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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



October' 18, 1906. 



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Dahlia Uocle Tom, Dark Red^ Almost Black. 



self, he will do far better to get a drug- 

 gist to make up the desired amount 

 than to use the kitchen scales, or, as I 

 knew a foreman who "knew all about 

 it" do last winter, use a 2 V^ -inch pot 

 to measure with. I heard later that he 

 had burned all his Beauties. 



Get the chemically-pure, ninety-three 

 per cent cyanide from a wholesale drug- 

 gist, in five or ten-pound lots, if a quan- 

 tity is to be used, and the acid, wherever 

 it can be bought the cheapest. Lehn & 

 Fink, Williams street. New York City, is 

 a reliable house. Follow the government 

 directions and do not experiment, except 

 in a small way, and you will have an 

 insecticide that is invaluable and which 

 is most efficacious. M. N. Boss. 



DAHLIAS AT LOCUST FAHM« 



Locust Farm is the name given a 

 tract of land purchased last season by 

 the Henry A. Dreer Co., Philadelphia. 

 The farm is two and one-half miles be- 

 yond their nurseries at Biverton, N. J. 

 It consists of seventy acres in the form 

 of a square, with the old farm buildings 

 in the center. The ground is undulating 

 and fertile, the soil varying from a 

 sandy to a fairly heavy loam. There is 

 a heavy clay subsoil requiring drainage 

 in places. This season, the first under 

 the present owners, five-sixths of the 

 land is under cultivation. The remain- 

 ing one-sixth will be drained this season 

 and planted with peonies. The stock 

 now growing on the farm comprises 

 dahlias, for which it was primarily in- 

 tended, hardy phloxes in their first year, 

 cannas, roses, and one or two other 

 things. The dahlias, comprising perhaps 

 a third of the cultivated acreage, have 

 made strong growth. The varieties 

 which were mixed when received have 

 been gone over with care, every plant 

 not true to name being destroyed. So 

 well has this work been done that it is 



safe to say that the Dreer stock will be 

 true to name next season. 



Through the kindness of a member of 

 the company, four excellent varieties are 

 here reproduced with the descriptions: 

 A most beautiful variety for cut flowers 

 is Shower of Fire, a truly descriptive 

 name for an early-flowering, free-bloom- 

 ing, long-stemmed dahlia. Countess of 



Lonsdale, a well-known standard variety, 

 is prized above all other kinds. Frank 

 bmith, though shaded with magenta, is 

 grown in quantity to meet urgent de- 

 mand. Mrs. Boosevelt, soft pink, is ^ 

 large flower of pleasing shade. Gustave 

 Immer is one of the blackest crimsons 

 imaginable, a good flower. A large num- 

 ber of the varieties are what are termed 

 hybrid cactus, an apt name for a sec- 

 tion of the so-called decorative class. 



The immense field of one-year-old 

 hardy phloxes made vigorous growth 

 until, when coming into bloom in Sep-' 

 tember, they presented a sight so mag- 

 nificent that when he first saw them 

 Patrick O'Mara arose erect in the trap,, 

 exclaiming that he never had seen such ' 

 a sight. All the best varieties were 

 there, with heavy masses of roots, sturdy 

 tops and big heads of bloom. F. G. Voil 

 Lassburg is considered the best white, 

 Mrs. Jenkins, a close rival, and so on 

 through all the colors and shades. 

 Among the best of the newer varieties 

 are Albion, fiery scarlet, early; Selma, 

 soft pink; General Von Hentz, rose pur- 

 ple. Other new varieties of promise are 

 on trial. 



The cannas looked remarkably well) 

 vigorous and full of bloom. B. Wallace 

 is considered a fine yellow. It is of 

 good height, free, the flowers of a lemon 

 yellow shade. Florence Vaughan and 

 Buttercup complete a strong trio in a 

 desirable color. 



The roses were chiefly monthly and 

 tea varieties. Old favorites were there 

 in quantity, growing nicely. The farm 

 as a whole is in fine condition, telling 

 in eloquent language of the brain and 

 brawn freely expended to bring order 

 out of chaos. Phil. 



Depianck, O. — Christ Winterich is 

 building an addition to his already large 

 greenhouse establishment in South Defl- 

 ance. It will be 42x160 feet. 



Dahlia Dainty, Pink, Yellowish Toward Center. 



