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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



is done bv merely nipping out the tip 

 of the growth: pinching off three or 

 nunc eves will cause a stuntedness from 

 which thev rarelv recover. Care should 

 Ik- taken that they never approach being 

 pot bound, as this will cause premature 

 and imperfect, blooms. 



During the first week of Septcnbet 

 thev should be moved inside, as it they 

 are' allowed to remain outside till frost 

 compels their removal and are then sub- 

 jected to artificial heat, they are liable 

 to drop their foliage. A house with a 

 temperature of 55 degrees is just the 

 temperature suited. 



To have some of these specimens in 

 bloom in November the stopping will 

 have to 1* discontinued before October, 

 but the best specimens are those which 

 have been trained up to the middle of 

 November. If properly trained and 

 cared for these plants will continue to 

 bloom until hot weather commences 



ag In n England they grow these plants on 

 sin-le stems and keep them growing and 

 blonmin" for live or six years, entirely 

 •haneinj, the character of the plant from 

 •in annual herb to that of an apparently 

 hard-wooded shrub. In a future article 

 I'will endeavor to describe exactly how 

 this is done. K" ES - 



white flower 



THE HOLLAND BULBS. 



BV HENRY F. MICHEL!., OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Read before the convention of 

 American Seed trade \s-oeiation a 

 lantie City, N. J-i - TulK ' - :; 



on Dutch l..h.- i~ ■ ""-'■■■■■ 1; "" '„' i ' 1 '. h , " 1 '.'. n ' 

 caused by the ;"'?«;«> ',;,„.;,,.. ..- ■ . ii 

 had during the waiter and sp in- 



oln^aUi^u^^ayh^^he^ 



"Itan'sUrt^rT tulips, the gorgeous bear, 



- ention herewith the . 1 .- •■■ — ■ •'" ' 



ther ht^h in mice as yet, but 



tics." and 



which are vaiuc. u.a 



well worth tic- price 



Hawk.— The finest pure 



in cultivation, eitlier for J;cd;linj: 



t P S',b"tInce. Te it is ,r a g< KO?d W Uwper! 



. I(1| . f 1,,ii"i r than any other 



nil stand handling and shipping 



^Rose" \w"l. , '!ie' ll, 'l , ie.'n'"t»'l HgUt l ,Inl! , fl0Wer j 



perfect si!:!,-. .."I.- ■- ' " ' ' "' 



Pa T lfe '.&?£»-* a ^^i"* 



special net.- ^ "",,'''' , '' n j' „','., kl . .,., ruiorS- 

 St ^ °, a th,n,' Th" "nt" -date bull, importer has 



'" , '', . i , i ,1 „ i-il.e.l in 1.1- catalogue. I 

 them all 'j-';'' ,'/.., Ii:l , ,. is very important if 



pure whi 



l-.rilcr. 



times- called Maiden' 



with distinct pink bor 



I'or a handsome mixture in late 11oh.ti.iu- 

 tulips the Bizarrcs an.l liybloomens contain every 



„„.,u-iic.,hle ...l..r ..f the rainl.ow. He mend 



,,,,.■ ■-,,.. mm,, t.. cur customers, informing 



hen '-it the s time that they bloom con- 



eral. v I..T than the eall.c. but still early 



,,..,, ... .... don- I. looming before summer 



,,| mfs i id inie.l In their beds. All il..|"T> anl 

 to I ... ' c.oieoilo r ill all late tulips especially, IS 

 to enter and lnsi,t on stri. tly first size bulbs, as 

 sm li. r l.ull.s in i|ilclitlv do not bloom. 



I shall now say a few Herds about the tnvot- 

 ite. well known hyacinths. Hyacinth _*••■' 

 Holland are grown 



plant, nu- 



ll,,,, s 



"",..or'.V" r -r'i'i''|.- -11 i*" important that only 

 l-,r-e bulbs should 1 rdc'ed. which 



,,.... to 60 per cent. Good flowers of par- 



,.,,.,, -is Ivi-liu. Vienna and other large 

 -ironf'in cities great quantities are used. The 

 displa/of color in this class is marvelous. The 

 molt il.mvv and satisfactory sorts are: 



rout.,, do or .-olden yellow, a perfect, bean- 



.ifTfiow.T -f •-,- \ : *™ %- 



pfacWta vv;io-r'it''ia-t'r'nearly ?r a week in prime 

 '''sno.'VeT handsome show tulip of the late 

 .... class Is Grand Gesnerlana - 



scarlet, with a rich violet center. 

 ;'„:,mn'!ti!"i..' •"*••■ -»*™My comparing with the 

 '-ull'^fTio'^i.IuesYin color is Pi«,tee. some- 



heavily manured 



land which 

 this purpose. 



certain ingredients 

 may harm the by. 

 tin- potatoes are ts 

 tally dug and the 



oiiu'lilv lie, ..In [----'. 1. 



order to take 

 manure which 

 August, after 



nths 



are grown on the ground where 

 e been grown the previous year, 

 sutli. ientlv rich for *" 



.Mips. 



vhich 

 After 

 at land it is followed with 

 After the third year, it is 

 ready again for hyacinths but the ground is 

 dug Muite deep and the sub soil or sand is dug 

 to the surface. . , . „ 

 The method used for the propagation of hya- 

 cinths is to cut the old. large bulbs at the bot- 

 tom into thr livisions. or scooped out. It 



lake, from three to live vi-jk for the small hi '11. 



lets produced from the parent bulb to I 



of age and sent out as lirst size bulbs I In- 

 s,,-,| inu method pro. line- the most hill. .lets, as 



main a- in from h parent bulb. 



one of the greatest difficulties in growing 

 livaeinths is to guard against the diseases which 

 the hyacinth is subject * 



a ffec 



it. 



the bulbs: the y< 

 e first, then penetr 



the 



Hyacinths grown 



the hym-inths is tha 



that Holland 

 perfect bulbs 



f the ground. 



