for 100 guests and the decora- tion consisted of pink and white and gar- lands; hanging from the ceiling were of electric light, red, white and blue inter- woven with green. Running along the center of the table was a string of elec- tric lights interwoven with asparagus and white and pink carnations. In front of the president stood a model of a steam- boat and on the right and left were can- nons of pink and white carnations. Hess & S woboda supplied the artists and mate- rial for the decorative work. On April 30 we had a very disastrous snow storm in this section of the coun- try. Most of the florists had their car- nations planted outdoors, and were it not for the snow^ which covered them, they would have perished, as the ther- mometer went as low as 23°. Early small fruits and apples suffered very- much and the grapes are almost all gone. Trade this spring is backward so far, as very little bedding stock has been sold on account of the cold and wet weather. Cut flowers sell readily and there is no surplus to be had anywhere. Grippe. Danville, III.— The florists of this section were apprehensive of considerable danger from the recent cold weather, but no serious loss has been reported to date. F. B. Smith & Son have put out 5,000 carnation plants. Gov. Lowndes The finest white Carnation to date. Awarded Certificate of Merit at Broolslyn, scoring 91 points; the highest number awarded to any seedling. It was also recently awarded First Prize and Medal over all other whites at Cin- cinnati. Extra fine cuttings for delivery in April, $2.50 per doz. ; $12 per 100; $100 per 1000. . Enchantress, Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt, Harlowar- den, Sibyl, Marshall Field, Pres. McKinley, White Bradt, Fragrance. $2.60 per doz.; $12.00 perlOO: $100.00 per 1000. Per Doz. Per 100 Per 1000 ADONIS $3.00 $14.00 $120.00 HER MAJESTY 2.00 10.00 80.00 LILLIAN POND 2.00 10.00 7S.0O INNOCENCE.... 6.00 50.00 Other Leading, New and Standard Varieties. H. WEBER & SONS, OAKLAND, MARYLAND. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Carnations Field-grown plants. Send for list of varieties and prices. This is not left over stock but raised especially for Pall sales, therefore very fine. Chicago Carnation Co., 25,000 CARNATIONS %"t"SSce"" Crocker, Lord, Crane, Cloud, Hill, McGowan, Joost, McRichard, fine red, and Scott, $1.50 per 100: 813.00 per lOOi. lO.roO Potted Cannas 6c I Best named 20,000 Dormant Cannas 2c (" sorts. 500 Caladiums started in sand, ec. 1,000 Ampelopsis Veitchi dor. , large top, $4 per 100. Cash please. Send for List. BENJ. CONNELL, West Grove, Pa. Young Rose Plants. (0 Our GRAFTED plants are all selected stock and carefully grafted on flowering wood. ^ GRAFTED BRIDES, 2+-inch pots per 100, $10.00 M GRAFTED LIBERTIES, 2i-inch pots per 100, 15.00 M BRIDES, own roots, 2i-inch pots per 100, 3.50 per 1000, $25.00 S^ BRIDESMAIDS, own roots, 24-inch pots per 100, 3.50 per 1000, 25.00 M GOLDEN GATES, own roots, 2Wnch pots per 100, 3.50 per 1000, 25.00 14, EXTRA FINE KAISERIN, 3-inch pots, 1-year-old per 100, 10.00 ™ EXTRA FINE KAISERIN, aWnch pots per 100, 5.00 No plant order for less than 1 00 of a variety filled at the above prices. All orders will be shipped from our Greenhouses at Hinsdale, 111. Bassett & Washburn, 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti- vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. $5.00 per doz.; $30 per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT CRAIG & SON, Market and 49th Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. r: HRYSaNTHEMUMS. ESTELLE, (Altick) $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100 Lady Fifzwygram, white and yellow, Lady Harriet 4.00 per 100 Willowbrook, Timotliy Eaton and Col. Appleton 3.00 per 100 From 2-inch pots. Carnation Cuttings in tlie New and Standard Varieties. Chrysanthemum Cuttings CoL Applelon, Rooted Cuttings 81.75 per 100; 2i4-iiich pots $3.50 per 100. T. Eaton, Rooted Cuttings 1.75 per 100; 2H-inoh pots 2.50 per 100. AMERICAN BEAUTIES, fine 2Vi-in. stock, $5.00 per 100. GRAVE MYRTLE, strong clumps $6.00 per 100 HOLTON k HINKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis. CHRYSANTHEMUMS SSt^^gs G. Kalb. Polly Rose. Glory of the Pacific, Ivory, white and pink; Mrs. H. Robinson, Mrs. Murdock, P. B. Hayes, Yellow Monarch, M. Henderson, R. Halliday, W. Molatach, Bonnaffon, Appleton and many others, $1.25 per 100: $10.00 per lOCO. T. Eaton, $1.51) per 100. Cash with order. C. F. NEIPP, Aqueduct, Jamaica P. O., Woodhaven Station, L. I., N. Y. From 214- Incli Pots. 20,000 'MUMS T. Eaton, Appleton, Bonnaffon, Maud Dean, Mrs. Jones. Ivory and many more at $3.25 per 100; 300 our selection for ^.00. Liberal count to help pay express. If you are in the market for large num- ber write us "for special price. 'Phone connection. C00L1DGE BROS., South Sudbury, Mass. 1903. The American Florist. 585 Dracaena Indivisa FOR VASES. A fine;.lot of 6-inch pot plants in excellent condition, $3.50 per dozen; 835.00 per 100. Ampclopsis Veitchi. ^ji"o°oo p°er ?*."""""' ""' '""'"• *''' ""' '"'''"• Ampelopsis Virglnica. ""IS-o.m pe^ioo.""""' ■"" """"'• *'•'' "" '"'•'"= Clematis, Large flowered. Hardy English Ivies. In variety;' 5- inch pot plants, $3.50 per do/.en $25.00 per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA. A fine lot of 4-inch pot plants, 3 feet high, 3 to 5 shoots, $1.25 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. HENRY A. DRE[R, 714 6ll6Sinui SI, rHILflDELPHIfl. ORANPIfLORA Jasmine Buds. Our buds are extra giiod this season. An experienced packer. Your buds will reach you in good condition. PRICES. 85.00 per 1000: 75c per 100. F. 0. B. TERMS. Cash with order. Address Capt . J. M Weems, ALVIN, TEXAS. NEW CROP Dagger Ferns Now ready. $1.50 per 1000. Fine lot Fancy Ferns, $1.50 per 1000. Galax, Green or Bronze, 75o per •000. Moss. SOc per bbl. sack. Laurel Festooning. No. 1 quality, fresh every day, 4c. 5c and 6c per yard. Laurel and Pine Wreaths, just what you want for your Memorial day trade. Order them now and your Ferns and you will be sure to get the best to be had, when you want them and on time. Ground Pine, by the pound if wanted. Long distance telephone connections. Telegraph Office, New Salem, Slass. NlillinKton, Mass. TeL office, New Salem. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMiLAX CWhsro Quality is First Consideration.) Writs, Wira or Phone the Introducers, CaUw»(l Tho Woodsman Co., Evorgroon, Ala. or their agents; L. J. Kreshover. New York; J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; W. F. Kasting, Buffalo; J. M. McCullough's Sons, Cincinnati, Ohio; H. G. Berning, tot. Louis. Mo. Always mention the American Flo- rist when writing to advertisers. You Make the Price. ELLIOTT'S is the only plant auction house running in New York. No finer lot of plants and nursery stock has ever been offered than we are putting up every Tuesday and Friday this spring. The selection includes everything for spring planting and of the choicest quality. Step in and examine. If unable to attend in person send your bids. Wm. Elliott & Son, 54 Dey Street, ...NEW YORK. DaggerFernsforMemorialDay We would respectfully inform the trade that our new crop Dagger Ferns are now ready and are A No. 1 quality. Be sure and order them early to avoid disap- pointment. We carry a full assortment of Florists' Hardy Supplies, as follows: Galax, Bronze and Green, $1.00 per 1000. Leucothoe Sprays, Hardy Ferns, Moss, Bouquet Green. Laurel Festooning, Ec and 6c per yard. B ndle Laurel, Etc. New crop Dagger Ferns, $1.50 per 1000. E.\tra choice ferns, $2.00 per 1000. Try ^ss us with an order. Order direct from headquarters. HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., TtLEPHO^E. 2618 MAIN. 36 COURT SQUARE. BOSTON. MOST EXTENSIVE TEA.DE IN Grandif lora Cape Jessamine Buds IN UNITED STATES. ETABLISHED 1894. Season of 1903; May 15th to June 12th. 'Quick Time" orders and "Guaranteed Arrivals" our specialties. C. W. BENSON, Alvin, Tex. Galax^Leucothoes. Selected, Bright and Brilliant. Wholesale Trade Solicited I. L. BANNER & CO., Monlezu), N. C. GALAX Bronze or Green, $1.00 per 1000. 75c per 1000 in .5000 lots. Leuoo- thos Sprays, bronze or green, $1.00 per 100; Fancy Perns, $2.00 per lOOO; Green Sheet Moss, fresh stock, 13.50 per bbl. sack; Sphagnum Moss, $1.75 per bale; Small Green Galax for violets, $1.00 per 1000. All kinds of florists' supplies. ■ ■ VQCCUnVFR Tel. 597 Madison ■-. J. KHCdnUTCn, Square. 110-112 W. 27th St., New York. 586 The American Florist. May p. Lowell, Mass. CHANGES IN WEATHER DISASTROUS TO BUSINESS AND VEGETATION. — GLUT OF STOCK.— PARK SUPERINTENDENT CHOSEN. The past week has been the dullest since Easter, nothing doing at all. Then we have had a touch of real summer weather, vrith the thermometer standing at 85° for about three days, which caused a large accumulation of stock which was hard to dispose of. This unexpected hot weather coming so soon, vegetation started growing at a good rate, espe- cially the early flowering shrubs. The unusual warmth even started the public inquiring for bedding plants to set out, but on the night of May 1 we had a severe frost, a change of 40° inside of twenty-four hours, which had severe effect on the already started vegetation. Some of the magnolias in full bloom were a sorry looking sight next morning. All turned black and the lilacs, which are in bud, must have suffered greatly. With business at such a standstill, and the supply of flowers accumulating at a great rate there is a vast difference in prices, carnations especially. Good Law- son and Crane are selling for $1.50 to $2 per hundred, while superb Fairmaid only fetches 3 cents at present. Some varie- ties good enough for design work can be bought for almost any price. Chas. Whittet was chosen superintend- ent of parks and commons by the new park commissioners at their first meeting. May 4. The commissioners voted to ask Mr. Olmsted, of Boston, one of the best landscape architects in New England, to come to Lowell and assist in formulating a plan along which the commissioners will proceed. The nurserymen around here are being rushed with orders. A good many trees were planted on Arbor day. Clayton, Mo.— The St. Louis Carna- tion Company has completed the plant- ing out of carnations. New Haven, Conn.— The schedules are out for the third annual exhibition of the N. H. County Horticultural Society which will take place on November 10-12. Secretary Thos. Pettit can supply copies. NEW PEDIGREE ROSES. Send for description and colored plate of our Six New Climbing Roses. These originated in our own collection by careful cross-fertilization and are unquestionably superior to anything of their class. EDWIN LONSDALE, pale lemon white. WM. K. HARRIS, pale flesh color. WIW. F. DREER, creamy white, pink edging. PROF. C. S. SARGENT, rich yellow and buff. ROBERT CRAIG, yellow shaded with apricot. JOHN BURTON, delicate peach color. All fragrant, very double, undeniably hardy and strong growers. HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS, Maple Avenue Nurseries. WEST CHESTER. PA. Clothilde Soupert, Coquette des Blanches, Gen. Jacqueminot, La, Reine, Crimson Rambler, La Prance, Coquette des Alps, etc. Large flowered Clematis, 2-year, dormant, or from 5-inch pots at 18c; 1-year or from 3-inch pots at 9c. Finest purple, white, lavender and red sorts. Clematis Paniculata, 2- year, dormant, 6c; from 5-in. pots, ISc; extra, from 6-inch pots 18c. Packing free for Cash. W. n. SALTER, ROCniSTERp N. Y. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Gold Medal Pansies rriaelii'e^LfrrG™; Yellow Parisian, Cecile and Marguerite Daisy, new, extra Beaconsfleld. etc. Beaulieu's Hardy Onion, white and red. Testimonial, prices and sample free. BEAULIEU. Woodhaven, N. Y. TAKE NOTICE. Secure Bargains now for DECORATIUN DAY. 1 00,000 of Choica Bedding Plants are Ready Now to Ship al once. Pelargoniums, .^^-inch 20o each; Per 100 Ageratum, blue, 4-inoh $5.00 Geraniums, La Pilot double scarlet; Mme. Thibaut, double pink: La Favorite, double white; S. A.Nutt. double crimson, and Ivy Geraniums, 4-inch poi s $6.00 to 7.00 Mixed, 4-inch 5.00 Scarlet Sag», best varieties, 4-inch $6.00 to 7.00 Lantanas, 4-inch 7.00 Begonias, Yernon, red and Erfordi, pink, 4-inoh 7.00 He'iotrope. 4-inoh 6.00 Stocks, double, all colors, 4-inch 7.00 Single 5.00 Fuchsias. 4 to 5-inch $5.00 to 7.00 Cobaea Scandens, blue, 4-inoh 6 to Nasturtiums, dwarf, all colors,. 4-inch...; 5.00 Penwinkle, Vinca Variegata, 4-inch 8.00 Dracaena Indivjsa, broad-leaved, imported, srown in 7-inch pots, about 30 inches high .50c to 75c each. Small plants as follows, out of 2^^. to 3-inch, pots, at the rate of $3 00 per 100: Phlox, Drummondi grandiflora. Verbenas, raised from best strain of beeds, mammoth varieties, have lO.COO. Petunias, single, California Giant,, fringed and ruffled, all colors and dwarf variegated. Lobelia, dwarf and trailing. Thunbergia, Trades^ cantia. Torenia Fournieri blue; Forget-me-not, Cuphea, Centaurea Candidiasima, Dusty Miller, Alternantheras. red and yellow Coleus, A'erschaf- feltii. Queen Victoria, Golden Bedder 25 of above sold at 100 rate. Azalea Mollis, large, hardy, in 6-inch pots, 20c. Araucaria Excelsa. 2,5(J0-just arrived ou Steamer- Pennland from Antwerp, unusually fine stock, the cream of the exporter's greenhouses, 3, 4 and 5- tiers at import prices, 50c 60c to 75c. Kentia Beimoreana and Forsteriana, 5 leaves, 25. to 30 inches higii, 75c, See extra Ad for Moon Vines. Please send, money with order. GODFREY ASCHMANN, Wholuale Grower and importir el Pet Planti 1012 Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA. PAN$IE8 50,000 Now in Bloom. E Extra large field-grown plants They are the kind I THAT SELL Per 100 Per 1000 $2 00 20.00 T. J. Corbrey ";:^i.nst 23-33 S. Harlem Ave., OAK PARK, ILL GERANIUMS! GERANIUMS! Splendid stock of best bedders. sturdy, cool- grown stock, 2'4-inch, S3.00 per 100; 3-inch. »4.50: 4-inch. $7.00. Varbsnas, »2.50perl00. Double Fringad Petunias, 4-in. in bud and bloom, $6.00 per 100. IRoses! ^os^s! XSos^is! Brides, Maids, Golden Gates. E. C., »1.50 per 100; $12.50 per lOOO. Perles. Meteors, $17.50 per 1000. Ivory. $20.00 per lOCO; 2y-in.. $3 per 100, Ivory 84. PANSiES — A superb stock. Irom the very high- est priced seed, which we guarantee unsurpassed in the country^ large branchv plants, in bloom, $20.00 per 1000, worth it. 100 per cent profit in them at this price. Light packing. W. H. CULLETT & SONS, Lincoln, iil. 100,000 PANSIES Tiie Jennings Strain. Stoeic tlie Finest. Plenty of Pansies in Bloom Now. Good strong plants. $4.00 per 1000. Fine' cold frame plauts in bud and bloom, 81.50 per 100; smaller size, $1.00 per 100. Above bv express Small plants by mail. 75'-. per 10 . Seed, $1.00 per packet of 3000. Cash with order. E. B. JENNINGS, Lock Box 254, SOUTIIPORT. CONN. GROWER OF THE FINEST PANSiES. GERMAN PANSIES The Ne Plus Ultra strain is the best that money can buy. We have them in large quantities; grown in cold frames, and all transplanted. Fine plants in bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Cash with order. ANDREWS BROS., 2794 Detroit St., LAKEWOOD. 0. (near Cleveland). It is good business policy to mention The.... AMERICAN FLORIST When you write to an advertiser. Early Parisian, earliest of all asters, white and pink. Queen of the Market, white, red, purple, light blue> scarlet and pink. Ostrich Feather, large and double to the center^ white and pink. Semple's Branching, lavender, purple, bright pink. Daybreak and red. All the above 40c per 100: 83.00 per 1000, prepaid. Hohenzollern The largest of all asters, 7 inches- ac^o^s, double to the center, long stems. Sunlight pure yellow, new, fine delicate shade. Salmon, (uew), fine color. Japan Aster, (new), beautiful rose pink overlaid with a delicate coppery shade. The above four varieties 60c per 100: ?5.00 per 1000. Express prepaid on all aster plants. Large stock ready. DES MOINES PLANT COMPANY^ 38th St., DES MOINES, IOWA. Wiii not last long at these prices. They are good plump roots, average 2 eyes; Allemauia, Mile Berat, Defender, Gloire Lyonnaise, Paul Marquant $1.00 per 100, $9 00 per 1000. Mrs. E. A. McKeand, F. Vaughan and Mme. Crozy, $1.75 per 100. Beaute Poitevine, J. D. Eisele, P. Billard and Souv. de A. Crozy, $3.00 per 100. Egandale, $3.50 per 100. W. W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind. KOOTK.D CCTTtNG^.. 48 varieties of Coleus, all named and plenty of Golden Beddes, 70c per ICO; $6.0D per lOOO. Ageratums, P. Pauline, Stella Gurney and others,' 60c per 100: $5.00 per KOJ. 14 varieties of Helio- tropes. $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000. Pelunias i>bl., $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Salvias. 6 varieties. $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000. Alyssums, Dbl. and Single Giants, $1.00 per 100. Express prepaid ou E. C. Cash with orders. S. D. Brant, Clay Center. Kas. TheHorticultural Trade Journal THE LARGEST, BRIGItTEST AND BEST Hoitioultural Trade paper in the British Isles. It contains MOEE ADVEETISEMENTS, MOBC ILLUSTRATIONS and MOEE NEWS than any' ol its contemporaries. Read by the whole of the- British trade and all the best European hoosea' every week. Annual s.'ibscription, 75 cents. Specimen copy post free. Publisned weekly. Horticultural Trade Journal Co- Padlhani. Lanes.. Ens. TAKE A TRIP over the Nickel Plate Road and be convinced of its superior train service. Solid through daily express trains between Chicago, Ft. Wayne, Findlay, Fostoria, Erie, Buffalo, New York City and Boston. American Club Meals. rang:ing in price from 3Sc to $1.00,. served in Nickel Plate dining cars; also service a la carte. Rates always the lowest. No- excess fare charged on any train ori the Nickel Plate Road. Chicago depots Hirrison St. and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Offices, 111 Adams St., and Auditorium Annex. John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago. 'Phone Central, 2057. 2 Mention the American Florist when writing to advertisers on this page. ' igo3. The American Florist. 587 SPECIAL OFFER, Siebrectit & Son, Rose Hill Nurseries, NEW ROCHELLE, N V. Areca Lutescens. pot, flue plants 30-in. Iiii;h,3 to i plants :!0io3)-iu. high, 3t)-iu. high. .75 1.00 n.oo 1.50 17.60 hii;h. " extra strong 1.75 20.00 e-\tm fine. .. 2.(XI 23.80 extni st-ong 3..W 37.,i0 Kentia Belmoreana. 6 to 7 leaves 60 h Uoz,. 100 t 5.00 t 40.00 8.10 65.00 6-in. 6-in. 6-in. 34-in. high, 34-in. high, 34 to38-in. high, 36 to 30-in. high, " 36 to3«-in. high, 38-in. high, 7 to 8 leaves 38 to40-in. high, 40-in. high, " s 55.00 60.00 95.00 6.50 7.W 1.10 13.00 I.IS 13.00 110.00 1.50 17 00 2.00 33,50 2.25 24,00 d plants 3.50 37.50 Kentia Forsteriana. 5-in. pots. 34-in. high, 5 to 6 leaves. 5-in. •' 30-in. high, 6-in. " 36-in. high, 7-in. •' 40-iu. high, " 7-in. " 10 to45-inhigh " .50 5.50 40.r0 .85 9.00 70.00 1.30 13.50 110.00 1.75 3J.00 3.00 33.50 Bush Kentias. 3and 4 plants in a pot, grown and established together. 5-in. pots, 18-in. high 65 6 50 5-in. •■ 30 to 34-in. high 75 8.00 6-in. " 36-in. high 3.50 33.00 Kentia Wendtlandii. high, ; h gh, 4 to 5 leaves. Dracaena Indivisa. pots. 12 to I.^-i^, hi;:!} . Each Uoz. 100 .$ .16 $ 2.00 S13S0 Dracaena Fragrans. 5-in. pots, 13 to 15-in. hi^-h. flue thrifty stock 60 5.00 6-in. " 18 to 30-in. high, '■ 75 8.0(1 7-in. " 30 to24-ln. high, " i.oo 11. 00 Dracaena Massangeana. 5-in. pots, flno plants for grawing on 75 8.00 6 in. ■• Hne plants, flne color • 1.00 11.00 Pandanus Utilis. fi-in. pots, flue healthy plants iiO 5. .60 T-in. •■ •■ " 76 8.00 7-in. •■ extra flne and strong l.oo 11,00 Crotons in the Finest Varieties. 4-in. pots, in good condition 35 2.75 Gardenia Veitchii. True winter Ilowering variety. 5-in. pots, fine stocky plants V5 8.00 6-in. •' " with llower buds 1. 00 n.tO 6-in. " extra fine stocky plants with flower buds 1.50 16.00 3-in. " will be ready for sliipment .June 1st Cannas. Of all leading varieties. 4-in. pots, strong, well established plants Dahlias. 4-in. pots, well established plants. Consisting of all the newest varieties of Cactus, Deco- rative, Fancy, Show and Pompon .35 4.00 30.00 Please tnenit'on ihe Amert'can Florist whemvriting. ASPARAGUS In. pots. Doz. 100 Sprengeri 3 $ $3.00 Sprengeri, strong 3 .75 6.00 Abutilon. Savitzii 2 .60 3.00 Ogeralum, Variegated 2 .50 3.00 Ageratum, Dwarf, blue and while.. 2Vs .50 3.00 Anthericum variegatum 3 .76 5.00 Alyssum. Giant 2H 3.00 Bouvardia. pink, white scarlet 2'^ .50 3. CO Carnations, Wm. Scott. McGowan, from soil, hardened-off in cold frames per liOO, 15.(0, 2.00 Coleus, Verschaflfeltii, Golden Bed- der 2/2 -50 3.00 Cobaea Scandent, 3 .75 .6.00 Clematis Paniculata, strong 4 1.50 10.00 Clematis Paniculata 3 .75 5.00 Ivy, English, hardy strong plants. .4 1.50 10.00 Ivy, Parlor 2 ..60 3.00 Lantanas. LeNaine 2 .50 3.00 Lemon Verbenas 2 .50 3.00 Lobelias, dark and light blue %V. .50 3,00 Moonvines 2H 5) 3 00 Periwinkle, variegated 4 1.50 10 00 Petunias, double white 3'/; ..50 3.00 Salvias, 3 varieties 2H 60 3.00 Salvias, Bonfire 2/j .60 3.00 Tropaeolum, double dwarf 2H .50 3.00 Verbenas, named varieties 2K .50 3,00 C. EISELE, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 1th and Jefferson Streets. Please meni:on the American Flonst when •writine MOLLER^S DEUTSCHE GARTNER ZEITUNG. The most widely circulated German gardening: Journal, treating of all departments of horticulture and floriculture. Numerous eminent correspon- dents in all parts of the world. An advertising medium of the highest class. MoUer's Deutscne Gartner Zeitung is published weekly and richly illustrated. Subscription S3 00 per annum, including postage. Sample copies free, LLDWIG MOLLER=S:i^^A. Japanese Fern Balls 5-inch and 7 to 9-inch Sizes. Write for prices on quantities. VAUaHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO, NEW YORK. 84-86 Randolph St. t4 Barclay St. LADY HUME CAMPBELL \riorvE>ars 2,000 large healthy stock plants. $6.00 per 100; $4500 per 1000; 60O at 1,000 rates. Cash with order. WM. E. SANDERSON. Newton Centre, Mass. GRAND RAPIDS VIOLET • STOCK. Imperial, M. Louise and Swanley White, divisions and K. C. S., at $10.00 per 1000. Lady Campbell at $7.50 per 1000. Pot PlanU at $25,00 per 1000. CRABB & HUNTER. Grand Rapids. Mich, VIOLETS. We have still left some fine plants of Princess of Wales and Dorsett's at $3.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. t'alifornias, strong plants, $1,50 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Cash. WAVERLY GREENHOUSES, Tuckahoe, N. Y. McKEUAR & WINTERSON. Supply Everything Used by Florists, ITurserymen, Oardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Etc, HEADQUARTERS on CUT FLOWERS 45-47-49 Wabash Sve. .CHICAGO Telephone Main 1129. QMADQ i^OR SOUTHIRN Oll/\rO ^ FLORISTS 600 Beauties for benching, 2!4-inch, $8.00 'per 100; 3!/.-inch, $10.00 per 100. 3000 Sniilax, 2!4-inch, $3.00 per 100. Q.uality of plants guaranteed. Cash with order. ROSEMONT GARDENS. Montgomery, Ala. Orchids ! j^ JUST ARRIVED in fine condition Vanda Carulea (the blue orchidi, Dendrobium for- mosum giganteum, D. Wardianum gigan- teum. \Vrite for prices. Lager & Hurrell, summit, n. j. Orchid Orowerfi and TrnportorH. riNE HEALTHY STOCK. Brides and Bridesmaids, 2!i-inoh pots, $3,50 per 100; 3-inch, $.6.00 per 100. Dbl. Petunias, 2J4-inoh, $3.00 per 100. /Isst. Coleus, 3- nch, $3 09 per 100. Lobelia, trailing, blue, 3-inch. $2.00 per 100. Ageratum, 3 varieties, 2-inoh, $3.00 per 100. Alter- nanthera, 2 varieties, 2-inch, $2,00 per lOO, Cash please. b_ ,_ HART, Hackeltstown, N. J. 588 The American Florist. May g, Columbus, 0. VISITOR SURPRISED TO FIND GREEKS HERE. — GOOD DEMAND FOR BEDDING PLANTS. — NOTES. L. F. Darnley, from the firm of J. M. Gasser & Company, Cleveland, paid us a visit last week and was very much sur- prised to find the streets of Columbus adorned with the Greek flower vendors, selling flowers at half living prices, the same as in Cleveland and other large cities. The cut flower store of Mrs. E. M. Krauss was closed for a few day s this week on account of the death ol her brother. Mrs. Krauss, who is very much afiected over the sad death, has the sympathy of her many friends. There is a brisk demand for bedding stock but the weather is so cold and uncertain that most of the bedding is being put off for a time more favorable. C. A. Roth was confined to his room a few days with a severe attack of neuralgia, but at this writing he is much improved. Carl. Harrlsburgf, Pa. Of the many bills which have come belore Governor Pennypacker the first to be vetoed is that to establish a division of horticulture in the State Department of Agriculture, which was disproved by him last night. The bill provided for a chief of the division at a salary of $2,500 annually and a clerk at $1,500. The veto is apparently based on legal technicalities. The governor says the bill presents but the skeleton of an important measure, which leaves the impression that if it had been in proper form he would have approved it. Birmingham, Ala.— On April 28 W. M. Lindsay was knocked down and his leg broken by a boy coasting on a bicycle. Ashtabula, O.— The Ashtabula Green- house Company's plant was considerably damaged April 27 by a fire which destroyed the packing house. The build- ings will be reconstructed at once. Carnation Cuttings We are now booking orders for rooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens. Queens. L. I. BLGONlflSSK 2^-inch pots, $15.00 per 100. Write tor prices on large lots. Stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease. THOMAS ROIAIID, Kahanl, Mass, IT WILL PAY YOl to work up a stock of Trego. Absolutely the best semi-double Scarlet Geranium to date, Either as a bedder or a pot plant: it cannot be excelled. Strong 214-inch plants, $8.00 per 100. S. S. SKIDELSKY. 708 N. 16lh St., PHILADELPHIA. CYCLAMENS. Cyclamen Persicum Splendens G ganteum. ■ Fineat strain in the world in tour true colors, transplanted from flats, 83.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000: extra fine plants from 3!/2-inoh pots $5.00 per 100; $45.(0 per 1. 00. Salltfactlon Cuarantaed. PAUL MADER, E, Stroudcburg, Pa. HAERENS BROS.,'"""^^"*"" Belgium.. EXTENSIVE GROWERS OF AZALEA INDICA, PALMS, RHODODENDRONS and other DECORATIVE and EASTER FORCING PLANTS. We are the originators and owners of the new and beautiful Azalea, Easter Lady, (or Haerensiana). A soft pink, and we make the special offer of $25.00 for 1OO nice 12 to 14- inch plants, at our nursery. Send your orders for fall delivery promptly to our Agents for the United States and Canada. 31 Barclay St., NEW YORK. P. O. Box 752. August Rolker & Sons, C^-t^loeue oin. .A.ppUo^'tloxx. The AD D'HAENE CO., Ltd., Ghent, Belgium. Largest growers of Azaleas and other decorative plants. GRAND SUCCESS at the recent Horticultural Exposition at Ghent. Eight prizes on eight competitive exhibits. A prize lor each exhibit. Seven first prizes. OUR AZALEAS. obtained first prize from the prize jury, and as the highest distinction a Cold Medal from the Societe Royale d'Horticulture. Large and unsurpassed stock for fall delivery. Please forward your orders through our sole rep- resentative for the United Stales and Canada. 19 Barclay St., New York City. Inch Per 100 Centaurea Gymnocarpa 2 (2.00 Cannss, beat varieties, well rooted 2 50 Coleus •' 2 2.00 Cosmos, Early flowering, choice 2 3.00 Feverfew, Little Gem 2 2.00 Geraniums, Mostly S. A. Nutt 2'/2 3.f0 Mme. Salleroi 2^4 2.50 Mme. Salleroi 2 2.00 Salvia Splendens 2 2.00 Smil'X, from flats .25 Pansies, large plants 1.00 Rose Geraniums, extra strong 3 5.00 N. C. NOOBE, Batavia. 111, SPECIALTIES ROSES, from S-inoh pots, m |»^q4 CARN »TIONS, for all delivery, '" "*'** CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Vj.»Sj»*S«»o SMILAX. VIOLETS. YariCllCS Prices Low. Send for List. WOOD BROTHERS, FishkiH, N.Y. BEDDING From Rooted Cuttings and Seedlings, from 3, 3 and 4-inch pots; also Pansies, Daisies, Sweet Williams, Forget- me -no ts, etc. Wholesale price list mailed free. Call or write L. Mosbaek.s.'af.lcl'gore:. Chicago, ill. Mease mention the A merican Florist when writing. FOR ONE-YEAR-OLD SEEDLINGS OF Phoenix Roebelenii Par 1 000 $50.00, and PHALAENOPSIS SCHILLERIANAappiyto HILDESHEIM, GERMANY. IN 200 VARIETIES. CYCLAMENS OUR SPECIALTY.. Once transplanted from flats No better strain growing, $2.00 per ICO; 817.50 per 1000. Goldin Gate, rooted cuttings, $1.50 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Sprengeri Seed, 15c per 100; $1.50 per 1000. C. WINTERICn, Defiance, 0. should get some stock of Anthemis m Co'onaria or (dbl. dwarr Golden Marguerite), $3 per 10 i by mail. . W. MORRIS, Ullca, N. Y. Every Florist Always mention tbe American Flo- rist wbeo writing to adYcrtlsen, Vauglian's Seed Store, g.°l Dahlias Mrs. Winters THE WORLD'S BEST WHITE DAHLIA, $2.60 Per Dozen. Novelties and Standard varieties. 19 years' experience and have failed of no prize competed for. See my catalogue before placing your order. Also flne fleld-erown Hollyhocks at $3.00 per 100. Paeonias and Hardy Plants. Cheap mixtures are dear; get the best and order quick . W. W. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist. Box 382, DENVER, COLO. Mease mention the American Florist when tvriling. ■m '^^%M Br ■' ^' fc -fti ?ff5^--^ GERANIUMS. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Special Price, $1.25 per 100. 2500 each of Heteranthe and Jean Viaud. 500 each of Bonnot, Acteon, Poitevine and La Favorite. 250 each of Perkins, Riccard, Harrison and Jaulin. 1000 Castris and 750 Landry. ALBERT M. ilERR, Lancaster, Pa. ASPARAGIS SPRENGERI 3, 3H and 4-iiich pots, at $4.00, $5.00 and 17.00 per 100 respectively. Ready to shift. Carnation Cuttings, as long as they last, cheap. Prices on application. JOHN BROD. NILES CENTER, ILL. Hease mention the American Florist when writing. igo3. The American Florist. 589 DREER'S Aquatic Plants HARDY and TENDER NYMPHAEAS. NELUMBIUMS in VARIETY. VICTORIAS. ETC. We are headquarters for all kinds of Aquatic Plants. Now is the time to plant. Write us for information, if you are uncer- tain as to what, or how to plant. Henry a. Dreer, PHILADELPHIA. PA. ?9 The Most Beautiful Fern "Anna Foster See pajie 386 Am. Florist. April 4. 3-inch phiuts. good sizi', $20.00 per 100. Boston Ferns. Orders only booked to till as ready. Kook early. There will be a trreat call for liostons this spring. Kenlia Palms, great value to the buyer at J50.00, JTd.OO, $100.00 per 100. Red Ribbed Rubbers, 2 ft., $6.00 per dozen. Asp. Sprengeri, strong, 4-inch at $6,00 per 100. Dracaena Indiviia, 14 OD, $6.C0, $9.00 per dozen. Long line ot extra stock bedding plants in Geia- niums. Vincas, German Ivy, Heliotrope. Ageratum, Coleus, Daisy, Lemon Verbenas, Alternantheras, ttc. L. H. FOSTER, 45 King St., Dorchester, Mass. WHY BUY Your Begonia Lorraine? WHY NOT GROW YOUR OWN? Complete and minute instructions huw to grow them from the start, and grow them successfully. Propagate them by the hundreds and thousands as easy as any other begonia, in fact easier, if you know how. It will be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars to you and I will sell it to to you for $10. Here is your chance. A. JABLONSKY, Wellston, Mo. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. CABBAGE PLANTS. Ex E. Wakefield and Early Wakefield, I5c per 100; $1.25 per 1000. Tomato Plants. D. Champion and Beauty, from seed bed, $1..=)0 per lO.O. Pot grown Larlllanl, 3-in. 50c per doz., $3.00 per 100. Smilu, 2-inch. $1.00 per 109. Smilax, ZVi-xaaU, cut back, $3.50 per lOJ. Cash with order. F. CRISWOLD, Worthington. O. $19.00 TO BOSTON AND RETURN $19.00. With membership fee of $2.00 added, account of annual meeting of National Educa- tional Association. Tickets will be on sale via the Nickel Plate Road July 2nd to 5th, inclusive, good returning from July 8th to 12th inclusive, without being deposited with Joint Agent. Additional limit to return not later than September 1st can be obtained by depositing return portion of ticket with Joint Agent and payment of 50c for execution. Superior train service and excellent dining- car meals, on American Club plan, ranging in price from 35c to $1.00; also a la carte service. Write John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St., room 298, Chicago, for time of departure of train from Chicago and other detailed information. 3 American Florist when writing to an advertiser. ■u.i.iiniitiiiimtmtii.iiiiittiiiiiiiinitiiHHiiuuuuuumiumitiimuuauuuuuiiiiiiUie Double White $2.50 per 100 Mrs. E. G. Hill, Rosains Patri, Mme. Vanderstrass, Gloire des Marches. DOUBLE PURPLE, Phenomenal, Avalanche. REX BEGONIAS. $3.00 per 100. Robert George. Magnilica, a ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. 3 Extra fine, $3.00 per 100. Asparagus ^ Sprengeri, $2.50 per 100. MOON VINES. White, $2.50 per 100. FERNS. Maiden Hair, Pteris Serrulata, $2.50 per 100. Above are all good strong plants out of 2V2-inch pots. PANDANUS UTILIS. 4-in. $1.00 per doz. 5-in. $1.50 per doz. PALMS. Kentia Forsteriana, 5-in. pots, $5.00 per doz. I SCHMIDT & BOTLEY, SDrlnoiield, 0. PELARGONIUMS. strong plants in bud and bloom, in the following named varieties, 3^-inch pots, $12.00 per 100. LINDA, W. C. BOTES, EVENING STAR, BRIDESROOM, PRINCE GEORGE, ROBERT GREEN. Arundo Donax Variegata. StroniJ: started crowns, ready for 5-inch pots, $10.00 pi*r lOiJ. Also 25.000 started CANNAS, best standard kinds. Prices on application. For other Season- able Stock see American Florist, page 516, issue of April 25th. NATHAN SMITH k SON, Adrian, Mich. VERBENAS We are the largest growers of Verbenas in the country, and those who buy of us are sure to get plants and rooted cuttings perfectly healthy and free from rust. OO 'V^^irletles. Rooted Cuttings, 60 cts. per 100; $5.00 per 1000; $45 per 10,000. Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. Our grafted roses are fine, bushy plants and grown in 3 and 3i4-inch pots. Orders booked now to* delivery in May, June and July. Bridesmaids, Brides, Golden Gate, Kaiserin, price $15.00 per lOD. Ivory, Liberty, price $18.00 per 100. Send fob Catalogue. J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. k FEW GOOD THINGS YOU WANT. Special low prices on palms to close out. Fine clean stock, cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, 4, i and 6-iuch,$25, $40 and $100 per 100. KENTIA Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 3, 4 5 ano 6-inch $13, $25, $40, $100 per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and .3-inch, $4 and $6 per 100 ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, 3-iQCh. $5, per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA, 3-iiich, $5.00 per 100' 4, b-in., $IU, $25 per luu ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inch, $3 and $6 per 10O VINCA VAR., 2-in., $2.00; 3-m., $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutt, Bonnot, Francis Perkins, 2-in. $2.50 per 100: 3-inch pots, $5.00 per 100. GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50c per 100. PANSIES. ready to bloom, $1.00 per 100. Carnations, Portia, Scott, E. Crocker, Goode- nough, White Cloud, Mrs. L. Ine; Verbena, Scar- let Sage, Petunia, Coleus, mixed; Ageratum, Blue and White, Lobelia; Achyranthes, red; Alternantheras, red and yellow; Heliotrope, Giant Alyssum and Lemon Verbenas. All 2-inoh Pots, $2.00 per 100. GEO. M. ENIMANS, NEWTON, N. J. CANNAS... A choice lot of standard varieties, large dor- mant roots, or started plants. .$2.00 per 100: $15.00 per 1000. Our selection, $1.75 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Wagner Park Conservatories 'iJiJio'- SPECIAL MAY SALE. 150,000 PLANTS AND ROOTED CUTTINGS. m BUD AND BLOOM. OERANIUMS. The following superb bedders: Alp. Riccard, S. A. Nutt. Jean Viaud, E. G. Hill. Beaute Poitevine, Mine. Buchner. E.xtra strong rooted cuttings, ready for 2i4-inch pots, $1.50 per 100: $14.00 per 1000. Pttunlas. Double fringed. Ten distinct noveties from Henderson and Dreer's latest sets, labeled. Rooted cuttings, 75c per 100; $6.00 per lOOO; 2-inch $1.50 per 100; 2(4-inch, $2.00 per 100. VERBENAS. 20 mammoth varieties, labeled. Rooted i-uttings 50c per lOu; $4.00 per ICOO; 2H- in(!h. $1.2.7 per 100. FEVERFEW. Little Gem, 2-inch, $1.50 per 100. 3S4-inch. $3.00 per 100. AGERATUM. P. Pauline, Stella Ournev, 2-inch, $1.25 per 100; 2!<-inch, $1.60 per 100. SALVIAS. BonBre, St. Louis, 2!/2-inch, $1.60 per 100. ALYSSUM. Double Giant. 2'i-inch, $1.50 per 100. FUCHSIAS. 4 fading sorts. 2-inch, $2.10 per lUO. VINCA V»H. 3M-inch, $1.50 per 100. CASH WITH ORDER. The W.T.Buckley Plant Co., Springfield. III. WRITE Qeo. A. Kuhl, PEKIN, ILLINOIS. Who grows Tea Roses for the trade, for any stock you may want and he will ship to your order in 2y2 or 3-inch. Some fine Kaiserins iu 4-inch. See our ad in lust issue. 590 The a mer ican Fl or 1st. May g Minneapolis. BUSINESS CONTINUES VERY GOOD. — MUCH FUNERAL AYORK. — LILIES AND AZALEAS USED IN DESIGNS. — DOINGS IN THE TRADE. There has been no let up in business, since Easter, and all seasonable stock is in good demand, with an average supply. There has been a number of very promi- nent deaths in this city, which have kept the florists busilyengaged in design work. Bulbous flowers are about exhausted, so the demand becomes heavier on roses and carnations. Roses brought this week, in Bridesmaids and Brides, $4 to $8 per 100; Liberty, $6 to $10 per 100; carnations, $2 to $4 per 100; Beauty is coming in more freely; lilies and isrhite and delicate pink azaleas are being used extensively for.luneral work. E. Nagel & Company had a $75 to $100 order for the funeral of D. Morgan, ot the Northwestern Telephone Company. Donaldson & Company are preparing for a heavy business in the bedding stock line this season. Rice Brothers are replenishing their stock of florists' supplies. The New Store has discontinued their flower department.' C. F. R. Hilton, N. J. — Wm. T. Brown is rais- ing pansy plants for the wholesale trade and has been so successful that he will next season greatly enlarge his tract. Clara Cemetery Vase PfR DOZ.. $3.50. BOXfP . VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Qen'l Agents. .CHICAGO. The Art ...of Floral Arrangement The only special newspaper in the world for floral arrangement. 200 ILLUSTRATIONS ANNUALLY. Specimen number free. Subscription, |2.40 yearly. BINDEKUNST-VERLAG J. OLBERTZ. ERFURT, 6ERMANY. From 3-inch pots. Well established plants. Our selection of varieties. All standard sorts. Good variety of colors. (See catalogue No. 5 for varieties and prices on purchaser's selection). Cannas $4.00 Per 100 Kentia Belmoreana 2^-in Pots " " 3-ln. Pots \ $6.00 per 100. I $50.00 per 1000. i $12 00 per 100. I $100.00 per 1000. Cycas Revoluta Stems Salvia Splendens. 10c per lb. $8.50 per 100 lbs. $3.00 per 100. ANEMONE JAPONICA From 2li-inch Pots. Alba, Rubra, Whirlwind $3 00 per 10?. Queen Charlotte 4.00 Der 100. Hydrangea i """'" (. $3.00 per ' Hortensia i '"O- RIBBON GRASS (''"nart^grr-^"^^ ) $3.00 per 100. \ The Storrs & Harrison Coii lake'^countyI'^hio. GERANIUMS Per 100 lOvar., standard, 3!4-iti. pots $4.00 Asparagus Sprengeri, 2-in. pots 2 00 Asparagus Plumosus, ready in .June 3.00 Oe^taurea Gymnocarpa 200 Smilax 1-50 Asparagus Plumosus Seed S7.00 per 1000 0^s]:i f>le>« COLEUS Per 100 16 var., Standard, 2-in. pots $2.00 Alternanthera, Red and Yellow a.OO Primroses. Ready .July 1 2.fo Vinca Variegala. 2-in. pots 2.5o 8 Var. Cannas. 4-in. pots. May 1 5.0o Seedling Petunias, 2),4-in. pots S.Oq JOS. H. CUNNINGHAIVI, Delaware, O. started. Ready for Potting. Egandale, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, Florence Vaughan, $3.00 per 100. Alphonse Bouvier. Burbanl^, Chas. Henderson, J. C. Vaughan, J2.60 per 100. Peachblow, Shenandoah, Morning Star, L. E. Bally, $2.00 per 100. Our Selection, $3.00 per 100. The above varieties, 3-inch pots, price J5.00 per 100. Liberal discounts on large orders. May and .June delivery. ALTERNANTHERAS. red, yellow and pink, 2-inch pots J3.00 per 100. VINCA MAJOR VAR., White Leaf, 2-inch, fine, $2,00 per 100. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, Ex. fine, 2^-inch, $2.50 per 100. SANSEVIERIAZEYLAN1CA, 3-inch, ready for 5-m., 7.5c per dozen. CVC»S, Ex. fine, plants, 5 to 6 fronds, 60c; 7 to 8 fronds, 75c. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, O. Please viention the A merican Florist when writing. Our Specialty.. Asparagus Sprengeri 2H-in., $3.00 per 100; 3-in., $4.00; 4-in., $8.00; 5-in., $15.00; 6-in., $25.00 per 10\ Asparagus Plumosus, 3!/»-in., $4.00 per 10\ Boston Ferrs, 5-in., $25.00; 6-in., J40 00 per 100. Imoatiens Sultani, 4-inch, $10.00 per 100. Rooted Cuttings. $2.00 per 100. Roses, 2H-iuch, Maids, Brides, (November cut- tiugs) J3.50 per lOO. Per 100 Rooted Cuttings, Brides, Maids $1.50 Woottons, Kaiserin, ready May 15. Vinca Major Var., 2Ji-incb 2.50 Petunia. Double, 2M-inoh 3.50 Sakias, 3M-inch 3.50 Alyssum. Double, R. C 1.00 Chrysanthemums. R. C, our choice 1.00 Ivy, 2M-in., $3.00; S'j-in., 5.00 per 100. Tomato Plants, transplanted, 40o per 100; $3.50 per 1000. J. H. BORNHOfT, Tipton, Ind. Please mention the American Florist when writinS' HYDRANGEAS In bloom, 75c to JSl.OO each. COLEUS, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per lOOO. GERANIUMS, $3 per ICO; $25 per 1000; 3- inch, $5 per 100; 4-inch, $8 per 100; Mount of Snow and Salleroi, $3 per lOO; $25 per 1000. Rose, $2 per 100. FEVERFEW, Little Gem, $3 per 100. PANSIES, Giant, in bloom, $2 per 100; $15 per 1000. VERBENAS, $2.50 per 100; $20 per lOOO. VINCAS, $3 per 100; 4-inch, $15 per 100. PELARGONIUMS, Victor and Thibaut, $4 per 100. ASTERS. ALYSSUMS. CENTAUREA GYMNOCARPA, $2 per 100. CHRYSANTHEMUMS, fine forcing sorts, $3 per 100. SWAINSONA, $3 per 100. HELIOTROPE $3 per 100. PETUNIAS, Dbl. fine sorts, mixed, $3 per 100. GERANIUMS, Happy Thought and Mrs. Par- ker, $4.00 per 100. W. L. SMITH, Aurora, III. I am the Moonvine Grower of the Land. SMITH'S HYBRID MOON VINES. (Ipomoea Noctlflora.) We are headquarters for them. Best purest White Moon Vine in existence. Mr. Smith nas a reputation for them. Strong plants, 2^-inch pots, now ready at $5.00 per 100; 3-inch pots, $7.00 per 100; 4-inch pots. 810.00 per 100. Godfrey ) Importerof PotPlants 1012 Ontario Strost. PHIUDELPHI*. PA. Always mention the Americak Fio RiST when writing to advertisera. igoj. The American Florist. 591 "Thripscide" (Registered.) Greenhouse Fumigating Powder. Is the newest and best article on the market to-day for the complete destruction of all insects that infest Greenhouses or Conservatories, beinii a special boon to Rose and Beauty growers, and prepared particularly for the destruction of Green Fly and Thrips. There is nothing injurious in it to plant life, even the most delicate fern. It is especially recommended for Beauties, Ro-ses, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Lilies, Smila.x, Asparagus, Palms, Perns, Etc., and we claim that insects will be entirely eradicated when the houses are thoroughly fumigated with the powder. It is put up as follows: 1 lb. Tin Can } .35 5 1b. Tin Can MO 25 1b. Sealed Box 4.50 100 lb. Sealed Box 18.50 Send for copy of testimonials. For reference we refer to Messrs. Bassett & Washburn, Hins- dale, 111. Prepared by the Lily-Lily Chemical Co., and sold by E. H. HUNT, 76-78 Wabash Ave., CHICAQO. t the A ntryican Florist zvhen Tvritinff TO KILL ALL Greenhouse Bugs USE NICOTICIDE Clean and harmless as Fumlgant or Spray. "To be obtained by Dealers only. Kindly advise manufacturers of any diffi- culty you may have in procuring it. ' The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1000 Magnolia Ave.. Louisville. Ky please mention the A Florist when writing. Boston Florist Letter Go. SLiNTTFACTITRERS OP FLORISTS* LXTTERS. Thin wooden box nicely stained and var- nished. 18x30x13 made in two sections, one for each size letter, given away with first order of 600 letters. Block Letters, m or 2-inch size, per 100, $2.00. Script Letter? ^. Fastener with each letter or word. Used by leading florists everywhere and for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers. N. F. McCarthy, Trcas, andMa!iagcr, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS. F^ase mention the American Florist when writing. SIGMUND GELLER Importer and Manufacturer ol FLORISTS' SIPPLIES. A line of Porto Rican Mats, Water Proof Crepe Paper, New style Pot Covers, Fancy Baskets and various novelties for Easter, just arrived. 108 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. Some of Bayersdorfer's SURE SELLERS. Plant Baskets, Automobiles, Ferneries and Hampers with Tin Pans. All sizes, beautiful new patterns and colors. Heavy Sheet Foil, a novelty; for lining plant baskets. Rush Braid Pot Covers. Water Proof Paper; useful and cheap. Twig Baskets and Birds' Nests of Birch Brush. Porto Rican Mats, endless variety of patterns. Fiber Ribbon, Violet Cords and Tassels. New Catalogue enlarged and revised last month. Fully illustrated. Send lor it. 50-56 North Fourth Street, J PHILADELPHIA. PA. H. BAYERSDORFER & GO. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing ESTABLISHED 1666 EMILSTEFFEMIS> SUCC.™ flSTEFFENS. "osTErrEnsBROS M. RICE & CO., Importers and Manufacturers, Leading Florists' 918 Filbert Street, Supply House and w^i^*,^ j^i_i-Sr« r»« Ribbon Specialists. Philadelphia, Pa. TOBACCO POWDER THE BLACK STUFF FINE -For SprinKlinff Only. TVTHEN you cannot fiimitratp with ourFumigrating: Powder you can aitply our Black Stuft'Fine " direct to the plants ; it is strong and equally cflYctivc in iloors or out for extermination of all plant pestB. Tour money liack if it is unsatisfactory. Trial .S-iJOund pacliaee for nothina it you will pay the express cnar(.'es on it. Write Dept. D. THE E. 4. STOOTHOFF CO., 116, 117, 118 West Street, New York. Slug Shot Kills Insects on Currants, Potatoes, Cabbages and Flowers. Used 34 years. Sold by SEEDSMEN Everywhere Send tor Free Booklet on Bugs and Blights. B. HAMMOND, FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. RIPPLEY'i MPROVED 1903 COMPRESSED illR SPRAYERS have fine Vermorel Spray Nozzle; made of heavy copper aod galva- nized steel; has safety valve. Strongly riveted and double seamed. Guaranteed tobeas rep- resented and to be the strongest sprayer manufactured. Fine for spraying- young orchards. Trees 2a feet high by using extension pole. Exterminating insects from vegetables spraying gardens, washing buggies. Finefor white- washing buildings. etc. Made in " '"" ' - " gallona. 4G»l.Ga,lT.,»5 Galvanized. I5.&0, 6 Gat. Copper. |8.Ch). Send tCMlay for our Sprayer and BreederSupplj Catalog. ^j7OTi(a Wanted, RippIeyHdv.Co.,Boi 19,6raftQn,lll.l( Please mention the American Florist when writing. GARDENING This is the paper to recommend to your customers, the leading horticultural journal In America for amateurs — S2.00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free. Liberal terms to florists who take subscriptions. MONON BUTLDLNQ, Chicago, III., U.S.A. HORflOTliURAt [NGRAVIN&&ERINIING IT I^ the "particular" kind of work we ^^■^^M like, the kind that everybody PHILADELPHIA PA. I Florist ivhen writing. SOMETHIN G ENTIR ELY NEW. A Florists' Plate Book. 150 Plates and nearly 300 varieties for $3 50 or three for $10.00. You can't do business without It. VREDENBURG &. CO., Rochester. N. Y. 592 The American Florist. May p, West Park, 0. Visiting Isaac Kennedy recently, that hustling grower was found at his new^ place with his sleeves rolled up far above his elbows, as usual. Work on the new houses is well along. In the 20x60 boiler shed he has a sixty horse-power steam boiler with room for another to be added when needed. The fine brick chimney stack is fifty feet high. The three houses in course of construction are 30x100 feet, the glass used being 16x24. The ventilators, fitted with Foley's new lifting apparatus, are all on one side. This apparatus is very simple and works well. Cedar and cypress have been used in the buildings and the outside walls are double-boarded with tar paper between. The houses are substantial and service- able and built so that Isaac, big as he is, does not have to stoop to get around in them. Mr. Kennedy will grow Brides and Bridesmaids this year and will be ready to plant about June 10. Next year he expects to add another range of houses and grow American Beauty and carna- tions. In the fall he will build a propa- gating hou?e. The soil of the neighbor- hood is a yellow loam and looks just right for roses and carnations. W. Tacoma, Wash. The state World's Fair commission, assisted by Horticultural Commissioner Von Holdebeke, is preparing to make, at the St. Louis Exposition, the finest horti- cultural exhibit of any western state. Commissioner Von Holdebeke and Exec- utive Commissioner Johnson have just completed a trip through the state to awaken interest in this part of the work. County officers throughout the state are joining enthusiastically in an effort to make Washington's exhibit the most unique and instructive of any at the fair. Commissioner Johnson has opened nego- tiations to secure a monster fir tree in Skagit county seventeen feet in diameter. The entire tree will be transported to the fairgrounds if possible; otherwise sections will be prepared for exhibit. Standard POX^ Flower... 1^ \J \ \D If your greenhouses are within 600 miles of the Capitol, write us, we can save you money W. H. ERNEST. 28th and M Streets. WASHINGTON, D. C. KELLER BROS. 213-16-17-19-21-23 Pearl St., NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red In color, equal to the best on the ma^et; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec- tions. We give special attention to mail orders and make Bpeoial sizes to order in quantities A postal will bring prices and discounts THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y, HARRY BALSLEY. DETROIT, MICH., Rep. 490 Howard St. Invalid Appliance Co., COLUMBirPLANT TUBS SHORT-ROOF GREENHOUSES. «■«••"«') WRITE FOR CATALOGUE mannfactarerg ot California Red Cedar and Looiglana Cypress Greenhooge Material. Standard Flower Pots The WHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA, PA. JERSEY CITY, N. J. LONC ISLAND CITY, N, V. Travelling Representative, U. CUTLER RYERSON, 108 Third Ave.. Newark, N. J. Kramer's Pot Hangers THE neatest, simplest, most convenient and only practical device for convert- lug ordinary flower pots into hanging baskets They fit all standard made pots from 2 to 10 inches in diameter. The illustration shows how they are attached Just the thing for hanging up ferns, begonias, etc. You can make room and money by their use. Try them. For Sale by Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York. McKellar & Winterson. Chicago. C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Price with wire chain as shown in cut, $1.00 per dozen by express. Sample dozen by mail, $1.25. I. N. KRAMER ft SON, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Please mention ike A merican Florist when writing. STANDARD FLOWER POTS! Packed in small crates, easy to handle. ~ ■ Price per crate 120 7-in., in orate, $4.20 60 8 " 3.00 HAND MADE. 48 9-in.,in crate, $3.60 48 10 1500 2« 1500 2V^ 1000 3 800 3H 600 4 320 5 144 6 24 11 24 12 12 14 6 16 3.60 4.50 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of Cylinders for Gut Flowers, Hanging Baskets, Lawn Vases, etc. Ten per cent off for cash with order. Address HILFINGER BROS. POHERY, Fort Edward N.Y. Or August Rolker & Sons, New York Agents, , 31 Barclay Street, New York City. FLOWERPOTS STANDARbTOTS^sPc^.Lrv List and SAMPLES FREE. SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO., 9 Q. Bo> 78 MINNEAPOLIS MINN RED P OTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Klk"*"'" GEO. KELLER & SON, FLOWER POTS. Before buying write for prices. 361-363 Herndon Street, near Wrightwood Ave., CHICAGO. ILL. WRITE A. F. KOHR, '"{5gfolG'-5*\LT.r" rOB PBICBB OT Standard Pots ^Please mention the American Florist to advertisers. igo3. The American Florist. 593 Guaranteed Wrought Iron Pipe ILLEN MR VILVES, QUIRINTEED AUTOMATIC. Please tnention the A r WHETSTONE & GO., Incorporated, 911 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa. "EUREKA" Weed Killer DESTROYS ALL WEEDS, MOSS, B>XO., On Garden Paths, Carriagi Drives, Parks, Cemeteries, Cinder Tennis Courts, Stable Yards and Railway Depots, with- out disturbiag tin gravel. EASILY APPLIED. SAVES MUCH LABOR. Larsre tins sulTiciont for 100 square yardsof pjith 75c each, ijrepaiU ffl.OO; small tin. sutlicient for 50 yards of path bOc each, prepaid 75c. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. NEW YORK: 14 Barclay St. TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounted. Manofoctared by The Coniey Foil Co, 031 to 641 Wegt SSth St., A. HERRMANN, Ji Cape Flowers, all colors, J- Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs, .^ and All Florists' Supplies. Send for Prices. 404-412 East 34lh St. NEW YORK. EEADQUABTEBS FOB HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES Of Every DeBcrlption. When you can't get what you want anywhere elfie, send here, we will send it to you. "If it's used In Horticulture, we have It." DUNNE &CO.B64W.80tlltt.,Nn> Ytlt. Taisphone Call. 1700 Madiion Square. SHIPPINQ LIBELS '^ ••••Cut Flowers Printed in two colora on gummed paper; yonr card, etc., In black and leal adopted Cy the S. >. F. in red. Ysrt atjracave. Price per 600, 12.85; ser 1000, tLiO. Send lor lamples . nam or iws ieat. postpaid, «.». Americaa Florist Co., KOROPP'S Greehouse Hanger. (Patent Applied for) Can be attached to any rafter or frame work. No nails or screws, no injury to woodwork, no weaktningof rafters. Easy to attach and quickly removed. Will carry any size of pot, also baskets or shelves. Write for descriptive particulars. Price, $1.35 for 25; S5.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. FOR SALE BY ALL SEEDSMEN OR ORDER DIRECT. LEOPOLD KOROPP, 252 W. Ravenswood Park, CHICAGO, ILL. Bloomsburg, Penna. UAJTOFACTUBEBS OF HOT BED SASH, AIB DBIED GULF CTPBESS SASH BABS DILLON'S GREENHOUSE MFG. GO. AND OTHEB GREENHOUSE lOATBBIAI,. BUILDERS of DURABLE and PRACTICAL Grienhouses at a LOW COST. la^Our deioriptive circular oontaini valuable information for every florist. Send for It. Cut Flower Boxes. WATER PROOF. Corner Lock Style. The best, strongest and neatest folding out flower box ever made. Cheap, durable. To try them once is to use them always. Size Per 100 lO'O Size Per 100 1000 No. 0. 3x4x30.. $2.00$18.00 No. 5. 4x8x33..$3.00$27.00 No. 1. 3x4^x161.75 15.00 No. 6. 4x8x38.. 3.75 35.00 No. 3. 3x6x18.. 3.00 18.00 No. 7. 6x16x30 5.50 53.00 No. 3. 4x8x18.. 3.40 33.00 No. B. 3x7x21.. 3.00 29.00 No. 4. 3x5x24.. 3.75 35 00 No. 9. 5x10x35 6.5J 60.00 Sample free on application. No charge for printing on orders above 250 boxes. Terms cash. THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., BOX 102. COLUMBUS, OHIO. Please 7nenLion the A merican Florist when writing. SIMON RODH, MANUFACTURER OF Florist Ribbons Salesroom: 40 West 28th St., MpW YORK Factory: Camden. N. J. '''-" ■ ""■» RIBBONS ACCORDIVG TO SEASON. Wired Toothpicks 10,000, ll.BO; 50,000, 16.25. Manufactured by W. J. COWEE. BERLIN. N. Y. Santple Free. For sale by dealers. WE NOW OFFtU 95 ''Chemicals for making LIQUID OOWIPOST. Dry powders all soluble in water. CompostB cost less than ^t^c per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 620 Atlantic Ave., Boston. Foley's Floral Fotopphs. Floral Album, size 12xii containing 24 different funeral designs. By express $7.00 c. o. d. 226-2261 BOWERY, NEW YORK. IRON RESERVOIR VASES- Lawn Settees Mannfactured by McDonald Bros. COLUMBUS, 0. The Largest Manufacturers of these Goods in America. Send for Catalogue I™ Regan Printing House S™ CATALOGUES riORISTS' ^"'"'■^^^''** «^J» Plytnoai rHTCAf Cjkccyjk** Please mention the American Florist eyery time you write to an advertiser. 594 The American Florist. May g. Milwaukee. GOOD LILIES AND BULBOUS STOCK IN GEN- ERAL THIS SEASON.