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The Weekly Florists'' Review^ 



Febkuaky 28, 1907. 



Boxwood Sprays, $12.00 per 100 lbs. Fancy Sheet Moss, $1.50 per bag. 



V«w Wire Doslffn Catalogue Ju>t is«n«d; copy sent on x«aneat. 



PITTSBURG CUT FLOWER CO., Ltd. 



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J. B. MIRDOCH & CO. ^""'"Zuly """ 



545 Liberty Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. and cardentas 



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SPENCER TYPE OF SWEET PEAS. 



In my seeds of the new Spencer type 

 of sweet pea last spring I found that 

 the imported seed would not germinate 

 if planted early in cold ground. We had 

 heavy cold rains and the majority rot- 

 ted. Later planting gave better results. 

 Therefore I would counsel florists not to 

 sow the new type seed until the soil is 

 fairly dry and warm. 



In most catalogues I notice that the 

 advice is still given to hoe the earth up 

 to the growing plants. This does not 

 matter in a dry season, but in a wet one 

 the wet earth rots out the vine at the 

 crown and the plant dies. The experi- 

 ments of both the Eev. W. T. Hutchins 

 and myself conducted through years 

 conclusively proved this. 



Magee Pratt. 



ASTILBE DAVIDI. 



Astilbe Davidi is a new hardy plant of 

 great promise from western China. It 

 is closely allied to the long-known pink- 

 flowered herbaceous spiraea, Astilbe 

 Chinensis, but differs in much taller 

 growth, reaching five or six feet when 

 established in rich, moist soil, and in 

 later blooming, as well as the color of 

 the massive inflorescence, wliich is rosy 

 purple with blue anthers in Davidi and 

 light pink in Chinensis. The plants are 

 absolutely hardy, needing no protection 

 but their own feathery foliage, which dies 

 down in winter, as in all species of the 

 genus. The bloom heads, which are often 

 nearly two feet long, appear in late 

 July. They are very showy, and are 

 carried in a noticeably erect manner. 

 The foliage retains its decorative appear- 

 ances until late in autumn. This excel- 

 lent novelty, as well as other members 

 of the genus, may be easily grown in 

 every garden, but appears to best ad- 

 vantage when planted in rich soil. It is 

 so hardy and apparently long-lived that 

 it should readily find favor. It seeds 

 with some freedom, and may readily be 

 increased in this manner or by division 

 of the clumps in spring or fall. — Rural 

 New-Yorker. 



NEPHROLEPIS EXALT AT A, 



The fronds of Nephrolepis exaltata 

 arise in clumps, and at their bases pro- 

 duce long stolons covered with whitish 

 scales and carrying with them buds which 

 are capable of producing plants at some 

 distance from the parent. This involves 

 a facility of propagation which has been 

 so largely availed of as probably to ac- 

 count for the lack of variation in this 

 species until recent years, since sports 

 are far more apt to occur through seeds 

 or spores than through buds. H. B. May 



DAHLIAS 



Now It the time to place yoar order for Bolbt 

 whiob will insure your getting named varieMei in 

 any quantity; delivery to be made now or 

 early iprinK. ^ 



DAVID HERBERT ft SON 



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Gladiolos Boibs 



Our bulbs are not better than 

 the best, but better than tbe rest. 

 TBY THBM. 



Gushman Gladiolus Go. 



8T&VAHIA, OHIO. 



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Aster Seed 



Vicli's Brancbing, late White Aster, f t.OO per 

 oz.; $12.00 per lb. The above seed is from care- 

 fully selected stock and should give good 

 satisfaction. 



WHITE BROS., Gasport, N. Y. 



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GLADIOLI * 



Write for trade price list of named Tarieties, 

 assorted colors and fine mixtures. 