DUTCH UOMAN HYACINTHS. 



Chas. Dickens. Gigantca. Gertrude. Moreno, 

 pink: I.a (irali.lcsse. Mmc. Van d.-r Hoop. 1. In- 

 nocence, white; tzar Peter, Grand Maitre. Queen 

 of tbe Blues, blue. 



NAMED SINGLE HYACINTHS. 



ttoi des Beiges, Von Schiller, Queen of Hya- 

 cinths, red; Baron Van Tu.vll. I'a vaiu-uac. ll.as. 

 |,i, k.ns lo.-trnde. Giu-ai.tea. l-.nl Ma.-anle... 

 More,,.,. Hosea Maxima, pink: Albcrli...-. British 



Queen. I.a Oran. l.-ssc. I. 'I Mine \ an 



,1, .,- H.-. p. white: Captain lioyton. Czar Peter. 

 Enchantress. Lord Derby, ligl 



Blui - 



Grand Maitre. King of t 

 Queen of the Blues, deep blue; Ida, King or 

 the Yellows, yellow. 



DOUBLE HYACINTHS. 



Bouquet Tendre. red; Koh-i-Noor, Lord Well- 

 ington. ..ink: Isabella, la Ora. i. l.-sse. I.a Tour 



EABLY TULIPS. 



Belle Alliance. Couleur de Cardinal. Pot tela, k k.r. 



S.-arlet Vermilion. Brilliant, scarlet and red 

 , -hrvs.dor.-i. Hold Finch. King "f the \.-ll..vv». 

 ophir .For, Mon._Trosor.__ Yellow^ 1 'ottebak kor , 



•in'e. Nell, 'roll. 

 Cottage Maid, 



,e Applatie, Rose 



Yellow l'ril, ce, yellow 

 Due van Tholl Maxim. 

 bakker. White Swar 

 Proserpine. Ri.se Grisdeli 



pink: Gro-.tn st,-r 



n Voli.l.-l. Kcizerskr.-.n. Standard Silver, van.- 



e-it.-d- Priv.-e of Austria. 'II is Moore, orange: 



VVouwerman, violet, for outdoors only. 

 DOUBLE EARLY TULIPS. 



Cburonne de Or, yellow, valuable espedallj 

 for forcinu'- Iiiiperat. -r Kiil.roruni, seal-let; I.a 

 i 'and. -or. white; Murillo. pink, especially for 

 for.iiiu-: Salvator Pe.se. pink. especially for 

 forcinu: Tournesol. red and yellow. 



Yellow Prince, with variegated foliage. 



PHILADELPHIA. 

 The Market- 

 Business continues very fair for the 

 season, though it is not quite so brisk as 

 last week. Flowers are a little more 

 plentiful and prices easier. Choice stoci- 

 iinds ready sale at high prices. Really 

 good Beauties are very scarce and bring 

 more than during the first half of the 

 month. Carnations are also higher, es- 

 pecially white varieties, which average 

 about 30 cut- per 100 more than the col- 

 ored, sweet peas are very plentiful and 

 immense quantities are sold. Valley 

 mote- fairly well. Leo Xiessen received 

 4 00O one day last week. A good deal 

 of smilax has been shipped out of town. 

 llaiii-ii lilies are pretty nearly done. 

 Thev hate proved Letter stock this month 

 than even at K.i-t.i. though the demand 

 is, of course, limited. 



A Visit to Wyncote. 

 A perfect day, a beautiful walk after 

 leaving the trolleys, a cordial welcome of 

 the genial, whole-souled kind, and a lot 

 ,.f well grown stuff combined to make 

 a \i-^t to Wyneote very pleasant. So 



iMiich re time vv.t- spent in talking 



than in making notes that when my hour 

 was up 1 ventured to ask for an idea 

 or two to fill out, but my host thought 

 that was shirking and told a story to 

 illustrate his point. It is not a long 

 storv and he tells it well. If you ever 

 feel" like shirking your work or putting 

 it on somebody else while you take it 

 easy, just get Mr. Heacock to tell you 

 that story and you will take off your 

 coat and "pitch in again like a good fel- 

 low. 



June is usually the month of apolo- 

 gies from the growers who are unlucky 

 enough to have visitors. The old stuff 

 looks rough; the young stuff looks 

 small; repairs are under way; every- 

 thing is out of gear. This was not the 

 ca-c at WvnCMte." Plants are in flourish- 

 ing condition and the place looks well 

 generally. Joseph Heacock has always 



I n known as a grower of fine roses 



and a few other cut flowers, chiefly car- 



