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October 4, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1277 



Peter Reinberg 



51 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO 



The Largest Range of Glass In the World is now In heavy crop and 

 we are ready to take the very best of care off all orders intrusted to us 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BKAUTIES 



Long stem $3.00 to $4.00 per doz. 



SO-inch stems 2.60 per doz. 



24-inch stems 2.00 per doz. 



18-inch8tems l.SOperdoz. 



12-iDChstem8 l.OOperdoz. 



Short stems $0.60 to .76 per doz. 



Mrs. HarahaU n«ld 8.00to 12.00 perlOO 



■• short 5.00to e.OOperlOO 



Rlolunoiul S.OOto e.OOperlOO 



Liberty S.OOto e.OOperlOO 



Cliatenay $S.00to $600 per 100 



Bridesmaid S.OOto 6-00 per 100 



Bride S.OOto e.OOperlOO 



Perle S.OOto 5.00perl00 



Sunrise S.OOto e.OOperlOO 



UnoleJobn S.OOto eoOperlOO 



GoldenGate S.OOto eoOperlOO 



ROSES, OUR SELECTiON, $3.00 per 100 



CARNATIONS $1.50 to $2.00 per 100 



Send us your orders— sret tbe freshest stock at the lowest market rates and the assurance 

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AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



We have them ffor everybody. Plenty, fine, all lengths. 

 Try 'em* Other Roses and Carnations in good supply. 



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Chicago 



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ods are as follows: (1) To plant the 

 seeds of cucumbers in the soil of the 

 bench where the plants are to grow and 

 mature; (2) to plant the seeds of the 

 cucumbers in 3-inch or 4-inch pots filled 

 about half full of soil and after the 

 seeds have germinated and the hypocotyl, 

 or stem of the seedling, has elongated to 

 fill the pots well up to the seed leaves 

 with soil; (3) and to plant the seeds 

 in cups similar to those used for harvest- 

 ing strawberries, except that the cups 

 for this purpose are usually made of 

 Georgia pine. 



In the first case, where the seeds are 

 planted directly in the soil on the benches, 

 cucumbers are usually employed as a 

 crop to follow lettuce, seeds being planted 

 in the lettuce benches before the crop is 

 entirely removed, heads of lettuce being 

 taken out at proper distances to allow 

 for the correct spacing of the cucum- 

 ber plants, and the seeds of the cucum- 

 bers planted in the areas so left. 



In the other two cases the rearing of 

 the plants for forcing purposes can be 

 carried on in a small house specially de- 

 signed for this purpose or in a general 

 propagating house, thus obviating the 

 necessity of heating and maintaining 

 normal conditions in the growing house 

 during the period previous to which the 

 plants begin to run. 



Although we are vegetable growers 

 only, we cannot afford to be without 

 your paper. — Simeon B. Chester, Brook- 

 lyn, O. 



A NEV PINK FREESIA. 



Up to four years ago botanists re- 

 garded all known varieties of freesia as 

 belonging to the one variable species, 

 F. refracta, but a very distinct pink or 

 lilac-flowered kind having been found in 

 Cape Colony, it was given the name of 

 F. Armstrongi. It is still very scarce, 

 small conns costing 75 cents each in Eu- 

 rope. Some specimens were received from 

 a Holland dealer, says Dr. Van Fleet in 

 the Bural New Yorker, but they turned 

 out to be diseased, and never started into 

 growth. Later two corms, fresh from an 

 African collector, were sent over by the 

 dealer, and one started its first leaf in 

 February, opening its blooms late in 

 April. It makes a neat plant, about a 

 foot high. The leaves are small and 

 darker green than those of F. refracta. 

 The flowers are considerably smaller in 

 size and of a bright and pleasing rosy 

 lilac with yellow throat and blotch. The 

 fragrance is characteristic, but much less 

 pronounced than in our familiar vari- 

 eties. This plant bore thirty-two blooms 

 on five branches; many were open at the 

 same time, and made a good decorative 

 effect. We pollenized the flowers with 

 the best examples of F. refracta at hand, 

 but this crossing has already been made 

 in Holland, and the offspring has even 

 been exhibited under the name of Freesia 

 Tubergeni. The hybrid is said to be very 

 fine; the blooms large and freely pro- 

 duced, of a very acceptable pink shade 

 with conspicuous yellow throat, while the 

 rich fragrance of refracta is well re- 



tained. Florists say colored freesias 

 are never likely to be useful for their 

 purposes, but they will certainly be 

 wanted by amateurs and window garden- 

 ers. Freesia Armstrongi is a very wel- 

 come addition to our short list of fra- 

 grant winter-blooming plants, and its 

 hybrids are certain of great apprecia- 

 tion, if they are real improvements on 

 the species. 



THE BEST PHLOXES. 



Elmer D. Smith, Adrian, Mich., has 

 made something of a study of phloxes 

 and has selected the following list from 

 the large number now in commerce, to 

 cover the best colors and other necessary 

 features : 



Amphitryon, lilac, suffused white; 

 large; two and one-half to three feet 

 high. 



Astier Eehu, bright, deep purple, light 

 shadings, two and one-half to three feet. 



Attraction, snow white, rosy crimson 

 eye, two to two and one-half feet. 



Aquilon, carmine rose, crimson cen- 

 ter, two to two and one-half feet. 



Atala, clear dark pink, light center, 

 one and one-half to two feet. 



Baron Von Burkhart, bright rose 

 flowers in immense heads, two and one- 

 half feet. 



Coquelicot, fine pure scarlet, crimson 

 eye, two and one-half feet. 



Crepuscule, lilac, lighter margin, large 

 crimson eye, two and one-half to three 

 feet. 