E. E. STEWART, Rives Junction, Mich. 



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has, moreover, informed me of the singu- 

 lar fact that when spores of N. exaltata 

 are sown that species has never appeared 

 in its own form in the resulting crop, 

 which invariably consists of a batch of 

 an allied but distinct and softer-fronded 

 type, N. Zollingeriana or rufescens. So 

 persistently indeed has this occurred that 

 sowings of the normal form have been 

 discontinued. As against this, however, 

 we have the fact that the highly decom- 

 posite varieties recently obtained are un- 

 doubtedly referable to N. exaltata, and 

 have presumably originated from spores 

 of that species. Unfortunately, however, 

 for the scientist, the members of the 

 trade, with whom these variants largely 

 originate, can tell us little or nothing of 

 their origin. The ferns are raised by 

 millions from spores, and in immense 

 numbers by other propagative means, 

 such, as buds, stoloniferous or other, and 

 every now and again a prize turns up 

 among the resulting plants, probably only 

 developing its character when it has been 

 shifted more than once. — Gardeners' 

 Chronicle. 



Grand Rapids, Mich.— W. W. Mulick 

 has been on the sick list. 



Soi¥ Now 

 The True Thing 



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

 tr. pkta., tl.26; tr. pkt., 26c. 



Alyssnm Carpet Queen, fine extra dwarf strain, 

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



Begonia Grfordii, for pots the best rosy pink, 

 6 tr. pkt., 11.26; tr. pkt., 36c. 



Begonia, Zangren'a new Bedding Queen, a real 

 Daybreak pink, compact, ball-shaped, wax 

 Begonia with lively green foliage, unexcelled 

 for pots and out doors. 6 tr. pkts., 12.60; tr. 

 pkt., 60c. 



Petnnla Rosy Mom, a fine bedder, 8 tr. pkts., 

 11.36; tr. pkt., 26c. 



Petvnla, California single giants, extra strain, 

 6 tr. pkts., 14.00; tr. pkt., 76c. 



Petnnia, double fringed Giants, 6 tr. pkts., 16.00: 

 tr. pkt„ $1.00. 



SalTla Fireball, this Is a new, real dwarf com- 

 pact early-flowering, fine variety and there la 

 hardly a better one for pots. 6 tr. pkts., 13.60: 

 tr. pkt., 60c. 



▼erbena. Mammoth, unexcelled strains; aa 

 Auricolor flowered, scarlet, striped, pink, pur- 

 ple, white, each separate. Oz., 11.60; tr. pkt., 36c. 



For larger quantities special Quotations, also 

 ask for my Wholesale Catalogue. 



0. Y. ZAN6EN, Seedsnan, HOBOKEN, N. J. 



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SHAMROCK 



IBI8H. THK RKAL THIlJbt ORKKN 



Strong and flne plants. Better order early. 

 ti.OO per lOU; or 60c per doz., by mail. 



..XXX SEEDS.. 



Verbena. Improved mammotha; the very finest 



grown; mixed, 1000 seeds, 36c. 

 Cineraria. Finest large-flowering dwarf, mixed 



colors, 1000 seeds, 60o. 

 Chinese Primrose. Finest large-flowering 



fringed varieties, mixed: single and double, 



600 seeds, 11.00; half pkt., Mc. 

 Pansy, Finest Giants. The best large>flower- 



ing varieties, critically selected; mixed, 6000 



seeds, 11.00: half pkt., 60c. Pkt. Mme. Perret, 



"gratis." 

 Petunia. Mew Star, from the finest marked 



flowers, extra choice. Trade pkt., 36c. 



Cash. Extra count of seeds in all packets. 



JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



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VERBENA MAMMOTH 



Colored or Mixed oz. 10.76 



Petnnla, double large-fl. f ringed.... tr. pkt. 1.00 



•' single large-fl. fringed tr. pkt. .60 



SalTla Splendens oz. 1.00 



8took8, large-fl. 10 Weeks' tr. pkt. .36 



" Dwarf Snowflake tr. pkt. .36 



Besonla. Dwarf Vernon tr. pkt. .36 



" Vulcan tr. pkt. .36 



" Erfordl tr. pkt .36 



W. C. BBCKBRT, AUeffhenj, Pa. 



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Attgasta Gladiolus 



First size, IX and up 112.00 per lOOO 



Second size, ;)^-lX 8.00pwl00a 



Gash with order. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



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