— PARK WORK PRO- GRESSING. — NOTES. Perhaps the best lilies seen here this season were those produced by A. Bil- lings. J. Freytag also reports satisfac- tion with his supply of these bulbs. Frank P. Dilger does not grow lilies, but has had his usual success with otherlines of bulbous plants. He is having remark- ably good results with Narcissus poeticus albus plenus odoratus and ixias, the lat- ter planted and grown among carnations after the style of gladioli. But Mr. Dil- ger is an unusually careful grower. There is talk of establishing a small park on the grounds occupied by the primary school, at the corner of Fifteenth and Hopkins streets. At Mitchell park good progress is being made with the new sunken garden, and F. A. Gerlach expects that it will be finished very soon. C. C. PoUworth & Company, are mov- ing into their new store, 454 City Hall square and will be ready for business May 11. Holton & Hunkel will build one new house this season 13x200 feet. Kokomo, Ind. Ed. Small, the market gardener, is going to give up that line of work and devote his attention entirely to growing flowers. He has purchased the strip of ground just west of Crown Point ceme- tery lying between Sycamore and High streets on which he will erect a large improved up-to-date greenhouse. For several years Mr. Small has been dab- bling in the flower business and has found it to be more profitable than mar- ket gardening. There has come a fine new Rose to the establishment of W. W. Coles. Rosa- mund is the name of the new arrival, which Mr. Coles considers immeasurably more charming than all greenhouse flow- ers, his famous Kaiserins not omitted. IR03I l-IOI RED SPIDER AND MILDEW PREVENTED BY Sulpho -Tobacco Soap. IT HAS NO EQUAL. Exterminates all Bugs and Insects. Cheap, Effective, Non- Injuriaus. Full particulars and sample cake free, if mention tliis paper. &. BUFFALO, N. Y. K I L. I- e: D aiStandard The lightest running, most rapid and powerful ventilating nuchin- eiy in the market. DUPLEX GUTTERS Made of wrought or cast iron with self-adjusting sash bar clips. The only Drip Proof Metal Gutter offered to the public. Send for my cata- logue free. HIPPARD, Youngstown, 0. Clear Gulf Cypress GREENHOUSE MATERIAL. Hot-Bed and Ventilator Sash. S. JACOBS & SONS, Manufacturers 1365 to 1373 Flushing Avenue, BROOKLYN, N. Y. i Send 4c in Stamps for Catalog, ^ lEW TWIN SECTION BOILERS. OI*A.®® A-TT 'WEEOX^E^Si^XrE^. ♦ F ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ T w w w w w wv~v~ w w~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~ www MYERS & CO. Greenhouse Boilers. Establlshsd 1849. GREENHOUSE ARGHITEGTSl BUILDERS HEATING ENGINEERS. 116 South ITth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Send for Catalogus and LalasI Pricas. Use our Patent IRON BENCH FITTINGS and Roof Supports. >^ JENNINGS""'' IRON CUTTER. IMPROVED VAPORIZING PANS For Tobsooo lUtnota, Etc, Send for Olronlara. DILLER, GASKEY & CO., oen^TnT^bI^os.. S. W. cor. Sixth and Berk 8ti~. PHILADELPHIA. VENTiLITINB APPARATUS. fiEO. ffl. GARLAND, Patented Dec. 27, 189B. --FROMFT]:.T UPON: APPLICATION. PRICE TWO DOLLARS.-^ /poj. The American Florist. 595 Bargains FOR Florists. w ''E are headquarters for a general assortment of the necessary material and supplies that you are looking for. If you are about to im- prove or construct, consult us. In connection with the dismantling of the Pan-American Exposition, we have for sale: 20,000,000 FEET of fine seasoned lumber, practically new, consisting of all sizes of joists, timbers, dressed and matched boards and flooring; also sash and doors. 50,000 FEET of roofing glass. PIPE. AVe are headquarters for pipe. We offer you 100,000 FEET of 2 to 4-inch wrought iron, lap welded boiler tubes, second-hand. We can furnish this material in three ways: Either with sleeve or jacket couplings, screwed ends and threaded couplings, or with expanded cast iron flanges with bolts and nuts. 1,000,000 FEET of standard black wrought iron pipe, size ^s to 12-inch. It is second-hand but has new threads and couplings and is in first-class con- dition. 1,000 TONS of galvanized wire, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 guage. 50,000 FEET of 2, 3 and 4-inch cast-iron soil pipe and fittings. 100,000 FEET of garden hose, % and 1-in. 75,000 FEET of cotton, rubber-lined fire- hose (rubber-lined in and outside) , rang- ing in sizes 1 to 2V2-inch. VALVES and fittings of every kind. BOX COILS for heating purposes. RADIATORS, new and second-hand. We also ofter the follwing bargians in Heating Boilers 50 CAST-IRON sectional heaters, capacity from 450 to 5,000 feet. FOUR 36x10 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 36x12 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x10 Horizontal Tubular. FIVE 42x12 Hoi izontal Tubular. SIX 48x14 Horizontal Tubular. TWO 54x16 Horizontal Tubular. FOUR 60x16 Horizontal Tubular complete with all fittings. PUMPS of all Descriptions. .\ carload of shovels and spaaes that we are selling at $5.00 per dozen. We carry a complete stock of hardware and farm implements, besides plumbing material of every kind. Write for Catalogue No. 47. Chicago House Wrecking Co., W. 35tl iRd IRON STS., CHICAGO, ILL. %iSltfitiltlitillIlt ^1 l^fOT every man that runs a mill ^P 1^1 is an expert judge of lumber. ■M Fewer still are familiar with the IM peculiar requirements of greenhouse H» construction. *• We have made it a special study, know •• exactly what to furnish. ** You are welcome to the benefits of our wide ?: experience. ^ If you contemplate building, write us. w illToll5BLACKHAWKST CHICAGO 111 StUUinG AGE.NT5 FOR GARLAIiD IRON GUTTEIRS. •^ fli*fl¥f!*fifl!*lif% Steam Traps SAVE COAL This is the Return Steam Trap used by the Up-to-date Greenhouse men to return the con- densed water from the heating coils in their greenhouses. Have been in use for this purpose over tliirty years. Insures an Even Temperature. Send for Red Catalogue. Albany Steam Trap Co. ALBANY, N. Y., U. S. A. WATER. Rider and Ericsson Hot Air Pumping Engines If water is required for Household use, Lawns, Flower Beds or Stable, no pump in the world will pump it so safely, cheaply and reliably. No danger, as from steam. Nu complication, as in gasoline engines. No uncertainty, as in windmills. Prices Reduced. Catalogue "A3" on Application. RIDER-ERIGSSON ENGINE GO. 40 De;irborn St., Cbicago. 40 North 7th St., Philadblphia. 692 Craig St., Montbeal, P. Q. Tenionte-Rey 71, Havaka.Cuba. •♦»»»»»♦♦♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦>♦••♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ iOsmunda Roots for Orchids I 4 Qu3tati:ns wanted on large quantities. Condition of tnaterial must be right. * I ADDRESS g g g^ j.gpg American riorist. | ?♦♦♦♦♦♦»»♦>»♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦»♦»♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 596 The American Florist, May g, Index to Advertisers. Advertlsinff rates. . . 573 Albany Steam Trap Co .... 595 AlburgeriCascaden 573 Alexai.der J K 680 Alpha Floral Co II AmlinK E C 575 Andrews Bros. ... 586 Ai-m,troiigLuther...,579 Aschmann Godirov 686 591 Atlantic Coast Nur3.580 Baldwin A J t90 BallerF A 581 Banner J L & Co... .585 Baasett & Wash- burn 574 t84 Baur S Alfred Co . . . I Bayersdorfer H & Co?91 Beaulieu H 686 Beokert WC II lien.son C W 585 Benthey&Co. . .57.i Berckmans P J Co.. 581 Berning H Q 574 Bindekunst 690 Blaauw J & Co.. 681 Bobbink & Atkins.. 579 Bonnet Bros 577 Bornhoelt JH 590 Boston Letter Co. . . 591 Brant SD 586 Brant & Noe ^83 Brod John 588 Bruns H N 675 Bryant Jas M 591 Buckley W T Plant Co. Budlong J A... 575 583 Burpee W A & Co . . 11 Caldwell the Woods- man Co 685 Calif Carnation Co 579 Carmody JD 596 Chadwiok Chas 579 ChicagoCarnationCo584 Chicago House Wkg Co 595 Clucas & Boddington II Coles W W 686 Conard & Jones Co. .579 Conley Foil Co f93 Connell Benj 584 CoolidgeBros .'84 Corbrey T J 586 Cottage Gardens .... 588 Cowee Arthur 579 Cowee W J 693 Co.\Seed Co II Crabb &. Hunter 587 Craig Eobt 77 Young & Nugent... 577 THE ^ENT»LlE^o jssET, Bo st on, M ass. CROP INSURANCE. Life insurance is valuable because it guarantees the outcome. ' flurncy Heaters "BRIGHT IDEA," "DORIC" and "400 SERIES" do the same thing fur >our buthouse: THEY GUARANTEE THE CROP. First of all they save 20 per cent on the coal bill and so keep expense at a minimum. Next, they produce an even beat and so do not imperil the life of the plant. Kext, they are simple to operate and so require least attention. Lastly, they wear longer than others and thus perceptibly reduce the capital invested. Don't buy or exchange until you've inves- tigated tHem. GURNEY HEATER MEG. CO. "DORIC" HEATER, 74 Franklin Street, BOSTON, MASS. Ill Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK CITY. "PIERSON" BOILERS WftT EB ANDiJEi w. The Most Complete and Perfect line of Horticultural Boilers OVER 100 SIZES AND STYLES. Iron Frame Conservatories, Palm Houses and Green- houses, Red Gulf Cypress Greenhouse Material^ Ventilating Apparatus^ Plans^ Specifications and Estimates. Prompt Shipments. THE PIERSON-SEETON CO. Dsslgnars, Manulaoturars and Builders of Horticultural Structures. West Side Ave., South, Jersey City, N. J. Mmerica is "the Fran/ of the JIessbI; there may be mare comfort Mmidships, but we are the first to toucli Unknown Heas," Vol. XX. CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, MAY i6, 1903. No. 780. IfL^iE ^LlS»fiiJ!@M! IFlL@i!3l!@7 ElOHTBENTH YBAR. Copyright 1903, by American Florist Company Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published every Satdbdat bt AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 324 Dearborn St., Chicago. Eutern Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2 00. Subscriptions accepted only from the trade. Volumes half-yearly from August, 1901. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS. Ofticees — John Bcbton, Philadelphia, Pa., president; C. C. Pollworth, MilwauKee, Wis., vice-president; \Vm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Beattt, Oil City, Pa., treasurer. Nineteenth annual meeting at Milwaukee, Wis. , August, 1903. THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. Annual convention at Detroit, Mich., March 2, 1904. Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa., secretary. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. Annual meeting and exhibition, Philadelphia, March, 19C4. Leonard Babbon, 136 Liberty St., New York, secretary. CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA Annual convention and exhibition. New York, November 10-12, 1903. Fred H. Lemon, Richmond, Ind., secretary. THIS ISSUE 40 PACES WITH COVER. CONTENTS. Chrysanthemums 597 W. \V. Edgar (portrait) 598 Odontoglossum crispum 598 In the national botanic garden (illus.) 599 Herbaceous plant notes 599 Carnations— Cult oral reminders 600 Kissed by the president (illus.) 600 Florists* "plant notes 600 Wreath on easel (illus.) 600 How to abate the catterpillar pest 601 Rhododendron storehouse (illus.) 602 Clipped box specimens (illus.) 602 Kentia Sanderiana (illus.) 603 Pa>onialutea 603 A Denver establishment (illus.) 694 New York 604 Chicago 604 Philadelphia 605 Boston 605 Baltimor<' 605 Baffalo 606 Detroit 606 Cleveland 606 Toronto ... 606 White Marsh, Md 607 San Francisco 607 Worcester 607 Providence 707 American Carnation Society. ; 608 Chryaanthemum Society of America.., 608 Obituary 608 The seed trade 614 The norsery trade 616 Our pastimes 618 Minneapolis 623 Montreal 6.30 CHRYSANTHEMUMS. SEASONABLE NOTES. A little stock-taking in the chrysanthe- mum line should be done now to make certain we have enough of the up-to-date varieties to meet our requirements; and if not, there is still time to insert some more cuttings. This will put the grower on the safe side and obviate filling up with back numbers when planting time comes. For several reasons the propa- gating bed will need closer attention at this time than it did a few weeks ago. One of these reasons, and the principal one, is that the sun has much more power, consequently we have to give more ventilation, which dries up the house more quickly and absorbs all the moisture. The cuttings will therefore wilt in less time. To guard against this give them increased watering and more frequent syringing. This treatment will make it necessary that the sand in the propagating bed be thoroughly clean and fresh. There will then be no chance for fungus. Early in the season we use a front bench in a carnation house for propa- gating our chrysanthemums; but this will not do now, the very best place being a propagating house facing north. If the bench stands a little away from the north wall, as it should, so much the better. The cuttings should be taken from the sand as soon as the roots are about half an inch long, for at this time of the year it takes them but a few days to get drawn, with the roots hard and wiry, and when potted up they take a long time to catch hold of the soil. After potting place them in as cool a place as possible, shading the plants and keeping the house a little close for a few days to enable them to takehold of the soil, after which they will take all the sunshine and air one can give them. Should any of the earlier propagated plants become too large for the pots before the time for planting do not try to save labor and expect equally as good results, but give them a shift into larger pots and a little extra room on the bench. In caring for the young stock, syringe once or twice on bright days to keep down red spider and thrip, which at this season sometimes causes much trouble, and the greenfly must be taken care of by frequent fumigations. Watch care- fully as to watering to prevent a stag- nant condition of the soil, which will stop root action in a very short time. By keeping the soil moist and using a little judgment in this direction the grower can keep the roots of the plants- in active and constant growth. A question that puzzles most growers at this time almost every season is what varieties to plant, those that are most suited for exhibition or those that pay best for commercial purposes. Of course it is not to be expected that one is going to grow another dealer's novelty that v^ras only distributed in March in such quantity as will enable him to cut enough blooms to set up large vases. We must leave these then to be used in small lots or in collections. To insure enough blooms suitable for exhibition, double the number called for must be planted. This will permit of a good selection and enable the exhibitor to put up an even bunch, a very important point for intend- ing exhibitors to remember. Where it is necessary to fill in with a few smaller or unfinished flowers, thechances of winning out are considerably lessened. The followinglist of varieties will make a good selection to be set up in large vases of twenty-five blooms or more for exhibition purposes: White— Timothy Eaton, Alice Byron, Merza, Mrs. Henry Robinson. Since Timothy Eation put in its appearance many white varieties have been shorn of theirexhibition glory. This variety has them all beaten in size and unless the other varieties put up against it are away up on color and form, Timothy Eaton is sure to get the money. W. H. Chadwick and Mrs. Jerome Jones are two of the best varieties classed as white, but both of them are too highly tinged with pink for the white class. Convention Hall, sent out this season, has many admirers who pick it as a rival for Eaton, but this has yet to be put to the test. Yellow— Col. D. Appleton is the whole thing to date in its season. As a deep yellow there is none to beat it when staged at its best. This season we may see one of the four Australian varieties, Mrs. T. W. Pockett, Mrs. E. Shirkell, C. J. Salter or Mrs. Harry Emmerton, wrest the premiership from Col. D. Appleton. If they do, this will indeed be progress. It is a pity that we cannot grow Mrs. Elmer D. Smith more successfully, but after giving it our best effort we have come to the conclusion that we shall have to let it go. Golden Wedding and Mrs. Ta^gart are both fine deep yellows in their season for using in large vases, but most seasons they come too late to be seen in good form at the principal shows. In classes calling for light yellow Major Bonnaffon, Yellowjones, Jennie Falconer and Mrs. Greenfield are the leaders so far. 598 The American Florist. May lb. Pink — Mile. Marie Liger is due to take the leading place as an exhibition' pink. But before making up -our mind to this 'we would ask all growers to watch A. J. Balfour. This variety is certainly a very promising sort as regards color. Mrs. Coombs, another beauty for using in large vases, is a little past its best by November 1, and has commenced to lose some on form. We are undecided as yet on our estimate of Mrs. Barclay. We had some blooms last season that were grand, but failed to develop the length of stem necessary for staging in large lots, and the foliage is about as heavy as on any chrysanthemum we have ever grown. There is still a place for Viviand-Morel on the exhibition tables, but these new comers have completely smothered such varieties as Mrs. Perrin, Mrs. Murdock, Maud Dean and Xeno. Lavender Queen and Yanariva are the best to use in the light pink classes. Red — Intensity is our choice for red. It has the color, stem and form. One thing against it is that it is sometimes a little late. H. J. Jones is sometimes good, but more frequently indifferent, and the plants with us grow uneven and do not average up good. Bronze— Kate Broomhead is the best bronze we have come across, being good in every way, clean, upright grower and a charming color. Rustique is also a good one for those who can do it well, but with us it burns badly. Chas. Davis, Lady Anglesey and Lady Hanham, sports of Viviand-Morel, are seen both in bronze and any other color classes, and when timed right they are very telling, but lose several points on iorm if a little old. The any othercolor class takes in the magenta and maroon varieties, like T. Carrington, Walleroo and J. Langley, also varieties like Oresco and Queen Alexandra, and all parti-colored kinds. For a distinct reflexed vase the variety Mons. Chenon de Leche is a charming sort here, and for distinct incurved a chance is given to use Major Bonnaffon and Pennsylvania. In figuring up our stock for strictly commercial purposes almost all of the foregoing self-colored exhibition varieties are also good for high grade commercial work, and for a cheaper line of smaller flowers covering the difierent periods of the season, we can mention Glory of Pacific and its vvhite sports, Lady Fitz- wigram, and Yellow Lady Fitzwigram for very early; Robt. Halliday, Monrovia, Ivorv, Pink Ivory and Soleil d' Octobre for "second early; Mrs. Perrin, Major Bonnaffon, Viviand-Morel, Niveus, Phila- delphia, Nellie Pockett, Mrs. Jerome Jones, Yellow Jones as the best mid- season varieties; and W. H. Chadwick, Superba and Mrs. Rufus W. Smith (new) for very late work. C. W. TOHNSON. W. W. Edgar. ' The subject of the portrait herewith presented has held for manyyears a posi- tion in the foremost rank of expert Bos- ton plant growers. In the production of high-class flowering and foliage plants for commercial needs he has no superior and he is the most extensive grower of this class of material in the New England states. He is an Englishman by birth and came to this country when a young man, with a thorough gardening train- ing, fortified by a natural appreciation and strong love for the beautiful in nature. After having spent some years as a private gardener he started in a moderate way on the site of his present extensive establishment at Waverly, making repeated additions and rapidly attaining that prosperity to which his abilities and industry entitle him. Mr. Edgar is companionable, hospit- ble and very popular among his fellow- florists. He is a member of the Society of American Florists, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and the Horticult- urarClub of Boston. Odontogflossum Crlspum. The notes regarding this, the queen of orchids, in a recent issue, by James Goodier, are so reasonable, and so clearly bear the ear marks of an observ- ant cultivator, that it was a pleasure to meet with them over his signature. In the last issue of the Orchid Revieiv we are told that Julius Roehrs shipped back to Europe at five pence each all of his Odontoglossum crispum as being impos- sible of culture in New Jersey. It seems sad that Mr. Goodier did not arrive on the scene earlier. We can only regret— and meditate on what might have been. We have been struggling with this W. W. Edgar. fractious queen now for about twelve years, and a few of the results are per- haps worth recording, mostly in cor- roboration of the experiences of Mr. Goodier. Primarily, there is no ques- tion it is largely a matter of climate that governs the results. O. crispum collec- tions in Massachusetts never looked so well as at the present time. The reason for this is variously accounted for by the growers, some even going so far as to attribute it to the use of a fractional portion of leaves in the potting compost; others have faith in suspension from the roof; another pins his reputation to the drier regimen through the dull winter months, and so on ad infinitum. The real reason is doubtless to be found in the amount of humidity and scarcity of extreme heat last year, which afforded, in fact, a typical English summer here in Massachussetts, and the crispums enjoyed it. The plants show unmistakable evidence of it in the quantity and quality of their spikes the past few weeks. There is no question that they can be grown here, in any part of the United States, when we can turn on cool air in summer as we turn on heat in winter. This will sometime come, and we may even live to practice it. The house in which our plants are grown has a north exposure, sunk below the ground level, was built specially for the purpose, and all should have been well, but it was not. The plants, with a few exceptions, dwindled very perceptibly year by year until some one, perhaps Mr. Goodier, told us in print that this north house business was all wrong in winter, and it sounded right. Temperatures and light are difficult of control in extreme weather. We have had frozen ice and snow on the roof of the house for weeks and could not remove it without break- ing lots of glass, so we let it stay on and the plants suffered at the time they needed light and a buoyant atmosphere most, as they commence to grow in the fall and continue it all winter, and flower in spring. Therefore we promptly seized upon the suggestion as the one thing we had been waiting for, just as happened when leaf compost was being exploited; in fact, if memory serves, some were even tried in jadoo. Anyhow the removal upstairs at repotting time last fall into a house where the plants obtained all the winter sun on the west side of a house running north and south, has certainly filled the requirements better than any other panacea for this particular ill, for the plants took on a ruddy bronze tint, the pseudo-bulbs increased in size and the crop of flowers was such that we wished there were as many thousands as hundreds in the collection. We are cer- tainly on the right track at last. Mr. Goodier states that it is his opinion that it does not matter much what the compost is that is used in potting so long as the after treatment is right, or words to that effect, and here again he is per- fectly correct, or at least our experience would~seem to indicate that he is, with one trifling exception; we should always eliminate sphagnum from the compost. Sphagnum for orchids, except cypripe- diums, is a snare and a delusion. If it grows healthily, as it does only in a few places, where there is no trace of lime in the water used on the plants, it is then a first-class harbor for slugs and snails, for they are always introduced with it. If it is used and does not grow it sours the whole compost and the roots die as soon as they touch it. We are apt to apply too much water at the roots of O. crispum in winter solely to keep alive the sphagnum, when they need water only once a week in the long dull months and are much better kept "healthily dry" so as to retain all the vitality of the old roots until the new push out from the latest half-formed growths. As springtime comes with more air, light and sun, bringing with them the flower spikes, more wateris applied with a little something in it. We tie to "Cookson" and plain osmunda fibre, and if anyone doubts the formula let him come and be converted. Not a cattleya here has a shred of sphagnum or other ingredient besides osmunda fibre, used fresh with the life in the roots and the vegetable matter retained, not shaken out — but this is a talk on odontoglossums. Perhaps not more than a hundred readers of the American Florist will be interested in this gossip anyway, but I want that hundred to see it. In con- clusion it seems fair to say that there is little reason to believe that O. crispum will ever be extensively cultivated in the United States as a commercial cut flower. There is first the initial outlay, which would be larger than for any other IQ03. The American Florist. 599 WALK IN THE BOTANIC GARDEN, WASHINGTON, D. C orchid, then special appliances, and most important of all, the short time they last when cut from the plant. These fine sprays we have been using by the score were on the third day consigned to the ash barrel in a wilted condition. The stems are too wiry to absorb water sufficient to support the quantity of bloom even though the stems were cut in a long slanting direction and placed in water at once. We have had cattleyas and Iselias last two to three weeks under similar conditions. The beauti- ful Miltonia vexillaria acts in a similar manner when cut, and if either of these are used on the plants for house decoration one may as well say goodby to the plants. ' E. O. Orpet. In the National Botanic Garden. One of the prettiest features of the botanical garden at Washington, D. C, in the summer is the walk shaded by giant palms and other tropical vegeta- tion, which is depicted in our illustration. In the dim distance the great white cen- tral dome of the capital looms up, so gracefully poised that it seems more Hke a fairy cloud picture than a structure of solid marble. Amongthespecimenpalms are many that are unique as to variety and size and many, too, that have a his- tory, which Mr. Smith delights to relate to the visitor in his inimitable way. Omaha, Neb. — ^J. J. Hess will leave here June 11 for Europe, visiting Chicago, Burlington, Wis., and Indianapolis enroute. He will sail on the Hamburg liner, Augusta Victoria, returning about August 27. Herbaceous Plant Notes. Dodecatheons are erroneously consid- ered as rather difficult to manage and this supposition is perhaps the principal reason that we rarely see them planted. They certainly are most desirable, free flowering and showy, ornamental plants, well worth growing. W^hen massed together in groups, several colors or shades being used, they are most effect- ive, but individual plants in a border are also sure to attract the admiration of every observing eye. The flowers are borne in many-flowered clusters on erect stems, twice" the height of the leaves. The petals are reflexed, often more or less twisted or undulated, as in the cycla- men, though somewhat narrower and smaller in dimensions. The yellow sta- mens are gathered closely around the vivid purple colored tip of the pistil, thus forming a sharp point. All bloom in May and June. The colors of the petals and sepals rangefrompure whitethrough all the flesh and pink tints to a rich deep rosy crimson. D. integrifolium is the dwarfest, but at the same time the deepest colored of them all; the base of the petals is white, gradually shading into deep rosy crim- son toward the tips. Its flowering sea- son is a few weeks behind all others and the umbels bear fewer flowers than those of the Media section. The foliage is also shorter and smooth edged. The height of the stems is from six to eight inches. D. Media varies in color and also in height of flower stems and size of foliage in its various varieties, of which there are many. The largest and tallest form is D. Media Jeffreyi, often called lanci- folium. It reaches a height of abouttwo feet, sometimes even more under favor- able conditions. The leaves are lancCr shaped and correspondingly larger than in the other varieties; flowers rosy pink, yellow at base of petals, umbels very large and many flowered. D. Media albiflorum is a pure white form with light green spots at the base. D. Media elegans, light rose; D. Aledia splendens is another very bright colored variety with a distinct broad j-ellow rim at the base of the petals; D. Media lilacina has a pale lilac shade in the petals; D. Media speci- osum (frigidum), is also a dark flowered variety, the dwarfest of the Media sec- tion, about twelve inches high, the umbels not so floriferous as in others, but the color most desirable. There are, of course, many more varie- ties, but I only mention those of the most desirable shades. What I want to say about the plant in particular is that it is one of the neglected but deserving plants and is as easy to grow under the right conditions as any other. It is a native of the United States and anvbody who can grow violets outdoors, ought to be able to grow this plant successfully under the same conditions. It does not want a very dry position or an all day exposure to the full sun, nor does it need a wet place in a shady position. Europeans recommend leaf mould, peat or wood soil or a mixture thereof for growing the dodecatheons, but that is pardonable, for leaf mould is one of their hobbies. But ordinary garden soil is surely good enough for them. I have grown them long enough successfully in such soil in all exposures, sometimes even rather dry and sunny, and never had to use any of the above mLxtures, only an occasional 600, The American Florist. May j6, application of ordinary decayed manure. Plants of dodecatheons have always been and are now sold only in single crowns and therefore it takes a little time to make a good show in a bed, but when once established they are a grand sight while in bloom. I can only com- pare them to a flower covered group of tall stemmed cyclamens, blooming in clusters, if it was not for the lanceolate loliage. This foliage, however, is attract- ive and persistent. The plants should not be disturbed very often. The older they grow, so much the better are they in every respect. Leave them alone as long as they do well, for ten years if necessary and when they have to be moved, let it be done in the fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting purposes for the finest work, but the plants will not force. Clumps may be brought on in pots or boxes in a very cool house toward spring, like hardy primroses, but as with so many of the primulaceae, they will not bear pushing along by heat. J. B. K. CARNATIONS. CULTURAT, REMINDERS. The strenuous life of the intensive car- nation grower is never relaxed after the young stock is safely in the field. Culti- vating, weeding and topping will give him plenty of outdoor exercise in pleas- ant weather, and the old plants indoors will still claim a good part of his time. It is a pleasure to see the young plants responding to the perfect conditions sur- rounding them and making the first growth that is untrammeled by the least unbalanced element. Right here is the foundation of the superstructure so vividly seen in our mind's eye a few months hence. Whoever has his heart in his work and can understand the language poured out in a limpid stream by nature awakening from her winter's slumbers, needs little urging to keep his energies awake to the needs of his charges. The early morning hours will find him with his plants, still drenched with dew, and the evening's gathering shadows will send him to a well earned rest. The ■ true gardener, whose close touch with nature riiakes his tasks a pleasure, who weaves into a poem the dull monotony of routine duty, is indeed the nearest approach to perfect content- ment that ante-millenium times could well produce. The first thing to be attended to when the time can be spared will be to turn the soil pile which is intended for the coming season, to get all the ingredients thoroughly mixed. Note well the quan- tity of moisture present and after the job is done, if the soil is any drier than might be called a good growing condi- tion, hollow out a basin in the top of the pile and turn in the hose. The presence of moisture in the right quantity is neces- sary to keep up decomposition and to distribute the chemical elements evenly by capillary attraction. One of the principal cares Irom now on will be to keep the houses cool. Shade that has been washed ofi' by rains should be renewed, guarding well against over- doing it. Syringe two or three times a day, and keep the doors and ventilators open wide. Houses not provided with side ventilation are benefited by having a light of glass removed about every eight leet under the eaves or gutters. Curtains of canvass should be provided that can be let down and fastened on cool nights and when it is desired to fumigate. Benches that give no promise of a fair quantity of good flowers should be cleared of plants and weeds, but leave the soil on them to protect the w^ood from the sun. This is much better than to allow the plants to become infested with red spider and other insects, which in such cases may be carried over to the young stock when it is benched. Except with houses that will be carried extra late, say past the 25th of August, little more feeding will be necessary, except in liquid form, which should be kept up until the houses are renewed. Give plenty of water, but always bear in mind that carnations are not aquatics at any time of the year. J. Kissed By The President. In years to come one small maiden in Iowa will look back on April 28 as her lucky day, for it was then that President Roosevelt kissed her, the only baby in Iowa who had that honor. It was dur- ing the presidential parade and as the horsemen and passed a ladies gath- residence ■; Morris avenue, ty little happened the presi- ght sight winsome littleRuth he ordered riage to as the dear handed armful of leaned down to her and said "I'd rather have a kiss than all the flowers." And so it was that little Miss Morris with only three seasons credited to her name, has in that brief span had the honor of a kiss from the head of the greatest nation in the world. — Des Moines Mail and Times. Florists' Plant Notes. FILLING VASES. A week or ten days before Memorial day is when this feature of the business is usually given attention. It is not good policy to fill the vases long before they are wanted, for they take up agreat deal of valuable room, and the plants assume a soft growth in th*; greenhouse. Iron vases should have a coat or two of paint at least a week before the plants are placed therein; iron gray appears to be the color preferred. The rustic vase and basket seems to be going out of popular favor, due, possibly, to the more enduring qualities of the iron article. Those which have been stored away dur- ing the past winter should be given anew coat of varnish before being sent to the cemetery. Plants for this purpose must be selected not only with a view to making a good appearance at the start, but to have that appearance last as long as possible. For the center there is nothing to equal Dracfena indivisa, which by fall is often the only plant worthy of the name left in the vase. Palms, such as latanias and kentias soon burn up if exposed to the sun, but phoenix are often used for a change from dracasnas and they stand quite satisfactorily. The Boston fern makes a graceful center plant for shady locations. For vines, Vinca major and its variegated form are the most useful. If the plants are large and the vines sev- eral feet in length, it is all the better as they grow slowly during w^arm weather. Other good vines for variety are nastur- tium, lobelia, nierembergia, honeysuckle, Kenil worth' ivy and Asparagus Spren- geri. The last mentioned is deservedly growing in popular favor, giving the work a fine feathery appearance. The following plants may be selected with respect to location: If sunny, double geraniums, petunias (both single and double), marguerites, ageratums, abutilons, Begonia Vernon, besides a number of foliage plants, such as crotons, coleus, anthericum, Grevillea robusta. Geraniums Mme. SaJleroi and Mountain of Snow o£fer a small selection that will stand the full glare of the sun. For the shade, palms, several of the more robust ferns. Asparagus plumosus and A. Sprengeri, begonias. Rex, tuberous and other varieties, and fuchsias are a few plants that might be mentioned. The main thing to be avoided as much as possible in filling vases, is uniformity, that is, filling one like another. The thing desired is symmetry without the appearance of too much formality. Plants that flower only once, such as pyrethrum and astilbe, should never be used. Use a good rich soil to which plenty of well rotted cow manure has been added, allowing besides a 5- inch pot of bone meal to a bushel of soil. After the plants have been set in place fill in with soil and see that each plant is made firm, after which cover the soil with green wood moss, which the farmers can supply in quantity. For veranda boxes and hanging bas- kets the same list of plants ana general ideas will suffice. In order to have the hanging baskets remain attractive as long as possible use very rich soil. Do not crowd the plants and see that they are given plenty of water at all times, for susjjended as they are, with a con- stant circulation of air around them, evaporation is very rapid. G. Wreath on Easel. The accompanying photograph is of a cheap and efiective design. The wre£),th is four feet in diameter and rests on a 6-foot easel. The ground is of red galax with a few palm leaves in the center, the flowers used being readily seen. Such a design is just as efiective if not more so than a gates ajar, broken column, or similar emblems, where the flowers have to be stemmed short and worked close together. Every flower is made to count as they are all visible at once, which can not be said of the column, urn or design of like character. This piece was made for $25 and was a big eyeful for the money, while the profit was very satis- factory. One of the advantages of this arrangement is that almost anything on hand will be of service, as there are so many ways in which a wreath of galax and flowers can be worked out with per- fect results. See illustration, page 601. K. La Grange, Tex.— The flower and vegetable show closed May 7. The exhibits wereexceptionallygood. Attend- ance was fair and would have been much larger had not rain interfered. Lake Geneva, Wis.— The owners of gardens and private estates at this place, many of them wealthy residents of Chicago, are much annoyed becawse of the labor troubles here. It is stated that some of the men employed on their places have formed a union and demand increased wages. . .. igo3. The American Florist. 601 How to Abate the Caterpillar^ Pest. (An !iddre»s delivcrnd bv .Tohn C. Lewis, Citv Forester of I'liiladelphiii, at Rortieulturnl II:ill, Pbiludelpbi:i, Kcbnuiry 19, 1903 ] The subject before us, "How and When to Abate the Caterpillar Pest," is a question ot vital importance to every citizen of this vast commonv^ealth for it affects the consumer equally as much as the producer. However, in the short space of time allotted for the considera- tion of this momentous subject, it will be impossible to dwell at length thereon. I will, therefore, confine my remarks to the two principal kinds of caterpillars that we in this locality have to combat, although these are not confined to this specific localitj', but are found in more or less force throughout the eastern states. I refer to the tussock moth, Orgyia leu- costigma, and the web-worm, Hyphan- tria cunea. These twp defoliate our shade and fruit trees and cause more annoyance than any other. The first of thesei the tussock moth, is the kind that has infested not only Philadelphia and its suburbs for several years past, but has bJso been prevalent in Boston, New York and Baltimore. The eggs of this moth, the nests ol which are now in evidence in so many plftces in this city, were oviposited in September last. The female moth being wingless, makes the oviposit on the out- side of the cocoon it recently vacated, or on the trunk of the tree in the near vicin- ity of the cocoon, after which it dies. The eggs are concealed in a jelly-like white froth, which gradually hardens into a solid and compact white lime-like mass. These eggs will hatch in May, the exact time being somewhat regulated by the weather conditions, and almost as soon as hatched the youngcaterpillars, though very minute, crawl to the leaves and begin feeding. At first they do not punc- ture the leaves but feed on the tender under side of the leaf, hence to the inexpe- rienced eye they escape notice. It is not long, however, before they make their presence known by the rapid skeletoniza- tion of the leaves; it is then too late to save the foliage thus destroyed, but rem- edies should be applied to prevent entire defoliation and also to prevent an increase of the pest, for this species have two, and sometimes three, generations annually. The second is the web-worm, Hyphan- tria cunea. Last season these two kinds, especially the one now under considera- tion, became epidemic in this section, and not since the year 1895 have these pests been so numerous and destructive as last year. They are present every season, in greater or lesser quantities in localities here and there, but last year almost every tree and even wayside briars were infested for miles around this city. Generally speaking, the web-worm is not as destructive as the tussock moth, the egg nests of which contain from 150 to 300 eggs, while the clusters of the web-worm, which are found under the leaves, con- tain from 300 to 500 eggs. The cater- pillars hatching from these last being gregarious, form a colony and enclose a leafj- section of the tree with a strong web, within which they feed, extending the same as the leaves are consumed. When the caterpillar has reached its full growth and maturity, it leaves the web and descends to spin its cocoon. Now as to how and when to get rid of the pest. The present moment, or as soon as the snow disappears, is the time for acti^n, if the matter has not received attention already. The egg nests and cocoons are now plainly visible on the WREATH OF GALAX AND FLOWERS ON EASEL. leafless trees and can be easily removed and destroyed, and when the number of the embryo caterpillars each egg nest contains is taken into consideration, it can be very plainly seen how compara- tively easy it is to abate at least, if not to annihilate the pest altogether. The egg nests and cocoons can be found not only on the trunks and limbs and under the loose bark, but on the fences, the dwelling and out-houses, in fact any- where and everywhere that affords pro- tection and shelter. These can still be gathered without difficulty. The method I have pursued for several years past in this operation is, the men gathering them carry small pails in which they deposit the egg nests and cocoons as collected. When full, or when the tree has been cleared of them, they are thrown into coal oil and the whole mass burned, which is a sure way to exterminate them. The tussock moth while prevalent in the city every season for many years past, has not been anything like as bad as in the year 1895. It was then in such force that there was scarcely a tree in this city. except the few varieties that were then immune from attack, that was not defoli- ated as early in the season as July of that year. This destruction was caused by the first generation of caterpillars. It is a wejl-known fact that pedestrians avoided the squares, and on streets that contained a number of trees it was a common sight to see people carrying open umbrellas, for the sole purpose of protecting them from the hosts of cater- pillars that were continually dropping from the trees to the sidewalk. When the second generation appeared, food being scarce, the leaf-ribs, and even the petioles or leaf stalks, that the previous army had left were very quickly con- sumed, and the caterpillars seized upon everything green, and other varieties of trees, including the tough and leathery foliage of the oak, which had hitherto been considered immune, were attacked and more or less devoured. In March, 1896, the war of extermina- tion began and has been vigorously pros- ecuted till this present moment. Just as soon as the trees have cast their leaves 602 The American Florist. May i6. in the autumn the work of pruning the trees and the collection and destruction of egg nests and cocoons begins and con- tinues till all the city trees under the con- trol of my department are thoroughly freed from the pest, in consequence of which the trees in the squares escape the ravages of the first generation of cater- pillars. But past experience has taught us that spraying is necessary to combat the second generation, which year by year makes an attack with more or less force. It would seem that after the trees had received a thorough cleansing during the previous winter that the work would be complete, and that the trees would be entirely free to grow and luxuriate, and so they would but for the fact that the trees on the streets, with the exception of those surrounding the small parks and squares, are not under my control, and I ipal government, however vigorous the action of the government may be in its efforts to destroy the pest, in the absence of the combined and co-operative efforts of our citizen tree owners to cleanse their own trees, municipal effort is futile. In spraying we use a steam force pump, with an agitating attachment for the thorough mixing and distribution of the insecticide. This or a kindred apparatus is necessary for spraying large areas, but for the spraying of trees on a small area, or for individual trees, there are several excellent air pump devices on the market, and at such prices that place them within the reach of all, and which will do the work just as efficiently as the larger steam force pump. There are numbers of excellent insecticides recommended for use in the extermination of the caterpil- lar pest, but as arsenic poison is the basis RtlODODENDRON STOREHOUSE AT BOBBI.SK & ATKINS', RUTHERFORD, N. J. of nearly all of them, for spraying pur- poses we use Paris green exclusively, our general formula being one pound of Paris green to three barrels or 150 gallons of water. It is imperative that the solu- tion be kept in a state of agitation dur- ing distribution, for the Paris green being insoluble, and its specific gravity being greater than that of water, the green will rapidly sink to the bottom of the vessel and thus destroy the effects of the operation. To the inexperienced I would recom- mend the addition of lime to the Paris green. To properly prepare this, water can be applied to quicklime in sufficient quantity to ferment the lime to a boiling heat, the admixture being kept in motion to prevent the lime from destroying its own potent quality. When the lime is absorbed and its volcanic propensities are exhausted, it can be allowed to cool off and settle. When cold, the lime will resolve itself at the bottom, the w^ater can then be poured off and the lime paste is ready to receive the Paris green; this can be mixed in equal parts, and water at the same ratio before given, can be added; it is then ready for use and can be applied by any of the small sprayers before mentioned. The lime not only aids the assimilation of the green with the water, but prevents the solution from scalding any tender foliage of the tree or o( other plants with which it may come in contact, and further it guarantees absolute safety to the foliage when used by the inexperienced operator. This spraying process applies to trees generally both as apreventative and also as a cure, and not only for the tussock moth and web- worm, but for other insect enemies to tree life also. As a further aid in the abatement of the two forms of the pest under consideration, especially the former, bands of raw cotton may be temporarily affixed to the trunks of trees at a convenient height from the ground, for a sudden gust of wind or a heavy shower of rain will dislodge numbers of caterpillars and cause them to fall to the ground, or if food becomes scarce, they will spin a thread and lower themselves in search of a new supply, being great veriy much regret to say that in the imiiiense "majority- of casesno one seems to have control over them, for but very few indeed of our citizens take any steps whatever to abate the nuisance, conse- quently the trees in our squares and those comparative few on the streets that are treated by citizens become infested again and again and the ravage goes on. If the whole of our small parks and squares, although they contain 300 acres exclusive of League Island park, which initself contains 300 acres, were in one area, it would be far less difficult to check the pest than now, but scattered as they are, many of them miles apart and more or less surrounded by infested trees, it is impossible with the force at my command to treat all the squares at the proper time, hence some locations must necessarily suffer. Whereas, if each and every householder that enjoys the benefits of a tree or trees on the sidewalk fronting their premises were to aid in unison with my department, and accord- ing to the instructions I frequently pub- lish, Philadelphia would very soon be free from the pest. The caterpillar is a common enemy, and under existing con- ditions nothing short of concerted action on the part of our citizens will rid us of the pest. The present limited control of the trees on our city streets by themunic- _|jPi|i^^,..^..,p.:.. ^- ': -ifM ,. -3'- ^•■-" ^" Z — — ^SM Iffii^BkL^^'^'^^^^HI^^^I^^HI CLIPPED BOX SPECIMENS AT BOBBINK & ATKINS', RUTHERFORD, N. .J. igoj. The American Florist. 603 travelers, they instinctively re-ascend the first tree reached, the cotton band or girdle intercepts their upvrard progress and great numbers can thus be anni- hilated by using a stifl" steel brush. Thus their means of transit will tend to their being ensnared. For the abatement of the web- worm, another remedy, which is two-fold, is oftered. It is the destruction of the web and its contents by cutting away the branches infested, or by burning the web with torches. I have often seen these methods in operation, and have on sev- eral occasions applied them myself, but have yet to see the first instance where the pest was destroyed and the tree left uninjured. Therefore, in the hands of the inexperienced especially, I would not recommend its use. For the subsequent treatment of trees that have been relieved of the egg nests and cocoons during the winter months, spraying should be resorted to as soon as the leaf is about half formed, or if convenient, even earlier than that, a dry day at all times being selected for the purpose, for the rain destroys the effects of spraying. In the form of a preventative several sprayings should be made at intervals throughout ■ the season. I have no hesitation whatever in say- ing that if the trees on our city streets were placed vmder my control, and the necessary means provided for labor and appliances, in two years the caterpillar pest, as far as Philadelphia is concerned, would be a thing of the past. This state- ment is not uttered in a spirit of empty conceit, but rather with a desire to stim- ulate the derelict tree owners of Philadel- phia and the vicinity to action, assuring them that if the methods herein pre- scribed are practiced they will bring relief, that the power of riddance of the pests lies within their own province, and to further assure them that unless they act their part in the war of extermina- tion the pest will increase, rather than abate, regardless of the untiring efforts and expenditure made by the city year after year to preserve the public trees. Some people labor under a delusion in regard to the biting or stinging propen- sities of the tussock caterpillar. It bites leaves it is true, but it neither bites nor stings in the sense conveyed. The attack complained of is caused by segments of the hirsute covering with which the cater- pillar is clothed, and which seems to be its means of defense, these hairs are barbed, and being loosely attached to the body, are very easily removed there- from, either by contact with the branches of the tree, by the wind, or in crawling over the person and faUing on the neck or bare arms, cause great irritation and considerable annoyance to the victim. SUPPLEMENT TO ADDRESS. The two questions assigned to me, "Will kerosene applied to trunk kill a tree?" and "Will crude petroleum applied to tree when dormant abate San Jose scale?" are of such a kindred nature that it will save time and avoid confusion by considering them both at one time. A correct reply to these questions could be given by simply saying no to the first and yes to the second, but the bare neg- ative and equally bare affirmative would not in either case be a complete answer, nor would either convey the required information the questioner presumably desires. In the first instance, kerosene is the refined product of the crude oil, and being of a more limpid nature, requires greater care in using as an insecticide. Kerosene used in the virinter season and properly KENTIA SANDERIANA. applied to the trunk and branches will not injure a tree, but if applied to the roots will kill the tree. It is, therefore, an agent that is more or less dangerous to plant life, and in my opinion it should not be recklessly used as an insecticide by the inexperienced. The same can be said of the properties of crude petroleum. It will not only abate, but will kill San Jose scale. At the same time there is a very dangerous risk in its use, especially so in the hands of untutored laymen. Personally, I would never use either kerosene or crude petrolevim in their pure state as an insecticide; and it used at all they should be diluted with water, or in emulsion of some kind, of which there are several brands, with full instructions for their use, and also air-pump devices for their distribution, offered for sale by seedsmen and others. These, or any one of them, can be applied in the form of a very fine mist, and in quantity sufficient to moisten only the several parts of the tree, so as to avoid the danger of any surplus fluid trickling down the stem to the ground, hence to the roots. As a precaution, raw cotton, burlap or some other absorbent material, can he lightly bound around the base of the trunk, so as to prevent any fluid that might other- wise escape to the ground, and as an extra precaution, loose barn yard litter could be thinly spread on the ground under the trees to be treated, to prevent any possible drip from reaching the ground. After treatment, the litter catl be removed and burned, or stored away for future use. A fine, calm day should be selected and the spraying done as soon as the sun shines ftilly on the tree in the morning, so as to afford the oil a better opportunity to evaporate before night- fall. This one application may not be suffi- cient to annihilate the pest. Several may be necessary to thoroughly cleanse the tree, and when cleansed an occasional spraying during the winter months, as a preventative, will prove to be judicious and profitable. Kentla Sanderlana. This is one of the latest kentias intro- duced to the trade and I think is destined to be universally grown, because of its free growth and bushy habit. It breaks very freely from the base and the foliage is dark green, nard and durable. It endures well in a room, and is an elegant table plant, and for jardiniere work is invaluable. It assumes a very decora- tive character quite early from seed and specimens five to six feet high are most attractive. The plant illustrated is not "made up"; the young growths are natural and surround the stem with a wealth of foliage. It has been awarded a silver medal by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. A. Dimmock. Paeonla Lutea. Exceedingly interesting is this new yellow-flowered tree peony from central China, says the Gardeners' Magazine. Whether it will make a really good garden plant yet remains to be seen; the flowers are quite small as compared with those of the popular varieties of P. Moutan, but they are of a clear soft yellow color, and hence, if the species itself does not become popular, there is a possibility of its becoming useful for hybridizing. The ternatisect leaves are tough, large, grey- green above and distinctly glaucous beneath. It was exhibited by E. Potten, Camden Nurseries, Cranbrook, at the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, April 21, and was awarded a first-class certificate. Bridgeport, Conn. — Keith & Jackson have purchased the business of G. B. Whitehead. 