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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



January 16, 1902. 



GERANIUMS. 



They are ready NOW. 



Write for pricee. we are going to sell them. 



ROOTED CUTTINGS of i^T^^^'lLTl^it 



gant, Beaute of Poitevine, J. J. Harrison, Mme. Jaulin, S. A. Nutt. 

 La Favorite. Tvy. Silver Leaf, Mme. Salleroi. Peter Crozy. Frances 

 Perkins, Eliza, E. G. Hill, Double Grant, Double New Life. Mrs. 

 Pollock, Bronze and a score of others. 



GREENE & UNDERBILL, WSTERTOWN, N. Y. 



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ELMIRA, N. Y. 



A Flood. 



The severe floods that were prevalent 

 just before Cliristmas did some damage 

 to the florists' establishments of this 

 city. The grounds around the Hoffman 

 greenhouses were flooded and the water 

 ran into one house, but was soon shut 

 out. G. P. Rawson, being near the river, 

 was on the anxious scat for some time, 

 as the level of the flood rose up into his 

 lower houses, but the waters finally sub- 

 sided without reaching his flres and the 

 only damage was the chill and set back 

 to the Christmas crops from the ice 

 water bath. It turned very cold that 

 night, but the steam pipes worked all 

 right and kept the frost out. 



Carnation News. 



Many of the newer carnations are be- 

 ing tried here with varying success, 



Mr, John Rudy, at the Strathmont 

 conservatories, is now cutting a splen- 

 did lot of Ethel Crocker and believes that 

 much reviled variety is the best of all, 

 if properly grown. His are large, on 

 good stems and do not burst the calyx. 

 His house is a very light one and the 

 stock was planted early. In whites, Rudy 

 has Lorna and Norway doing nicely, but 

 neither can come up to Mary Wood as 

 he grows it; it is full of fine, large blos- 

 soms all the time, is a very chaste and 

 beautiful bloom, and if one can raise all 

 he wants of that kind he need not look 

 any further for a white variety. Rudy 

 has a few seedlings that are interesting 

 and among them a very promi.sing, large, 

 brilliant scarlet, on a good stiff stem. 

 It has line form and fragrance and may 

 prove to be a winner. Hia roses arid 

 thousands of young bedding plants all 

 show good care. 



H. N. Hoffman's carnations are pio- 

 dueing large quantities of (lowers now. 

 America and Estelle are his best reds 

 and the latter is certainly fine. Mary 

 Wood and White Cloud are both produc- 

 ing finely and small tests of Norway and 

 Queen Louise are giving satisfactory re- 

 turns. Looking over the benches of his 

 Lawson house is like looking over a tra- 

 ditional wheat field, and it has been 

 steadily at it since the middle of Novem- 

 ber. Genevieve Lord is doing finely here, 

 the only criticism that can be offered is 

 its lack of size to come up to the neiv 

 standard. Morning Glory seems to be 

 the best pale pink yet disseminated and 

 Mr. H. w'ill grow a lot of it ne.xt year. 

 Ethel Crocker is doing much better than 

 last year and Scott will be discarded, 

 A small patch of seedlings contains a 

 few interesting things that will be tried 

 another year, and of course more seeds 

 are being formed for further experi- 

 ments. 



The violet beds are loaded with fine 

 flowers and without a spot of disease of 

 any kind. Altogether the place shows 

 the care and intelligence of the foreman, 

 Richard King, The roses are his special 

 pets and they always do well. 



Notes. 



.T. E. Anthony has returned fronv 



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OW NOW .^ 



SSTER—Daybreak, finest pink, true stock, "s oz., 40c; oz., $2.50 



SSTER—Vick's branching white !s oz.,S5c; oz., $1.25 



SALVIA SPLENDENS-New crop 'A oz., 25c; oz., $1.50 



SMILAX-New crop oz., 35c; lb., $3.50 



VERBENA— Mammoth choice mixed. . , ;;; oz„ 25c; oz., $1.00 



We are booking orders for strong rooted cuttings of Carnations. Clirysanthemums and 

 Roses: also Roses in 2!4-in. pots, clean, tiealthy stock, grown by ttie Lake View Rose Gardens. 

