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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



PllBBUABY 21, 1907. 



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Aster Seed 



Our descripttVe price liat of High- 

 Grade Aster Heed is now ready and 

 will be seut free on application. Try 

 our new varieties, Cardinal, Sunset 

 and Rosy Carmine Branchinsr— they 

 are winners. Price per packet, 25 

 cents; two packets for 40 cents. 



Pointers on how to grow Asters suc- 

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price list of plants; William C. Beckert, 

 Allegheny, Pa,, general seed catalogue; 

 H. E. Fiske Seed Co., general catalogue; 

 C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis., 

 bulbs; C. Keur & Sons, Hillegom, near 

 Haarlem, Holland, bulbs and plants; 

 Frederick W. Kelsey, New York, trees 

 and shrubs. 



THE MODERN GLADIOLUS. 



Because of its adaptability to almost 

 any soil and climate, the gladiolus is 

 deservingly a favorite with all classes of 

 gardeners. Its merit as a cut flower and 

 value as an ornament to the garden are 

 notable. If the spike is cut and placed 

 in water as soon as the first bloom ap- 

 pears, every bud will open fully and 

 last for four to ten days, accoraing to 

 the temperature. By making successive 

 plantings about two weeks apart begin- 

 ning as soon as the ground is thoroughly 

 settled in the spring, one may secure 

 continuous blossoms from early June 

 until frost comes. 



Although the gladiolus will stand 

 much neglect and yield good results, if 

 proper care is taken it will give results 

 in proportion. Stable manure should be 

 applied to the gladiolus bed in the au- 

 tumn, and the bed should be well spaded 

 and respaded in the spring. Bulbs 

 should be planted from three to four 

 inches deep, according to their size, and 

 should be planted in rows twelve to 

 eighteen inches apart, three to four 

 inches apart in the row, for cutting 

 purposes. Planted in mass for garden 

 show they should be from four to six 

 inches in either direction. Staking is 

 sometimes necessary, especially where 

 high winds prevail, but in most cases if 

 staking is found necessary, says the Na- 

 tional Council of Horticulture, it may 

 be attributed to too shallow planting of 

 the bulbs. 



TEMPERATURE FOR GLADIOLL 



I have a few thousand Gladiolus nanus 

 (Blushing Bride and Peach Blossom) 

 planted in flats in a greenhouse. The 

 leaves are now about twelve inches long 

 and are beginning to turn brown and 

 ilry up at the tips, after which the whole 

 loaf soon dies. The bulbs of these are 

 found to be soft and decayed, though 

 they liave roots several inches in length. 

 They have been watered twice with 

 liquid manure. The flats have good drain- 

 nge. The temperature of the house is 

 65 to 70 degrees. In some flats every 

 plant is aff'ected. Please tell me what 

 is the cause of this and what to do for 

 them. C. H. K. 



SUMMtR FLOWERING BULBS 



My New B«(OBiai aad Gloxlalas are In stock and are as fine ai any I hare erer seen. 



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 strong and well matured, Blue, Red, White, Red with White 

 Boraer, Spotted and Tigered, per doz., 50c; per lOO, $3.60. 



Mixed Borta, Hue, per doz,, 45c; per 100, $3.2 j. 



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Pips in 

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The BEST VALLEY 



Western Headquarters for Early Torcing Pips 



Selected Pips. $1.75 per 100; $14.00 per 1000. 



This is the very best stock for early forcing. They have been selected with the Rreateat 

 care and there is nothing better coming to this country. We also offer a very good grade of 

 Forcing Pips at $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. 



Return at our expense if not satisfactory on arrival. We ship all over the U. 8., and 

 supply all the year around. 



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H. N. BRUNS, 



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 1409-11 Madison St., t^IllCClyO 



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Too much heat is unquestionably the 

 cause of the dying referred to. Gladi- 



Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



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SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, ETC. 



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olus nanus is impatient of forcing. The 

 bulbs, after being placed in flats, should 

 be started in a cold pit, or house just 

 clear of freezing, and left there until the 

 boxes are well matted with roots. They 

 shouhl never be subjected to a higher 

 winter temperature than 50 degrees at 

 night or failure is certain. These flowers 

 cannot bo forced as are narcissi, tulips 

 and other bulbs. 



We have several thousands of these 

 which were planted in flats four inches 

 (loop December 5. They are now about 

 three inches high, with the flats full of 

 roots. They will not be introduced into 

 heat for some time yet. We find they 

 are far better when flowered from the 

 last of April to the beginning of June 

 than when an effort is made to force 

 them earlier. 



We are afraid it is too late to save 

 any of your bulbs and can only ascribe 

 your failure to forcing them too warm. 

 Grown for Memorial day trade, there is 

 no other bulbous plant to equal them, 

 and to bloom them at that date they 

 need no fire heat at any stage of their 

 growth. C. W. 



So^v Now 

 The True Thing 



Aceratnin Blue Star, the best of all for pots, 8 

 tr. pkU., 11.25; tr. pkt.,26c. 



Alyaram Carpet Queen, fine extra dwarf strain, 

 6 tr. pkts., 11.26; tr. pkt., 2&c. 



Begonia Erfordii, for pots the best rosy pink, 

 6 tr. pkt.,tl.25; tr. pkt., 26c. 



Begonia, Zangen's new Bedding; Queen, a real 

 Daybreak pink, compact, ball-sbaped, wax 

 Begonia with lively green foliage, unexcelled 

 for pots and out doors, ti tr. pkts., 12.50; tr. 

 pkt., 60c. 



Petnnia Rosy Morn, a fine bedder, 6 tr. pkts., 

 11.26; tr. pkt., 25c. 



Petunia, California single giants, extra strain, 



6 tr. pkts., 14.00; tr. pkt.. 75c. 

 Petnnia, double fringed Giants, 6 tr. pkts., t6.00; 



tr. pkt., 11.00. 

 Salvia Fireball, this is a new, real dwarf com- 



gact early-flowering, fine variety and there is 

 ardly a better one for pots. 6 tr. pkts., 12.60; 

 tr. pkt., 50c. 

 Verbena, Mammoth, unexcelled strains; as 

 Auricolor flowered, scarlet, striped, pink, pur- 

 ple, white, each separate. Oz., 11.60; tr. pkt., 26c. 



For larger quantities special quotations, also 

 ask for my Wholesale Catalogue. 



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FOR NORTHERN TRADE. 



[A paper by B. M. Wlchers, Gretna. La., 

 rend before the Society of Southern Florists, at 

 tlip Now Orleans Convention, February 14 to 

 16, 1907.] 



1 promised to write a paper on 

 ' ' What a Southern Florist Can Produce 

 for the Northern Trade." This em- 

 braces a large field and I think myself 

 hardly able to cover it. As there is such 

 a large variety to take up, I will divide 

 it into five classes, as follows: Ferns, 