604 The American Florist. May i6, A Denver Establishment. The accompanying illustration shows the store and show houses of Mrs. R. Mauff, Logan avenue, Denver, Col. The principal range of glass is at Harman, a suburb. Mrs. Mauffhas a very nice trade and is now adding four iron frame houses, after the style of those built at the Dale Estate, Brampton, Ont. The houses are high, 20x100, with 16x16 butted glass and are to be used for American Beauty New York, CLUB MEETING. — PREPARATION FOR S. A. F. CONVENTION. — HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETING AND EXHIBITION. — FARQUHAR LECTURES.— LIFELESS MARKET.— PRICES VERY LOW. — NOTES. The May meeting ol the New York Florists' Club, held at the new head- quarters in the Grand Opera House on Monday evening, while not remarkable in point of attendance, was a good one in all other respects. A number of important committees reported, among them being those appointed to draft resolutions of sympathy on the death ot Joseph Donahue and J. W. Withers. C. B. Weathered and Ales. Wallace reported severally for their committees and the resolutions adopted as read, by an unanimous vote. F. Traendly gave a glowing account of the preparations being made for the July excursion, and intimated that nearly enough prizes had been donated for all kinds of contests by all ages, conditions and shapes of partici- pants as to furnish a trophy for every- one attending. The matter of route to the Milwaukee convention of the S. A. F. next August was generally discussed and, while no positive instruction was given the transportation committee, it was voted as the sense of the meeting that the club delegation should go via Chicago. Several members expressed timidity regarding a stop-oif at that place, they having learned that a peni- tentiary is located there. Theo. Lang, described as "the last of the Mohicans," was constituted a captain entrusted with the important duty ot lining up a pre- sentable bowling team for the Milwaukee contest. One new member, one proposed and one resigned was the membership record for the evening. The record for oratory belonged to Messrs. Elliott, Wheeler, Traendly, Lorentz, Beaulieu and Scott. J. K. M. L. Farquhar, of Boston, gave a very interesting lecture on the "Flowers, Fields and Woods of Japan" at the Museum Building, Bronx Park, before the Horticultural Society of New York, at its fourth annual meeting on Wednes- day afternoon, May 13. The address was profusely illustrated with beautiful stereopticon views which were highly enjoyed by the large audience present. Among the views was one of a white lily of longiflorumtypebearingflowers fifteen to sixteen inches long and with foliage resembling that of Dracjena indivisa, which Mr. Farquhar predicted would, in a few years, take a prominent place as a commercial cut flower. In connection with the meeting an exhibition was held in the exhibition hall, liberal premiums being offered by the New York Botanical Garden. W. H. S. Wood, L. A. Martin, gardener, was represented bv a very fine collection of shrub and tree flowers, for which he received first prize, also a dis- play of named lilacs which was given a special premium. First prize went to the Bedford Agassiz Association for a fine collection of wild fiowers. F. Weinberg won first for collection of alpine plants and one of succulents. H. A. Siebrecht & Sons received similar honors for a group of crotons, group of palms, group of foliage and flowering plants and collec- tion of ferns, also second for collection of orchids, and won the fifty dollar prize for the best horticultural novelty with Phcenix Roeblingiaua. Lager & Hurrell were first on orchids with a compre- hensive collection and C. G. Roebling first for cut orchids, his Laslio-Cattleya G. I. Ball receiving besides a certificate of merit. Succulents from Mrs. G. Padrock, peonies from G. Smith and a dark sport ot Begonia Vernon from F. Weinberg were among the other exhibits. The less said about the flower market the better, as conditions stand at present. Not only are prices very low on all varie- ties and grades but the demand amounts to nothing. Buyers are a rarity in the wholesale district and bargains find no takers except the Greeks, and they, too, are shy of taking any chances. No doubt there will be an improvement in the near future, but in the meantime shippers might as well cultivate resignation, there being no alternative. Rudolph Asmus has disposed of his establishment at New Durham to Herman Schoeltzel. Mr. Schoeltzel has been running the John Thumann place for the past seven years, previous to which he was foreman six years for Mr. Thu- mann. He will grow decorative plants exclusively. The council of the Horticultural Society of New York has voted a prize or$150for the exhibition of the Chrysanthemum Society of America, and arrangements have been made to hold the show in the Herald Square Auditorium. Frank Millang has gone with a party on an excursion to Yellowstone Park, Seattle and California. S. GeUer was one of the passengers on the Kaiser Wilhelm's last trip out. Visitor: P. J. Berckmans. Augusta, Ga. city: ESTABLISHMENT OF MRS R. MAUFF, DENVER, COL. Chicago. MARKET CONDITIONS. — STOCK ABUNDANT AND PRICES LGW.-PEONIES IN.-GRAFTED ROSES MOST SATISFACTORY. — A DISSOLU- TION OP PARTNERSHIP.— SPECIAL CLUB MEETING CALLED. — HERE AND THERE. The market during the present w^eek has been overburdened with stock of nearly every description, and prices have ranged very low^. There is a glut of low grade material, the prices of which are below normal for this season of the year. Fine shipping stock of some classes has held up well, realizing fair prices. There appears to be a growing demand for this class of material. Roses of nearly all grades have been plentiful, with prices somewhat lower than for the preceding week. American Beauty is plentiful and the prices low. Good Liberty is in good demand. Carnations, excepting good white stock, are abundant, but even the best of them go slowly. Longiflorum lilies and callas are to be had in quantity, and there is a small quantity of good lilac coming in. It is believed there will be some shortage on lilac this season, as the bushes were damaged by late frosts in many localities. Peonies are coming from the southern part of the state and the blooms look good. Although the blooms are good for this date, they are not meeting with very ready sale. This condition, no doubt, is attributable to the large quantity of good stock in other lines now on the market. The local growers expect to have peonies shortly and it is believed that they will be extra fine this season, the cool weather having proved quite favorable. Outdoor lily of the valley is plentiful, but the high grade article is not common. Ordinary tulips are about over but the parrot varieties are well above the average. Sprays ol early flowering hardy shrubs, such as lonicera and weigela, can now be had. Good ferns and smilax are scarce. Bassett& Washburn have given grafted roses a thorough trial and are fully sat- isfied that they are an improvement over plants on their own roots. Grafted stock only will be grown in future. This firm is now cutting some fine America and Floriana carnations. Weiland & Risch are rushing their new range and expect soon to have it com- pleted. It will be devoted chiefly to American Beauty roses grown on benches. The J. C. Moninger Company is furnish- ing the mill work and John Davis the pipe and heating material. A special meeting of the Florists' Club has been called for Mondayevening, May 18, at Handel Hall, room 607. Arrange- ments for meeting night and new rooms igo3. The American Florist. 605 are to be made. An entertainment is promised for this occasion. McKellar & Winterson have dissolved partnership and the business hereafter will be carried on by E. F. Winterson. C. W. McKellar's address for the present is 405 East Ontario street. The fourth annual spring encampment of the employes of Vaughan's Seed Store, will take place at Western Springs, Sun- day, May 17. The train will leave the Union depot at ll:-tO a. m. In its issue of May 10, the Tribune devoted half a page to an illustrated account of the greenhouses and orchid collection of H. G. Selfridge, at Lake t^neva, Wis. Manager Hartshorne of the Chicago Carnation Company and Mrs. Harts- horne celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary May 14-. Quite a drought prevails about the city and all florists' stock now planted out is somewhat aft'ected, especially where planted on light soil. A resolution prohibiting the annual installation flower display at City Hall was introduced at the council meeting May 11 and referred. Poehlmann Brothers Company have the rafters up for three new houses. When finished they vAl\ be devoted to tea roses and carnations. The calceolarias at Lincoln park are very attractive at present. There is also a creditable display of pelargoniums. Richard Witterstaetter, ol Cincinnati, was a visitor this week, on his wedding trip. Edgar Sanders, we are pleased to learn, continues to improve, George Reinberg is handling some very fine Meteor roses. Visitors: P. J. Huddart,Salt Lake City, Utah; H. Perry Brush, representing the Chadborn Manufacturing Company, Newburgh, N. Y. Philadelphia. STOCK PLENTIFUL AND CHEAP. — RETAIL- ERS PROFIT BY DECORATING THEIR STORES WITH IT.— GUN CLUB HONORED. — NEW FERNS ARRIVE. — BOSTON FERN SCARCE. — BY THE WAY. The stock of flowers now coming in is considerably in excess of the demand, but as the prices have weakened— a way the merchants have of attracting attention when all others fail — much larger stocks are carried by the stores, as at the low prices it does not cost much to make a show, which comes back in an increased trade. Beauties are to be had in quan- tity at almost any price, much too low, says S. S. Pennock, who thinks there is a limit below which no good Beauties should be sold. But the figure, or lowest point he does not give out. Present prices range from 50 cents to $2.50 per dozen. Teas are good with prices at from $4 to $8 per hundred. Kaiserins are getting fine and sell about the same as the teas. Carnations are now excel- lent, but either from the fullness of the crop or the light demand they are away down, 75 cents to $2 being the price, and the stock to be had for the latter figure is better than we have ever seen before for the price. Quite a quantity of Easter lilies have been handled the past week. Geo. Moss had a large consignment which he was fortunate enough to move promptly. Bernheimer and Reid are also handling a large lot of these plants. The thirteenth annual tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association is to be held under the auspices of the Florists' Gun Club on their ground at Wissanoming, May 18- 21. This is to be one of the greatest trap shooting events ever held in the state and shows the prominence to which the Florists' Gun Club has risen, when thej' have been selected to manage and par- ticipate in such an important tournament. There are a great many handsome silver team trophies as well as money prizes for the sweepstakes. The beautiful new ferns Nephrolepis Piersoni and N. Anna Foster are now here. The stock sent out is very nice and by next fall there promises to be quite a q uantity of mediu m sized plants. Whether they will beat out that dearold friend, the Boston, is a question. Good stock ot the latter for growing on is scarce, which shows the popularity of this plant as, in spite ot all there is grown, there does not seem to have been enough lelt over for stock. Edwin Lonsdale is sending in about the first peonies and from now on we expect to see quantities of this stock handled. Last season they were a great factor and great quantities were used, and this sea- son, if we get rain soon, we look for even a greater supply. Ed. Reid is wearing his expansive smile and says business is all right. "Hustler" Mclntire, his right hand man, keeps the stock constantly on the move and is gen- erally on the spot for an order if there's anything doing. Sweet peas are now used in large quan- tities but are coming in so fast that prices have weakened considerably; 75 cents per hundred buys a very fine grade while 50-cent stock is almost up to it on a dull day. The bedding plant men are having great sales of their stock and it looks now as if they would clear out com- pletely. K. Boston. BUSINESS VERY DULL.— STOCK ABUNDANT. — MAY EXHIBITION.— GOOD CALCEOLA- RIAS. — PLANT PREMIUMS TOO SMALL. — INTERESTING TRIP. The week just past is said by the florists, wholesale and retail, to have been the dullest for a long time in the cut flower business. Wholesale values have gone to pieces, it being a question of get- ting the stuff moved and out of the way, and the street men have been buyers, at minimum prices, of the greater part of the stock received. Bulbous flowers are about over, there being nothing of any account in sight this week except poet's narcissus and lily of the valley both of which are "selling for a song." If there was any need for them, double late tulips are available. However, they are now in full bloom in the gardens instead of wait- ing to assist at the Decoration day exer- cises as they usually do. Carnations are down nearly to the lowest notch, 50 cents a hundred covering a good part of the stock sold locally and $1.50 being realized with difficulty for Lawson. Roses are not quite so heavily over- stocked and are holding about where they were last week. The usual May exhibition was held at Horticultural Hall last Saturday. The sensation of the show was the group of superb calceolarias grown by J. Stuart, gardener to Geo. F. Fabyan. There were eight of these plants, unprecedentedly fine, and they were awarded first prize for six and second for single specimen. A group of pelargoniums from E.J. Mittou, Jas. Lawson, gardener, winning first prize, was also of high merit. The only entries in the azalea classes were from Mrs. A. W. Blake, who took second for six and first for single specimen. J. E. Rothwell, E. Johannson, gardener, showed an attractive lot of orchids com- prising twenty-six varieties, and was given a certificate of merit for seedling La;lio-Cattleya (L. cinnabarina X C. Percivaliana. Other plant displays were Clerodendron Balfourii from Mrs. A. W. Blake and amaryllis and streptosolon from J. L. Little. The cut flower collec- tions included tulips from Wm. Whitman, A. Sullivan, gardener, pansies from J. B. Shurtleft", Jr. and Mrs. E. M. Gill; oan- sies and primroses from W. E. Coburn and pelargoniums from Col. Chas. Pfaff. It appears that of $143 provided in the schedule for plants and cut flowers, but $43 was awarded. On the other hand, in the vegetable classes $34 was awarded out of $36 appropriated. A partial explanation is seen in the disproportion- ate premiums and the strikmg inade- quacy of the plant premiums; $3 for a pair of white spine cucumbers or a peck of spinach or dandelions is a prime temp- tation for exhibitors which makes the munificent ofler of $10 for six show pelar- goniums "in not less than 8-inch pots" look very sick. Mr. Stuart's returns for his eight big calceolarias amounted to just fifteen dollars and the glory. The next exhibition will be the rhododendron show, which is scheduled for June 5, 6, and 7. On Friday last a jovial delegation of fifteen Bostonians, interspersed with Geo. C. Watson, of Philadelphia, made a descent upon their friend H. Thieman, of Manchester. That versatile gentleman proved, as usual, fully equal to the occa- sion, giving them a drive over the beau- tiful McMillan estate by the sea and winding up with a sumptuous dinner at the Manchester hotel, where, as is the custom, the flood gates of oratory were opened full width. Once more Mr. "Thie- man was unanimously acclaimed a "jolly good fellow" as the visitprs took up their homeward way, felicitating their lucky selves and duly pitying that sorry rem- nant of the world's population not included in the Happy Sixteen. Robert McGorum has been successful in his suit against the electric railroad for land damages, and will now build three more houses with the proceeds. Apple trees are glorious this week. Baltimore, Md. STATE HORTICULTURAL MEETING.— ELAB- ORATE PREPARATION OF SAENGERFEST ASSOCIATION. — PLANT NOTES. — NEWS ITEMS. The State Horticultural Society held a meeting at the Carrollton hotel on Fri- day, May 8. The following were appointed a committee to see about revising our present defective state laws regarding horticulture, and look after our large fruit interests: Chas. G. Biggs, Hagerstown; R. S. Emory, Chestertown; W. F. Allen, Salisbury; Orlando Harri- son, Berlin; C. L. Seybold and H. Davis, Baltimore, and R. W. Sylvester, College Park. During the meeting there was an interesting discussion regarding experi- ences with San Jose scale and various plant diseases. It would seem that most of the members present have treated their orchards and nursery stock success- fully by methods which are known to be effective during early stages and at cer- tain seasons. The discussion plainly demonstrated that many diseases were curable or easily prevented, and that most of the members have had long and extensive experience along these lines. 606 The American Florist. May i6. The National Saengerfest Association is making most elaborate preparation for the decoration of the great armory hall. Palms, evergreens, flowers and garlands of evergreen will be used in large quantities. It is expected that President Roosevelt and Ex-President Cleveland will attend the first and sec- ond grand concerts, June 15-16. An electric and floral display in national, state and city colors will adorn the boxes of the president, governor and mayor. Trade conditions are satisfactory in general. Good roses and carnations are scarce. The cool nights have retarded outdoor vegetation. Lilacs and other shrubs that were forced into bud by the warm weather two weeks ago have been more or less injured by frost. Business in bedding plants is brisk. R. Vincent, Jr., & Son seem to have a strong hold on the wholesale market in this vicinity. A chrysanthemum bed containing about 100 plants in full bloom at Pater- son Park is quite an attraction. The members of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club held an enjoyable smoker, Monday, May 4. Buffalo. TRADE VERY GOOD. — PROMISE BETTER FOR NEXT MONTH. — A REMOVAL AND NEW STORE. — SPRING PLANTING. — NOTES OF MEN AND PLACES. Trade has been very good from a retail point of view, but receptions and wed- dings have been very rare, due to May being the moving month. The only change with the florists is John G. Picket- man, who has moved from the corner of Washington and Chippewa streets to a very pretty store on West Chippewa near Main street, where he is nicely located for upper west side trade. Another neat and new store is J. Unbe- haun's, on Grant street near Auburn avenue, which is a location that should be good for cut flower trade. The Main street stores are having sales daily of 5-cent roses and Beauty is sold as low as 25 cents and finds ready sale. Carnations are more plentiful. Next month promises to be a busy one, as a number of wed- dings are scheduled for June. All green- house men are very busy with spring planting, as the fine weather the past week has made early planting necessary. John Wiese went to Rutherford, N. J., to work, but either the town was too small or John could see too much of Bufialo in his dreams, as he is with us again. Wm. Scott is cutting some very large and fine American Beauty in Corfu and they are selling well. The wood is very heavy and the buds very large. Jerry Brookins, of Orchard Park, is sending in some fine Blanche Ferry sweet peas and his carnations are coming in good now. Several of our department stores are handling hardy rose bushes at 15 cents each. As to the plants, we do not say much. Prof. Cowell says that his rheumatism is about gone. He is looking fine and things at South park are in good shape. It will not be very long before we will be making preparations for Milwaukee, and Bufialo will send a good delegation. Wm. Scott was in Detroit last week preparing the schedule for the carnation exhibition next year. Palmer, Anderson and Rebstock have had some very attractive windows the past week. L. H. Neubeck has found his Corfu greenhouse a good investment, especially at Easter. C. F. Christensen reports business and stock fine at his Eggertsville greenhouses. Market men are floodingeveryonewith pansy plants of all kinds and qualities. C. F. Guenther, of Hamburg, is sending in some good Prosperity carnations. Lafayette park looks very pretty now with all its tulip beds in full bloom. W. F. Kasting made a quick trip to Lockport last week on business. W. J. Palmer, Jr., is dividing his time now between the two stores. Visitors: W. C. Stroh, Attica, N. Y.; F. G. Lewis, Lockport, N. Y.; C. O. Ford, Philadelphia, Pa.; M. Rockwell, Brad- ford, Pa. Bison. Detroit. CLUB MEETING. — ADDRESSES BY VISITORS. — HIPPARD SUES EXPRESS COMPANY.— GREEK ARRIVES. — A FAILURE.— BOWL- ERS. The club meeting of May 6 brought out the usual good attendance. There was no subject assigned for considera- tion and the time was given to miscella- neous w^ork. Three visitors were pres- ent, Wm. Scott, of Buffalo, W. J. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, Ind. and M. Reukauf of Philadelphia, the two former being here to attend the meeting of the directors of the American Carnation Society. They both made addresses congratulating the club on the good attendance present, the deep interest shown in the work of the club and the evident enthusiasm ot its members. They predicted for the coming carnation meeting here a measure of suc- cess never before achieved by the society. The question box contained an unusual number of inquiries ranging from the humorous to the serious, all of which were referred by President Beard to Messrs. Scott and Vesey, who ably and interestingly answered them. The remarks of the well known visitors were much appreciated and the meeting was prolonged to a very late hour, after which Messrs. Scott and Vesey left the city. An echo of the S. A. F. convention in this city nearly four years ago is a suit in progress here this week by E. Hippard, of Youngstown, Ohio, against the Ameri- can Express Company, growing out of the latter's failure to deliver promptly Mr. Hippard's ventilating machine for the trade exhibit at the time. Detroit has now, for the first time, a street fakir. He is a product of the windy city and gets the greater part of his flowers there. The local dealers are loath to sell him. He is located on Woodward avenue in the path of the greatest traffic. Chas. Schaible, who a short time ago resumed business on Woodward avenue, has again failed. Wm. Dilger made a business trip to Sandusky, Ohio, and upper Michigan this week. The bowling team is in active practice for the contest at Milwaukee in August. Visitors: Wm. Scott, Buffalo; W. J. Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind.; S. S. Skidelsky and M. Reukauf, Philadelphia. J. F. S. Wilmington, Del.— The Cheston Floral Company has been incorporated here. Wenham, Mass.— Beni. W. Adams, employed here as a gardener, for many years, died on May 4, aged 73 years. Cleveland. STOCK LOWER IN QUALITY. — PRICES DOWN. — MARKET GARDENERS MEET. — RAIN NEEDED.— JOTTINGS. — ^VISITORS. The Market Gardeners' Association held a special meeting May 9. The sub- ject of moving the stands was again dis- cussed and again laid on the table. Sev- eral objections were raised, but no defi- nite action cotdd be decided on. About twelve more members were initiated. Henry Kunze and Fred. Pouting, both of whom have greenhouses on Eddie road, Glenville, are showing some very fine bedding stock, each having about twelve to fifteen thousand geraniums, mostly red, Nutt and Pilot. Some of the newer varieties are also shown. The lack of rain here puts a serious look on things. Grass is drying up and seeds planted do not germinate. Out- door stock which should be in flower for Memorial day, with exception of lilacs and snowball, is still dormant. The hot wave has brought the price of flowers away down, and while it has increased the output, has depreciated the market value to a great extent. The quality is very poor, but not more so here than at other places. Fred. Ehrbar is showing the trade what an enterprising man can do by dis- playing one of the finest turnouts to be seen, a large black covered florist vragon, gold trimmed, and a fine black horse. T. J. Kirchner has finished the interior decorations of his store. The color scheme is pure white and the walls are covered with fine, beveled, French mir- rors. Martin Reukauf was in town, as was Harry Bunyard. They visited the Flo- rists' Club, and although an off night, met many of the members. In passing Gordon Gray's greenhouses the other day I noticed he had a fine lot of bedding stock, which will be in fine shape for Memorial day. Fred. Ziechman, of Quincy street, is having natural gas installed in his plant to reduce the cost of fuel. O. G. Toronto. BUSINESS GOOD. — SUPPLY HEAVY. — FINE CARNATIONS. — WINDOW DECORATIONS. — GARD BUILDING. — SEEDSMEN BUSY. — NOTES. Stock was never better than at present and though business is remarkably good for the season there is not enough doing to utilize the extra heavy lines. One of the pleasant features noticeable is the superior quality of the carnations, the weather for the past few weeks appearing to have been very beneficial to them. Golden Beauty and Gov. Roose- velt massed together, as seen in one of the downtown stores, is certainly a pleasant and artisticcombination. Pros- perity is very of good quality and Lawson, Marquis and the other fancies are all showing to advantage. Roses continue fine and in good supply, but the demand is hardly as good as it should be for such good stock. J. Gard, of Pape avenue, is cutting some very nice sweet peas and business has been so good with him the past sea- son that he is putting up an additional house to accommodate this extra demand. Roses have done very well with him, also carnations, violets and flowering plants in general. Grobba & Wandrey, of Mimico, are supplying the market with some very igo3. The American Florist. 607 fine ferns. These are a specialty with this firm and as growers they certainly understand their business. Their home- grown lily of the valley looks fine and the outdoor stock will be ready in a few days. Many flowers are being used in the bet- ter stores for decoration. Wild apple, plum and cherry as seen in the windows are certainly very effective. Dunlop's had a window of apple blossoms and Bridesmaid roses which attracted much attention down town. The visit of the governor general and party is still having its effect on the flower kingdon. The ([uantities I hey are using are certainly appreciated by those fortunate enough to get the orders. The seedsmen are very liusy and are working nights, trying to catch up to their orders. The present prosperity of the farming districts is adding much to their coffers. The parks and public grounds are aglow with tulips. This cit3' is using more flowering bulbs each year and the arrangements at present are very good. H. G. D. White Marsh, Md. SUCCESS WITH BEDDING AND VEGETABLE PLANTS. — AN EXTENSIVE BUSINESS. — SOME INTERESTING FIGURES. At the establishment of Richard Vin- cent, Jr., & Son, there are some twenty- five acres in vegetable plants, about ten acres twice sown. The plants are in drills, far enough apart for convenient cultivation. There are in celery about five acres, cabbage ten acres and miscel- laneous vegetables ten acres, from 2o»,000 to 300,000 plants per acre. There are also three acres of glass devoted to vegetable plants for early use. Benches are now full, e-xcept in cases where a second planting is going on. In round figures last season's sales were as follows: Lettuce, 1,000,000; cabbage, 3,000,000; tomato, 1,500,000; pepper, 200,000; parsley, 150,000; cauli- flower, 100,000; egg plant, 100,000; beet, 75,000; sweet potatoes, 300,000, and celery 2,500,000. Two acres of glass are devoted to ornamental bedding plants, mainly in 2-inch to 3-inch pots. Last season's important sales follow: Geradiums, 125,000; coleus, 75,000; and pompon chrysanthemums, 60,000. In addition to these staples there are grown large quantities of dahlias, lantanas, English ivy, roses, cannas, verbenas and border plants in variety. A considerable quantity ot hardy ornamental shrubs are handled, and among other plants and tubers an item of 30,000 Caladium escu- lentum was noted. The proprietors of this huge plant-producing place prepared for a larger trade in all lines this year, and they are getting it. Nearly all the leading seedsmen and florists buy from them more or less dur- ing the season, and they have a large direct business with market gardeners and private planters. They ship once and usually twice a day in large lots. Several leading firms turn over their catalogue orders to be filled direct, send- ing them tags to be used for this purpose. The extensive and growing business of to-day is the result of about twenty-five years' industry and thrifty planning on the part of the head of the firm, who is well known to the trade. He admits with pride that his business is largely due to the co-operation of his three sons, who — married and with children have homes on the property, now comprising 265 acres — are like himself heart and hand active in pushing the business. His daughter and son-in-law deserve like credit. He has built about ten houses on the place for employes, the right kind of labor needing, as it should have, good treatment to hold it steadfast. These building operations and the coal troubles made it expedient for him to rig up a saw mill and piles of cut timber now bid defiance to any Baer coal cellars winter might bring. Msitors are made welcome and will see something worth their trouble, and in departing they will not begrudge this firm the remarkable patronage it has earned. Neil. San Francisco. FLOWRR SHOW A BIG SUCCESS FROM FLO- RISTS STANDPOINT. — PROBABLE DEFICIT IN RECEIPTS. — THE PRIZE WINNERS. The Pacific Coast Horticultural Society is justly elated over the splendid showing made at their first spring exhibition at the maple rooms. Palace Hotel, April 30 to May 2. For artistic arrangement and meritorious displays it far excelled any previous exhibition ever held in this city. The three apartments which were taste- fully decorated with bamboo and phcenix leaves, donated by the California Nur- sery Company, proved none too spacious to accommodate the exhibits and consid- eraljle more room could have been used. Outdoor roses and sweet jieas, which formed quite an item in former shows, were absent on account of the lateness of the season, only one entry of outdoor roses being made. The attendance, which on the first day was rather slim, improved on the second and especially so on the last day, helped along by the generous recognition of the merits of the show by the daily papers. But there will undoubtedly be a small deficit, as the expenses were quite heavy, the premiums alone calling for upwards of $300. Although not as well patron- ized as we would have liked, the attend- ance included the most select society and, together with the press, showed an appre- ciation and interest for the various exhibits which promises success on future occasions. The Hawthorne mandolin orchestra rendered excellent music during the evenings. John H. Sievers & Company maintained their reputation and carried off more first prizes than any other firm. Their table of carnations was the center of attraction. An exhibit of Hobarts of immense size was awarded first prize for best vase of carnations. A well grown and artistically arranged group of dec- orative plants also received first. Among the many exhibits several nov- elties both in plants and flowers were seen. A fine specimen of Nephrolepis Piersoni exhibited by the F. R. Pierson Company, Tarrytown, N. Y,, received much favorable comment. Schwerin Brothers had a fine vase ot seedling carnations, several ot which will be heard of later. A finely fringed white of good stem and substance, and three inches in diameter, received a certificate of merit. Ferrari Brothers had a fine display of roses, Carnot, Liberty and Bridesmaid being particularly fine. They received highest award for the best collection. H. Plath, of Ocean View, staged a splendid collection of ferns which received first, and the same exhibitor was awarded first for specimen fern. Golden Gate park contributed several splendid collections, notably of pansies, calceolarias, peonies and flowering shrubs. George Wolters, Sidney Clack and W. H. Waddington acted as judges, and their awards seemed to meet with approval. California Nursery Company and Mrs. W. H. Crocker displayed good collections of flowering shrubs. The Roblin Art Pottery exhibited some beautiful specimens of pottery made of California clay. Serveau Brothers and E. McLean staged some excellent strains of pansies. The native flora of our state was well represented by several exhibits. John Carbone had a splendid vase of Lawson which took first prize. A vase of Darwin tulips, exhibited by Dr. Tevis, was much admired. F. Aebi captured the first prize for the best vase of American Beauty. F. Ludeman received first prize for best collection of outdoor roses. ROMNEYA. Worcester, Mass. NO SURPLUS STOCK. — GOOD SUPPLY IN SIGHT FOR MEMORIAL DAY.— MAY EXHIBITION. Summer conditions are fast approach- ing, but so far trade has been very satis- factory. Flowers in all lines are plenti- ful and notwithstanding the warm weather of the past week no unwieldy surplus has developed. From present indications flowers will be in good supply for Memorial day. Lilac, exochorda, etc., which we depend on greatly for rough work and filling, will be on time if present weather conditions continue. Deutzia is unavailable this season as the flower Duds have been killed extensively. The May exhibition of the Horticul- tural Society on May 7 was not as large as anticipated, but there were many interesting displays. M. J. Whittall had an exhibit of calceolarias in pots, fine well finished plants, and Geo. Ale William showed a fine specimen of crinum, which attracted a great deal of attention. Edward W. Breed swept the board on the schedule calls, taking first for cut flowers, basket, hyacinths and tulips. There was a good display of fruits and vegetables. The Worcester Conservatories are making good headway on their new plant and have leased the Neale green- house for their young stock. H. F. A. Lange, who has spent most of the winter in the southern states, is expected back this week. A. H. L. Providence. Up to May 10 business continued good and up to last year's standard. Now and then for a day at a time things would lag a bit, but always picked up again, with a special call for reception flowers and design work. In the latter branch we may consider trade to have been brisk and very opportune in remov- ing a dragging surplus of flowers. Since the above date there has been a lull and stocks are piling up daily. Roses have long since been a surplus, but now carna- tions are a glut and find difficulty in obtaining a market at 2 cents, the greater part of the stock standing still at $1.25 per hundred. Sweet peas are in good supply at 35 cents to 50 cents per hun- dred. The weather is fine and greatly facili- tates outdoor work, which has now begun in earnest. Such men as Sweeney, Appleton, McCoId and Hogg find the day far too short to get through with the work at hand. Bedding stock is in good shape, but coleuses are none too plentiful. Mac. 608 The American Florist. May i6. Eighteenth Yeak. Subscription. $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2.00. Subscriptions accepted only from tbose in tbe trade. Advertisements on all except cover pages, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; $1.00 per inch. Casb witb Cider. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts are allowed, only on consecutive inser- tions, as follows — 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent; 52, times, 30 per cent. Cover space sold only on yearly contract at $1.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to tbe back pages. The Advertising Department of the Amekican Flobist is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only. Orders for less than one-half inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to secure insertion in the issue for the following Saturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. The crape chaser has broken loose again. Julius Roehrs, of Rutherford, N. J., has afinelotof AnthuriumScherzerianum hybrids. From several sections, mostly western, there is complaint of drought which is causing injury to stock recently planted and seed in the ground. John G. Esler, of Saddle River, N. J., secretary of the Florists' Hail Associa- tion, advises us that the association has paid to date 640 losses, amounting to $55,247.11. The shutdown of glass factories is not as complete as had been anticipated, and as there is a considerable stock on hand some heavy buyers are looking for a break in prices. Chas. T. Druery, an excellent author- ity on ferns, in some notes on Nephrolepis Piersoni in a recent issue of the Gar- deners' Chronicle, expresses the hope ' 'that so fine a fern will not be long in making its appearance on this side of the Atlantic."' His Best Investment. American Florist Co.:— My first $1 invested in the Florist has proven to be the best investment I ever made. C. T. C. LOLLICH. Exposing- Wholesale Prices. Ed. Am. Florist: — Enclosed find a postal card bearing wholesale prices ot cut flowers. Do you think it right of the dealers to send such lists through the mails when everyone that wants to can see them? E. [Unsealed envelopes could be used at slightly increased cost. — Ed.] Ribbed Glass. Ed. Am. Florist: — Can carnations, sweet peas, violets and pansies be grown for cut flowers under one-eighth inch ribbed glass, or is there no difference as to growing under that or the ordinary window glass where all the bright sun's rays are thrown directly on the plants. Subscriber. Without having had any experience growing carnations, sweet peas, violets, pansies, or any other plants, under ribbed glass, I would unhesitatingly advise against its use. Nearly all plants, and especially those mentioned, thrive best in the full sun, and to increase the volume of light in the greenhouses by the use of larger lights of glass and taking advan- tage of the full sun exposure is the con- stant aim of those who understand the principles of plant growth. G. Fumig-ating With Tobacco. Ed. Am. Florist:— How does one pro- ceed to fumigate with tobacco? We are obliged to fight green fly but find it difii- cult to do the work without getting our lungs full of smoke. Hamilton. Make piles of tobacco stems in the walks; a half bushel or so of stems for each fifty lineal feet of a house twenty feet wide. Begin with the pile far- thest from the door. Have a hand- ful of shavings and cover with a small quantity of dry tobacco stems and light, then cover over with the rest of the stems which have previously been thoroughly sprinkled, for they will then slowly smoulder, making it safe to leave the house after all the piles are alight and not enter it again until the fire is out. American Carnation Society. department op registration. John W. Foote, Maiden, Mass., regis- ters Reliance, color a shade darker than Lawson, strong calyx, seldom bursts, long stems, strong and wiry. Splendid keeper and shipper. A fine shaped flower, the guard petals standing out well and in size about three inches. A good thrifty grower and an almost perpetual bloomer. Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. meeting of board of directors. President Geo. A. Rackham called a meeting of the directors for May 6. Wm. Scott, of Buffalo, and W. J. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, Ind., were the only direc- tors present. The absent directors, how- ever, had previously written the presi- dent giving their views on matters to be acted upon. All the correspondence was read and the suggestions given ■were duly considered. A preliminary premium list was prepared which will show some advantageous changes from that of the list of 1903. At least two papers will be read at the convention on timely and interesting subjects. A matter of much importance was the adoption of a system of staging, judging and making awards similar to the plan used at the 1901 chrysanthemum show ot the Detroit Florists' Club. A change was made in designating the different shades of pink creating another division. They will now be known as Lawson shade of pink, Scott shade of pink and Daybreak shade of pink. Provisions will be made to admit the public to the exhibition subject to the arrangements of the local club. The meeting adjourned to meet again at Milwaukee during the S. A. F. conven- tion, where, it is hoped, the full board of directors will be present, as several mat- ters of much importance are to be con- sidered and decided upon. Chrysanthemum Society ot America. By invitation of the American Institute of the city of New York, the Chrysanthe- mum Society of America will hold its annual exhibition November 10—12, 1903, in the armory of the Old Guard, corner of Broadway and Forty-ninth streets. The schedule of premiums will be issued in the near future. Besides a large list and liberal prizes in the regular classes, there will be many special prizes offering great inducements to exhibitors. A number of local horticultural societies will offer prizes to be competed for by their own members. The Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- ety offers the following prizes to be com- peted for by members of that society: For twenty-five blooms in twenty-five varieties, $25 and $15; twelve blooms in twelve varieties, $15 and $10; and, open to all, $25 for the best vase of any one variety. The E. G. Hill Company offer $15 and $10 for the best ten blooms of any seed- ling not in commerce, or foreign variety not disseminated in the United States prior to January, 1903. There will be many other special classes, which will be announced later. Fred H. Lemon, Sec'y. Greenhouse Building. New London, Conn. — E. A. Smith, house 80 leet long. Huntington, Mass. — Henry Barton, house 27x125. Worcester, Mass.— H. F. Littlefield, house 9x125. Dighton, Mass. — A. Ellery Briggs, one house. Taunton, Mass. — E. F. Rose, two houses. ,~ Bath, Me. — Kennebec Nursery, one house 25x150. Doylestown, Pa. — Clemens & Collins, two houses. Danbury, Conn. — T. H. Judd, one house. Bristol, N. H.— A. V. Dowd, vegetable house. Lakeside, Mass. — Three houses. Ansonia, Conn.— Joseph Willis, vege- table house. Corning, N. Y. — A. H. Woeppel, range of houses. OBITUARY. henry fountain. Henry Fountain died at Middletown, Conn., May 9, aged 76 years. He estab- lished the florist business here a quarter of a century ago and was the father of F. B. Fountain, who is now in business. ANDREW PETTIGREW. The English papers record the death, April 26, of Andrew Pettigrew, well known as the accomplished gardener to the Marquis of Bute, at Cardiff Castle, Wales. Mr. Pettigrew was in his 70th year. JACOB S. WILLIAMSON. Suffering for months with a complica- tion of physical troubles, J. S. William- son, at one time a leading florist and grower of Memphis, Tenn., died Sunday, May 10, 1903. Mr. Williamson was an ardent plant lover and although a grad- uate of Princeton college and the Albany lave school, and possessed of ample means and social position, he erected a large range of rose houses and personally superintended the growing and sale of flowers. He had exquisite taste in the arrangement of flowers and had at one time the monopoly of all first-class work. Failing health and no financial necessity to continue the somewhat exacting requirements of the floral business induced him to abandon the business. This man was an ornament to the business, and his genial disposition endeared him to his fellow craftsmen wherever known. C. H. H. G. A. HIEHLE. The death is announced of G. A. Hiehle at his home at Parkersburg, W. Va., igo3. The American Florist. 609 A^'ay 5, aged 55 years. He was promi- nent in the State Horticultural Society, and for a number of years was a mem- ber of the Society of American Florists. Before coming to this country he was employed at the botanical gardens of Dresden and Vienna. Mr. Hiehle retired Irom business last Januarj'. In July last he received a shipment of Bermuda lilies in original cases, and on examining them felt something like the sting of an insect. Later his hand became inflamed, and a severe attack of what his ph3-sicians pro- nounced erysipelas fever followed. After two months' illness he was able to go out, only to be seized with bronchial pneumonia, which kept him confined to his bed for six weeks. Hs never quite recovered his health. SITUATIONS, WANTS, TOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be inserted at the rate of ten cents a line (six words) each insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant advs. NOT admitted under this head. Every paid subscriber to the American Florist for the year 1903 is entitled to a five-line want AD. (situations only) free, to be used at any time during the year. Situation Wanted— By At rose grower; section, or would run small place. Single, good reference. C B, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— Middle aged German, sin- gle, competent rose grower. To take charge of small place or would run section on up-to-date place. P Q,, fare American Florist. Situation Wanted— In florists' store June 1, by an ambitious young lady with good address and an Al maker-up of designs, with knowledge of stenography and bookkeeping. Address M I{ X, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— On private place as head garden<'r, English, age 32; abstainer; 17 years' practical experience in all branches gained in some of the lar^e gardens of England. Highest references. Address Chas. Carter, Wheatleigh. Lenox. Mass. Situation Wanted— By a reliable and up-to- date grower of roses, carnations, 'mums and general line of pot and bedding plants. Able to take charge where first-class stock is wanted. State wages in first letter. Address Reliable, care American Florist. Situation Wanted— By an all-around florist; 25 years' experience in growing cut flowers and gen- eral greenhouse stock and landscape gardening. Best of references. Age 40. married. Private or commercial place. State wages. Address G C^. care American Florist, Chicago. Situation Wanted— As foreman or manager on first-class commercial place. American Beauty, teas and carnations a specialty. Capable of managing a large place; 23 years' experience; married; good wages expected"; flrst-class refer- ences. A W. 72 So. Main St, Sharon, Pa. Situation Wanted— Dutchman, sinsle, 28 years, speaks English, as head gardener on private pla'-e or in reliable commercial establishment. Good grower of stove and greenhouse plants ; also understands forcing; 15 years' European experi- ence: can furnish good references. Disengaged May 25. Preference given to New York or vicinity. Please state wages. Address G B, care American Florist. ai Help Wanted— Experienced rose grower; mar- ried man preferred. S. J. Reuter. Westerly, R. I. Help Wanted— A young man for store and creentiouse. H. F. Halle. 548 West Madison St.. Chicago. Help Wanted— A man with some experience who is willing to do anv kind of work around the greenhouses; wages 830 and board a month. S D, care American Florist. Help Wanted— One good man for palms and ferns; also one good general greenhouse man. Address Mrs". E. a. Williams, 631 Penn Ave.. Pittsburg. Pa. Help Wanted— A man competent to grow good roses, carnations and 'mums. State experience and wages wanted with or without board. C K y, care American Florist. Help Wanted— A good gardener to take charge of lO.OijQ feet of glass; one who is capable of tak- fuU charge; good wages. Send references. Gardener, care American Florist. Help Wanted— Experienced rose and carna- ion growers to take charge of sections; for good Qen we will pay good wages. Apply at once, Lakeview Rose Gardens, Jamestown, N. Y. Help Wanted— At once, competent man for nursery and greeuliousi- work; wages $50 per mouth. Address with full particulars of experi- ence. [RON Cliffy Co., Negaunee, Mich" Help Wanted— Man to take charge of Herba- ceous Department. Must be good; send refer- ences and salary desired. Married man preferred. Central ]\Iichigax Nursery, Kalamazoo, Mich Help Wanted— Men thoroughly understanding greenhouse work, out-door planting, florist store work, soliciting. Good wages to good men and no others need applv. Address A. W. SstiTH, Sixth A\e., Pittsburg, Pa. Help Wanted— Two flrst-class florists, one who understands vegetable gardening, both second men. To first-class men who come w-ell recom- mended, I will pay 840 and board; private place and permanent position the year around. Address Geo. a. Josltn, Omaha, Neb. Help Wanted— Working foreman for commer- • •ial greenhouses in central Kentucky. Steady position for reliable man, single or married; good salary will be paid. Apply stating wages and references to Max RuDoLrH A Co., U W. 12th St., Cincinnati. Ohio. Help Wanted— At once, single young man, one w'ho has had experience in growing carnations. Must be temperate, honest and reliable. Good wH'es to right party, and room on the place; furnish references. Address Little South Floral Co, South Natick, Mass. Help Wanted— Young man experienced in greenhouse and outside shrubbery work, on exten- sive private place near Philadelphia. Wages J30 per month, board and room;excellentopportunity for young man to increase his knowledge of the business. .John Cullen, Narberth, Pa. Help Wanted— By June 1, married man capable of takingcharge of greenhouse containing 8,000 feet of glass. Must understand propagating of bedding plants, growing carnations, chrysanthe- mums, etc. None but a sober, honest, industrious man need apply. Box 232. Lansdowne, Pa. Help Wanted— A sober and industrious work- ing foreman about the age of 30; one who thor- oughly understands the growing of first-class cut flowers, and able to take charge of a place of about 25,000 square feet of glass. Wages $65 per month. First-class references required. Address Grower, care American Florist. Help Wanted— About June 15, experienced, sober florist; good worker, for retail place where roses, carnations, violets, 'mums, and a general line of bedding stock is grown. Must be good grower. References required; state wages expected with board and room. Steady place for right man. Address MuRPHTSBORO GREENHOUSES, Murphysboro, 111. For Sale or Rent— Greenhouse stocked, eight room house, at a bargain. 3181 Elston avenue. Dr. G. a. Bangs, 554 N. Robey St., Chicago. For Rent or Sale— Good greenhouse business established 23 years, on account of sickness, Mrs. E. Held, 930 Campbell N. Ave., Chicago. For Sale— Cheap, two cast-iron sectional boilers, one small hot water heater. All second- hand. H. M. Foresman. Williarasport, Pa. For Sale Cheap— Prosperous up-to-date florist business; established 13 years; can easily make your money back this spring. Write at once to Mrs. S. N. Alkire, Greenview, 111. For Rent— Twelve acres of ground and about 35,000 feet of glass, near Chicago. Buildings anu stock in good condition; finest soil for carnations and roses. A B. care American Florist. For Rent— Up-to date greenhouse establish- ment of lO.CHX) feet glass, steam heat, city water, conveniently located and shipping facilities unequalled: excellent opportunity for the right man. Don't answer unless you mean business. For further particulars address J. I. Clea\'Elakd, Fall River, Mass. A modern plant of 10 greenhouses, about 25.000 feet of glass; with land", stock and fixtures and good will of business. 30 years established and under one management, but entirely rebuilt in last ten years. Entire products sold retail. The largest place of the kind in N. H. Relief from business cares reason for selling. Books open. ELLIS BROS., Keene, N. H. For Sale In a thriving Ohio town of about 32,000 inhabitants, a fine Greenhouse plantcon- sisting of eight greenhouses, ranging in size from 12x100 to 30x130; also work shed and modern up- to-date oihce and store room attached. For particulars address S. S. SKIDELSKY, 708 North 16th Street. PHiLADELPHifl. PA FOR SALE. 8,000 feet of glass, located in a fine growing city; best of shipping facilities; good market for wholesale and retail trade. Address WHOLESALE, care American Florist. ondition and I perfect smooth. .Tust the thing for benches; size ^^ of ah inch thick and 13.\26 inches; cost when new24c ench. We will sell the same at I5ceach. F. O. B. Write for prices on large quantities. Will bear a weight of over 200 pounds in the middle when suppoited at eiich end. Edwards Floral Ifall Co., Atlantic City, N. J. Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Gtiioago, III. Regular meetings held 2d and 4th Wednesday of each month at Jung's Hall, 106 E. Randolph St., Chicago. Gardeners and Florists in other cities desiring to form a Union will receive full information from the Secretary. Send all communications to H. J. SPRINGER, Secretary, 6142 Monroe Avenue, CHICAGO. For Sale. A Well Paying Business Opportunity. Will sell our retail store. It is a flrst-class store, is well stocked, is centrally located and enjoys a very large and excellent patronage. Reasons: Will grow flowers for the whole- sale trade. Address HOrrMEISTER riOR/VL CO., 813 Elm street, CINCINNATI, O. Business Opportunity A RARE Old and Well Established Florist Business For Sale. 50.000 ft. of glass (in two places. 35,000 ft. in one, 15,000 ft. in the other, the latter on leased ground, long lease) well stocked and in good con- dition; also retail store in business portion of city with a well established, profitable trade. Would prefer to sell the store and smaller plant and keep the larger and grow anything that would be needed to supply store. This is an opportunity for a good storeman and a grower to mutually acquire, on favorable terms, a^ desirable plant and store with a large and first-class trade. This proposition will bear careful investigation. Best of reasons for selling. Address SCHLlRAFf f LORAL CO.. Erie. Pa. Announcement. Chicago, May 9, 1903. We herewith announce the dissolution of part- nership conducted by us under tlie firm name of McKellar it W' interson. Chas. W. McKellar having sold out his entire interest in the above firm to Edgar F. Winterson, who assumes all the liabilities against the firm of McKellar it Winterson, and will continue the business formerly conducted by this firm, as its successor. All accounts owing the firm of McKellar A Winterson should be made payable to Edgar F. Winterson. Appreciating the liberal patronage that has been extended us during the existence of our firm and trusting that a continuance of same will be shared bv its successor, we remain Yours respectfully, CHAS. W. McKELLAR. E. F. WINTERSON. Chas. W. McKellar's present address, 405 E. Ontario Street, Chicago. 610 The American Florist. May i6, ■I Smilax... Very Scarce We can supply it in small quantities. PRICE LIST. Per Doz. American Beauties, extra select 34 to 30 in.. 12tol5in.. $3.00 2.00 to 2.50 75 to 1.00 Per 100 Brides,, Bridesmaids and Ivory $3.00 to $ 8.00 Meteor, Golden Gates 3.00 to 8.00 Libertj; 5.00to 10.00 Carnations, assorted 1.50 to 2.00 fancy 2.50to 3.00 Lily of the Valley 2 00 to 4.00 0"t Door Valley 1.50 to 2.00 Adiantum 1.00 Princeps 2.00 Asparagus, Plumosus Strings Each 50c Sprays 2.00 to 3.00 Sprengeri S.OOto 4.00 Smilax per doz., $2.00 Common Ferns $3.00 per 1000 .25 Galax Green 1.00 " '■ .15 BronzeGalax 1.00 " " .15 Leucothoe Sprays 1.00 Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. J. B. DEAMUD, 51 and 53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. The r. R. WILLIAMS CO. