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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



FlSBUABY 21, 1807. 



lniperial«>'Pink Imperial Carnations 



You Cannot Afford to be Without These Two Excellent Varieties 



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SPRINGFIELX), MASS. 



The florists of Springfield do a busi- 

 ness fully three times as large as they 

 did fifteen years ago, do it in far bet- 

 ter fashion and are generally given free 

 hands when a case of decorative work is 

 in question. The growth of the business 

 locally is evidenced by the fact that in 

 the various greenhouses of Springfield 

 are over 75,000 feet of glass, the larg- 

 est houses being those owned by Mark 

 Aitken on Osgood street, which have 

 some 25,000 feet of glass. Mr. Aitken 

 imports 200,000 Dutch and French bulbs, 

 while E. B. Beals imports 75,000 more, 

 and the total importation will reach well 

 above the 350,000 mark. Carnations, 

 lilies of the valley, violets and roses are 

 brought ill from Cromwell, Conn., or 

 Boston by the millions in the course of 

 the year, while large quantities of less 

 popular flowers are either grown here or 

 are imported. Just now the florists are 

 busy preparing for Easter, and thou- 

 sands and thousands of Easter lily 

 bulbs are being urged to flower in time. 

 The Azores bulbs are being tried this 

 year. 



All the cut roses and lilies of the val- 

 ley and violets, and a good share of the 

 carnations consumed locally are im- 

 ported either from the Pierson houses 

 in Cromwell, Conn., or from Boston 

 growers. E. B. Beals is one of the local 

 dealers who grows carnations, and has 

 in his houses 5,000 plants. 



N. F. Higgins has 10,000 feet of 

 glass. He uses his houses more to grow 

 bedding plants, but also grows a num- 

 ber of carnations. Like Mr. Aitken, he 

 buys the bulk of his cut flowers from 

 Pierson at Cromwell. Ostermann & 

 Steele have no houses, and import prac- 

 tically all their flowers from Boston. 

 One of the earliest florists in Springfield 

 was B. K. Bliss, who did a large seed 

 business and was one of the first to issue 

 a catalogue. William Schlatter, who 

 has conducted a business in upper Bay 

 street for the last eleven years, and has 

 worked here for other florists since 1866, 

 tells of Mr. Bliss' bringing out the 

 Early Rose potato, which sold at $2 a 

 pound for seed purposes. A Greenfield 

 farmer secured two tiny tubers of this 

 potato, each about as large as a small 

 marble, and asked Mr. Schlatter to see 

 what he could do with them. Mr. 

 Schlatter cut the tubers in two, planted 

 thera, cut them down and planted the 

 cuttings until by multiplication he grew 

 200 hills of fine potatoes within three 

 months, all froln the original two tubers. 



Martinsville, N. Y. — G. A. Belling 

 has sold his greenhouse business and has 

 entered the field of greenhouse builders. 



Orange, N. J.— An overheated fur- 

 nace caused a fire in the greenhouse in 

 the rear of St. John's rectory February 

 9, destroying the plants, among which 

 were some fine orchids. 



3 NEW CANNAS 



WILLIAM SAUNDERS 



The flowers are larsre, of splendid form, and are borne very freely In immense clusters. 

 The color is a deep rich sbininir scarlet slightly dappled with crimson. Koliage is a rich 

 bronze. Height, 3J^ to 4 feet. We believe that Wm. Sannders is decidedly the most perfect 

 Canna of this type that has been introduced. 50c each; $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 



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Is a strong grower, very robust and 5 to 6 feet high. The flowers are large and beau- 

 tifully formed, color is carmine with tints of old rose and deep coral, add to this the silken 

 sheen and you can imagine the effect a few plants will produce. 



NOFE— We had this Canna on trial among the Canadian experimental stations last 

 summer and this is the official report of their expert : " Quite distinct and one of the most 

 beautiful shades of color I ever saw in Oannas. Of 70 massed in one bed during the past 

 season, this was the most floriferous in the collection, coming into bloom eaily and con- 

 tinuing until cut down by frost, as many as 13 expanded heads of blooms being counted at 

 one time on a plant, and not a poor one among tbem, all being of immense size." 50c each; 

 $5.C0 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 



NEW YORK 



Has the Orchid type of flower. They have much more substance than the flowers of 

 the other varieties of this class, and will stand the hot sunshine as well as the toughest 

 varieties of cannas. The color is a solid rich scarlet covered with a beautiful glowing sheen. 

 The flowers are large and contrast beautifully with the dark bronze foliage. 60c each; 

 $6.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 



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BOSKS, are our great specialty. 2}4 and 4-inch pot plants we have in great variety — 

 Philadelphia Bambler, Crimson Bambler, Dorothy Perkins and other climbers in strong 

 field plants. 



SHBUBBEBT, in variety. Tlbnrnnni Plicatnm, Spiraeas, Althaeas, Honeysieklea, ete. 



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