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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



AicrsT M, lii07 



it (ivci- til picxciit i;iiik licatiii^j jiiid adil 

 (iiic-t liiiil as iiiuili lnaiii as yitu liavc 

 iiiamiri'. 



rush alicad iHM'cssarv rojiairs to 

 liniiscs, liiiilcrs aiiil |)i|i<'s. It' voii aic 

 too (.•aiclcss t(i make your y icciilioiisi' 

 ti<;lit (Iminjr tlic div wcatliiT. vou liavc 

 IK) Just cause for cniMidaiut liccaiist' your 

 I'ddt's leak when it rains. 



I-ii(ik (lilt t'(ir i^rt'cii woMMS (Ui iniyiinn- 

 cttr. cinerarias and |iriinuias. ui- tiiey 



will (juiekly eat oil' ail llie t'oliaj^e. Ivill 

 all the white liutlerflies you can see in 

 the houses and tlius lessen the nundier 

 ot' pests. 



hjiy aniaiyllis under a liench where 

 they will ne (|uit(> dry. They can remain 

 there until time for r(>pottiiij,' arrixcs. 



As you tiiiish |ilantiiiy carnation 

 houses, rake up und(M' the honclies thor- 

 on^^ldy. (Ii\(' the Hoors a coatiiif^' of 

 (dean cindeis. 



THE BEST SWEET PEAS. 



A Successful Season. 



'riie season (it' I'.'ll? has pidxed a 

 fairlv satisfactory mie Idr sweet ]ieas 

 outdoors. ,\t liest they are a somewhat 

 uMceitain iiup in Aui(iic;i, uui' intense 

 summer licat makiii;; a lony succession 

 iif liliiom an im|iossiliility unless the 

 j^ro\ind is Well manure(| and deejily du;^ 

 and the I'lants lilieially uud(died and 



\\;itel'ed. hi the ea^l the llliest fldWers. 



with the licliest ciddrs, are to tie fouml 

 in ( liise |iru\imit\ tu the dcean, the 

 UMiist. salt laden air ancl generally cool 

 ni;;lits suitin;: these and dtlicr annuals 

 much liettii- than the warmer and drier 

 IdcatidMs farther iidand. It is pleasin;; 

 Im Hdle a cdiitinned ^rdwth in the jiojiu- 

 laritv df tliis hest of all hai'dy annuals. 

 and the steady imprdxcmeni in \aiieties 

 whets the apjietitcs (if lidtli | ir( d'essidua 1 

 and amateur t^rowcis Id try a few mivel- 

 ties I'ai-h '^easiin. 



In j'.dsldn the sweet pea shuw was 

 this season tic liesi the Massachusetts 

 lldrticultnral Smdety ever had, while in 

 l.onddn the annual exhiliitidU nf tiie 



.National Sweet I'ea Sm-ieiy entirelv 

 filled the new I Idrticnt ur:d Hall in \'in 

 cent S(|uare. \'.itli all the ;ihne\i>s and 

 two I'ooms upstairs, thciusands di \;ises 

 lieiny- sta^c(|. Features which attract 

 visitors at the Ldudon shows are the 

 decoiated tables (if sweet j.eas. < )t' 

 these there weic thirty-twn this year, 

 uhih> of mi\(dties ud less than l.'l were 

 shown. This (dearly slinw-; il,;,! ^^,. i,;,^,. 

 liv no means reached the acme n]' pei- 

 fectioii in sweet peas yet. ( )idy seven, 

 however, of this lart;e ninnlMi recei\ed 

 aw.ards of merit and nmie c rl ilicates. 

 and in the wlnde exhiliit theie was uoth 

 iii<r of outstamlinL: merit. \\c nde thai 

 the (pi.ality df sweet pe.as m dcat 

 liritain, thanks Id the cdol. riidist snni 

 I mer, has lieen renmrkalily hi;:h. sterns 

 i of the leadinjr jirize winneis- Unwers 

 ! heiny ei;iliteeii inches iu leiiLitli and car 

 ryiuy three and fdur Ihiwers e:i,|,. \\||ji,. 

 ' we can average that numliei of l,i,„,iiis 

 licre on sdiiie (it 'he nmre roliiist \arie 

 ties, we canudt yet a n \- siich si.inv ,.y. 

 cept from plaids erdwn under o];,^., i,^. 

 su(di experts :is W'i lli;i in Sim, ,,f ( im,,,! 

 dale. 



Last Year's Novelties. 



