Identifier: americanfloristw35amer (find matches)
Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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ary work was in a generalway of benefit to the trade. Miss Minnie Speck is assisting E.Francis, manager for Scheiden &Shoos at the Flower Growers Mar-ket. This firm has been showingblooms from their new seedling carna-tion. This is to be given a name anddisseminated next year. It is a deep redin color, extra double, and its flowershave been known to last an entireweek on the counters of the market,only being placed in the ice box bynight. Chas. W. McKellar Monday had athis place some sprays of Vanda cceruleaand Dendrobium formosum which hehad been exhibiting at the flower showfor Geo. Field, of Washington, D. C.After most other show blooms had losttheir freshness these were still standingerect and beautiful. The color hadslightly faded from the flowers of thevanda but still indicated their species. Chas. A. Carlson, an old time floristof Benton Harbor, Mich., and fatherof Miss Betta Carlson, who has a re-tail store on Jackson boulevard, nearDearborn street, died Sunday, the inter-
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Florlsts* Supplies of allkinds at lowest prices Asparagus Strings, each ..Asp. ana Sprengeri, bunch. Adiantum, per 100 Ferns, Common, per 1,000- -Galax, G. and B ..Leucothoe Spravs ..Wild Srailax, 50-lb. cases...Sheet Moss, per bag or bbl. Thankseivine Price List BEAUTIES Per Doz. 30 to 36-inch $5.00 to S6,00 24 to 30-inch 4 00 to 5.00 15to20inch 2.00 to 2 60 8tol2-inch 1.00 to 1.50 Shorts, per 100 5.00 to 6.00 ROSES-CTeas) Per 100 Bride, Maid and Perle $.5.00 to $8.00 Richmond and Liberty 5.00 to 10.00 Golden Gate and Chatenay 5.00 to 8.00 Roses, my selection 4.00 CARNATIONS 3.00 to 4.00 Fancy 6.00 to 6.00 ORCHIDS, Cattleyas per doz 6.U0 to 7.50 Dendrobium ■ 4.00 to 500 Assorted, box $5.00 to 25.00 MISCELLANEOUS .40 to.25 to 1.00 to .50.601.001501.507.5050(12.60 Gardenias, doz. S4.00toS5.00 Mums, fancy, doz S3.00 Per 100 Ordinary, doz,, $1.50 to S2 00 Violets 1.00 to $1.50 Valley 3.00 to 4.00 Valley, special fancy 5.00 Harrisii and Callas 15.00 to 20.00 Smilax. per doz 1.50 SaBjECT

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