Febbuabt 3, 1916. 



The Rorists' Review 



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the foliage, and the color is one of the 

 best carmine pinks. It has been called 

 ,a bronze-leaved rosea gigantea, but it 

 is better and larger than that variety 

 and much more vigorous. 



Pocahontas is a taller and more vigor- 

 ous Wabash, and better than that vari- 

 ety if possible. The color is not quite 

 identical, but one would not need both. 

 As soon as it is cheap enough, it will 

 be the best pink canna with bronze 

 foliage. It is one of the most rapid 

 multipliers we have ever seen. 



Duke of York, Jennie Walls, Fahn- 

 line, Lorraine Improved and Minnehaha 

 are a real surprise to all who see them. 

 They are similar in appearjince, and I 

 doubt if the average grower needs more 

 than one. All are free, have large 

 flowers and good foliage, and are as 

 beautiful as the most fancy roses. All 

 are to be classed as exquisite peach- 

 pink, mottled with white or cream. They 

 are not so gorgeous as some of the reds 

 or yellows in large beds, but where real 

 beauty is desired they cannot be beat. 



Many Slvals in Bed. 



There are two new reds that are 

 rivals for the place of the best red 

 canna with green foliage; namely. Fire- 

 bird and Wintzer's Colossal. Each is 

 a wonder in its own way, but each has 

 serious weaknesses. The flowers are not 

 far from the same size, about seven to 

 eight inches across. Colossal has the 

 wider petals, but that is its one weak- 

 ness. The flowers are so heavy that 

 they do not stand out when wide open, 

 but hang over. Firebird has strong, 

 stiff petals, that stand out so that the 

 flowers show their full size. Were the 

 individual flowers to settle the matter, 

 it is easily the superior of the two. But 

 Colossal is a free bloomer, has plenty 

 of good foliage and appears to be a good 

 doer in every way. Firebird, on the 

 contrary, is rather shy in blooming, and 

 it has poor foliage and not enough of 

 it. It will never endure neglect. As 

 the matter stands, we do not consider 

 either to be the best red canna for the 

 ordinary grower. We have succeeded 

 in seeding Firebird this year and hope 

 to get something good from the seed. 

 Colossal has not seeded with us, and 

 we fear we shall not be able to get it 

 to do so. Firebird blooms on Colossal 

 plants would be about ideal. B. 



(To be Continued.) 



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FLO WEBS FOB MOTHEBS' DAY. 



What bulbs or seeds can be started 

 now in a night temperature of 50 de- 

 grees in order to have bloom for Moth- 

 ers' dayf Would gladiolus bulbs do, 

 and which size should be planted, first 

 or second? E. H. W. — Ohio. 



Such gladioli as Peace, May, Augusta, 

 Mrs. Francis King, Brenchleyensis, 

 America, etc., if planted in a night tem- 

 perature of 50 degrees, would come in 

 flower, or at least a good many of them, 

 for Mothers' day. Seeds of ten weeks' 

 stocks will produce flowers at the same 

 time. Pot off the seedlings and later 

 bench them. Annual larkspurs, candy- 

 tuft, calendulas and Dimorphotheca 

 aurantiaca £re other crops you could 

 get from seed. I would advise first size 

 gladiolus bulbs, as these will give the 

 finest spikes. C. W. 



MB. CBAia GOES VISITINO. 



I recently called on Littlefleld & 

 Wyman, of North Abington, Mass., to 



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THOMAS J. WOLFE. 



IT has been said of Tom Wolfe that he was born in England, raised in India, 

 turned out to grass in Texas, dehorned at Beaumont and domesticated at 

 Waco. At any rate, big, broad-gauge, up-standing men as so many of those Texans 

 are, Wolfe is a leader among them — and one of the most likable fellows you 

 meet. He was born in England, September 19, 1870, but spent his boyhood in 

 the British East Indies. It was in 1890 that the family came to America, locat- 

 ing in Texas, first at Beaumont and later at Waco, where the father established 

 a florists' business in 1892 and the son became a builder. But the responsi- 

 bilities of the greenhouses fell on the son when the father died, in 1904. Incor- 

 porated in 1913, Wolfe now has one of the largest ranges of glass in the Lone 

 Star state. 



see their new carnation. Miss Theo, at 

 home. Having grown a small batch of 

 this variety a year ago, I had a good 

 opinion of it. This was emphasized 

 when I saw some thousands of it at 

 home. The color is a pure rose pink, 

 without a trace of magenta. It is won- 

 derfully free-flowering and I did not 

 notice a single burst calyx. It is an 

 easy propagator. There is no other 

 carnation of this color which can at all 

 approach it in floriferousness. It is 

 not a big, fancy flower, but when one 

 can see as many as six open flowers on 

 a single plant in January it shows that 

 it iS' a money-maker. There is little 

 wonder that it has become popular in 

 Boston. 



Seedling No. 44, shrimp pink in color, 

 which scored eighty-seven points at 

 Buffalo last year, is a splendid variety. 

 The color is better than that of En- 

 chantress. It is a double flower, but 

 the stout calyx holds it together finely. 



A large batch of this is grown. A 

 seedling of medium size, similar in 

 color to Prosperity, is a wonderful 

 bloomer. Up to January 1 it had pro- 

 duced nine and one-half flowers per 

 square foot. Several other promising 

 seedlings were noted. 



Of the standard varieties. Matchless, 

 White Wonder and White Perfection 

 are grown, but the last named will be 

 dropped. Beacon proves superior to 

 Champion as a scarlet. Fenn still holds 

 sway as a crimson, Benora as varie- 

 gated, and Alice is grown in preference 

 to Pink Delight. 



In addition to carnations, one house 

 is devoted to Godfrey callas in pots, 

 which bloom with great freedom. 

 Among sweet peas Yarrawa loomed up 

 strongly. A large business is done in 

 nursery stock, evergreens being a spe- 

 cialty. I noticed a grand batchyof 

 Daphne Cfteorum, many of the pUtnts 

 of immense size. W, N. Craig. 



