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The Rorists' Review 



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blue spruce, is one of the best known. 

 There is in addition a variety with 

 green leaves, known as viridis, which, 

 however, has not the popularity of the 

 blue varieties. 



Splendid specimens of this spruce 

 are numerous. Probably some of the 

 best are on the old Douglas grounds at 

 Waukegan, 111., where trees twenty-five 

 and thirty feet high are in perfect con- 

 dition, showing no weakness anywhere. 

 A particularly fine specimen, grown in 

 the east, is shown in the accompanying 

 illustration. 



TWO WAYS OF PACKING. 



Bad packing of flowers is complained 

 of by Consul General Thomas Sammons, 

 at Shanghai, China, in a report to the 

 State department. He quotes as fol- 

 lows from one of the best informed men 

 in the far east as to bad packing: 



"Last winter I placed two orders of 

 the same value for rose plants, one with 

 a nurseryman in Ohio and another in 

 England. The American plants were 

 simply tossed into a flimsy pasteboard 

 box.-^ith a little loose moss. The box 

 arrived all crushed and the roses were 

 as dry and dead as the bones of an 

 early Christian martyr. The English 

 roots were tightly wrapped in moss, 

 then in cotton and finally in a gunny 

 bag. It took them longer to reach 

 me, but all were alive. ' ' 



PROPAGATION OF VIBURNUMS. 



Kindly inform me how to propagate 

 -the snowball viburnum. A. D. — S. D. 



There are two distinct varieties of 

 the so-called snowball. One, Viburnum 

 Opulus sterile, is a native species, often 

 called the guelder rose; the other, V. 

 tomentosum plicatum, is the Japanese 

 snowball. The first named is hardier 

 and transplants much more easily than 

 the Japanese variety. The Japanese 

 sort, however, is not' troubled with at- 

 tacks of aphis, as is V. Opulus. Both 

 varieties can be readily propagated 

 from pieces of half ripened wood, which 

 should be taken from the beginning to 

 the middle of July and inserted in a 

 close frame in sandy soil. Cut the 

 leaves hack half their length. Keep 

 the cuttings shaded, freely sprayed and 

 closed early in the afternoon. If pre- 

 ferred, the cuttings can be placed in 

 pans or flats. The latter method is pref- 

 erable where small numbers are to be 

 propagated. Cuttings put in now would 

 not root satisfactorily, but shoots can 

 be layered and taken oflf when well 

 rooted. C. W. 



Racine, Wis. — Business is rapidly 

 growing better in Racine, reports Jo- 

 seph Rehl, proprietor of the Flower 

 Shop, 611 Main street. 



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FIELD-GROWN 



Carnation Plants 



READY FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 



This is strong, healthy stock of large size, well 

 branched — plants ready to go on your benches and 

 go right ahead. We never offered better stock— it 

 has been an excellent growing season with us. 



Per 100 J 000 



Rose-pink Enchantress $4.50 $10.00 



White Perfection 4.00 35.00 



Mrs. C. W. Ward 3.50 30.00 



Philadelphia 5.00 40.00 



Zoe Symonds 3.60 30.00 ^ 



Washington 6.00 50.00 



The earlier you order the quicker 

 you get the plants working for you. 



PETER REINBERG 



WHOLESALE GROWER 

 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention Tb* RcTlrw when yon write. 



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CARNATION PLANTS 



Nice and bushy, free from disease, field-grown ; Light Pink En- 

 chantress and Rose-pink Enchantress, $50.00 per 1000; Phila- 

 delphia and Matchless, for $5.00 per 100. 



Stevias, from 2^-incb pots, at $2.50 per 100. 



Winter Onion Sets, $1.50 per bushel. Cash, please. 



MOREL BROS., 622 E. Market St., SCRANTON, PA. 



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FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS 



FINE, HEALTHY STOCK AT CLXAN-UP PRICES 



White Enchantress $4.00 per 100; S^JS-OO per 1000 



C.W.Ward 4.00 " 35.00 



AlmaWard 4.00 " 33.00 



Stronsr 2^-in. Poinsettias, shipped in paper pots 4.00 per 100 



KRUEGER BROS. 



TOLEDO, OHIO 



FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS 



FINE. HEALTHY STOCK AT CLIAN-UP PRICES 



Per 100 1000 



Victory $4.00 $36.00 



White Perfection 4.00 35.00 



J. A. BUDLONG, 82-86 E. Randolph St.. CHICAGO 



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