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The Weeldy Florists' Review* 



June 26, 1902. 



blower takes from the pot of molten 

 sand and other materials a small mass 

 on the end of a long metal tube. By 

 blowing through the tube he forms a 

 large bubble about the size of a toy 

 balloon. This is then inserted into a 

 moistened wooden fornj, generally a log 

 four or five feet long and hollowed out 

 till the opening has a diameter of ten to 

 twelve inches, the log being inserted in 

 the ground. The blower continues blow- 

 ing until a long cylinder of glass is 

 formed. This is then cut from the tube 

 and the operation repeated. These cy- 

 linders are later cut lengthwise and. af- 

 ter being re-heated are flattened out 

 into sheets of glass. As these sheets are 

 rarely perfect the work of cutting them 

 into the various sizes of window glass so 

 as to get the most out of them is one 

 requiring considerable experience and 

 judgment. This is the reason it is im- 

 possible to manufacture all 16x24 glass 

 or any other special size. 



One of the greatest advantages of a 

 machine would be in the avoidance of 

 this waste. This in addition to the sav- 

 ing in high priced labor and the remov- 

 al of the present limit on the amount to 

 be manufactured should very considerably 

 reduce the cost of glass, unless the ma- 

 chine should be bought up by some other 

 sort of a trust. 



pink in color and fading to ivory white. 

 It is one of the most highly perfumed of 

 all. In short, there is a fragrance ex- 

 haled from it which loads all the air 

 around it. It is quite a free bloomer. 

 It does not increase as rapidly as L. Es- 

 perence. 



Plutarch is a glory. It is of deep crim- 

 son with a delicate satiny finish, a great 

 ball of dazzling beauty. People come 

 from far and near to see it. ' ' Be sure 

 and save ine one," and the silent, quiet 

 beauty was its own salesman. 



Richardson's Eubra Superba is much 

 like the Plutareh, only on a larger scale, 

 and it is one of the latest to bloom, mak- 

 ing it very valuable for a cut flower. It 

 does not bloom as readily as some others. 

 It takes a year longer, but comes in with 

 such grandeur that we forgive its tardi- 

 ness. This originated near Boston and is 

 equal to any of our imported ones. 



Baroness Schroeder is from Kelway, 

 England. It is yet very rare and he is 

 fortunate who can get it for $2.00 a root. 

 It is an ideal flower, filling all the re- 

 quirements of perfection. In England it 

 is called light flesh colored. Under our 

 brighter sun it is the purest, softest white 

 and in the center petals there lingers the 

 faintest tint of gold, and from the won- 

 drous beauty there is exhaled the most 

 delicate perfume. The flower is so light. 



Paeonia Festiva Maxima. 



SOME PAEONIES OF MERIT. 



I give a description of some not in 

 general cultivation. 



L. Esperence comes from France. Very 

 fine rose colored, full center, highly per- 

 fumed and a free bloomer, besides being 

 one of the earliest to bloom. It is also 

 very vigorous and increases rapidly, giv- 

 ing it all the points of excellence desir- 

 able in a pajony. It is of superior value 

 as a cut flower and will often bloom in 

 the Northern States early enough for 

 Decoration Day, when fine flowers are 

 most in demand. 



Marie Lemoine is a flower of delicate 

 and exquisite beauty, opening slightly 



delicate, fluffy and ethereal it seems as 

 if it might float away. It is a very full 

 and free bloomer. Most flowers of such 

 exquisite beauty are slow of propagation 

 and shy bloomers, but I have cut eight 

 strong roots from one in two years. I 

 took up one late and sent it off 100 miles 

 and in a month it was in full bloom. Its 

 wondrous beauty, readiness to bloom, 

 great vigor and easy propagation place 

 it in the very front. 



La Tulipe is from France. It is not 

 widely known nor planted as yet, and so 

 it comes high. By some it is considered 

 the very queen of the whole family. It 

 commences to show its beauty in the bud 



and it is interesting to watch its develop- 

 ment — first, petals of green interlaced 

 with crimson, then petals of light pink 

 streaked with red, and as the flower 

 swells to bursting it is a mass of delicate 

 pink all woven with carmine, and when 

 the flower opens it is flesh colored all 

 streaked with red, and it sits there in its 

 beauty as in a chalice of veined marble. 

 It is also slightly fragrant. It is very 

 robust and a free bloomer. I have cut 

 nine strong roots from one in two years; 

 so that, though exiiensive at first, it soon 

 pays by its great vigor and productive- 

 ness. It has excellent keeping qualities 

 as a cut' flower. 



The Newer Kinds. 



Wild Eose. There are two kinds bear- 

 ing this name. One is pink and the other 

 deep red, very brilliant. They are single 

 flowers of enormous size and contrast 

 beautifully with other sorts. 



Red Cloud is entirely new, has not yet 

 been sent out. It is an enormous flower 

 of the deep crimson family. It is of 

 great vigor and I think will prove a ready 

 bloomer. I chose it from 1,000 new seed- 

 lings, many of them of great promise. 



Saul was so named because it stood 

 head and shoulders above its neighbors. 

 It is the largest I have ever seen of the 

 whole piEony family. It is semi-double, 

 outer petals pink, striped with white, with 

 a deep gold center. 



Tecumseh is of deep crimson. It is the 

 most solid of all the pseony family. It 

 has a system of deep, rich flowers packed 

 and pressed together into a shapely ball 

 of dazzling beauty. It was formerly 

 called Grover Cleveland. It is so solid 

 you could almost stone a dog with it. The 

 blossoms retain their beauty a long time 

 and as a cut flower it will probably keep 

 the longest of any. 



Nigra is one of the darkest of the deep 

 crimson family, a shy bloomer, but mak- 

 ing it up when it gets down to business. 



Princess Ellen is a large, unique 

 flower, opening light crimson, changing 

 to the purest white, the broad snowy 

 petals sandwiched with small, delicate 

 and feathery ones, giving it a very fine 

 appearance. 



The Bride is snowy white, an early 

 bloomer that, though the flower is not 

 collection. 



Walter Morgan shows more of the pure 

 gold than any other pfeony we know of. 

 It is very fragrant, guard petals snowy 

 white, inner of deep yellow, center buds 

 green with a dash of carmine. This has 

 not been sent out yet. 



General Grant is an enormous pink 

 flower, very robust and a free bloomer. 



Sada Evans, Clara Barton and La 

 France are fine white varieties of merit. 



Belle of York is a very free, full 

 bloomer, large pink flower edged with 

 white. It is so robust and such a hearty 

 bloomer that, though the flower is not 

 first-class, yet it will win its way. 



There is a tendency to put too many 

 flowers on the list among the seedling 

 peeonies. Though I have seen them by 

 the hundred, I have not seen a poor one 

 among them all. But floriculture is on 

 the up-grade and we want the very best. 

 There is a place for the thousands of 

 seedlings for mass planting, where they 

 will be very attractive, but we should 

 name only the very best. 



York, Neb. C. S. Harrison. 



Sioux City, Ia. — J. C. Rennison is pre- 

 paring to build several new houses. 



