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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



KUVEMBER 10, 1904. 



RED SPORT 



NACEO 



The New Bread and Butter" Red Carnation. 



Gen. Maceo Carnation is known the country over as the most prolific, healthy and easiest doer, with the hardiest constitution of any 

 Carnation that was ever introduced. We hav* a brilliant " Orane " Ked Sport of tliis variety, now in its fourth year, that retains 

 all the characteristics of the old variety except color. OrowinK aide by side, it will be noticed that BBD BFOKT has a little stiSer stem, a 

 larger flower and a heavier growth than the old variety. 



WHAT WE CLAIM FOR "RED SPORT." 



BBD 8FOBT will produce as many blooms to the square foot 

 of bench room as any other variety, of any color, ever introduced. 



BED BPOBT is an early and continuous bloomer that pro- 

 duces its heaviest around the Christmas holidays and during the 

 Winter months when reds are in demand. 



BED SPOBT does not split: in fact we have never seen a 

 split calyx on it. 



Every bloom is of a brilliant "Crane" red color, just the shade 

 to show to best advantage under artiflcial light. 



It will travel farther and keep longer than any other red to 

 date. Blooms shipped to Chicago have kept a week in perfect 

 condition after they were received. 



BBD SPOBT is not large enough to be classed as a fancy, 

 but the color, form and stem are all so good that it sells at sight. 



This variety brought 16.00 per 100 all last January in Washing- 

 ton City. 



The flower with ordinary culture is 2% to 3% inches across, on 

 wiry stems, 18 to 20 inches in length, that well support the bloom. 



The Plant makes no superfluous grass, is an upright grower, 

 and can be planted close. 



BBD SPOBT is perfectly healthy, and is entirely free from 

 all forms of disease. 



BBD SPOBT is highly recommended, without exception, by 

 every florist who has seen it growing. 



Do not take our word for it; come and see BED SPOBT 

 growing and be your own judge. We are only an hour and a half 

 out from Washington on the Uluemont Division, Southern Railway, 

 with four trains each way daily. Write, 'phone or wire and our 

 carriage will meet you at station. 



We have a large stock from which to select cuttings, and every 

 cutting sent out will be grown cool, and rooted wltbout bottom 

 beat, and will make a good healthy plant. 



AS we are offering a strictly commercial variety, suited to the 

 need of the average florist, or grower who wants a red that will 

 produce good bloom in paying numbers in the Winter months, we 

 propose to offer it at a popular price, that will enable the grower 

 to buy it in quantity. 



PRICE FOR JANUARY, 1905, DELIVERY (Orders filled in strict rotation.) 



18 for $1.60, postpaid; 26 £or $8.60, postpaid; 60 for $1 00, postpaid; 100 for $6.00; 



1,000 for $60.00; 6,000 for $837.60; 10,000 for $460.00. 



We g'aaraatee all atook sent out to be well-rooted and to arrive in gooA condition. 



V 



A. B. DAVIS & SON, 



Established 

 1866. 



Carnation Specialists, 

 PIRCELLVILLE, VA. 



DISEASED PALM LEAVES. 



Kindly state the name of the insect 

 or (liKea.se of palm and what is its 

 cause, from being planted out all sum- 

 mer? What is the remedy? I. W. G. 



A portion of a leaflet from a palm, ap- 

 parently a phoenix, accompanied this 

 query, and an examination of the speci- 

 men shows that the plant is affected by 

 tho phoenix fungus, Peronospora Phoe- 

 nixa% a trouble that is not uncommon 

 with these plants. 



This is one of those fungi that makes 

 its growth within the tissues of the leaf 

 and frequently escapes notice until such 

 time as the spore-bearing branches of 

 the fungus appear above the surface of 

 the. leaf, as shown by the leaflet for- 

 warded. Tn all probability the plant in 

 question was affected by this fungus be- 

 fore it was planted out, but the com- 

 paratively cool and damp summer ha^> 

 favored the growth of the fungus and its 

 ravages are now more clearly shewn. 



There is no absolute cure known to the 

 writer, but careful culture, including a 

 less quantity of moisture on the foliage 

 during the winter, plenty of fresh air 

 and a night temperature of fiO degrees 

 will tend to strengthen the plant and 

 ehwk the fungup. W. H. Taplin. 



"SDCTEEN TO ONE" AGAIN. 



Plants all sold. Eight insertions of 

 the advertisement pay us sixteen to one. 

 The Review is all right. Kring Bros. 



Fairbury, 111. 



I WANT to renew my subscription for 

 the best florists' paper published. — R. L. 

 BuRGOYNE, Danville, 111. 



Mention The Ilcvlew wliPii yoii writp. 



The John E flaines Carnation 



POSITIVELY THE 

 BEST SCARLET OUT. 



SIZE 3^ -INCH AND OVER. TO BE DISSEMINATED IN 1906. 



Tnvitations for inspection of greenhouses are extended to all 

 florists. J* jt j/t jH St J* jt 'Will gladly furnish 

 sample flowers for exhibitions and club meetings on request. 



JOHN E. HAINES, Bethlehem, Pa. 



'^I^^^ Rtf^A'i' Commercial Scarlet Carnation 



1 lie DeSl to be disseminated in January (905, is 



Writ* for descriptive circular. 92.00 per doz., $12.00 per 100, flOO.OO per 

 1000. 995. OO per lOOO in 5000 lota. Prices on larger quantities on application. 



DAVIS BROS. CO., Bloomsburg, Pa. 



Mpntlon The Review when yon write. 



Jl Jl J* J* Alwav* mention the Florists' ReVICW when writing advertisert. J* Jt Jl 



