June 12 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



89 



TEMPERATURE, 



Temperature is such an all-important 

 factor in plant life, ranking indeed only 

 second to light itself, that its study is 

 one of the first essentials to the cultivat- 

 or. The range of most plants is alto- 

 gether determined by it, all but perfectly 

 hardy or frost-proof ones demanding a 

 temperature which never falls below 32 

 deg. Fahr., while many collapse alto- 

 gether if this be even approached; the 

 hardy ones, on the other hand, if con- 

 stantly exposed to warm conditions, will 

 perish sooner or later, owing to the lack 

 of rest which the cold period affords 

 them, and thus are equally limited. 

 Plants in fact, like all other organisms, 

 are the outcome of the environments of 

 their natural habitats. Alternating pe- 

 riods of cold and heat or drought and 

 moisture, induce corresponding periods 

 of rest and active growth, and under 

 culture, a main factor of success is the 

 closest possible imitation of these condi- 

 tions, a fact which is too often lost sight 

 of as regards the resting period, which 

 only an intimate knowledge of the natu- 

 ral environment of the plants concerned 

 can properly indicate. 



It is frequently overlooked that the 

 term tropical and sub-tropical do not 

 necessarily imply the constant high tem- 

 perature of tropical and sub-tropical 

 climates at the levels frequented by 

 humanity. Many plants are introduced 

 from elevated mountain regions, in which 

 practically all climates exist, from the 

 tropical heat at the mountain foot to 

 arctic cold at the snow line. A consign- 

 ment of plants, therefore, from the Equa- 

 torial regions may possibly embrace, in- 

 termingled with the tenderest tenants of 

 valley glens which perish unless grown 

 in a hothouse, a number of which are 

 almost or quite hardy and would per- 

 ish .iust as surely if placed in the same 

 quarters, and yet the uninstnicted re- 

 cipient of such a consignment would nat- 

 urally treat them all alike, and jjrobably 

 attribute the consequent failures to quite 

 other causes than the true one. Even 

 when plants survive which are thus un- 

 fittingly treated, it frequently occurs 

 that their habit is greatly altei-ed and 

 their flowers adversely affected, as is 

 evidenced by attempted culture of some 

 of our native vegetables in foreign lands, 

 where choice varieties deteriorate and 

 become altogether valueless. 



On the other hand, it is remarkable 

 how some foreign introductions adapt 

 themselves to and even improve under 

 greatly changed conditions. Take for 

 instance the tulip; in its native habitat 

 we find it growing in hot, rocky locali- 

 ties on the Oriental hills, where the soil 

 for the best part of the year is absolute- 

 ly baking in a fervid sun and must be 

 literally "dry as a bone," while here, 

 as we know, it thrives, and, with many 

 fine varieties, increases year after year 

 in loose loamy soil, which in normal seas- 

 ons is always wet or damp. Neverthe- 

 less, the bulbs refuse to respond to the 

 stimulus of humidity, and take their 

 rest as soundly as the_y do at home. 

 Despite this, however, there is no doubt 

 that in most cases the rule holds good 

 that the nearer we approach the natural 

 conditions, the healthier and more satis- 

 factory the plants will be; but to attain 

 these conditions, much greater knowledge 

 of the, so to speak, normal temperature 

 is required than is often acquired by the 

 grower who learns the geographical po- 

 sition of the native country but ignores 



GERANIIMS! 



Twenty leading sorts, from 2Vi-inch potn. 

 $2.W per IIKI. 



Caladinm Escalentnm, 4 to t>-in.. $1 .00. 



Achyranthes Emersonil, 2-in. pots. $2 per 100; 

 rooted cutting-e. 75c per 100. 



Alteruanthera. from2-in. pots, $2.00 per 100. 



Coleus, 20 standard varieties. 2-ln. pots, 12.00. 



Cannas, in varieties. 3-ln. pots. 16.00 per 100. 



Chrysanthemums, pompons, best collection 

 known. 2H-in- pots. S2 00 per 100; rooted cut- 

 tings. 11,00 per 100. or|.1.2D postpaid, 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Standard Varieties. 



Bonnaffon. Cullingfordii. Eureka. J. H. Wood- 

 ford, Minerva. Mrs. Jerome Jones. Mrs. J. D. 

 Whilldin. Modesto. Mrs. S. T. Murdock. Mrs. 

 John J. Glessner. Mrs. R. McArtiiur. Mrs. H. 

 Weeks. Mrs. O. P. Bassett. Niveus. Rose Owen. 

 V. H. Hallock, Prince of Wales, large-flowering, 

 hardy white. 



2H-in. pots. 30c per doz.; $2.00 per 100. 



SPECIAL PRICE on CHRYSANTHEMUMS: 



l.UOOour selection of from 10 to'20 kinds, for $15.00 



Write for prices on large lots. 



CASH WITH ORDER. 



