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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



.\Fbbhdast 2, 1996. 



Fred Burki 



JOHN MURCHIE, 



SHARON, PA. 



WSZTB 



is the ideal Commercial White Carnation. 



Its freedom of bloom coupled with its other meritorious qual- 

 ities will commend it to the most conservative growers. 

 You will make no mistake by growing FRED BURKI. 

 $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000; 250 at 1000 rate. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY, 



824 No. 24th St., Philadelphia. 

 FOB DB80BIPTIVB OZBCn&AB. 



Mention The RcTlew wlien yon write. 



We are headquarters for the best new 

 varieties. Mrs. W. Duckham, Merstham 

 Yellow, J. H. Doyle, Emily Mileham, Lady 

 Cranston, A. J. Miller, Mrs. D V. West, 

 etc., etc. Complete list now ready. Send 

 for a copy. 



CHARLES H. TOTTY. MADISON, N. J. 



Mention The Bartew whgn yon write. 



PROPAGATING DAHLIAS. 



Will it do to grow cuttings from 

 dahlia bulbs which were produced from 

 cuttings last spring? I took quite a lot 

 of cvttings from some choice kinds last 

 spring, which proved to be far better 

 than the flowers grown from the original 

 bnlbs. What I want to know is if it 

 will do to continue growing cuttings 

 from bulbs produced from cuttings, or 

 if they will run out, or in other words 

 come without any blooms or imperfect 

 ones? If started early I believe a per- 

 son eould raise at least 100 plants from 

 a single bulb, as the cuttings will soon 

 produce more cuttings and so on. 



L. M. B. 



We have never heard that any va- 

 riety of dahlias deteriorates by cuttings 

 taken from the roots, that is, year after 

 year propagated by cuttings. Propaga- 

 tion again the same spring from these 

 cuttings I am not so sure about, but 

 if not done to excess I see no reason 

 why there should be any weakening of 

 the plant. Propagation by cuttings, as 

 we do onr carnations, roses and hundreds 

 of other plants, is not producing a new 

 individual It is simply a division of 

 the old and unnaturally keeping them, 

 growing and no rest. 



Some plants, or even varieties of the 

 same species, endure this treatment for 

 many years; others don't. In the case 

 of the dahlia it is not quite the same. 

 In June yon plant out the stock propa- 

 gated from a cutting. It forms healthy 

 roots and tubers and you give them a 

 rest during winter, until the following 

 March or April, before starting to pro- 

 duce cuttings. An expert on dahlias 

 told m© years ago that he always pre- 

 ferred young plants to produce his prize 

 flowers. An authority writing on dah- 

 lias, says that a cutting should always 

 be cut close to a joint. If cut be- 

 tween joints it will grow and flower 

 but no tubers will be formed, only thin, 

 straggling roots. W. S. 



XOO.ese PANSTES — Fine Urre trmnspbuited 

 planta, Prixe Strain, of the faraooe larre- flowering Bug- 

 Bots CaMiera, Odier and Trimardeao. stocky plants 

 from cold frame, 60c per 100; 13 00 per 1000. Mammoth 

 Verbenas. R. C, 60c per lOO; tSC-O per 1000. Dwarf 

 Bine Lobel'a. R. C , 11.00 per 100: 18 00 per 1000. 

 Afenttnm Dwarf Blue, 6< c per 100. Asparainu Plu- 

 raosns. from flats, ready for 8-inch. 12 00 per 100; S-inch. 

 IS.00 per iro. Stocks, double white for Easter, tl 00 

 per lOO: t8 00 per 1000. Salvias Red Splendens, 11.00 

 per 100. Feverfew, double white, llOOperlOO; $8X0 

 per 1000. Daisies, double white. T5c per lOO; 16.00 per 

 1000. Phuits by the 100 free by maiL 



•AWUELWHITTON, tl-17 «nv«n.. UTICA.N.Y. 

 Ma iiU i M The Bevlew when yoa write. 



CANNAS 



PRY ROOTS OR 

 STARTED PLANTS 



We have too many of them. We must sell about fifty thousand. Yoa are offered 

 the following: as long as the surplus lasts, at 18.00 per 100 for dry roots, and $5.00 per 100 

 for started plants ready to pot up. Older quick. We think this is a "snap" for you; but 

 we have no market for so many. 



TERMS CASH 



ADDR ess: 



TERMS CASH 



Michel Plaot and Balb Co., St. Loois, Mo. 



Mention Ite R^Tlew when yog write. 



^re Your Flora Hill,Gov.Wolcott 

 and Queen Louise Bursting? 



Better get a stock o{ our INDIANA MARKET. It does not burst. It 

 always has a beautiful round form, and it is the freest blooming white we have 

 to-day. A fine bloomer both winter and summer. Strong clove scent. 



BEATRICE is easily the freest and most profitable light pink carnation on 

 the market. Long strong: stems, no burst calyx, and a fine color. Just what you 

 want in large quantity for moderate-priced blooms for your every-day trade. 



FLAMBEAU — the warm-weather scarlet. 



All three were awarded Certificates of Merit Nov. 15, 1904, by the State 

 Society of Indiana Florists. $10.00 per 100; (80.00 per 1000. 



Get our descriptive price list of the cream of last year's novelties as well 

 as standard sorts. IndiJuiapoUa is the most profitable deep pink carnation 

 on the market. $5.00 per 100; $45.00 per 1000. 



BAUR & SMITH, i;ril'J!SI'j:.^i;°;%S; INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



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