 For list of varieties and prices see our Trade List or write us. 



WALTER MOTT SEEO^& BULB CO., JAMESTOWN, N. Y. 



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liradford, Pa., whitlicr he went in No 

 venibcr. 



A new competitor in the business i 

 Mr. T. J. Bardeen, who has rented some 

 greenhouses that have been idle for some 

 time. H. 



CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS. 



Chicago Cainalion Cw., Joliet. III., prelimi- 

 nary price list of rooted cuttings of new and 

 old varieties of carnations: W. K. Nelson, Au- 

 gusta, Ga., price list of field-grown roses: S. 

 W. Pike. St. Charles. 111., wholesale list of 

 rooted cuttings: M, Crawford Co., Cuyahoga 

 Falls, Ohio, spring catalogue of new strawber- 

 ries and the best old ones ; Hope Greenhouse 

 (Florence A. 'Willard), Providence. R. I., cal- 

 endar: Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Fia.. native and 

 exotic plants, trees and shrubs: F. Banning. 

 Kinsman. Ohio. list of gladioli: Augustus Cas- 

 pers, Rochelle, III., calendar: James C. Mur- 

 ray. Peoria, 111., florists' flower seeds and 

 choice roses: F. Dorner & Sons Co.. La Fay- 

 ette, Ind.. 1902 descriptive price list of rooted 

 carnation cuttings: Blue Hill Nurseries. South 

 Braintree. Mass., price list of hardy herba- 

 ceous perennials: L. P. Lord. Owatonna, Minn., 

 calendar; 'W. C. Beckett. Allegheny, Pa., 1902 

 list of garden, field and flower seeds: Alex. 

 McConnell, 546 Fifth Ave.. New York City, 

 illustrated and descriptive list of tropical and 

 sub-tropical foliage plants: McGregor Bros. 

 Co., Springfield. Ohio, ilustrated and descrip- 

 tive list of roses, carnations, cannas, etc. : L. 

 I*. May & Co., St. Paul, Minn., northern-grown 

 seeds, plants and bulbs: T. L. Metcalf. Hop- 

 kinsville, Ky., calendar. 



Lenox, Mass. — The eighth annual ball 

 of the Lenox Horticultural Society will 

 be held at Sedgwick Hall Annex, Tues- 

 day evening, January 28, 



Please do not send us specimens of 

 plants or flowers by express unless the 

 charges are prepaid. 



THE BEST CARNATIONS. 



I was much interested in the replies 

 to the inquiry of Conn. Was somewhat 

 surprised that Mr, Baur should name 

 loost in preference to Crocker, It is 

 I rue that Joost is free but I consider 

 Crocker the best carnation to date. We 

 liave been cutting a tremendous number 

 of grand blooms from a limited space. 

 All Mr. Herr says of it is true. He 

 might have praised it at greater length 

 and not have gone astray. 



I agree with Mr, Baur as to the two 

 whites, but taking it all in all I get 

 better results from America than from 

 Crane in red, Nixon H, Gang, 



Martinsville, Ind. 



Helena, Mont. — C. O. Horn has just 

 finished building a cut flower store to 

 be used and fitted up exclusively for cut 

 flowers and plants. He has also put in 

 a cold storage room for the handling of 

 cut flowers at wholesale. Mr. C. E. 

 Franke, formerly of Memphis, Tenn.. put- 

 ting in his first winter here as manager 

 of the greenhouse department of the 

 Sixth avenue greenhouses, is welf pleased 

 with the favorable growing condi- 

 tions for high quality stock in 

 this state. Mr. Miller, is adding 

 another sreenhouse, 100x20, for the 

 growing of spring stock, the house 

 being "almost finished. The State 

 Nursery Co. are planning more new car- 

 nation houses, besides enlarging . their 

 nursery department. 