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Brides, Maids, Moteors, Carnations, Cut Adiantum, Oalax, Commoa Ferns and Florists' Supplies. Telephone Connections. OT^'^'ST'lRT^A.'ViTi, OHIO. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., "Wholesale Cut flowers-- 457 Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS. UiltjIKlLJtJKll i.Q^liai.lKlli.lk.lhllkill.ll.,f^ iJ.M.McCULLOUGH'SSONS i WHOLESALE I FLORISTS I 5 ALSO BUCCESSORS TO | j THE CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER CO. \ I CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. t 4 p ^ Special Attention Given to Sliipping Orders. r % 316 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO. ? P^-'W'M"iriri|r|p-ii'»ir»'M"I''H'i|"iriri|"iru''l'M'''r'l'Mrir?i H.G.BERNING Wholesale florist 1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. WM. MURPHY, Grower and Cotntnission Dealer in Gut Flowers! Florists' Supplies, 1 30 East Third StrasI, •Phone Main 080. CINCINNATI, O. NEW YORK GUT FLOWER GO. 55 and 57 West 26ih St., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Daily Reports. Weekly Payments. "^ 2S9"M2dr«.n Sq. J- A. MILLANG, 2034 Madison Sq. Uahasbb. Poehlmann Bros. Go. Wholesale Growers of Klersln Cut FlOWCr^ All telegraph and telephone orders _ given prompt attention. oO^o/ GBEENHonsss: Randolph Strati Morton Grove, IIL CHICAQO, ILL. Please mention the A me* ican Florist when wriiin£* .Ltd WHOLESALE FLORISTS. -Pittsburg, Pa. C. A. KUEHN. Wholesale Florist, ItSZ PINE STREET. ^ »T. LOUIS, BO. l^A complete lime of Wire Deslcna. PLACE YOUR NAME. and your specialties before the purchasing florists of the entire country by aavertising in ^^^^ ^^ ^^ SENo ADvr. NoYi. THE AMERICAN FLOBIST. E. H. Hunt, WHOLESALE Cut flowers "THE OLD RELIABLE." 76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. Please mention the American Florist w ken writinz* N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXGHANGE Coogan BIdg. 6th Ave. and W. 26th St., New York. Open for Cut Flower Sales at 6 o'clock £ very Morning DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT FOR ADVERTISING. JOHN DONALDSON,^ Secretary. Bassett&Washburn 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO." Gut Flowers Wholesale Dealers and Growers of GREENHOUSES: HINSDALE, ILL. Wbol^ale flower/ari^ Mii.wADKEB,"'May U. Boses, Beauty, long, per doz. 3.00 med. " 1.60® 2.00 Bhort " .75@1.C0 " Liberty 6.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 6.0O Perle 4.00® 6.00 Carnations 2.00® 3.00 Violets 1.00 Earrisii 8.00 Sweet peas 50® .75 Callas 8.00 Adiantum 75® 1.00 Smilax 20.00 Asparagus 65.00 PiTTSBDBB, May 14. Boses, Beauty, specials, per doz. 2,00@3,00 " " extras " 1.00@1.5U " No. 1 " .5C@ .76 " " No.2 2.00® 5.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00® 8.00 " Meteor 4.00® 6.00 " Kaiserin 4.00®10.00 Liberties 4.00® 8.00 Carnations 50® 2.00 Mignonette 1.00® 2.00 Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00 Sweet peas SO© 1.00 Lilies 6.00® 8.C0 Smilax 6.0O@12.0O Adiantum 1.00® 1.50 Asparagus, strings 30.00@50 .00 " Sprengeri 2.00® 4.00 Callas 6.00®10.00 CntonniATi, May 14. Boses, Beauty 10.00@35.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 3 .00® 6.00 " Liberty 3.00® 6.00 " Meteor, Golden G^te 3.00® 6.00 Carnations 2.U0@ 4.00 Daffodils ' 2.0O Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00 Harrisii lilies , 10.00 Callaa, per doz. 1.00® 1.28 Asparagus 50.00 Smilax 15.00@20.00 Adiantum 1.00® 1.50 St. Louis, May 14. Roses, Beauty, long stem 15.00@2S.00 " Beauty, medium stem 8.00®12.50 " Beauty, sbort stem 1.00® 6.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 2 00® 5.00 " Golden Gate, Meteor 2.00® 5.00 " Perle 2.00® 4.00 Carnations l.OD® 3.00 Sweet peas 60® .75 Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.f0 Smilax 15.00 Asparagus Sprengeri l.OC® 1.60 FHimosn 35.0C®EO.OO igo3. The American Florist. 611 ASPARAGIS LONG, HEAVY STRINGS Large supplies of all other stock in all grades. "Right goods at Right Prices." E. C. AMLING, THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St., '— CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1977 Central. AMERICAN BEAUTY PerDoz. 36- inch stem 83.00 30-inch stem 2.50 24-inch stem 2.00 20-inch stem 1.50 15-inoh stem 1.00 12-inch stem .75 Short stem, per 100, 14.00 to 5.00 Per 100 Brides and Maids $3.00®$ 6 00 Meteors and Gates 3.00@ 6.00 Kaiserins 4.00© 8.00 Carnations 1.00(a 1.50 " large and fancies, 3.00® 3.00 Mienonette.perdoz, .35® .50 Callas, perdoz., $1.00® $1.25 Poet's Narcissus 1.00 1.50 Sweet peas 1.00® 1.50 Valley 3.00® 4.00 Peonies, per doz. % .60fL'' -75 Marguerites } .50('i' .75 Asparagus, perstring,50c Asparagus Sprengeri 2.00® 5.00 Ferns per 1000, $3..50 .25 Galax per 1000, 1.25. .15 Leucothcp 1.00 Adiantum 1.00® 1.50 Smilax per doz., $2.00 Subject to change without notice. LILY OF THE VALLEY FROM COLD STORAGE. FINEST IN THE MARKET. $14.00 per 1000, $1.50 per 100. - CUT VALLEY ths best always on hand. H. N. BRUNS, ' 409 W. Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL. PETER REINBERQ, Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 800,000 FEET OF GLASS. Headquarters for American Beauties. 51 WABASH AVE., • CHICAGO, ILL FRANK GARLAND, "^^T-M Cut Flowers S5-57 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284. OXIIO.A.OO. JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of «oo«' 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. Telephone Cehtbai, 3598. All telegrapi t,9t telephone ordei-s given prompt attention. WIETOR BROS. *£?.-.!; .. Cut Flowers All telegraph and telephone orders given prompt attention. 51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. Gut Flowers Always mention the Amgrican Flo- rist when you ofdef stock. ,jt BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. F. F. BENTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and p| ODIC^X^ Consignments Solicited. Commission M. AwV^MV^'^^ ^ W7 J.a.BUDL©NG Boses and Carnations A Specialty. 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. GROWER of CUT FLOWERS Wbol^ale power/\arK^ CHICAeO Roses, Beauty, 30 to 36 15 May 15. ■inch stems 12 3.00 8.50 2.00 1.60 1.00 " " Short stems $3@$1 per 100 " Liberty 6 00@20.00 Chatenay 6.00@13.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00® 6.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 3 no@ 6 00 Carnations l.OO® 3.00 Callas, per dozen 1.25® 1 .50 Tulips, Valley S.TO® 4.00 Sweet peas 50® 1 .00 Harrlsll 6 .00@!0. 00 Asparagus, per string, .50 Adiantum 1.00® l.!W Common ferns, per 1000, 3.00 .30 Smllaz. per dozen, 2.00 A. L Randall, WHOLESAIE flORIST, 19&21 Randolph St., CHICAGO. Send for weekly price list and special quotations on 1000 lots. Cut Flowers The J. M.GASSER COMPANY, Wholesale Growers, Euclid Avenue, CLEVELAND, O. ...GEO. M. KELL066... t Grower of... in the West. Give us an order and we will please you. Our Greenhousei at PLEASANT HILL, MO. Our Store. 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO |^"L0N9 DIBTAHCB 'PHOITB AT BITBOtR PLAOI. GEO. REINBERG, "tSS^ Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. \Ve will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Please mention the American Florist every time you write to an advertiser. 612 The American Florist. May i6, BEAUTIES! Samuel $.Peiinock LIBERTIES! PHILADELPHIA. GEO. k. SUTHERLAND, 34 Hawley St., BOSTON. Telephone 1S70 Main, BEST BOSTON FLOWERS. AU Supplies. An entire floor Devoted to Stock and Manu- facturing. Distributing Agent for United States for die wonderful LETTER, unequalled for dcfifin work. Script, any color, 3He a letter. Block letters, IVic each. The most elaborate design work to order in a few minutes. GENBBAIi ASENTS: H. BAYERSDORFER h CO., Philadelphia REED k KELLER, New York Cil>. =V*rB> ^I^AI^T^ H.A.\rE^= FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND HARDY FERNS for MEMORIAL DAY eipeola.1 JF>z>loe £or X^o-ts of lO.OOO. WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. Superiority. WE claim it for the flowers we dis- tribute. It is guaranteed by the high sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It is proven by the large number of florists throughout New England and elsewhere depending on us for their regular supply. Largest dealers east of New York in Baskets Sheaves, Letters, Vases, Ribbons and all Florists' Requisites. OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6:00 O'CLOCK EVERY MORNING N. F. MCCARTHY & CO., Tblbphonb 734 and 64 Main. 85 Ha wley Street, BOSTON. THOMASYOUNGJr. WHOLESALE FLORIST. CHOICEST CUT FLOWERS. 43 W. 28th St., NEW YORK CITY. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michigan Gut Flower Excliange. FANCY FERNS, $1.50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. Give us a trial for Ferns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, »1.00 per 1000. 2B Miami Ave., DETROIT, MICH. Wbol^ale [lower/\arl^fe Boston, May 13. Eoses, Beauty, Edgely, extra 10.00@25.C ■' " " medium... 5.00® 8.0 culls 50® a.o " Bride, Bridesmaids, Gate.. I.OO® 3.C extra 400® 6.0 " Liberty 2.00® 6.C Carnations 50® 1.5 Lily of the valley , l.OC® 2C Poet's narcissi .6 Longiflorum lilies 4.00© 6.C Calias 4.00® 6.0 Smilax 12.O0@15.C Adiantum 75@ l.C Asparagus 50.C Philadelphia, May 13. Eoses, Tea 6.00® 8.( " extra 10. C " Beauty, extra 25.00@40.C " " firsts 10.00®20.( " Queen of Edgely, extra. . . .25.00@40.C firsts... .10.00@20.( Carnations 1.00® 5;( Lily of the valley S.OO® 6.C Asparagus 25.00®50.( Smilax 12.60@16.( Bthtalo, May 14. Eoses, Beauty 2.00@25.( " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 2.00® 8.( Carnations 1.00® 4.( Violets 26® .; Harrisli 8.00®12.l Lily of the valley 3.00® 5.( Tulips 50® 3.( Daffodils l.OC® 3.( Asparagus strings 4O.00@6O.( Smilax 15.( Adiantum 7B@ l.S SweetPeas 50© .'■ Milton W. Woodroffe, WHOLESALE f LOWrST, 1344 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. 6lve Us a Trial. We Can Please You Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stoci(. Uril C VICTIMIS Wholesale Com- Ifflni ri nndlillU) mission Florist, dSI Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y. Dealer in Florists' Supplies and Wire Desiens. Open from 7:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M. LakevlewRoseOardeDS JAMESTOWN, N. Y. Wholesale Growers and Paalars In Cut Flowers. 800,000 SQUARE FEET CLASS. SPECIALTIES: Roses, Carnations, Lilies, Asparagus, Smilax. Fresh Flowers Guaranteed. No Second Hand- ling-. All orders shipped direct from Gardens, Send For Weekly Price List. Send in Your Orders for DECORATION DAY We shall have 75,000 Carnations, 50,000 Eoses, 50,000 Sweet Peas. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Try Is FOR THINGS YOU CANNOT _QET ELSEWHERE=^ THE PHIUDELPHIA WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKET, 1224 Cherry Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA, FOR Decoration Day Paeonies, Beauties, Carnations. ' WHOLESALE FLORIST, Dagger Ferns. 1217 Arch St., Philadelphia. Leo. Nlessen, /poj. The American Florist. 613 JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Exclusively. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT TtL 2065 Madison Sq. NEW YORK. 42 West 28th SI Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWEKa ever offered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, Bride and Maid Rotes. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter F. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Telephone 009 Madison Sqnare. 39 West 28th St., NEW YORK. Talaphone Nos. 2230 and 2034 Madison Square, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 66 and 67 Wost 26th St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice ot sale note daily. Statement and check weekly. All consignments, large or small, receive the same attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. VIOLETS. WILLIAM GHORMLEY VIOLETS. I Wholesale " ■■"fcimwi wiiwinwiB-Mi ■ 9 Qommission j Daily Receiver and Shipper ot Fresh Cut Flowers. * Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Valley, Chrysanthemums. Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY. | JOHN YOUNG tpMlal Anerloan Beauties, Sarpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orchids, knd all Se&ionable Floweri. 61 W«rt 28tli St., NBW YORK. Tel 1B06 Madiion Sq. THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR Violets and Carnations •ROWERS and BUYERS make a note ot thii. It will be to your advaotage. WM. H. GUNTHER. 80 West 29th St., New York. Telephone 551 Madison Square. Frank Millang Open from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. Cat Flower Exchange, Phone 396 Madison Square. 55-57 W. 26th St NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consignments or Shipping Orders. Satisfaction given in both. Tel. 956 Madison Sq. 1 1 S W. 30M1 St.. N«w Yorfc. iUw 48 W. SOth St. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 56 and 67 W. 26th St, Nf^W Ynrk. Cut Flower Exchange, niCW I Om. OPEN 6:0O A. M. An Uneoualled Outlet for Consigned Flowers. Choice Carnations. Selected Roses. Traendly&Schenck NEV YORK aTY, 38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange. New Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq. Wbolfjale power/\arH?fe New Yobk, May 13. Roses, Beauty, Edgely, best 10.00@15.l " medium 4.00® 6.1 " culls 50® 2.( Bride, Bridesmaid, best.... 3.00® 6. i " " " ordinary .SO® 2.1 " Meteor, Golden Gate 50® 4. i " Liberty, best. 4.00® 8.i " " ordinary SO® 2.1 Carnations, fancy 1.00® 1.! " ordinary 35® .1 Lily of the valley, 25® 2.i Cattleyas 20.00@25.i Lilies a.OC® 5.1 Smilax 12.00®20.i Adiantum 35® Adiantum Croweanum 1.! Asparagus 35 .00@50.( " Sprengeri. doz. bun. 2.00@3.00 Sweet peas per bund. bun.3.0O Lilacs per bunch .10 @ .12 Charles Millang WHOLESALE FLORIST. Conservatory connected from which can ship ferns and decorative plants promptly 50 West 29th St. NEW YORK Tel. 2230 Madison Square. You will benefit the American Flo- rist by mentioning it every time you write an advertiser in these column*- FORD BROS. Receivers and Shippers ot FRESH FLOWEBS, HI West 30tli St., NEW TOBK. Telephone 157 Madison Square. REPRESENTING EMINENT GROWERS. JuHusLang 53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK. COMMISSION DEALER in FLOWERS Telephokb 380 Madison Square. ALEX. J. GUTTMAN, Wholesale Commission Florist, A full supply dally of the cholceat New York and New Jersey TLOWERS. B2 W. 20th Street, NEW YORK CITV. Telephone 1738 Madison Square. OTLflNGJffi. Wholesale Commission Florist, BEST SXOWERS SHIPPED AT liOWES* NEW YORK PRICES. 18 Boarum Place, Brooklyn, M. V. Telephone 939 Main. Hicks & Grawbuck, WHOLESALE fLORISTS. Tel. 3660-3661 Main. 108 Livingston St., BROOKLYN, N. Y EDW. C. HORAN, 55 WEST 28TH STREET, Telephone 421 Madison Square. .NEW YORK. Cyj F LOWERS AI WHOLESALE. 614 The American Florist. May i6. l^B gEEQ TRHEiB- AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Waltbb p. Stokes, Pres.; C. N. Paob, First Tioe-Pres.; S. F. Wiliabd, Wethersfleld, Conn., Beo'y and Treas. Twenty-first annual convention, Pliiladelphia and Atlantic City, June 33-85, 1903. Oscar Knopff & Company, of Eriurt, Germany, haire failed. T. P. Flower, importing agent of French bulbs, sails lor France May 21. Henry Nungesser, New York, sailed on the S. S. Kaiser Wilhelm II for Europe April 28. S. E. Briggs, of Steele, Briggs & Co., Toronto, will take a sis weeks' rest at Atlantic City. The insurance companies have made a satisfactory settlement of the Leonard Seed Company's loss. The Louisville acreage planted to onion sets this season is reported to be one-third less than last year. Canadian grown seed corn has been purchased by the Swedish government for trial in the famine stricken districts of Lapland. It is reported that one of the large onion set growers at Chicago has planted this season eighty acres of onion bulbs for growing seed. Most catalogue seedsmen report a less number of orders this year, though the volume of business done is about equal to that of 1902. Visited Chicago:— C. C. Massie, of Northrup, King & Company, Minneapo- lis; R. A. Shumway, Rockford, 111.; J. L. Van Waveren, of L. Van Waveren & Co., Hillegom, Holland. C. P. Taylor, for many years con- nected with the Minnesota Experiment Station, St. Anthony Park, is now with Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis, in charge of the growing of agricultural seeds. C. C. Massie, of Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis, sails to-day (May 16) from Boston on the S. S. Carpathia for a six weeks' European trip. He will visit England and the Continent and expects to spend a few days in the Highlands trout fishing. The attempted advance in the prices of tuberose bulbs last summer and early fall, and the later development of surplus stock on the market, has left the tube- rose trade in a rather unhealty condition and the larger buyers^ are consequently disposed to reduce their orders lor the coming season. The salvage stock from the Leonard Seed Co.'s fire, mentioned as $20,000 worth, will be sold at auction at 239- 241 Madison street, Chicago, at 10:00 a. m. May 21. The seeds will be dis- played for examination the day previous, May 20. Terms cash. A deposit of ten per cent will be required.- French reports indicate a rainfall in the Ollioules bidb region about April 23 but it came too late to improve the size of the narcissus bulbs and is not likely to be of much value to the Roman hya- cinths, the size of which will in all proba- biUty be smaller than usual. The mer- chants and grovyers have not yet united on prices and few if any sales are being made. ^-^^-*- Orange, N. J. FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETING AND EXHIBITION. — ADDRESS BY DR. KITCHEN. — WEDDING DECORATIONS. — NOTES. The regular monthly meeting of the New Jersey Floricultural Society took place on May 6 at the society rooms in Orange. The usual monthly floral dis- play was varied only by the exhibition of a Cattleya Mossise of great beauty by Dr. J. M. W. Kitchen. It is only the sec- ond time that the plant has bloomed since its importation, two years ago. John Crosby Brown and family were among the visitors during the course of the evening. Two new members were elected. A. S. Rose was to have addressed the society but was prevented by serious illness, which his doctor hopes will be but temporary. Dr. Kitchen spoke upon "Freaks of Nature in Plants." Resolu- tions of regret and condolence upon the death of the late John Withers and Henry Bird were referred to a committee of Peter Duff and John Hays. The last social event in Montclair was the double Armitage weddings at St. Luke's church. A. L. Wallace had the decorations. The church, which is cruci- form, has the choir screen quite up to the transccDt. The lower part of this was banked with short palms and only the entrance ornamented with a bunch of Lilium Harrisii on each side with long streamers of white ribbon. The altar was dressed withLilium Harrisii against a background of tall palms and was quite effective, particularly as viewed through the choir screen over the dark green lore- ground of shorter palms. David Rose's new house is 18x75 and is about finished. He has placed it between the other houses and his dwel- ling and runs about northeast and south- west. He has had a most prosperous Easter trade and is pushing the others in the competition for landscape work. He has the town work in the public squares. Mr. Munn, of Llewellyn Park, John Hays, gardener, is making the addition of many sculptured ornaments to the for- mal garden on the terrace and at the approach on the lawn where a wonderful stone well curb weighing many tons has been placed. Jos. B. Davis. Troy, N. Y. J. N. Jones has succeeded James M. Gemmill in the florist business on Oak- wood avenue, opposite the cemetery. John Pickering is erecting a couple of houses on the Dietsch system at his place, Sycaway. R. B. Richmond, Ind. — E. G. Hill and wife are away on a trip to the northwest. WANTED. 1,000 Gov. Wolcott, SOO Boston Market, 1,500 Lawson, SOO Crocker,. SOO Palmer. W. IVERSON, Box 377, So. Walpole, Mass. ilCE BROTHERS Rl WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Ihfpterror" Choice Cut flowers. Common Fsrns and I Flowers billed at Croons a Specially. I Market Prices. Send for prices on Supplies. 128 North 6lh St., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Caladium Bulbs i to 6-inch, $1.00; 6 to 7-inoh, $1.50; 7 to 9-inoh, $3.50 per UO. BEGONIA REX, named varieties, 3- inoh, $5.00; 2-inch, $3.00 per 100. E. C, 11.50 per 100, extra good stock. PANSY PLANTS, best strains, transplanted in cold frames,* in bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100. Cash or C. O. D. J. H. DANN &SON, Westfield, N. Y. A Card. E. J. Deal, representing the firm of W. W. Johnson & Son, of Boston, England, is sailing for home May 27th and takes this opportunity to thank the American Seed Trade for the very cordial manner in which he has been received during his present trip. He is glad to have made so many acquaintances and friends and regrets that time did not permit him to extend his journey farther. For a short .time Mr. Deal will be at Hotel Albert, 11th Street and Broadway, New York. Gladiolus Bulbs AT YOUR OWN PRICE. To clear out surplus 25,000 Light Mixture. Fine bulbs to the highest bidders per 1000 until all are-taken. These bulbs usually sell for $10.00 per 1000. CUSHMAN Gladiolus Co., Sylvania, Ohio. COMMISSIONS CARRIED OUT in LONDON or any part of Great Britain. Messrs. WILLS & SEGAR will attend to any commission from American florists for the supply of Cut Flowers, Birthday Flowers, Bouquets, High Class Floral Designs, etc , to their clientswho may betraveliagin England. U/IIIQ 8. CCRAD Court Florists to his iVILLO Ob OCuAn, Malesty, The Kln^. ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY. Teleobamb, Onslow Crescent, South Kensington, Flosculo, Lokdon. LONDON. ENGLAND. SPECIAL DECORATION DAY RATES over the Nickel Plate Road, at one fare for the round trip within a radius of 150 miles from starting point. Tickets on sale May 29 and 30, good returning from destination to and including June 1st. 1903. Three trains daily in each direction between Chicago, Val- paraiso, Knox, Ft. Wayne, Fostoria, Findlay, Cleveland, Buffalo, Erie, New York City, Bos- ton and New England points. Fast time and low rates. Meals on American Club Plan, ranging in price from 35c to $1.00, served in Nickel Plate Dining-cars; also service a la carte. Chicago Depot, Harrison Street and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Offices: 111 Adams St. and Auditorium Annex. For particulars write John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago. 4 American ^21t^^^^ florists Sundays and holidays, JC ^ AfIC AU over the country, 'V tF /1II« At home and abroad. ■'903' The American Florist. 615 Early Bird TOMATO. The earliest, smoothest and largest Early Tomato we ever introduced. Resists the rot and does not sunburn; wonderfully produc- tive, of line flavor. Every florist should have some plants in the spring for his par- ticular and appreciative trade. i oz., 50c; \ oz., 95c; Oz., J1.7S; postpaid. FLORIST DEPARTMENT, D. Landreth & Sons, l2l7MarketSt., Philadelphia, Pa. Mushroom Spawn FIRST QUALITY. STRICTLY FRESH. ^.jt^LOWEST PRICES \VRITE FOR SPECIAL ...QUOTATION S... James VIck's Sons, ROCHESTER, N. Y. J^ease trwnhon ^he American Florist when writin£. Calla Bulbs For 1st of August delivery. Choice, selected for florists' use, iVs to 2-inch diameter, per 100 $5-00 Burbank's Shasta Daisy. 3-inch, per 100 2.00 Asparagus Sprengeri. 2-inch, per 100 1.50 EXPRESS PREPAID. CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO., TO CLOSE OUT!! A BARGAIN. THE HOLLY FERN (Cyrtomium Falcatura). 5-inch, 6-inch and 8-inch pots. Write for EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor. ChMtnut Hill. PHIUDELPHU. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. 2-inch pots $2.00 per 100 2}4-ii)ch pots 2.50 per 100 3-inch pots 3.0O per 100 ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS, last or .June. 1000 Eldorado R. Outtinss, transplanted. 11.25 per ICO. Terms Cash. We prepay Express char-res and guarantee satisfaction. LOOMIS FLORAL CO., Loomis, Gal. "Armstrong's Everblooming TUBEROSE Is the onlv Tuberose to irrow for cut flowers." " .JULIUS KOKNIG. Good bulbs for 12.50 per hundred. LUTHER ARMSTRONG, KIrkwood, Mo. Always mention the American Vtjo- EisT when writing to advertisers. TUBEROSE BULBS. Dwarf Excelsior Pearl. Sound, Dry, Hand Picked. MEDIUM SIZE, 3 to 4-ln., 100,60c; 1000,$5.00. SPECIAL SIZE, 31/2 to 4-ln., 100, 70c; 1000, $5.50. FIRST SIZE, \ to 6-in., 100,$1.00; 1000, $8.50. MAMMOTH BULBS, 6 to 8-in., $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. ARMSTRONG'S EVERBLOOMING. A grand new addition to the tuberose family, bloom- ing profusely year after year and producing single flowers of a delightful fragrance. Fine for cut flowers. lOO, $3.50; 1000, $30.00. CALADIUM ESCULENTUM, with live center shoots. Per 100 5 to 7-inch $ 3.00 7 to 9-inch 4.25 9 to 12-inch 7.25 12-ln. and up 14.50 GLADIOLI, FERN BALLS, HARDY LILIES. YAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO. NEW YORK. 84 Randolph SI. 1 4 Barclay St. B <& A SPECIALTIES. Trained Fruit Trees, Bay Trees, Buxus in al! forms, Evergreens, Herbaceous plants. Rhododen- drons, Clematis, Hardy Azaleas, H. P. Standard and Climbing Roses, in addition to quantities of fancy Nursery stock. We are pleased at all times to receive visitors a our Nurseries. We have 60 acres planted with the most interesting stock in the country. Ask for Spring catalogues. HABDY JAPAN LILIES. AURATUM,8 to9-in 85.00 9toll-in 7.50 RUBRUM or ROSEUM, 8 to 9-in 5 50 9toll-in 7.00 ALBUM, 8 to 9-in 5.50 9toll-in 7.00 MELPOMENE, 7 to 9-in 6.50 Per 100 PerlOOO I to lO-in ).50 $45.00 65.00 45.00 65.00 50.08 60.00 60.00 80.00 BOBBINS & ATKINS, Rutherford. N. J. GENISTA. 2y2-inch, 75c per Doz., $5.00 per 100. Doz. 100 AllamandaWilliamsii, 2Hn $ .75 $5.00 Clerodendron Fragrans, 2i-in 75 5.00 Araucaria Excelsa, 2 to 3 tiers 5.25 3 to 4 tiers 7.50 CarexJaponica, 2+-in 80 6.00 Geraniums, (send for list) 2.50 Pansy, Pelargoniums 75 5-00 Abutilon Savitzii 75 5-00 Weeping Lantana 45 3.00 The GONARD & JONES GO. West Grove, Pa^ TH.© '..CARNATIONS The Leading Novelties of 1903. The Best Varieties of 1902. All the Standard Varieties. Order vour Rooted Cuttings NOW. QEO. HANCOCK &, SON, GRAND HAVEN. MICH. JOSEPH HEAGOGK, WYNCOTE, PA. GROWER ARECA LITESCENS, "°f ~ KENTIA BELMOREANA, ... COCOS WEDDELLIANA. BEDDING PLANTS. Inches Per 100 Geraniums 4 J6.00 3.00 hm 3.00 6.00 4.00 lOOO 3.00 1.00 Pelargoniums 4 Dracaena Indivisa 4 A lew 6 to 7-inch pots at 40o each. Verbenas 3 Petunias, from Dreer V/i Supgrbe, dovible seed Ageratum and Coleus 2}< Cannas 4 ■■ 3 Vincas 4 Heliotropes 3 Dwarf Forget me-nots J. «. :i3I^OC»l\!l, Riegelsvilla, Pa. CARNATIONS. Rooted cuttings of all the leading varieties now ready. Also rooted runners of Lady Campbell, Swanley White and Princess of Wales Viojats. Send me a list of what you want and get prices. Stock in fine condition. Address Chas. Chadwick, L. Box 11, Grand Rapids, Mich. Geo. Wittbold Co., 1657 Buckingham PL, CHICAGO, ILL. Send for Price List on all Palms and Ferns Always mention the.. American Florist when you w/rite to an adverl 616 The American Florist. May /6, The i^luR5ERY T^^aBE. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Chas. a. iLeBNTEiTZ, Pres. ; D. S. Lake, Vioe- Pres.; Gborge C. Seageb, Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mioh., June 10-13, 1903. Newark, N. Y.— The Jackson & Per- kins Company report very satisfactory business this season. O. C. SiMONDS, the Chicago landscape architect, is preparing plans for Mt. Olivet cemetery, Dubuque, la. The absence of a severe frost this spring was of material benefit to many nurserymen in handling their stock. The Missoula Nursery Company, Mis- soula, Mont., is supplying 35,000 treesfor planting in Yellowstone Park this spring. BosKOOP, Holland.— The exportations of nursery stock from this place to America have been the largest this year ever known. Prof. C. S. Sargent, of the Arnold Arboretum, Boston, will leave about June 1 for the purpose of making a study of arboreal conditions in Siberia. The nursery trade has been remarkably active in nearly all lines this season, one wholesale house reporting that it could have handled of one item alone — hybrid perpetual roses — 100,000 more. Clarence M. Weed, state nursery inspector of New Hampshire, has issued a circular in which he warns planters against the purchase of trees and shrubs which do not bear a certificate of fumi- gation. Waterloo, Wis. — The nursery firm of Riley & McKay has d issolved partnership. Mr. Riley's interests have been purchased by the McKay Bros. J. P. McKay becomes senior member, his brothers John and William being associated with him. SurplusStock Per 100 4C00 Marechal Niel Roses, 2Ji-inch, nice stock J3.50 2000 Clothilde Soupert Roses, 2>i-inch 3.00 2V4-inch 3.50 000 Champion of the World Roses, (Mrs. Degraw), 2M-inch 3.00 3000 Coleus, assorted, strong, 2J^-inch 3.00 lOOO Dahlias, assorted, strong, 2i4-inch — 4.00 500 Clematis, Jackmanni, strong, 4-inch . . 18.00 lOOO Geraniums, E. H. Trego, 3M-inch 8. 00 E. H. Trego, 4-inch 12.00 3000 Geraniums, Assorted, 2i4-inch 3.50 •' " 4-inoh 8.00 3005 Hardy Perennial Phlox, fine named, 3 years, strong ?.00 Hardy Perennial Phlox, fine named, 2ii-inch 4.00 Hardy Perennial Phlox, mixed, 2 years, strong 5 00 Salvia, St. Louis, 2K-inoh 4.00 Ageratum, Stella Gurney, 3>i-inch 4.00 Althernanthera, red and yellow, 3-in. . 2.50 1000 Hydrangeas, Hortensis, Thomas Hogg and Mariesie. 6-inch pots 15.00 4-inGh pots 10.00 2^-incn pots 4.00 Phoenix Nursery Co., 1215 N. Park St- BL00MIM6T0H. ILL. Always mention the American Flo- rist when writing to advertisers. M iiummmiuuumtuuimauuamiiiu iiii iiiiiiitiiitiiiiiiiiuiiuumiiAmimiititmtii * Two=Year=01d Dormant, I Field=Qrown Roses. This stock is first-class and of the righl kinds; well branched, good fibrous roots, c Our cold-storage cellar, 28x1 50 feet, built especially for this class of stock, contains c 25,000 of these Hybrid Perpetual Roses. Personal Inspection Invited. ^ $11.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000 Ball of Snow Mme. G. Luizet Coquette Des Alpes Magna Charta John Hopper Mme. Chas. Wood Ulrich Brunner Paul Neyron La France $18.00 per 100. Glory Lyonaise Baroness Rothschild Mme. Plantier Perle des Blanches Mrs. John Laing Margaret Dickson c strong $15.00 per 100 " 20.00 " Crimson Rambler 2 year Dorothy Perkins " Cumberland Belle " " „ Moss Roses " " Clematis Large Flowering, such as Jackmanni, Henrii and many others, 2 year old $3.50 per doz. 3 year old , 4.00 " Ampelopsis Veitchii, 3 year strong, 3x4 ft 16.OO Actinidia, Silver Sweet Vine, 3 year old 20.00 " Wistaria, Purple 4x6 ft 3.00 " Wistaria, White " ^ 5.00 " Paeonies Asst, White, Pink and Red, best double sorts, strong clumps, 3 to 5 eyes 10.00 per 100 12.00 10.00 25.00 30.00 Vanghao's Seed Store, si Barclay St., New York, 84-86 RandolphSt.Chicago GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. 10,000 California Privet Extra Strong Stock. Best named varieties from 4-inch pots, $7.00 per hundred. $10.00 per hundred. ,00 per dozen 3 1-2 to 4 feet. Makes hedges at once ^-^ f^ 'I\n^r' y\ S& -^-'^ leading varieties from 4-inch pots, $1.00 per dozen; $7.00 SIEBREGHT & SON, ROSE HILL NURSERIES, From 3'/4-inoh pots, $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per hundred. New Rochelle, N. Y. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. A Magnificent Forcing Rose. Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 957, No. 761 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from SVs-inch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received. 26 or 60 plants at 100 rate. R.&J.rARQLHAR&CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. CALIFORNIA PRIVET. Trenched in, ready for shipment. 2 yrs., 2 to 3 feet $25.00 per 1000; $2.75 per 100. 2 yrs., Ii4 to 2 feet. . . 18.00 per 1000; 2.40 per 100. 2 yrs., 12 to 18 inches. 10.00 per 1000; 1.25 per 100. Rooted Privet Cuttings, 60c per 100 by mail or express prepaid. Packing free. Cash with order. ATLANTIC COAST NURSERIES, Olfice: 606, 4th Ave., ASBURY PARK, N. J. Dahlias and Gladioli From EAST BRIDGEWATER Dahlia Ganhnt. If you are looking for something new and wish to keep up-to-date, send for my spring catalogue. J. K.ALEXANDER. EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. TELL THEM WHERE YOU SAW THE AD. /poj. The American Florist. 617 NEW CROP Dagger Ferns Now readv. $1.50 per 1000. Fine lot Fancy Ferns. tl.50 per 1000. Galax, Green or Bronze, 7oc per 1000. Most, dOc per bbl. suck. Laurel Festooning, .No. 1 quality, fresh ©vorv day. 4c. 5c and 6c per yard. Laurel and Pine Wreaths, just what you want for your Memorial day trade. Order thera now and "vour Ferns and you will be sure to get the best to be h:id. when you want them and on time. Ground Pine, by the pound if wanted. Long distance telephone' connections. Telegraph OflBce, New Salem, Mass. Millinglon, Mass. - — Tel. ofBce, New Salem. NATIONAL FLORISTS Board of Trade, OHices: 56 Pine St., NEW YORK. ■"• CREDIT REFERENCE BOOK. A subscription to our Credit List will cost you 110 a year, and it may save you $100 the first month. SPECIAL REPORTS. We make a specialty of this pan of our work, and spare neither trouble nor money to get for our clients the very latest and most'reliable information as to the standing of any person concerning whom inquiries are made" COLLECTIONS. We collect slow and doubtful accounts. \Vhv not go through your books at once, and send us all the claims that are in arrears? Call and see us when you are In the city. The Royal Tottenham Nurseries, Ltd, DtDtMSVAART, tear ZWOILE, NEIMtRLANDS. Headquarters for Hardy Perennials. Poeonies, Iris Germanica and Ka?mpferi, Anemones, Phlox Decussata. choice Alpine plants. Hardy Ericas. Tritoma, Hardv Ferns, Delphiniums. Novelties in this line a specialty. Conifers (special young stock). Hydrangeas, Rhododendrons and Azaleas. We grow also some 8 acres of Daffodils. Special quotations toward April. Atk lor Catalogue. Piease mention the American Florist when writing. strong two vear plants, pot grown, beautiful plants in 10 to 15 leading kinds. All colors. 25c each: $2.50 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. One year, $1 50 per Jozen; $13.00 per ICO. PAEONY FLOWERS for DECORATION DAY. Choice assortment. Write for prices F. A. BALLER, Bloomington, III. s.n... THE MOON r^\ Corxix>^i3.y For ( Trees, Shrubs, Vines Your) and Small Fruits. Descriptive Illustrated Catalogne Free. THE WM. H. MOON OO. Morrisville, Pa. Please mention the American "orist when writing. Roses Wanted, 20,000 2-year, low budded, on Manetti or dog rose Foots, bushes 34 inches and up, strong, vigorous stock in 30 leading varieties. Delives^ Nov.. 1903. Address if you can offer such stock, stating varieties you have. MANN, the Seedsman, Portland, Ore. DECORATIVE GREENS FOR DECORATION DAY. Wild Smilax, per 50 lb. case J400 Sabal Palm Crowns, per dozen 3.00 Sabal Palm Leaves, per 100 2 00 Daqger Ferns, per 1000 1.00 Quality A No. I. ALABAMA WILD SMILAX CO., Monroe, Ala. SEASON 1903. PRICE LIST CHRYSaNTHEMUMS. SEASON 1903. Per 100 WHITE. R. C. Estelle 83.00 Geo. S. Kalb 1.50 Willowbrook 2.00 Lady Fitzwygram 1..50 Ivory 1.50 Robinson 1.50 .lerome Jones 1 .50 Wanamaker 1.50 Timothy Eaton 3.00 White Bonnaffon 2.00 Merry Christmas 2.00 Chadwick 2.50 PINK. Lady Harriet 3.00 Glory dPaciflc 1.50 Morel 1.50 Perrin 1 .50 Xeno 2.10 Maud Dean 2 00 Murdock 1.50 Quito 2..50 Pink Ivory 1..50 Richardson Liger Lavender Queen 3.C0 Per 100 3H-in. S .5.00 2 50 3.00 3.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2,50 3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 3.50 2 50 I'er 100 YELLOW. R. C. Robert Halliday J3 00 T. Carrington ; 3.00 E. D. Smith 1.5) Monrovia i .50 Parr i.60 October Sunshine 1.50 Yellow Fitzwygram 1..50 Whilldin 1.50 Appleton 1.50 Bonnalfon 1.50 Pennsvlvania 2.00 Yellow Jones -2.00 Eclipse 3 50 Golden Wedding ^.to Rieman 2.00 Goldmine 2.00 O P. Bassett i.,50 Yellow Eaton Chautaqua Gold, fine.; .5.00 RED Childs -J.OO Intensity 3.C0 Shrimpton 2. 00 BRONZE. Lady Hanham 2.C0 Per 100 2i4-in. % 4.00 400 2.50 2.50 2.50 3.50 3..50 3.50 3 50 3 50 3.U0 3.00 3..50 3.00 3.50 3.00 3.50 25.00 6.50 3.00 4.10 3.00 ROSES FOR FORCING. An exceptional line lot of 300,000 plants In 2, Z% and 3<2-inch. Per 100 Per U)00 Per 1000 2.v3!4-in. 3yj-in. American Beauties $6.00 $.50 00 185 00 Maids 4.00 3.5.00 .5.5.00 Brides 4.00 3.5.00 55.00 Per 100 Per 1000 Per 1000 3.s:3'2-in. 3)4-in. Gates t4.00 $35.00 Perles 4.00 35.00 Ivory 5.0 45.00 $.55.00 .55.00 liO.OO CUT BACK— Old Maids, Brides, Gates, Meteors, Perles $.30.00 per 1000 STEVIA. Rooted Cuttings, per 100 % 1.50 I 2H-inch, per 100 $ 2.50 Rooted Cuttings, per 1000 I'i.OO | 2|^-inch, per liX)0 32.50 Cash with order. Packed and shipped F. O. B. Morton Grove. When less than 25 plants of a variety are ordered add 30 per cent. 5 per cent discount allowed for cash. Remittances must accompany orders from unknown parties. Goods sent G. O. D. if requested. All orders filled in strict rotation, and as soon as stock is ready. Every order has our personal supervision and satisfaction is guaranteed. Cuttings rooiod to order if not in stock. All plant bills are due 30 days from date of invoice. lu case of error report immediately, Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III. When in Europe come and see us and inspect our extensive Nurseries. Gouda is our railroad depot. HARDY, FANCY ORNAMENTAL NURSERY STOCK. J. Blaauw & Co., BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Catalogue free on demand. Headquarters for the famous ColoradoBlue Spruces, purest, bluest strain J. DIJKHUIS & CO. BOSKOOP-HOLLAND. QUALITY. QUANTITY. Ask our prices for AZALEAS, RHODODENDRONS, PEONIES, Pries List Free on Application, THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD Is the short line to the East and the service equal to the best. You will save time and money by traveling over this line. It has three through daily express trains, with through vestibuled sleeping-cars and Ameri- can Club Meals, ranging in price from 35c to $1,00, are served in Nickel Plate dining-cars; also a la carte service. Try a trip over the Nickel Plate Road and you will find the ser- vice equal to any between Chicago and the East. Chicago depot: Harrison St. and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Offices 1 1 1 Adams St, and Audi- torium Annex, John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 1 1 3 Adams St., Room 29S, Chicago. 'Phone Central 2057. 1 Fine Grafted Bearing Sizes. Per 100 12-inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots |20 00 15-18 inch, bushy, from 4-inch pots 30.00 Kin KanS '"-la in., bushy, from 4-in pots 20.00 I omnno Vi-V> in., bushy, from 4-in. pots.. 20.00 LClllUMo 18-24 in., bushy, from 4-in. pots . 30.00 Oranges, Lemons, Limes, ^^r^ix plants, well-branched, 3-4 ft. $2 to ^ each. Clematis Apiifolia ^hiTriiSrs: Paniculata, but blooms earlier and lasts longer; strong plants from3-inch pots.... 8.00 (Top Cuttings). 10-12inch 20.00 12-15 in., 5 character leaves, 3-in. pots.. 18.00 Phoenix Reclinata and Farinifera division, best sorts, 815.00 per 1000 (Not less than 400 of a class at 1000 rate.) Latanias, Pandanus, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Large Quantities. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE P. J. BERGKMANS GO.'-' FRUITLAND NURSERIES, EfUbliihed 1856. AUGUSTA, GA. (@-OUB DIBECTORT FOB 1903 WII>Ii BE UAIZiED TO TOU*^ 19-FBOMFTI.T UPON APPLICATION. PBICE TWO DOUJUIS.*^ 618 The American Florist. May i6, Our pasTiMEs. Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and sporting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.; »obt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist- Co., 334 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. At Washington. The following are the scores made by the bowlers on May 6: Player. 1st 2d 3d T'l Geo. H. Cooke 179 158 217 554 Wm. H. Ernst 178 150 215 543 G.Shaffer 149 167 179 495 L. C. Barber, Jr 158 147 162 467 L.C.Barber 149 149 160 458 J. Stine 162 152 124 438 W.Smith 128 131 144 403 Willie Clark 144 121 116 381 H.Saunders 113 138 140 391 Oehmler 104 123 130 357 P.Miller 114 103 110 327 J. Minder 97 94 93 384 C. W. Wolf 138 128 266 A. Herold 110 112 208 330 P. G. Joliet Bowlers Visit Chicago. A team representing the Chicago Car- nation Company's club played a return series of games with the McKellar & Winterson team, at Anson's, Saturday evening. May 9, the latter team being victorious. After the games supper was spread for sixteen by the winners. M'KELLBB & W1NTER90V TEA3I. Player 1st 2d 3d T'l McKeller 139 156 156 451 Sterrett 172 208 20 1 580 L. H. Winterson 154 1«9 151 154 Newett 153 )38 156 446 Pruner 169 164 156 489 Winterson 175 161 134 470 Total 961 976 953 2890 CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY'S TEAM. Player 1st 2d 3i Paul Spain 114 A. Oberman 156 .Tas. Hartshorne .154 P. Olson 151 W. Wichtendahl 130 104 110 344 J. Heitmann 137 176 166 4i9 dotal 832 907 865 2604 185 177 476 130 129 215 127 131 412 153 488 At Chicago. The following scores were made on Tuesday, May 12, at the regular meeting of the bowlers: Player. 1st 2d 3d T'l Balluff 155 178 167 500 Asrous ..189 174 150 513 Lambros 135 137 196 468 P. J. Hauswirth 143 174 140 457 W. Kreitling 130 165 178 473 G.StoUery, 151 HO 128 389 L. Sohafler 144 169 120 4S3 P. Matti 140 138 149 427 P. Stollery 15« 154 166 474 E.Enders 107 113 141 361 Winterson 126 167 114 407 Scott 133 118 173 414 Pruner 145 145 172 563 Dickinson 128 118 114 360 Sterrett 1.58 126 154 438 Meteor Rose Plants. 3i-inch, $5-00 per 100; $45.00 per 1000. Cash with order unless parties known. These plants are guaranteed extra choice. LIBERTY, 3-inch, $8.00 per 100. BRANT & NOE, '^mj'^^^:''- 1,500 American Beauty Plants in 2j-inch pots. Fine strong stock and perfectly healthy, $5.00 per 100; $45.00 per 1000. HOFFMEISTER FLORAL COMPANY, 813 Elm St., CINCINNATI, OHIO. ROSE PLANTS... BRIDESMAID .. 3.00 GOLDEN GATE 8.00 25.0 IVORY 4.00 CARNATIONS FROM FLATS. MRS. JOOST 2.00 15.0 GEO. W. WATERFIELD, Chestnut Hill, Phila.,Pa. i GRAFTED ROSES. S Our grafted roses are fine bushy plants, grown In 3Vi and 4-inch pots and are the best S that can be produced. I 1 BRIDESMAIDS 1 S I ["voryL^::;::::::::::::::: F «i8oo p"-- '0° KV GiTEs::::::: h $15.00 per 100 i S J KAISERINS J £ I J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. THE 4MCRIC4N TLORIST COMPANY'S 1903 Directory (JUST OUT.) is a book invaluable to every one who does a wholesale business in the Florist, Nursery or Seed trades. Fully revised to date, it contains thousands of new names never before accessible and, by reaching only live people, will save many times its cost in postage for every one who catalogues even a part of the trade. J- ,^ .^ J- ^ J> J- All names are arranged by States and Towns, also alphabetically. Full list of the private gardeners of the United States and much other information completely indexed. Sent postpaid OH receipt of $2.00. American florist Co., 324 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL igo3. The American Florist. 619 ^Ct'^'^'^'^*^'^'^'^'^"^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^*^'^'^'^'^'^^'^'^'^'^'^'^ 15 j^ GOOD STOCK, LARGE CUTS SND ALL GOODS SHIPPED At Chicago Market Rates. KENNIGOTT BROS. COMPANY WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS *TLrK^^p"s^rp FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 42 and 44 E. Randolph St. CHICAGO, ILL. Chrysanthemums—Rooted Cuttings. WHITE. YELLOW. TIMOTHY EATON, %\ 50 Per 100 ^OL. APPLETON, W. H. CHADWICK, ' MAJOR BONNAFFON, GEO. S. KALB, $12.50 Per 1000 MRS. J. JONES, JEROME JONES. GOLDEN BEAUTY. ?* ?# •9 Rose Plants. 2 1-2-INCH. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDE 3.00 26.00 PERLE 3.00 25.00 GOLDEN GATE 2.60 20.00 OLIVERAMES 3.00 26.00 IVORY 3.00 25.00 All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. Rooted Carnation Cuttings Per 100 Per 1000 75,000 EVANSTON $1.00 $ 8.00 25,000 INE 1.00 8.00 35,000 MARQUIS 1.00 8.00 22,000 FLORA HILL 1.25 10.00 7,000 WHITE CLOUD 1.25 10.00 7,000 PROSPERITY 1.60 12.00 4,000 GUARDIAN ANGEL 1.50 12.00 3,500 NORWAY 2.00 17.60 The above number of cuttings are on hand at this issue and are dean, healthy and well rooted. GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave., ....CHICAGO. Rose Plants.. FROM 3-IXCH POTS. Strong. Per 100 lOOO American Beauty f6.00 $55-00 Bridesmaid 4.00 35-00 Brides 4.00 35-00 Golden Gate 4.00 35-00 Ivory 3.50 30.00 Michael Winaudy, Qreenhouses: 406 DEVON AVEMJB, CHICAGO. ILL. Tel. 642 Rogers Park. Rose Plants Per 100 Per 1000 SOU V. DE PIEREE NOTTING. .$8.00 $7.5,i AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 55.00 METEOR 4.i.00 KAISERIN 3.,% 30.00 BRIDESMAID 3.50 30.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY, 3 SUNRISE $7.00 BRIDE 3.50 GOLDEN GATE 2,50 PERLE 3.60 Pots $7.00 per 100; $65.t0 piT 1000. From 2 1-2-inch Pots Per 100 Per 1000 $65.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 All plants sold under express condition that if not satisfactory they are to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., .CHICAGO. ROSE PLANTS AMERICAN BEAUTY Brides $3.00 per 100; $2.'i.00 per 1000 Bndesmaiils 3.00 per 100; 35 00 pi-r 1000 J. A. BUDLONG. Good, clean, strong plants from 2y2-inch pots. $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. Meteors »3.00 per 100; $35 00 per lOOO Ivory ;5.00 per aO; 35 00 per 1000 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. Rose Plants... Gi;>od, clean, strong plants from avi-in. pots. Bridesmaids. ..-$3-00 per 100; $25-00 per 1000 Brides 3-00 per 100; 25.00 per 1O0O Meteors 3-00 per 100; 25.00 per lOOO We guarantee these to be first-class and right in every way. Give us a trial order. Lakeview Rose Gardens. Jamestown, N. Y. eJimTmmnTTTiTTTTmmnnTmmTTiTmma I ROSE PLANTS. C Extra Fine Quality. 3 E 100 1000 a E American Beauties, 2+in. $6.00 $50.00 3 = " " 3-inch 7.50 65-00 3 t Liberty, 2.1-inch 7.00 60.00 a, E " 3-inch 9.00 75-00 3 I Chicago Carnation Co. I I JOLIET, ILL. % Ekiuumuimiiuuimuuiiiiuuuuuiauio PLEASE MENTION US TO OUR ADVERTISERS. 620 The American Florist. May 1 6, Victoria, B. C. Trade here lias been good this spring. Flowers plentiful except roses and carna- tions. Easter trade was fair, but it is not made so much of here as in thelarger cities. This seems a favored spot for florists. Their name is legion. A. J. Woodward has commenced work upon his new range of six houses each 25x175. This will give him, when com- pleted, a total glass area of 100,000 square feet. F. Francis, late of Winni- peg, is to take charge of the cut flower growing. Gov. Lowndes The finest white Carnation to date. Awarded Certificate of Merit at Brooklyn, scoring 91 points; the highest number awarded to any seedling. It v^ras also recently a\varded First Prize and Medal over all other whites at Cin- cinnati. Extra fine cuttings for delivery in April, $2.50 per doz. ; $1Z per 100; $100 per lOOO. Enchantress, Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt, Harlowar- den, Sibyl, Marshall Field, Pres. McKlnley, White Bradt, Fragrance. $2.50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100: $100.00 per 1000. Per Doz. Per 100 Per 1000 ADONIS $3.01 $U.00 $130.00 HER MAJESTY 2.00 10.00 80.00 LILLIAN POND 2.00 10.00 76.00 INNOCENCE 6.00 60.00 Other Leading, New and Standard Varieties. H. WEBER & SONS, OAKLAND, MARYLAND. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. 25,000 CARNATIONS ""rrSSa"'' Crocker, Lord, Crane, Cloud, Hill, McGowan, Joost. McRichard, fine red, and Scott, $1.50 per 100; S13.00 per 1001. 10,000 Potted Cannas 6c 1 Best named 30,000 Dormant Cannas 3c f sorts. 500 Caladiums, started in sand, 6c. 1,000 Ampelopais Veitohi dor. , large top, $4 per 100. Cash please. Send for List. BENJ. CONNELL, Wast Crove. Pa. CHRYSANTHEMIMS. Fine rooted cuttings of the following varieties: Halllday, Willowbrook, T. Eaton. Col. D. Appleton, Rieman, Lincoln, Hayes, Ivory Pink and White, IW. Oean, W. Molatscii. J. Shrimpton, Robinson and Adrian at $1.50 per 100; J. R. Weir, 50c each, 84.00 per doz. , {25.00 per 100. Cash with order. Address H. A. MOLATSCH, '"^L'^in'!'i.*Yr- White. Per 100 Pink. Per 100 Mme. Diedereich. $10.00 Mrs. Coombs $3.00 Mme. Carburg.... 10.00 Kansas City Star.. 2.00 Adrian 2.00 Yanariva. 1.50 Calvat '99.... ; .... 2.00 Lavender Queen... 3.00 Mrs. Tranter 2.50 White B'lushed. Polar Queen 3 00 Colette 2.50 Yellow. Bronze. Mrs.Taggart 3.00 Edgar Sanders 2.00 Prices are for rooted cuttings. Can ship promptly. Not less than 25 of a kind at above rates. W. A. CHALFAWT. Sprlnatlaid. Mo. ROOTED CUniNGS... G. Kalb. Polly Rose. Glory of the Paciflo, Ivory, white and pink; Mrs. H. Robinson, Mrs. Murdock, F. B. Hayes, Yellow Monarch, M. Henderson, R. Halliday. W. Molatsch, Bonnaflon, Appleton and many others, $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. T. Eaton, $1.5i) per 100. Cash with order. C. F. NEIPP, Aqueduct, Jamaica P.O., ^ Woodhaven Station, L. I.. N. Y. 20,000 'MUMS \^.^^. T. Eaton, Appleton, BonnafFon, Maud Dean, Mrs. Jones, Ivory and many more at $3.25 per 100; 300 our selection for ^.00. Liberal count to help pay express. If you are in the market for large num- ber write us "for special price. 'Ptione connection. GOOLIDGE BROS., South Sudbury, Mass. Please mention the A merican Plonst when writing. If you want the Best Paying Crop that you can plant for Summer, plant The Pierson Fern (NEPHROLEPIS PIERSONI) There is nothing that you can plant that will increase in value so rapidly as this fern. The demand has been so great, and our advance sales so large, that we have not offered it recently, having only just completed filling advance orders. We have a nice lot Of young stock coming on, and can fill all orders received from this date promptly on receipt. Even at the present high price it has been impossible to keep up with the demand, and there is sure to be a tremendous demand for it another season when it can be offered at lower prices. Now is the lime to invest in it and get the benefit of the tremendous demand and good prices which are sure to prevail another season. The Boston Fern, although it has been cultivated many years is still scarce. As Nephro- lepis Piersoni will sell better and be in greater demand even than the Boston Fern, we predict a scarcity of Nephrolepis Piersoni for several years to come and at big prices. Owing to the great and continued demand, we do not expect to be more than able to meet the demand this spring, so that customers can rest assured that there will be no change in price this season. We offer strong young plants, 2i-inch pots at $9.00 per dozen; 50 plants at 60c each; 100 plants at 50c each; 500 plants at 45c each; 1000 plants at 40c each. Extra large plants, 6-inch pots, $27.00 per dozen; 50 plants at $1.80 each; 100 plants at $1.50 each. These large plants will make tine stock for growing on into large specimens for fall trade, and they are also very nice for immediate sales. Fn mirric/\iii r*i\ tarrytown-on-hudson, . K. PItKSON CO. NEW YORK. YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti- vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. $5.00 per doz.; $30 per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT CRAIG & SON, Market and 49th Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Please mention the A Florist when writing. C HRYSaNTHEMUMS. ESTELLE, (Altick) $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100' Lady Fitzwygram, white and yellow, Lady Harriet 4.00 per lOQ Willowbrook, Timothy Eaton and Col. Appleton 3-00 per 100 From 2-inch pots. Carnation Cuttings in tiie New and Standard Varieties. Please mention the American Florist when writing. Chrysanthemum Cuttings Col. Applalon, Booted Cuttings tl.75 per 100; 2!^-incli pots $2.50 per 100. T. Eaton, Rooted Cuttings 1.75 per 100; 2H-inch pots 2.60 per 100. AMERICAN BEAUTIES, fine 2K-in. stock, tS.OO per 100. BRAVE MYRTLE, strong clumps S6.00 per 100 nOLTON & nUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis. igo3. The American Florist. 621 Dracsena Indivisa FOR VASES. A fine lot of 4-iach pot plants $10.C0 per 100. Very strong. .5- $10.00 per 100. 50 per dozen; $25.00 per 100. 25 i>er dozen: nch pot plants, $1.25 per dozen; In v.iriety; 5- inch pot plants, $3.50 per dozen; $25.00 per 100. DRACAENA INDIVISA. .V fine lot of 6-incli pot plants in Ampelopsis Veitchl. Ampelopsis VIrglnica. Clematis, Large flowered. Harilu Fnnllch IvSoc ^ 6°^ 1°*^ <>'' 4-inch pot plants, 3 feet hi^h, 3 to 5 lldlUj LliyilMI lYICOa shoots, $1.25 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. HENRY A. DR[ER, 714 6lie§inui St., rHILflPELFHIfl. ...FOR... DECORATION DAY... Bayersdorfer & Co. can stock you up at once with Immortelles Doves, Inscriptions, Immortelle and Cycas Wreaths, Fibre Rib- bon, Cape Flowers, Artificial Flowers, Metal Wreaths and Designs, Bouquet Holders and every other requisite for this great occasion. Order quick. Bayersdorfer I Co. 50-56 North Fourth St., PHIUDELPHU. PA. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX rwiiare Quality Is First Consldoratlon.) Write, Wire or Phone the Introducers, CaMwen Tlie Woodsman Co., Evorgroon, Ala. or their agents: L. J. Kreshover. New York: J. B. Deamud. Chicago; H. Bayersdorfer A: Co., Philadelphia; W. F. Kasting. Buffalo; J. M. McCuUough's Sons. Cincinnati, Ohio; H G. Beming, bt. Louis. Mo. Mention the American Florist when writing to advertisers on this page. BAYS AT AlCTION. Splendid Standards and Pyramids. These and a com- prehensive stock of Shrubbery every Tuesday and Friday. Mail orders attended to when customer is not able to be present at Sale. McCarthy & co. 84 Hawley Street, BOSTON. HORTICULTURAL AUCTIONEERS. ♦ DaggerFernsforMemorialDay We would respectfully inform the trade that our new crop Dagger Ferns are now ready and are A No. 1 quality. lie sure and order them early to avoid disap- pointment. We carry a full assortment of Florists' Hardy Supplies, as follows: Galas, Bronze and Green, Sl.OO per 1000. Leucothoe Sprays, Hardy Ferns, Moss, Bouquet Green. Laurel Festooning, 5o and 6c per yard. Bundle Laurel, Etc. ■rop Dagger Ferns, $1.50 per 1000. Extra choice terns, $2.00 per 1000. Try <^s us with an order. Order direct from headquarters. HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., TELEPHONE. 2618 MAIN. 36 COURT SQUARE, BOSTON. MOST EXTENSIVE TRADE IN Grandiflora Cape Jessamine Buds IN UNITED STATES. ETABLISHED 1894. Season ot 1903: May 15th to June 13th. "Quick Time" orders and "Guaranteed Arrivals" our specialties. C. W. BENSON, Alvin, Tex. 10,000 DAHLIA BULBS. A good chance to get a start cheap. Park Jewell, one of the very best for I have !i large surplus of mixed Dahlia Bulbs, divided roots; some ot the very choicest varieties but mixed. Must be sold at 82.00 per 100 cash. Also a tew thousand Floral :ut Bowers, true to name, $3.00 per 100. Order at once. GRANDIFLORA JASMINE BUDS. Our buds are extra good this season. An expe- rienced packer. Your buds will reach you in good condition. Prices: $5.00 per 1000; 7fc per 100 F. O. B. Terms: Cash with order. Address Gapt.J.M. WEEMS.AIvin, Tex. «% a I aw Bronze or Green. Sl.OO per 1000. ■■■I ■■ 75c per 1000 in 5000 lots. Leuco- ^■^fc^** thro Sprays, bronze or green, $1.00 per 100; Fancy Ferns, $2.00 per lOOO; Green Sheet Moss, fresh "stock, $3.60 per bbl. sack; Sphagnum Moss, $1."5 per bale; Small Green Galax tor violets, $1 00 per 1000. All kinds of florists' supplies. I^BCCUnUCB Tel. 597 Madison L, J. KnCOnllYCn, Square. 