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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



DECEiiBEn 10, 1003. 



small central cluster of yellow stamens. 

 The flowers do not fade off to mauve, 

 as so many of a similar color do, but 

 turn to a paler sbade of blush before 

 falling. 



Begonia Marie Boucliet has been given 

 an award of merit by the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society. It is a free-growing 

 begonia that is suitable for basket 

 culture by reason of its long, slen- 

 der growths. It has scarlet flowers, that 

 are double, but the central segments are 

 curiously waved and twisted, making a 

 distinct elongated rosette that is quite 

 distinct from the usual style of doubling. 



' The Eeview is worth a good deal to 

 me; I would not know how to get along 

 without it. — Geo. 0. Klein, Beards, Ky. 



The adv. in the Revievt sold the car- 

 nation plants. — Jos. Heinl, Jacksonville, 

 111. 



Here's another dollar; we can't do 

 without the Review. — \V. G. Payne, 

 Girardsville, Pa. 



Your classified advs. are certainly very 

 productive of results. — Wm. Bierstadt 

 & Son, Springfield, 111. 



We like the Review better than ever 

 and would not want to do without it— 

 Wm. Dyer, Three Rivers, Mich. 



We have found our advs. in the Class- 

 ified department of the Florist's Re- 

 view the best investment we can make. 

 We are completely sold out of stock. — 

 Rat H. Palmer, Randolph, N. Y. 



The Florists' Manual 



By WILLIAM SCOTT. 



FROM OUR ENGLISH EXCHANGES. 



The Gardeners' Magazine. 



Protection from Frost. — Althougli 

 wire netting is not usually classed with 

 the materials suitable for the protection 

 of fruit trees from frost, there can be 

 no doubt that it possesses considerable 

 protective value. In the gardens of Syon 

 House there has been so great a diffi- 

 culty in keeping the buds of the goose- 

 berry bushes safe from birds daring the 

 winter and e-arly spring nionths, that Mr. 

 Wythes has had a considerable area en- 

 closed with wire netting. The frame- 

 work is formed with slender posts and 

 strips of deal, and is about five feet 

 high. This is covered with wire netting 

 having an inch mesh, and is a most eflS- 

 eient protection from birds. This year 

 it has been a most efficient protection 

 from frost also, for in April, when the 

 frost was so severe at Syon as to prac- 

 tically destroy the whole of the young 

 gooseberries on the unprotected bushes, 

 not a fruit was injured on the bushes 

 enclosed by the wire structure. 



Anemone King of the Scarlets was 

 given an award of merit by the Royal 

 Horticultural Society in May. For bril- 

 liancy of color it would be hard to find 

 a flower to beat this handsome anemone. 

 The flowers are three inches and more 

 across, qidte double, and yet spread out 

 flat. The outer floral segments are large, 

 but sharply pointed, and then come the 

 petaloid stamens laid out in regular cir- 

 cles, one within the other. The whole 

 flower is vivid velvety scarlet. The vari- 

 ety appears to be very free flowering. 



The forty-fourth exhibition and con- 

 gress of the Pomological Society of 

 France was held at Clermont Ferrand in 

 September. 



A single-flowered garden rose named 

 Blush Rambler has been awarded a gold 

 medal by the National Rose Society. It 

 was secured by crossing Crimson Rambler 

 with The Garland. It bears a profusion 

 of soft blush-])ink flowers, each with a 



THE FLORISTS' MANIAL, 



Is a book of 2U large pages (same size as those of the Florists' Review) and contains about 200 articles on commercial 

 plants and cultural operations, each giving "the meat " only, from the personal experience of a thoroughly practical 

 man who is in daily touch with each department of the business, and who has that rare quality of being able to tell 

 others what they want to know. The articles are arranged alphabetically, like those in an encyclopEedia, and in 

 an instant one can turn to the subject upon which light is desired at the moment. The book is illustrated by over 2U0 

 fine half-tone engravings. It is 



A Complete Reference Book for Commercial Florists 



and is a whole library on practical commercial tioriculture in one volume. It is very handsomely and substantially 

 bound in half leather, with specially designed title in gold. Following we print a few extracts from letters received 

 from buyers of the book: 



A Complete Reference Book for 

 Commercial Florists. 



Over 200 large pag'es. 



Handsomely illustrated. 



Following- IS a list of the sub- 

 jects covered. 



Roses 



Salvia 



Santolina 



Sedum 



Seed Sowing 



Selaginella 



Shading 



Skimmia japon'a 



Smilax 



Soils 



Solanum 



Stephanotis 



Stevia 



Stocks 



Store ManageWnl 



Swain son a 



Sweet Peas 



System 



Thunbergia 



Torenia 



Tropaeolum 



Tuberose 



Valotta 



Vases 



Ventilation 



V^eranda Boxes 



Verbena 



Vinca 



Violet 



Watering 



Zinnia 



byWM. SCOTT. 



After reading Mr. Wm. Scott's Manual, we 

 wish to say that we consider it without equal 

 as a book of reference for busy florists. 



GEORGE ,M.. KELLOGG. 



Pleasant Hill, Mo. 



Mr, Scott's superb work. "The Florists* 

 Manual.'* was indeed worth waiting for. When 

 compared with the amount of practical infor- 

 mation it contains, the selling price, $5.00, 

 eeoms a mere bagatelle. 



Oakland. Md. H. WEBER & SONS. 



It is the best book of the kind ever pub- 

 lished. There is more in it than in any other 

 book I have ever seen. I am delighted with it. 



Chicago. JOHN THORPE. 



No progressive florist, old or young, can 

 afford to be without the Florists' Manual. 

 The old florist needs it. for reference, to aid 

 a defective memory, and the young florist 

 wants it as a guide in this progressive era of 

 '. ibe florists' business. J. T. TEMPLE. 



Davenport, la. 



The Florists' Manual is worth five times the 



price. It is just what a busv flori=t wants. 



Columbus, O. B. BUEHLER & SON. 



Am well pleased with the Manual. It is a 

 practical, everyday helper, concise and to the 

 point. W. A. KENNEDY. 



Milwaukee, Wis. 



Am very much pleased with the book: it is 

 vcrv handv for reference. 

 Macomb. 111. F. E. BONHAM. 



Unlike so many of our books, it has the 

 very flavor and essence of actual experience. 

 Ithaca, N. Y. L. H. BAILEY. 



We have gotten much valuable instruction 



from the Florists' Manual and prize it hiehly. 



Franklin, Tenn. TRUETT BROS. 



Am much pleased with the Manual. Tt is 

 just what I have been looking for. Something 

 that we can understand, and enjoy reading. 



Etna, Pa. M. N.VUMAN. 



Price $5.00, Carriag'e Prepaid. 



I greatly appreciate the Florists* Manual. 

 It is a splendid text-book. 



JOHN WELSH YOUNG. 

 Germantown, Pa. 



The Florists* Manual is a gem. No florist 

 can afford to be without it. 

 Madison. N. J. A. J. BAUR. 



If everyone has enjoyed your book as I have 

 It's a successful publication. It is different 

 from our usual horticultural works, being 

 plain and concise — just what one wants. 



Flushing. N. Y. H. D. DARLINGTON. 



The copy of the "Florists' Manual" wns 

 duly received. I am very well rieased with 

 same. The more I read it the better satis- 

 fled I am with it. and there are one or two 

 articles alone in it that are each worth all 

 you ask for the book, for everything is mads 

 so plain and all details are right to the point. 

 I trust you may have a good and ready sale 

 for the same. M. S. WORDEN. 



North Adams. Mass. 



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