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The Weekly Rorists' Review, 



NOVBMBBE 8, 1906. 



WILD SMILAX 



NOW ON HAND and will.be in continuous supply 

 the rest of the season. Large cases, $5.O0; . 



small cases (Parlor Brand), $3.C)0. Fine stock. ' <" 



MUMS, All Sizes 



CARNATIONS* getting much better. Medium, 

 . $1.50 to $2.00 per 100; fancy, $3.00 to $4.00 per 100. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE CUT ELOWERS ' 

 40-42-44 Randolph St. CHICAGO 



PRICE LIST 



American Beauties Per doz. 



Long 94.00 



Select 8.00 



Medium $1.50 to 2.00 



PerlOO 



Kaiserin t8.00to$7.00 



Bride, Bridesmaid 2.00 to 7 00 



Richmond, Liberty 8.00 to 7.00 



Obatenay S.OOto 7:00 



Gate 2.00to 6.00 



Mums doz., $1.26 to $3.00 



Harrlsii doz., $2.50 20.00 



VloletB 76to 1.26 



Valley 2.00to 4.00 



Asparagug per string: .86 to .50 



SpreoKeri per 100, 2.00to 4.00 



Oalax , green per 1000, 1.26 



" bronze per 1000, 1.50 



Boxwood perbuncb, .35 



Leucotboe per 100, .75 



Ferns, per 1000, $1.50; per 100, .20 



Adiantum per 100, .75 to 1.00 



Smiiaz perdoz. 1.50 



Subject to cbanKe witbout notice. 

 Paclcing: and delivery at cost. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



to any retail florist. In this case one 

 broad path, running from east to west 

 through the center of the block of land 

 to be planted, should be all that is 

 needed. Coarse cinders make an excel- 

 lent path. It might be well to have it 

 sufficiently wide to allow a team to 

 pass down it. The shrubs and other 

 flowering plants could be run north and 

 south in perfectly straight rows, which 

 are much more satisfactory than beds, 

 and permit of the better cultivation of 

 the land. 



The varieties of shrubs, etc., for cut- 

 ting or show purposes are so numerous 

 that it is hard to make a selection with- 

 out knowing more specifically what their 

 uses are to be. Either for cut flower 

 purposes or selling as plants, the fol- 

 lowing shrubs are especially valuable: 

 Lilacs in variety, Deutzia gracilis, D. 

 crenata and D. Lemoinei, Philadelphus 

 coronarius and the newer Lemoine vari- 

 eties; Azalea mollis and A. pontica; 

 Viburnum plicatum, V. Opulus and V. 

 tomentosum; Spiraea Van Houttei, S. 

 prunifolia, S. Bumalda Anthony Water- 

 er, S. arguta opulifolia; Forsythia For- 

 tune!; Daphne Cneorum; Hydrangea 

 Otaksa and H. paniculata grandiflora; 

 Lonieera fragrantissima, L. Tatarica 

 and L. Morrowi; Weigelia rosea and 

 W. Eva Bathke; and Hypericum Moseri- 

 anum. 



Of course, hybrid perpetual and hybrid 

 tea roses, rambler roses in variety, pe- 

 onies, digitalis, hollyhocks, phloxes, Ger- 

 man and Japanese irises, delphiniums, 

 oriental poppies, Achillea Ptarmica The 

 Pearl, Anemone Japonica in variety, 

 Boltonia latisquama and B. asteroides. 

