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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



March 22, 1906. 



NEPHROLEPIS PIERSONI 



ELEGANTISSIMS 



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NORTHERN TEXAS. 



After several clays of fine -weather 

 with the thermometer at 70 degrees, and 

 when we were congratulating ourselves 

 upon spring being here, we were rudely 

 awakened by the visit of what people 

 here call a ' ' nortiier, ' ' and the mercury 

 traveled towards the bulb at a lively 

 rate, making it very disagreeable and 

 causing fires to be rebuilt. These sudden 

 changes are what make the florist here 

 keep his eyes open, and wonder what is 

 coming next. 



Judging from reports of advance or- 

 ders for spring ])lanting, there will hard- 

 ly bo enough stock home-grown to fill 

 the demand. A large amount of hardy 

 shrubs is being planted and the indi- 

 cations point to an increased demand. 



This has been the mildest winter any 

 in this section can remember, but it has 

 been exceedingly wet, keeping the plan- 

 ters out of the field, and in some sec 

 tions they are not yet through picking 

 cotton. Carnations in some places are 

 looking fine. A few growers have had 

 to cancel standing orders, claiming 

 their stock was off crop. I cannot un- 

 derstand how this can be unless their 

 plants have been pushed too far; the 

 same varieties grown by other growers 

 are in the pink of condition. 



Being informed when I first came to 

 this section that growing roses was an 

 impossibility, I have tried experiments 

 with a few and have convinced myself 

 that roses under some conditions can 

 be grown successfully. Mr. Goree, of 

 Whitewright, Tex., for his own amuse- 

 ment and as an amateur has made a 

 success, and Mr. Farley, of Denison, 

 who has a few at his place, is also rais- 

 ing some fair stock. As I have not yet 

 experi<'nced a summer here, I am not 

 yet prepaicd to say as to the final suc- 

 cess of my plan, but am hoping that 

 it will come out all right. 



Carnation cuttings are planted out 

 here very early, about the first of April, 

 as it is necessary to get all the growth 

 possible before the hot weather comes. 

 r have been told the weather gets so 

 hot that it shrivels up the leaves on the 

 trees and that the ground bursts open 

 with the intensely hot, dry atmosphere, 

 but when September comes everything 



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50 lb. case, $7.00. 

 25 lb. case. 3.50. 



Hardy Cut Ferns, Fancy and Dagger 



$1.50 per 1000. Discount on large orders. 



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all winter, and gathered daily fresh from the 

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First size, $15.00 per 1000. Also Plants. Ferns, Palms, Rooted Cuttings, Hardy Plants, Shrubbery, 

 Imported Bulbs, Domestic Bulbs, Decorative Materials, Christmas Greens, Cut Flower Boxes, Fertil- 

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commences to grow again and in Octo- 

 ber and November plants, especially 

 roses, are at their best. What can be 

 grown during the winter season is the 

 question many growers ask, and it will 

 have to unravel itself. 



Early blooming flowers are what is 

 wanted ; late flowering stock, all right 

 in the north, is too late for this country. 

 Early propagation, early planting and 

 early housing I think will solve the 

 question. 



Bulbous stock is about all gone; there 

 .ire some fine hyacinths, Von Sions and 

 Keizerskroon tulips left, but they will 

 be all gone before Easter. Outdoor stock 

 has passed through the season all right 



so far and the only fear is now that 

 they are making good growth, a sudden 

 cold snap may come and imdo all the 

 work that has been done. 



Narcissus. 



Wichita, Kan.— W. H. Gulp & Co. 

 had a special offering of ' ' Colonial ' ' 

 flowers for Washington 's birthday. They 

 were bulbous stock and carnations, 



NoRWALK, O.— The firm of Peat & 

 Fanning has dissolved, E. J. Peat hav- 

 ing sold his interest to H. S. Fanning, 

 who will continue the business. E. J. 

 Peat has leased a place and will grow a 

 general line of cut flowers and pot-plants. 