110-112 W. 27th St., New York. 622 The American Florist. May i6, Minneapolis. STOCK IN GOOD SUPPLY. — CLUB MEETING. — CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW PREPARA- TIONS. — THE HELP PROBLEM. — NOTES. The weather conditions were so unfavor- able to the production of flowers early in the week that some trouble was experi- enced in filling orders, but later, with improving weather, there was a good supply of all classes. Roses averaged from $3 to $5 per hundred; carnations $2.50 to $3 per hundred Extra fine long-stemmed American Beauty roses were seen in large quantities, and sold as low as $1.50 to $2 per dozen, the latter being about the average. Daffodils and tulips are about cleaned up and the stock of that character which appears in the market is of inferior quality Lily of the valley is in good demand at $3 to $4 per hundred. The Florists' Club was well attended at the meeting of May 7, and the coming chrysanthemum show was the subject of much discussion. It was finally decided to co-operate with the Journal of this city, which will donate irom $50 to $75 for prizes and advertise the event on a large scale. We look for a record breaker with Otto Will and August S. Swanson to represent the club and work in con- junction with H. S. Patthey, of the Journal, who is a' hustler in this line. The help question is annoying most ot the growers, R. Wessling and Wm. Donaldson & Company being among those most affected. The Minneapolis Floral Company has its addition about completed. The heavy demand for funeral flowers continues. C. F. R. Chatham, N. Y.— The Chatham Floral Company has recently been incorporated, with a capital of $50,000. The incor- porators are R. E. Shuphelt, P. A. Shu- phelt and E. S. Tank. Lenox, Mass.— Howard C. Miller gave an address on "Spraying" before the Lenox Horticultural Society on the even- ing of May 2. Sigurd Carlquist, secre- tary of the society was married on the evening of May 5, to Miss Eva Erickson, of Hartford. NEW PEDIGREE ROSES. Send for description land colored plate of our Six New Climbing Roses. These originated in our own collection by careful cross-fertilization and are unquestionably superior to anything of their class. EDWIN LONSDALE, pale lemon white. WM. K. HARRIS, pale flesh color. WM. F. DREER, creamy white, pink edging. PROF. C. S. SARGENT, rich yellow and bufl^. ROBERT CRAIG, yellow shaded with apricot. JOHN BURTON, delicate peach color. All fragrant, very double, undeniably hardy and strong growers. HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS, Maple Avenue Nurseries, WEST CHESTER, PA. ^2 ^^ ^^ rjT ^> from 5-inch pots at 15c, fine ■ l^^^D C^^ clean plants on own roots— Clothilde Soupert, Coquette des Blanches, Gen. Jacqueminot, La Reine, Crimson Rambler, La France, Coquette des Alps, etc. Large flowered Clematis, 2- year, dormant, or from 5-inch pots at 18c; 1-year or from 3-inch pots at 9c. Finest purple, white, lavender and red sorts. Clematis Paniculata, 2-year, dormant, 6c; from 5-in. pots, I3c; extra, from 6-inch pots, 18c. Packing free for Cash. W. n. SALTER, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. extra, Giant Yellow Parisian, Cecile and Marguerite Daisy, new extra Beaconsfield. etc. Beaulieu's Hardy Onion, white and red. Testimonial, prices and sample free. BEAULIEU, Woodhaven, N. Y, TAKE NOTICE. Secure Bargains now for DECORATION DAY. 1 00,000 of Choles Bedding Plants ara Ready Now to Ship at once. Small plants as follows, out of 2^4 to 3-inoh Pelargoniums, SV^-inch 20oeaoh; Per 100 Ageratum, blue, 4-mch $5.00 Geraniums, La Pilot, double scarlet; Mme. Thibaut, double pink; La Favorite, double white; S. A. Nutt. double crimson, and Ivy Geraniums, 4-inch pots $6.00 to 7.00 Mi.\ed, 4-inch 5.00 Scarlet Sage, best varieties, 4-inoh .... $6.00 to 7.00 Lantanas, 4-inch 7.00 Begonias, Vernon, red and Ertordi, pink, 4-inoh 7.00 Heliotrope, 4-inch 6.00 Stocks, double, all colors, 4-inch 7.00 Single 5.00 Fuchsias. 4 to 5-inch $5.00 to 7.00 Cobaea Scandens, blue, 4-ineh 6.00 Nasturtiums, dwarf, all colors, 4-inch 5.00 Periwinkle, Vinca Variegata, 4-inch 8.00 Dracaena indivisa, broad-leaved, imported, srown in 7-inch pots, about 30 inches high 50c to 75c each. pots, at the rate of $3.00 per lOO: Phlox, Drummondi grandiflora. Verbenas, raised from best strain of seeds, mammoth varieties, have lO.COO. Petunias, single, California Giant, fringed and ruffled, all colors and dwarf variegated. Lobelia, dwarf and trailing. Thunbergia, Trades- cantia, Torenia Fournieri. blue; Forget-me-not, Cuphea, Centaurea Candidissima, Dusty Miller, Alternantheras. red and yellow. Coleus, Verschat- feltii. Queen Victoria, Golden Bedder. 25 ot above sold at 100 rate. Azalea Mollis, large, hardy, in e-inoh pots, 20c. Araucaria Excelsa. 2,500'iust arrived on Steamer Pennland from Antwerp, unusually fine stock, the cream of the exporter's greenhouses, 3, 4 and 5 tiers at import prices, 50c 60c to 75c. Kentia Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 5 leaves, 25 to 30 inches high, 75c, See extra Ad for Moon Vines. Please send money with order. GODFREY ASCHMANN, Wholaiali Grower and Importor ol Pol Planto 1012 Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA. PANSIES. 100,000 large, stocky plants. Sep- tember transplanted, in bud and bloom; the mixture is very fine. Per 100 $ 1.25 Per 1000 10.00 Cash Please. $2.50per100. Finevasestock. Garanlums, splendid stock of best bedders, sturdy, cool-grown stock, 3-inch, J4.50 per 100; 4-inch, $7.00. Vorbtnas, 92.50 per 100. Coleut, fine assort- ment, $2.50 per 100. ICosest 'BtosGiml ^oses! Brides, Maids, Golden Gates, R. C-, $1.50 per 100; $12.50 per lOOO. Perles, Meteors, $17.50 per 1000. Ivory, $20.00 per 1000; 2!'i-in. $3 per 100, Ivory $4. PANSIES— A superb stock, from the very high- est priced seed, which we guarantee unsurpassed in the country, large branchy plants, in bloom, $20.00 per 1000, worth it. 100 per cent profit in them at this price. Light packing. W. H. GULLETT & SONS, Lincoln. III. 100,000 PANSIES Tho Jennings Strain. Stoelc the Finest. Plenty of Pansies in Bloom Now. Good strong plants, $4.00 per 1000. Fine cold frame plants in bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100; smaller size, $1.00 per 100. Above by express Small plants by mail, 75c per 10). Seed, $1.00 per packet of 3000. Cash with order. E. B. JENNINGS, Locic Box 254, SOUTHPORT, CONN. GROWER OF THE FINEST PANSIES. GERMAN PANSIES The Ne Plus Ultra strain is the best that money can buy. We have them in large quantities; grown in cold frames, and all transplanted. Fine plants in bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Cash with order. ANDREWS BROS., 2794 Detroit St., LAKEWOOD. 0. (near Cleveland). £200,000 I»A.I«:®IB>e».-. Florists" International, the finest strain in the United States. Strong plants in bloom. $15.00 per 1000. Smaller transplanted, $10.00 per lOCO. Giant Pansies in bloom. Forget-me-not, Sweet William, Daisies, Longfellow and Snowball in bloom, Dian- thus, Plumosus and Heddeweggi, Gypsophila; all transplanted, strong, $1.25 per 100. Bedding plants in 20 varieties. Cash with order. Wholesale list mailed free. Call or write. L. MOSBAEK, SSth near So. Cliicago Ave., Chicago. /tlllCI Itail Week days and everyday florists Sundays and holidays, AHc AU over the cotmtry, "V 'V flllO At home and abroad. Early Parisian, earliest of all asters, white and pink. Queen of the Market, white, red, purple, light blue, scarlet and pinlr. Ostrich Feather, large and double to the center, white and pink. Semple's Branching, lavender, purple, bright pink. Daybreak and red. All the above 40c per 100: $3.00 per 1000, prepaid. Hohenzollern. The largest ot all asters, 7 inches across, double to the center, long stems. Sunlight, pure yellow, new, fine delicate shade. Salmon, (new), fine color. Japan Aster, (new), beautiful rose pink overlaid with a delicate coppery shade. The above four varieties 60c per 100: J5.00 per 1000. Express prepaid on all aster plants. Large stock ready. DES MOINES PLANT COMPANY, 38th St., DES MOINES, IOWA. Will not last long at these prices. They are good plump roots, average 2 eyes: Allemania, Mile Berat, Defender, Gloire Lyonnaise. Paul M arquant $1.00 per 100, $9 00 per 1000. Mrs. E. A. MoKeand, F. Vaughan and Mme. Crozy, $1.75 per 100. Beaute Poitevine, J. D. Eisele.F. BillardandSouv. de A. Crozy, $3.00 per 100. Egandale, $3.50 per 100. W. W. COLES, Kolcomo, Ind. 50,000 NOW IN BLOOM. Pansies _„. Extra large field-grown plants. They are the KindThat Sell. Per 100, $2.00; per 1000. $20.(0. T. J. CORBREY, Siist. 23-33 S. Harlem Ave., OAK PARK. ILL. TheHorticultural Trade Journal THE LARGEST, BRIGHTEST AND BEST Hortioultural Trade paper in the British Isles. It contains MORE ADVERTISEMENTS, MORE ILLUSTRATIONS and MORE NEWS than any ot its oontemporaiies. Read by the vrholo of the British trade and all the best European houses every week. Annual s.ubsoription, 75 cents. Specimen copy post free. Published weekly. HortloununI Traito Journal Co- Padlham. Lanos.. Eno- TAKE A TRIP over the Nickel Plate Road and be convinced- of its superior train service. Solid through daily express trains between Chicago, Ft. Wayne, Findlay, Fostoria, Erie, Buffalo, New York City and Boston. American Club Meals, ranging in price from 3Sc to $1.00, served in Nickel Plate dining cars; also service a la carte. Rates always the lowest. No excess fare charged on any train on the Nickel Plate Road. Chicago depot: Harrison St. and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Offices, 111 Adams St., and Auditorium Annex. John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago. 'Phone Central, 2057. 2 Mention the American Florist when writing to advertisers on this page. igo3. The American Florist. 628 SPECISL OFFER. Siebrecht & Son, Rose Hill Nurseries, NEW ROCMELLE, N Y. Areca Lutescens. pots, 30-in. high. 3 to 4 plants " :!0to34-iu. high, " 3ti-iu. high, " 40-in. high, " 40-iii. hish. Each Doz. 100 II pot, flne plants. I ,50 ( 5,00 S 40.00 75 8,C0 65.00 1.00 11.00 90.00 1.60 17.50 135.00 extra strong 1.75 30.00 extra flne... 2.00 23.50 extra strong 2.50 37.50 Kentia Belmoreana. 6-in. 6-in. 7-in. 24-in. high,6 to 34-in. high, 34 to2g-in. high, 26 to 30-in. high, 36 to38-in. hiuh, leaves 60 6.50 65 7.50 1.10 13.00 1.15 13.00 1.50 17 00 55.00 60.00 95.00 110.00 -in. high, 7 to 8 leaves 3.00 Uo4p-in, high, " 3.25 34.00 40-in, high, " selected plants 3.50 37.50 Kentia Forsteriana. 5-in. pots, 24-in. high, 5 to 6 leave 5-in. " 30-in, high, 6-in, " 36-in. high, 7-in. " 40-in. high, '* 7-in. " 40 to 45-i"n high " .50 5.50 40.00 .85 9.00 70,00 1,20 13.50 110.00 1.75 20.00 3.00 33,50 Bush Kentias. 3an0 4 plants in a pot, grown and established together. 5-in. pots, 18-in. high 65 '6 51 50.00 5-ln. •■ 30 to 34-in. high 75 8.00 67.50 6-in. ■• 36-in. high 3.50 22.00 Kentia Wendtlandii. . pots. 30 to 24-in. high, 5 Ieav(?s.. . " 15 to 18-in. high, 4 to 5 leav Dracaena Indivisa. Each doz loo l-in. pots, 13 tol5-in. high t ,16'iJ 3,00 $13 50 Dracaena Fragrans. 5-in, pots, 12 to 15-in, high, flue thrifty stoi-k 50 5.00 6-in. '• 18 to 30-in. high, " 75 H.OO 7-in. " 20 to 34-in, high, " l.Oi) 11.00 Dracaena Massangeana. 5-in. pots, fine plants for growing on 75 8.00 Sin. ■• line plants, flne color 1.00 11.00 Pandanus Utilis. 6-in. pots, fine healthy plants .'SO 5,50 7-in. 75 8.00 7-in. " extra flne and strong 1.00 11.00 Crotons in the Finest Varieties. 4-in. pots, in good condition 25 2.75 20.00 Gardenia Veitchii. True wioter flowering variety. 5-iu. pots, fine stocky plants 75 8.00 6-in. '* " with flower buds 1.00 11.00 6-in. '* extra fine stocky plants with flower buds 1..50 16.00 3-in. " will be ready for shipment June 1st 35 4.00 30.00 Cannas. Of all leading varieties. 4-in. pots, strong, well established plants 1.25 9.00 Dahlias. 4-in. pots, well established plants. Consisting of all the newest varieties of Cactus, Deco- rative, Fancy, Show and Pompon 1.00 7.50 Hease mention the American Florist when writing. ASPARAGUS In. pots. Doz. 100 Sprengeri 2 » $3.00 Sprengeri, strong 3 .75 5.00 Abulilon. Savitzii 2 .50 3.00 Ageralum. Variegated 2 .50 3.00 Ageratum. Dwarf, blue and white. .2V4 .50 3.00 Anthericum variegatum 3 .75 5.00 Alyssum. Giant VA 3.00 Bouvardia. pink, white scarlet 2V5 .50 3.C0 Carnations, Wm. Scott, McGowan, from soil, hardened-off in cold frames jier It 00, 15.C0. 3.00 Coleus. Verschaffeltii, Golden Bed- der.. Wt -50 3.00 Cobaea Scandent 3 ,75 5,00 Clematis Paniculata. strong 4 1.50 10.00 Clematis Paniculata 3 .75 5.00 Im English, hardy strong plants. .4 1.50 10.00 Ivy, Parlor 2 50 3.00 LanUnas, Le Naine 2 .50 3.00 Lemon Verbenas 2 .50 3.00 Lobelias, dark and light blue VA .50 3,00 Moonvines 2H -5) 3 00 Periwinkle, variegated 4 1.50 10 00 Petunias, double white V-A. -50 3.00 Salvias. 3 varieties 2H -50 3.00 Salvias, Bonfire VA -50 3.00 Tropaeolum, double dwarf 2H .50 3.00 Verbenas, named varieties VA .50 3.00 C. EISELE, Philadelphia, Pa. I llh and Jefferson Streets. Rease wunUonthe Amtncan Flonst when writing MOLLER'S DEUTSCHE GARTNER ZEITUNG. The most widely circulated German gardening Journal, treating of all departments of horticulture and floriculture. Numerous eminent correspon- dents in all parts of the world. An advertising medium of the highest class. MoUer's Deutsche Gartner Zeitung is published weekly and richly illustrated. Subscription $3 00 per annum, including postage. Sample copies free. LIDWIG MOLLERTel'Iny Japanese Fern Balls 5-inch and 7 to 9-inch Sizes. Write for prices on quantities. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO, NEW YORK. 84-86 Randolph St. 14 Barclay St. Vegetable Plants. Per ICO Per 1000 Cabbage, Jersey Wakefield $ .35 $3.00 Tomatoes, all kinds 50 4.50 Feverfew, 2i-inch 2.00 Centaurea Gymnocarpa, 3-inch., 2.00 Ottier bedding plants. What do you want? WM. CLARK, Batavia, III. Grand Rapids Violet Stock Imperial, Marie Louise and Swanley White, divis- ions and rooted cuttings, $10,00 per 1000. Lady Campbell, $7,50 per 1000. Pot Plants, $25 per lOOJ. GERANIUMS. 4-inch, S. A. Nutt, Dbl. White, Biuanti and Pinlc, without pots, $6.00 per 100. CRABB & nUNTEft, Grand Rapids, Mich VIOLETS. We have still left some fine plants of Princess of Wales and Dorsett's at $3.00 per 100; $1.5.00 per lOOD. (Jalifornias, strong plants, $1.50 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Cash. WAVERLY GREENHOUSES, Tuckahoe, N. Y. lUcKEUAR & WINTERSON. Supply EverytMugf Used by Florists, Nurserymen, Oardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Eto. HEADQUARTERS on CUT FLOWERS 45-4.7-49 Wabash Ave. ' %>rn na9. •••CH ICAGO QMADQ ■'OR SOlTHtRN Olll/\ro FLORISTS 500 Keauties for benching, 2i4-inch, $8.00 per 100; Si^inch, $10,00 per 100. 3000 Smilax, gi^-inch, $3,00 per 100. Quality of plants guaranteed. Cash with order. ROSEMOHT GARDENS. Montgomery, Ala. Orchids ! j^ JUST ARRIVED in fioe condition Vanda Cserulea (the blue orchid), Dendrobium for- mosum giganteum, D. Wardianum gigan- teum. Write for prices. Lager & Hurrell, summit, n. j. Orchid Growerg and Tmportera. riNE nFALTHY STOCK. Brides and Bridesmaids, iH-inah pots, $3.50 per 100; 3-inch, $.5.00 p'-r 100. DbL Petunias, 3!4-inoh, $3.00 per 100. Asst. Coleus. 3-'nch, $3 00 per 100. Lobelia, trailing, blue, S-inch, $2,00 per 100, Ageratum, 3 varieties, 2-incb, $;;,00 per 100. Alter- nanthera, 2 varieties, 3-inch, $2.00 per 100. Cash please. r , HART. HaokeKslown, N. J. 624 The American Florist. May i6, Houghton, Mich. The Lutey Floral Company has made rapid progress at Chassell, a new eighty- acre place about eight miles south. Their range of glass, started last July, com- prises about 22,000 feet and includes six houses, one 18x200 feet, four 14x200 feet and one 14x75 feet. The company makes a specialty of choice roses and car- nations during the winter season and carries a full line of bedding plants for spring trade. The houses are of the Dietsch pattern and run ridge and furrow. The boiler shed is 25x40 feet. Two eighty horse-power boilers afford ample means of heating. Both steam and hot water are used, the latter, used in mild weather, consisting of a 3-inch main from which 2-inch supplies are carried into each house. The company has its own water system, the supply being secured from a stream which runs through a ravine behind the range and 150 feet above it, affording a good pressure. A dam 20x50x150 deep has already been constructed and will be strengthened the coming summer. Waco, Texas. The State Floral Society opened their spring show here May 7. As is custo- mary at these exhibitions, roses were the regal flower, and the display was good. Among the exhibits were credit- able collections of begonias, ferns, gera- niums and lilies. Wild flowers formed a noticeable feature. A special exhibit of spring flowering chrysanthemums was also worthy of special mention. One of the main attractions of the show was a fine collection of ferns from the Brazos cliffs (Dripping Springs). This exhibit was set up in imitation of nature, and was a credit to the society. Toledo, O,— William Krueger and Miss Minnie Von Ewegen were married May 7. The groom is one of the firm of Krueger Brothers and the bride is a well known young lady of the east side. Carnation Cuttings We are now booking orders for tooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens. Queens. L. I. BEGONlfl wmm, 2^-!nch pots, $15.00 per 100. Write lor prices on large lots. Stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease. THOMAS BOUIID, Wahanl, Mass, IT WILL PAY YOl to work up a stock of Trago. Absolutely the best semi-double Scarlet Geranium to date. Either as a bedder or a pot plant: it cannot be excelled. Strong ai4-inch plants, $8.00 per 100. S. S. SKIDELSKY. 708 N. 16th St., PHILADELPHIA. CYCLAMENS. Cyclamen Persicum Splendens G^ganteum. Finest strain in the world in four true colors, transplanted from flats, 13.00 pet 100; $35.00 per 1000; extra fine plants from 214-inch pots $5.00 per 100; 145.00 per ICOO. Sallslaotlon Guaranteed. ^AUL MADER, E. Stroudsburg, Pa. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. HAERENS BROS.,'"™™ EXTENSIVE GROWERS OF Belgium.. AZALEA INDICA, PALMS, RHODODENDRONS and other DECORATIVE and EASTER FORCING PLANTS. We are the originators and owners of the new and beautiful Azalea, Easter Lady, (or Haerensiana). A soft pink, and we make the special offer of $25.00 for 100 nice 12 to 14- inch plants, at our nursery. Send your orders for fall delivery promptly to our Agents for the United States and Canada. 31 Barclays!., NEW YORK. P. O. Box 752. August Rolker & Sons, O^-t^loeue 033. A.%f£t13.lllDS« For FLORISTS. Cymbldlum aburnaum, large, pure white flow- ers, plants run from 2 to 4 growths, $35.00 per 100 growths. '0 per D. formosum gigantaum, extra flne stock, large flue bulbs, 8 to 12 bulbs to the plant, $34-00 per dozen. D. noblla. Of this most useful orchid we offer plants with 8 to 10 bulbs, $100.00 per 100; 10 to 15 bulbs, $180.00 per 100. i.OO per dozen. D. Plarardll.lO to 13 bulbs, ) D. Wardlanum gigantaum, one of tbe most useful of all plants, with 4 to 5 bulbs, extra strong, $125.00 per 100 D. Litulflorum. 8 to 13 bulbs, $15.00 per dozen. Vanda Coarulaa, (the Blue Orchid). Of this grand orchid we have 5000 plants; which we offer as follows: Nice sturdy plants, (i to 12 inches long, $100.00 per 100; plants 15 to 18 inches Ions, $150.00 per 100. LAGER & HURREL, °^a;z^- Summit, N. J, LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE, 118-A SUMMITT. PELARGONIUMS. strong plants in bud and bloom, in the following named varieties, 3H-inch pots, $13.00 pir 100. LINDA, W. C. BOTES, EVENINS STAR, BRIDEGROOM, PRINCE GEORGE, ROBERT GREEN. Arundo Donax Variegata. strong started crowns, ready for 5-inch pots, $10.00 per 100. Also 25,000 started CANNAS, best standard kinds. Prices on application. I able Stock see American Florist, page 516, issue of April 25th NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich ?ggggggggsgggg§gggggggggggggggggggggssggg; k FEW eOOD THINGS YOU WANT. Special low prices on palms to close out. Fine clean stock, cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, 4, I and 8- inch, '$25, $40 and $100 per 100. KENTIA Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 3, 4 5 ana 6-incb tl2, 125, $40, $100 per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 3-inch, $4 and $6 per 100 ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, 3-inch, $5, per 100, DRACAENA INDIVISA, 3-inch, $5.00 per 100- 4, &-in., tiu, (25 per Vni ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inch, (3 and 18 per 100 VINCA VAR., 2-in., $2.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen. Grant, S. A. Nutl, Bonnot, Francis Perkins, 2-in. $2.50 per 100; 3-inch pots, $5.00 per 100. GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture, 50c per 100. PANSIES, ready to bloom, $1.00 per 100. Varbena, Scarlal Sage, Petunia, Coleus, mixed: Ageratum, Blue and White, Lobelia; Achyranlhes, red: Allernantharas, red and yel- low: Heliotrope, Giant Alyssum and Lemon Verbenas. All 2-inch Pots, $2.00 per 100, Cannas, S-inch, $4.00 per 100. GEO. M. EMMANS, NEWTON, N.J. VERBENAS In Bud and Bloom. 2y2-inch pots, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per lOOO 3-inch pots, 3.00 per 100; 2S.00 per lOOO J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. CANNAS... A choice lot of standard varieties, large dor- mant roots, or started plants, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Our selection, $1.75 per 100; $12.00 pi-r 1000. Wagner Park Conservatories 'omo'- SPECIAL MAY SALE. 150,000 PLANTS AND ROOTED CUTTINGS. IN BUD AND BLOOM. GERANIUMS. The following superb bedders: Alp. Riocard, S. A. Kutt, Jean Viand. E. G. Hill, Beauto Poitevine, Mme. Buchner, Extra strong rooted cuttings, ready for2i/4-inch pots, $1.50 per 100; $14.00 per lOOO. k , » i- Patuolas, Double fringed. Ten distinct noveties from Henderson and Dreer's latest sels. labeled. Rooted outtinos.75c per 100; $6.00 per lOCO; 2-inch $1.50 per 100, 2i/j-inch, $2.00 per lOO VERBENAS. 20 mammoth varieties, labeled. Rooted cuttings 60c per lOu; $4.00 per ICOO; 214- inch, $1.25 per 100. FEVERFEW. Little Gem, 2-inoh, $1.50 per 100. 2!4-inch, 12.00 ner 100, AGERATUM. P. Pauline, Stella Gurney, 2-inch, $1.25 per 100; 2^-inch, $1.50 per 100. SALVIAS. Bonflre, St. Louis, 2i/2-inch, $1.50 per 100. ^ ALYSSUM. Double Giant. 2;4-inch, $1.50 per 100. FUCHSIAS. 4 leading sorts, 2-inch, $3,( per lUO. VINCA VAR. 2M-inch, $1.50 per 100. CASH WITH ORDER. The W. T. Buckley Plant Co,, Springfield. Ill, WRITE Qeo. A. Kuhl, PEKIN, ILLINOIS. Who grows Tea Roses for the trade, for any stock you may want and he will ship to your order in 2H or 3-inch. Some flne Kaiserins in 4-inch. See our ad in lust issue. 300,000 Tomato Plants From frames. $2.00 per lOCO. 15 kinds. 100 000 transplanted. $3.75 per lOOO. 25,000 Wonder of America, transplanted two times, $1.00 per 100, or $5.00 per lOtO. 3,000 Early Bird. 75c per 100; $4.00 per 1000. Cash please. F. G. CHAPMAN, Hewletts, L. i. Wholesale Grower of Vegetable Plants. Strong rooted cuttings at .50c per 100; $4.00 per ICOO. Strong plants in 3-inch pots, $1.;5 per 100. -DATVIS :BROa., MerrlNn,IH. 626 The American Florist. May i6. Albany, N. Y. WEDDINGS AND COMMENCEMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO FURNISH BUSINESS.— A PROMINENT WEDDING. — NURSERY STOCK IN DEMAND. The local florists are beginning to look forward to the season of weddings and school commencements which will soon be upon us. A notable wedding decora- tion was executed by Byres on Saturday, May 9, at the Clark-Sard wedding which took place in St. Peter's church. The order was a carte blanche one. Pink was the prevailing color used in the church decorations. The choir stalls were adorned with pink hydrangeas tied with pink ribbon and each pew along the center isle was decorated with pink haw- thorn. At the home of the bride's parents on State street, where a reception was held after the ceremony, pink and white w^ere the prevailing colors. The 8-foot mantles were banked with white lilacs and three large oval center pieces of the same flowers were used in the dining room. About twelve large loads of potted plants were used for decorating. Louis Menand, of Cemetery avenue, has received the material for his new rose house and the work of construction has begun. Mr. Menand reports that the demand for nursery stock this spring has been very goney back if it is unsatisfactory. Tri»l 5-i)ound Tiackajre for nothint; if vou will pay the express CDar-.js on it. Write Dept. D. THE H. A. STOOTHOFF CO., 116, 117, 118 West Street, New York. I Slug Shot ' Kills Insects on Currants, Potatoes, Cabbages and Flowers. Used 24 years. Sold by SEEDSMEN Everywhere Send tor Free Booklet on I!uj.'9 and Blishts. B. HAMMOND, FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. REED & KELLER, «22 West 25lh St., NEW YORK. Importers and Manufacturers of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Galax Leaves and all Decorative Greens. Raffia* We are Headquarters and make lowest Import prices Vauglian's Seed Store, gSTcS. QARDENINQ This is the paper to recommend to your customers, the leading horticultural journal in America for amateurs $2.00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free. Liberal terms to florists who take subscriptions. Chicago, III.. U.S.A. Hlfi ENGRAVING & PRINTING IX IS ^^^ "particalar" kind of work we ^^^^^M like, the kind that everybody cannot do. PHiiADELPtllA PA. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. SOMETHIN G ENTIR ELY NEW. A Florists' Plate Book. 150 Plates and nearly 300 varieties for $3 50 or ttiree for 110.00. You can't do bualnesa v.lthout it. VREDENBURG & CO . Rochester. N. Y. Please mention the American Florist when : ■iting. THE AMERICAN FLORIST'S COLOR CHART PRICE 1 5 CENTS POSTPAID. n tMERlUN FLORIST CO.. 824 DMrbam St., ChteiM. Pif lease mention the American Florist to advertisers. 628 The American Florist. May i6. Colorado Springrs, Col. MEETING OF HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY.— HEAVY FROST INJURES CARNATIONS AND LILACS. — BUSINESS GOOD,SHIPPING TRADE ACTIVE. — NOTES. Business has kept up well since Easter, with prices normal for the season. Wholesale shipping trade is very active, using up all surplus stock. Roses and carnations are showing their usual springtime activity, but no glut is feared as the tourist trade keeps business moving at about the same pace the year around. A good trade in spring bedding material is anticipated, but orders have been held back somewhat by the cool weather. On the night preceding April 27 there was an abnormal drop in the tempera- ture afterseveral weeks of warm weather. Lilacs and other shrubs were well started and some damage resulted. Several florists had begun to plant out carna- tions and they report considerable dam- age. A night of 12° of frost is too much for a young carnation plant that is not thoroughly hardened off and the general rule of not planting out anything of a similar nature before the cotton-wood begins to bud will probably be more rigidly adhered to in the future. The Horticultural Society met at the offices of Vice-President W. W. William- son on May 5. The action of the county commissioners in setting aside a room in the new court house for the sole and per- manent use of the Horticultural Society was highly appreciated. The question of providing the necessary furniture was left in the hands of the Women's Board. The room will be ready for the use of the society wiAin about a month. Little business was attended to on account of much seasonably unfinished work in the hands of committees. The schedule of our annual exhibition, to be held August 19, 20 and 21, has been distributed. Those who have not yet received a copy should apply for same to P. O. Box 135. Good inducements in the way of cash and ottier prizes are held out to all, irre- spective of what line of horticulture they may pursue. The entire field is covered and the efforts of amateurs, school children and professionals are limited only by their desire to participate. The fair and liberal treatment at previous exhibitions is assurance that the patron- age of this year's show will not fall short of any previous record. The meeting adjourned. The society will meet at the same place June 2. Peter Huddart, of the Salt Lake- Huddart Floral Company, stopped in town on his way east. E. G. Hill and wife, of Richmond, Ind., paid us a very pleasant visit. They are on their way to the extreme northwest. S. S. Loomis, Cal. Al. Pendleton is starting in the whole- sale growing of rooted carnation cuttings, and is erecting 5,000 feet of glass for that purpose. He has his plants all in the field and doing nicely. A prominent carnation grower of Cali- fornia states that it takes 4,000,000 rooted cuttings of carnations a year to supply California alone, and 10,000,000 west of Colorado. The Loomis florists, of whom there are four, have 76,000 carnation plants in the field to be grown for rooted cuttings only. Westboro, Mass. — R. H. Caverly has started in business here. F LORIST Plain, Violet, Rose F OIL The John J. Grooke Go. 155 Ave. D, NEW YORK. 149 Fulton St., CHICAGO. Standard Flower Pots The WHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA. PA. JERSEY CITY, N. J. LONC ISLAND CITY. N. V« Travelling ReDruentaiive, U. CUTLER RYERSON. lon Third Ave.. Newark. N. J. Kramer's Pot Hangers THE neatest, simplest, most convenient and only practical device for convert- ing ordinary flower pots into hanging baslcets They fit all standard made pots from 2 to 10 inches in diameter. The illustration shows how they are attached Just the thing for hanging up ferns, begonias, etc. You can make room and money by their use. Try them. For Sale by Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York. McKellar & Winterson. Chicago. C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Price with wire chain as shown in cut, SI. 00 per dozen by express. Sample dozen by mail, $1.25. I. N. KRAMER 8 SON, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. please mention the American Florist when writing STANDARD FLOWER POTS! Packed in small crates, easy to handle. Price per crate Price per crate 1500 2-in., in crate, $4.88 120 7-in., in crate, $4.20 1500 ZH 5.25 60 8 " 3.U0 1500 2W " 6.0J 48 9-in.,in orate, $3.60 1000 3 5.00 48 10 " 4.80 800 3H 5.80 24 11 •' 3.6.P 500 4 4.50 24 13 " 4.80 320 5 4.51 13 14 " 4.80 144 6 3.16 6 16 " 4.50 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of Cylinders for Cut Flowers, Hanging Bas ■ ets, Lawn Vases, etc. Ten per cent off for cash with order. Address HILFINGER BROS. POHERY, Fort Edward N. Y. Or August Rolkeb & Sons, New York Agents, 31 Barclay Street. New York City. FLOWER POTS STANDARD POTSsP.^.Lr, List and SAMPLES FREE. SWAHN'S POTTERY HF'G CO., P O Ri» 78 MINNEAPOLIS MINN. KELLER BROS. Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red In color, equal to the best on the ma^et; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec- tions. We give special attention to mail orders and make Bpeoiaf sizes to order in quantities A. postal will brine prioPR and diRtvtvnt.* THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" rXILL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BTJLB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y, RED P OTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POUWORTH CO., S',^"!*"''" GEO. KELLER & SON, HAHTTFACTUBEBS OF FLOWER POTS. Before buying write for prices. 3SI-363 Herndon Street, near Wrightwood Ave., CHICAGO. ILL. WRITE A. F. KOHR, '"SSfo'iviSXJ.r" FOB FBIOIB OF Standard Pots Standard OnX^ Flower... W \J I \D If your greenhouses are within 600 miles of the Capitol, write us, we can savs you money W. H. ERNEST. 28th and M Streets. WASHINGTON. P. C. Invalid Appliance Co., COLUMBuIlInT TUBS Please mention the American Florist to adv^tisers. tgo3. The American Florist. 629 Guaranteed Wrought Iron Pipe ALLEH AIR VILVES, GUIRINTEED lUTOMlTIC. Please mention the A merican Florist when ivy-itiim WHETSTONE & CO., Incorporated, SIIFilbertSt., Philadelphia, Pa "EUREKA" Weed Killer ■>"J^\ DESTROYS ALL ^S«° 11 WEEDS, MOSS, On Garden Paths, Carriage Drives, Parks, Cemeteries, Cinder Tennis Courts, Stable Yards and Railway Depots, with- out disturbing; the graveL EASILY APPLIED. SAVES MUCH LABOR. Large tins sufflcient for 100 square yards of path 75c each, prepaid $1.00; small tin, sufficient for 50 yards of path 50c each, prepaid 75c. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. NEW YORK: 1 4 Barclay St. TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounted. Uanofitctiired by The Conley Foil Co. 631 to C41 West S6th St.. A. HERRMANN, J- Cape Flowers, all colors, ^ Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs, * and All Florists' Supplies. Send for Prices. 404-412 East 34lh St. NEW YORK. KEASQUABTEB8 FOB HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES Of Every Description. When you can't get what you want anywhere else, send here, we will send it to you. "If It's used In Horiloultore, we have It," DUNNE &CO.jS4W.«0ttM, NtwYtit. Tsliphone Call, 1700 Madiion Sqnar*. SHIPPINeUBELS^' •Cut Flowers ■•••I Printed in two colors on ^mmed paper; yonr card, etc., In black and ual adopted by the S. .A. F. In red. ysry auRbcnve. Price per 500,12.86; per 1000, HMX Send lor samples.... jnn m im xta, postpaid, si.3i. American Florist Co., KOROPP'S Greehouse Hanger. (Patent Applied for) Can be attached to anv rafter or frame work. No nails or screws, no injury to woodwork noweakeningof rafters Easy to attach and quickly removed. Will carry any size of pot, also baskets or shelves. Write for descriptive particulars. Price, S1.25 for 25; $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. FOR SALE Br ALL SEEDSMEN OR ORDER DIRECT. LEOPOLD KOROPPs 252 W. Ravenswood Park. CHICA60. ILL. Bloomsburj;. Penna. DILLON'S GREENHOUSE MFG. CO. UANUFAOTDRBRS OF HOT BED SASH, AIB DRIED OCL.F CTPBE8S SASH BABS AND OTHER ORBENHOITSE HATEBIAL,. BUILDERS of DURABLE and PRACTICAL Greenhouses at a LOW COST. t# Our descriptive circular contains valuable information for every florist. Send for it Cut Flower Boxes. WATER PROOF. Corner Look Style. The best, strongest and neatest folding cut flower box ever made. Cheap, durable. To try them once is to use them always. Size Per 100 lO'O Size Per 100 1000 No. 0. 3x4x20.. J2.00$18.00 No. 5. 4x8x22..J3.00|27.00 No. 1. 3s4!/,xl61.75 15.00 No. 6. 4x8x28.. 3.75 35.00 No. 2. 3x6x18.. 2.00 18.00 No. 7. 6x16x20 5.50 53.U0 No. 3. 4x8x18.. 2.40 22.00 No. 8. 3x7x21.. 3.00 29.00 No. 4. 3x5x24.. 2.75 25 00 No. 9. 5x10x35 6.50 60.00 Sample free on application. No charge for printing on orders above 250 boxes. Terms cash. THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., BOX 102. COLUMBUS, OHIO. Please mention the American Florist when writing. SIMON RODH, MANtTFACTURER OP Florist Ribbons RIBBONS ACCORDING TO SEASON. Wired Toothpicks 10,000, 11.50; 50,000, t6.25. Manufactured by W. J. COWEE. BERLIN. N. Y. Sample Free. For sale by dealers. WE NOW OFFlliR "Chemicals" formaking LIQUID COMPOST. Dry powders all soluble in water, composts cost less than }^c per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 620 Atlantic Ave., Boston. Foley's Floral Fotographs. Floral Album, size 12x11 containing 24 " different funeral designs. By express $7.00 c. o. d. 226-226! BOWERY, NEW YORK. HOT BED SASH, NOW READY. Delivered price anywhere on lots of one dozen or more. Guaranteed in every way. THREE SIZES. 3 ft. X 6 ft 3 rows 10-in. glass 3 ft. 3-in. X 6 ft 4 rows 8-in. glass 4 ft, X 6 ft 5 rows 8-in. glass Clear Cypress 131^-inch thick, with- out paint or glass. RED CEDAR POSTS. All Heart Cypress Lumber for Greenhouses. LOCKLAND LIMBER CO. LOCKLAND, O. Please mention the A met ican FlorTst zvken wt u 634 Bruns HN 611 Bryant Jas M 6S7 Buckley WT PlantCo635 Budlong J A.... 611 619 Burpee W A & Co... II Caldwell the Woods- man Co 631 Calif Carnation Co. 615 Carmody JD 633 Chadwick Chas 615 ChalfantW A 620 Chapman FG 6B5 ChicagoUarnationCo619 Chicago House Wkg Co. 631 Clark Wm 633 Clucas 9 Crabb & Hunter 623 Craig Robt & Son.. . . 620 Crooke John.ICo.. 628 Crowl Fern Co 617 Cunningham Jos H.626 Cushman Gladioli Co. .614 Dann J H& Son Davis Bros 625 Ueamud JB 610 Des Moines Plant Co622 Detroit Flower Pot Mfy 628 Dietsch A & Co 631 DijkhuiB J&Co 617 Diller Caskey &, Co. 630 DillonJL 618 625 Dillon's MfeCo 639 Doane Geo B & Son 630 Dorner P Sl Sons Co. I DreerH A621 635 II III Dunne & Co ....629 East'n Chemical Co .629 Eisele C 623 Eldering W J & Son II Emmans Geo M 6 5 Ernest W H 628 Farquhar E & J & Co616 Foley's Floral Foto- graphs 639 Foley Mfg Co Ill Ford Bros 613 Foster Lucius H 625 Garland Frank 611 Garland Geo M 630 Gasser The J M Co.. 611 Geller Sigmund 627 Ghormley Wm 61 3 Giblin & Co IV Goodale BE II Grave E T 620 Greenhouse Mfg Co. .111 Grey Thos J&Co.... 11 Griswold F 635 Gullett W H & Sons 63! Gunther Wm H 613 Gurney Heater Co. . .633 Guttman Alei J 613 HailAss'n IV Hammond Benj 627 Hancock G & bon ... 61 5 Hart R 1 523 Heacock Jos 615 Hennis W 624 Herendeen Mfg Co.. IV Herr Albert M 6 '4 Herrmann A 629 Hews AH&Co 628 Hicks & Crawbuck. .613 Hilfinger Bros 638 Hill The EG Co I HippardE 630 Hltchings & Co IV HoffmeisterFloralCo 618 Holton & Hunke] Co 610 620 Hooker HM Co Ill HoopesBro&Thomas622 HoranEdwC 613 Hunt EH 610 627 Invalid Apl'nce Co. .628 Iverson W 614 Jablonsky A 625 Jacobs S ASons 630 Jennings E B.. 622 .IohnsonWW>tSon3..6l4 Kadlec Frank II Kasting W F 612 Keller Bros 628 Keller Geo & Son .... 638 Kellogg Geo M 611 Kennicott Bros Co.. 619 Kentucky Tobacco Product Co 637 Klft Joseph & Son. . . 630 KingConstruotionCoIV KohrAF 628 Koropp Leopold 6 9 Kramer I N & Sons . 628 Kreshover L J 621 Kroeschell Bros Co. . I V KuehnCA 610 KuhlGA 625 Lager &. HurreU.633 625 Lakeview Rose Gar. . 612 619 Landreth D Sons 615 II Lang Julius 613 Langjahr A H 613 Larkin Soap Co 630 Limbach Casper Ill Livingston Seed Co. .629 Lockland LumCo. . . 629 Lonsdale Edwin 615 Loomis Floral Co.... 615 Lord & Burnham Co. I V Lucas J&Co Ill Mader Paul .'.624 MannGS 617 May John N I McCarthy N F & Co. 612 621 McCullough's J M Sons 610 MoKellar & Winter- son 623 MichCut Flower Ex. 612 MillangChas 613 Millang Frank 613 MolatschH A 620 Moninger J C Co . . . 631 Moon The Wm H Co617 Moore Hentz & Nash613 Moore NC 624 Mosbaek L 622 GLASS. GOOD BRANDS. QUICK SHIPMENTS. LARGE STOCK. Warehouse on railroad switch. Be sure and get our prices. Sharp, Partridge SCO. 22nd St. and Union Place, CHICAGO. MunoJohn 611 Murphy Wm 610 Myers iftCo 630 Nat Flo Bd ot Trade 617 Neipp G P 620 N \ Out Flower Co. .610 NY Cut Flower Es. 610 Nickel Plate E E ... .614 617 622 625 II Niessen Leo 613 Parker-BruenMfgCoIII Pennock Sam'l S.. 612 Perkins John J 613 Philadelphia Whole- sale Flower Mkt. . . 612 Phillips Mfg Co Ill Phoenix Nursery Co 616 Pierson P B Co 620 Pierson-Sefton Co. . 632 Pittsburg Cut Flo CoBlO Poehlmann Bros Cn . 610 617 Pollworth CCCo ...628 Potter* Cousins.... 623 Quaker City MachCo630 Randall AL 611 Rawson W W & Co. II Raynor JI 613 Reed & Keller 6i7 Eegan Print House. 639 ReinbergGeo....6H 619 Reinberg Peter.. 611 619 RentschliT Fred 624 Rice Bros 614 Rice James H Co III Rice M ACo 6i7 Richards W J 624 Rider-Ericsson En- gine Co 631 Robinson H M & Co 621 Rodh Simon 629 Roemer Fred II Roland Thos 624 Rolker A & Sons 634 11 Rosemont Gardens. .633 Royal Tottenham Nurseries 617 Salter WH 632 SchilloAdam IV Sharp Partridge&Co 632 Sheridan W F 613 Siebrecht & Son616723 I Situations St, Wants. 609 Skidelsky SS 624 Smith Nath&Son .... 635 Smith W L 626 Smith W er cent. Cover space sold only on yearly contract at $1.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two front pages, regular discounts apply- ing only to the back pages. The Advertising Department of the American Florist is for florists, seedsmen and nurserymen and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only. Order* for less than one-hallinch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to secure insertion in the issue for the following Saturday. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. The Columbine Association which was started in Boston in 1806 to bring about the adoption of the columbine as the national flower, has now a member- ship of 4,000. James Stur<;is Pray, of Boston, is the secretary. Entirely Satistactory Results. American Florist Co. — We are entirely satisfied with the results from our adver- tisement in your paper. St. Louis Carnation Co. Ashes on Bench. Ed. Am. Florist: — .\re soft coal ashes placed on the benches in a greenhouse tninrious to plant life, and if so, why? G. V. P. The method bj' which the coal cinders are supposed to injure the plants is not very clear, but a general denial of any injury from ashes used in this way will probably be safe. L. R. Taft. Size of Return. Ed. Am. Florist: — In heating a greem- houic with hot water is it necessary to have the return pipe to the boiler the same size as the flow pipe? My flow is 4-iiich; can I use a S-inch return? C. L. A. The flow and return pipes need not be ot the same size. It is customary to have the flow pipes of the same size as the returns, as this will give the most effect- ive circulation. Under ordinary condi- tions a 3-inch return will answer very well if there is no more than six hundred square feet of radiation in the entire system, including flows and returns. L. R. Taft. The Cookson Formula. Ed, Am. Florist:— Please state the nature of the Cookson formula to which Mr, Orpet refers in the A.merican Florist of May 16, page 398, and method ot application. Orchh) Grower. The Cookson formula may be found in the Orchid Rerien- of 1899, page 144, whence the writer obtained it. Three ounces of potassium nitrate and two ounces of ammonium phosphate are dis- solved in three gallons of water, one ounce of the solution to be used in each gallon of water applied to the plants. A large tank of the diluted solution is pre- pared on the above basis and applied to the plants by means of the Kinney pump and a hose, ' E. O, Orpet. Greenhouse Building;. L'tica, N. Y. — Peter Crowe, an addition of nine rose houses. Fort Worth, Texas.— W. L. McCart, three houses 10x75. Victoria, B. C. — A, J. Woodward, six houses 25x145. Mount Pleasant, Pa.— Harry Mar- chant, five rose houses 20x100. Brookvillc, Pa.— C. W. Espy, seven bouses 70x100. Clarion, Pa. — Harry Wilson, a private conservatory. New Castle, Pa. — Frank Fischer, an addition to his present range. Oklahoma City, Okla. — Oklahoma Floral Company, 5,000 feet additional. Geraniums Damping; Off. Ed. Am. Florist:— Can you tell me the cause of geranium cuttings damping oft in the cutting bench as well as in small pots, also the remedy? I have lost at least fifty per cent in this way. C. A. S. Excessive moisture is doubtless the cause of the trouble. Dust some air- slaked lime over the cuttings and with- hold water from them until rooted, with- out allowing the cuttings to become so dr3' as to shrivel. Cuttings struck from this date on, however, will be ol little use, so bear well in mind the following suggestions wheti the season comes around again for propagating, in Sep- tember. Take the cuttings with an eye at the end, and pot firmly in sandy soil in small pots; give one good watering, but after that no more watering or sprink- ling overhead until rooted. During the hot hours of the day, a light shading from the sun, in the shape of newspaper, to prevent wilting may be necessary. G. Green Scum on Pond. Hd. Am. Florist: — I have a pond about one acre in extent which is covered with a heavy green scum. It rises from the bottom in large slimy strings and soon covers the water. Last summer I had to go over the pond every two weeks to keep it clean and this takes a great deal of time. Can you suggest a remedy? Illinois, Monti, This is undoubtedly caused by a defi- ciency of plant life or fish in the water, probably both. There are many native sub-aquatic plants, such as myerphyl- lum, cabouiba, vallisneria, ludwigia, etc., that would soon change the condi- tions ot'the pond when once established, as well as nymphteas in variety that have floating leaves and flowers. If such plants are not established in a short time the same trouble may appear again. The only remedy besides hand cleaning, and the most expeditious, is to spray occasionally with ordinary Bordeaux mixture. If choice nymphaeas are planted in the pond, dilute the mixture fifty per cent. Wm. Tricker. Steam Boiler for Hot Water. Ed. Am. Florist:— I have three green- houses 19x55 and one lean-to 9x55. First three are three-tiuarter span, two of them with twelve inches glass on south side and glass at east end. I wish to know it the steam boiler which I am now using, upright tubular, if placed horizontally, the fire going underneath ;ind back through the tubes before going up the smoke slack, would make a good hot water boiler and heat my houses to 53 degrees at night where the temper- ature outside falls for one week to zero, balance of winter above zero. The boiler has fifty 2-inch tubes, forty-six inches long and called by the inspector eleven horse-power. I am 2,000 miles from any makers of greenhouse boilers. M. D. The boiler described would probably heat the houses if used vertically, but will be more economical of fuel as a return tubular. L. R. Taft. Systems of Piping;. Ed. Am. Florist:— I contemplate build- ing in Massachusetts two rose houses running east and west, with boiler between, one house to be 22x100 feet, the other 30x100 feet, both houses to be even span, containing respectively three rows of benches and four rows of benches. In both cases benches to be five feet wide. Paths to run all around the outside of the houses; both to be heated by hot water. Please describe pipirfg necessary in each house to maintain a temperature for Bride and Bridesmaid roses. I have in mind using 3-inch pipe for flow, and 2-inch for return, return pipes arranged on sides of house and benches, not under l)cnches, that solid benches may some- time Ije used, although I do not contem- plate starting with solid benches, Also please state if sulficient force of water could be had if a tank is elevated thirty ieet from theground, that is, for syringing roses. Also would the temperature of water in winter be sufficiently modified it the tank, containing 2,000 gallons, be located directly over the hot water boiler? Would it be practical to locate a smaller tank for manure water under the water tank, with connections from manure water tank to pipes of system for dis- tributing water through the greenhouses, having proper shut-off valves for both systems? That is, using the same pipes for distributing water and manure water. Z. F. If 3-inch pipes are used as flows it will require one flow on each side of each house. In the narrow house twelve returns will answer, while in the wide house eight 2-inch returns will be needed on each side. For a house of this length my choice would be to use 2V2-inch flows, with four in each house. Place one on each side wall and support the others on the purlin posts. In addition to the flow pipes the wide house will require fifteen 2-inch returns, while ten will suffice in the other house. It will be well to have at least a part of the returns run along the exposed end of the house. With two overhead flows in each house it will be a very simple thing to drop them into the ends of the coils. A tank elevated thirty feet will give a very satisfactory head for syringing. It will be more satisfactory to connect the tank to the boiler with small flow and return pipes. The com- bination of the two systems is seldom satisfactory, but if arranged in this way the arrangement for straining the manure water should be very perfect. L. R. Taft. Capacity of Boilers. Ed. Am. Florist: — We wish to ask a question or two in regard to steam boil- ers for heating our new plant. One firm says a boiler forty-eight inches wide, having twenty-one 4-inch tubes twelve feet long, or 252 feet of 4-inch tubes, will heat 6,500 feet of 4-inch pipe, which will heat 19,500 S(|uare feet of glass roof. Another firm says a lioiler forty- 646 The American Florist. May. 2 J,. five inches wide, having forty-five 4-inch tubes three feet long, or 360 feet of 4-inch tubes, will heat 6,000 feet of 4-inch pipe, which will heat 18,000 leet of glass. You will see that while the second boiler is three inches narrower it has almost one- half more tubing than the first one but it is claimed that it will heat not as much glass. By glass we mean square feet of roof surface. We should like to know how we are to know to our own satisfaction how much glass a boiler having a certain width and tubing will heat. Will you aid us in this.' We can buy a boiler having forty-six 3-inch tubes ten feet long, the boiler being forty-four inches wide, for one-half the money either one of the other two will cost but do not know how much glass it will heat. It is a regulation thirty-five horse-power boiler. O. F. C. As the question reached me it is evident that there is some mistake as it speaks of the second boiler being three feet long, while it is eight feet in length as figured from the context. The question speaks of using a steam boiler, but from the estimates and the size of the heating pipe it would seem that the hot water is to be used for heating, and the answers given will be on this basis. Under ordi- nary good conditions the ratio given between gtass and radiating surface (three to one) will be about right for 60°. The boilers first described would prob- ably rate at about thirty and forty horse- power respectively, while the other is cor- rectly rated at thirty-five. For a tem- perature of 60° in zero weather it should be safe to risk them for 18,000, 14,000 and 16,000 squafe feet of glass respect- ively, if given suitable grate and chimney areas. L. R. Tapt. Height for Rose House, Ed. Am. Flokist:— Here in California I am about to build a. rose house 24x75 feet, running east and west, long spati to the south, the north being somewhat shaded by a large tree. What would be a suitable height?. How long should the front and back walls be, also the best arrangement of the benches, and height from the ground? L. T. About thirteen feet will answer as the height of the ridge. Would make the south wall five feet high with two feet of glass. The north wall can be about seven feet. Put in three beds and four walks, making the outside ones eighteen and the others twenty to twentv-four inches. Solid beds raised a foot or "so above the level of the walks will probably give the best results in California. L. R. Taft. Heating: Carnation Housa. Ed. Am. Florist:— I am building a block of short-span houses for carnations 50x100 feet, five feet to gutter, eight feet to ndge, each section being ten feet wide. We wish to know size and power of boiler needed. How many 2-inch flow and return pipes will be required to mamtam proper carnation temperature near Pittsburg? The si^e walls are to be of tile and the ends glazed. Will a 3-inch) mam be large enough to heat the boiler? How should the pipes be arranged? C. W. E. The house will need about 1,600 square leetof radiation, but it will be desirable to have the boUer rated f, >r 2,000 feet, tach house can be heated v rith five lines ot 2-inch pipe. These can 1 ie arranged m tvyo coils on either side . jf the bench, wita one pipe in each coil arranged as 3 flow. It will be well to use a 3-inch flow to supply three of the houses, and a 4-inch for the other two. L. R. Taft. Boiler and Coal. Ed. Am. Florist: — For greenhouse use, which is the better boiler for a hot water system, the sectional or the tubular? And which is the better coal for heating same, lump or nut? J. C. P. The kind of boiler to be used will be governed largely by the size of the plant. For small ranges some of the cast iron boilers will be very satisfactory, but for 10,000 square feet of glass, or more, the tubular boilers have many advantages. When the stove sizes of anthracite coal can be obtained for $5 or $6 per ton they will be most satisfactory for small boil- ers, but the run of mine and steam lump grades of soft lump can be used in tubu- lar boilers and will be found quite economical. L. R. Taft. Los Angeles, Cal. GREAT FLORAL PARADE. — THE PRIZE WIN- NERS. — EXTENSIVE BUILDING OPERA- TIONS.— ABOUT THE HUSTLERS. La Fiesta de la Flores has come and gone, also our strenuous president. "The greatest he ever saw." That was the verdict our president gave out after he saw the floral parade last Friday. Floats representing various societies, tal- lyhoes loaded down with beautiful ladies and gay gentlemen, victorias and drags, dog carts and runabouts, automobiles and mobiles, bicycles and tandems, air- ships and torpedo vessels, all a solid mass of bloom, made up a parade over two miles long. In all not less than a million and a half of flowers were used for the occasion. The Central Park Floral Company secured the decorative work for the banquet to the president, only American Beauties being used. The first prize was for a magnificent float in the shape of a globe twenty-seven feet in circumference, representing the earth and drawn by six white horses. The oceans on this globe were made up of Asparagus plumosus, the continents in carnations and the countries in different colors as follows: English possessions, red; United States, Alaska, Philippines, Hawaii and Porto Rico, yellow; Russia and Liberia, white; Germany, pink, etc. In all 20,000 carnations were used. The Redondo Floral Company built the float for the County Council of Labor. The second prize was carried off by a splendid float drawn by six white horses representing the temple of the United Workmen. It was in the shape of an immense pyramid of white carnations, eight feet broad at the base with the highest point eight feet high, the emblem of the order, the anchor and shield, being emblazoned in blue cornflowers on the four sides. About 20,000 carnations were used and it was built by the Ocean Park Floral Company. The winner of the third prize was a handsome float of the Afro-American citizens, representing an immense flag five feet high and ten feet long of red and white carnations and cornflowers. Five thousand carnations were used on each side of the flag and 10,000 sweet peas and roses were used to decorate the body of the float. It was built by Morris Goldenson, the Third street florist, and reflected credit on his establishment. Mrs. Watson, who has been conduct- ing a small floral establishment in con- nection with a Spring street grocery, has moved to South Broadway to larger quarters. Mrs. Watson grows all her own flowers and can give pointers to many of the men growers. A handsome victoria done in white and lavender sweet peas was another prize winner. It was made up by the Central Park Floral Company and by some was considered the finest thing in the parade. It certainly was the dain- tiest. E. J. Vawter, president of the Ocean Park Floral Company, at Ocean Park, Cal., says he will put up a range of twenty-eight houses this season, seven immediately and twenty-one to follow as soon as the first are completed. Miss Eloise Foreman has worked up a splendid business in decorating. A num- ber of the largest decorations this win- ter have been under her supervision. Miss Ethel Lord, one of our young women nursery owners, is getting out some very fine lily of the valley and uses no artificial heat whatever. James Gordon, who has worked six years for the Central Park Floral Com- pany, has resigned to accept an outdoor position. Poppy. Denver. FLORICULTURISTS' STATE SOCIETY ORGAN- IZED.— OFFICERS ELECTED. Under the name of the Colorado Society of Floriculturists, an organ- ization of the florists of Denver and the state at large was effected at a meet- ing held May 12 in the office of A. J. Graham, superintendent of City park. The objects of the new society are to arouse public interest in plants, and to give flower shows in difierent cities ot the state. The state board of horticult- ure will be asked to join the society in a floral display at the Pueblo state fair next fall. Assurances of support were received from many florists throughout the state. The following officers were elected: President, John Salterthwaite; vice-presidents, Frank F. Crump, of Col- orado Springs, and Mrs. E. B. Davis, of Fort Collins; treasurer, Mrs. J. M. John- son, of Boulder; secretary, J. A. Valen- tine; committee forconference with board of horticulture, A. J. Graham and J. A. Valentine; committee on schedule for the Pueblo show, F. F. Crump, A. E. Mauff and J. A. Valentine. Elgin, III.