 Aster NovJB-Angliae, and other forms, 

 Canterbury bells. Campanula persicifolia, 

 sweet Williams, Aquilegia coerulea and 

 C. chrysantha, Gaillardia grandiflora, 

 Coreopsis grandiflora, Helianthus rigidus 

 Miss Mellish, H. multiflorus plenus, and 

 H. mollis; Heuchera sanguinea, Physos- 

 tegia Virginica, Veronica spicata and 

 V. londifolia subsessilis; Helenium au- 

 tumnale superbum; Lychnis viscaria 

 splendens; Pyrethrum uliginosum; Bud- 

 beckia Golden Glow; ABtilbe Japonica 

 multiflora; Aruncus astilboides; Clematis 

 recta; Platycodon Mariesii; Malva mos- 

 chata; Lupinus polyphyllus; Dietamnus 

 Fraxinella; Stokesia cyanea; Tritoma 



grandiflora; Lilium auratum, L. speci- 

 osum, L. candidum, L. Henryi; Galtonia 

 candicans; montbretias, early and late 

 blooming tulips, and narcissi, more espe- 

 cially the cottage, Darwin and other late 

 tulips, etc. 



In annuals, asters, stocks, larkspurs, 

 Shirley poppies, mignonette, coreopsis, 

 sweet peas, candytuft, sweet alyssum and 

 many other sorts may be used. Dahlias 

 should receive some space and gladioli 



Tbe Kditor is pleased 

 wlien a Reader 

 presents liis Ideas 

 on any subject treated 



tVeoS 



As experience is the be.t 

 teacher, so do ^tb 

 learn fastest by an 

 ezchansre of experiences. 

 Many valuable points 

 are brousht out 

 by discussion. 



Good penmanship, BpelUn? and gram- 

 mar, though desirable, are not neces- 

 sary. Write as you would talk when 

 doin; your best. 



WK SHALL BE GLAD 

 TO HKAR FROM TOU. 



are invaluable. The numbers of plants 

 which may be used are almost unlimited. 

 We have named some only of the more 

 useful and desirable ones. W. N. C. 



AIR-PLANTS. 



Can you tell me what are the most 

 successful air-vines and water-vines, tiny 

 sizes, on the market? Where can I pur- 

 chase in round lots? As to the air-vine, 

 I am told that the name is a misnomer, 



as they must be kept dampened, if not 

 soaking in water, all of the time. What 

 are the general points about the propa- 

 gation and care of these vines and usual 

 wholesale and retail prices? J. C. H. 



On receipt of above we fainted away, 

 being entirely ignorant of any air-plants 

 that could be of any use to a commercial 

 florist. We consulted Bailey's "Cyclo- 

 pedia of American Horticulture," 

 thinking that able and comprehensive 

 work would give us all that was worth 

 knowing about these mysterious products 

 of the vegetable kingdom. We did not 

 expect the "wholesale or retail price" to 

 be quoted, and this is all Professor 

 Bailey has to say about so called air- 

 plants : 



"Air-plants: In common speech any 

 plant which grows on the trunk or on the 

 top of another plant is called an air- 

 plant. The proper term is epiphyte 

 (that is, growing on a plant). In horti- 

 culture the term air-plant is usually ap- 

 plied to epiphytal orchids, tillandsias and 

 the like. Most of these grow upon an 

 old, bark, perhaps deriving some of the 

 nourishment from the bark, but most of 

 it from the air and rain. They are not 

 parasites — do not derive their support 

 from the juices of the host. ' ' 



That is all there is, word for word, 

 about air-plants. The writer of the 

 above, to make clear the difference of 

 an epiphyte and a parasite, might have 

 instanced the mistletoe and dodder, 

 which do draw their support from thts 

 juices of the host-plant and are, there- 

 fore, true parasites. We know of no 

 other air-plants, either terrestrial or 

 aquatic, therefore cannot say where you 

 can buy them in round numbers, how to 

 propagate them, or their price whole- 

 sale and retail. We suspect our corre- 

 spondent has seen some advertisement by 

 some fraud florist or firm of horticultural 

 quacks. W. S. 



DeKalb, III. — J. L. Johnson has 

 broken ground for his greenhouses, east 

 of the city. 



I am much pleased with the Eeview 

 and do not see how any wide-awake 

 florist can get along without it. — R. K. 

 Stokesberry, Leetonia, O. 



