■:.h •*;»'''?*: '.^ 



38 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



August 27, 1908. 



RELIABLE SEEDS 



■SOW NOW — \ 



CABNATION, Hardy Garden, finest double 

 mixed, oz., $2.00: tr. pkt., 30c. 



Dwarf Grendin, fiery scarlet, oz., $2.00; 

 tr. pkt., 20c. 



Early Dwarf Vienna, double mixed, oz„ 

 $1.00; tr. pkt., 2nc. 

 CINERARIA hybrida grandiflora. Semi- 

 dwarf Hybrids, splendid colors, mixed, 

 6 tr. pkts., $2.50; tr. pkt.. 50c. 



Dwarf Hybrids, finest mixed, extra, 6 tr. 



Skts., $-2.50; tr. pkt., 50c 

 lOBT-ME-NOTS, Myosotis robusta 

 Erandifloru, blue, oz., 75c; tr. pkt., 16c. 

 Victoria, blue, best for pots, oz., $1.00; tr. 



W7kt., 26c. 

 inter Queen, for greenhouse use only, oz., 

 $2.60: tr. pkt., 30c. 

 New Ever-blooming Coimt Waldersee, 6 tr. 

 pkts., $2.60: tr. pkt., 60c. 

 MIONONETTK, Zangen'8 Triumph, for 



greenhouse use, oz., $6.00: tr. pkt., 50c. 

 PANSIE8, unsurpassed strains. Special 

 cemetery mixture, oz., $3.50: tr. pkt., 50c. 

 Special florists' mixture, oz., $4.00; tr. pkt., 



oOc. 

 Oassier's Giant, improved mixture, oz., 



$5.00; tr. pkt. $1.00. 

 Trimardeau Giant, elite mixture, oz., $3.00; 

 tr. pkt., 60c. 

 PINKS, new early flowered Dwarf Hardy 

 Garden, of greatest merit for early spring 

 uae, tr. pkt., 60c: 6 tr. pkts., $2.60. 

 Also ask for my Wholesale Catalogue, which 

 guides you through Reliable Flower Seeds. 



Jtt. V. ZAM6EN, Swdsman. Hobofciii. N. J, 



Mention The Review when you write. 



^We are indisputably the^ 



Largest Bulb Growers 



in this country; this fact stands for reliability 

 and experience 



We have enormous quantities of 



Narcissus Emperor 



at the following low prices: 

 $10.00 $8.00 $6.00 



Also more than 12,000.000 bulbs in variety at 

 the same reasonable prices for reliable bulbs 



HUBERT BULB CO., Bcneral Agents, 



Lewenbergh Bldg., Main St . Norfolk Va 



Mention The Review when you write. 



U 



Seed PANSY Seed 



Brown's extra select superb Giant Prize 

 Pansles. My own grown seed. New 1908 

 crop ready. Your own selection of light 

 or dark strain. 



Price, mixed seed, 8000 seeds, $1.00; 

 ^ oz., $1.60; ^ oz., $2.60; 1 oz.. $5 00; h lb., 

 $14.00; hi lb.. $25.00; 1 lb.. $60.00. Plants 

 ready September 1. 



CASH WITH ORDER. 



Peter Brown 



Lancastir, Pa. 



Pansy Seed 

 Grower 



Mention The Review when you write. 



FLOWER AND VEGETABLE 



Ibc Best Kiaii fir Market Ga'rieners and Florists 



FALL BULBS arriving daily. 

 Send for Catalogue. 



JAMES YICK'S SONS 



SEEDSMEN 

 ROCHESTER, N Y. 



THE COSMOS DAHLIA. 



In connection with the work on the im- 

 provement of florists' flowers, performed 

 by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Dr. Galloway says that a new summer- 

 blooming dahlia has been developed by 

 Geo. W. Oliver. "This new race of hy- 

 brid dahlias has been produced within the 

 past three years and it is believed will 

 fill a long-felt want in supplying flowers 

 of brilliant colors several weeks before 

 the ordinary types of dahlias are avail- 

 able. The ordinary types of dahlias 

 which are now grown are the only ones 

 which have been hitherto improved by 

 gardeners and florists. The seed-bearing 

 parent of the new race is a species dis- 

 covered three years ago in Mexico at an 

 elevation of 7,000 feet by Federico Chis- 

 holm. The plants were forwarded to the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry and have been 

 crossed with the ordinary species, and as 

 the result of these crosses more than 

 twenty new forms have been developed." 



