JANUARY 



1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists* Review, 



387 



BUY YOUR COCOS SEED FRESH. 



Our main shipment has just arrived 



Cocos Weddeliana, $7.00 per 

 on large quantities 



1000 seeds. Write us for special quotations 



We can no. „«e. a ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI DORMANT FIELD GROWN ROOTS 



limited quantity 



lur spring ti 



ry. I year, S5 per 100; 2 year, SIO per 100; 3 year, $15 per 100; 4 year, $25 per 100. 

 ASP.\RAGUS SPRENCiERI SEED; new crop to arrive, per imifl .• ; ^1'}fl 



er 1000. 



If you want only the very 



\SF\RAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS SEED: new crop on liand 



CANNA AUSTRIA; strong, field grown pieces. Per lUO 



CANNA ITALIA; strong, field-grown pieces. Per 100... 



All otiier leading varieties of Cannas at equally low prices. 

 SPIR \F.\ \ST1LB01DES FLORIBUNDA; the best variety for pot plants. 55 per 1(X). per 1000. 



BERLIN LILV (.IF THE V.\LLEV; selected pips. 511) per 1000. Per case of 2.500 



(iL'VDIOLUS THE BRIDE, (ill cents per 100, per 10(KI 



PEARL TUBEROSES; selected long bulbs, 4 to B inches in circumference. 



best strain? of Elorists' Flower Seed, such as Verbenas, .\sters 



10.00 

 3.50 

 7.50 



45.00 



23.50 



5.00 



Periobo 7.00 



Sweet Peas, etc., send to lis. 



CLUCAS & BODDINGTON CO., 



TELEPHONE CALL 403 18TH ST. 



501 6l 503 WEST 13TH ST., NEW YORK CITY. 



a very fine vase of Buttercup, well 

 grown and good flowers. J. H. Leach 

 & Son, North Easton, a vase of well 

 grown Daybreak. H. A. Cook, Shrews- 

 bury, put up a vase of his No. 1 Seed- 

 lin 1S97, a very fine, delicate pink, large 

 flower of good form and substance. 

 Patten & Co., Tewksbury, showed 

 Edith Foster, remarkably well grown, 

 also F. Mangold, an excellent dark va- 

 riety. W. C. Stickell & Co.. North 

 Cambridge, had a fine vase of Jahn's 

 •Scarlet, of good color and fine flowers. 

 J Tailby & Son, Wellesley, exhibited a 

 vase of their seedling Wellesley. a 

 brilliant scarlet, the flowers measuring 

 in the regular growth 2 to 2 1-2 inches, 

 also three seedlings, one white, one 

 very dark crimson, and one scarlet, all 

 good flowers. Mr. Littlefield. of Wor- 

 ■cester, staged for Wm. Swayne, of Ken- 

 nett Square, Pa., a vase of a brilliant 

 crimson, "Empress," large, well formed 

 flowers and from the strength of the 

 stems shows a very robust habit. 



C. Besold, Mineola, L. I., showed 

 Mrs. Francis Joost. a good flower much 

 after the style of Scott. H. F. A. 

 Lange, Worcester, a good vase of 

 Storm King. Mr. Nicholson, Framing- 

 ham, staged a very fine white named 

 Genesee, a cross between Daybreak and 

 McGowan, of excellent form and good 

 substance: this variety was sent from 

 Harmon & Burr, Darien, N. Y. He also 

 staged for R. Witterstaetter, Sedams- 

 ville, O., a vase of Evelina, a very large 

 fine white of beautiful form and text- 

 ure. It was in excellent condition aft- 

 er three days' travel. 



There were no prizes awarded at this 

 exhibition, but there will be several sil- 

 ver cups to be competed for at the 

 February exhibition. 



Various Items. 



Visitors to the Hub: C. H. Maynard, 

 representing the American Jadoo Co., 

 Philadelphia; Albert McCullough, of 

 J. M. McCuUough's Sons, Cincinnati, 

 O. 



V/arren Ewell, of Dorchester, is now 

 liringing in a quantity of finely grown 

 bulbous plants in pans and pots, and 

 finds ready sales among the retail 

 stores. 



Cypress 

 Greenhouse Material. 



We are the pioneers in Clear Cypress Greenhouse Material. We 

 discovered that Cypress is better than any other wood for greenhouses 

 from top of posts up and we introduced it, and fought for it against 

 many prejudices, and finally succeeded in bringing it into general use. 



Others have attempted to follow where we lead, others are trying to 

 reap what we sowed, hut we have the experience and are recognized as 

 experts in greenhouse construction. 



Lockland Lumber Co. 



LOCKLAND, OHIO. 



^^'rite for Circulars 

 or Estimates. 



A Visit to North Easton. 



A few gentlemen interested in hort- 

 iculture recently paid a visit to Mr. 

 Carl Blomberg, gardener to Oakes 

 Ames, Esq., to see his very fine collec- 

 tion of orchids and other plants, and it 

 was certainly a treat. 



The center house holds a general col- 

 lection of palms, ferns, dracaenas, etc., 

 all of which are in a very healthy con- 

 dition and among which may be men- 

 tioned Begonia Rex gogoensis. Al- 

 though not new, still it is not grown as 

 much as its merits deserve. Also B. 

 Smaragdina, a striking variety with 

 rich velvet green foliage, and Imperials. 

 also very fine deep velvet green with 

 rich velvet green foliage, and Imperial- 

 wards, we see suspended from the roof 

 a quantity of choice orchids, some just 

 past fl^wering and others showing a 

 profusion of flowers. We noted some 

 exceedingly flne Dendrobium Wardi- 

 anum with bulbs four feet long and 

 showing a dense profusion of flowers. 

 Mr. Blomberg says they are an ex- 

 tremely fine variety, with large flowers 

 and fine color. 



We were escorted into his treasure 

 house as he calls it, and verily may it 



be called so, for here he has some ex- 

 ceedingly choice and valuable varieties. 

 Here was arranged a flne lot of Cat- 

 tleya Trianae. healthy and in most 

 magniflcent flower, among which may 

 be noted a very distinct and beautiful 

 variety named Lilian Chatman, a very 

 large flower, petals and sepals pure 

 white, citron yellow throat, and rosy 

 carmine lip, a very superb variety. 

 Also in good condition and well flow- 

 ered were Cattleya Trianae virginans, 

 Speciosisima, and Chocoensis, and 

 some fine pieces of Trianae with from 

 thirty to forty flowers open at one 

 time and four to six flowers on one 

 bulb. The cypripediums are also a 

 choice and select lot, among which are 

 some beautiful and rare varieties such 

 as Bellona, W. W. Lunt, Charleswor- 

 thii, Niobe, Dayanum, bellatulum al- 

 bum, Amesianum, etc. We noticed that 

 Carl or his attendant in this depart- 

 ment had been at work fertilizing, try- 

 ing to gain that much sought for new 

 variety which may forever immortalize 

 his name. The odontoglossums were 

 also looking fine and will at a little 

 later period repay with a display of 

 beauty the amount of attention which 

 has been devoted to them. C. H. J. 



