COPVRIGHT, 1898, BY 



PUOeiSTS' PUBL.ISI1IMG CO.. 520-53S Caxton Building. CHICAGO. 



Vol. n. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, OCTOBER 20, 1898. 



No. 47. 



NEW ORCHID. 



The Illustration, which is from a 

 photograph specially taken for The 



is named Cattleya labiata Mrs. Clar- 

 ence H. Mackay, and was exhibited at 

 the New York Florists' Club meeting 

 October 10. There being no orchid ex- 



Cattleya Labiata Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay. 



Review, shows the only plant of a new 

 variety of cattleya introduced by the 

 Rosary Flower Co., New York City. It 



pert present, it was passed with a com- 

 plimentary notice. The plant has six 

 growths and nineteen flowers, which 



are as large as those of C. Gigas. The 

 sepals and petals are rich amethyst; 

 the lip, very large and prettily frilled, 

 is almost entirely claret colored. D. 



DUTCH BULBS. 



Bv Walter Wilshike. 



[Read before the Canadian Horticultural .Asso- 

 ciation, at the Toronto Convention.] 



The subject, "Dutch Bulbs" has been 

 much discussed of late years, and 

 many and varied have been the com- 

 ments from higher authorities than 

 the present essayist. Your executive 

 committee have, however, been kind 

 enough to give me the easiest part of 

 the controversy. "Can they be grown 

 by the retailer to pay?" Had it read, 

 "Can they be grown by the wholesaler 

 to pay?" my reply could only have 

 been a big "No," so far as my experi- 

 ence goes, and it would have taken a 

 long time to have figured out the profit 

 in the prices of flowers grown from 

 Dutch bulbs at the quotations of the 

 past few years in the lists of whole- 

 sale prices. 



With the retailer things are differ- 

 ent. There is still a very fair margin 

 of profit between the price of Dutch 

 bulbs at the present time and the 

 price of cut flowers to the consumer. 

 The average price for the best known 

 and widely grown varieties of tulips 

 does not exceed $10 per thousand, de- 

 livered, and these sell in Montreal for 

 from 50 to 75 cents per dozen, accord- 

 ing to quality, while at Christmas 

 King of the Yellows has broug'ht $1 

 per dozen. Paper White and Von Sion 

 narcissus bring the same prices as tu- 

 lips, and hyacinths, both cut and 

 grown in pots and pans, have made a 

 profit for the retailer who grows them. 



Dutch bulbs are such easy things to 

 grow, to anyone who will use his com- 

 mon sense and understands anything 

 about their requirements, that any re- 

 tailer can manage them successfully; 

 and grown well they will always com- 



