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The Florists^ Review 



March 24. 1921. 



Okientai. Poi'l'Y 



ORIENTAL POPPIES 



There is a general scarcity of this showy and popular 

 perennial, which has prompted us to make early fall prop- 

 agations and we are now in position to supply a thrifty lot 

 of good plants from 3 inch pots, of the following choice va- 

 rieties: 



MRS. PERRY 



Beautiful salmon-rose. 



ORIFLAMME 



A large, gorgeous orange-scarlet. 



PERRY'S WHITE 



Pure satiny white, with a crimson-maroon blotch at 

 the base of each petal. 



Price, thrifty 3-inch pots, $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100 



PHLOX MISS LINGARD 



We offer an exceptionally fine stock of this grand, free, 

 early flowering, white variety, which comes into bloom late 

 in May or early in June and continues to bloom during the 

 entire season. 



Strong plants, $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100; 

 $90.00 per 1000 



HENRY A. DREER 



714-716 Chestnut Street PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



The above prices are intended for the trade only 



Tep cDttings, well established in 23^-iiich pots, ready to ship 



lO-inch $30.00 per lOO 



8-inoh 25.00 per lOO 



ORDER EARLY- STOCK LIMITED 



BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford, New Jersey 



FICQS ELASnCA 



nounced the liistorieal prouoiuu'cnient. 

 In polite and professional language he 

 stated the faculty's equivalent of 

 "There ain't no such animal!" 



Secretary Dunn recovered from a 

 feeling of alarm and thought how dis- 

 appointed the people would feel at Los 

 Angeles. '_'If we don't send them a 

 tree, they may think that Rhode Island 

 is churlish or jealous. If there isn't 

 any state tree for Rhode Island, what 

 ought it to be I" 



The Bed Oak. 



Prof. Stene's first guess was the white 

 pine. But at once he thought of the 

 "Pine Tree" state's "Don't step on 

 me." Mr. Dunn adduced a still better 

 reason — the white pine blister. Be- 

 cause of federal precautions against 

 spreading that disease, no white pine 

 could be shipped to the Pacific coast. 

 So the white pine couldn 't be Rhode 

 Island's tree. 



The white oak was the professor's 

 next suggestion. But immediately the 

 professor himself negatived this. "It 

 takes too long to grow," he said. "I 

 have a hunch thaf New York state is 

 going to send out a poplar and in two 

 years Rhode Island will be in the 

 shade. ' ' 



They decided upon the red oak and 

 Mr. Dunn gave these reasons: "Be- 

 cause you find its offshoots everywhere. 

 Because it isn't the biggest tree in the 

 forest, but it doesn't take a back seat 

 from any of them. Its skin is of bark, 

 but its heart is of iron. It is compla- 

 cent and lovely all summer, but with 

 the coming of winter and the thought 

 of loafing it gets red. It isn 't orna- 

 mental, but it stands on its own feet, 



