The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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NEW CROP SEED SWEET PEAS. 



Blanche Burpee-Pun' while 

 Blanche Ferry -Pink and will 

 Cap.niii .if the Hlues-L>:irk 

 Dark Lavender- Very fine 

 I'liuulrss .if Ka.lnor— Pule fli 

 K.mil.i lien. lemon- Fine whit. 



Earliest of All-Flu 



The Bride— White 60c per lb 



Christmas Forcing— Pink, per >f-lt>., 40c; lb. 

 tl.UO. White, per ii-Ux,Kc; lb., $1.(10. 



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fully, and that much of the product will 

 be spoiled in the curing. Present indi- 

 cations point to a scarcity of all the 

 standard kite sorts. High prices are 

 being asked for all the late varieties, and 

 many of the large growers are at sea as 

 to the proper values to put upon the 

 early sorts. It is a case of wait for 

 developments, and a question as to who 

 will come out best, the one who waits, 

 or the one who purchases now. 



SOME EUROPEAN NOVELTIES. 



Quite a number of noteworthy novel- 

 ties are offered by European growers 

 for the season of 1904. SI. Herb, of 

 Naples, Italy, offers a new coleus of a 

 dwarf and very compact growth, with 

 long, narrow and gracefully overhanging 

 leaves. The colors of the irregularly 

 curved and undulated, willow-like leaves 

 are so lively and their shade so mani- 

 fold, that this decorative plant rivals 

 many flowering plants. It is well adapt- 

 ed for planting in beds. He also offers 

 two dwarf varieties of helianthus, single- 

 flowered varieties of very compact 

 growth. Maurandia atroccerulea grandi- 

 flora is another of his novelties which 

 will be very interesting to all florists 

 who grow pot plants for spring sales. 

 This new maurandia is described as pos- 

 sessing giant flowers of a beautiful dark 

 blue. The plant grows very willingly and 

 vigorously and produces as large a num- 

 ber of blooms as the old, small-flowered 

 species. This plant is a splendid, fine- 

 leaved climber. M. Herb also offers a 

 very large-flowered, yellow datura under 

 the botanical name of Datura fastuosa 

 colossea aurea plenissima. This variety 

 has large flowers, golden yellow and very 

 sweet scented. The flowers are double 

 and are composed of three tube-like 

 crowns, which are plicated like filtering 

 papers. This will make a fine plant for 

 the lawn. Zinnia elegans fl. pi. crispa 

 is another type of zinnia and is offered 

 in pure white, carmine, light scarlet, 

 cream and saffron. Celosia monstrosa 

 aurea is a new, very tall-growing, yel- 

 low-flowering coxcomb. Aster Peony 

 Perfection, with quilled center, is cer- 

 tainly a striking novelty and is said to 

 remain double not only during the hot 

 weather, but even when they begin to 

 fade. 



Messrs. Haage & Schmidt, of Erfurt, 

 Germauy, are also out with several very 

 attractive floral novelties. Ageratnm 

 mexicanum Little Blue Star is described 

 as making very tiny, bushy plants not 

 exceeding four to five inches in height. 

 Aquilegia ecalcarata is a new perennial 

 from the Japanese island, Yezo, and has 

 proved to be perfectly hardy in our cli- 

 mate. A new Aster sinensis, Fairy, is 

 a type of ray aster. Begonia Schmidtii 

 rosea, a new pink, is highly recommend- 

 ed, having a much prettier effect than 

 the white-flowering type of this plant. 

 Lobelia Cavanillesi hitea is a very at- 

 tractive greenhouse plant, blooming the 

 first year from seed. Phlox Drummondi 

 nana eompacta Apricot is a new dwarf, 

 of very uniform growth and height, said 



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 strong, vigorous growth and produce 

 their flowers very freely. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



Horticultural Society Notes. 



At the meeting of the New Orleans 

 Horticultural Society, held October 15 

 at 110 St. Charles street, the members 

 entered into a very extensive discussion 

 upon this season's crop of chrysanthe- 

 mums, and it was the unanimous opin- 

 ion that the flowers this season would 

 fall decidedly below the accustomed sup- 

 ply. The meeting was presided over by 

 Vice-President Eiehling, and Secretary 

 D. Newsham was also present. After 

 transacting the regular routine business 

 of the society, the discussion was opened, 

 and almost everyone present expressed his 

 opinion and told his experience. They 

 found that there would be a fair growth 

 of the white flowers, but the yellow 

 flower, which is by far the most popular, 

 would be far below the standard. This 

 is due to the fact that there was a great 

 deal of rain in the summer and a long 

 spell of dry weather following, which 

 checked the development of the blooms. 

 The market, therefore, will be somewhat 

 short on these popular flowers this win- 

 ter. 



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