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September 13, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Gunation House of J. W. Ross, Centralis, IlL 



lora, deep yellow; Vermilion Brilliant, 

 scarlet, very fine; Waterloo, deep scar- 

 Jot; La Ecine, white; Pottebakker White, 

 white; Cottage Maid, pink; Rose Gris- 

 •lelin, pink; Keizerskroon, large red with 

 yellow edge. 



There are any number of early single 

 tulips of many shades of color, but in 

 forcing tulips you want only decided 

 colors; the above are good ones for that. 



In double tulips, especially for Easter 

 use, there are two varieties that stand 

 out above all others. They are: Mu- 

 rillo, opening white and in a few days 

 turning to a beautiful silky pink; 

 Couronne d'Or, a grand golden yellow. 

 Both of the above make splendid pans, 

 and are equally fine for cutting. W. S. 



GUDES' WESTERN TRIP. 



William F, Gude and Adolphus Gude, 

 the well-known Waahingtonians, made a 

 western trip in August, the objective 

 point being Red Mountain, Colorado. 

 While with a special party, on pleasure 

 bent, in private cars, the brothers are 

 too deeply interested in flowers and flo- 

 rists not to visit those in the trade when 

 opportunity presented. Being asked for 

 a brief account of what he saw, W. F. 

 Gude spoke in part as follows: 



"We left Washington August 11 and 

 arrived in Denver early in the morning 

 of August 14. We naturally fell in with 

 that genial, whole-souled president of 

 the Park Floral Co., J. A. Valentine, 

 who promptly asked for a few hours of 

 our time, and, having time to spend, 

 were willing subjects. I might say 

 while in Mr. Valentine's place of busi- 

 ness we were shown some dahlias the 

 like of which we never had seen before. 

 We were naturally interested to know 

 where these dahlias grew, and a few 

 minutes afterwards were in an automo- 

 bile being taken through a most interest- 

 ing section of the city of Denver, and 

 five miles northwest through some of the 

 most fertile fields that it ever was our 

 pleasure to behold. 



"In a short while we were on the 

 grounds of W. W. Wilmore, a former 

 resident of Laurel, Md., many years ago. 

 Here at Mr. Wilmore 's place the beauty 



and perfection of all his flowers that he 

 cultivates is simply unexcelled, but par- 

 ticularly so his dahlia industry, which 

 from oiir observation seemed to be per- 

 fection itself. The following are varie- 

 ties particularly worthy of mention: 



' ' Bon Ton he considers the best dark 

 red, and Lyndhurst an excellent red or 

 scarlet. In white. Snow and Glori de 

 Lyon both are good. He considers 

 Kriemhilde a most desirable pink cactus, 

 and the old deep pink A. D. Livoni still 

 is a general favorite, but he pre<lict8 

 that both of these will have to take a 

 back seat when Mme. Von Den Dael ia 

 fairly before the public. This he con- 

 siders the grandest thing yet sent out in 

 pink, but the stock has been too scarce 

 for it to become generally known. It 

 should have a slight shade in this cli- 

 mate to bring the flowers to perfection. 

 Queen of Yellows and Miss Dodd both 



are good yellows. Twentieth Century 

 has proven to be a valuable and striking 

 variety for florists' use, but it is about 

 the only single that is much in demand 

 here. Mrs. Winters is a magnificent 

 white for the garden, but wilts easily 

 and on that account is not a valuable 

 florists' flower. 



"He mentions two other new varieties 

 which he confidently predicts have come 

 to stay. Navajo, a very dark red of 

 decorative form, too dark for florists' 

 purposes but just right for others; and 

 ITmatilla, a red with long stem and fine 

 flowers. A green freak noticed is named 

 Verdiflora and is as perfectly formed a 

 green flower as we have ever beheld in 

 any other color. 



"It might be well to state that these 

 beautiful fertile acres were a barren 

 waste before Mr. Wilmore took hold of 

 them, but by the introduction and per- 

 fect control of the irrigation system Mr. 

 Wilmore has converted it into a model 

 commercial floral and fruit larm, for the 

 flavor of those juicy apples dished out 

 to us in the form of a liquid, was as 

 pleasing to the taste as the beauty to the 

 eye. In all, the home of Wilmore with 

 his sturdy family, his whole-souled greet- 

 ing, his kind hospitality and his heart- 

 felt 'Come again,' makes one feel prou«l 

 to be a florist, and that such men as 

 W. W. Wilmore are in the business to 

 grow flowers to such perfection as we 

 saw them here. 



"Leaving Mr. Wilmore 's place laden 

 with arms full of his choice flowers, we 

 stopped at the Union depot to leave 

 them in our cars. The members of our 

 j)arty were all eastern people and they 

 declared that they never had seen such 

 specimens. 



"We next drove through the principal 

 streets of the city, where we were shown 

 lawns and window-boxes to perfection ; 

 then to the Park Floral Co. greenhouses, 

 where everything that we saw was up- 

 to-date and in fine condition; then 

 through the extensive park system, with 

 its zoological park, boulevards, lakes and 

 drives, second to none in the point of 

 beauty and artistic arrangement. Reach- 

 ing the far end of the park we suddenly 

 discovered that it was nearly time for 

 our train to leave and beat a hurried 



Rose Houses ot J. W. Ross, Ceotralia, lU. 