It is iin interestiutr fact that several 

 of last season's iiov(dties occupy a hiy;li 

 position in the various coin|ietitive 

 (lasses. In a votiiij;' contest initiated hy 

 \V. \V. Raw son k ("o, of liostoii, ainoni,^ 

 theii' \isitors, three novel ties, Frank 

 Dolby, Nora rnwin and (^ueen .\lexini- 

 (Ira occupy the U'adiny positions and 

 these same varieties seem to score hi<;h 

 at the bifi' Kuj^lish shows. 



At the late London show the class 

 calliiifj for twenty vases of distimd. 

 ('(dors went to the noted ffrower, (". 

 I'.readmoie, f(U" these varieties: Doia 

 l'>r(>adinore, dohn Inyniaii, Dorothy Iv-k 

 ford, Duke of Westminster, Helen 

 Lewis, Eoniolii Piazzini, Jeanne Gordon, 

 ir(d(Mi i'i(>rce, .\ynes .lohiison, (ioorye 

 <!or(lon,. Duchess of Sutherland, Princess 

 of Wales, Countess Spein-er, Lady 

 (!ris(d Hamilton, .lessie ( 'nthbertson, 

 P.lack Kniyht, :\Frs. W. Wri<rht, Kino 

 Ivlwai'd VII, Lottie Kckford ami Coc 

 (diiea. 



.Mr. Stevenson, who wen the Kckford 

 memorial cup and a yidd nie(lal, showed 

 the f(dlowinjf dozen vari(dies: (Vorye 

 Herbert. Nora Pnwiii, Kosie .\dams, 

 Mrs. ('oilier. Helen Lewis, Komola Piaz- 

 zini, Henry Iv-kford, Black Kniyht, .Mrs. 

 llardcastle Sykes. Paradise, Kiny Kd- 

 ward \'ll ami Dora Ste\enson. 



The One-color Classes. 



It is interesting^' to note the \ariidies 

 winnin<; iu the stron;ily competed for 

 (dasses for \:ises ot' one color. Dor(dhy 

 I'lckford swept the deck for whites. We 

 still (-(Uisider it the best white liere, but 

 Xora I'liwin will yive it a <dose push for 

 first |dace in the future. No (dher 

 whiles at all ap|iroa(di these two varie- 

 ties. 



for scarlet. Queen .Mexaiidra was the 

 winner. It is much brighter than Kiny 

 Kdward \' I I , stands our sun without 

 burning, beiiiL;' in fact a sun-pi'oof 

 Scarhd (!em, and ihouyh this is not a 

 \ery popular shade we have not seen 

 anythiny to beat it here. iJliisli shades 

 are too near white to be pojiular. 

 Du(hess of Sutherlaml ai.Min beat all 

 competitors in London. The flowers 

 hack size, but the variety is of a vij^orous 

 habit and a profuse bloomer. 



J(diii Inyniau was iuvimible iu the 

 rose and cavmine (dasses. It was finely 

 shown in pKiston and promises to be 

 popular. There are apparently roj^iu^' 

 strains of it in cultivation, a number 

 ot' olf-cdlor vases bein^j (|is(pial i tie(l in 

 Ldiiddii. ('duiitess Spencer led ill pinks, 

 fdlldwed by I'.oltdii's Pink. We have 

 tdiMid (iladvs rnwin ami Countess Spen 

 cer both line. The latter is a little 

 deepei' ill ciddr. but (^acli possesses re- 

 markable viijiir and we think, if restri(d 

 cd to a sitiuh' variety of sweet pea, diir 

 (dndce v.duld be (iladvs I'uwiii. Helen 

 l']ckford and lleleu Lewis proved tlie 



best (iranL;(' varieties in (.diiddii. The 



fiirmer is useless iiere. the b|dd|i|s beilll^ 

 b'lriied beVdlld recdo ni t idll bv the siMI. 

 Helen Lev\is has pidvecl rather better 

 th.aii that ^raiid variety Miss Willnidtt. 

 w h ich is say i n;; a ;^dd(| deal. 



Climate Affects Colors. 



iNira iJreaduidie pruved itself the 

 (|lieell (if yelldWS. Hon. Mi's. I-]. KeilVoll 



haviiiy Id take a lia<d< seat. In America 



this coldl- comes ten ||e;ir white to be 



i-ome popular; v\ith llowers nf a inoia^ 

 e(di|eii cdldr its value Wduhl be enhanced. 

 Ill Ldiuldii Lady (Irisel Hamilton routed 

 all cdmiiet itdl~ as .1 lavender .■llld we see 

 iK.thiiiii iu sielii 1,1 Ileal il. unless I'rank 



