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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



MAT 31, 1900. 



A WRINKLE IN BULB FORCING. 



On page 757 of our issue of May 17 

 we mentioned Mr. August #urgen's 

 plan of encouraging ttie development 

 of the flower spike by removing part 

 or all of the foliage. It appears that 

 he does not practice this in the case of 

 hyacinths in pans, as the foliage is 

 an essential to the sale of the bloom- 

 ing bulbs to be sold in pots and pans. 

 It is done only in the case of spikes 

 for cutting. 



He once had a batch of Dutch hya- 

 cinths of which the foliage was six or 

 more inches tall while the flower 

 spike persisted in remaining down 

 near the soil. The foliage was re- 

 moved and the spikes at once length- 

 ened and grew into good marketable 

 stuff. 



At his place this week we noted 

 some flats of Narcissus poeticus from 

 which all the foliage had been re- 

 moved to within an inch or so of the 

 bulb. But the flowers were extra size 

 and the stems unusually strong. 



A DWARF GERANIUM. 



Messrs. Clarine Bros., Faribault, 

 Minn., send us for inspection two iU- 

 inch pot plants of a diminutive gera- 

 nium of the bronze section that were 

 full of pretty single pink flowers. The 

 foliage was not more than an inch and 

 a half above the pot, and from the soil 

 to the tips of the flower trusses was 

 only two to three inches. 



They write that the mother plant 

 was raised from seed about a year ago 

 and stands today less than four inches 

 above the pot, is symmetrical, blooms 

 freely and is a good grower. 



We see no reason why it should not 

 prove a useful addition to our list of 

 geraniums. As a pot plant it would 

 be sure to attract ladies and children 

 especially on account of its dwarfness. 

 Thej' would be sure to declare it "real 

 cute." 



CHATHAM. N. Y. 



We had quite a hail storm here 

 May 21, enough hail falling to cover 

 the roof as with snow, and it was 

 quite a long time before it melted 

 away. It did no real damage to glass 

 here, but a few miles north of us the 

 stones were larger. Ours were about 

 the size of large peas. 



May has been a bad month for the 

 grower so far. Carnations have been 

 frozen in the ground since planting 

 out. R. E. S. 



MITCHELL, SO. DAK.— Weather 

 fine. Carnations and mums all out 

 and doing well. Decoration Day trade 

 Is going to be a hummer; orders are 

 pouring in every day. This season 

 trade is 40 per cent better than last 

 year. E. C. N. 



FOND DU LAC, WIS.— Spring bus- 

 iness has opened finely and indications 

 are that it will be double that of pre- 

 vious years. Scarlet geraniums are 

 all the go and demand is very large. 



100,000 PLANTS. 



EXTRA 

 FINE 

 STOCK 



Per 100 



Alternantheras, 2}^ -in $2.50 



Anthemis, dble. yellow Marguerite, 



2,"4-in 4.00 



Anthemis, dble. yellow Marguerite, 



3-in 6.00 



Begonia Rex, 2 "4 -in., $4.00; 4in. . . JO.OO 



Coleus, 2'+ in 3.00 



Cobea Scandens, 2'4-in 3.00 



3-in 5.00 



Dracaena Ind., 3-in., $10.00; i"4-in. J5.00 



" 4-in 25.00 



" 5-in $35.00 to 50.00 



Fuchsias, 2'4'-in., $4.00; 3-in 6.00 



Geraniums, Mars, 2-in„ $6.00; ^-in. 8.00 



S. A, Nutt, 2,'4-in 6.00 



" La Favorite, 3 in 6.00 



Mme, Salleroi, 2in ,. 3.00 



Per too 



Geraniums, Mme. Salleroi, 2,'4'-in. $4.00 



Mme. Salleroi, 3-m... 8.00 



Ivy, 2!4'-in 4.00 



Lobelia, 2'4'-in 3.00 



Maurandya Vine, 2^4 -in 3.00 



Petunias, single, 2'4-in-, $3.00; 3-in. 5.00 



double, 2 "4 -in., 6.00; 3-in- 8.00 



Palm Washingtonia filitera, 2'4 -in. 4.00 



3-in. 6.00 



Pansy Plants, bud and bloom 2.00 



med., per 1000, $8.00. I.OO 



Salvia, 2 .^-in 3.00 



'• 3>^-in 6.00 



\incas, 2'4'-in., 3.00; 3-in 6.00 



^'^-in., 8.00; 4-in 10.00 



S-in 15.00 



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40,000 -GERANIUMS.. 40,000 



Geraniums, strong 2'^-in .choicest varieties in cul- 

 tivation, true to name : S. A. Nutt, Bruanti, La Favorite, 

 White Swan, Mrs. J. M. Gaar, Frances Perkins, Mme. 

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 ."»iMi at mint rate. Rose, strong 2 Hi-in., ■2>rtc; strong ,' in., 

 t.'c. Mme. Salleroi, strong 2-in , $lj'>lt per Kill. First 

 come, first served. 



20th Century Verbenas and the choicest collec- 

 tion of dble. fringed Petunia^, strong 2-in.,S'2. Oil per 11)0. 



Co'eus, strong, -J-in., choicest varieties, 5-'.(i(i per HHI. 



Fuchsias, rooted cuttings, 10 choicest varieties, 

 $1,1111 per mt: 2-in„ -*c. 



25,000 2><-in<:h Roses, no finer stork grown. 

 Brkles, Perles, Meteors and Maids, $3.00 per 100. 

 Kaiserin and Golden tiat;e. S-i.OO jierlOO. Guaran- 

 teed sailsfat'tory in every respect. 



Smilax, strong seedlings, 50c per 100; $4.00 per 

 1000 by mall. Kxtra strong 2-ln., $1.25 per 100; SiO.OO 

 per 1000. 



Vincas. ;>00 large 4-in. and 5-in. pot plants at $1.00 

 per doz., to make room; strong -^-in.. '.ic. 



Asters. New Giant Comet (true), lavender, pink 

 and white and pure white, strong -'-in , $1. .'ill per HHI. 



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 Violets.,.. 



20,000 sand rooted cuttings will be ready June -0. 

 Tliese cuttings are clean and free from disease. Please 

 come and see for yourself. The abo\e cuttings are $15 'H' 

 per HHlil; cash witli order, (Drders booked now. Also, 

 clumps of Marie Louise Violets at $iXK> per KHI — clean 

 and full of well rooted runners. 



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R. C. and 2 ^^ -inch Pot Plants. per VQ 



Coleus, best red, yellow and assorted $ -'-0 



Moon Vines, white 1 '0 



Santolina Chamoeropsis. \er>' strong 1 UU 



Ageratum, blue, white and P Pauline. 2H-in. pots. I 50 

 Salwa .Splendens, tall and dwarf, strong, " 2 W) 



Cobea Scandens, In to -1 inches. " ** 'S.W 



Chrysanthemums, long list of best varieties, strong, 



■-'V.inch pots 2 00 



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