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94 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



August 22, 1907. 



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TIE BIRTBPUCe OF STANDARD FLOWER POTS 



The Whilldin Pottery Colnpany 



LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF 



Flower Pots 



AND 



Florists' Ware 



JERSEY CITY 



PHILADELPHIA 



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IRIS LONGIPETALA. 



This species and its variations afford 

 a type of iris that is equal to the best 

 for cultivation in the border. The root- 

 stock is a vigorous rhizome that branches 

 freely. The leaves are two feet long, 

 narrow, erect, and pointed at the tips. 

 The flowers are borne in threes on slen- 

 der, erect, rarely flexuose stems, and 

 they are as elegant as they are beautiful. 

 The fall petals are horizontally poised, 

 broadly spatulate or laiiceolate, and six 

 inches long. The standards are shorter 

 and narrower, and are erectly held, and 

 the margins of both are undulating. The 

 color is mainly lilac, deeper as regards 

 Ibe standards, but the falls are paler 

 and have a most elaborate veining of 

 deep lilac over every part of the surface^. 

 There is a slight orange suffusion at the 

 bend of the blade and some yellow down 

 the claw. It is a lovely species, which 

 must be seen to be fully appreciated. 



The variety montana is smaller in all 

 its parts, and the leaves are shorter. 

 This plant is the I. longipetala of gar- 

 dens, and the variety superba, also of 

 gardens, is typical of longipetala. There 

 are several forms in cultivation, but 

 none is worthy of a distinct name. Or- 

 dinary soil and the treatment of com- 

 mon border plants suflSces to keep this 

 lovely iris in good health. 



THE IONIA^OTu*pS}l'F"is^r's5 



BKCAUSSt It bM style and li made on bonor. It Ib made from clay rich In the ele- 

 ments that make thrivinK plants. For 36 years it has steadily forged its way to the front. 

 TODAY, it is recoi^Dized as the XDKAI. POT, packed in an ideal way. 



BlUpmmt xu!d« wtaen°rou dlTMt. IONIA POTTERY C0.» lONlAy MICHi 



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VATSONIA ARDERNEI. 



Here at Cape Town, says an African 

 correspondent of the Gardeners ' Chron- 

 icle, living in the home of Watsonia 

 Ardernei, we find that the best flowers 

 are always obtained from bulbs that are 

 riot shifted during their dormant stage. It 

 is also a mistake to allow the bulbs to 



and your third and auc- 

 cecdlng orders are what 

 we want. We do not 

 work for one order for 



Syraouaa R*d Pota 



We make them so good 

 you comeback again and 



again. 



Syimouse Pottery Co. 

 Syrmouao, W. T. 



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become thoroughly dried; it is far bet- 

 ter to keep the soil somewhat moist, and 

 to grow them undisturbed in the ground 

 instead of in pots. In their natural 

 habitat they flourish in wet situations, 

 starting into life in winter and blossom- 

 ing in spring. It will also be found that 

 when the ^ulbs are left undisturbed in 

 the ground, they will rapidly increase in 

 numbers, and produce stronger growths 

 and blossoms than otherwise. This wat- 

 sonia is one of the hardiest species, and 

 it resents being coddled. 



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