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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Dbcbmbbb 21, 1906. 



SPHAGNUM M088-Contlnu«d. 



Sphagnum mosB. 

 C. E. Crltchell, 86 E. Srd St.. Cincinnati. 0. 



Sphagnum moss. 

 H. Kenney, 88 Rocbeater Ave., Brooklyn, N. T. 



TOBACCO. 



Tobacco stems, fresh, strong; bales, 200 to 

 SOO lbs., 7Sc per 100. 



U. C. Ryerson, 108 8rd Ave., Newark, N. J. 



Fresh tobacco stems, bale of 300 lbs., $1.50. 

 W. 0. Beckert, Allegheny, Pa. 



TOOTHPICKS. 



wired toothpicks, 10,000, S1.60; 60,000, 16.25. 

 Sample free. For sale by dealers. 



W. J. COWBB, Berlin, N. Y. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



WIKE STAKES. 

 Belmer's galvanized Bteel stakes forroses.caiv 

 nations, mums— no bugs— last forever. 



2 ft. 3 ft. 4 ft. Terms: 

 No. 8 wire... per 1000, 14.85 $7.15 $9.50 Cash 

 No. 9 wire... " 4.00 6.00 8 00 with 



No. 10 wire... " 3.55 5.35 7.10 order. 



We can furnish any size and length. 



H. BELMEB & CO., Cincinnati. Ohla 



Thaden's wire tendrils and twin stakes for 

 carnations, roses, etc. 



H. Thaden & Co., 472 W. Hunter St., At- 

 lanta, Ga. 



Model Extension carnation supports; also gal- 

 vanized rose stakes and tying wire. 

 Igoe Bros., 226 North 9th St., Brooklyn, N . Y. 



Model Extension carnation supports. 



Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co., Harrison, N. J. 



WIRE WORK. 



Wire work. As manufacturers we eliminate 

 the middleman. None other made as good at 

 our prices. 

 C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work In the west. H. F. Wlnterson Co., 



45, 47, 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



Emil Steffens, Manufacturer of Florists' Wire 

 Designs, 335 East 2l8t St.. New York. 



RejBd & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York. 

 ) Manufacturers of Wire Designs. 



Wire work of all kinds. Write me. 

 Wm. Murphy, Wholesale Florist, Cincinnati, 0. 



Wire work. Best made. Try a sample order. 

 Scranton Florist Supply Co., Scranton, Pa. 



Wire work, all kinds. 

 C. E. Crltchell, 36 B. 3rd St.. Cincinnati, 0. 



Wire work. 

 H. Kenney, 88 Rochester Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



E. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



ROSES OLD AND NEW. 



Yes, we have advanced in rose cul- 

 ture, gained magnificent new varieties, 

 but it is a matter for rejoicing also, I 

 think, that these are quite powerless to 

 oust all the old ones. While some, nay, 

 many, of the ancient roses are now un- 

 known, it is a truth, too, that many of 

 the modern introductions will be lost, 

 just as deservedly, a few years hence. 

 Surely the great lesson to be learned and 

 practiced, is the buying of the best roses, 

 new or old; choosing them for their 

 merits, uninfluenced by the crazes of a 

 season, weighing the advantages of each 

 flower iu the balance of justice, and dis- 

 carding any variety that proves less 

 good than was promised. 



Public taste is not an infallible guide. 

 A novel color will often sell a loosely 

 petaled, ill-shaped, quickly fading rose; 

 size is sometimes admired to the too- 

 ready-forgiveness of bad color; delicacy 

 of tint and shape are often combined 

 with weak, drooping habit of growth, 

 and flabby stems. 



Of course, perfection is not to be 

 found, so we must make all reasonable 

 concessions to any new rose; only let us 

 avoid neglecting older varieties that have 

 really superior merits but have gone out 

 of fashion and been forgotten in the 

 world's eagerness for the novel. Some 

 raisers are too lavish in their introduc- 

 tions, but a visit to the grounds where 

 the roses are growing, or even a careful 

 study of the catalogue descriptions, not- 



ing especially the omissions, should give 

 a sufficient guide to purchasers. 



What a discussion there has been over 

 the worth of Mildred Grant! That the 

 flowers are exquisite, with their high cen- 

 tres, admirable shape, and laintly flushed 

 white tint, nobody can deny. Alas, that 

 the stems are so unsatisfactory, from the 

 flower arrangers ' point of view ! More 

 "than one rose grower, I believe, offers it 

 as "considered to be the finest rose ever 

 raised, ' ' whue others leave out the three 

 first words of the sentence. Personally, 

 I regard it as one of the roses that will 

 go down to posterity, in spite of its de- 

 merits, just as we have ignored the faults 

 of Niphetos and even Marechal Niel. A 

 lovely satisfactory new hybrid tea, of an 

 ivory-white, flushed with salmon, large 

 blooming, firm petaled, perfectly formed, 

 is Alice Grahame. I strongly advise rose 

 connoisseurs to obtain this, and note its 

 value. Surely this is a variety that ought 

 never to sink into oblivion! 



Among the indispensable older pale 

 roses Madame Hoste should have a high 

 place. What a joy it is to see it respond- 

 ing to vigorous feeding and general good 

 culture — the branches growing stouter, 

 the leaves larger and darker, even before 

 the great yellowish-white flowers come 

 to prove how delicate they can look, al- 

 though they are full and firm. The ro- 

 bust growth is a subject for deep grati- 

 tude. 



La France will never be given up, I 

 imagine; it remains a distinctive rose, 

 in spite of the prodigious output of roses 

 since it first delighted the horticultural 

 world. Gloire de Dijon has been im- 

 proved upon, I admit, but let us hope it 

 will never be forgotten^ since there is a 

 rich color in its usually irregularly 

 shaped center that others do not offer. 



Are any of our new ramblers really 

 better than the old climber, Cloth of 

 Gold? This is indeed a relic from the 

 past that the future should perpetuate. 

 There is certainly something unique 

 about the almost too vigorous Crimson 

 Eambler, but many of the others are, 1 

 think, over-rated. Aglaia, by the by, is 

 such a joy upon a north wall that no 

 garden or house with such a space vacant 

 should be without it. Plant it on a hot 

 wall and no pleasure will be gained from 

 it, for the flowers will fade out ere they 

 are open, and none of the pure clear yel- 

 low will remain. 



Fortune's Yellow is still catalogued as 

 "extra fine." Our great-grandfathers 

 knew it as Beauty of Glazenwood. The 

 striped York and Lancaster roses should 

 be in all rosaries; so, too, I think, should 

 be the Maiden's Blush. Yes, the faults 

 of these are too obvious, but to grow 

 them is not to ignore modern achieve- 

 ments, nor to contradict our objects of 

 searching for the very best, because they 

 have unique merits, that ' ' better ' ' roses 

 have not repeated. 



When is the perfect, brilliant scarlet, 

 full, firm tea rose coming to us, I won- 

 der? It must have strong stems, large, 

 dark red-tinted foliage, and not hang its 

 head too humbly! Where again is the 

 huge hybrid perpetual of the exact shade 

 of Marechal Niel? I should also like 

 a brilliant pink, fully-double rambler 

 that would bloom all the summer and au- 

 tumn. There are triumphs yet left for 

 attainment by our clever rose raisers.— 

 Gardeners' Magazine. 



DATE OF EASTER. 



Easter of 1906 falls on April 15, 

 eight days earlier than in' 1905. 



TEN TIMES. 



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Geo. Fauth. 



Woodlawn, Md. 



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