— Geo. Souster has been ill for three weeks and does not seem to improve as was hoped. Des Moines, Ia.— I. W. Lozier's sons were in Chicago this week buying up stock for Memorial day business. Salt Lake City.— The contract for a new greenhouse at Liberty park has been approved by the city council and signed by the mayor. Sioux City, Ia. — Greenhouses and plants were damaged to the extent of $2,000 on May 18 and garden truck was pounded into the ground for the second time this spring. Haverhill, Mass.— Chas. Emerson & ■ Sons have opened a flower store at 97-99 Merrimac street. Miss Dorothy Grey, daughter ot the late Benj. Grey, of Mai- den, is in charge. Meadville, Pa.— There has been no rain here for several weeks and the ground is dry for planting. The pros- pects for spring bedding trade are at present very promising. IQOS. The American Florist. 647. OBITUARY. MELCHOIR LEUTSCHG. Melchoir Leutschg, a well-known land- scape gardener and florist, died last week. He was a native of Switzerland and served in some of the more promi- nent French gardens. He had been located at Chicago for the past fifteen years, and was emploj'ed on several of the important places in this city and vicinity. Mr. Leutschg assisted in mak- ing the World's Fair rose garden and had an expert knowledge of cannas. Coming: Exhibitions. [Secretaries are requested to supply any omis- sions from this list.l Boston, Mass., November 5-8. 1903. -Chrysan- themum exhibition Massachusetts Horticultural Society. \V. P. Rich. Sec'y. Horticultural Hall, 300 Ma'ssaohusetts avenue. Boston. "rNDlANAPOLlS". IND.. November 10-14, 1903.— Indiana Floral Festival and Chrysanthemum exhibition State Florists' Association of Indiana. Irwin Bertermann. Sec'y, 241 Massachusetts avenue. Indianapolis. New York, November 10-12. 1903.— Chrysanthe- mum exhibition chrvsantheraura Society of America. Fred H. Lem'on. Sec'y, Richmond. Ind. Philadelphia, Pa.. November 10-14. 1903.— Annual exhibition Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. David Rust, .Sec'y, Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. Providence, R. I.. November 13-13. 1903.— Chrysanthemum exhibition Rhode Island Horti- cult'iiral Society. C. W. Smith, Secretary, 27-29 Exchange street. Providence. St.Padl. Minn., Second week in November, 1903. — Chrysanthemum and orchid exhibition Ladies Auxiliary of Northwestern Manufacturers" Association. Mrs. M. Helen Moss, Sec'y, St. Paul. Tarbytown, N. \., November 4-6. 1903. — Fifth annual exhibition Tarrytown Horticult- ural Society. Edw. W. Neubrand. Sec'y, Tarry- town. N. Y. SITUATIONS, WANTS, TOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be inserted at the rate of ten cents a line (six words) each insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant advs. NOT admitted under this head. Every paid subscriber tothe American Florist for the" year 1903 is entitled to a dve-line want AD. (situations only} fr*ee, to be used at any time during the year. Situation Wanted-liy an experienced gai lener; good references. E H, care Am. Florist. Situation Wanted— Bv German tlorist; 18 years' experience in growintx cut flowers and plants. Good propagator. Western statps preferred. S T. care American Florist. Situation Wanted— Hy n middle aged, single man; life experience in cut flowers and pot plants. Near Chicago preferred. Address '_ ^ G B. care American Florist. Situation Wanted— I want to -work for a good floral decorator to learn the business Am 19 and have some experience. Salary no object. James Evens, 1828 4th Ave., Birmingham, Ala. Situation Wanted-On private place as head gardener, Enjrlish. SL'e 33; abstainer; 17 years' practical experience in all branches gained in some of the large gardens of England. Highest references. Address Chas. Carter. Wheatleigh. Lenox. Mass. Situation Wanted— G<-od grower of roses, car- nations and general stock, who is an AI designer and salesman; position as section man. first-class assistant in store or take chartc of medium sized place; east preferred. Address Pbila, care American Florist. Help Wanted— Experienced rose grower: mar- ried man preferred. S. J. Reuter, Westerly, R. I. Help Wanted--Desi2ner and salesman for store. Must be A No. 1: no other wanted. Refer- ences required. Wm. J. Stewart. 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass. Help Wanted— One good man for palms and ferns: also one good gejjeral greenhoute man. Address Mr«^ E. A. Williams, 621 Penn Ave.. Pittsburg. Pa. Help Wanted— A man competent to grow good roses, ca-iiations and 'mums. State experience and wages wanted with or without board. C K y, care American Florist. Help Wanted— First-class propagator for hardy shrubbery, hardy roses in cold Iraroes and her- Help Wanted- A good gardener to take charge of lO.O feet of glass; one who is capable of fak- full charge; ixood wages. Send references. (Jakdener, care American Florist. HelpWanted — Foreman formodern place, 60.000 ft. roses ami c:irn:itions. Must be able to produce high grade stock; wages JtvS. \V. H. Gdllett a- Sons. Lincoln, 111. Help Wanted— Experienced rose and carna- tion growers to take charge of sections; for good men we will pay good wages. Apply at once,^ Lakeview Rose Gardens, Jamestown, N..V. Help Wanted-Ynung man experienced in handling palms and ferns in greenhouse, also competent to wait on cut llower customers. H. F. Hallk, .^IK \Vest Madison St., Chicago. Help Wanted— At once, competent man for nursery and greenhouse work: wages $50 per month. Address with full particulars of experi- ence. Iron Cliffs Co., Negaunee, Mich* Help Wanted— Man to take charge of Herba- ceous Department. Must be good; send refer- ences and salary desired. Married man preferred. Central Michigan Nursery, Kalamazoo, Mich Help Wanted— By June 1 , married man capable of taking charge of greenhouse contaiuinp 8,000 feet of glass. Must understand propagating of bedding plants growing carnations, chrysanthe- mums, etc. None but a sober, honest, industrious man need apply. Box 222, Lansdowne, Pa. Help Wanted— A sober and industrious work- ing foreman about the age of 30; one who thor- oughly understands the growing of flrst-class cut flowers, and able to take charge of a place of about 25.U0O square feet of glass. Wages $65 per month. First-class referen»?es required. Address Grower, care American Florist. Help Wanted— A capable man as working fore- man to take charge of 15 000 feet of glass. Retail place, doing a general plant and cut flower busi- ness. Good treatment, plenty of help, $35.00 per month with board and room to begin with. Incompetents, please don't answer. Address Green's Greenhouses. Fremont, Neb. Help Wanted— A No. I man wanted to take charge as foreman of three greenhouses Must be a grower of carnations, roses, chrysanthemums and general stock; single or married; sober; hon- est in every respect. Wanted at once ani salary bv week or month. Also a good designer. Address St. Mary's Greenhouse Co.. St. Marys, Pa. Wanted to Rent-A greenhouse, -i.OOO or 5.f00 feet, with privilege ol buying. Central states preferred. Oliver Henderson, Madison. Wie. For Sale or Rent— Greenhouse stocked, eight room house, at a bargain. 3181 Elston avenue. Dr. G. a. Bangs, 554 N. Robey St., Chicago. For Rent or Sale— Good greenhouse business established 23 years, on account of sicknecs, Mrs. E. HttLD, 920 Campbell N. Ave., Chicago. For Sale— Cheap, two cast-iron sectional boilers, one small hot water heater. All second- hand. H. M. FORESMAN. Williarasport, Pa. For Rent— Twelve acres of ground and about 35.00J feet of glass, near Chicago. Buildings an& stock in good condition; finest soil for carnations and roses. A B. care American Florist. For Rent— Up-to date greenhouse establish- ment of 10,000 feet glass, steam heat, city water, conveniently located and shipping facilities unequal'ed: excellent opportunity for the right man. Don't answer unless you mean business. For further particulars addre"ss J. I. Cleavela^d, Fall River. Mass. WANTED. Good propagator of roses, hardy shrubs and bedding plants. Also foreman for large mail order plant house, 40,000 feet of glass, 20 acres. IOWA SEED CO., Des Moines, la. FOR SALE. 8,000 feet of glass, located in a fine growing city; best of shipping facilities; good market for wholesale and retail trade. Address WHOLESALE, care American Florist. A modern plant or 10 greenhouses, about 35,000 feet of glass; with land, siock and fixtures and good will of business. 30 years established and under one manaeement, but entirely rebuilt in I for selling. Books open. ELLIS BROS., Ke ene, N. H. ■J-.^- ^S^l^ Several thousand sq. rOl 9alC« feet of slate in perfect ^^■HMMMMM^B^MM^H^ condUlon and very smooth, .lust the thing for benches; size..'i of an inch thick and 13.\36 inches; cost when new 24c each. We will sell the same at liic each F. O. B. Write for prices enlarge quantities. Will bear a weight of over 200 pounds in the middle when suppoited at each end. Edwards Floral Hall Co., Atlantic City. N. J. store fixtures complete, consisting of refriger- ator 8nB\8 feet, plate glass front 5x6, plate glass doors, box made to order after original design, desk with mirror 5x6 feet, mantel sheH with mirror 5x6 feel, all glass and mirrors beveled plate, counter table 10x4 feet, plant table KxH feet, zinc lined, other shelving and fixtures all made to order of select birch, stained mahogapv. cost $H00 used six months; will sell at 8.500. Address AUGUST S. SWANSON, S<. Paul. Minn. Bardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 Chicago, III. Regular meetings held 3d and 4th Wednesday of each month at Jung's Hall, 106 E. Randolph St., Chicago. Gardeners and Florists in other cities desiring to form a Union will receive full information from the Secretary. Send all communications to Gardeners' and Florists' Union 10,615 106 E. Randolph St , CHICAGO, ILL. RARE Business Opportunity Old and Well Established Florist Business For Sale. 50,000 ft. of glass (in two places. 35,0C0 ft. in one, 15 000 ft. in the other, the latter on leased ground, long lease) well stocked and in good con- dition; also retail store in business portion of city with a well established, profitable trade. Would prefer to sell the store and smaller plant and keep the larger and grow anything that would be needed to supply store. This is an opportunity for a good storeman and a grower to mutually acquire, on favorable terms, a desirable plant and store with a large and flrst-class trade. This proposition will bear careful investigation. Best of reasons for selling. Address SCHLlRAf r f LORAL < . Erie. Pa. A BARGAIN BIQ GREENHOUSE PLANT. Owing to other large business interests Hrant * Xoe, Forest Glen, Chicago, offer their large greenhouse plant lor sale. Have 12'., acres (jf land with a quarter mile frontage on Wesi Peterson Ave Greenhouses cover 3 acres. Part of them iron frame built during the last 3 years. Hot water is the general system of heating with steam in every house. Reserve boilers in each of the three adjoining ranges. One large steam- heated residence, two dwellings, big barn, wagon house, stables, ice house, two storage buildings, nearly 300 feet of sheds 20 to 30 feet wide. Local sener to North branch of Chicago River upon the bank of which the property is beautifully located. Hetween two lines of railways, the depot of one on our street, the other close. Electric cars in vicinity. Plenty of sod on this land. Piles of sod and manure piit up last year sufBcient to fill houses. Fine stock of young roses and carn:itions for replanting, now under way. The plant is fully equipped. The improvements havr cost over sixty thousand dollars (MO.iOO.CO). HO lots, beginning within 300 ft. of this property, have been sold at $225.CO to $400.00 per lot. This land will cut into l.i5 lots and always increase in value. Title is guaranteed by Chicago Title and Trust Co. The investment is absolutely safe, for the land alone will soon be worth what the whole can now be bought for. Will sell it at a big bargaia. and make terms easy. Might consider a partner if right one. Good and sufficient reasons for selling. BRANT & NOE, W. Peterson & N. T *B Q YEN TO HARDY CUT -■^ lit IX^X^H- ^» B9-S7 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3384. CKHO.A.OO> JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of *oo« 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, T"ELEPHOJfE Cestbal 3598. AU telegripjl »3U telephone ordfc.-B given prompt attentioQ. WIETOR BROS. "£™J;..Cut_Flowers AU telegraph and telephone orders given prompt attention. 5t Vabash Avenue, CHICAGO. Gut Flowers Always mention the American Flo- fist when you order stocle^ BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. F. F. BENTHEY, Manager. Wholesale andpv r|D|CLX^ Consignments Solicited. Commission M A^X#HVl^>3 ' Wi9 J. A. BDDLONG Street, CHICAGO. CUT FLOWERS 37-39 Randolph Street, J^HJCAGO. Roses and wholesale Carnations cDniucD . GEO. REINBERG, "S?:«.. Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Please mention the American Florist every time you write to an advertiser. 650 The American Florist. May 2 J, For Commencements and June Weddings. ORCHIDS. VALLEY. SWEET PEAS. Samuel S.Pennock PHILADELPHIA. FOR= Buy Boston Flowers. Decoration Day As heretofore I shall have aa abundant supply of all the appro- priate and popular varieties with best facilities for shipping promptly. When ordering' don't forget the KORAL LETTERS and INSCRIPTIONS. Special Designs, Badges, etc., made to order. 34 Hawley Street, BOSTON, MASS. ='%^rE> (Sfx^^x^iv nA.\rE^= FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND HARDY FERNS for MEMORIAL DAY Speol^X f>rloe £ox- X.O'tis o£ X0,000. WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. Superiority. WE claim it for the flowers we dis- tribute. It is guaranteed by the high sources from which our supply comes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It is proven by the large number of florists throughout New England and elsewhere depending on us for their regular supply. Largest dealers east of New York in Baskets Sheaves, Letters, Vases, Ribbons and all Florists' Requisites. OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6:00 O'CLOCK EVERY MORNING N. F. MCCARTHY & CO., Telephone 734 and 64 Main. 85 Hawley Street, BOSTON. THOMASYOUNGJr. WHOLESALE fLOWIST. CHOICEST CUT FLOWERS. 43 W. 28th St., NEW YORK CITY. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michigan Gut Flower Exciiange. FANCY FERNS, 11.50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. Give ua a trial lor Ferns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, Sl.OO per 1000. 28 Miami Ave.. DETROIT. MICH. Wbolf^aie flower/\arl^fe Boston, May 20. Roses, Biauty, Edgely, exira 8.0C@ SCO " " medium... 3.O0@ 6.00 " " " culls 50® l.OD " Bride, Bridesmaids, Gate.. .50© 3.00 " extra 4 00® 600 " Liberty 2.0f® 8.00 Carnations 2f@ 1.53 Lily of the valley 25® 2 0) Poet's narcissi .60 Longiflorum lilies 4.00® iSO Sweetpeas 3i® .50 Smilax 12.01@2).00 Adiantum 75® 1.00 Asparagus 60.00 Philadslpbia, May 20. Roses, Tea 4.00® 8.00 " " extra 10.00 " Beauty, extra S5.00@41.00 " " firsts 10.00®20.00 " Queen of Edgely, extra... .2i.00®40. 00 " " " firsts... .10.00®30. 00 Carnations 75® 5.00 Lilyof theTalley... 3.00® 5.00 Asparagus 25.00@50.00 Smilaz 12.60@15.00 BuiTALO, May 21. Roses, Beauty 2.00@S5.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 2.0n@ 8.00 Carnations 75^ 3 00 Violets 25® .30 Harrisii 8.00@12.50 Lily of the valley 50@ 3.00 Tulips 51® 2 00 Asparagus strings 40.()C@6O 00 Smilax 15.00 Adiantum 75® 1.2i Sweet Peas 25® .75 Milton W. Woodroffe, WHOLESALE PLORIST, 1344 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Sive Us a Trial. We Can Please You Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers in stock. Ufll E iriCTIIIft Wholesale Com- Iffnii ri nAallnU) mission Florist, 481 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y. Dealer in Florist.«i' Supplies and Wire Designs. Open from 7:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M. Lakeview Rose Gardens JAMESTOWN, N. Y. Wholesale Growers and Daalars la Cut Flowers. 800,000 SQUARE FEET CLASS. SPECIALTIES: Roses, Carnations, Lilies, Asparagus, Smilax. Fresh Flowers Guaranteed. No Second Hand- ling. All orders shipped direct fronr Gardens. Send For Weakly Price List. Send in Your Orders for DECORATION DAY Please mention the A Florist when •wr-Hing, Try Is FOR THINGS YOU CANNOT — QET ELSEWHERE^^ THE PHIUDELPHIA WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKET, 1224 Chirrf Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. FOR Decoration Day Paeonies, Beauties, Carnations, ^ _ WHOLESALE FLORIST, Dagger Ferns. 1217 Arch St., Philadelphia. Leo. Niessen, sgoj. The American Florist. 651 JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Exclaslvely. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. TeL 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT Ttl. 2065 Madison Sq. NEW YORK. 42 Wost 28lh St Are supplyiog the most superb stock of FLO^EKo ever •ofiered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, Bride and Maid Rofes. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter F. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Telephone S09 Kadlaon Square. 39 West 28th St.. NEW YOBK, TalaphonscNos. 2239 and 2034 Madison Squara, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 56 and 67 Wost 26th St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice ol sale note daily. Statement and check kly. All consignments, large or small, receive ths e attention. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. I VIOLETS. WILLIAM GHORMLEY VIOLETS. ! Wholesale ^ i^fciriifi wiiwiiiniBta ■ 9 Commission Daily Receiver and Shipper of Fresti Cut Flowers. Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Vaiiey, Chrysantliemums. Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY. JOHN YOUNG tpnlal Anerloan Beauties, Sirpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orchids, aod all SeaioQable Floweri. 61 West SSth St, NSW TOB.K. TeL 1906 Madlion Sq. THK RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR Violets and Garnatlons tROWERS and BUYERS make & note of thU. It ■will be to your advantage. WM. H. GUNTHER. SO West 29tli St., New York. Telephone 561 Madison Square. Franic Nliiiang from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. 55-57 W. 26th St. NEW YORK. "Cat Flower Exchange, Phone 299 Madison Square. ESTABLISHED 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consignments or Shipping Orders. Satisfaction given in both. Tel. 956 Madison Sq. 116 W. 30th St.. Niw York. AIM 48 W. 30th St. Bonnoi Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 6B ind 57 W. 26th St, N". Paoe, First Yice-Pres.: S. F. Willabd, Wethersfield, Conn., Sec'y and Treas. Twentv-first annual convention Atlantic City. K. J.. June 23-35, 1903. Chas. p. Braslan's father died at Cam- bridge, Mass., May 21. A. H. Goodwin and -wife, of Chicago, celebrated their twenty-eighth wedding anniversary May 20. Mrs. Goodwin has just returned from a risit south. Visited Chicago: G. C. Eldering, rep- resenting W. J. Eldering & Son, Haarlem, Holland; Wm. Markurth, of the Harnden Seed Company, Kansas City, Mo.; S. Y. Haines and wife, Tompkins, Mich. One of our ■well informed California correspondents writes May 11: "Late rains and no sunshine are delaying the ripening of both callas and freesias. These rains have helped the crops very much." Onion sets about Chicago are suffering very much, thetops of the growing stock in some fields showing brown from the "very warm weather and lack of rain. Liberal showers May 21 will it is hoped do much good. The salvage sale of the Leonard Seed Company's fire stock tookplace May 21. The attendance was limited and bidding, owing to the absenceof record of growth, germination tests, and incomplete labels, lacked spirit. Most of the stock sold very low. The article which appeared under the head of "French Bulb Situation," in the May 16 issue of a trade contemporary is too evidently biased to be entitled to space as news. The initiated cannot help regarding such an article as inserted for effect even although the types do not show the term "adv." at the end of the article. Neljraska Seed Crops. One of our correspondents writes as follows May 20: "The season has been rather backward up to May 12, frequent heavy rains interfering with corn plant- xig. Fine weather has prevailed the past week, with two light showers, and corn is mostly planted. Some early planted fields will require replanting. Vine seeds will be put in next week, beginning mth squash and pumpkin, following with water melon and musk melon, and wind- ing up with cucumber between June 1 and 10. Seed Crop Report from England. Cooper, Taber & Company, London, make the following report on contract seed crops May 10: Beet doing badly generally, about one-half of the crop destroyed. Borecole, dwarf, a failure; tall, good prospects. Cabbage doing badly generally. Carrot on most varie- ties will be short. Kohlrabi, leek, mangel, parsnip, parsley, spinach and radish look- ing well. Turnip and rutabaga were looking well until the end of April when some sharp Irosts may have hurt them some. White Milan ttirnip with us has failed; Golden Ball, about one half crop; Strap I/caf and Early Red Globe, likely to be short. European Notes. We have for the last two weeks had a good deal of cold wet weather which, if not very detrimental to vegetation, pre- vented it from making much headway. So far the month of May bears a close resemblance to our March in normal years. After the inclement conditions that have existed for several weeks, we now badly need some seasonable, warm weather. Mrs. Maurice L. de Vilmorin died May 6, in her forty-fourth year. Besides her husband, who is a brother of the late Henry L. de Vilmorin and the uncle of Philippe L. de Vilmorin, the deceased will be mourned by two sons, the eldest of whom is about twenty years old, and by three daughters. FRENCH BULB CROPS. Paris, May 8, 1903.— Since my last letter on the subject nothing new has developed. Both the growers' syndicate and the commission merchants combined are waiting in expectation. The fields have had some good showers lately and there will in all probability be nothing lost by withholding the American orders until June. The growers, who usually get a large share of the orders in March, and sometimes earher, will, it is believed, for lack of them be more ready to make concessions and be induced to sell the bulbs at a more reasonable figure later on. Any .buying of large lots or the slightest move to do so on the part of the dealers would, on the contrary, encour- age the growers in their present attitude, and the advanced prices of recent seasons might then be upheld for the future. Considering that no large transactions have as yet been closed, it appears that this is also the general view of the larger buyers. The venture of the whole trade to delay buying until June is in their opinion worth tiying, as it will always be time enough to accept the advance if unavoidable. Parisian. [It may readily be noted that our cor- respondent's point of view on the bulb situation is that of the buyer rather than the grower. — Ed.] American Seed Trade Association. Secretary Willard of the American Seed Trade Association, has issued to mem- bers the lollowing notice: "The twenty-first annual meeting of the American Seed Trade Association will be held at St. Charles Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J., June 23-26, 1903. Special hotel rates, $3 per day. This preliminary notice is sent that you may know just what arrangements have been made for the convention. Application has been made to the Trunk Line Associations for a reduction in railroad rates; full particu- lars will be sent you if obtained. Pro- gramme will be sent you later, also lolders, showing train service between Philadelphia and Atlantic City and New York and Atlantic Citv. "Atlantic City, the latter part of Jnne, is the most attractive seashore resort in America. We hope to have a record- breaking attendance. "The annual meeting of the Wholesale Seedsmen's League will be held at Atlantic City during and after the association meeting. The day and hours to be here- after named by President Bruggerhof "All social features connected with the convention wUl be announced at the meeting, except that, by request, we announce that it is the intention of W. Atlee Burpee & Company to invite all in attendance to visit 'Fordhook' on the Monday following the convention week. This announcement is made believing that all will wish to accept this invita- tion and will plan to remain in Atlantic City over Sunday. "We advise members to engage rooms in advance; this may be done by writing directly to the hotel, or by advising Walter P. Stokes, president, or the secre- tary." ilCE BROTHERS Rl WHOLESALE FLORISTS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Ihfppers"'"' Choice Cut flowers. Common Ferns and I Flowers billed at Greens a Specialty. I Market Prices. Send for prices on Supplies. 128 North 6th St., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. f^resh Importation Mushroom Spawn., FERTILE. PRODUCTIVE. Cnirlieh in bricks, per 100 lbs. , $£.E0 i. o. b. LllgllOll Kew York, $7.00 f. o. b. Chicago. Write for prices on quantity. Vaughan*s Seed Store, CHICAGO. NEW YORK. Caladium Bulbs 4 to 6-inch, $1.00: 6 to 7-inch, $1.50; 7 to 9-inch, $2.50 per IIO. BEGONIA REX, named varieties, 3- inch. 35.00: 2-inch. $3.00 per 100. R. C tl.50 per 100, exlra good stock. PANSY PLANTS, best strains, transplanted in cold frames, in bud and bloom, $1.00 per 100 to close out. Cash or C. O. D. J. H. DANN &SON, Westfield, N. Y. SPECIAL DECORATION DAY RATES over the Nickel Plate Road, at one fare for the round trip within a radius of ISO miles from starting point. Tickets on sale May 29 and 30, good returning from destination to and including June 1st. 1903. Three trains daily in each direction betAveen Chicago, Val- paraiso, Knox. Ft. Wavne, Fostoria, Findlay, Cleveland, Buffalo. Erie, New York City, Bos- ton and New England points. Fast time and low rates. Meals on American Club Plan, ranging in price from 3Sc to $1.00. served in Nickel Plate Dining-cars; also ser\ice a la carte. Chicago Depot, Harrison Street and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Offices: lit Adams St. and Auditorium Anne.x. For particulars write John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago. 4 CLEARANCE SALE. * No. 1 75c per 100, $5.50 per lOOO. 4 to 6 inihes and over. Tuberoses. Dwarf Excelsior Double Pearl. LNUSUAL VALIE. No. 2 35c per 100, $2.50 per lOOO. 3 to 4 inchts and over. 5 to 7 inches, $1.25 per JCO; $10.00 per JOOO 8 to 10 inches, 2 25 per 100; 20.00 per JOOO Elephant Ear Bulbs. JOHNSON & STOKES, 217 and 219 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. xgoj. The American Florist. G53 Early Bird TOMATO. The earliest, smoothest and largest Early Tomato we ever introduced. Resists the rot and does not sunburn; wonderfully produc- tive, of fine flavor. Every florist should have some plants in the spring for his par- ticular and appreciative trade. J oz., 50c; i oz., 95c; Oz., $1.75; postpaid. FLORIST DEPARTMENT, D. Landreth & Sons, 1217 Market St., Philad elphia. Pa. Mushroom Spawn j»j»^LOWEST PRICES WRITE FOR SPECIAL ...QUOTATIONS... James Vick's Sons, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Pieaie mention the American Florist when wrilins. Calla Bulbs For 1st of August delivery. Choice, selected for florists' use, 11/2 to 2-inch diameter, per 100 $5.00 Burbank's Shasta Daisy. 3-inch, per 100 2.00 Asparagus Sprengeri. 2-inch, per 100 1.50 EXPRESS PREPAID. CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO., TO CLOSE A BARGAIN. OUT!! THE HOLIY FERN (Cvrtomium Faloatum). | 5-inch, 6-inoh :»nd S-iuch pots. Write for | prices. EDWIN LONSDALE, 1 WyndBwer.Chutniit Hill. PHIUDELPHU. 1 ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. 2-iiich pots $2.00 per 100 2^-iDch pots 2.50 per 100 B-inch pots 3.00 per 100 ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS, last of .Tunc. 1000 Eldorado R. (Juttines, transplanted, 11.25 per ICO. Terms Cash. We prepay Express charaes and guarantee satisfaction. LOOIWIS FLORAL CO., Loomis, Cal. "Armstrong's Everblooming TUBEROSE Is the onlv Tuberose to crow for cut nowers.-' " .JULICS KOICNIi... Good bulbs for 13.50 per hundred. LUTHER ARMSTRONG, Klrkwood, Mo. Always mention the Ameeicak Flo- BIST when writing to adTcrtisers. SPECIAL OFFER Summer Flowering Stock Per 100 AbulilonSavitzii, 2-in « 5 00 .Vcalypha Biuolor Coinpacta, 2J^ Ageratiim White Louis Bonnet, 2-in Blue Stella Gutney. 2-in Princess Pauline. 2-iu Asparagus Plumosus, strong seedlings 6-in. fine stock, doz. $6.C0 Sprengeri, bushy. 2i4-in 4.00 Asters, transplanted seedines (branching).. 1.50 Cannas, large collection. Send for special list and prices. Chrysanthemums, all the novelties and standard sor s. Send for list. Coleus, standard sorts, strong, 2 in Caladiums, Giant Flowering. 3Vi-in pot Dahlias, best named kinds, strong, 2-in pot Fuchsias, best kinds, strong, 2-in 10.00 3.00 3.00 3.0J 2.0) 3.00 5.00 5 00 • 100 Ferns, assorted for fern dishes, 2-in. .. Geraniums, E. H. Trego, 2Hi->n 8 00 LittlePinfc, " .5.00 Wm. Langguth, 2'/4-in 8.0O Jean Yiaud,3'/4-ia 4,00 Hibiscus Peiichblow, and double red, 3-in . , 3.0O \Veeping Lantana, 3-in 3.00 Lemon, Am. Wonder. 2>4-in 5.(0 Minneapolis Vine, 2-in 4.00 Orange Violet, 2!4-in r.OO Pennisitum Longjstylum, 2-in 4.00 Petunia Dbl., fragrant white, strong, 2-in . . 4.00 Phlox Bardy, best named kinds, 2-in 5 00 Primula Obconica, 5-in. pots 15.00 Salvia St. Louis, 2-in 4.00 Smila.\,3-in 3.00 Roses, Extra Strong Stock. Ivory, strong, 3-in American Beauty, 2!5-in. Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate, Kaiserin, " . , Meteor. 3.50 3,50 3. .50 4.00 3.50 Per 100 Perle des Jardins, 2H-in 4.0O Souv. de Wootton, 3-in 8.0O Souv. de Pres. Carnot, 3-in 8.0O Climbing Clothilde Soupert, 3!4-in 4 00 Hermosa,2-in 3.50 Clothilde Soupert,3i4-in 4.(0 Crimson Rambler, 4-in, line stock 15.00 Vaughan's Seed Store, CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. 14 Barclay St., NEW YORK. Just Received.. A large consignment of Kentias in all sizes fiom 2 ff. to \2 ft., also 1,500 Bay Trees. We will be pleased to have anyone call and inspect the stock. If you cannot call ask for special list. BOBBINK& ATKINS, RUTHERFORD, N. J. GENISTA. 2V2-inoh, 75c per Doz., $5.00 per 100. Doz. 100 Allamanda Williamsii, 2.Hn $ .75 $5.00 Clerodendron Fragrans, 2i-in 75 5.00 Araucaria Excelsa, 2 to 3 tiers 5.25 3 to 4 tiers 7.50 CarexJaponica, 24-in SO 6.00 Geraniums, (send for list) 2.50 Pansy, Pelargoniums 75 5.00 Abutilon Savitzii 75 5.00 Weeping Lantana 45 3.00 The CONARD& JONES GO. West Grove, Pa. ^-^^-..GARNATIONS The Leading Novelties of 1903. Tbe Best Varieties of 1902. All the Standard Varieties. Order your Rooted Cuttings NOW. GEO. HANCOCK &, SON. CRM4D HAVEN. MICH. JOSEPH HEAGOGK, WYNCOTE, PA. GROWER ARECA LITESCENS, ...or.- i^EMTIA BELMOREANA, ^^ COCOS WEDDEUIANA. BEDDING PLANTS. Inches Per 100 Geraniums 4 $6.00 3 4.00 Pelargoniums 4 7.03 Dracaena Indivisa 4 8.00 A few 6 to 7-inch pots at 40c each. Verbenas 3 3.00 Pelunias, from Dreer 2j^ 1.75 Sujjgrbe, double seed 5.00 Ageratum and Coleus 2M 3.00 Cannas 4 6.00 •■ 3 4.00 Vincas 4 10.00 Heliotropes 3 3.00 Dwarf Forget me-nots 1 00 J. es. IBI^OOJVX, RIegelsvllle, Pa. CARNATIONS. Rooted cultinps of all tbe leading varieties now ready. Also rooted runners of Lady Campbell, Swanley White and Princess of Wales Violets. Send me a list of what you want and get prices. Stock in fine condition. Address Chas. Chadwick, L. Box ii. Grand Rapids, Mich. Geo. Wittbold Go,, 1657 Buckingham PI., CHICABO, ILL Send for Price List on all Palms and Ferns Always mention the American Florist when you write to an advertiser* €54 The American Florist. May 23, The {SiuRSERY TR^Eib. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Chas, a. Ilsbufkitz, Pres. ; D. S. Lakb, Vioe- Pres.; Geobse C. Seasbb, Rochester, N. Y., Seo'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mioh., June 10-13, 1903, There is an increased demand for standard (tree) roses. The Charlton Nursery Company is moving its offices from Rochester to Brighton, N. Y. C. E. Stephens, of Dennison, Texas, is leaving for a trip to England to settle the estate of an aunt for whom he is administrator. Pittsburg, Pa.— The Chariton Nursery Company, of Rochester, N. Y., is deliver- ing a great quantity of trees and plants in this section. Alpha, III.— W. M. Wirt, owner of the Alpha Nursery Company, committed suicide on May 20 by blowing off part of his head with a shot-gun. It is said that he was despondent at the time over finan- cial matters. The Cadillac hotel will be headquar- ters for the American Association of Nurserymen during the convention at Detroit, June 10-12, Secretary Geo. C. Seager states that those who expect to attend should reserve accommodations in advance. The Kieffer pear is said to have origin- ated with one Peter Kiefier, of Roxbor- ough, Pa., who exhibited it at the Cen- tennial Exposition, in 1876. It was intro- duced by Wm. Parry, of Riverton, N. J., and has since become the standard pear of the Central Atlantic states. The J M. Neil Company of Charleston, W. Va., has been incorporated with a capital of $10,000 and will deal in nursery stock. The incorporators are: Joseph M. Neil, Robert C. Bell, James B. Menager, J. H. Stephenson and Willard H. McDougal, all of Charleston. Brought Orders from Holland. Ed. Am. Florist:— I am much obliged for your valued favor of the 25th inst., but I do not expect to advertise any more this season. I have just received a nice order from Holland for some of the stock offered through your columns. Morrisville, Pa. Samuel C. Moon. Trees for Street Planting:. "I am frequently asked 'What is the best shade tree for street planting?' writes Noah F. Flitton, superintendent of Clifton Park, Baltimore, Md. In and around Baltimore, where the soil is not noted for its congeniality to arboreal growth, few varieties equal, and perhaps none surpass, the silver maple, Acer dasycarpum. Some, however, may pre- fer the sugar maple, A. saccharinum. Others who do not object to slower growth and prefer a more compact head and rigid outline may take the Norway maple, A. platanoides. "For the grounds of suburban resi- dences the varieties from which one may select are much increased. In addition to the maples mentioned are the cut- leaved, A. platanoides laciniatum, A. heterophyllum. These are varieties of good, vigorous growth and beautiful foliage. The same may be said of Acer irubrum. Where a rapid growing. umbrageous tree is desirable or admissi- ble, Acer pseudo-platanus is excellent. "Among the birches is Betula alba laciniata pendula, the cut-leaved weeping birch, which should be as popular as it is conspicuous. Among the beeches is Fagus ferruginea, the American beech, which deserves a place in a heavily wooded landscape. The finest purple- leaved tree in cultivation is River's pur- ple-leaved beech. Among the oaks, the following varieties, if allowed abundance of room, make splendid trees: Querctis alba, Q. coccinea, Q. Cerris, Q. palustris, Q. salicina and Q. imbricaria. "The American white elm, Ulmus Americana, is a handsome tree that should not be omitted. Where a weep- ing or drooping habit is desired, the Camperdown weeping elm is a beauty. The horse chestnut, ^sculus hippo- castanum, and the red flowered variety, A. Hippocastanum rubicunda are fine. "In evergreens there is the Norway spruce, Abies excelsa, the best known and most popular evergreen that is grown. A. Douglasii, A. Morinda and the Col- orado blue spruce are among the hardi- est and most beautiful of all the spruces. Nordmann's silver fir, A. Nordmanniana, the comb-like fir, A. pectinata, and A. pinsapo are hardy evergreens. For gen- eral planting all or any one of the above named trees, either deciduous or ever- green, may be selected without any mis- giving as to hardihood or desirability. We would also include in this list the cedar, Cryptomeria Japonica. The only species with conspicuous flowers in the list is the horse chestnut. "Those which are grown for their flow- ers are small-sized trees varying from nine to twenty feet. Among the desira- ble varieties are Magnolia grandiflora and the very large-leaved deciduous M. macrophylla. The Chinese species and their hybrids are all deciduous. M. con- spicua, M. Soulangeana, and M. speciosa are all good. Then we have the large double-flowered cherry, Cerasus Avium flore alba plena, and the Japanese weep- ing rose-flowered cherry, Cerasus Japon- ica, rosea, pendula. Others are Cercis Japonica, the Japan Judas tree; Chion- anthus Virginica, white fringe tree. The double -flowering thorns, Cratagus Paulii, is the best scarlet. The double pink and double white are well known. C. Crus-galli odorata is very fragrant. The hawthorn of the ooets is the single flowered Crataegus Oxyacantha. The most beautiful of the flowering crabs are Pyrus Malus, P. floribunda and the Chi- nese double-rose flowering variety, P. Malus rosea pleno. "Six first-class flowering shrubs for general purposes are Viburnum plicatum, Cercis Canadensis, Hydrangea panicu- lata grandiflora, weigela, lilac and Deut- zia crenata." Warren, Pa.— The Glade Greenhouse is in good shape for spring, good stock in all Hues and business brisk. Canton, Mass.— Fire at the establish- ment of John Endicott & Company destroyed the sheds and a large stock of dahlias one day last week. Weston, O.— Albert M. Neifer has a well appointed business in this village and enjoys a growing trade. In addi- tion to regular greenhouse work, he takes much interest in the cultivation of vegetables and makes a specialty of growing for exhibition purposes in which he is always a keen competitor. Mrs. JEROME JONES The best Commercial and Exhibition 'Mum. "As tender as Spring Chickens." Also IVORY, APPLETON, ROBINSON, SHAW, 2i/2-incb pots, $2,50 per 100; l(2J.OO per 1001). Exhibition varieties, $4.00 per ICO. Our selection. HENRY EICHHOLZ. Waynesboro. Pa. 10.000 Cabbage 30c per 100: JS.OOperlOOO pots. fine. S""!! and 75c. 5 and 6-inch, 3oc each, very line, 3J4 and 4-iuch the new white ^ersiniur do2.: $I5.0J per 100, all niums are mixed^ I boug of all these plants. F- C. CHAPMAN, HewlelU, L. I., N. Y Plants Early spring I lailia transplanted Hjfdrangiat, 6and7 in. Pine lot oi Cactui, mixed, 10,000 Mixed Ggra ium>, pots $6.0 per 100: SJoot P' Jean Wilson, $3.00 per fine stonk. These gera- [ht out a large gi?eenhouse I am the Moonvine Grower of the Land. SMITH'S HYBRID MOON VINES. (Ipomoaa Noctiflora.) We are headquarters for them. Best purest White Moon Vine in existence. Mr. Smith has a reputation for them. Strong plants. 2H-inch pots, now ready ai $5.00 per 100; 3-inch pots, 47,00 pet 100; 4-inch pots. 810.00 per 100. Godfrey Acphmann wholesale Grower and nOblllliailll) Importer of Pot Plants 1012 Ontario Stiiat. PHIUDELPHU. PA. fiFDAMIIIM^ *■ K'ocard, Beaute Poitevine, ULUnillUin 9i p. Perkins, in 3, 3H-in, pots- Jean Viand, Mme. Buchner, J. J. Harrison, Mme Landry 3!^ and 4-in. ; S. A. Nutt in 3, 3>4 and 4-in' pots; Mme. Jaulin, Richelieu, Pasteur, Kelway in 3^-in pots. Prices of above Geraniums 3-in. J5- 3H-in. $6: 4-in. $7 per 100. Mme. Salleroi 2!4-in' $2.50 per 100. Cannas in pots, $5 per UO, Austria AUemania, Alsace, Berrat, J. D. Eisele, Duke of Marlborough, Chas. Henderson and Kobusta Aslars in pots $1 per 100, varieties. Comet, Truf- fauts, Victoria and Semple's, mixed varieties Zinnias in pots $1 per 100, white, yellow, scarlet crimson and rose. J. B.SHURTLEFFaSON. Ravare, Mass. Tpto \ Cabbage Stitmg. transplanted Tomato Plants, 8 to 12- incl^fes tall, $6.00 per ICOO. All the best varieties. Large transplanted. Cabbage Plants, thor- oughly hardened and ready for field, $2.50 per 1000. Standard varieties. Special price quoted oB large quantities. F. Shearer & Son, MARKEr GARDENERS. BINGHAMTON. N. Y. FRANKEN BROS., Special Growers and Dealers of Duch Bu:bs for Florists and Private Gardeners SEND FOE PRICES. FRANKEN BROS., Box 311. LAKE FOREST, ILU CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS' meeting in Boston, June 28-July l. It wilj be to your advantage to obtain rates apply- ing over the Nickel Plate Road before pur- chasing elsewhere. No excess fare charged on any of our trains. Tickets on sale June 25, 26 and 27. Final return limit August i; Call on or address John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 1 1 3 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago, for particulars as to stopovers, train service, etc. 'Phone Central 2057. 7 Alternantheras Red and the Yellow, strong plants at $2,25 per 100; $20.00 per 1001 FRED. RENfSCnLER, Madison, WIc GARDENING This is the paper to recommend to your customers, the leading horticultural journal in America tor amateurs S2.00 Par Year. Sample Copies Free. Liberal terms to florists who take subscriptions. THE GARDENING CO. SS/oX.?fi:s.*. jgoj. The American Florist. 655 NEW CROP Dagger Perns Sow readv. 11.50 per 1000. Fine lot Fancy Ferns. $1.50 per 1000. Galax, Green or Bronze, 75c per 1000. Mosi. dOc per bbl. suck. Laurel Festooning, No. 1 quality, fresh every day. 4c. .5c and 6c per yard. Laurel and Pine Wieaths. just what you want for your Memorial day trade. Order thera now and your Ferns and you will be sure to get the best to be had, when you want them and on time. Gcound Pine, by the pound if wanted. Long distance telephone' connections. Telegraph Office, New Salem, Mass. Millington, Mass. Tel. office, New Salem. NATIONAL FLORISTS Board of Trade, Oflices: 56 Pine St., NEW YORK. CREDIT REFERENCE BOOK. A subscription to our Credit List will cost you «10 a year, and it may save you $100 the first month. SPECIAL REPORTS. We make a specialty of this part of our work, and spare neither trouble nor mouev to get for our clients the very latest and most"reliable information as to the standing ■of any person concerning whom inquiries are made. COLLECTIONS. We collect slow and doubtful accounts. Why not go through your books at once, and send us all the claims that are in arrears? Call and see us when you are in the city. The Royal Tottenham Nurseries, Ltd. DtDlMSV/IART, near ZWOILE, NETHERIANDS. Headquarters for Hardy Ptrennials. Paionies, Iris Germanica and Ksempferi. Anemones, Phlox Decussata. choice Alpine plants. Hardy Ericas. Tritoma, Hardv Ferns, Delphiniums. Novelties in this line a specialty. Conifers (special young stock). Hydrangeas. Rhododendrons and Azaleas. We grow'also some 8 acres of Daffodils. Special quotations toivard April. Ail( for Catalogue. Please mention the American Florist when writing. strong two vear plants, pot grown, beautiful plants in 10 to "l5 leading kinds. .\U colors. 25c each: $3.60 per dozen: J30.00 per 100. One year, $1 50 per dozen; 112.00 per ICO. PAEONV FLOWERS for DECORATION DAY. Choice assortment. Write for prices F. A. BALLER, Bloomington, III. s... THE MOON f^¥\ Company For j Trees, Shrubs, Vines Your) and Small Fruits. Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free. THE WM. H. MOON OO. Morrisville, Pa. Please mention the American "'orist when writing. Roses Wanted, 20,000 2-year, low budded, on Manetti or dog rose root's, bushes 24 inches and up, strong, vigorous stock in 30 leading varieties. Delivery Nov., 1903. Address if you can offer such stock, stating varieties you have. MAN^, the Seedsman, Portland, Ore. DECORATIVE GREENS FOR DECORATION DAY. Wild Smilax, per 50 lb. case $4.00 Sabal Palm Crowns, per dozen 3.00 Sabal Palm Leaves, per 100 3 00 Dagger Ferns, per 1000 1 00 Quality A No. I . ALABAMA WILD SMILAX CO., Monroe, Ala. CHRYSANTHEIV1UIV1S. WHITE. Per 100 R. C. 33 00 Per 100 j 5 00 2 50 2.00 300 Lady Fitzwygram ] vory 1.50 1.50 2 50 2..50 1.60 3.50 1 50 3.00 300 3.00 2.00 3.00 Chadwicb 2.50 400 PINK. Lady Harriet 3.00 GlorV dPaciflc 1.50 Morel I. .50 Perrin I 50 Xeno 2.' Maud Dean 3 00 Murdock 1.50 Quito 2.50 Pink Ivory 1..50 Richardson Liger Lavender Queen 2(0 2. .50 2..50 2.50 8.50 3.50 3 50 2.5.0O 2 .00 :i.i.O Per 100 YELLOW. R. C. Robert Halliday J3 00 T. Carrington 3.00 E. D. Smith 1.50 Monrovia 1.50 Parr 1.60 October Sunshine 1,50 Yellow Fitzwygram 1..50 Whilldin 1.50 Appleton 1..50 BonnalTon 1.50 Pennsylvania 2.0O Yellow Jones 2.00 Eclipse 2 .50 Golden Wedding 3.' Rieman 2.00 Goldmine 3.00 O P. Bassett 1.50 Y'ellow Eaton Chautaqua Gold, fine. ; 5.00 RED Childs ; 2.00 Intensity 3.00 Shrimpton 3,00 ROSES FOR FORCING. An axcaptional fins loi of 300,000 plants In 2, 2H and 34.lnoh. Per 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per lOJO Per 1000 | 2.i3!4-in. 3H-iu. I American Beauties 16.00 $.50 00 JH5 00 Maids 4.00 35.00 .5.5.00 Brides 4.00 35.00 55.00 Gates J4.00 $35.00 Perles 4.00 35 00 Ivory 5..0 45.00 Per 100 3>4-in. I 4.09 400 2.50 2.50 2..50 2.,5a 2.50 2.50 2 50 250 3.1)0 il.OO 3.50 3.00 3.50 3.t0 2..5') 26.00 6.50 3.0O 4.C0 3.00 Per lOOJ 3H-in. $.5.5. CO 55.00 60.00 STEVIA. Rooted CuHlngs, per 100 $1.50 I ev^-inch, per 100 $ 2.50 Rooted Cuttings, per 1000 12.00 | SJ^-inch, per lOOO 23.50 Cash «vlth order. Packed and shipped F. O, B. Morton Grove. When less than 25 plants of a variety are ordered add 20 per cent. 5 per cent discount allowed for cash. Remittances mu^t accompany orders from unknown parties. Goods sent C. O. D. if requested. All orders filled in strict rotation, and as soon as stock is ready. Evtry order has our personal supervision and satisfaction is guaranteed. Cuttings rooted to order if not in stock. All plant bills are due 30 days from date of invoice. In case of error report immediately. Poelilmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, III. Adiantum Cuneatum Ferns. In 2H-inch pots at $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. They are ready for a shift. Very fine plants. SEND STAMPS FOR SAMPLE The F. R. WILLIAMS CO.. CLEVELAND. OHIO. Surplus Stock Per 100 4CO0 Marechal Niel Roses, 2M-inch, nice stock $3.50 2000 Clothilde Soupert Roses, 2!<-inch 3.00 ■' 2H-inch 3.50 000 Champion of the World Roses, (Mrs. Uegraw), 2M-inch 3 00 3000 Coleus. assorted, strong, 2!-4-inch 3.00 10.0 Dahlias, assorted, strong, 2H-inch 4.00 500 Clematis, Jackmaui, strong, 4-inch 18 03 1000 Geraniums, E. H. Trego, 2«-inch 8 00 E. H. Trego, 4inch 13.00 2000 Geraniums, Assorted, 2i4-inoh 3..50 4-inch 8.00 300J Hardy Perennial Phlox, fine named. 2 years, strong f.OO Hardy Perennial Phlox, fine named, 2)i-inch 4.00 Hardy Perennial Phlox, mixed, 3 years, strong 5 00 Salvia, St. Louis, 2K-inoh 4.00 Ageratum, Stella Gurney, 2H-inch.. . . 4.00 Althernanthera. red and yellow. 2-in. . 2.50 1000 Hydrangeas, Hortensis, Thomas Hogg and Mariesi. 6-inch pots 1.5.00 4-inoh pots 10 00 2!4-incn pots 4.00 Phoenix Nursery Co., I2i5 N, Park St., BL00MIN6T0N, ILL. Please mention the American Florist when writing. I us and inspect our our railroad depot. liARDY, FANCY ORNAMENTAL NURSERY STOCK. J. Blaauw & Co., BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Catalogue free on demand. Headquarters for the famous ColoradoBiue Spruces, purest, bluest strain J. DIJKHUIS & CO. BOSKOOP-HOLLANO. QUALITY. QUANTITY. Ask our prices for AZALEAS, RHODODENDRONS, PEONIES, ROSES, HARDY EVERGREENS, CLEMATIS, Etc. Pric. List Fre. on Appltcallon. THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD Is the short line to the East and the service equal to the best. You will save time and money by traveling over this line. It has three through daily express trains, with through vestibuled sleeping-cars and Ameri- can Club Meals, ranging in price from 35c to $1.00, are served in Nickel Plate dining-cars; also a la carte service. Try a trip over the Nickel Plate Road and you will find the ser- vice equal to any between Chicago and the East. Chicago depot: Harrison St. and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Offices 1 1 1 Adams St. and Audi- torium Annex, John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 1 1 3 Adams St., Room 29S, Chicago. •Phone Central 2057. 1 .656 The American Florist. May 2j, Our pasTiMEs. Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and ^T?orting readers are solicited ana will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.: Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St., CbJcago, 111. Theo. Lang, ' 'the last of the Mohicans, ' ' ■will put the New York bowling contin- gent in shape for the Milwaukee conven- tion. At Chicagro. The following are the scores registered at the regular meeting of the Chicago bowlers on Tuesday, May 19: Player. 1st 2d 3d T'l Matti 151 1S9 136 446 Winterson 163 175 157 4U5 Balluft 166 313 135 504 Sohaffer 89 13 144 346 Sterrett 148 173 133 454 Asmus 124 221 148 493 Lambros 146 138 180 464 Pruner - 126 138 130 394 Hauswirth 143 119 304 659 Foerster '. 193 166 201 466 Scott 170 198 160 528 Kreitling 131 119 179 433 StoUery.. 136 201 147 484 At Washington. Arrangements are under way for a bowling contest between teams repre- senting Baltimore and this city, to be held in the former May 27 or 28. The date has not been definitely fixed so far, but will be decided upon at the next meeting of the. local club. The following scores were made May 13: Player. 1st 2d 3d T'l Wm.H. Ernst 153 160 203 515 George H. Cooke I7J 168 165 505 W.S.Clark- 189 138 165 493 J. L. Barber, Jr 132 150 293 485 J.Shioe 179 160 143 483 J.L.Barber 146 147 177 470 Oehmler 151 148 171 470 W. F.Gude 137 122 2.59 F.H.Kramer 148 126 374 J. W.Freeman 132 134 96 352 A. Esch 143 112 119 374 J. Minder 89 112 9B 3li7 WillieCIark 169 133 117 419 C. W. Wolf 137 148 135 420 P. G. At Philadelphia. The trap shooters tournament of the state of Pennsylvania is on at the Florists' Gun Club grounds at Wissano- ming this week and from the sound of the guns which are continually volleying, we are reminded of the early sixties, at least so say Messrs. Harris, Westcott and others of the old guard. There are accommodations lor twenty men at the traps and their places are constantly kept filled. On Tuesday 27,000 rounds of ammunition were used and on Wednes- day 30,000, which will give an idea of • the continuousness of the performance. Some individuals shot as many as 300 rounds or more each day. At the end of the second day, Wednesday, none of the club or team events had been decided upon, there being so many ties to be shot off that the days were not long enough to carry out the events to a conclusion. It is one of the greatest events of the kind ever held in the state. The bowling tournament to select the team which will play at Milwaukee is to commence Wednesday, June 3, and con- tinue on each Wednesday thereafter until twenty-one games shall have been played. All the contests except the last will be bowled on up-to-date alleys so that everybody shall have a chance to show what they can do away from home. H. O. or home alley bowlers are not held in high esteem by some of the players and it is up to them to show up their critics. , K. St. Paul. CUT FLOWERS IN GOOD SUPPLY AND FAIR DEMAND. — GOOD PRICES FOR AMERICAN BEAUTY.— HARVEST TIME OF BEDDING PLANT MEN. — NOTES. Cut flowers are in good supply and fair demand. Roses are quite plentiful and prices have dropped somewhat, some selling as low as 50 cents per dozen at retail. But that is for inferior stock. Good flowers still sell at $1.50, while occasionally extra fine are worth $2. Beauties are in greater demand than ever and the willingness v;ith which people pay $5 to $8 per dozen is only another evidence of prosperity. The supply of home grown carnations is not large and everything sells readily, the majority of the blooms retailing at 75 cents and $1 per dozen. The uniformly good quality, even color and large size of Enchantress stamps that variety as oneof the best ever introduced. Outside flowers will cut but little figure with the supply for Memorial day, and as the season has retarded snowballs, peonies and the like, we look for a very large trade for that occasion. Fred. Busch, the vegetable grower, oi Minneapolis, has an extra fine crop of tomatoes and cucumbers just coming in, his entire plant of 65,000 square feet being devoted to them. Mr. Busch is an enthusiastic grower and a charming entertainer and sets an example of thrift and neatness that many in the trade might pattern after. Surpluses to him are unknown in his line as he has more orders all the time than he can fill. We have jumped from late winter into mid-summer and are brought with a jerk into the real harvest time of the average florist. I say average because in the smaller towns and cities everyone in the business grows some bedding plants, and these have to be handled with quick fingers at such a time. Bedding out has commenced in real earnest, as early or earlier than usual. A. S. Swanson, E. F. Lemke and John Monson have been named by the ladies as a committee to arrange the prizes for the forthcoming chrysanthemum show to be held November 10— 13. Entry blanks and information can be obtained by address- ing Mrs. A. P. Moss, 313 Laurel avenue. August Schotske, an old soldier and gardener at the Soldiers' Home near the city, committed suicide a few weeks since by drowing in the Mississippi. We learn that he formerly worked at the business in Chicago. H. F. Darrow, formerly of L. L. May & Company, but now with a patent medi- cine concern in Chicago, was greeting old friends a day or two since. A. B. Silliman, of mistletoe fame, Boone, la., and Texas, was a recent visitor, having been to Wisconsin on a fishing tour. Alex. Martin and wife, of L: L. May & Company, will leave May 23 for a two months' trip to his old home in Scotland. Fellx. Concord, N. H.— W. M. Colby does a wholesale and retail trade in rooted cut- tings and bedding plants, handling no cut flowers. He reports a good spring stock and prospects for a big season. Toronto. WELL STOCKED MARKET WITH SALES FALLING OFF. — RACES EXPECTED TO HELP BUSINESS. — GROBBA & WANDREY'S LILY OF THE VALLEY. — MISCELLANEOUS. The past few days have witnessed a decided falling off in the sales pf cut flowers and with the very warm weather we are experiencing, there are blooms galore of all varieties of roses. The stock continues of fine grade, but the hot weather will soon have itseflect on them. Beauties are plentiful and good with very little sale and prices have conse- quently dropped. Over supply is the only fault of carnations, which were never better, and select blooms of most varieties are seen in most of the stores. However, business is expected to revive before the week is out. The races, w^hich will commence the latter part of the week, will be visited by Lord Minto in state. Dunlop has orders for two banquets which will be given here. There are also several large balls, and society is always active during the race week. Grobba & Wandrey, of Mimico, are again on the market with their home grown lily of the valley. They have a large field of these, which have been under cultivation for five years and the results are more than satisfactory. The pips throw well filled spikes and the bells are very large. W. J. Lawrence has a fine crop on but with very little demand. Miss Law- rence, who had charge of the store, is still ill, but it is expected she will recover in a short time. Jay & Son, of Spadina avenue, report very good business. They handle alarge number of plants and do considerable planting out. H. G. D. Cincinnati. MARKET GLUTTED WITH FLOWERS AND BOTTOM KNOCKED OUT OF YALUfiS.^- GENERAL NEWS. Trade at present is in a deplorable con- dition. There are no values for roses and carnations are a glut and the major- ity received are sold in job lots. The wholesalers now have their troubles with the immense amount of stock received from out-of-town growers who ship their flowers as a rule when the glut is on and then kick at the commission man for not disposing of their stock. Sweet peas are also coming in in abundance. Good lily of the valley and longiflorum are to be had. The growers claim that stock -will be scarce for Decoration day, but this is to be expected. The only thing doing in cut flowers seems to be funeral work and not much of that. Frank Dellcr, Dick Witterstaetter's right hand man, is the next one on the list to venture into the holy bonds of matrimony and his wedding will take place on June 16. Good luck to you Frank. Gus Adrian, of Clifton, is very busy with this line of work and claims he will have to go out and buy plants to fill orders with. The fakirs are now having their innings and the streets are lined with them sell- ing roses and carnations at 10 cents per dozen. Carnation planting is about over afld bedding out seems to be occupying the florists at present. D. Nashua, N. H.