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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JUNE 9. 1898. 



bright flowers within the last few- 

 weeks and still they are coming on 

 every day. As it only grows about G 

 or 8 inches high, you may think that 

 the flower is not very desirable on ac- 

 count of the rather short steal in com- 

 parison with the large flow-^r. but you 

 may form a different opinion alter you 

 have used them in design work. They 

 are unique in shape and of .i delight- 

 ful light blue color which contrasts 

 well with the bright yellow and very 

 prominent crest. A wreath of white 

 sweet peas, trimmed with h°se irises 

 is a dainty affair. J. B. KELLER. 



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BRIDESMAID CARNATIONS. 

 A subscriber to The Revii.'w takes 

 exception to my remarks about the 

 above carnation a week or two ago. I 

 said "it was always giving promise of 

 an abundant crop, but you never re- 

 alized the crop." Subscriber seems 



well pleased with it and relates that 

 he has great success, with fiiry plants 

 and sold the flowers for 20 cents per 

 dozen more than other varieties. 



My experience has been ontirely dif- 

 ferent, and those seen at .ny neigh- 

 bors' and elsewhere have proved as dis- 

 appointing as my own. I can only say 

 that if Bridesmaid has turned out such 

 a good thing in Fulton Ca. .■^. Y., you 

 should not discard it for a variety that 

 has yet to be proved better vith you. 

 Triumph is a much better producer 

 with us. and even Emma Wocher, al 

 though on the small side, produces 

 many more flowers with fine stems 

 that sell well. There will je such a 

 flood of grand pinks offered next year 

 that all existing varieties, with per- 

 haps the exception of Scott, will be 

 back numbers. W. S. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Bedding Plant Trade. 



The bedding plant season is drawing 

 to a close. Prices fell immediately 

 after Decoration day. partly from cus- 

 tom, partly because a later and less 

 costly batch of stock was re^dy to of- 

 fer. This business has been fairly sat- 

 isfactory to those who have had good 

 stock and have not sacrificed it. 



Geraniums have sold in enormous 

 quantities. The dark red, ilmost 

 crimson, varieties have been most pop- 

 ular. In the doubles, S. A. Nutt — 

 named after a New York ticket agent 

 by John Thorpe — has been in brisk de- 

 mand, displacing the old La Pilote. 

 which is second favorite here. Won- 

 derful, Bruantii and Double General 

 Grant are also seen in quantity. 



In singles. General Grant and sev- 

 eral others of that shade of scarlet, 

 are seen, but they are hardly as popu- 

 lar as the doubles. Lilian Smith, a 

 deeper shade, is an excellent sort, de- 

 serving to be better known. In pinks. 

 Madam Thibaut. though a first cla^s 

 bedder, is very difficult to sell on ac- 

 count of its shade — a sort of- purple 

 pink. Beaute de Poitevine is growing 

 in favor. Gloire de France is also 

 seen in quantity. In singles Christine 

 Nillson is the best. 



Cannas are not very satisfactory to 

 the commercial grower under existing 

 conditions. There are three causes 

 that bring this about. The numbers 

 that are sowed in the fall and planted 

 out, dry roots, the cheap offers of the 

 large growers, usually plants from 3- 

 inch pots, and the ignorance shown 

 in making the beds and caring for the 

 plants after they are in the ground. 



Try two beds of the same variety of 

 cannas side by side, both filled wiLh 

 rich soil; let one be made in the old- 

 fashioned way — higher in the center 

 than at the edge, mound-shaped, so 

 to speak; let the other be concave in 

 the center, from two to four inches 

 deeper than at the edge, according to 

 the size of the bed, so that every drop 

 of water that falls on that bed will 



soak into the soil. Plant and water 

 both thoroughly, water freely when 

 dry. and watch the result. The first 

 bed will give magnificent foliage and 

 some bloom. The second, magnificint 

 bloom, and growth much shorter than 

 the other. 



The increase in the demand for can- 

 nas has benefited sage. Clara Bed- 

 man has superseded splendens and is 

 profitable and satisfactory, especially 

 so as an edging to cannas. Verbenas 

 seem to be somewhat on the back 

 track now. perhaps they show the ef- 

 fect of neglect too quickly. Double 

 petunias are displacing the single va- 

 rieties to a certain extent. Except for 

 baskets, boxes or vases, nearly every- 

 body sows their own nasturtiums 

 now, getting good results in borders 

 and on walls by July 1. 



Small flowering vines seem rather 

 less popular than Vinca alba var., 

 more of which should be grown. Sweet 

 scented flowers and foliage, such as 

 heliotrope, mignonette, rose geranium 

 and lemon verbena have been a bit 

 scarce and in brisk demand. Pansies 

 sold in enormous quantities. 



Ctrt Flower Market. 



The cut flower market has been very 

 active during the past week. Decora- 

 tion Day business was brisk, with 

 slight advance in prices here and 

 there. 



The first of June came on Wednes- 

 day and with it the lovely June roses 

 from outdoors, and several June wed- 

 dings. 



Brighter weather came and stayed 

 nearly all week. Business continued 

 brisk until Saturday, when a slight 

 lull was noticed. 



Probably another good week in the 

 next three and then the summer quiet 

 will set in. Beauties bring 75 cents to 

 ?3 a dozen; good teas. $3 to $5 a hun- 

 dren; carnations. 75 cents to $1.00, oc- 

 casionally $1.50; sweet peas, which are 

 fine and more numerous than ever be- 

 fore in July, 35 to 50 cents; paeonies, 

 ditto, ditto, $3 to $4; cornflowers, with 

 fine stems, 50 to 75 cents. 



It is interesting to note in the last 

 number of The Review that "B," of 

 Toronto, so cordially endorses the 

 views expressed by G. C. Watson be- 

 fore the New York Florists' Club. Mr. 

 E. has, if I mistake not. so much ex- 

 perience in conducting shows that his 

 opinion should go far towards con- 

 vincing us that Mr. Watson has found 

 the key to making our shows self sup- 

 porting. J. W. Y. 



NEW YORK. 



In the Wholesale District. 

 "Everything plentiful and every- 

 thing cheap" was the reply to my 

 query how the market had been dur- 

 ing the past week. There have been 

 big lots of Beauties, big lots of roses, 

 carnations and outdoor stock. Outside 

 Jacks are coming in and there are 