The principal feature of the new dah- 

 lias is the early period of blooming, 

 which begins by the end of June or the 

 first half of JtAj. By October 1 the 

 flowering capacity of the plants is prac- 

 tically exhausted, only a few scattering 

 blooms appearing after that period. One 

 of the desirable characteristics of this 

 new dahlia is its long stem, making it 

 possible to cut blooms with stems eight- 

 een inches long without a waste of un- 

 opened flowers. The name "cosmos dah- 

 lia" has been suggested by Mr. Oliver 

 for the new hybrids because of the pro- 

 fusion of bloom. The foliage is very 

 diversified, some plants having fern-like 

 foliage, others single and coarse leaves. 

 Only three colors have appeared so far in 

 the flowers, namely, crimson, scarlet and 

 yellow in various shades. Three of the 

 forms have shown signs of doubling, and 

 the flowers of these were recrossed last 

 summer in the hope of producing a re- 

 liable double variety. Both the single 

 and double forms have set seed freely. 

 When the seed is germinated in the 

 month of January, good strong plants are 

 i«eady for setting out by the middle of 

 May. 



BUDS OF OCTOBER FROST. 



What bud should I take on October 

 Frost, and when should I take it, so it 

 will be large and full for November It 



A. W. 



Take the crown bud of October Frost 

 for early November blooming. Eibes. 



ROOTING MUM CUTTINGS. 



Is it possible to root chrysanthemum 

 cuttings at this time of year and grow 

 them on for stock plants for next spring, 

 or will the cuttings run to bud and fail 

 to develop! H. F. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



There would be no trouble in rooting 

 suckers from the old plants at this time, 

 but there would be no profit in it, as the 

 care required and room needed for this 

 kind of work, unless for some new or 

 scarce variety, would be thrown away. 



Of course, cuttings taken now will in 

 all probability produce summer buds, 

 which are worse than useless. 



Stock plants, lifted and either boxed, 

 planted or potted after the blooming sea- 

 son is over, will give all the cuttings re- 

 quired at the propagating season. 



ElBKS. 



I MUST have the Review; the florists' 

 best paper. — D. H. Geeen, West Grove. 



— NOW READY ^— 



Seeds of our magmllioent strain Cycla- 

 men Glaranteiun. 



Asparagrua Plumosua Robustus and 

 other aorta. 



cineraria. Pansy, etc. 



Roman Hyacinths 



Bermuda Kaster Lilies 



Narcissus Paper White Grandlflorus 



Freesias 



CaUas 



Tilllum Formosum, etc. 



Send for our trade list of bulbs, etc. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



88 Barclay Street, thronsb to 

 88 Park Place. NBW YORK. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Xmasf lowering Sweet Pea Seed 



All colors. Send for list. 



A. C ZVOLANEK. Bound Brook. N. J. 



ThisTrtfc Mark Mast kn %n tach packet when aenuNie 



eiANT 



Mention Tne Review when you write. 



PANSY mi 



The KENILWORTH strain 



is nnsurpassed: the immense flowers of 3^2 to 4- 

 in. are of the most beautiful, varied, velVety 

 colors and good substance: it is the result 

 of years of selection. It also embraces 

 the largest and best of the English, 

 French. German and American strains. 

 The stock plants are selected from 

 many thousands of blooming: 

 plants,grown for market. New 

 seed ready. 





1000 seeds, 26c; 2000, 40c: 

 »« oz . 7fic; H oz., $1.40; 

 1 oz., $5.00. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Lilium Giganteum 



7x9, cold storage, delivery any time desired. 

 Plant now forXmas blooming. 



Lilium iHultiflorum 



7x9, coM storage, 300 to case, $11.00 per case. A 

 few cases of each. 



D. RUSCONli CINCINNATI. O. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



