The Weekly Florists* Review. 



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View in the new range of rose houses of Reinberg Bros., Sununerdale, Chicago. 



enough and he likes PeiTin better. 

 Philadelphia was all right for exhibi- 

 tion, but was not a seller. The petals 

 of Minerva dropped too quickly. Mrs. 

 E. G. Hill was too tall and Dailledouze 

 was too weak in the neck. 



He wiW bench about 16,000 carna- 

 tions, including 2,000 each of Day- 

 break, Scott and Tidal Wave, 3.500 

 McGowan, l.tKiO Jubilee, 700 Argyle, 

 150 White Cloud, and 25 each of Mrs. 

 Bradt, Dazzle, Mary Wood, Gold Nug- 

 get, Pingree, Evelina, Empress, Bon 

 Ton, Victor and Mrs. S. A. Northway. 

 He grows Fisher and Scott for sum- 

 mer flowers. His plants in the field 

 are in fine condition. 



In roses he grows Meteor, Kaiserin, 

 Bride and Maid. The Meteors he is 

 now drying out preparatory to carry- 

 ing them over for the third year. In 

 a few weeks he will start them up 

 again. With him the carried over 

 plants produce more and better Sow- 

 ers than young stock. Kaiserin car- 

 ried over to the second year did finely 

 and he can't see but what he cut as 

 many flowers from them as from the 

 Brides in winter and decidedly more 

 in summer. He rested them a short 

 time in January, and when they were 

 in growth gave them a temperature of 

 CO to G2 degrees. One end of a house 

 of Meteors is occupied by palms and 

 ferns, being separated from the roses 

 by merely a curtain. 



In bedding plants he noted less call 

 for cannas this year and more demand 

 for geraniums, and he had a lot of 

 Caladium esculentum left over. He 



also has had trouble with Bruantii 

 geranium, which seemed to be blind, 

 but they bloomed all right after being 

 planted out. He has quite a lot of 

 Hydrangea Otaksa in the field, but 

 these will not be marketed till after 

 Easter. He is growing on a lot of 

 young palms, plunged in a deep hot- 

 bed, keeping a crack of air on all the 

 time. This is the most convenient way 

 to handle a small lot. He finds the 

 swainsona useful as a cut fiower and 

 will this season try the bougainvillea. 

 He is this summer trying some asters 

 in some gravelly soil hauled for the 

 purpose, but fears his trouble won't 

 pay him. 



He has added a new violet house 

 10x125, with solid beds, which is 

 planted with half Marie Louise and 

 half California. 



HEUCHERA SANGUINEA ROBUSTA 

 AND H. ALBA. 



That the ordinary Heucherat- san- 

 guinea is most useful in a variety of 

 ways, is conceded by all who have ever 

 tried this valuable plant, even on .a 

 small scale, in their grounds. Tliey 

 are salable pot plants and are in con- 

 stantly increasing demand for the bor- 

 ders and for beds. We can also easily 

 induce them to bloom continuously in 

 the winter months, when the Ion?, 

 slender and graceful spikes with their 

 numerous coral red little bell-shaped 

 flowers are readily dispo.-;ed of at a 

 fair price in the cut flower market. 



In H. s. robusta we have an improved 

 variety with larger bells and a decid- 



edly brighter color, nearer to a crim- 

 son scarlet. We have grown it for sev- 

 eral years in our collection, but not 

 much was ever said about its superior 

 qualities, for at first we thought the 

 larger flowers and brighter color might 

 be the result of extra care bestowed on 

 a new and rare plant, but now we may 

 safely say that with the same treat- 

 ment and in the same soil the never 

 variety will always prove superior lo 

 the older one, both in color and size 

 of flowers and spikes, while the foliage 

 and growth resemble that of the type. 



The white variety, called alba, should 

 also find a place in every collection of 

 any pretensions. It is a constant and 

 very profuse bloomer, has larger and 

 somewhat more elongated bells than 

 H. sanguinea, and although some Eu- 

 ropean writers have reported that the 

 color was not as pure as might be de- 

 sired (in some instances it was even 

 described as a dirty white) we cannot 

 candidly give such an adverse opinion 

 in our experience. The plant, in our 

 estimation, is really deserving our at- 

 tention; the color is nearly pure white 

 throughout, with exception of a green- 

 ish tinge near the base of the bells. 

 The unfavorable reports were very 

 likely gathered from experience with 

 seedlings which were not up to the 

 standard, as is often the case with a 

 great many hardy things grown from 

 seed. 



If plants of this description are 

 raised in this way, we are never sure 

 of getting the best forms. When v'e 

 are favored by luck, we may find a 