— Judge C. W. Hoitt has been appointed park commissioner. tgo3. The American Florist. 657 KENNICOTT BROS. CO. WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS, 40-42-44 L Randolph St. ChfCagO, 111. Don't forget to get your orders in early for Jasmine Grandiflora, 25,000 at $2.00 per hundred For Decoration Day. They are Ihe cheapest flowers for the money. PEONIES, 75c to $ J. 00 Per dozen. Decoration Day Price List, SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. AM. BEAUTIES, short, " " medium, " " fair length, " " long - METEORS, BRIDES AND BRIDESMAIDS, 4.00 to PERLES, - - - - 4.00 to ROSES, our selection, - - 3.C0 to Per hundred $8.00 to $io.oa J5.00 to 18 00 25 00 to 30.00 40.00 5.00 to JO.CO 7.00 7.00 4 00 PEONIES, - 75c to $1.00 pjr doz. Per hundred CARNATIONS, fancy varietier, $2.50 to $3 03 " good average, 1.50 to 2.00 VALLEY, - - - - 2 00 to 5,00 JASMINE GRANDIFLORUM, 2.C0 DAISIES, - - - - J.OOto 1.50 SMILAX, $2.00 per dozen. ADIANTUM, - - - .50 to J. 00 ASPARAGUS, per string, 50c to 60c. GALAX, per 1000, $J.50; per 1 00, J5c. COMMON FERNS, per 1000, $3,00; per tOO, 30c Properly Grown. Properly Packed. READY JULY 1st. Per ICO PerlCOO SMILAX $1.50 $15.00 ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI 3.00 25.00 ASPARAGUS PLUIHOSUS, f3.50to$10 per 100 Samples for ten cents in stamps. I have a line lot of this stock and solicit your trade. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. When writing to any of the adver- tisers on this page please mention the American Florist CmCAliO CARNATION CO. Offers THE BEST Cut Stock of PER 100 CARNATIONS $3.00 to $4.00 GLADIOLUS 8.00 PER 100 PAEONIES $6.00 ROSES 5.00 LONG BEAUTIES, $20.00 per 100. Send us your orders and be pleased. «58 The American Florist. May 23, Price $2,00 Postpaid, T^-nHE AMERICAN FLORIST COM- pany's Trade Directory for J 903, fully IgMJ revised to date, with thousands of new 5==S» names and changes of address, is now ready for distribution. It contains 416 pages, including complete lists of the Florists, Seeds- men and Nurserymen of the United States and Canada, arranged both by states and towns and all names alphabetically. Also lists of Private Gardeners, Firms which issue catalogues. Horti- cultural Supply Concerns, Parks, Cemeteries, Landscape Architects, Experiment Station Hor- ticulturists, Botanical Gardens, and much other conveniently indexed and invaluable trade infor- mation. Published by the American florist Co. 324 Dearborn St., Chicago, III., U. S. A. Contains 416 Pages, igo3. The American Florist. 659 J. A. Budlongp 37-39 Randolph St., CHICAGO. WE HAVE TO OFFER FOR DECORATION DAY A FINE LOT OF BRIDES, BRIDESMAIDS, BEAUTIES AND METEORS ALL CLEAN STOCK OF GOOD COLOR AND FREE FROM fllLDEW. Also CARNATIONS in Leading Varieties. PRICES: BEAUTIES - 36 inch and up J3O0-$i.OO per doz. 24 to 30-inch 2.50- 3 00 " 20 inch ;. 2.00 " 15 inch 1.50 " J2-inch J.OO " Short stems : 75 " BRIDE 3.00-6.10 per JOO BRIDESMAID $3 00-$6fO per JOO METEOR 3 00- 6 00 " GATE 3 00- 6 00 " LI3ERTY 6 CO- JO 00 " CARNATIONS- Our Selection... 20D " Fancy 3.00- 4.00 " PEONIES 75- J.OO per doz. PLACE ORDERS EARLY TO SECURE BEST SELECTION. ^ NO CHARGES FOR P. AND D. ON ALL ORDERS OF $4.00 OR OVER. ^ WIETOR BROS. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. I LARGE SUPPLIES OF | LONG BEAUTIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS f DECORATION DAY!! STOCK OF QOOD QUALITY AND PROMPT AND CAREFUL ATTENTION GUARANTEED. Z SEND US YOUR ORDER. ♦ DDI^^CT I IC^ SUBJECT TO CHANGE I r^m^C I.IO I ■ WITHOUT NOTICE . %. ROSES. I o BEAUTIES— 36-inch and upward $3 OO to $4.00 per doz. 24 to 30-inch 2.50 to 3 00 " 20-inch 2 00 " J5-inch J 50 " J2-inch J.OO " Saort stems 50 to .75 " LA FRANCE 5 00 to 8 00 per 100 LIBERTY .$6.05to $J0.00 per 100 KAISERIN 4 00 to 8.00 " IVORY 3.00 to 6.00 BRIDE 3 OO 10 6.00 BRIDESMAID 3 00 to 6.00 METEOR 3 00 to 7 00 GOLDEN GATE 3 00io 6 00 PERLE 3 00 to 6.C0 ♦ CARNATIONS. ♦ STANDARD SORTS $2.00 per JOO | SPECIAL FANCY SORTS $).00 to $4.00 per JOO \ PEONIES 75c to J 00 per doz. | CAPE JASMINES $2.00 to $3.00 per JOO \ >♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦#♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦I 660 The American Florist, May 23, Tubular Boilers. Ed. Am. Florist: — We are enlarging our plant from ten to twenty thousand feet of glass and wish to purchase a boiler to heat same. So far as we have been able to learn all of the florists hav- ing large greenhouses use tubular boilers. Can you tell us why? We have had in use a cast iron boiler but wish to buy one with which to heat the entire 20,000 feet .and we think we prefer a tubular boiler. O. F. C. A tubular boiler suited to a plant con- taining 20,000 square feet of glass costs less than a cast iron or water tube boiler, and is in every way satisfactory, being economical of fuel and making steam rapidly. L. R. Taft. Toledo, O.— Searles Brothers are making an addition of four houses, rep- resenting an investment of over $10,000 and placingthem, with ten houses, second an glass area of the gardeners here. Half the place is given to flowers and half to vegetables. BEDDING PLANTS. In fine condition, ready for delivery or ■ shipment. CASH WITH ORDER. Inclies Per 100 ■AlyssUm, Giant, Double and Dwarf a $2.00 Snipdragon, white 2 2.00 /geratum, St. Guerney, Princess Pauline and Dwarf White 2 2.00 Alternanthera, red and yellow 2 2.00 Canna, in variety, 4-inch, S8.00 3 6.00 Coleus, in variety, Standard and Fancy 2 2.00 •Feverfew, Li itle Gem, 3-inoh , $5.00 3 a.OO Geraniums, Standard varieties, in bloom. 4 8.00 Geraniums, 3-inch $.5.00 2 2.60 Geraniums. .Mrae. Salleroi, very strone, 3-inch, $5 00 .2 •Fuchsia, in best varieties, 3-inch, J5.00. .2 Heliotrope, best dark, 3-inch, J5.00 2 Ivy, German and Kenilworth 2 Ice Plant. 3-inch, $5.00 2 Lantana, 2i4-inch, $5.00 3 Lemon Verbena, 2'/.-inch, $4 00 2 Petunia, Double Fringed, 3-inoh, $5.00... 3 Saxilraga 2 Stevia, Variegated 2 Tradescantia, (Wandering Jew) var., 3- inoh, $5.00 2 Verbena, in best varieties 3 Vinca Var., large, $12.00 to $20.00 per 100; 3-inch, $6.00 2 Pansjes, Florists' International, in bud and bloom, per 1000 $15.00 .Aster, in variety, transplanted Gypsophila Paniculata Sweet William, fall transplanted Centaurea, (Dusty Miller) 3 Cobaea Scandens, 3-inch, $6.00 2 Lobelia. Compacta and Speciosa 3 Pyrethrum Aureum 2 Mignonnette 2 Many other varieties and sizes in stock. VEGETABLE PLANTS. Celery, transplanted $ .30 Pepper, transplanted 35 Rhubarb Lumps 5 00 Tomato, 15— .50 1.00 AN'hoIesale price list mailed on application. x^. :ivxosi^A.xeK:, ■8500 Anthony Ave., near So. Cfilcigo Avs., Chicago, III. Please mention the American Florist when writing. Dahlias and Bladioli From UST BRID6EWATER Dahlia Ganlons. If you are looking for something new and wiih to keep up-to-date, send for my spring -catalogue. J. K. ALEXANDER^ EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Whars Quality Is First Consideration.) Writa, Wire or Phona tha Introducers, •Calitwall The Wooiitinan Co., Evergresn, Ala or their agents: L. J. Ereshover, New York: J. B. Deamud, Chicago: H. Bayersdorfer & Go. Philadelphia; W. F. Kasting, Buffalo; J. M MoCuUough's Sons, Cincinnati, Ohio; H G ."Berning, St. Louis. Mo. SUBJECT TO CHANCE WITHOUT NOTICE. NO CHARGE FOR P. AND D. BEAUTIES. Per Doz. 36-inch and up $3.00 to $4.00 24 to 30-inch 2.50 to 3-00 20-inch 2.00 1 5-inch 1.50 12-inch 1.00 Short stems .75 BRIDE $3.00 to $6.00 per 100 BRIDESMAID 3.00 to 6.00 per 100 METEOR 3.00 to 6.00 per 100 GATE $3.00 to $6.00 per lOO LIBERTY 10.00 per 100' Good 6.00 to 8.00 per 100 CHATENAY 10.00 per 100 Good 5.00 to 8.00 per 100 SUNRISE 4.00 to 7.00 per 100 CARNATIONS: Standard 2.00 per 100 fancy 3. 00 to 4.00 per 100 PEONIES 75 to 1.00 per doz. I GRAFTED ROSES. S Our grafted roses are fine bushy plants, grown in 3Vi and 4-inch pots and are the best 5 that can be produced. I 1 BRIDESMAIDS ~| i I'vory!.^;:;::::;:::::::::: \ «'8 oo per 100 ^^I.^d^Vgates::::::: \ $15.00 per 100 I J KAISERINS J I J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. DaggerFernsforMemorialDay We would respectfully inform the trade that our new crop Dagger Ferns are now read^'and are A No. 1 quality. Be sure and order them early to avoid disap- pointment. We carry a full assortment of Florists' Hardy Supplies, as follows: Galax, Bronze and Green, $1.00 per 1000. Leucothoe Sprays, Hardy Ferns, Moss, Bouquet Green. Laurel Festooning, £c and 6c per yard. Bjndle Laurel, Etc." New crop Dagger Ferns, $1.50 per 1000. Extra choice ferns, $2.00 per 1000. Try , SC us with an order. Order direct from headquarters. HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., TELEPHO^E, 2618 MAIN. 36 COURT SQUARE, BOSTON. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. A Magnificent Forcing Rose. Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 957, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from 3V2-inch pots, per 1 00, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received. 26 or 60 plants at 100 rate. R.&J.FARQIHAR&CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. Your Advertisement will transact business 365 days in the year, working 24 hours per day, with all the best purchasers in the United States and Canada, if placed in The Best Drun.n.er. THc Amefican FloHst, lgo3. The American Florist. ggi DECORATION OAY PRICE LIST. \ ucbURHiiun UHi rniuc uoi. ^ f» We quote the following; prices, but should the present warm weather J^ ^ continue and the flower market to be lower we will g;ive our cus- j^ ^ tomers the benefit of any reduction that may occur, j* o* ^ ^ Jk f BRIDES AND BRIDESMAIDS. BEAUTIES. stems 39 inches lony:, per dozen. 18 to 2n 12 to In 6 to !* Eslra long, selected, per 100 J709 L'rade, " " 6.01 i. 1 umde. good length, per 100 5 00 . '2 grade, short and medium, per 10 J 4.L0 I ,.„ ^___ , ASSORTED ROSES. election, per 100. LIBERTY. Extra long stems, per dozen J2.00 Medium • " Jl 00 to " Short stems, " 50 to KAISERIN. Medium "• " Jl Oo'to 150 «A 50 tn TR f^ 9 PERLES. i Good length stems, per 100 $6 00 ^ Medium " •• .4.00 ^ CARNATIONS. J* ■ colored i Marquis, Crane and Split ] LILY or THK VALLEY, per 100 $100 CAPE JASMINES, per 100 l.'O ^ perlOOO 10.00 ^ PEONIES, per 100 86.00 to 8.(0 f» COMMON riRHS, per lOO 25 £^ per 1000 2.00 GALAX LUVES, per 100 GREENS. ^ ASPARAGUS, very heavy, per string $ .50 ^ ASPARAGUS SPRAYS, lieavy, per ICO $1.00 to 2.00 ^ SPREN8ERI, fine, per 100 8.C0 to 2.00 Jf SMILAX, floe and heavy, per dozen 2.00 OAUX LUVES, per lOOO 1.2.T li . . Z) Soliciting your order we are, Yours Resp'y ■? '* Bassett & Washburn, ^"^„rr. '^^ Ji Decoration Day THE MOST PROFITABLE HOLIDAY IN THE FLORISTS' CALENDAR. Don't supply your patrons with any but the Choicest Flowers. You can afford to at the prices we are quoting. They will appreciate it, and there's money in it for you. !Si^k We shall have an immense stock specially grown for this occasion, .933^ including Astilbe, Longiflorums, Stocks, Paeonies, etc.; also American Beauty, Bride, Bridesmaid, Liberty, Kaiserin, Carnot, and Golden Gate Roses; Lawson, Lillian Pond and other leading Carnations. Lily of the Valley, Asparagus, Smilax and half a million Hardy Ferns, this year's crop. Order Book Now Open. Get in Early. WELCH BROS. City Hall Flower Market, 15 Province St., BOSTO^, MASS. vmi ^ 662 The American Florist. May 23^y Providence. CLUB MEETING. — ENTERTAINMENT IN JUNE. ^BUSINESS QUIET.— COLEUS AND GERA- NIUMS IN DEMAND. The Florists' Club met Thursday, May 14, and while no business of importance came before the meeting there was a general discussion on current topics and it 'was quite late when adjournment came. It was voted to hold a chowder meeting at the hall the second Thursday in June. This promises to be an interest- ing evening and we may have the pleas- ure of listening to outside talent. Business fo«' the week of May 11 was ■was decidedly quiet. The glut of carna- tions was very pronounced and it is hard work to keep them moving at more than $r per hundred for ordinary. Roses continue plentiful at 2 cents to 5 cents. Coleuses and pink geraniums are in quite brisk demand. Mac. Marinette, Wis.— George Vatter will add 4,000 feet to his range, giving him a total of 18,000 square leet. As soon as the city poothouse is moved off his Pierce avenue property he will erect greenhouses there also. Terre Haute, Ind.— Geo. E. Hunt, manager of the M. A. Hunt Floral Com- pany, states that the peony crop in this section is almost a total failure. The plants were tar advanced when the late spring frosts came and injured them beyond recovery. Rose Plants... Good, clean, strong plants from 2V2-in. pots. Bridesmaids. ..43.00 per 100; $25.00 per lOOO Brides 3.00 per tOO; 25.00 per lOOO Meteors 3.00 per 100; 25.00 per lOOO We guarantee these to be first-class and right in every way. Give us a trial order. Lakeview Rose Gardens. Jamestown, N. Y* Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Meteor Rose Plants 3i-inch, $5.00 per 100; $45.00 per lOOO. Cash with order unless parties known. These plants are guaranteed extra choice. LIBERTY, 3-inch, $8.00 per 100. Will exchange Meteors for good Maids and Brides. BRUNT &NOE, '°.^IJ'^1:°- 1000 Brides. 1000 Maids. 3-inch pots, $4.00 per 100. 2,000 BRIDES 2i-in. pots, $3.00 per 100. Left over from slock reserved for our own planting. THE FLORAL EXCHANGE, EDCELY, Buclts Co., PA. Please mention the American Florist wtien ivritinff TO BOSTON AND RETURN AT ONE FARE for the round-trip from Chicago via Nickel Plate Road, for Christian Scientists' meeting in June. Tickets on sale June 25, 26 and 27, with extended return limit of August l. Stop- over at Niagara Falls, in either direction, without extra charge, and at New York returning- on payment of fee of $1.00. No excess fare charged on any of our trains. Write John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 1 1 3 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago, for detailed information^ Phone Central 2057. .6 Rose Plants Per 100 Per 1000 SOD V. DE PIERRE NOTTING. . $8.00 $75.(i0 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 55.00 METEOR ; 45.00 KAISERIN 3.50 30.00 BRIDESMAID 3.50 30.00 From 2 1-2-inch Pots Per 100 Per 1000 SUNRISE »7.00 BRIDE 3 30 GOLDEN GATE 2.50 PERLE 3.50 »65.(I0 30.00 20.00 30.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY, 3-in. Pots $7.00 per 100; $65.C0 per 1000. All plants sold under express condition that if not satisfactory they are to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., .....CHICAGO. ROSE PLANTS AMERICAN BEAUTY Bridesmaids.. .$3.00 per lOO; 25,00 per lOOO J.A. BUDLONG. Good, clean, strong plants from. 2V4-inch pots. $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. Ivory $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per lOOO 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. ROSE PLANTS From 3 1-2-inch Pots. PER 100 American Beauty, - $8.00 American Belie, - - 8.00 Queen of Edgeiy, - 8.00 Mme. Abel Chatenay, 3-in. 10.00 IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. AUGUST S. SWANSON, St. Paul, Minn. WE OFFER SIRPLIS STOCK In Prim* Condition. Wrils lor Pricet. 1000 Oliver Ames, 4-inch pots. 2 00 Mme. Cusin, 3 and 4-inch pots. 200) Pierpont Morgan, 3 and 4-inch pots. 1000 Sunset. 3 and 4-inch pots. 1000 Perlc des Jardins, 3 and 4-inch pots 3000 Meteor. 3000 Bridesmaid, 3 and 4-inch pots. 3000 Bon Silene. 1 00 Isabella Sprunt. 500 Safrano. 500 Sunrise. 2:00 8-inoh Sprengeri, extra strong, J8.00 per 100. JOHN BREITMEYER & SONS, Dairoll and Mt. Clammens, Mich. GRAFTED Brides S Bridesmaids strong healthy stock. Twice repotted, $15.00 per 100; 8120.00 per ICOO. S. J. REUTER, "^IT^"^^ Rose Plants. 2 1-2-INCH. BRIDE Per 100 Per 1000 PERLE 3.00 25.00 GOLDEN GATE 2.60 20.00 OLIVER AMES IVORY 8.00 25.00 All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. Rooted Carnation Cuttings 26,000 INE 1.00 36,000 MARQUIS 1.00 22,t00 FLORA HILL 1.26 7,000 WHITE CLOUD 1.25 7,000 PROSPERITY 1.50 4,000 GUARDIAN ANGEL 1.50 3,600 NORWAY...." 2.00 8.00 8.00 10.00 10.00 12.00 12.00 17.50 The above number of cuttings are on hand at this issue and are clean, healthy and well rooted. GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave. CniCACO. Rose Plants.. FROM 3-INCH POTS. Strong. Per 100 lOOO American Beauty $6.00 $55.00 Bridesmaid 4.00 35.00 Brides 4.00 35.00 Golden Gate 4.00 35.00 Ivory 3.50 30.00. Michael Wiuaudy, Qreenhouses: 406 DEVON AVENUE, CHICAGO. ILL. Tel. 642 Rogers Park. Please mention the A tnerican Florist when writings I&-OUB DIKECTOBT FOB 1903 WILi; BE HAILED TO YOU'W ierFBO]aPTI.T UFON.APFLICATIOV. FBICE two DOLI.ABS.-9i igoj. The American Florist. 663 HEaPQUARTERS FOR DECORATION DAY Flowers^ Plants and Supplies* E F. WINTER50N CO. SUCCESSOR TO TAKING EFFECT Tuesday, May 26, 1903. McKELLSR & WINTERSON, 45-47-49 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO. SOLICITING A CONTINUANCE OF YOUR ESTEEMED PATRONACE. DECORATION DAY PRICES, CUT FLOWERS. ROSES— American Beauties — Select per doz., $3.00 to $4 00 Medium " 1.50 to 3.R0 " short " .75 10 100 Meteors Liberty. per 100, 4.00 to 10.00 Brides Bridesmaids, Kaiserins 4.00 to 7.00 Perles •• SOito 6.U0 Good Seconds " 4.00 Our Selection, assorted .. . 3.' to 4.0(1 W* aiao have a limited supply ol Coldan Cats, La Franca, Llbartyi Wootton and newer varlelles. CARNATIONS— Extra Select pur 100, S3.00 to It.ro Good quality l.SOto 2.00 Our selectiou, assortL'd ■■ 1.50 Our supply ol Carnations consists ol ail the new and standard varieties, also novelties. MISCELLANEOUS. Cape Jasmines PEONIES, MIGNONETTE MARGUERITES FORGET-ME-NOTS PANSIES in iaraa quantities, SI.OO to $3.00 per 100 Red, Pink, per doz. . 50c to 75c. per 100 S3.00I0 S6.00 White Peonies, per doz 1 .00 lOO, $4 00 2.00 to $3.' l.COto 2.00 .75 to 1.00 .75 to 1.00 TULIPS I CALLAS HARRISII and LONCIFLORUM SWEET PEAS White. GLADIOLI— White per do/,., $1.50 Mi.ted colors " I. .50 $2.00 to 13.00 8.1-0 to 12.00 10.00 to 12.00 .75 to 1.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 DECORATIVE STOCK. FERNS— Adiantum per 1 0. $ .50 tn};1.00 r'omrann Fancv. scarce, subject to ad- vance, per 100 1, J2.5 ' ■■ .30 IVY LEAVES perl0OO,|50Q .60 GALAX LEAVES -Greiu 1,00 .15 lirouze " 1 00 •• .20 LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS 7 5J 1.01 SMILAX-Selecl per doz., 1..50 to 2.00 ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS- Select Strings each. 5Uj to 75c " BOOto 8. CO Sprays bunch 50c sprengeri " .25 to -50 SABAL PALM LEAVES— .Artificial per 100. 3.(0 to 5.00 Any flowers, in or out of season, if obtaiaable anywhere, can be had from us, whether quoted or not. Oareful packing, prompt shipment, fair treatment to all. No order too large, none too small. .50 to .75 P. & D. AT COST. Prices quoted are subject \<\ change without notice. E.xtra select and inferior grades billed according to value. BASKETS, RIBBONS, SILK CORDS, MOSS WREATHS, CYCAS LEAVES AND WREATHS. SPECIALTIES FOR SCHOOL CLOSINGS. Plants for Decoration Day. Fine Salvias, Red Coleus, Cannes, Geraniums, Cobaea Vines, 5-lncti pots, all varieties. BOSTON BERNS, etc. write for weekly price list. Oonsignnaents (Solioi-ted. SPECIAL: 664 The American Florist. May 23, Cheap Ammonia. According to John Speir, says an Eng- lish paper, some ingenious person has on the point of completion a scheme for the acquisition of ammonia from the air for agricultural purposes. The idea is being worked out on a comparatively small scale at present, and it is anticipated that the process will be proclaimed pub- licly in the course of a month or two. It is reasonably calculated that this discov- ery will prove of immense value in cheap- ening the cost of soil fertilizing sub- stances, and important results are looked for in consequence. Gov. Lowndes The finest white Carnation to date. Awarded Certificate of Merit at Brooklyn, scoring 91 points; the highest number awarded to any seedling. It \vas also recently a^varded First Prize and Medal over all other whites at Cin- cinnati. Extra fine cuttings for delivery in April, $2 50 per doz.; $12 per lOO; $100 per 1000. Enchantress, Mrs. Theo. Roosevell, Harlowar- den, Sibyl, Marshall Field, Pres. McKinley, White Bradt, Fragrance. $2 50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100: $IO0.CO per 100). Per Doz. Per 100 Per 1000 ADONIS $3.0' $14.00 $120.00 HER MAJESTY 2.00 10 00 80.00 LILLIAN POND 2.00 10.00 75.00 INNOCENCE 6.00 50 00 Other Leading, New and Standard Varieties. H. WEBER & SONS, OAKLAND, MARYLAND. Please mention the American Florist when writing. 25,000 CARNATIONS %"nU"~' Crocker, Lord, Cr.inc, Cloud, Hill, McGowan, Joost, MoElchard, floe red, and Seott, $1.50 per 100; $13.00 per 100 . 10,000 Potted Cannas 6e I liest named 20,000 Dormant Cannas 2c j" sorts. 500 Caladiums. started in sand, 6c. 1,000 Ampelopsis Veitohi dor. , lur?e lop, $4 per 100. Cash please. Send for List. BENJ. CONNELL, West Grove, Pa. CHRYSANTHEMIMS. Fine rooted cuttings of the following varieties: Halllday. Willowbrgok, T. Eaton. Col. U. «ppl-ton, Rieman, Lincoln, Hayes, Ivory Pink and White, M. Dean, W. M61atsch. J. Shrimpton, Robinson and Adrian at $1.50 per 100; J. R. Weir, 50c each, 14.00 per doz. , $23.00 per 100. Cash with order. Address H. A. MOLATSCH, ^'anri-'r"- OEXIC'S'S.^lWrXXE^AHJIVXJS. White. Per 100 Pint. Per 100 Mme. Diedereich. $10.00 Mrs. Coombs $3.00 Mme. Carburg.... 10.00 Kansas City Star.. 2.00 Adrian 2.0O Yanariva 150 Calvat '09....;.... 2.00 Lavender Queen.. . 2.00 Mrs.Tranter 2.50 White Flushed. PolarQueen 2 00 Colette 2.50 Yellow. Bronze. Mrs.Taggart 3.00 Edgar Sanders 2.00 Prices are for rooted cuttings. Can ship promptly. Not less than 25 of a kind at above rates. W. A. CHALFAWT. Springfield, Mo. CHRYSANTHEMUMS SSW'n^gs G. Kalb. Polly Rose, Olory of the Pacific, Ivory, white and pink: Mrs. H. Robinson, Mrs. Murdook, F. B. Hayes, Yellow Monarch, M. Henderson, B. Halliday. W. Molatsch, Bonnaffon, Appleton and many others, $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 10^0. T. Eaton, $1.50 per 100. Cash with order. C. F. NEIPP, Aqueduct, Jamaica P. C, Woodha'ven Station, L. I.. N. Y. From 2V4- Inch Pots. 20,000 'MUMS T. Eaton, Appleton, Bonnaffon, Maud Dean, Mrs. Jones, Ivory and many more at $2.25 per 100; 300 our selecJtion for $5.00 ' Li befal count to help pa y express. If you are in the market for large num- ber write us for special price. 'Phone connection. eOOLIDGE BROS., South Sudbuiy, Mass. If you want the Best Paying Crop that you can plant for Summer, plant The Pierson Fern (NEPHROLEPIS PIERSONI) There is nothing that you can plant that will increase in value so rapidly as this fern. The demand has been so great, and our advance sales so large, that we have not offered it recently, having only just completed filling advance orders. We have a nice lot of young stock coming on, and can fill all orders received from this date promptly on receipt. Even at the present high price it has been impossible to keep up with the demand, and. there is sure to be a tremendous demand for it another season when it can be offered at lower prices. Now is the time lo invest in it and get the benefit of the tremendous demand and good prices which are sure to prevail another season. The Boston Fern, although it has been cultivated many years is still scarce. As Nephro- lepis Piersoni will sell better and be in greater demand even than the Boston Fern, we predict a scarcity of Nephrolepis Piersoni for several years to come and at big prices. Owing to the great and continued demand, we do not expect to be more than able to meet the demand this spring, so that customers can rest assured that there will be no change in price this season. We offer strong young plants, 2i-inch pots at $9.00 per dozen; 50 plants at 60c each; 100 plants at 50c each; 500 plants at 45c each; 1000 plants at 40c each. Extra large plants, 6-inch pots, $27.00 per dozen; 50 plants at $1.80 each; 100 plants at $1.50 each. These large plants will make fine stock for growing on into large specimens for; fall trade, and they are also very nice for immediate sales. -■ TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSONj NEW YORK. F. R. PIERSON CO. YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti- vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. ^5.00 per doz.; $50 per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT CRAIG on II l^^rket and 49th Streets, OUN; PHILADELPHIA, PA. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. C HRYSaNTHEMUMS. ESTELLE, (Altick) $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100 Lady Fitzwygram, white and yellow, Lady Harriet 4.00 per 100 Willowbroolt, Timothy Eaton and Col. Appleton .' 3.00 per 100 From 2-inch pots. Carnation Cuttings in the New and Standard Varieties. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 2 1-2-incli Steele in fine sliape at $3.00 per liundred. nOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis. igo3. The American Florist. 665 Dracaena Indivisa FOR VASES. A fine lot or 6-inoli pot plants in excellent condition. 13.50 per dozen; t3o.OO per lOU. Ampclopsis Veitchi. %,«o% !;:.'r ?;.'■""'' "'" ■"""'• *' °"' '"' """■"" Ampclopsis Virglnica. ^'J^^ofprrioir'"'" '"" """''■ *''' ""^ "'""' Clematis, Large r lowered. In viirietv; 5 inch pot plants, $3.50 per ilo/.en; $25.00 pel' 100. DRACAEMA LAST CALL FOR DECORATION DAY. Thue (ollowing plants in siz>s named at the fight price for the quality of stock sent. Rush order< as Decoration Day will soon be here. See list below: Geraniums, 2i, 3 and 4-inch. Double Petunias, 2, 3 and 4-inch. Salvias, rooted cuttings, 2 and 3-inch. Heliotrope, 2 and 2i-inch. Coleus, rooted cuttings. 2 and 3-inch. Verbenas, 2, 2i, and 3-inch. Ageratum, 2 and 3-incb. Marguerites, 2 and 4-inch. Lobelia, 2-inch. Cannas, 3 and 4-inch. Fuchsias, 3 and 4-in. Lantana, 2 and 3-in. Cuphea, 2-inch. Achyranthes, 2|-inc.hr' Ivy Geraniums. 2Wn. Alyssum, 2-inch. Pelargoniums, 4-inch. Rose Geraniums, 3-inch. Transplanted Asters. Stock and Bellis Daisy, Begonias,.FIowering and Re.x, 3 and 4-in. Asparagus, •'plumosus, 1\, 4 and 5-inch. Sprengeri, flats, 2, 3, 4 and 8-inch. Hibiscus, 4-inch. Carnations, 2-in. Joost, Crocker, Hoosier Maid, Fisher. Bostons, all sizes from 4-inch up. Roses, all kinds for forcing. "■kQEO.I. KUHL.Pekin,lll. for Decoration Day 4,000 line, thrifty, Geraniums, mostly red, best Ijedding kinds, 3)4-inch. $5.50 per 100; 4-incli, $7.00 per 100. 5.000 stroDj.'VliiCM.S'-i-inch, 13.50; 3-iDch,$4.00. BiK value to close. VtriMoaa, Henderson's Mammotli, good colors, $-3.00 per UO PMinln, 4-inch, full of bloom, .$6,00 per 100. PloM*. in full bloom, $l..50 per 100. Ivy GtranluiiM, l-inoh. tS.On; 3-inch, *o '0 per 100. Tgkcrou* Reotad Bigonlat, line, 4-in., (8.00 per ao Colras, O-inch. Hue assortment, $2.50 per 100. ^"Our Geraniums are especially fine. W. H. GULLETT & SONS, LINCOLN. ILL. It is good business policy to mention The.... AMERICAN FLORIST When you write to an advertiser. Ilnch pots. Jerusaluni Cherry, 2M-inch pots, iihy Prlmraiei, 'iVa-mch pots, -iv^c. each. Baby Prlmro***, 3-inch pots, $4.00 pet lOi'. Clean stuff. M. F. LaROCHE, Collingdale, Pa. TheHorticultural Trade Journal THE LARGEST, BRIGHTEST AND BEST Horticultural Trade paper in tlie British Isles. It oontain* MORE AOVEBTISEMENTS, MOBE ILLUSTRATIONS and MORE NEWS than any of its contemporaries. Read by the whole of the British trade and all the best European hoiiies every week. Annual subscription, TB cent*. Specimen copy post free. Published weekly. ""^" — ' — Y,y, J . - - ~ TAKE A TRIP over the Nickel Plate Road and be convinced of its supeiior train service. Solid through daily express trains between Chicago, Ft. Wayne, Findlay, Fostoria, Erie, Buffalo, New York City and Boston. Ameiican Club Meals, ranging in price from 3Sc to $1.00, served in Nickel Plate dining cars; also service a la carte. Rates always the lowest. No excess fare charged on any train on the Nickel Plate Road. Chicago depot: Harrison St. and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Offices, 111 Adams St., and Auditorium Annex. John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 1 1 3 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago. 'Phoiie Central, 2057. 2 Mention the American Florist when (vriting to advertisers on tl^is page. igo3. The American Florist. en7 SPECiSL OFFER, Siebrecht & Son, Rose Hill Nurseries, NEW ROChELLE, N. V. Areca Lutescens. Eui-h Doz. Iltu 5-in. pots, 30-in. high, 3 to 4 plants in [lot, fine phints I .SO ( ft.OO $ -JUOO 6-in. " 30to31-in. high, " 75 8.C0 W.IIO 6-in. " 3B-in. high, " 1.00 11.00 90 IK) 40-in. h ^ . 40-in. high, 1.50 estra strong 1.75 20.00 extra line... 2.00 22.50 extrii strong 2.50 27.50 Kentia Belmoreana. 5-in. pots, 24-i 5-in. '■ 24-i 6-in. •• 2< to 28-1 6-in. " 26 to 30- 6-in. " 36 to 38- . high. 6 to 7 It';ives. 7-in. 7-in. high, higli, 38.in. high, 7 to 8 le to 40-in. high, selected plants 2.50 .60 6.50 55.00 .65 7 50 60.00 1.10 12.00 95.00 l.is 13.00 110.00 1.50 17 00 2.00 22.50 2.25 2400 r.50 Kentia Porsteriana. 5-in. pots, 24-in. high. 5 to 6 leaves. 5-in. •• 30-in. high, *' 8-in. " 36-in. high, " 7-in. •■ 40-in. high. " 7-in. " 40 to 45-in high •' .50 5.50 40.00 .85 900 70.00 1.20 13.50 110.00 1.75 20.00 2.00 22.50 Bush Kentias. Sand 4 plants in a pot, grown and eBtablished together. 5-in. pots, 18-in. high 65 '■6 51 50.00 5-in. " 20 to 24-in. high 75 8.00 67.50 8-in. " 36-in. high 2.50 22.00 Kentia Wendtlandii. Dracaena Indivlsa. . 13 lol5-ili. high Dracaena Fragrans. , 13 III I5-in. high, line thrifty stoi-1; 18 to 30-in. high, " 30 to31-in. high. " Each Do/. 100 $ .16 J 3.00 $l2ii0 Dracaena Massangeana. pnts, lino plunts for t 5 in. " line plants, line Pandanus Utilis. 6-in. pots, One health v plants .50 5..5U 7-in. " '■ . '■ 75 8.00 7-in. *' extra flnc and strong i.oo 11.00 Crotons in the Finest Varieties. 4-in. pots, in good condition ■j.b 3.75 30.00 Gardenia Veitchii. True winter flowering variety, 5-in. pots, fine stocliy plants 75 8.00 6-in. " " with flowtr buds 1.00 II. lO 6-in. " extra flue stocky plants with flower b-ds 1..50 16.00 3-in. " will be ready for shipment June 1st 35 4.00 30.00 Cannas. Of all leading varieties. 4-in. pots, strong, well established plants. Dahlias. fiease mention the A 4-in. pots, well established plants. Consisting of all the newest varieties of Cactus, Deco- rative, Fancy, Show and Pompon Florist when writing. In. pots. Doz. 100 Abutilon. Savitzii 2 J .50 J3.00 *gera»um. Variegated 3 .60 4.00 Altornantheras, red, yellow, pink.. 2'4 .50 3.00 »ly»sum. double 2H .50 3.00 •nthericum variegatum 3 .75 5.00 Bouvardia 2 .50 3.00 Bowardia. pink, white scarlet 2^ .50 3.00 Cannaa, Florence \*au2han, Mrae. Crozv. Eagandale. Queen Char- lotte". 3 .60 4.00 Coleus, VerscbaSeltii, Golden Bed- der iM .50 3.00 Cobsea Scandeni 3 .75 5.00 Clematis Paniculate, strong 4 1.50 10.00 Clematis Paniculate 3 .75 6.00 Gold»n Feather 2 .35 2.00 Heintropes. 'lark blue and white. 3 .50 3.00 Ivy, English, hardy strong plants. .4 1.50 10.00 l»j. Parlor 2H ..50 3.00 Periwinkle, variecated ...4 1.50 10 00 Lantenas, Le Naine 3 .50 3.00 Lobeliai. dark and light blue, white .50 3 00 Lemon Verbenas 4 1.00 7.00 Petunias, double white 2i4 .50 3.00 Salvias. Bonfire 2i4 ..50 3.00 Tropaeolum, double dwarf 2i4 .50 3.(0 Carnations. McGowan and Wm. Scott, hardened off in cold irames, from soil, $2.00 per 100; |15.IXI per ICOO. C. EISELE, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 1 1h and Jefferson SIrests. ^limine Qtnpir "^ carnation Plants for sale. OUIPIUO OlUUH 2-in., No. 1 stock. 2000 Mete- ors; lOOj Scott; 1000 Genesee, white; 1000 Mit- ting. white. $12..50 per 1000, Will take in exchange Hvdrangeas, Thomas Hogg and Otaksa; Xutt Geraniums or 2'.-inch Boston Ferns. Cmt. BHOWH. 1409 W. Tuiearawat SI., Canton. 0. MOLLER'S DEUTSCHE GIRTNER ZEITUNG The most widely circulated German gardening Jouroal. treating of ail departments of horticulture and floriculture. Numerous eminent correspon- dents in all parts of the world. An advertising medium of the highest class. MoUer's Deutsche Gartner Zeitung is published weekly and richly illustrated. Subscription 83 00 per annum, including postage. Sample copies free. Japanese Fern Balls 5-inch and 7 to 9-inch Sizes. Write for prices on quantities. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO, NEW YORK. 84-86 Randolph St. 14 Barclay St. Vegetable Plants. Per 1 Per 1000 Cabbage, Jersey W.akefield $ .35 $3.00 Tomatoes, all kinds 50 4.50 Feverfew, 2i-inch 2.00 Centaurea Gymnocarpa, 3-incii . 2.00 Otlier bedding plants. Wfiat do you want? WM. CLARK, Batavia, III. Grand Rapids Violet Stock Imperial, Marie Louise and Swanley White, divis- ions and rooted cuttiufcs. $10.00 per 1000. Lady Campbell. |7..tO per 1000. Pot Plants. |25per lOOj. GERANIUMS. 4-inch. S. A. Nutt. Dbl. White, Bi uanti and Pink, without pots, IB.OO per 100. CBABB & ItUNTEB, Orand Rapids, Mich THE PRINCESS OF WALES VIOLET. I have the largest and healthiest slock in the country and am booking orders now for stron? young plants for present deliver , at $2.(0 per ILO; $15.00 per lOOJ. 500 at thousand rates. WILUAIVI SIM, Clifiondale, Mass. '^LFJintersonCo. Supply Everything Used by Florists', Nurserymen, Gardeners, Seedsmen Cemeteries, Parks, Etc. HEADQUARTERS on GUT FLOWERS. 45-47-49 Wabash Ave. Telephone f* }U M t* "K t* ^^ Main 1129 •••l^Il I f^ AUU* ^MAPQ ^^^ SOlTHIiRN oiii/\ro rioRiSTs .=.00 Kcaulies for Ijcnching, 2'.4-incli, ISOO |.^•r 100; 3V4-inch, $10.00 per 100. 3000Smilax. S^s-inch, S3.0fl per 100. Qualilv of plants guaranteed. Cash with order. ROSEMONT GARDENS. Montgomery, Ala. Orchids ! i^ Our stc'k of Orchids, both established - and iiirporird, is unsurpassed in (|ualiiv this season. W'l- have also Orchid baskets. Peat and flne Sphagnum of best quality. Write for prices. Lager &. Hurrell, summit, n. j. Orchid Orowera and Importers, riNE HEALTHV STOCK. Brides and Bridesmaids, 2^-inch pots, $3..w per 100; 3-inch, $5.00 per 100. Dbl. Petunias, 2'/j-inoh, $3.00 per 100. Assl. Coleus. 2- noh. $3 OJ per lOO. Lobelia, trailing, blue, 2inch. $2.00 per 100. Ageratum, 3 varieties, 2-inch, $2.00 per 100. Alter- nanthera, 3 varieties, 3-inch, $3.00 per 100, Cash please. p_ , haRT, Hackeltstown, N. J 668 The American Florist. May 2j, Marion Ind. On a recent call at the Maple Heights Greenhouses, of which Gunnar Teilmann is the proprietor, I found the place in splendid shape for this busy season of the year. Four houses were filled with especially fine geraniums in 4-inch pots. The plants had certainly been handled with the best of judgment, as they were well branched and carried from five to nine flower stems. The illustration on page 634, reproduced from a photo- graph, shows an average specimen. J. W. Bernard is building a new office and cut flower cellar. He has a nice lot of well grown bedding and reports good trade in design work. The new dwelling in course of construction is an unmis- takable indication of prosperity at this place. The Marion Floral Company has its stock in fine shape and is breaking ground for two new houses. H. Kansas City, Mo.— The summer meet- ing of the Missouri State Horticultural Society will be held at Pertle Springs, (Warrensburg) Mo., June 3-5. Theforty- sixth annual meeting of the society will be held at Columbus, Mo., December 1-3. Carnation Cuttings We are now booking orders for rooted cuttings. List of varieties and prices sent on application. The Cottage Gardens. Queens, L. I. BEGONIA ?iK 2^-inch pots, $15.00 per 100. Write for prices on large lots. Stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease. THOMAS ROUIID, Nahant, Mass, IT WILL PAY YOl to work up lb stock of Trago. Absolutely the best semi-double Scarlet Geranium to date. Either as a bedder or a pot plant; it cannot be excelled. Strong 3H-inch plants, $8.00 per 100. S. S. SKIDELSKY. 70 8 N. 16th St., PHILADELPHIA. CYCLAMENS. Cyclamen Persicum Splendens G ganteum. Fini:st strain in the world in four true colors, transplanted from flats, f3.00 puf 100; $3.5.00 per (000; extra fine plants from 2S4-inch pots J.'i.OO per 100; t45.C0perI 00. Satisfaction Guaranteed. PAUL MADER, E. Stroudsburg, Pa. Please mention the American Florist when writing. $19.00 FROM CHICAGO TO BOSTON AND RETURN $19.00 Via Nickel Phite Road, account meeting of Christian Scientists, June 2S-July l. Tickets on sale June 25, 26 and 27, with open return limit of June 28. By depositing tickets with Joint Agent in Boston on July l, 2, 3 or 4, and payment of fee of 50c, extended limit returning until August l may be obtained. Stopover at Niagara Falls, in either direction, without e.xtra charge. No excess fare charged on any of our trains. Three trains daily. Through vestibuled sleeping cars. American Club meals served in dining-cars on Nickel Plate Road; also meals a la carte. Address John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 1 1 3 Adams St., Room 29s, Chicago, for reservation of sleeping-car space and other information. 'Phone'Central 2057. 8 HAERENS BROS.,'"""^^'*"- Belgium.. EXTENSIVE GROWERS OF AZA.LEA INDICA, PALMS, RHODODENDRONS and other DECORATIVE and EASTER FORCING PLANTS We are the originators and owners of the new and beautiful Azalea, Easter Lady, (or Haerensiana). A soft pink, and we make the special offer of $25.00 for 100 nice 12 to 14- inch plants, at our nursery. Send your orders for fall dehvery promptly to our Agents for the United States and Canada. August Rolker & Sons, " =ro'.^^'."7S.™"" AMERICAN BEAUTY E^rZ: GOLDEN GATE, from 2-inch pots, $20.00 per 1000. AM. BEAUTY from beds, $8.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000. Cash with order. J. HENRY BARTRAM, Box 5, Lansdowne, Pa. WHILE THEY LAST. Centaurea Gymnocaroa 3 Cannas, best varieties 4 Coleus 2 Feverfew. Little Gem 2 Salvia Splendens and BonBre 2 Sweet Alyssum, double 2 Petunias, large, double flower.... 2 Fuchsias 2 Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, large, in bloom 4 S. A. Nutt 2/2 Mme. Salleroi 2 Eose, extra strong 214 Lobeliat, Crystal Palace 2 Smihx. from flats Pansies, choice, in bloom, 50o, T6c, $1.50 4.01 1.50 2 00 2.00 1.50 2.00 2.00 2 00 7.00 250 200 2.60 1.50 IQOO 112.50 35 00 13 50 18.00 18.00 13.50 18.00 IS.OO 18.(0 N. C. MOORE, Batavia, IIL SPECIALTIES ROSES, Irom 3-inoh pots, w |».»ct CARNftTIONS, lorall delivery, *" "*'"' CHRYSANTHEMUMS, SMILAX, VIOLETS. Varieties Prices Low. Send for List. WOOD BBOTHEBS, Fisiliiill, N.Y, GERANIUMS. Elegant stock in flower. 4-inch, extra, S. A. Nutt, Glory de France, Gen. Grant and other varie- ties, 16.00 per 100, 3-inch, flne stutf, Ul.OO per 100. VINC4S, variegated, long vines, »8 00 per 100. DRACAENA IND., 6-inch pots, $3.00 per dozen. Cash with order. GEO. n. BENEDICT, Yorkville N. Y. FOR ONE-YEAR-OLD SEEDLINGS OF Phoenix Roebelenii Per 1000 $50.00, and PHAUENOPSIS SCHILLERIANA apply to HILDESHEIM, CERMANV. GYGLflMENS.... OUR SPECIALTY. Once transplanted from flats. No better strain growing, $2.00 per 100; $17.50 per 1000. C. WINTERICH. Defiance. 0. New Violet -'SOUTHERN BEAUTY. A new violet large as a pansv: white variegated with blue: a perlect beauty, $3.00 per 100; $15 00 per lOOO. Callforniii. Princess of Wales and Russian Violet;, $1.50 per lOO; $10.00 per 1000. .MRS. J. 0. CRABB, Cadirtovm, Gi. Always mention tlie American FIo- fist when you order stock ,jt NEW, ALL Drices: lOOLBS.@8''i5 200LBS.@8f 500LB1@7V STOCK SIZES Vaiigban's Seed Store, 'Z^^ GERANIIMS For Decoration Day. Per 100 2000 4-inch, White Geraniums, all in bloom 18.00 lOOO Red, 4-inch 8.00 2000 Red, 3-inch 6.00 Also have left 1(00 nice Hermosa Roses, 2i/»-inch 3.10 J. C. MURRAY, PEORIA, ILL. Please mcnii'on the A mcrican Florisl when writivH- GERANIUMS. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Special Price, $1.25 per 100. 2500 each of Heteranthe and Jean Viaud. 500 each of Bonnot, Acteon, Poitevine and La Favorite. 250 each of Perkins, Riccard, Harrison and Jaulin. 1000 Castris and 750 Landry. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI 3, 3K and4-iiich pots, at $4.00, $5.00 and 17.00 per 100 respectively. Ready to shift. Carnation Cuttings, as long as they last, cheap. Prices on application. JOHN BROD NILES CENTER, ILL. Please mention the American Florist when writing. tgo3. The American Florist. 669 DREER'S Aquatic Plants HARDY and TENDER NYYPHAEAS. NELUMBIUMS in VARIETY. VICTORIAS, ETC. We are headquarters for all kinds of Aquatic Plants. Now is the lime to plant. Write us for information, if you are uncer- tain as to what, or how to plant. Henry S. Dreer, PHILADELPHIA. Pa. 99 The Most Beautiful Fern "Anna Foster See page S86 Am. Florist. April 4. 3-inch plants, good size, $20.00 per 100. S.OOlBosten Ferns :it riSOO per 100. Now ready. t'ut from Bench. Small Boitons. Orders now booked for summer delivery. $5.00 per 100; 140 00 per 1000. There will be a great call for Bostons this spring. Kentia Palms, great value to the buyer at 150.00, 175.00, 1100.10 per 100. Red Ribbed Rubbers. 3 ft., 16.00 per dozen. Long line of e.xtni stock bedding plants in Gera- niums, Vincas, German Ivf. Heliotrope. Ageratum. Coleus. Daisy. Lemon Verbenas. Alternantheras, Etc L. H. FOSTER, 45 King St.. Dorchester, Mass. WHY BUY \mx Begonia Lorraine? WHY NOT GROW YOUR OWN? Complete and minute instructions how to grow them from the start, and grow them successlully. Propagate them by the hundreds and thousands as easy as any other begonia, in fact easier, if you know how. It will be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars to you and 1 will sell it to to you for $10. Here is your chance. h. JABLONSKY, Wellston, Mo. nticn the American Florist when z Tomato Plants. D. Champion and Beautv. from seed bed.$!.5J per 1000. Hot grown UrMinl,3-in.D0ct.erdoz., jaoo per 100. SMILAX— 2-inch, Jl.OO per 101. 3!4-inch, cut back. 12.50 per IOj. Cash with order. Early Cabbage all sold lor the prtsent. F. CRISWOLD, Worthington. O. $19.00 TO BOSTON AND RETURN $19.00. With membership fee of $2.00 added, account of annual meeting of National Educa- tional Association. Tickets will be on sale via the Nickel Plate Road July 2nd to 5th, inclusive, good returning from July 8th to 12th inclusive, without being deposited with Joint Agent. Additional limit to return not later than September 1st can be obtained by depositing return portion of ticket with Joint Agent and payment of 50c for execution. Superior train service and excellent dining- car meals, on American Club plan, ranging in price from 3Sc to $1.00; also a la carte service. Write John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 AdamS St., room 298, Chicago, for time of departure of train from Chicago and other detailed information. 3 American Florist when writing to an advertiser. IMPORTED O Kf^nlLf!9« For FLORISTS. Cymbldium eburneum, large, pure white llow- ers, plants run from 2 to 4 growths, 125.00 per 100 growths. Dandroblum densifioruiii, 13 to 15 bulbs, %HM per do^en. D. lormosum giganleum, extra fine stock, large due bulbs, 8 to 12 bulbs to the plant, $34 00 per dozen. D. noblle. or this most useful orchid we offer plants with 8 to 10 bulbs, $100.00 per 100; 10 to 15 bulbs, $150.00 per 100. D. Pierardll, 10 to 13 bulbs, $1,5.00 per'dczen. D. Wardianum gioanteum, one of the most useful of all plants, with 4 to 5 bulbs, extra strong. $125.00 per 100 D. Lilulflorum, 8 to 13 bulbs. $15.00 per dozen. Vanda Coerulea, (the Blue Orchid). Of this grand orchid we have 5000 plants; which we offer as follows: Nice sturdy plants, 8 to 12 inches long. $100.00 per 100; plants 15 to 18 inches Ions. $150.00 per 100. Catlleya lablata, tine, well leaved plants. 6 to 8 bulbs, $li.00 and $15.00 per dozen. LAGER & HURREL, °^^'-^= Summit, N. J. LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE, I 1 8-A SUMMITT. Nutt. Poitevineand Riccard. i,$3.t0.$6.roand»7.0Jiierl(0. m, 2ii and S-incb i ots, $2.00 A FEW 600D THINGS YOU WANT. Special low prices on palms to close out. Fine clean stock, cool grown and well shaped plants, none better. ARECA LUTESCENS, 3 plants to pot, 4, t> and 6-inch, 125, $40 and $100 per 100, KENTIA Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 3, 4 5 ano 6-inoh 112, 125, 140, 1100 per 100. REX BEGONIA, 2 and 3-inch, t4 and 16 per 100 ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, 3-incb. $5, per 100. DRACAENA INDIViSA, 3-inch, $5.00 per IIW' 4, 6-in., Ilu, r26 per lui> ENGLISH IVY, 2 and 3-inch, S3 and $6 per 100 VINCA VAR.. 2-in., $2.00; 3-in., $4.00 per 100. GERANIUMS, single Gen. Grant, double Gen, Grant, S. A. Nutt, Bonnot. Francis Perkins, 2-in. $2..50 per 100; 3-inch pots. (.5.00 per 100. GLADIOLUS bulbs, good mixture. 50c per ICO. PANSIES, ready to bloom, $1.00 per 100. Verbena, Scarlet Sage, Petunia, Coleus, mixed: Ageratum, Blue and White, Lobelia; Achyranthas, red: Alternantheras, red and yel- low: Heliotrope, Giant Alyssum and Lemon Verbenas. All 2-inch Pols. KM per 100. Cannas, :!-inch, $4.00 per 100. GEO. M. EMMANS, NEWTON, N. J. Blooming Planis For DECORATION DAY Geraniums fliu-.^itock. 2H. 3. anil4-iii. poti Petunias, Superb strai :ind 13.00 p.T lOO. Veibenas. 3'j and 3-i Coleus, GoUhii Bedde i3.0U |"T 110. Salvias, line 2H and 3-ineh.$2.C0andS3.00 per If 0. Lob ha, 2'i and 3-in. pots. $3.00 and $3.IX) per 100. Ageratutn. iv- and 3-in. pots. $2.00and $3.00 perl 0. StocVs. double and singli\ 2y. and 3-ini-h, $2.00 and $3.10 per 100. AlvMUm. 2V4 and 3-inch. $2.00 and $3,110 per 100. Violet', Princess of Wales, $1.50 per 100: $12 per 1000; Californi;! and Dorsett. $1 p.rl 0: $7.50 per lOiX). This stock IS Al. just right for planting out. WAV£RLY6REENH0U$ES, Tuckahie.N.Y VERBENAS In Bud and Bloom. aVa-inch pots, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per lOOO 3-inch pots, 3.00 per 100; 25.00 per 1000 J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. DAHLIAS. A choice lot of field-grown roots, named varie- ties. $5.00 per lOP. Our selection, $4.00 per. 100: mixed double varieties. $3 00 per 100; mixed single varieties, $2.00 per ICO. For varieties see former WAGNER PARK CONSERVATORIES, Sidney, U. Seasonable Stock. Acalypha Bicolor Compacts. t'4-iii. pots 2.50 Qeranlums. Kest standard varieties. 2H-iii- I>ots. includinij siicli varieties as S. A. Nutt. Jean Viaud, Mme. Landry etc., in ten Ih'sI bedding sorts, equal portinn of -•a.-l,. i>er 1000 $25.C0; 3.00 Mine. Salleroi, 2^-inch pots 2.50 Helianihus, Maximilliana, Miss Mellisb. M ultillorus, Maximus, Rigidus and Tomen- tosus. 2^-in. pots 3.00 Multiflorus Grandi-Plenus (Soleil d'Orj clumps 6,00 Pefargonluni5. fine assortment, 2H->Q> P ts our selection 7 00 Salvia, Spl^ndens, Bonfire. Gi.antea, Glnrv of ^tuttga^t, 2»4-inch pots... 3.f0 Splendpi'S Triumph, new 5.00 Vinca. Major Var,, 2H-in pots, extra strong 3.C0 Nathan Smith & Son, ADRI4N, MICH. Mease mention the A merican Elorist 7vhen ivriting. SPECIAL MAY SALE. 150.000 PLANTS AND ROOTED CUTTINGS. IN BUO AND BLOOM. GERANIUMS. The following superb bedders: Alp. Riccard, S. A. Nutt. Jean Viaud E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine, Mine. Buchner. Extra strong rooted cuttings, readv for 2^i-inch pots, $1.50 per 100; $14.00 per ICOO. Ptiunlat, Double fringed. Ten distinct noveties from H- nderson and Dreer's latest sets, labeled. Rooted cuttings, 75c per 101); $6.00 per lOOO; a-inch $1.60 per irn, 2!4-inch, $3.00 per lOO VERSENAS. 20 mammoth varieties, labeled. Rooted cuttings 50c per lOu; $4.00 per ICOO; 2'-4- ineh. $l.2.iper 100. FEVERFEW. Little Gem, 2-inch, $1.50 per 100. 2;4-inch. $2.00 ner 100. AGERATUM. P. Pauline, Stella Gurnev, 2-inch, $1.25 per 100: 3!4-inch, $1.50 per 100. SALVIAS. Bonfire, St. Louis, 2'/2-inch, $1,50 per 100. ALYSSUM. Double Giant. 2,'-4-inch, $1.50 per 100. FUCHSIAS. 4 leading sorts, 2-inch, (2.10 per luO. VINCA VAR. iM-incl, $1.50 per 100. The W.T.Buckley Plant Co., Springfield. III. Alternantheras ^%?i^^"^ strong rooted cuttings at .50c per IIO: $4.00 per ICOO. btrong plauts in 2-inch pots, $l."n per 100. X^JV-VIS :B^0S., MorrUon, IH. 670 The a mer i ca w Flokis f. May 2^, New Bedford, Nass. MUCH FDNERAL WORK.— FLORISTS BUSY ON LAWNS AND GARDENS.— MANY OUT- DOOR PLANTS DEAD OR DAMAGED. The sale of cut flowers continues to be good with prices somewhat lower. There is a good deal of funeral work right along. The outlook for the sale of garden plants and shrubs is v.ery promising. The unusu- ally warm weather in March started shrubs and vines into growth, and then it turned cold in April. In consequence there is a lot of dead plants and vines. About all the honeysuckles in town are killed to the ground, and wistarias, cle- matis, English ivy, privet and many other plants are killed or seriously injured. A number of the florists are very busy with work on lawns and gardens and replacing dead plants. S. J. Donaghy has a seedling which he claims to be a hybrid of Amaryllis John- son! and A. Belladonna. Wm. Livesey, who has been several years with R. H. Woodhouse, has gone to work for A. N. Pierson, Cromwell Conn. W. G. Kraber is soon to remove to New York state. A. B. H. Springfield, Mass.— H. Grout has sold out his business at 239 Pine stneet to M. F. Higgins. Clara Cemetery Vase Pf R DOZ- $3.50. BOXED. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, GENERAL AGENTS, NEW YORK. CHICAQO. The Art ...of Floral Arrangement The only special newspaper in the world for floral arrangement. 200 ILLUSTRATIONS ANNUALLY. Specimen number free. Subscription, $2.40 yearly. BINDEKUNST-VERLAG J. OLBERTZ. ERFURT. GERMANY. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing Cannas $4,00 Per 100 From 3-inch pots. Well established plants. Our selection of varieties. All standard sorts. Good variety of colors. (See catalogue No. 5 for varieties and prices on purchaser's selection). Kentia ii Belmoreana if 2^ 3-i Pots Pots J $6.00 per 100. 1 ] $50.00 per 1000. ^ j $12 00 per 100. I I $100.00 per 1000. % Cycas Revoluta Stems Salvia Splendens. 10c per lb. $8.50 per 100 lbs. $3.00 per 100. ANEMONE JAPONICA From 2H-inch Pots. Alba, Rubra, Whirlwind $3 00p'!r 10\ Queen Charlotte 4.00 per 100. Hydrangea ]»::;:.[ RIBBON GRASS ( Phlaris Arundinacea Variegat ) $3.00 per 100. \ The Storrs & Harrison Co., lake'^cou^ntyI'^hio. GERANIUMS Per 100 Tocloso out 3'/o andS-inch pots $S.OO Alternanthera, Ri'd and Yellow 2.00 Asparagus Sprengeri, fine plants 2 00 Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, .Tu y 2.ria Asparagus Plumosus Nanus $eed.t6.50 per 1000 I'entaurea Gymnocarpa 2.00 COLEUS Per 100 15 var. , 2 and 3!4-in. pots 82.1 Smilax 3-in. pot l.CO Vinca Variegata, 2-in. pels 2.00 Chinese Primroses, July 2.(0 ODconica Alba and Rosea 2.00 Foibesi 2.(0 O^sln. X*l^^eie. JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, Delaware, O. Starlad. Ready for Pelting. Egandale, Souv. de Antoine Crozy, Florence Vaughan, J3.00 per 100. Alphonse Bouvier. Burbank, Chas. Henderson, .1. C. Vaughan, J3.50 per 100. Peachblow, Shenandoah, Morning Star, L. E. ISally, 82.00 per 100. Our Selection, $2.00 per 100. The above varieties, 3-inch pots, price J5.00 per 100. Liberal discounts on large orders. May and .June delivery. ALTERNANTHERAS. red, yellow and pink, 2-inch pots. S2.0D per 100. VINCA MAJOR VAR., White Leaf, 2-inch, fine, $3.00 per 100. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, Ex. fine, 2H-inch, $3.50 per 100. SANSEVIERIAZEYLANICA, 3-inch, ready for 5-in., 75c per dozen. CYC4S, Ex. fine, plants, 5 to C fronds, 60c; 7 to 8 fronds, 75o. A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, O. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing- Asparagus Sprengeri ipedaity.. 2yj-in., J3.00 per 100; 3 in., $4.00; 4-in., $8.00; 5-in., $15.00; 6-ln., J25.00 per 10 '. Asparagus Plumosus 2iA-in.,$4.00 per 10). Boston Feros, 5-in., $25.00; 6-in., $40 00 per 100. Imoatiens Sultani, 4-inch, $10.00 per 100. Rooted Cuttings. J2.0O per lOJ. Roses, 2!4-inch. Maids, Brides, (Kovember cut- tings) 12.50 per 100. Per 100 Rooted Cuttings, Brides, Maids $1.50 Vinca Major Var., 3«-inch 2.50 Petunia. Double, 3)i-inch 2.50 Salvias, 2)i-inch 2.50 Chrysanthemums. R. C, our choice 1.00 Ivy, 2>i-in., $3.00; 3'/2-in., 5.00 per 103. Tomato Plants, transplanted, 40c per 100; $3.50 per ICOO. Geraniums, 4inch, .Vsst 6.00 • " E. H. Trego, 2!/»-inch 6.00 E. H. Trego, 4-inch 10.00 J. H. BORNHOEFT, Tipton, Ind. Fiease mention the American Florist -when wviltng. 2.'0 2.00 2.-0 5.01 2.50 Bed(lingPlants,Etc. Per 100 Marguirltit, white and yellow, 2^-in. pots. ..$ 3.00 Watir l¥y,2i^-in. pots 2.00 Lolwlll, 2^4-in. pots CupRM, 2^-'in. poU HtliotrORit, 2H in. pots Garanlumt, 3-in. pots, e.\4»j» Piease trtfrntton the A mf*-ican Florist when ■writine AMERICAN FLORIST GO.'S ...Directory FOR 1903 IS NOW READY Hundreds of New Names and Addresses. AND contains the usual fully corrected and revised lists of Florists, Seeds- men, Nurserymen, Gardeners, Hoiticult- iirists. Landscape Architects, Parks, Cemeteries, Botanical Gardens, Horti- cultural Societies and Horticultural Sup- ply Concerns of the United States and Canada. Price S2.00 postpaid AMERICAN FLORIST CO. 324 DEARBORN STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. HORTIGUCTURAL INGRAVING& PRINTING IT IS *^^^ "particular" kind of work we j ^^^^m^ like, the kind that everybody cannot do. JASMvBRYANT. 706 CHESTNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA PA. Please mention the A mertcan Florist when writing. SOMETHIN G ENTIR ELY NEWc A Florists' Plate Book. 150 Plates and nearly 300 varieties lor $3 50 or three for 110.00. You can't do business without It. VREDENBURG & CO., Rochester. N. Y. Please mention the American Florist when ivriting, ALL Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists wishing to do business with Europe should send for the "Horticultural Advertiser." This is the British Trade Paper, being read weelily by all the Horticultural traders; it is also taken by over 1000 of the best contlDental houses. Annual subscription to cover cost of postage 75c. Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts. Address EDITORS OP THB "H. A." Chilwell Nurieriet. LOWDHAM, Notts. England. 672 The American Florist. May 23, Lowell, Mass. CONDITION OF WEATHER AND MARKET.— CHARLES MILES TO GROW CARNATIONS ON AYER ESTATE.