. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 6 The American Florist. Feb. /, forces from 30,000 to 50,000 Romans, 15,000 Paper Whites, 50,000 lily of the valley, 20,000 daffodils, 15,000 tulips, 5,000 to 10,000 Dutch hyacinths, and 10,000 Harrisii and longiflorums. They also grow large quantities of bedding stock and now have 20,000 geraniums potted up, besides thousands of other plants. They handle from 50,000 to 75,000 pansy plants each season. Almost the entire output of this estab- lishment is sold at retail, the firm doing, in addition to a large city t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 6 The American Florist. Feb. /, forces from 30,000 to 50,000 Romans, 15,000 Paper Whites, 50,000 lily of the valley, 20,000 daffodils, 15,000 tulips, 5,000 to 10,000 Dutch hyacinths, and 10,000 Harrisii and longiflorums. They also grow large quantities of bedding stock and now have 20,000 geraniums potted up, besides thousands of other plants. They handle from 50,000 to 75,000 pansy plants each season. Almost the entire output of this estab- lishment is sold at retail, the firm doing, in addition to a large city trade, a large shipping business in the northwest. Felix. ?-•-?^ The American Carnation Society. We are in receipt of the announcement and schedule of premiums for the eleventh annual meeting of the American Carna- tion Society, to be held at Indianapolis, February 19 and 20. The meeting will take place at the German House. Copies of the schedule and full particulars may be had from the secretary, A. M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa. It is announced that this year, for the first time, the society will have vases of its own, sufficient to provide for all exhibitors. Papers will be read by C. W. Ward, Queens, N. Y.; Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., and E. G. Gillett, Cin- cinnati, 0. The question of incorporat- ing the society, and of" feviiihg the by-laws will be considered. The premiums offered are very liberal. There are eight first prizes of $12 and second prizes of $6 offered for vases of 100 blooms, and similar prizes of $6 and $3 for vases of fifty blooms. Eight first prizes of $3, and second prizes of $ are ofiered for vases of twenty-five blooms, introductions of 1901, we takeit,although the specifications are not as definite as might be wished. Special premiums are offered for Prosperity, Dorothv and Ethel Crocker varieties, and $50 divided into two premiums, for fifty blooms of any variety not yet in commerce. Vari- ous cups and vases are offered, among which is no
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