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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



July 18, 1907. 



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THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP ' ' 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



ception of perhaps a dozen plants. This 

 was attributed to the swamp soil, con- 

 taining possibly some alum or iron. 



The kentia ranges were full of 

 thrifty-looking plants. Evidently the 

 buyers are of this opinion, for four or 

 five whole houses of various sizes were 

 set aside for their benefit, to be de- 

 livered in a few weeks, more or less. 

 The benches of Coeos Weddelliana, de- 

 scribed in this column some time since 

 as being grown to specimens in 5-inch 

 pots, have already been offered on the 

 market. The fact that they are selling 

 at this season shows the appreciation of 

 the retailers. They still have that beau- 

 tiful gloss, which I so much admired 

 before, and are, of course, much larger. 



Overhead blue has been mixed with 

 the shading as an experiment, and has, 

 so far, proved most successful. The 

 temperature under this shading is found 

 to be several degrees cooler than un- 

 der the ordinary shade of, I think, ben- 

 zine and white lead, so generally used. 

 The houses devoted to Adiantum Far- 

 leyense and Cibotium Schiedei have in 

 their turn been treated to blue in their 

 shade mixture, the object being to pre- 

 vent the wilting and eventual blacken- 

 ing of the tender shoots, caused by a 

 bright sunny day succeeding two or three 

 cloudy ones. The plan has worked ad- 

 mirably; both adiantums and cibotiums 

 have been free from burning since. 



The house of Latania Borbonica, in 

 nice growing condition, M'as a pretty 

 sight, though this variety is pretty 

 scarce at present. Phoenix Roebelenii 

 has evidently strong claims on popular- 

 ity, its grace being its first, its durabil- 

 ity its second recommendation. 



Nephrolepis Todeaoides is sufficiently 

 well thought of to warrant its being 

 grown in quantity, something like 3,000 

 plants being here or on the way. It is 

 a pretty thing, considered less compact 

 and more graceful than Whitmani. 

 Piersoni, Elegantissima and Barrowsii 

 have been discarded, Bostoniensis, 

 Scottii, Whitmani, Todeaoides and 

 Amerpohlii being the standard-bearers 

 for the present season at least. Aiuuug 

 the smaller ferns, a block of Pteris Wil- 

 sonii is being grown for oflfering in 6- 

 inch azalea pans. 



Plans are being made to erect an im- 

 mense slat house, capable of holding all 

 the araucarias on the place, before the 

 convention. This will mean that some- 

 thing like 20,000 araucarias, mostly ex- 

 celsa, will be in view at once, instead 

 of being scattered about in four or five 

 detached blocks. 



The planting outside, both in the beds 

 and in the frames, bears evidence of 

 forethought for the visit of the mem- 

 bers of the S. A. F. next August. A 

 long frame filled entirely with cannas, 

 a single row of four plants of each va- 

 riety, correctly labeled, will be of espe- 



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Seasonable Specialties 



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 ment of all styles in Hampers and Baskets. 



J^B4MPI?^^^JC| We are devoting a prominent place in our 

 ^^■*"* * x#l^>^ show-room to an extensive collection of Chif- 

 fons, now so highly prized for finishing floral work. 



EVERLASTING ADIANTUM FRONDS 



These popular Ferns are the true Adiantum, lifelike in7 appearance, 

 that will not wither. A triumph of art over nature. Better try them. 



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S. A. F. CONVENTION 



TRADE EXHIBITION 



All who desire space are requested to apply at once, stating what they 

 wish to exhibit, and amount oj space required. Diagram will then be sent, 

 showing location assigned. 



We have manv choice advertising spaces; state how much you wish to 

 expend and we will select a good position. 



DAVID RUST, Superintendent of Kzhibition, 

 Hortienltnral HaU, Broad St., below Locust, PHILADELPHIA. 



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cial interest next month. The plants 

 are in fine condition, though only one, 

 Beaute de Poitevine, strongly resem- 

 bling President McKinley, is yet in 

 bloom. Dahlias are planted in the same 

 way, so the probability of their being 

 in full flower by the end of August this 

 late season is remote. The immense 

 field of hardy phloxes, which was in full 

 flower in the middle of July a year ago, 

 is only showing bud now. 



It would be impossible to give de- 

 tailed description of these fields and 

 frames, full of interest to every florist, 

 both from lack of space and from lack 

 of knowledge. A few notes of special 

 interest will be attempted. One frame 



contains a beautiful lot of the new Lo- 

 belia Kathleen Mallard, sent out by 

 Carter & Sons, of London, last year. It 

 is dwarf, compact, and bears large dou- 

 ble flowers of a beautiful shade of blue, 

 in great profusion. Another novelty is 

 Stokesia cyanea alba, a white sport of 

 the well known blue variety so much 

 prized for summer cutting. One firm of 

 dealers in perennials had sufficient confi- 

 dence in this white stokesia to order 

 1,000 plants. 



The scarlet Lobelia cardinalis is grown 

 for seed, the store requiring a surpris- 

 ingly large quantity each season. At 

 times, it is found impossible to secure 

 enough seed in time from the European 



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