— NOTES. It now looks as though summer weather has come to stay, the average temperature ior the past two weeks hav- ing been about 90° in the shade. As a result the ground is very dry and a great many of the greenhouse men are waiting for rain before planting their carnations. The existing condition is causing more or less anxiety in regard to outside mate- rial for Memorial day and the prospects are very poor in that direction. White and colored lilacs as well as tulips are in full bloom and, early as it is, the peonies are showing color. In past years blooms of this flower have been imported but according to the outlook it is expected that there will be enough home grown during the present season. Cut flowers can be had in any quantity, but the demand for these is not large and prices are away down, carnations of good quality being hard to dispose of at 50 cents per hundred. This condition applies also to roses, the stock increasing every day, and it looks as though it will be difficult to get the prices that usually prevail at this time of the year. We are beginning to feel the effects of the local strike, but it is rumored that this depres- sion of business will be lifted by June 1, when it is said the mills will resume work. Charles Miles, who has been doing landscape gardening for the past year, will take hold of the Ayer Estate when the latter moves to Brookline, Mass., in the latter part of the summer. Mr. Miles intends to grow carnations and violets, the products to be disposed of to the local storemen next winter. Every- one wishes him well in his new venture. Our old friend, Geo. C. Watson, of Philadelphia, was in town last week for a few hours. Harvey B. Green will have a nice crop of candytuft on hand for Memorial day. A.M. Worcester, Mass. HOT WEATHER HARD ON FLOWER MARKET. — BEDDING TRADE. The exceedingly hot weather of thelast two weeks has had a very detrimental effect on the flower market, roses and carnations suffering severely. Quite a surplus in these two lines now confronts us and although we have had a steady demand for funeral work it has not been great enough to materially affect the c^versupply. On account Of the severe heat outside flowers, such as lilac, etc., will probably be unavailable for use on Memorial day. We are sufiering from a severe drought and unless we have plenty of rain during the next four or five days outside crops will be seriously damaged. The bedding plant business has com- menced in good style and bids fair to supercede that of last year. A. H. L. Utica, N. Y. Peter Crowe is erecting a new rose house 19x150 feet at his place on Gen- esee street, at a cost of about $12,000. Grading commenced last year and the work of construction on the new house is proceeding rapidly. He expects to have it completed the latter part of this month when it will be planted at once with various kinds of roses. The heating system is being furnished by the Utica Steam Engine and Boiler Company. rLORIST Plain, Violet, Rose XI OIL The John J. Grooke Go. 155 Ave. D, NEW YORK. 149 Fulton St., CHICAGO. Siandard Flower Pols The WHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA. PA. JERSEY CITY, N. J. LONC ISLAND CITY, N. V. Travelling Repruentatlve. U. CUTLER RYERSON, 108 Third Ave., Newark, N. J. Kramer's Pot Hangers THE neatest, simplest, most convenient and only practical device for convert- ing ordinary flower pots into hanging baskets They fit all standard made pots Troin 2 to 10 inches in diameter. The illustration shows how they are attached Just the thing for hanging up ferns, begonias, etc. You can make room and money by their use. Try them. For Sale by Vaughan's Seed Store, Cliicago and New Yorl(. McKellar & Winterson. Chicago. C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaultea, Wis. Price with wire chain as shown in cut, $1:00 per dozen by express. Sample dozen by mail, jl.25. I. N.KRAMER 8 SON, Cfldar Rapids, Iowa. Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. STANDARD FLOWER POTS! Packed in small crates, easy to handle. Price per crate 120 7-in., in orate, $4.20 3.00 HAND MADE. Price per crate 1500 2-in , in crate, $4.88 120 7-i 1500 8>i 5.25 60 8 1500 2H " 6.00 48 9- 1000 3 5.00 48 10 800 3H • ' 5.80 24 11 500 4 " 4.50 24 12 320 5 4.51 12 14 144 6 " 3.16 6 16 4.50 Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of Cylinders for Cut Flowers, Hanging Bas k ets, Lawn Vases, etc. Ten per cent off for cash with order. Address HILFINGER BROS. POHERY, Fort Edward N. Y. Or August Eolkek & Sons, New York Agents, 31 Barclay Street, New York City. FLOWERPOTS STANDARVpOTS^spe^alt. List and SAMPLES FREE. SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO., P 0. Box 78, MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. KELLER BROS. ^^__2I3-1B-17-19-21-23 Pearl St., NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, ted In color, equal to the best on the market; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec- tions. We give special attention to mai' orderi and make special sizes to order in quantitiea & postal will brine prices and dissonntg THOSE RED POTS "STANDARDS" rULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y, RED P OTS SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., 51',^"!*"''== GEO. KELLER & SON, MANtrPACTUBEBB OF FLOWER POTS. Before buying write for prices. 3S1-363 Hemdon Street, near Wrightwood Ave., CHICAGO. ILL. WRITE A. F. KOHR, '«i>-SfoiQ^5f\LV.r" VOB FBIOBB or Standard Pots which for'itrength and poroilty combined Standard OnX^ Flower... ■ v^ ■ ^ If your greenhouses are within 600 miles of the Capitol, write us, we can save you money W. H. ERNEST. 28th and M Streets, WASHINGTON. D. C. Invalid Appliance Co., CGLUiBU PLANT TUBS Please mention the American Florist to advertisers. rgoj. The American Florist. 673 Guaranteed Wrought Iron Pipe ILLEN tIR VALVES, GUUtNTEED AUTOMITIC. Please mention the A merican Florist when writine WHETSTONE & CO., Incorporated, 911 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa. "EUREKA" Weed Killer DESTROYS ALL WEEDS, MOSS, On Garden Paths, Carriage Drives, Parks, Cemeteries, Cinder Tennis Courts, Stable Yards and Railway Depots, witli- out disturbing th£ gravel. EASILY APPLIED. SAVES MUCH LABOR. Large tins sufficient for 100 square yards of path 75c each, prepaid 81.00; small tin. sufficiynt for 50 yards of path 50c each, prepaid 7oc. VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. NEW YORK: 14 Barclay St. TIN FOIL Plain, Fancy, Printed & Mounted, Manafoctnred by TiiB Coniey Foil Co. 631 to 641 West 26th St., A. HERRMANN, J- Cape Flowers, all colors, J- Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs, -^ and All Florists' Supplies. Send for Prices. 404-412 East 34«h St. NEW YORK. H£ADQDABTEB8 FOR HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES Of Every Deacrlption. When you can't get what you want anywhere else, send here, we will send it to yon. "irit's used In Hortloultnre, we have It." DUNNE &CO..MW.80tliM..Htw Ytit Telspbone Call, 1700 Madiion Square. SHIPPING UBELS:!! ••••Cut Flowers PrlAted in two colors on gummed paper; yont card, etc, in black and I««l adopted tjf the S. .*. F. In red. YsTj ajtraoave. Price per 600.12.86; per 1000, 14.6a Sead for lamples.... KMm ar vn leir. postpaid, si.21. Americao Florist Co., ^1 ,eSTABlJSHED 1866 EMILSTEFFEMS> SUCC.™ rtSTEfTEMS ""STErTEHSBBOi DILLON'S GREENHOUSE MFG. GO. BIAMUFAOTUBEKS OF HOT BED SASH, AIB DRIED GUI.F CTPRBSS SASH BARS BloomsburK, Penna. AND OTHER ORBENHOCSE BLATERIAX.. BUILDERS of DURABLE and PRACTICAL Greenhouses at a LOW COST. la^Our deioriptive oirottlar oontaini valuable information for every florist. Send for It. Cut Flower Boxes. WATER PROOF. Corner Look Stylo. The best, strongest and neatest folding cut flower box ever made. Cheap, durable. To try them once is to use them always. Size Per 100 lO'O Size Per 100 1000 No. 0. 3s4s20..$2.0O$18.0O No. 5. 4x8s32..»3.00$27.00 No. 1. 3x4!/iXl61.75 15.00 No. 6. 4x8x28.. 3.75 3.5.00 No. 2. 3x6x18.. 2.00 18.00 No. 7. 6x16x20 5.50 53.U0 No. 3. 4x8x18.. 2.40 22.00 No. 8. 3x7x21.. 3.00 29.00 No. 4. 3x5x24.. 2.75 25 00 No. 9. 5x10x35 6.5J 60.00 Sample free on application. No charge for printing on orders above 250 boxes. Terms cash. THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., BOX 102. COLUMBUS, OHIO. Please viention the A merican Florist when writing. SIMOIN RODH, MANnFACTURER OF Florist Ribbons 40 West 28lh St., I : Camden. N. J. ' RIBBONS ACCORDING TO SEASON. Wired Toothpicks 10,000, 11.50; 50,000, 16.25. Manufactured by W. J. COWEE. BERLIN. N. Y. Sample Free. For sale by dealers. WE NOW OFFER ''Chemicals for making LIQUID OOMPOST. Dry powders all soluble in water. compostB cost less tban }^c per gal. Correspondence invited. EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 620 Atlantic Ave., Boston. Foley's Floral Fotographs. Floral Album, size I2xll containing 24 different funeral designs. By express $7.00 c. o. d. 226-226J BOWERY, NEW YORK. fj Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. iRoii RESERVOIR VASES A»o Lawn Settees Manafactnred by McDonald Bros. COLUMBUS, 0. The Largest Manufacturers of these Qeods in America. Send for Catalogue second-hand: wrought, iron STEAM PIPE. Sizes up to three inches'diameter in stock at :ill times. For most purposes this pipe will be as ■f^ood to you as new and will mean' a considerable saving to you. Scrap Iron and -'Steel. GEO. B. DOANE & SON, 18 Midway St., SOUTHiBOSTON, MASS Mea%e mention the American Florist when writing. Successful Growers are Wanted To I'Lcw Ibat Ibey can disfoce of all Ifacir surplus itcck by adver- •lifing in ifc* Anifrican Florist. TRY IT NOV. 674 The American Florist. May 2j, Tarrytown, N. Y. REGULAR MEETING AND EXHIBITION.— SEV- ERAL NEW MEMBERS. — AWARDS. — ROSE AND STRAWBERRY SHOW IN JUNE. The regular meeting of the Tarrytown Horticultural Society was held April 30, President David McFarlane in the chair, The following were proposed for active membership: Alex. McLennon, Scarbor- ough; James Taxter, Glenville; John Der- van, Glenwood; A. E. Minuerly, Tarry- town. The Wni. Scott prize was awarded to Howard Nichols, of Glenwood, for two pots of calceolaria. James Smith, of White Plains, received honorable men- tion for a vase of Heuchera alba; Joseph Bradley, honorable mention for vase of Tritonia crocata. The rose and straw- berry show will be held in the Lyceum June 11 and will be iree to all. A few changes were made in the June schedule. Mrs. L. A. Martin, of Greenwich, donates a very handsome combination writing tablet and album as a prize for the June show. Several members were present for the first time at a regular meeting. H. ]. R. North Abington, Mass.— C. F. Merrill, Jr., and Wm. Tribon have formed a copartnership in the greenhouse business. IR03E l-IOI RED SPIDER AND MILDEW PREVENTED BT Sulpho -Tobacco Soap. IT HAS NO EQUAL. Exterminates all Bugs and Insects. Cheap, Effective, Non - Injurious. Full particulars and sample cake free, if mention this paper. Lar&iaSosp Q. buffalo, n. y. K I L. I- D . iSiStandard The lightest running, most rapid aod powerful ventilating machin- ery in the market. DUPLEX GUTTERS Made of wrought or cast iron with self-adjusting sash bar clips. The only Drip Proof Metal Gutter offered to the public. Send for my cata- logue free. E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, 0. Please mention the American Florist when writing tVAHS' IMPR?V|D APPAMA7US \ WRITt FOR ILLU3TRAT£D CATALOGUE QUAKfff arrMACHMfwom. .^.rf^^-r^-r- RICHMOND, INO No. l.^Brass, nickel, 4 feet long, 6 clasps to each -rod. Price complete (with green or white tum- ' biers) $2 35. Price complete (with green or white cornucopia vases) 82.50. No. 2. — Heavy 4 ft. rod, brassed and nickeled, with three clagpa for 5 to 6-inch pots, each 81.75. KIFT'S PATENT Rubber Capped FLOWER TUBES. IH-tnoh diameter, per 100. 83,50. JOSEPH KIFT & SON, 1725 Chestnut St, Phila., Pa. Clear Gulf Cypress | greenhouse! [MATERIAL. I Hot-Bed and Ventilator Sash. ♦ S. JACOBS & SONS,^^^!^^H!!L'f 1365 to 1373 Flushing Avenue, BROOKLYN, N. Y. X _ Send 4c in Stamps for Catalog, ^ lEW twinTect.S'n boilers. Or^ASS AT ^VirHOX.E}SAr.E>. ♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ MYERS & CO. Established 1849. Greenhouse Boilers. GREENHOUSE ARGHITEGTSl BUILDERS HEATING ENGINEERS. !!6 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Send for Catalogue and Latest Prices. WATER. Rider and Ericsson Hot Air Pumping Engines If water is required for Household use, Lawns, Flower Beds or Stable, no pump in the world will pump it so safely, cheaply and reliably. No danger, as from steam. No complication, as in gasoline engines. No uncertainty, as in windmills. Prices Reduced. Catalogue "A3" on Application. RIDER-ERICSSON ENGINE CO. 35 Warren St., New Yoek. 40 Dearborn St., Chicaso. 40 North 7th St., Philadelphia. 239 Franklin St., BosTOH. 692 Craig St., Montreal, P. Q. Teniente-Rey71, Ha v ABA, Cuba. ^ JENNINGS-*- IRON GUTTER. Use our Patent IRON BENCH FITTINGS and Roof Supports. IMPROVED VAPORIZING PANS VENTILATIN8 For Tobacco Eztraota, Etc. Send for Olrcnlars. _^.^^_^— ^^-. DILLER, CASKEY & CO., ^^h^^^^'^^o^.. APPARITUS. S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Stt.. PHILADELPHIA. " GEO. M. GARLAND, Patented Dec. 27, 1898. Testimonials of our Leading Qrow- ers. Send for CBtalogue. Geo. M. Garland, Pes Plalnes, III. =^^'--'^^^^^^vvv^^^^v^^'^<^' " No.2 2.00® 5.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 1.00® 8.00 " Meteor 4.00® 6.00' Kaiserin 4.00® 8.00 " Liberties 4.00® 8.00 Carnations 60® 2.00 Mignonette 1.00® 2.00 Lily of the yalley 3.00® 4.00 Sweetpeas 10® .75 LUies 10.00@I2.CO Smilax 10.00@15.00 Adiantum 1.00® 1.50 Asparagus, strings 30.00350 .00 " Sprengeri 2.00® 4.00 Callas 6.00®10.00 Peonies 4.00® 8.00 Gladiolus 5.00® 8.00 CraonniATi, May 28. Boses, Beauty 10.00@35.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00® 6.00 " Liberty 3.00® 6.00 " Meteor, Golden Gate 3.00® 6.00 Carnations 2.U0® 4.00 Daffodils 2.00 LUy of the valley 3.00® 4.00 Harrisii mies , 10.00 Callas per doz. 1.00® 1.25 Asparagus 50.00 St, Lotus, May 28. Boses, Beauty, long stem 15.00@2S.OO " Beauty, medium stem 8.00®12.50 " Beauty, short stem 1.00® 6.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid 2 . 00® 5 .00 '> Golden Gate, Meteor 2.00® 6.00 " Perle 2.00® 4.00 Carnations 1.00® S.CO Sweetpeas 60® .75 Lily of the valley S.OO® 4.O0 Smilax 16.00 Asparagus Sprengeri 1.00@ 1.60 Plumosus 36.OC@EO.00 jgo3. The American Florist. 689 ASPARAGIS LONG, HEAVY STRINGS SO Ooirxt:^ EJaiolx. Large supplies of all stock in all grades. "Right goods at Right Prices." E. C. AMLING, THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. 32-34-36 Randolph St., — ^ CHICAGO, ILL. Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1977 Central. AMERICAN BEAUTY FerDoz. 30— 36- inch stem J3.00 24-iuch stem 3.08 20-inch stem ^ 1.50 15-inoh stem ' 1.00 12-inch stem .75 Short stem, per 100, 14.00 to 5.00 Per 100 Brides and Maids $3.00@$ 6.00 Meteors and Gates 3.00® 6.00 Kaiserins 3.00® 8.00 Carnations 1.00® 1.50 " large and fancies, 2.00® 3.00 Mignonette, per doz, ,25® .35 Callas, perdoz., $1.00® 81.25 Cupe Jasmines 2.00 Sweet peas 75® 1.00 Valley 4.00 Peonies 4.00® 6.00 Marguerites % .50® .75 Asparagus, perstring,50c Asparagus Sprengeri... 3.00® 5.00 Ferns per 1000, J3.50 .35 Galax per 1000, 1.25 .15 Adiantum 1.00 Smilax .... per doz., $1.50 Subject to change without notice. LILY OF THE VALLEY FROM COLD STORAGE. FINEST IN THE MARKET. $14.00 per 1000, $1.60 per 100. CUTIVALLEY «ha bast always on hand. HIi DDIIHC 1 409 W. Madison Strsat, I 111 DnUnO) CHICAGO, ILL. PETER REINBERQ, Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers. 800,000 FEET OF GLASS. Headquarters for American Beauties. 51 WABASH AVE., - CHICAGO, ILL. FRANK GARLAND, 1 Cut Flowers miolessle Qrower Gut Flowers a;VEN TO HARDY CUT B5-S7 WABASH AVENUE, Telephone Central 3284. CHIOA.OO> JOHN MUNO, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of i»oo«n 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, Tblbphoitb Centra!, 3598. Ail telegrapi kni telephone ord&^B given prompt attention. WIETOR BROS. "TS:*... Cut Flowers 51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. Always mention the American Flo- rist when you order stock, .j* BENTHEY & CO. 35 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. F. F. BENTHEY, Manager. Wholesale and p | r| D I C^X ^ Consignments Solicited. Commission M m.J\^ ^^m.\^ m ^^ J.a.BUDL©NG Rosea and Carnations ■ A Specialty.^ 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. GROWER of CUT FLOWERS Wbol^ale power/arK^ CaiCASO, May 39. Rosei, Beauty, 30 to 36-inch stems 3.00@6.00 20 to 24 " " a.00®3.0O " " 15 " " l.BO 12 " " l.OO Short stems *3@Ji per 100 " Liberty 6 00@20.00 Chatenay 6.00@20.00 Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00 Meteor, Golden Gate 3.00@10.00 Carnations 1.50® 4.00 Callas, per dozen 1.25@ 1.50 VaUey 4.00 Sweet peas 50® 1.50 Harrlsii 8.00@10.00 Peonies 8.0C@ 8.00 Cape Jasmine Mignonette 2.00® 3.00 Asparagus, per string, .50 Adiantum 1.00® 1.50 Common ferns, per 1000, 3,01(5) 4.00 .30 Smilax. per dozen. 2.00 A. L Randall, WHOLESALE FLORIST, 19 & 21 Randolph St., CHICAGO. Send for weekly price list and special quotations on 1000 lots. Cut Flowers The J. M.GASSER COMPANY, Wholesale Growers, Euclid Avenue, CLEVELAND, O. ...GEO. M. KELLOGG... '■""'I'n'Z'wt: Cut Flowers Give us an order and we will please you. Our Greenhoutet at PLEASANT HILL, MO. Our Store. 906 Grand Ave.. KANSASCITY, MO I^T'LONe DISTANCE 'PHONB AT BITHEB PLAOB. GEO. REINBERG, n'S,'.. Cut Flowers CHOICE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. We will take care of your orders at reasonable prices. Prompt attention, 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Please mention the American Florist every time you write to an adTertiser. 690 The American Florist. May 30, For Commencements and June Weddings. ORCHIDS. VALLEY. SWEET PEAS. Samuel Siennock PHILADELPHIA. eEO. A. SUTHERLAND, 34 Hawley St., BOSTON. Telephone 1270 Main; Best boston flowers. AU Supplies. An entire floor Devoted to Stock and Manu- facturing. Distributing Agent for United States for tfie wonderful LETTER, unequalled for design work. Script, any color, 3^ t letter. Block letters, IVbc each. The most elaborate d«sign work to order in a few minutes. Qeitebal Asbntb: H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., Philadelphia. REED & KELLER, New York Cify^ =\2%rjB> OHA^r^Iv H.A.\rE^= FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND HARDY FERNS for MEMORIAL DAY WELCH BROS., 15 Province St., ....BOSTON, MASS. Superiority. w^ ^E claim it for the flowers we dis- tribute. It is guaranteed by the high sources from which our supply oomes. We claim it for our methods of shipping. It is proven by the large number of florists throughout New England and elsewhere depending on us for their regular supply. Largest dealers east of New York in Baskets Sheaves,' Letters,- Vases, Ribbons and all Florists' Requisites. OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6:00 O'CLOCK EVERY MORNING N. F. MCCARTHY & CO., Telephone 734 and 64 Main. 85 Hawley Street, BOSTON. THOMASYOUNGJr. WHOLESALE fLORIST. CHOICEST CUT FLOWERS. 43 W. ZBth St., NEW YORK CITY. HEADQUARTERS IN MICHIGAN FOR FANCY CUT FERNS. Michigan Gut Fiower Excliange. FANCY FERNS, «1.50 per 1000. Dis- count on large orders. Give ub a trial for Ferns the year around. GALAX, Green and Bronze, SlOO per 1000. 28 Miami Ave.. DETROIT, MICH. Wbol^ale [lower/\arl^fe Boston, May 37. Boses, Beauty, Edgely, extra 8. *' " " medium... 3. " " *' culls " Bride, Bridesmaids, Gate.. " extra 4 " Liberty 2. Carnations Lily ot the valley 3, Peon'es 6. Longiflorum lilies 4. Sweet peas Smilax IS Adiantum Asparagus Philadelphia, May 27. Boses, Tea 4 " '* extra " Beauty, extra 95 " " firsts 10 " Queen of Edgely, extra..., 23. " " " first8....10.( Carnations 2 Lily of the valley 3, Asparagus 25 Smilax 12.1 BUPPAIO, May 28. Boses, Beauty 2.00@25.00 " Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 3.00@ 8.00 Carnations 1.50® 3.50 Hariisii 8.00@12.60 Lily ot the valley 3.00@ 6.00 Asparagus strings 40.00@60 00 Smilax 16.00 Adiantum 75® 1.26 Sweet Peas 50@ 1.00 Peonies 3.0a@ 6.00 Milton W. Woodroffe, WHOLESALE ELORIST, 1344 Ridge Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. 00@20.00 ,00@ 6.00 .60® 1.00 ,50@ 3.00 .00® 6.00 .00® 8.00 ,50© 2.00 .00@ 4 00 00(0 8.00 00@ 6.0O ,23@ .50 oo@2a.oo 75@ 1.00 60.00 00® 8.00 10.00 oo@4a.oo .00@20.00 00@40.00 00@20.00 C0@ 4.00 O0@ 6.00 00®60.CO 60® 15. 00 6ive Us a Trial. We Can Please You Roses, Carnations and all kinds of Seasonable Flowers In stock, lifll E If ICTIIIA Wholesale Com- null ri RAdllllUf mission Florist, 481 Washinston St., Buffalo, N. Y. Dealer in Florists' Supplies and Wire Designs. Open from 7:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M. LakeviewRoseGardens JAMESTOWN, N. Y. Wholesale Crowers anil Daalers In Cut Flowers. 800,000 SQUARE FEET CLASS. SPECIALTIES: Roses, Carnations, Lilies, Asparagus, Smilax. Fresh Flowers Guaranteed. No Second Hand- ling. All orders shipped direct from Gardens. Senil For Weekly Price List. Send in Your Orders for DECORATION DAY We shall have 75,C00 Carnations, 50,000 Boses, 50,000 Sweet Peas. Please mention the A merican Florist when Tvriting* Ti^4/ I \ci POR THINGS YOU CANNOT I I y U^ ^=QET ELSEWHERE^= THE PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKET, 1224 Cherry Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. YouWiii Want For J 1/ I 1 L. RFAIITIF^ Vf iVl/ L im WHOLESALE BEAITIES WHOLESALE FLORIST, 1217 Arch St , PHILADELPHIA. igo3. The American Florist. 691 JOHN I. RAYNOR ARE THE BEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST GROWERS FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. Adiantum Croweanum Sold here Exclusively. 49 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. Tel. 1998 Madison Square. YOUNG & NUGENT Til. 2065 Madison Sq. NEW YORK. 42 West 28th St Are supplying the most superb stock of FLOWEKo ever offered to New York buyers. Meteor, Liberty, Beauty, bride and Maid Roses. Splendid Cattleyas Gigas and Mendellii. SEND FOR QUOTATIONS. Walter f. Sheridan, Wholesale Florist , Teleplions B02 ICadlsoii Sqnaz*. 39 West 28th St., NEW YOBBL Telaphone[.Nos. 2239 and 2034 Madison Square, MOORE, HENTZ & NASH Wholesale Commission Florists. 65 and 67 West 26th St. NEW YORK CITY. Advice or : ekiy. All co ne attention. ale note daily. Statement and check signments, large or small, receive the CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. I VIOLETS. WILLIAM GHORMLEY VIOLETS. I Wholesale " ifcfcmiw liiiwiiififci- ■ 9 Commission i • Daily Receiver and Shipper of Fresti Cut Flowers. * Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Vaiiey, Chrysanthemums. 57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY. ] Telephones 2100 and 2200 Madison Square. JOHN YOUNG Ipiolal American Beauties, Surpassing Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Orohlds, And all Se&ionable Floweri. 61 Wert 28th St., NBW TORK. Tel. 1905 Madiion Sq. Violets and Carnations tROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It will be to your advantage. WM. H. QUNTHER. 80 West 29th St., New York. Telephone 551 Madison Square. Franic iVIiliang from 6 a. m. to 5. p. m. 55-57 W. 26th St. NEW YORK. Cut Flower Exchange, Phone 299 Madison Square. ESTABLISHED 1872. JOHN J. PERKINS, COMMISSION FLORIST, Solicits Consignments or Shipping Orders. Satisfaction given in both. Tel. 956 Madison Sq. 1 1 5 W. 30Ui St.. New York. Alto 4g W. 30th St. Bonnot Bros. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 55 and 67 W. 26th St, New Ynrk. Cut Flower Exchange. i^^vv ' i»ri%. OPEN 6:00 A. M. An Unequalled Outlet for Contigned Flowers. Choice Carnations. Selected Roses. Traendly&Schenck NEV YORK aTY, 38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange. New Telephone No. 798 jtLOWEST PRICES ■WRITE FOR SPECIAL ...QUOTATION S... James Vick's Sons, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Mease meulion the A merican Florist when writine. Calla Bulbs For 1st of August delivery. Choice, selected for florists' use, 11/2 to 2-inch diameter, per 100 $5.00 Burbank's Shasta Daisy. 3-inch, per 100 2.00 Asparagus Sprengeri. 2-inch, per 100 1.50 EXPRESS PREPAID. CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO., TO CLOSE OUT!! A BARGAIN. THE HOLLY FERN (Cyrtomium Falcatum). 5-inch, e-inch and 8-incli pots. Write for prices. EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmeor.Chutaiut Hill. PHIUDELPHIA. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. 2-inch pots $2.00 per 100 2H-inch pots 2,50 per 100 J-inch pots 3.00 per 100 ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS, last of June. 1000 Eldorado R. Cuttinss, transplanted, 11.25 per 100. Tertns Cash. We prepay Express charges and guarantee satisfaction. LOOMIS FLORAL CO., Loomls, Cal. "Armstrong's Everblooming TUBEROSE Is the only Tuberose to prow for cut flowers." JULIUS KOENIG. Good bulbs tor 12.50 per hundred. LUTHER ARMSTRONe, KIrkwood, Mo. Always mention the American Flo- rist when writing to adTertisers. The above out Is reproduced from a photo of one of my fields taken April 3, 1903. LILIUM HARRIS!! BULBS and am prepared to fill orders entrusted to me. My stock is Don't write expecting low prices. I do I am a Grower of free from disease and carefully cultivated not grow cheap stocks, but g>^M J^C^ « %/ l^OITH only the best which is the t^l1/%9» /4* V • ■ 1%! ^ ■'9 cheapest in the end. IStCIglVHJIJ A.. ?hJCHEAPEST?hiBEST Persons wanting the genuine old fashioned Harrlsll or Bermuda Easter lily (unmixed with Longiflorums or Hybrids) that can be forced by Christmas or before if required, can obtain thoroughly ripened bulbs, August shipment, write at once, quantity limited. J-J-J-J-J-jf- R.H.JAIIIiES,£HSt.Geor8[es, Cable Address: FLORIST, Just Received.. A large consignment of Kentias in all sizes from 2 ft. to 12 ft., also J, 500 Bay Trees. We will be pleased to have anyone call and inspect the stock. If you cannot call ask for special list. BOBBINK& ATKINS, RUTHERFORD, N. J. JOSEPH HEAGOGK, WYNCOTE, PA. GROWER ARECA IITESCENS, -Of- KENTi4 BELMOREANA, XOCOS WEDDELLIANA. Geo. mm Go., 1657 Buckingham PL, CHICAGO, ILL Send for Price List on a!l Palms and Ferns 694 The American Florist. May JO, The CJ^uRSERY TsatiE. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. CHA8. A. Ilsbntbitz, Pres.; D. S. Lakb, Vice- Pre8.; Gbobbe C. Sbasbr, Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mich., June 10-12, 1903. The Grand Junction Seed & Nursery Company, of Grand Junction, Colo., has been incorporated by J. F. Moore and F. R. Davis. The twenty-seventh annual conven- tion of the American Association of Nurserymen will be held at Detroit, Mich., June 10-12, inclusive. Leon Barbeer, of Barbier & Company, Orleans, France, will visit the United States this summer and attend the Detroit meeting of the American Association of Nurserymen. Fumigating: Hedges. It is not uncommon to see fine hedges, valuable not only from the point of orna- ment, but as wind-breaks to gardens and plantations, being destroyed by scales or other insect pests. Spraying is quite out of the question in the case of a densely-grown hedge, and even where the mixture can be easily applied to all parts of the growth, the results are not always very satisfactory. In August last it was reported that a fine pittosporum hedge was infected with scale, says the Agricultural Gazette, ot New South Wales. The entomologist found this scale to be of the genus ante- cerococcus, a pest common to native shrubs. In order to test the practic- ability of fumigation for the destruction of this scale, he visited the place and treated the hedge, lying it up in sections of about nine feet. While in the same district last March, he inspected the hedge, and found that the scale had been absolutely destroyed. Peach Buds and Temperature. J. C. Whitten has investigated the winter temperature and the difference in the rate of transpiration of green and purple fruit buds and branches, and presents some data showing the value of whitewashing fruit trees to retard the swelling of the fruit buds and to main- tain a more uniform tree temperature during the winter resting period. The author found that when the sun shone clearly in the morning w^hite washed twigs did not warm up so rapidly as the surrounding air and only gradually reached that condition after noon. In sunshine, green and purple colored twigs reached a higher temperature than the surrounding air. When the sun was very bright the purple twigs were some- times as much as 2° warmer than the green twigs. In one experiment on a sunshiny day in February the tempera- ture in a purple-colored twig w^as 10° C. When a black cloth was placed between the sun and the twig the temperature fell within five minutes to 5%° C. and rose again to 10° within three minutes after the cloth was removed. When twigs were blackened they absorbed slightly more heat than purple-colored twigs. Springfield, Mass. — H. Grout has retired from business, selling his Pine street establishment to M. F. Higgins. Mattoon, Ili,.— J. W. Schrader is pre- paring to build a large addition to his greenhouses. • •• _ I NEW CROP [Native Ferns Now ready. Try sample lot at 50c per 1000. Fancy Ferns $1.50 per 1000. Galax, Green or Bronze, 75c per 1000, Moss, 50c per bbl. sack. Laurel Festooning. No. 1 quality, frehh every day, 4c, 5c and 6c per yard. Laurel and Pine Wreaths, just what you want for your Memorial day trade. Order them now and your Ferns and you will be sure to get the best to be had, when you want them and on time. Ground Pine, by the pound if wanted. Long distance telephone connections. Telegraph Office, New Salem, Mass. Millineton, Mass. Tel. office, New Salem. NATIONAL FLORISTS Board of Trade, Offices: 56 Pine St., NEW YORK. CREDIT REFERENCE BOOK. A subscription to our Credit List will cost you $10 a year, and it may save you $100 the first month. SPECIAL REPORTS. We make a specialty of this part of our work, and spare neither trouble nor money to get for our clients the very latest and most reliable information as to the standing of any person concerning whom inquiries are made. COLLECTIONS. We collect slow and doubtful accounts. Why not go through your books at once, and send us all the claims that are in arrears? Call and see us when you are in the city. The Royal Tottenham Nurseries, Ltd, DEDEMSVAART, near ZWOILE, NETHERLANDS. Headquarters for Hardy Perennials, Peonies, Iris Germanica and Ksmpferi, Anemones, Phlox Deeussata, choice Alpine plants. Hardy Ericas, Tritoma, Hardy Ferns, Delphiniums. Novelties in this line a specialty. Conifers (special young stock). Hydrangeas, Rhododendrons and Azaleas. We grow also some 8 acres of Daffodils. Special quotations toward April. Ask for Catalogue. fiFDAMIIIMC A.Biccard.BeautePoitevine, ULH^IlllJin 3, Y. Perkins, in 3, 3H-in. pots; Jean Viaud, Mme. Buchner, J. J. Harrison, Mme. Landry 3J4 and 4-in. ; S. A. Nutt in 3, 3'^ and 4-in. pots; Mme. Jaulin, Richelieu, Pasteur, Kehvay in 3H-in. pots. Prices of above Geraniums 3-ln. $5; 3H-jn. $6: 4-in. $7 per 100. Mme. Salleroi S'/a-in. $2.50 per 100. Cannas in pots, $5 per 100, Austria, AUemania, Alsace, Berrat, J. D. Eisele, Duke of Marlborough, Chas. Henderson and Eobusta. Asters in pots $1 per 100, varieties. Comet, Truf- fauts, "Victoria and Semple's, mixed varieties. Zinnias in pots $1 per 100, white, yellow, scarlet, crimson and rose. J. B. SHURTLEFF & SON, Revere, Mass. Send to Ole 133. o^t i^* strong two year plants, pot grown, beautiful plants in 10 to 15 leading kinds. All colors. 25o each; $2.50 per dozen: $20.00 per 100. One year, $1.50 per dozen; $12.00 per 100. PAEONY FLOWERS for DECORATION DAY. Choice assortment. Write for prices F. A. BALLER, Bloomingion, III. THE MOON For J Trees, Shrubs, Vines Your) and Small Fruits. Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free, THE WM. H. MOON CO. Morrisville, Pa. Please mention the American ^'orist when writing, Mrs. JEROME JONES The best Commercial and Exhibition 'Mum. "As tender as Spring Chickens." Also IVORY, APPLETON. ROBINSON, SHAW, 2i/2-incli pots, $3.50 per 100; $30.00 per 1000. Exhibition varieties, $4.00 per lOO. Our selection. HENRY EICHHOLZ, Waynesboro. Pa. FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX (Where Quality Is First Consideration.) Write, Wire or Phone the introducers, Calilwall The Wooilsman Co., Evargraan, Ala. or their agents: L. J. Kreshover, New York: J. B. Deamud, Chicago; H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; W. P. Kasting, Buffalo; J. M. MoCuUoueh's Sous, Cincinnati, Ohio; H G. Berning, St. Louis. Mo. Please mention the American Florist when writing. FRANKEN BROS., Special Growers and Dealers of Dutch Bulbs for Florists and Private Gardeners SEND FOE PRICES. FRANKEN BROS., LAKE%°SR\Vf, .lu Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS' meeting in Boston, June 28-July i . It will be to your advantage to obtain rates apply- ing over the Nickel Plate Road before pur- chasing elsewhere. No excess fare charged on any of our trains. Tickets on sale June 25, 26 and 27. Final return Hmit August 1. Call on or address John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 1 1 3 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago, for particulars as to stopovers, train service, etc. 'Phone Central 2057. 7 Adiantum Cuneatum Ferns. In 2^-inch pots at $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. They are ready for a shift. Very fine plants. SEND STAMPS FOR SAMPLE The F. R. WILLIAMS CO.. CLEVELAND,^ omo. CHICAGO CARNATION CO. Offers THE BEST Cut Sfock of PER 100 I PER 100 CARNATIONS $3.00 to 34.00 PAEONIES $6.00 GLADIOLUS 8.00 | ROSES 5.00 LONG BEAUTIES, $20.00 per 100. Send us your orders and be pleased. 1903. The American Florist. 695 GOOD STOCK, LARGE CUTS SND ALL GOODS SHIPPED At Chicago Market Rates. \ KENNICOTT BROS. COMPANY WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS T.."^*rs^rr FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 42 and 44 E. Randolph St. CHICAGO, ILL. Chrysanthemums—Rooted Cuttings. WHITE. YELLOW. TIMOTHY EATON, $1 59 Per 100 COL. APPLETON, W. H. CHADWICK, ' MAJOR BONNAFFON, GEO. S. KALB, 3>I^.5U Per 1000 MRS. J. JONES, JEROME JONES. GOLDEN BEAUTY. ^-9 SurplusStock Per 100 4CO0 Marechal Xiel Roses. 3J-^-inch, nice stock $3.60 3000 Clothilde Soupert Roses, 2>i-inch 3.00 •• 2H-inch 3.50 000 Champion of the World Roses, (Mrs. Degraw),2i^-inch 3000 Coleus, assorted, strong, 2^i-inch lOOO Dahlias, assorted, strong, 2H-inch 500 Clematis, Jackniani, strong, 4-inch 3.00 3.00 4.00 1800 f.OO 2000 Geraniums, Assort,id, 2!4-inch " " 4-inch 3003 Hardy Perennial Phlox, fine named, 2 years, strong Hardy Perennial Phlox, fine named, 2ii-inch 4.00 Hardy Perennial Phlox, mixed, 2 years, strong 5 00 Salvia, St. Louis, 2H-inoh 4.00 Ageratum, Stella Gurney, 2M-inch 4.00 Althernanthera, red and yellow, 2-in. . 2.50 1000 Hydrangeas, Hortensis, Thomas Hogg and Mariesi. 6-inch pots 15.00 4-inch pots 10.00 2y4-incn pots 4.00 Phoenix Nursery Co., 1215 N. Park St.. BL00MIN6T0H. ILL. Wben in Europe come and see us and inspect our extensive Xurseries. Gouda is our railroad depot. HARDY, FANCY ORNAMENTAL NURSERY STOCK. J. Blaauw & Co., BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. Catalogue free on demand. Headquarters for the famous ColoradoBlue Spruces, purest, bluest strain J. DIJKHUIS & CO. BOSKOOP-HOLLAND. QUALITY. QUANTITY. Ask our prices for AZALEAS, RHODODENDRONS, PEONIES, ROSES, HARDY EVERGREENS, CLEMATIS, Etc. Price List Fres on Application. SPECIAL OFFER Summer Flowering Stock Per 100 Abutilon Savitzij 2-in $5,00 Acalypha Bicolor Compacta, 2!,^-in 10.00 Ageratum White Louis Bonnet, 2-in 3.00 Blue Stella Gurney. 2-in 3.00 " Princess Pauline. 2-in 3.00 Asparagus Plumosus, strong seedlings 2.00 6-in. fine stock, doz. $6.00 " Sprengeri, bushy. 2k4-in 4.00 Asters, transplanted seedings (branching).. 1.50 Cannas, large collection. Send for special list and prices. Chrysanthemums, all the novelties and standard sor^s. Send for list. Coleus. standard sorts, strong. 3 in 3.00 Caladiums, Giant Flowering. 2i4-in pot. .-. 5.00 Dahlias, best named kinds, strong, 3-in pot. 5 00 Fuchsias, best kinds, strong, 2-in 3.00 i^'erns. assorted for fern dishes, 2-in. Geraniums, E. H.Trego, 2i4-in..i. .. Little Pink, " Wm. Langguth, 21/4-in 8.00 " Jean Viaud, 2H-in 4 00 Hibiscus Peachblow, and double red, 2-in . . 3.00 Weeping Lantana, 3-in 3.00 Lemon, Am. Wonder. 314-in 5'(,o Minneapolis Vine, 2-in. .' 4 oo Orange Violet, 2%-in 700 PennisetumLongistylum, 2-in 4.00 Petunia Dbl., fragrant white, strong, 2-in.. 4^00 Phlox Hardy, best named kinds, 2-in 5 00 Primula Obconica, 5-in. pots 15 OO Salvia St. Louis, 3-in 4^00 3!oo Smilax, Roses, Extra Strong Stock. Per 100 Ivory, strong, 3-in 6.0'' American Beauty, 214-in 7.00 Bridesmaid, " 3.60 Bride. " 3 liO Golden Gate Kaiserin, Meteor, 3.50 4.00 3.50 Vaughan's CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St. Per 100 Perle des Jardins, 2K-in 4 oo Souv. de Wootton, 3-in ] g^oo Souv. de Pres. Carnot, 3-in 8 00 Climbing Clothilde Soupert, 2y,-in 4.00 Hermosa,2-in " 350 Clothilde Soupert, 2i4-in '. 4'co Crimson Rambler, 4-in,.flne stock '. IsioO Seed Sfore, 14 Barclay St., NEW YORK. THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD Is the short line to the East and the service equal to the best. You will save time and money by traveling over this line. It has three through daily express trains, with through vestibuled sleeping-cars and Ameri- can Club Meals, ranging in price from 35c to $1.00, are served in Nickel Plate dining-cars; also a la carte service. Try a trip over the Nickel Plate Road and you will find the service equal to any between Chicago and the East. Chicago depot: Harrison St. and Fifth Ave. City Ticket Offices 1 1 1 Adams St. and Audi- torium Annex, John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 1 1 3 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago. 'Phone Central 2057. 1 Properly Grown. Properly Packed. READY JULY lal. Per lOO Per 1000 SMILAX $1.50 $15.00 ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI 3.00 25.00 ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS, $3.50to$10 per 100 Samples for ten cents in stamps. I have a fine lot of this stock and solicit your trade. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. Always mention the American FtO" EiST when writing to advertisers. 696 The American Florist. May JO, Our pasTiMES. Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and ^r?orting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this department to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.; Bobt. Kift, 17S5 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. At Washington. The local bowlers made the following scores on May 21: Player. 1st 2cl 3d T'l George H. Cooke 186 166 172 524 Wm. H.Ernst 179 165 161 505 J. L. Barber, Jr 151 188 138 477 George C. Shaffer 200 137 138 475 J.L.Barber 143 159 148 450 A. Esch 143 152 144 439 W.Smith 158 153 12' 431 J. Minder 142 110 153 405 W.S.Clark 110 145 120 375 C. W. Wolf 98 137 125 360 J. Shine 104 95 135 334 McLennan 137 111 2i8 P. G. At Chicago. The bowlers here met as usual on Tues- day evening, May 26, and the scores made were as follows: Player. 1st 2d 3d T'l Balluff 137 162 158 457 Asmus 139 206 148 493 Hauswirth 175 163 150 488 G. StoUery , 181 202 167 550 F. Matti 222 180 140 543 F. Stollery 146 169 1511 465 Foerster 197 139 236 572 Scott 126 142 130 398 Kreitling 156 121 168 445 Winterson 135 135 270 Pruner 150 131 281 Sterrett 155 146 301 It Is to Laugh. THE DAHLIA RAGE. Up in quiet Seymour dahlia planting has become a fad. One man has a hundred varieties. Down this way potato plant- ing is more the rage. — Bridgeport Post. MORE VERMIN FROM ABROAD. In a case containing bananas which arrived at Leeds the other day a live opossum] was found. — Gardening World. Madison, N. J. — The annual fall exhibi- tion of the Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' Society will be held November 5 and 6. The schedule is in course of prep- aration and can soon be had from S. Redstone, the secretary. Esthervllle, la. In 1882 Mrs. M. E. Jehu came to Estherville, la., from Wisconsin and in 1893 she began in a small way, at her home, business of florist. At that time she had only a small conservatory attached to her house, but year by year the business has grown until to-day she has over 4,000 feet of glass, one of the largest stocked greenhouses in that sec- tion and carries a general stock in plants and flowers. Her success has demon- strated the fact that she is quick to grasp ideas and keen to the interests of her customers. i GRAFTED ROSES. S Our grafted roses are fine bushy plants, grown in 3V^ and 4-inch pots and are the best S that can be produced. 3 1 BRIDESMAIDS I I I-JoryL"!;;;::::;:::::::::: [ «'8-°° ^'' '°° gSLd^ngXtes::::::: \ «'5°° p-"^ '"^ I J KAISERINS J I J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. DaggerFernsforMemorialDay We would respectfully inform the trade that our new crop Dagger Ferns are now ready and are A No. 1 quality. Be sure and order them early to avoid disap- pointment. We carry a full assortment of Florists' Hardy Supplies, as follows: Galax, Bronze and Green, $1.00 per 1000. Leuoothoe Sprays, Hardy Ferns, Moss, Bouquet Green. Laurel Festooning, 5c and 6c per yard. Bundle Laurel, Etc. New crop Dagger Ferns, $1.50 per 1000. Extra choice ferns, $2.00 per 1000. Try us with an order. Order direct from headquarters. HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., TELEPHONE, 26IS MAIN. 36 COURT SQUARE, BOSTON. THE FARQUHAR ROSE. A Magnificent Forcing Rose. Awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Certificated by the Horticultural Society of New York. (See page 967, No. 764 American Florist for full particulars.) STRONG PLANTS, from 3V2-mch pots, per 100, $50. Delivery will commence April 1, and orders will be filled in rotation as received. 25 or 60 plants at 100 rate. R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., 6 and 7 So. Market Street, BOSTON, MASS. IE. F. WINTERSON CO. I I SUCCESSOR TO I I McKELLAR & WINTERSON, f i SUPPLIES EVERYTHINQ USED BY | I Florists, Nurserymen, Gardeners, Seedmen, Cemeteries, Parks, Etc. | I Headquarters on Cut Flowers. f CHICAGO, f CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. 45-47-49 Wabash Avenue, BiiiitiiiiiiittiuiiitHtiuuiiMiiiiiiuiiitiitiitAtitiiitiiitiiitiniiiiiiiiiitnitiituiitiiitiiinumuumiiiUmtiiitititHiiHiiiimi imumimma igo3. The American Florist. 697 Rose Plants. 2 1-2-INCH. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDE $3.00 $26.00 BRIDESMAID 3.00 25.00 PERLE 3.00 25.00 GOLDEN GATE 2.50 20.00 OLIVERAMES 3.00 25.00 IVORY 8.00 25.00 All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. Rooted Carnation Cuttings Per 100 Per 1000 15,000 EVANSTON $1.25 $10.00 20,000 JOOST 1.26 10.00 15,000 MARQUIS 1.25 10.00 2,000 PROSPERITY 1.60 12.00 The above number of cuttings are on hand at this issue and are clean, healthy and well rooted. GEO. REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. WE OFFER SIRPLIS STOCK In Primt Condition. Write for Prlcai, 1000 Oliver Ames, 4-inch pots. 2000 Mme. Cusin. 3 and 4-inch pots. 2000 Pierpont Morgan, 3 and 4-inch pots. 1000 Sunset. 3 and 4-inch pots. 1000 Perlc des Jardins, 3 and 4-inoh pots 2000 lleteor. 3000 Bridesmaid, 3 and 4-inoh pots. 3000 Bon Silene. ItOO Isabella Sprunt. 500 Safrano. 500 Sunrise. 3000 8-inch Sprengeri, extra strong, $8.00 per 100 JOHN BREITMEYER & SONS, Detroit and Mt. Clemmens, Mich. Rose Plants.. FROM 3-INCH POTS. Strong. Per 100 lOOO American Beauty $6.00 $55.00 Bridesmaid 4.00 35.00 Brides 4.00 35.00 Golden Gate 4.00 35.00 Ivory 3.50 30.00 Michael Winaudy, Greenhouses: 406 DEVON AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL. Tel. 642 Rogers Park. GRAFTED Brides s Bridesmaids strong healthy stock. Twice repotted. $15. CO per 100; $120.00 per 1000. S. J. REUTER, '"^IT^^^ CANNAS. Good varieties, 3-inch, per ICO $3.00 Good varieties, 4-inch, " 4.00 Golden Bedder, 3ii-inch, per 100 1.50 DAVIS BROS., Morrison, III. Vzii^ Rose Plants For Sale Having made some changes in our plans for planting we offer the following stock which was selected for our own use: 2000 LIBERTY, 2i-inch pots, per 100 , $12.00 700 BRIDES, 2i-inch pots, " 10.00 3700 " 3i-inch pots, " 12.00 1400 MAIDS, 2i-inch pots, " 10.00 1200 " 3i-inch pots, " 12.00 14000 AM. BEAUTIES, 2A-inch pots, own roots, per 100 4.00 All plants shipped from Hinsdale, 111. BASSEHS WASHBURN, "SSr Rose Plants Per 100 Per 1000 SOUV. DE PIERRE NOTTING. .$8.00 $75.00 AMERICAN BEAUTY 6.00 METEOR KAISERIN 3.50 BRIDESMAID 3.50 AMERICAN BEAUTY, 3-i From 2 1-2-inch Pots Per 100 Per 1000 SUNRISE $7.00 $65.00 BRIDE 3.50 30.00 GOLDEN GATE 2.50 30.00 PERLE 3.50 30.00 Pots $7.00 per 100; $65.00 per 1000. 55.00 45.00 30.00 30.00 All plants sold under express condition that if not satisfactory they are to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded. Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Ave., .CHICAGO. ROSE PLANTS AMERICAN BEAUTY Bridesmaids. ..$3.00 per lOO; 25.00 per 1000 J. A. BUDLONG. Good, clean, strong plants from 2y2-inch pots. $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. Ivory $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000 37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. ROSE PLANTS... 21^-inch Pots. Per 100 Per 1000 BRIDE $3.00 $25.00 BRIDESMAID 3.00 25.00 GOLDEN GATE 3.00 25.00 IVORY 4.00 CARNATIONS FROM FLATS. MRS. JOOST 2.00 16.00 GEO. W. WATERFIELD, Chestnut Hill, Phila., Pa. Meteor Rose Plants 31-inch, $4.50 per 100; $37.50 per 1000. Cash with order unless parties known. These plants are guaranteed extra choice. LIBERTY, 3-inch, $8.00 per 100. Will exchange Meteors for good Maids and Brides. BRANT &NOE, ''Sm^^^l^ Please mention the American Florist when writing. CARNATIONS. Rooted cuttings of all tbe leading varieties now ready. Also rooted runners of Lady Campbell, Swanley White and Princess of Wales Violets. Send me a list of what you want and get prices. Stock in fine condition. Address Chas. Chadwick, L. Boxii. Grand Rapids, Mich. Always mention the American Flo- rist when writing to adTertisers. Rose Plants... Good, clean, strong plants from 214-in. pots. Bridesmaids... .$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000 Brides 3.00 per 10O; 25.00 per 1000 Meteors 3.00 per 100; 25.00 per 1000 We guarantee these to be first-class and right in every way. Give us a trial order. Lakeview Rose Gardens. Jamestown, N. Y. TO BOSTON AND RETURN AT ONE FARE for the round-trip from Chicago via Nickel Plate Road, for Christian Scientists' meeting in June. Tickets on sale June 25, 26 and 27, with extended return limit of August 1. Stop- over at Niagara Falls, in either direction, without extra charge, and at New York returning on payment of fee of $1 .00. No excess fare charged on any of our trains. Write John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 1 1 3 Adams St., Room 298, Chicago, for detailed information. Phone Central 2057. 6 698 The American Florist. May 30, Washington. TRADE QUIET.— GOOD STOCK PLENTIFUL.— WHITE HOUSE FLOWER BOXES. Trade has somewhat quieted down although some receptions and commence- ments give plenty of work. However, the remuneration is not in keeping with it. Good stoclc is plentifid and carnations and roses are in good condition, consid- ering the hot weather we had this month. "With the exception of peonies (which I think will be in good shape) outdoor flowers will not be over plenti- ful for Decoration day. The drought this month has been quite a set-back for stock planted in the field and greatly inconvenienced a number of carnation growers. Some were complaining, but the drought was broken by a good rain on the night|of May 22, and we have had rain and cooler weather for a few days. From all accounts the carnations did not suffer much and if we do not have too much rain they will make up for lost time. At a cost of $760, or $19 apiece, the east and west terraces of the White House are to be adorned vrith forty new flower boxes. The adornment is another part of the elaborate scheme ot Architect McKim, and is indorsed by Mrs. Roose- velt. The original plan called for a severely plain treatment of the terraces, with only the green of the bay trees and boxwood bushes to offset the dead white of the mansion. This plan, however, was amended at a recent conference of Mrs. Roosevelt and Mr. McKim, and the ornate flower boxes were decided on. The boxes will be of iron with white tile facings. They are being designed by Architect McKim, and will be specially constructed. Each will be eight feet long, two feet wide and two feet deep. P. G. Albany, N. Y. CONTINUED DROUGHT KILLS SMALL SEED CROPS. — MORE ACREAGE FOR COWEE'S GLADIOLI.— WEDDINGS.— VISITORS. Arthur Cowee, the well-known gladioli specialist, last week finished planting about seventy-five acres of stock, which, according to his testimony, will be of the highest quality he has ever planted. The fields are said to contain the largest acreage of the best stock of gladioli in existence. Mr. Cowee says that the dry- season has not been particularly detri- mental, but instead has rather been very favorable for planting in a better manner than he has been able to do for several years. The past sis weeks have been without rain and complaint about the drought is heard on every hand. Small seed crops that were planted and appeared above ground have been killed off. The season is regarded to be a most extraordinary one. W. N. Campbell, representing Vaughau's Seed Store, and Otto Heinecken, with Bobbink & Atldns, Rutherford, N. J., called upon the local trade early in the week. A large number of weddings are sched- uled to take place in June. R. D. Worcester, Mass. The drought here is very severe, the vicinity not having had any beneficial rains for more than a month. Carna- tions planted on high land are suffering severely. The wise growers who potted all their young stock are congratulating themselves, as this stock stands the drought much better than that which is planted out. . A. H. L. YELLOW EATON GOOD JUDGES pronounce it the most valuable commercial Chrysanthemum to be introduced in the spring of 1903. Its color capti- vates everybody and it has all the other good qualities of Timothy Eaton, without the coarseness sometimes attributed to that variety. $5.00 per doz.; $30 per 100. Delivery of young stock, March 1, 1903. ROBERT CRAIG & SON, Market and 49th Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. C HRYSaNTHEMUMS, ESTELLE, (Altick) $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100 Lady Fitzwygram, white and yellow, Lady Harriet... 4.00 per 100 Willowbrook, Timothy Eaton and Col. Appleton 3-00 per 100 From 2-inch pots. Carnation Cuttings in tlie New and Standard Varieties. Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 2 1-2-inch stock in iine sliape at $3.00 per liundred. HOLTON & nUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis. COMMISSIONS CARRIED OUT m LONDON or any part of Great Brttaln. Messrs. 'WILLS & SEGAR will attend to any commission from American florists for the supply of Cut Flowers, birthday Flowers, Bouquets, High Class Floral Designs, etc , to their clients who may be traveling in England. WILLS & SEGAR, SSSeV-'-TrU-^!"^ ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY. Telesbahs, Onslow Crescent, South Kensington, Flosculo, LoiTDOit. LONDON, ENGLAND. From 2M,- incli Pots. 20,000 'MUMS T. Eaton, Appleton, BonnafFon, Maud Dean, Mrs. Jones, Ivory and many more at $2.35 per 100; 300 our faelection lor $5.00. Liberal count to help pay express. If you are in the market for large num- ber write us for special price. 'Phone connection. COOLIDGE BROS., South Sudbury, Mass. BULBS. NARCISSUS, DAFFODILS, ETC. Send for List and Prices. POAT BROS., - Ettricics, Va. Gov. Lowndes The iinest white Carnation to date. Arvarded Certiticate of Merit at Brooklyn, scoring 91 points; the highest number awarded to any seedling. It ^vas also recently awarded First Prize and Medal over all other whites at Cin- cinnati. Extra fine cuttings for delivery in April, $2.60 per doz.; $12 per 100; $100 per 1000. Enchantress, Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt, Harlowar- den, Sibyl, Marshall Field, Pres. McKinley, White Bradt, Fragrance. $2.50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. Per Doz. Per 100 Per 1000 ADONIS.; $3.0ri $14.00 $1SO.OO HER MAJESTY 2.00 10.00 80.00 Other Leading, New and Standard Varieties. H. WEBER & SONS, OAKLAND, MARYLAND. White. Per 100 Pmk. PerlOO Mme. Diedereich .$10.00 Mrs. Coombs $3.00 Mme. Carburg.... 10.00 Kansas City Star.. 2.00 Adrian 2.00 Yanariva 1.50 Calvat '99....; .... 2.00 Lavender Queen... 3.0O Mrs. Tranter 2.50 White Flushed. Polar Queen 2,00 Colette 2.50 Yellow. Bronze. Mrs.Taggart 3.00 Edgar Sanders 2.00 Prices are lor rooted cuttings. Can ship promptly. Not less than 25 of a kind at above rates. W. A. CHALFANT, Springdeld, Mo. igo3. The American Florist. 699 CLEARANCE SALE. I Easier Is gone and now you should close up with Seasonable Stock. ' Don't put it off so iats that you will miss geltlng what you \ require. Our stocic Is fine. First come, first served. Order to-day. 25 at 100 rate, 250 at 1000 rate. ^ Per doz. Per 100 Asparagus Plumosus Nanua, 2K-inoh pots, $25.00 per KOO $ .50 $3.00 Asparagus Sprengeri, 2H-iDch pots, $20.00 per 1000 40 2.50 " " 3-inoh pots, fine 75 5.00 Asparagus Comorensis, 2!4-inch pots, grows stronger than Plumosus Nanus, $25.00per 1000 50 3.00 Achillea, The Pearl, white nowered, aH-inoh lots, $17. ,50 per 1000 40 2.00 Acalypha Marginata, fine bedder, $20 00 per 1000 40 2.50 Anemone, Queen Charlotte, new, large flowered 50 3.00 liegonias, flowering, 6 best varieties 50 3 00 Bougainvillea Sanderiana, 2!4-inch pots, fine stock for shitting on, $40 a 1000 . .75 5.00 Cannas; jill our Cannas are plants from pots ready to move right off. They are much superior to dormant roots. Egandale, Mme. Crozy, Mile Berat, Queen Charlotte, $30.00 per 1000 50 3.50 Crotoiis, 10 best sorts, 2V4-inoh pots, $27.50 per 1000 50 3.00 Caladium, New Century, the (lowering Caladiura 75 5.00 Coleus. including Verschafl'eltii, Hero and all the best bedders, 2V4-in. pots, $17.50 per 1000 30 2.00 Chrysanthemums, all the leading sorts. We have 100 varieties to offer 40 3.00 Cuphea Tricolor, highly colored flowers 30 2.00 Cestrum Parquii, Night-blooming Jasmine 50 3 00 Braca^na Indivisa, 2-inch pots 40 2. .50 Daisies. Paris or Marguerite, 2 sorts, white and yellow, the best, $20 per IcOO. . .40 2.50 Fern Balls, 5-inch 2.50 20.0j Fuchsias, in all the leading kinds, both double and single, fine young stock, $20.C0 per 1000 40 2.50 We are large growers of Fuchsias, and have all the best varieties. Genista Canariensis, 2V4-inch pots 50 3.00 Geraniums, double and single, all leading varieties, 2H-inoh pots, $25 a 1000. . .60 3.00 Geraniums, Mountain of Snow, silver leaved 50 3.0O Helianthus MuUiflorus, hardy sunflower, $25.00 per lOCO 50 3.00 Hibiscus, 12 leading sorts, $25.00 per 1003 50 3.00 " Crimson Eye, perfectly hardy 50 3.00 Primula ObconicaGrandiflora, 2-in. pots, $20.00 per 1000 40 3.60 Passiflora Constance Elliott, hardy white flowering Passion Vine, $20.00 per 1000 40 2 50 Rhyncosperura Jasminoides, fragrant white flowers 40 2.50 Rudbeckia, Golden Glow, $20.00 per 1000 40 2.60 Roval Purple. Strobilanthes, fine, highly colored bedder, $17.50 per 1000 30 2.00 Smilax, 2-inch pots, $17.60 per 1000 30 2.00 Sage, Holt's Mammoth. $20.(10 per 1000 40 2.50 Spiraea, Anthony Waterer, 2i4-inch pots, $25.00 per 1000 . . .50 3.00 Carvopteris, Hardy Blue Spiraea, 25.00 " ... .60 3.00 Salvias, Le "President, Dwarf Scarlet Salvia and Splen- dens. The old stand-by, $20.00 per 1000 40 2.50 Solanum Azureum, the blue flowering Solanum, extra fine, $25.00 per lOuO 50 3.00 Tritoma Pfltzerii, new everblooming Tritoma, $40.00 a 1000. .75 5.00 Vinca Major Variegata, 2-inch pots, $17.50 per 1000 30 2.00 Violets Princess of Wales, California, Hardy Russian, 2i4-inch pots, $20.00 per 1000 40 2.50 Violets, Hardy English Double Flowered, $25.00 per 1000. . . .40 3.00 Per doz. Per 100 Honeysuckles, 3'i-inch pots, 12 to 15-inches high. Scarlet Trumpet. Halleana, Chinese Evergreen and Golden Leaved, $20.00 per luCO $ .40 Hydrangeas, Otaksa, Thos. Hogg and red branches, 3H- inch pots 50 Hoya Carnosa, 3',4-inch pots, fine plants, $35.00 per 1000 60 Jasmines, Grandiflora or Star .Tasmine and Revolutum, the yellow flowered, $18- 00 per 1000 30 Justicia or Flame Flower, 3 sorts, fine plants, $30 a 1000 40 Lemon Ponderosa. has ponderous fruit. Anyone can bloom and fruit it. It blooms in large clusters, the individual flowers as large as tuberoses. Itis the best selling plant we have and we recommend it to all florists, 2H-inch pots, $25.00 per 1000 50 Lemon Ponderosa, 2V4 feet high 1.50 3 to 4 feet high. 50c each Linum Trigynum always in bloom 3" Lantanas, Dwarf flowering, in best sorts ..40 Matrimony Vine, perfectly hardy, $20.00 per 1000 40 Moon Vines, blue and white flowering. Now is the time to buy. Don't put it off until you can not flnd them. We have 50,000 plants to offer, $37.50 per 1000 50 Manettia Bicolor, handsome flowers, $20.00 per lOCO 40 THE GOOD & REESE CO., THE LARGEST ROSE GROWERS IN THE WORLD. $2.60 3.00 10.00 40.00 2.00 3.00 -ADDRESS- Springfield, Ohio. Now that DECORATION DAY is over, you want to look after ROSES OTHER Stock Plants WRITE Geo. A. KUHL, Pekin. III. for anything: you want in that line. Roses, Boston Ferns and Plumosus our specialty. Clothilde Souperl, Coquette des Blanches. Jacqueminot, La Reine, Crimson Rambler, La France, Coquette des Alps. etc. Lar^e flowered Clematis, 3-year, dormant, or from S-inch pots at 18c; 1 -year "or from 3-inch pots at 9c. Finest purple.'white, lavender and red sorts. Clematis Paniculata. 2- year, dormant, 6c; from 5-in. pots. 13c: extra, from 6-inch pots 18c. Packinefree for Cash. w. n. SAITER, ROCnESTER, N. Y. To Clean Out. 10,000 American Beauty Plants i n 2 1/^ -inch pots at $6.00 per 100; $50.00 p'r 1000. These plants