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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Mabch 26. 1808. 





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N. J., by the King Construction Co., of 

 North Tonawanda, N. Y., for Walter P. 

 Stokes. Mr. Stokes greeted his visitor 

 most cordially and was enthusiastic in his 

 praise of the new houses, which are a 

 commercial success. The varieties of 

 plants grown in them all do well, without 

 exception; and even lily of the valley, 

 which it was thought would succeed in 

 any old place, is treated to a desirable 

 position in one of the new houses, and 

 responds smilingly to its cheerful sur- 

 roundings. 



Mr. Stokes and his manager have spe- 

 cial cause to be proud of their Hydran- 

 gea Otaksa. Something like 10,000 plants 

 of this old-time favorite are grown, and 

 grown in a way that one rarely sees, 

 sturdy plants, well set with large buds, 

 clean foliage, and not a stake used any- 

 where. They were the picture of health. 

 No exact record was made of the num- 

 bers of the blooms on the different sizes 

 of pots, but it is safe to say that their 

 average was high. 



Ferns are another specialty here, Neph- 

 rolepis Scottii being preferred and ex- 

 tensively grown. The plants are in ex- 

 cellent shape, and Mr. Stokes finds a 

 good market for them throughout the 

 year. Whitmani, planted out in the 

 benches, looked well. 



But the thing that most surprised and 

 interested Phil was a bench of Lilium 

 giganteum, planted out for cut flowers, 

 ' just as carnations or chrysanthemums are 

 planted out. By this method something 

 like four times as many bulbs can be 

 grown in a given space to advantage. 

 The stock was in excellent condition. Mr. 

 Stokes' manager stated that the plants 

 bloomed evenly, and that six crops of 

 bulbs could be grown in the same soil 

 without change, barring the addition of 

 a little fertilizer. This method will 

 surely revolutionize the growing of lilies 

 for cut flowers. 



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The greenhouses of the Robert Craig 

 Co., at Forty-ninth and Market streets, 

 are largely devoted to Easter stock at 

 present. The quality and variety of 

 plants grown is as fine as one could wish 

 to see. The cool weather of the last week 

 has been utilized to harden the growth, 

 putting that finish so much desired in 



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Southern-grown seed, under slats 50 3.25 



Asparagus Sprengeri 



Choice greenhouse-grown seed 



Imported seed 



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Valley Pips for Easter 



should be put into the sand the week beginning March 22. 

 I force Valley largely myself and have only the finest Pips. 

 They are not bought to sell. I buy them to force, my- 

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Vegetable Asparagus Seed 



The demand for Asparaca* Boots is growing by leaps and bounds. The demand is 

 greater than the supply and will be for some time to come. I have a splendid stock of seed 

 of all varieties. in 10-lb. lots 



Per lb. Per lb. 

 Karly Olant Arirenteull. Genuine French Grown seed, saved from beds free 



of rust. This is the famous Paris Asparagus and grows to immense size $0.75 



Karly French Giant. American grown. Fine French stock 65 



Donald's Elmlra. A New York State Asparagus of good reputation. Good 



rust resistor 50 



Bonvallet's Giant. Popular in parts of the west. A fine, robust growing 



Asparagu 66 



Barr's Plilladelpliia Mammoth. Very popular around Phila. and N; T 40 



Palmetto. Of Southern origin. Very green 40 



Conover's Ck>lossal. The old standard sort 35 



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plants that are to keep well in church 

 and home. Three or four large houses 

 are completely filled with hardy roses. 

 Crimson Rambler is in finer condition 

 than I think I have ever seen it, the sizes 

 ranging from sturdy plants in 6-inch pots 

 to immense trained specimens in 10-inch, 

 all well set with buds and well clothed 

 with foliage. In the second Crimson 

 Rambler house was a bench of Tausend- 

 schon, variously translated by the Ger- 

 man gardeners as a "Thousand Beau- 

 ties" and a "Thousand Times Beauti- 

 ful," its glossy green foliage shining so 

 brightly in the sun as almost to warrant 

 the belief that their varied-colored blooms 

 will be reflected as in a mirror. The 

 wood is almost thornless. 



Another large house is filled with Crim- 

 son Rambler's cousins. Lady Gay, dark 



pink with drooping clusters, and Dorothy 

 Perkins, light pink, upright in growth, 

 both in fine condition. 



A number of houses are devoted to 

 azaleas. Mme. Vander Cniyssen, Vervse- 

 neana, Bernard Andrea Alba, Niobe, 

 Hexe (the improved Fire Fly), the Em- 

 presses of India and Brazil, among 

 the varieties grown. The feature of the 

 azaleas that interested me most was the 

 pyramid-shaped plants of the first three 

 named varieties. These plants are nat- 

 urally more expensive than those grown 

 in the usual way. When well flowered 

 they should prove a most attractive nov- 

 elty. 



Next in point of quantity and interest 

 came the lilies, a splendid lot of some 

 8,000 or more giganteum, and something 

 over 4,000 from the Azores, all green. 



