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Bkptember 14, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



929 



Establishment of Isaac Husbands, Bellevue, O. 



from two to three feet long, the rows 

 planted four feet apart making a solid 

 bed of one acre of this exquisite variety. 



Among the show dahlias Queen of the 

 Belgians, shell pink, A. D. Livoni, clear 

 soft pink, and Pink Dandy, a large, 

 long-stemmed, tipped rose pink, were the 

 most jitriking. 



Storm King, as usual, showed up in 

 the best form, while the plants of John 

 Walker made it look to be the best late 

 white. Mr. Peacock grows these two 

 varieties in connection, the Walker fol- 

 lowing the Storm King as the season ad- 

 vances. 



in yellows Queen of Yellows, clear 

 canary yellow, Queen Victoria, a richer, 

 deeper yellow, and Sir Charles Mills, a 

 rich golden yellow, looked far the best 

 for commercial purposes. 



The Client is a rich, magnificent crim- 

 son, while in scarlet the Apollyon is 

 still considered the best. 



The pompons made a magnificent 

 showing, the dwarfed, branching plants 

 being a complete sheet of bloom, all of 

 which were very striking, but Alewine, a 

 white suflFusing a rosy light, was particu- 

 larly striking as a cut flower, it being of 

 beautiful form, a free bloomer and giv- 

 ing long stems. 



Next to the cactus the singles are most 

 valuable as cut flowers and Mr. Peacock 

 states that the demand for singles is in- 

 creasing, far more rapidly than for even 

 the cactus, especially since the advent 

 of the Century class. Twentieth Century 

 still heads the list as the most striking 

 on account of the lovely color combina- 

 tions, combined with its size, free bloom- 

 ing qualities and long stems. All this 

 class are remarkably good shippers and 

 keepers. 



Scarlet Century is a magnificent va- 

 riety, very large and a vivid scarlet, but 

 will be superseded commercially by Gor- 

 geous, a newer seedling which has a little 

 better form, a little richer color and 

 longer stems. 



The new crimson. Harvard, certainly I 

 rightly named, is a superb variety, while t 

 in clear pinks the Blush Century, a very 

 delicate shell pink, and the Pink Cen- 

 tury, probably the largest of all, meas- 

 uring seven to eight inches in diameter, 

 are of greatest value. 



The Crimson Century is another fine 

 commercial sort, it being much dwarfer 

 than the others, branching near the 

 ground but throwing the flowers in the 



Buttercup showed up in great form, the 

 flowers of most beautiful shape, small 

 size but borne in utmost profusion. Two 

 rows of this variety made a bed eight 

 feet wide and 600 feet long, a magnifi- 

 cent sight. St. George was a better yel- 

 low commercially as it was the clearest 

 canary yellow, large size and long stems. 



Another striking novelty was the 

 Fairy, a beautiful rosy yellow of most 

 unique form, long, twisted petals, with 

 stag-horn tips. The Garllandia was also 

 a striking variety, being of the same 

 marking as Grandiflora but of more 

 pleasing and brighter color. 



Two of the most striking varieties 

 seen were the new branching collarette 

 varieties. President Viger, the original 

 variety, showed up in great form, but 

 Mme. Viger, a seedling, is lighter, 

 brighter, larger and better in every way. 



I wgret that lack of time prevented 

 nif Nking in the trial lots, among which 

 wett u number of new seedlings and new 

 ini|)iirtations, particularly among the 

 cactus varieties. Phil. 



greatest profusion well above the plant, 

 on long stems. 



I was very much impressed with the 

 appearance of the new White Century; 

 the flowers arc very large, the plants 

 growing five to six feet high, with six 

 to eight immense flowers to a plant, on 

 stems two to three feet long. 



The Record was very striking, being 

 of the same marking as Twentieth Cen- 

 tury excepting that the colors are scar- 

 let and yellow. I did not consider this 

 of as great commercial value as the 

 others but it is a most striking plant. 



Among the new singles, what struck 

 me most was the dark-foliaged varieties. 

 Ami Barrillet, a rich garnet, purple 

 foliage, and Ami Downie, a glowing 

 crimson scarlet, with much longer stems 

 and foliage nearly as dark as Barrillet. 



Alba superba was clearly the best 

 Avhite, the plant being completely cov- 

 ered with immense, snow white flowers 

 with long stems. The anemone are 

 more compact flowers, of anemone shape 

 and borne erect. 



In the delicate shades most striking 

 are Gracie, a pure white suifusing blush, 

 and Mollie, light pink with a white disc. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



The White Fly. 



In answ3r to ' ' Hoosier, ' ' in the Re- 

 view for Aug. 31, we would say that 

 we were troubled with the little white 

 fly, but application of hydrocyanic acid 

 gas as per the formula on page 736 of 

 the Review for August 17, 1905, killed 

 every one. We did not us3 it quite so 

 strong as there advised and would reduce 

 again, for some of the tend3r leaves of 

 rose geraniums and chrysanthemums 

 were affected. The Review deserves 

 much credit for ita ever-ready disposition 

 to oft'er helpful suggestions for the bene- 

 fit of its readers. We enjoy every page. 



Shakdlow. 



Here Is the formula once more: One pint 

 sulphuric acid, one pint water; mix in one 

 gallon butter jar. Tie up two and one-half 

 ounces cyanide ot potassium. Drop the little 

 parcel of cyanide into the Jar and walk on. 

 Keep the ventilators closed tight all night. 

 The above is for each 1,500 cubic feet of air 

 space in your house. This strength will hurt 

 no living plant, but might kill you or the cat 

 if you stopped too long. W. S. 



Taxes on Plants. 



I would like to know what the law is 



Home of Isaac Husbands, Bellevue, O. 



