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For a yellow tulip he grows Mon 

 Tresor. It is a better flower than Yel- 

 low Prince, but the bulbs are twice 

 as costly. He also grows a few Pros- 

 erpine. He has dropped the scarlets, 

 as this color don't seem to sell well 

 any more. Vermillion Brilliant is the 

 best scarlet, if that color is wanted. 



He is growing about lo.OltO chry- 

 santhemums this year, mostly Robin- 

 son, Bonnaffon, Ivory and Mayflower. 

 In pink he grows Perrin and Pink 

 Ivory. To get the beautiful pink so 

 desirable in Pink Ivory he grows it in 

 a shady north-facing house. Here it 

 has a delightful pink shade, while with 

 exposure to the sun it comes almost 

 white. He discovered this peculiarity 

 through the assistance of a wide purlin 

 in one of his houses. Where this pur- 

 lin threw shade across a bed of the 

 Pink Ivory there was a streak of pink, 

 though the rest were almost white. 

 He acted on the hint and now gets his 

 Pink Ivory all pink. 



He grows all his mums on benches 

 and part of them in boxes. They can 

 be planted early in the boxes and later 

 moved into houses that had contained 

 young rose stock up to time for bench- 

 ing. The mums are followed by lilies 

 and by the time the lilies are gone the 

 houses are again wanted for young 

 rose stock. 



Wietor Bros. 



In our issue of June 23 we stated 

 that Wietor Bros, had about 100,000 

 feet of glass. The figures should have 

 been 225,<KX» feet. Their Meteors to 

 cut from will number 7. .500, and their 

 Maids 5,500. In carnations they will 

 have 6,(X»0 to 8,fHH) each of Triumph 

 and Armazindy, 4,0<;)0 McGowan. 3,000 

 Jubilee, 2,(tCH> Flora Hill, 1,000 each of 

 Argyle and Mayor Pingree, 500 Evelina 

 and 250 Bon Ton. 



LONGIFLORUM LILIES. 



From "N. R. H." comes the follow- 

 ing: "Would you please tell me 

 through your columns when to pot up 

 L. longiflorum for Easter; also what 

 size to plant. I want some single 

 bulbs in 6-inch pots, some in 7 and 

 8-inch pots with two. three or as 

 many bulbs as it takes to till them. 

 Please tell me the best methods of cul- 

 ture and such hints as may be use- 

 ful." 



The Lilium Harrisii or so often 

 called the Bermuda lily begins to ar- 

 rive in this month (July) and by end 

 of August all orders are filled, but the 

 longiflorum is later and many of the 

 bulbs don't reach us till September, 

 and if Easter is early there is no time 

 to be lost from the day of arrival till 

 they are in flower. Last year if it 

 had not been for the extraordinary fine 

 and warm March we would have had a 

 good many hundred longiflorums 

 wasting their sweetness two weeks 

 after Easter festivities were over, so as 

 soon as bulbs arrive get them potted 

 at once. If you are short of bench 

 room place them in a cold frame and 



cover with sash. The sash is not ab- 

 solutely necessary, but it prevents an 

 oversoaking in time of heavy rains. 

 The soil should not be heavy; a light 

 loam will suit them well and no fresh 

 manure should be used with it, but a 

 fifth or sixth of well rotten manure 

 will help very much. 



For the past two years we have pot- 

 ted both the longiflorum and Harrisii 

 in 3 and 4-inch pots, and when they 

 have filled the pots with roots and 

 made a few inches of growth, shifted 

 them into a 5, 6 or 7, their flowering 

 pot. This is a good plan for several 

 reasons. You save much room on the 

 bench during September. October and 

 November, at a time when your bench- 

 es are filled with chrysanthemums. It 

 the lilies are diseased or they don't 

 start you have not wasted so much 

 space, labor or soil, and for those that 

 you wish to put 3 bulbs in an 8-inch 

 pot it is much the best because you 

 can select them all about the same 

 degree of earliness, a great considera- 

 tion. 



The great bulk of the longiflorums 

 grown are 5 to 7 and 7 to 9, the latter 

 much the best for selling in pots; 3 

 bulbs in an 8-inch pot is a fine Easter 

 plant. One bulb will do in a 5-inch, 

 but better in a 6-inch. The principal 

 I)oints of their culture is not to over- 

 force them when first brought into the 

 house, increase the heat as flowering 

 time approaches, let them be in a per- 

 fectly light house at all times and 

 never let aphis make their appearance 

 on them. W. SCOTT. 



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THE OMAHA CONVENTION. 



The time for the Omaha convention 

 of the Society of American Florists is 

 rapidly approaching and it behooves 

 one and all in the trade to make ready 

 to attend. Those who voted at Prov- 

 idence to go to Omaha this year 

 should not fail to back up their vote 

 by their presence at the meeting next 

 month. And those of the west should 

 be there to a man and show the east- 

 ern members that a rousing meeting 

 can be held west of the Mississippi 

 river. In addition to the attractions of 

 the convention there will be the 

 Trans-Mississippi and International 

 Exposition with the great and only 

 Taylor at the head of the horticultural 



department. And we may have an- 

 other opportunity to listen to the im- 

 passioned eloquence of Professor Dan- 

 iel Webster MacLean. If San Fran- 

 cisco, Yokohama or Manila would like 

 to have the society meet there next 

 year they would do well to at once se- 

 cure Prof. MacLean to extend the in- 

 vitation. The acceptance would come 

 as a matter of course. 



The oflicers and executive commit- 

 tee have prepared a very attractive 

 program that will undoubtedly result 

 in much practical benefit to the trade. 

 The Omaha florists will do everything 

 in their power to make it pleasant for 

 the visitors. The bowling and shoot- 

 ing matches will undoubtedly be the 

 "hottest" yet. Really no one can af- 

 ford to miss the benefits and pleasures 

 of these annual reunions whether they 

 be held on the Atlantic or Pacific or 

 midway, as this year. We don't mean 

 the midway at the exposition, though 

 probably that will also have its attrac- 

 tions. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business is very quiet. Flowers are 

 not over plentiful and prices low. Con- 

 tinued hot weather for the past week 

 has had a depressing effect on the 

 market. 



Roses are in very bad shape, most 

 of them being small and off color and 

 the majority of them mildewed. Price 

 for most of them is from $1 to $2.50 

 per hundred. Good shipping stock is 

 quoted a trifle higher. Extra good 

 Meteors and Maids sell well at $4. 



The fact is extra good stock is very 

 scarce, as most of the growers are in 

 the midst of planting new stock. Car- 

 nations are still plentiful and there is 

 quite a falling off in quality. White 

 is about the only ones in good demand 

 for funeral work. Price on all colors 

 is 75 cents and $1 per 100. 



Sweet peas are a great glut and go 

 for any price offered in 1.000 lots; 

 price per 100 15 cents. 



Some good valley was seen last week 

 and sold well at $3. 



Charlie Kuehn received a fine ship- 

 ment of some 200 Harrisii lilies last 

 week from growers in Illinois. They 

 came in good shape and sold readily 

 at 75 cents per dozen. 



Smilax is not selling well, consider- 

 able of it going to waste at the com- 

 mission houses. 



Notes. 



S. S. Skidelsky was in town last 

 week representing Messrs. Craig, Har- 

 ris and Rice, of Philadelphia. Mr. 

 Skidelsky showed some very fine 

 plants, making his headquarters at 

 Kuehn's. 



Prof. Irish, acting director of the 

 Mo. Botanical Garden, returned home 

 from Omaha Saturday morning where 

 he attended the educational conven- 

 tion. The professor is much pleased 

 with his trip, especially his visit to the 



