The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



381 



Wreath sent by the Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' Club to the Decoration of Queen Victoria's Statue, Feb. 2. 



bedded out doors. 



I luue selected the -followiiiL; ^all^l 

 as bciii^ among the best and luu^l w 

 ble bedding geraniums, at lea.t in t 

 climate at the present time. There 

 perhaps many varieties known to oil 



at thi 



Dnul 

 S. .\ 



double 

 finest, 

 variety 



Their' 



but 



. Xiitt. Of all geraniums, both 

 and single. I think this one is the 

 We are asked the name of this 

 mam limes dnrinc the summer. 



it it> 



,dcs. 



Mmc. A. lluwclu-iic. Tliis is a dc 

 ble white that can be relied on as a cc 

 tinual bloomer and excellent in every : 



TlVS. !,.■,,„ S|,„.,„, ilr.n ,r.\. 



X. Cavtoliuc. I'iiikisb r.nl. 

 Alfred Tennyson. Light scarlet. 

 Beaute Poilcvinc. Brilliant salmon. 

 Raspail improved. Large scarlet. 

 Alphonse Ricard. Orange red. 



Single varieties: 



Meteor. Red. 



General Grant. A very old scarlet va- 

 riety but one that is extremely useful. 



Mrs. E. G. Hill. Salmon color; very 

 strong grower. 



Benjamin Schroeder. Finest single 

 pink. 



Athlete. Large scarlet flower. 



Margaret de Layer. Reddish salmon. 



Mrs. G. M. Gaa'r. Ruie white. 



J. R. Lowell. Orange red. 

 Silver leaved: 



Mcnintain of Snow. 



Mine. Salleroi. 



Ma 



new 



tie- 



ye recently been 



think, than there 



Of course, one 



I- new varieties, 



-ilair lirfoir ,li-- 



- 1.,, Ill.,-r llllll 



to 



next sum; 



They ar 



ere are 

 believe 



u going 

 as fol- 



Le Soleil. Double red; lighter than S. 

 A. Nutt. 



Mine. Rozaine. Pure double %vhite. 



Mine. Landry. Semi-double salmon. 



John P. Cleary. Single red. 



Due de Montmort. Double; nearly 

 purple. 



Frances Perkins. 'Double pink. 



t'ountess de Castries. Pink. 

 lean \ ian.l Sriiii il.iiible pink. 



Ian \lael;,irii, I a mIi I ' -almon pink. 

 Mini'. .1. ( cl.iil. Single pink salmon. 



In the di-cii-sion that followed Mr. 

 Woodward -aid he thought the old Queen 

 of the West should be included in the 



ciallv a- i.-jai^l- llr ui \\iiiL,' of plants 

 for l')c(Miiiu imipo.,- .iiil\. .IS the plants 

 i-onlil in I I. -hI,I wiilioiu. having one or 

 „„„v lui-r- oi iiloom on. They also 

 -aid lliai -inuli [lowered sorts would not 

 sell. I lie |,ro|.le insisted upon having 



i\\. .liiiL'iii- -anl he now placed John 

 Doyle 11 ihe InaJ ai his list of scarlets, 

 as it i- lnii:liter llian Nutt and as good 

 in other \vays. But Nutt is still close 

 to the top. Frances Perkins is his best 

 pink. He had had some trouble with it, 

 1hon!;h. from disease last summer. 



otli 



DWARF NASTURTIUMS. 



■ .luail iia-tml iiun- free and con- 



11- el uli ill liloianiiiu' to be used 



..bliiiu 1 .niM tln\ In. -larted early 

 )!- and 1 1 aiisijUuile.i the same as 

 bedding plants? H. T. 



Yes, they can be used to good effect in 

 some styles of flower gardening, but not 

 where high color is required or where a 

 small, compact form is the object, as 

 green would most likely be the predom- 

 inant color and as the growth is free no 

 clipping can be done. 



On the margin of a long border, or a 

 plant here and there in the mixed border, 

 or an edging to some stronger growing 

 |ihinl. they are quite effective. The 

 value of the dwarf nasturtiums as flower- 

 ing plants rests enliielv with the qual- 

 ity of the soil. 1 1 a lira\y loam, and 

 more particulail\ ii eniirlie.l, they will 

 trrow so freely and lia\e -uch a rampant 

 irrowth of leaves that the flowers will 