R. VINCENT, Jr. & SON, White Marsh, Md. 



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PaNSY 



GiTNT-Mme. Perret 



The Prize Strain, exliibited at the Pan-Ameri- 

 can Exposition, true stock. 50c per trade packet : 

 So 00 per ounce. 



Our Choicest Mixture of the best strains pro- 

 ctirable. 50c per trade packet ; .SI. 25 per ^s ounce: 

 $2M per Ji ounce. 



WALTER MOTT SEED & BULB CO., 



.IAME.STOWN, N. Y. 



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^^^mmmmM^a^ Bourier, Star of 91. Crozy, 

 ^3|ir|3S> Florence VauEhan. Austria. 

 ^•^ etc., etc., mixed, from 4-inch 



pots. Sr. 00 per 100. 

 Colens, .1, Goode. Verschafleltii, BeckwithGem. 



ftc. 2'4-inch, at $.3.10 per luo : s:.5 00 per 1000. 

 Centanrea, 3-)Dch. at -S-S 00 per 100. 

 Salleroi, 3 inch, at $3.00 per 100. 

 Petunias, 4-inph. dble. and single. $7.00 per 10 



CRABB & HUNTER, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Liberty Roses! 



1500 IN 2x2',-IlICH POTS 

 BEADY TO SEITD OUT. WBITE 



GEO. A. KUHL, PEKIN, ILL. 



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the material point of elevation. — Gard- 

 ners ' Magazine. 



LETTUCE. 



When shonld Grand Eapids lettuce 

 seed be sown so as to have lettuce large 

 enough to cut bv Nov. 15th? 



51. W. W. 



Plants from seed sown Sept. 1st will 

 be in good shape by the middle of No- 

 vember, and for a continuous crop sow 

 a little every week. An ounce of seed 

 will produce" 4,000 to o.OOO plants, so 

 M. W. W. can sow accordingly. C. T. 



WHOLESALE GROWERS 



Narcissus 

 and Daffodils 



FINEST VARIETIKS. 



Low prices on quantities for Fall delivery. 

 Send U8 your list of wants. 



American Bulb Growers' Co. 



WHOLESALE BILB GROWERS, 



PETERSBURG, VA. 



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COLEUS. 



300 Verschafleltii out of 2K-in. pots, good 

 stocky Plants, per 100. $2.50— the 300 for $7.00. 

 400 R. C. Coleus Verschaffeltii at 50 cents per 100. 

 Mixed varieties out of 2-in. pots, per 100. $1.50. 



CANNAS. 



Austria. C. de Bouchard, Q. Charlotte, Alle- 

 mania. L. Vaughan. Souv. de A. Crozy. M. Berat. 

 F. Bismarck, F. Vaughan, Italia and Burbank out 

 of pots, at $5.00 per 100 : mixed varieties at $4.00 

 per 100. 



Vincas, trailing. 4-in. pots, long runners, per 

 100. $10.00. Swainsona, Alba and Rosea, 2-in.. 

 per 100. .$2. .50. Umbrella Plants, 2-in., per 100, 

 $2.00, Asparag-ns Bprengeri, 2-in., per 100. 

 $2.00. Iiophospermum, 2-in.. per 100, $1.50. 

 Cash or satisfactory reference with order. 



GEO. L. MILLER, Newark, Ohio. 



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the best 

 every day 

 green on 

 the market, strong plants. 3-in. pots. S8.00 per 100. 



Pn I lU A Rni A P'°'' ^°<^ white, clean, healthy, 

 uUUVHnUIn) in good condition 2-in. pots, 

 $.3.00 per 10(-i. 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN, 



Slocum & IHusgrove Sts , GERMANTOWN, PA. 



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Cauliflower PlantsI^^^ 



Postpaid. By Ex. 



Early Snowball, 200 plants. . ..$1.00 $1.00 



Extra Early Erfurt, 200 plants 1.00 4.00 



Paris, 300 plants.. 1.00 2.50 



Early Favorite, 250 plants 1.00 3.00 



Or ,50 plants of each variety 1.00 



JNO. 6. LEHOE, - Forks, Erie Co., N. Y. 



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Slants! Qlants! 



Asparagus Sprengeri, from flats ready 

 for potting. $1.00 per 100: $8.00 per 1000; 2Ji-ln., 

 11.50 per 100. Smllax, 2-ln.. $1.00 per 100. 



SAMUEL WHITT0N,G^a1?.I,Utica,N.Y. 



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Beauty, D. Cham- Tnmiltn Plsnfc ^^^ P^'' 1** 

 plon and Lorlllard lOrUalU ridlllb $1.25 per 1000 



PfPPERS— Bull-Nose and Ruby King, 20c 

 per 100. CABBAGE— iSpeciall-lO.OOOE. J. W. 

 Cabbage plants, tine, large plants, $1.00 per 1000; 

 $7.50 for the 10.000. ASTERS— Semple's white. 

 Victoria. Perfection and Comet. 25e per 100. 

 SIMILAX— 2-in., $1.00 per 100: 3-in., $2.50 per 100. 



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