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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JuLt 11, 1907. 



is being continued snd promises to re- 

 sult in the establishment of varieties 

 having far less seeds than the sorts com- 

 monly grown. It brings out strikingly 

 the variations that may occur in plants 

 as a result of crossing and high feeding 

 with fertilizers. 



EREMURI. 



Among the most conspicuous hardy 

 flowers at the temple show, says a writer 

 in the Horticultural Advertiser, were the 

 various species and varieties of this noble 

 family of hardy plants, and I have found 

 that they keep so well in water when cut 

 that it has occurred to me that we ought 

 to see them in the market, but up to the 

 present I have not seen them in Covent 

 Garden, yet probably some may be sup- 

 plied direct to the florists for special pur- 

 poses. I believe, if they were taken up 

 by market growers, there would be money 

 in them. The ordinary Eremurus robustus 

 is a pretty shade of color, and the im- 

 mense spikes of bloom are very telling 

 in large decorations. I have before me 

 spikes of a white variety which have been 

 cut fully a week, and are now in fine 

 condition, and will probably last another 

 week. 



It may be rather expensive to work up 

 a stock to have suflScient to do much good 

 with in the market, but in the long run 

 I am sure that they would pay, for there 

 is now a much greater demand for large 

 and imposing flowers. Anything takes 

 which stands up well. At one time every- 

 thing had to be dwarf and compact, but 

 it is not so now, except for special pur- 

 poses. At one time the tall rambler roses 

 would not have found favor, but during 

 the' last few years they have made better 

 prices than almost any other flowering 

 plants grown. All other tall plants are 

 also in demand. It is the same with cut 

 bloom, and those who tried many sub- 

 jects years ago and found them unprofit- 

 able, would find them worth taking up 

 again now that fashions have changed 

 so much. 



BEST SINGLE TULIPS. 



Segers Bros., Lisse, Holland, recom- 

 mend a list of single tulips, as follows: 



Albion (White Hawk), one of the 

 finest pure white tulips in cultivation for 

 forcing and bedding. A very large snow- 

 white flower of great substance; keeps 

 exceedingly well after it is forced; the 

 longer it is kept the finer and larger 

 it grows and the flowers stand any han- 

 dling in transit. 



Belle Alliance (Waterloo), scarlet, 

 sweet scented, fine for forcing and bed- 

 ding. 



Chrysolora, pure golden yellow, extra 

 fine. There is no yellow tulip which gives 

 greater satisfaction for bedding than this 

 variety. The flower, whicTi is large and 

 finely formed, keeps its golden yellow 

 color till the petals drop. On account 

 of these good qualities we specially rec- 

 ommend it for bedding. 



Cottage Maid (La Precieuse), white, 

 bordered vnth pink. When forced it opens 

 beautifully pink, and in the field its color 

 attracts the attention even at a distance. 



Couleur de Cardinal, bronze scarlet, 

 large fine shaped flower. Very fine for 

 forcing and bedding. A flower of great 

 substance, with long stems. 



Cramoisie Brilliant, bright vermilion, 

 large flower, very fine for forcing. 



Crimson Bang (Roi Cramoisie), scar- 

 let, easily forced, very fine for bedding. 



Due van Tholl, Scarlet, bright scarlet. 



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Azure Blue 20c 10.76 



Belgian striped 20c 80 



Black (Faust) ; 20c .76 



Bronze 20c .75 



Emperor Frederick (new) dark red.. . . 20c .76 



Emperor William, ultramarine blue. . . 20o .75 



Enjrlish Large Flowering:, fine mixed.. 26c 1.26 



Fire Dragon, fiery orange and bronze.. 20c .75 

 Fire King, golden yellow, upper petals 



purple 20o .76 



French, large flowering, finest mixed. 20c .80 



Gold Margined 20c .76 



Havana Brown 20c .76 



Lord Beaconsfield, deep purple violet. 20c .76 



Mahogany colored 20c .75 



Meteor (new), bright brown 20c .75 



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 Pkt. (2000 seeds) 

 Peacock, ultramarine blue, deep claret 



and white 20c 



Prince Bismarck, beautiful golden 



bronze 20c 



Quadricolor, or Pheasant's Eye 



(Rainbow), beautirul 20c 



Red Riding Hood, red. free bloomer. . . 20c 



Red Victoria (new), very fine 20c 



Snow Queen, satiny while 20c 



Striped and Mottled, large flowered. . . 20c 



White, pure , 20c 



White, with dark eye 20c 



Yellow, pure 20e 



Yellow, with dark eye ' 20c 



Fine mixed 10c 



Fine English Mixed 20c 



Per 

 Oz. 



