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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Januabv 31, 1907. 



THE WORLD'S GREATEST ASTER 



Miss 



Lock 



41 Mapchester Avenue, 



Mention The Reylcw when you write. 



ColorB, White, EncbantieBB-Plnk, SI. 00 per trade pkt. 



No checkB. loBtructions. " How to Grow Asters " witli 

 every oraer. Not guaranteed unlesB bearing my slgnatuie. 



J* He LOCK9 Aster Specialist 



TORONTO, ONT. 



You Want This Aster Seed 



No novelties— grown especially for my growers, best commercial sorts, branching white, blue, shell-pink^ 



25 cents a trade package; 60 cents X oz. Ostrich Plume, 50 cents a trade package; 75 cents yi oz, ^ 



GEORGE B. HART, Wholesale Florist, 24-28 Stone St., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



power to get up an entertainment for 

 the members and their friends, includ- 

 ing the ladies, for the second meeting in 

 February. 



Various Notes. 



Visitors this week included John S. 

 Hay, representing Henry A. Dreer, Phil- 

 adelphia, and F. M. Smythe. 



Eobert Purshall, gardener for Mrs. 

 A. H. P. Belmont, at Marble House and 

 Belcourt, has received the appointment 

 of gardener at Mrs. Belmont 's place, 

 Brokalt, Long Island. 



James Bond has had exceptional luck 

 with Cattleya Trianae this wintei* from 

 plants purchased two years ago. 



Arthur Griffin made a large shipment 

 of cut flowers, melons and forced vege- 

 tables to New York about a week ago. 

 The shipment was intended to be deliv- 

 ered on the morning of the day on which 

 a large entertainment was to be given, 

 but delivery was not effected until the 

 day following. Several like disappoint- 

 ments have occurred lately. 



Karl Jurgens will in future give addi- 

 tional attention to the growing of roses 

 for the local trade in summer, and in 

 furtherance of that object he will de- 

 vote two houses recently built to that 

 purpose. 



Oscar Schultz has been for a week or 

 more absent from Newport on a business 

 trip to New York, Philadelphia and 

 other cities. 



V. A. Vanicek, of the Ehode Island 

 Nurseries, has completed the work of 

 moving large specimen trees from dis- 

 tant points to the grounds of the resi- 

 dence of G. C. Knight, Jr., on Bellevuo 

 avenue. Many of these trees had im- 

 mense balls of earth, and some of the 

 trees were so large that arrangements 

 had to be made whereby they were taken 

 on to the ground through the estate ad- 

 joining. Ealph Eeilly. 



FOR VACANT BENCHES. 



I have two greenhouses now empty. 

 They are fourteen feet wide. A solid 

 bed eight feet wide runs through the 

 center. In one house I wish to plant 

 dahlias for cut flowers. I would like 

 some cultural advice, also to know the 

 best varieties to plant for cut blooms. 

 The other house is cooler; it can be kept 

 at a night temperature of 50 degrees. 

 What kind of seeds can I plant for pot 

 culture for spring sales or for cut blooms 

 in the open bed! What is the best way 

 to force German iris? I have some 

 heavy clumps that I wish to force for 

 the cut blooms. D. B. C. 



Dahlias have rather come into favor 

 the last two or three years and succeed 

 quite well under glass in a similar tem- 



CARLSON'S IMPROVED ASTER SEED 



Has been the best commercial variety in the Chicago market 

 for the past three years. No disease. No yellows. 



yi oz, (trade packet) $ .25 K oz $ .80 



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1906 Crop. White, Pink and Lavender. GET THE GENUINE. 



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perature to carnations, 50 to 54 degrees 

 at night. No time should be lost in 

 bringing the dahlia tubers under glass. 

 Place in a warm house and spray twice 

 a day until the shoots appear. The 

 roots need not be covered at this stage. 

 Pot roots do not require any dividing, 

 but the larger ground roots are better 

 separated with a sharp knife. One good 

 shoot is sufficient for each plant. A 

 bed eight feet wide would take three 

 rows. Place the plants two and a half 

 feet apart. Any good compost that will 

 grow roses or carnations is suitable. 

 The single varieties flower freely under 



glass, but the doubles have better keep- 

 ing qualities. The beautiful cactus vari- 

 eties we have not had much success with. 

 Do not allow every shoot to grow. Single 

 stems are the best, and do not forget to 

 stake securely when a few inches high. 



A few good commercial sorts are : 

 Doubles — A. D. Livoni, soft pink; Grand 

 Duke Alexis, white tinted lavender; 

 Countess of Lonsdale, salmon; Catherine 

 Duer, crimson scarlet; Keyne's White, 

 pure white; Mrs. Eoosevelt, soft pink; 

 Daffodil, canary yellow. 



A few good pompon or bouquet dah- 

 lias which are remarkably free blooming 



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