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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



()CTolti;u IM, l'.»0«. 



Dahlia Uncle Tom, Dark Red, Almost Black. 



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will .1(1 f;ir liotttT to yvt .-1 iliii<;- 

 iii;ik(> 11)1 tlio tlcsiird ;nnouiit 

 use tlic kitclit'ii sciiirs, or, as I 

 foioiiiaii who ''knew all about 

 last wiiitri-. use a ll' j-iiit-ii jiot 

 to iiifasiiic with. 1 heard later that he 

 had hiiriied all his Heautios. 



(iet the elieinirally-|iiire. iiinetythreo 

 per cent cyaiiide from a wholesale dni«- 

 jiist, ill ti\e or teii|Mniiid lots, if a (luaii- 

 titv is to lie used. aii<l the acid, wherever 

 if Vau he lioujrht the clieaiiest. Leliu «.V' 

 Fink, Williams street. New York City, is 

 a reliable house. Follow the yovermiient 

 (liroctioiis and do not experiment. cxeei>t 

 in a small way. and you will have an 

 insectieide that" is invaluable and whieh 

 is most ctHcaeious. -M. N. Hoss. 



safe to say that the Dreer stock will be 

 true to name iiexf season. 



Throujih the kindiH'ss of a iiu^mber of 

 the coiM|iaiiy. four excelhMit \arieties are 

 here rejiroduced witii the descrijitioiis : 

 A most beautiful variety for cut flowers 

 is Shower of Fire, a truly doscriptiv(> 

 name for an early-tlowerinji'. free-bloom- 

 iiijr. lonfi-stemmed dahlia. Countess of 



Tionsdale, a well-known standard variety, 

 is prized above all otlier kinds. Frank 

 oinitli. thoujjli shaded with magenta, is 

 jirowii ill ([uantity to meet urgent de- 

 mand. -Mrs. Koosevelt, soft pink, is a 

 l:irge tlower of pleasing sluule. (iusta\t' 

 I miner is one of the blackest criirisons 

 iinagiiiabl(>, a good flower. A large num- 

 ber of the varieties are what are termed 

 hybrid cactus, an ajit name for a sec- 

 tion of the so-called tlecorative class. 



The immense field of one-year-old 

 hardy jihioxes made vigorous growth 

 until, when coming into bloom in Sep 

 temlier. they presented a sight so m;ig- 

 iiificeiit that when he first saw them 

 Patrick O'.Mara arose erect in the trap, 

 exclaiming that he luwer liiul seen such 

 a sight. All the best vai'ieties were 

 tlicie, with he;i\y masses of roots, sturdy 

 tdps and big heads of bloom. I'\ (i. X'oii 

 l.assburg is considered the liest white. 

 .Mrs. .lenkins. a close ri\iil. and so on 

 ihrougii all the cohirs and shades. 

 Aihoiig the liest of the newer varieties 

 are .Mbioii, (iery s<'arlet. early; Selma. 

 soft pink; (ieiieial N'oii I lent/,, rose pin- 

 |iie. ()tiier new \;iiieties of |iromise are 

 on trial. 



The camias looked remarkaidy well, 

 xigorons ;ind full of bloom. b*. Wallace 

 is coiisidereil ;j line yellow. It is of 

 gdoil heii^ht. free, the llowcrs of a lemon 

 yellow shade. Florence X'auglian ;iiid 

 I'.uttercup compli'te a strong trio in a 

 desiiable color. 



The roses wvvr chielly monthly ;iiid 

 tea \:irieties. Old fa\()ri1es were there 

 in (plant ity. gi'owing nicely. The farm 

 iis a \\li(ile is in fine condition, telling 

 in el(i(|iient language of the brain i'.nd 

 brawn fre(dy expended to iiring order 

 out of (diaos. Pmi,. 



Dkkianck. (). — Christ Wintericli is 

 building an addition to his already large 

 grecMihoiise estal)lislinient in South Defi- 

 ance. It will be 4L'xU)() feet. 



DAHLIAS AT LOCUST FARM. 



Locust Farm is the name given a 

 tract of l;ind ]inrchase(| last season by 

 the Henry A. Dreer Co.. Philadelphia. 

 The farm is two and onehalf miles lie- 

 yond their nurserii's at Kiverton. N. .1. 

 It consists of sexciity .-icres in tiie form 

 of a sipiare. with IIk' old farm liuildings 

 in the center. The ground is undulating 

 and fertile, the soil varying from a 

 sandv to a fairly heavy loam. There is 

 a heaw day subsoil re(|uiring drainage 

 in jilaces, This season, the hrst under 

 the jireseiif owners, (ive-sixths of the 

 land is under cultivation. The remain- 

 ing one-sixth will be drained this season 

 and planted witii peonies. The stock 

 now growing on the farm coni|irises 

 dahlias, for wlii«di it was jirimarily in- 

 tended, hardy phloxes in their first year, 

 caiuias. roses, and one or two other 

 things. The dahlias, comprising ])erhaiis 

 a third of the cultivate(l acreage, have 

 ni.ade strong growth. The v.aiieties 

 which were mixed when received have 

 been gone over with care, every plant 

 not true to name lieing destroyed. So 

 well has this work licen done that it is 



Dahlia Dainty, Pink, Yellowish Toward Center. 



