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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
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ty was becomingvery popular in the New York market. Araucaria excelsa in 4 and 5 inch potssold readily at $4 and $5 each in Cali-fornia. E. G. Hill was recommending floriststo raise their rose cuttings in sunny lightpositions rather than shady dark ones. Linseed oil and sugar of lead wererecommended as a shading materia! forgreenhouses. The sale of cheap packets of seeds bythe department stores was beginning. Kerosene emulsion prepared frommilk and kerosene was recommended forkilling scale insects. The lemon scented gum tree Eucalyp-tus citriodora was beginning to beknown. Nymphasa odorata rosea was recom-mended as a beautiful aquatic. Poinsettias, Jerusalem cherries and ar-disias were favorites for Christmas dec-oration. Gorgeous was a favorite chrysanthe-mum. Have we a better yellow forcolor today? The John A. Salzer Seed Co. was or-iginated at La Crosse, Wis. Long stemmed roses were coming intofashion showing the good taste of theAmerican public. The excellent qualities of the free
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COCCOLOBA PUBESCENS AT THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW. See issue of November 17. page 794. blooming and showy Cattleya Trianaewere already well known. White Baroness, Her Majesty andMerveille de Lyon were among the newroses. The swindling seed traveler, with hishigh priced seeds and promises to buyresulting crops, was busy at Rochester,N. Y. A wreath of Russian violets fastenedwith black pansies was noted as a superbfuneral device. Roses were quite out of style for wed-ding bouquets in New York. Orchids,gardenias and bouvardias were the rage. W. S. Kimball grew 135 kinds ofcypripediums alone in his famous col-lection of orchids. The double zinnias were being greatlyimproved and advancing rapidly in pub-lic favor. Foliage bouquets composed of ferns,asparagus, lycopodiums and other greenswere fashionable as opera bouquets. The staking nuisance was condemnedby writers in The American Florist, aglaring example of 50 stakes in a 10-inch pot, and a plant only two feethigh being noted. Wedding boutnn

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  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:American_Florists_Company
  • booksubject:Floriculture
  • booksubject:Florists
  • bookpublisher:Chicago___American_Florist_Company
  • bookcontributor:UMass_Amherst_Libraries
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