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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Dbcbmbbb 6, 1906. 



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 from a 



WASH DRAWING 



one of many we are 

 turning out for 1907 



Seed Catalogues 



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Last Offer 



Superfine Single Mixed Tulips 



60c per 100; $1.60 per 1000. 



Single Mixed Hyacinths, Freesias 

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Prices on application. 



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ROCHKSTKR, N. Y. 



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the general meeting of the Dutch Bulb 

 Association in Haarlem, Holland, with 

 over twenty-five fine flower spikes; and 

 I have some plants with over thirty 

 spikes. According to my experience the 

 Queen Wilhelmina is the best for retard- 

 ing. William Kuyk. 



LDLIUM AUBATUM. 



I wish to know whether Lilium aura- 

 tum can be forced for Easter. If so, 

 how early should the bulbs be planted! 

 Is it better to grow this variety outdoors 

 for summer cut flowers? How early 

 should amaryllis bulbs be planted to be 

 in bloom by Easter? K. C. C. 



This beautiful lily is sometimes kept 

 in cold storage till the fall, with the ob- 

 ject of having them in flower for the 

 holidays. To keep them in cold storage 

 80 late that they would be in flower as 

 late as Easter is, I think, impossible, 

 £,nd the new bullm do not arrive from 

 Japan early enough in the fall to be 

 forced for Easter. But why bother with 

 this class of lilies! We have the longi- 

 florum type for Easter, 'and that is 

 enough, besides many other beautiful 

 plante and flowers. 



Lilium auratum for cut flowers ia best 

 grown under glass. Potted as soon as 

 they arrive and started slowly in a cool 

 house, they flower from June on. If you 

 have a well-drained piece of sandy loam, 

 or soil that is largely vegetable deposits, 

 you can plant these lilies outdoors in 

 early May and they will flower in August 

 and September. Let me just add that 

 Lilium auratum is a gorgeous flower, but 

 of little use to florists. Its odor is too 

 strong for most people, and as for using 

 it in a design, I think it would be in as 

 good taste as a gigantic sunflower, or a 

 bride's bouquet made of Timothy Eaton 



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" Inoomparabills 75 per 100; 



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Tellow^ Rose 75 per 100: 



single, fine mixed 60 per 100; 



single, extra fine mixed 75perl00; 



Preealaa, mammoth, i^i to %-inch 65 per 100; 



Tilllnm Glsanteum, 7 to 9 6.50 per lOO; 



Just arrived, ULT OF THX VAIiLiBT, early giant-forcing, a very 

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FORCING RHUBARB 



Under the greenhouse bench or in any old cellar or mushroom house, 

 is entirely practical and an easy proposition. 



Send for my Special Florists' Circular on RHUBARB FORCING 



It gives ample directions for successful culture. 



I have a good supply of large Undivided Clumps. Price, 12.00 per doz.; 25 for $3.76; 

 $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. (500 at 1000 rate.) 



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THE FINEST VALLEY 



Western Headquarters for Early Forcing Pips 



$14.00 per 1000; $1.50 per 100. Now ready. This is the very best stock for early forcing and 

 will do splendidly for the holidays. They have been selected with the greatest care and there 

 is nothing better coming to this country. Order at once, as this stock is limited. Return at 

 our expense if not satisfactory on arrival. (All cold storage stock is sold out.) We ship all 

 over the U. S. and supply all tbe year around. 



Fancy Cut Valley for Thanksgiving and Christmas. 



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 1409-11 Madison St., V^IllCayO 



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chrysanthemums. Lilium speciosum, al- 

 bum and roseum, are much more valua- 

 ble to a commercial florist. 



You do not say whether you have re- 

 cently purchased the amaryllis bulbs or 

 grown them from last spring. If the 

 latter, yon should put the pots on a bench 

 in the full light and give them no water 



till they send up flower spikes, after 

 which you should water them copiously. 

 If bulbs bought of a seedsman, pot them, 

 sinking each bulb half its depth in the 

 soil. "Water the soil once and then no 

 more till the flower spike appears. If 

 desired at Easter you might leave the 

 first watering till the middle of January. 



