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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



t^BBUABY 23, 1905. 



California privet is in large supply all 

 over the country, but is also in large de- 

 mand. 



George Thomas, nurseryman, Sheffield, 

 lU., will sell out and remove to the State 

 of Washington. 



Commenting on the opinion expressed 

 at the National Council of Horticulture, 

 at St. Louis last November, that wise 

 publicity would be of great value to the 

 interests there represented, it is worthy 

 of note that the same idea has maintained 

 for several years in the American Asso- 

 ciation of Nurserymen. A few years apo 

 a standing committee on publicity was 

 authorized, but it has never accomplished 

 anything of value to the trade. The pres- 

 ent chairman is Ralph T. Olcott, of Roch- 

 ester. 



THE SCHIZOPHRAGMA. 



I was much interested in the illustra- 

 tion and note, in the issue of February 

 9, on Schizophragma hydrangeoides 

 growing at the A. W. Blake estate at 

 Brookline, Mass. I well remember plant- 

 ing this specimen, as referred to, at the 

 base of an oak tree in the spring of 

 1893, the plant then being two years 

 old and very small. During my stay 

 on the place I watched that plant and 

 coaxed it to grow but it never would 

 make a good start. Credit is due Mr. 

 Wild for the thoughtfulness to remove 

 it to a location at the foot of the wal- 

 nut, where conditions better suited its 

 needs, and I am glad to see it in such a 

 flourishing conuition. It is quite rare 

 in the eastern states. It will be noted 

 that the plant is not so old as Mr. Wild 

 tliought. Samuel J. Trepess. 



THE LILAC WEST. 



"If one should ask the ordinary ob- 

 server how many kinds there are, ' ' writes 

 C. S. Harrison, "he would answer three, 

 the common purple and white and the 



I Now is the Time to 

 Planftfly Bulbs 



For Forcing for Decoration Day;! 



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[fiJE HAVE IN COLD STORAGE the FOLLOWING 

 liJ JAPAN LONGIFLORUM, all in first-class con- 

 dition which wc offer at very low prices : 



Incase Per case Per 1000 



25 cases 7 to 9 Multiflorum 300 $J4.00 $37.50 

 J2 cases 9 to 10 ** 200 J 7.50 75.00 



15 cases 7 to 9 Regular . 300 J4.00 37.50 

 2 J cases 9 to 10 ** .200 17.50 75.00 

 6 cases 7 to 10 Giganteum 300 20.00 57.50 

 At no time in the past few years has there been enough 

 of these Lilies to supply the demand Decoration Day and 

 the wide-awake Florist will certainly take advantage of 

 this offer. 



E. H. HUNT, Chicago. 



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Persian. There are over 130 kinds now 

 in cultivation, and the number is increas- 

 ing by hybridizing. Why this great fam- 

 ily of hardy ornamentals has been ig- 

 nored and neglected all these years, it is 



' Showing the Marvelous Diversity of Foliajfe in Lilacs. 



hard to understand, for they are exactly 

 what is neded to cheer up the great 

 northwest. They are among the hardiest 

 things we have, and there is hardly one 

 in the large collection but what will 

 thrive in Manitoba. The time of flower- 

 ing reaches from early spring till about 

 the first of July, and the variety of foli- 

 age is something wonderful, varying from 

 the large corrugated leaves of Bret- 

 schneideri to the delicate foliage of Pe- 

 kinensis and the feathery leaves of the 

 cut-leaved Persian. "We have secured a 

 photo^aph of half a dozen kinds to show 

 the rich variety. In color the blossoms 

 range from snowy white to purple, and 

 if you have a good collection you will 

 have continuous bloom till the last of 

 June. Vulgaris is the kind generally 

 used in the west, but from my own ex- 

 perience at the York Experiment Station, 

 I would recommend all the Persians, the 

 two Bothomagensis, Bretschneideri, Josi- 

 ksea, the Emodi, green and variegated; 

 Villosa, Charles X, pyramidalis, Senator 

 Volland, Glori d' Croncles, ligustriua, and 

 the two tree lilacs." 



BEST STRAVBERRIES. 



Please give me a list of the best 



twelve varieties of 

 planting this spring. 



strawberries for 

 B. F. C. 



Assuming that the subscriber wants 

 the berries for home use, as no man 

 would be likely to want twelve varieties 

 for market, we would name: Climax, 

 Heflin and Marshall for early, Kittie 

 Rice, Margaret, Miller, Senator Diinlap 

 and Wm. Belt for medium, and Klon- 

 dike, President, Sample and Uncle Jim 

 for late. M. C. 



