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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



MAY 11, 1899. 



beautiful just now. With all the long 

 winter, vegetation is about as early 

 as usual. The wild plum whitens the 

 margin of our woods, in our city gar- 

 dens and parks. The forsythia, Japan 

 quince. Spiraea prunifolia and Judas 

 tree gladden the eye with their yellow, 

 red, white and lilac flowers. Autumn 

 Is a glorious time, calm and placid and 

 all our woods and fields assume a gol- 

 den ripeness, but spring is the time 

 our hearts beat faster, and when we 

 look upon trees in bloom or hear the 

 meadow lark call to its mate we are 

 glad we did not live in the past or 

 were reserved for a future century. 

 This is a good enough period of the 

 world to live in and although "hope 

 springs eternal in the human breast," 

 the way to enjoy the world is to begin 

 right now and the more you can get 

 of the open fields the better for you 

 in every way. 



Changing the subject, is it not time 

 that John Westcott, the patriarch of 

 our pastimes and yet a sportive young 

 colt, began to formulate some plans 

 for the various contests that are to 

 come off at Detroit? It is no use 

 waiting till we all get to Detroit and 

 then spoil a lot of time about rules 

 and regulations. All that can be done 

 a month previous, so that there will 

 be no time lost in windy wind. I fully 

 expect a great competition in all the 

 sporting events and although severely 

 eschewing frivolous dissipations, I 

 most cordially back up our many 

 sports. I would not give a cent for a 

 learned professor if his nature was not 

 largely impregnated with a love ot 

 sport. Mark Twain says: "Be good 

 and you will be lonesome." That's 

 rather a blue outlook, but you can be 

 a lover of sport and be good I am sure. 



W. S. 



CARNATION PRIZE. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety has received from the American 

 Rose Company, of Washington, D. C, 

 $50 to be awarded as a prize in Febru- 

 ary, 1900, to the exhibitor of the best 

 seedling carnation plant purchased 

 from said company before September 

 1, 1899. 



WE MAY ADD to what we said last 

 week about the new light pink carna- 

 tion Genevieve Lord that it is an ex- 

 cellent keeper. Some of the blooms 

 sent us were still in good condition 

 last Friday morning, though they 

 reached us the preceding Tuesday, and 

 were probably cut the Sunday before 

 that. This speaks well for the keep- 

 ing qualities of the flowers, especially 

 as from Tuesday to Friday they were 

 exposed to the usual temperature of a 

 heated dwelling. 



SACRAMENTO, CAL. — A "Dewey 

 Fete and Flower Carnival" was held 

 here May 1. An immense number of 

 flowers were used in the decorations 

 and the parade. 



SPECIAL LOW PRICES ON 



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which are certain to grow and will please your customers 



Miiio. Tan llouttc, pure white, extra line. 



Miss Itiitcniaii, white with chocolate atithers. 



Standlslil, light blue. 



The (iem, deep lavender blue. 



The Prrsident, bright bluish purple. 



Boskoop Serdling, extra large lavender. 

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 Heiirjl, finest large single white. 

 Jaekiuannl, the most popular, rich royal purple. 

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Clematis Flanimula, strong plants in a-incli pots $1.01 per doz 



Ampelopsis Veitchii, ;i-incn pots 75 



Arlstolochia Sipho, extra hea\y plants 4.0() 



Honeysuckles, -trung 4-in. pots— Halleana, Evergreen and Var. 1.15 



Wistaria Sinensis and Alba, strong 3.00 " 



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 6.00 

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