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PREPARE FOR CHRISTMAS 



"MO^/ThT TTRQ always sell during the HOLIDAT8. If you have not already 

 l^\J V IJil^ X IJJikJ grown them, try some Pink or Rose 8PCCI08DM8. If potted In 

 JULT will flower for THAlfK86IVING and CHRISTMAS. Always useful either for cut 

 flowers or plants. ASK the leading florists in FITTSBURG. CXKVXLAND, DETROIT, 

 BUrFALO or around fRLW YORK CITT. ORDKR TODAT. Will ship at any time. 



CrW Ti Qnmi? AriT? LILIUM LONGIIXORUMS and GIQANTBUMS take 

 VrfV/l^l^ O X V^XVi-LVTl^ about two months to bloom from time of potting; 



SpecloBums from five to six months: so that Longiflorums wanted for Thanksgiving and 

 Christmas should be planted about October 1, and Speciosums in July. 



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Per 100 Per 1000 

 Llllnv LoBtrlflomm Giranteam 



7 to 9 inch bulbs, 800 in case . . . $9.00 $80.00 



Lilinsa LoBgiflomm ■nltifloniB 



9 to 10-inch bulbs, 200 in case.. 11.00 



100.00 



Lillam Speciosnm Bubram Per 100 Per lOOO 



8 to 9-inch bulbs, 200 in case.. 18 00 $75.00 



9 to 11-inch bulbs, 150 in case. . 12.50 110.00 

 LlliaBi Speeiosnm MelpomeBS 



8 to 9 inch bulbs, 200 in case.. 9.00 80.00 

 9 to 11-inch bulbs, 150 in case.. 12.00 115 00 



rCLL CASKS BOLD AT 1000 RATK 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, ^iriV^i 



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CITY. 



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This is an example of a half-tone from one of 

 our TKraah-dra^^lnes— Kets much more detail 

 than in a retouched photograph. Can bring out 

 any feature, or remove defects. 



Now is the Time 



to get to work on the cuts for your 1908 cata- 

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 All processes. Quick work if necessary. Satis- 

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This variety is the scarlet tulip of which 

 millions are used for forcing all ever 

 the world. 



Due van Tholl, White Maximus, pure 

 white, the best white tulip for early 



PRIMROSES 



Improved Chinese. Finest rrown, named 

 or mixed, strong, 2-incb, $2.00 per 100. 



Frlmnla Obcontcm Grandlf. New, lanre- 

 flowerinir hybrids, mixed, extra fine, strong, 2]>i- 

 inch, $4.00 per 100. 



Cyclmmen Glcanteam. Finest Giants, 

 mixed, strong, a^-Inch, $4.00 per 100. 



XXX SEEDS 



Chinese Primrose. Finest grown, large- 

 flowering, fringed, single and double, 15 varieties, 

 mixed; 600 seeds, $1.00; half pkt., 50c. 



Primal* Obconica Orandlt. Large-flower- 

 ing, mixed, 1000 seeds, &0c. 



Cineraria. Finest large-flowering dwarf, 

 mixed, 1000 seeds, 60c. 



Giant Pansy. The best large-flowering varie- 

 ties, critically selected.&OOO seeds, $1.00; half pkt., 

 60c. 600 seeds of Giant Mme. Ferret pansy seed 

 added to every $1.00 pkt. of Giant Pansy. Cash. 

 Liberal extra count of seeds in all packets. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



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Dahlias 



Named yarieties. 

 Send for list. 



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