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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



February 28, 1907. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



At J. J. Goodwin's, J. F. Huss, grow- 

 er, is to be seen the largest collection of 

 hardy ferns in this country and I ques- 

 tion if it is exceeded in Europe, as Mr. 

 Huss believes he has every variety in ex- 

 istence. More than 300 varieties are 

 growing outdoors, in addition to 100 in- 

 doors. They form a most interesting 

 study, the types of Scolopendrium vul- 

 gare and crispum being possibly the most 

 numerous and variform. Among the ex- 

 otic varieties Gymnogramme chrysophylla 

 superba, with its beautiful, heavily crest- 

 ed fronds, is the choicest of the golden 

 species. Cheiranthus elegans is appro- 

 priately termed the lace fern. PellaBa 

 flexuosa is a pretty Mexican variety, pro- 

 ducing fronds four feet and more in 

 length. It makes a fine plant for hang- 

 ing baskets. 



Mr. Huss was tenderly pricking off the 

 naites of seedlings at the time of my 

 visit and grew reminiscent, going back 

 to the time when we were delving to- 

 gether in the soil at Hugh Low & Co.'s, 

 of London, when at the same time Fred 

 L. Atkins, of Rutherford, had his first 

 experience with Vanda caerulea and Julius 

 A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, with Pan- 

 danus Veitchii. Mr. Huss is an ardent 

 lover of hardy stock and at the same 

 time a splendid plantsman, and believes 

 there is good money for the person who 

 makes a specialty of hardy ferns, or adds 

 this line to an existing line of hardy 

 plants. 



The shelves of these houses are filled 

 with more than 400 kinds of hardy 

 herbaceous plants, all labeled, forming 

 a miniature botanical garden, all to be 

 planted outdoors during the month of 

 July. In May the show of the hardy 

 polyahthus alone is worth a visit, the 

 assortment and number being immense. 



John Coombs says he will recommend 

 the dealer who will supply the true type 

 of Lilium multiflorum to a place in the 

 hall of fame. He does not believe in 

 putting all his eggs into one basket, but 

 says they hatch out the same kind of 

 chicks anyhow. 



J. Vidbourne & Co. predict a big 

 planting season, judging from orders 

 booked and inquiries received for nurs- 

 ery stock. W. M. 



ScRANTON, Pa. — W. H. Davis recently 

 took a big sled-load of friends to Elm- 

 hurst for a chicken supper. 



Painesville, O. — Carl Hagenburger re- 

 cently had his eyebrows and mustache 

 badly singed by the exploding of gas in 

 his furnace. 



PAPA CHARMET 



Another addition to the Charmet Family of 

 Decorative Dahlias: color, dark maroon on long, 

 strong stems. One of the finest novelties of 

 recent introduction. Dahlias from all parts of 

 the world. Send for catalogue. 



EDWIN S. MANUEL 



Dahlia Specialist 

 19 Walnut Street, NEWPORT, R. I. 



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Vinca Var. 



strong 4-in. pots, ready (or 5-in., 16.00 per 100. 



Bronze Galax fiTperS"' 



Cash with order. 



J. J. ARNOLD, HOMER, N. Y. 



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CACTUS GERANIUMS 



A very unique and strikingly beautiful distinct type which, originating in England 

 but a few years ago, at once won a place in great popular favor as a pot plant, for the 

 conservatory and window boxes, for which they are unusually pleasing and attractive, on 

 account of their remarkably handsome and thrifty but dwarf growth, small foliage, and 

 marvelous profusion of bloom. 



The Oactus has by common consent been recognized as a distinctive term applied to 

 certain type of Dahlias, Oinerarias, etc., but none deserve the appellation more so than the 

 Cactus Geranium, with its admirable elegance of form, exquisite, graceful, narrow petals, 

 similar to those of the Cactus Dahlia. 



We offer a collection of four varieties, and to introduce them Into every collection, we 

 will for a short time send one dozen by mail postpaid for $1 50. 



PELARGONIUM PELTATO ZONAL 



Alllanoe, (Lamolue 1906) 



An exquisitely beautiful novelty of the highest order. A hybrid between an Ivy and 

 a Zonal, and which has retained all the good points of both parents, including the beautiful 

 soft finish of the Ivy and the hardy constitution of the Zonal. 



It is therefore, not an ordinary variety but an extraordinary variety in all the good 

 points that go to make up an attractive Geranium. Its color is the most exquisite shade 

 of delicate lilac white, upper petals feathered and blotched beautiful bright crimson rose. 

 Flowers semi-double, abundantly produced in fine large trusses on long stems. 



Habit is excellent, robust, strong, close jointed; for vases or as a pot plant it is 

 unequalled. 



25c each; $2.50 per doz.; to introduce we will send postpaid for a short time. 



IVY-LEAVED GERANIUM 



Caesar Franok, (jtemoine 1906) 



This is unquestionably destined to become the most popular Ivy Geranium yet intro- 

 duced; the color in the most magnificent shade of soft crimson, with an exquisite shading 

 of tender rose at the base of the petals. The fiowers are about as double as the Crimson 

 Rambler Rose, which they resemble, only much richer in color and finish, produced on long 

 stems in enormous trusses. Habit, vigorous, quick growing and pleasing with a strong 

 constitution. For baskets and vases it is all that could be desired. 



Consideiing its general good behavior, being in keeping with its other good points, 

 we are convinced that it is a most desirable sort. 



25c each; $2.60 per doz. ; to introduce it everywhere we will send postpaid for a short time. 



R. VINCENT. Jr., & SON, White Marsh, Md. 



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